Hear hear…

Just thinking about all the favorite dishes that won’t be made tomorrow, all the jokes that won’t be told, all the seats around Thanksgiving tables that won’t be filled. Just thinking about all the people grieving tonight because COVID-19 is still with us but not their loved one.

Saw a funny post about Grad students’ and postdocs’ camera roll and quickly took a peek at my own! I can’t stop laughing! 😅😅😂😂

100% accurate!

Flash froze tissues in chilled isopentane for the first time this afternoon with my new trainee using a stainless steel glass from my kitchen because the order didn’t make it on time in lab. So glad I had a backup, which is made in Nepal btw! Thanks, mom-in-law. 😀

Woh! I share the same bday as this legend! I am 29 and wiser today. Thankful for all my failures and successes, and looking forward to learning more, at the personal and professional level.

I love SCFAs and I love this paper! Dual role of microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids on host and pathogen - ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

An excellent read! Congratulations to my brilliant PhD mentor for this piece on the second messengers of one of the coolest Gram-positive bacteria. 🤗

Cried like a baby watching Big’s death in SATC reboot then came across this brilliant Peloton add! I am no longer crying 😂😂😂😂

There are 2 types of senior grad students or postdocs- those who want new students to stress&suffer like they did,and those who share their knowledge&experience to reduce the suffering of others. I aim to be the latter. I don't understand the former

Managed to arrive at Cancun safely although the airport immigration scenario has been off-putting, crowded and zero social distance in the queue! The hope to keep safe from Omicron through and after the upcoming week has intensified. #safeholidays #besafe #avoidCOVID

2021 was kind to me despite the pandemic so, I had to return the favor by baking a Tres Leches cake for a cozy, stay-at-home NYE. Happy New Year, twitter fam. Hope 2022 brings you more reasons to be happy.

My thoughts exactly. 🙂

Applies post-defense too!

I still preferred having my manuscripts be “taken”! 😂

Twitter asked what’s happening. My answer: Let’s see. Just 24 weeks preg, working 8-4 shift at a pharma with unpredictable/crazy commute hours, and adjusting to random baby summersaults. I have never appreciated being a woman this much before! #WomenInScience

“The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something at all." Starting a side gig as a Biotech consultant and profile builder to prospective individuals based in- or planning to move to Canada. Please share and support! 🙏