Trying to relearn Python feels harder than the first time I learned Python. Wack.

Finally get to say that my first, first-author paper is published! / My first paper ever is published. I'm so excited! Thanks Tanya Cheeke and Rebecca Bunn for your collaboration and guidance on this project.

Microbiology folks - what are a few skills that you think every bench microbiologist should have? Also - what is one piece of equipment in your lab that may not be necessary but you LOVE?

Since finishing my masters degree a year ago, I have dived deep into knitting. But specifically knitting beanies. It's all I want to do. Knit. Beanies.

opb.org/article/2023/1… June on NPR no big deal

Successful microbiome engineering in agricultural fields. Our new paper in Nature Microbiology demonstrates that large-scale inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi works and can promote crop yield up to 40%. nature.com/articles/s4156… @SteffiLutz; @NBodenhausen; @KSchlaeppi

Not science related but any help is appreciated! Anyone have any tips on how to plan a wedding timeline? This is the most overwhelming part of the entire planning process for me. I'm trying to figure out how to maximize the photographer's time & we are debating doing a first look

Successful microbiome engineering in agricultural fields. Our new paper in Nature Microbiology demonstrates that large-scale inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi works and can promote crop yield up to 40%. nature.com/articles/s4156… @SteffiLutz; @NBodenhausen; @KSchlaeppi

Happy World Soil Day! Soils are alive and highly diverse! Over 50% of global biodiversity is thought to be associated with soil: pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107… #soilbiodiversity, #soil, #microbiome, Soil Biodiversity

My wedding website has turned into a platform for me to just be hilarious and grace my friends with comedic gold. (kidding but it is chaotic)

My office has turned into a craft pit hell hole and wedding storage hell hole. My dilemma is it's the only warm room in my house and I have work to do on my computer but don't want to work in a dirty room, but need to work before I clean. A terrible dilemma.

Our lab's Christmas tree. Made with cut-out streak plate practice circles!

If you’re attending the Society for Range Management annual meeting in a few weeks and interested in learning more about R and open source data, swing by our R workshop on Wednesday for a rootin’ tootin’ good time 🤠 #SRM24

I changed my last name! I'm now Alexis Spencer. Despite the pressure to keep my name I wanted to share this with my partner when we got married. It has been incredibly strange to see how people have responded to me about this, most are not very nice. Let people do what they want.

can anyone recommend any papers on the effects of insects on soil development, soil C and soil N... either direct impacts or indirect impacts through reduced organic matter due to herbivory.