First announcement email of the semester: "Hello and welcome to General Microbiology!..." Second announcement: "I apologize for the incorrect links I sent earlier..." Good start me

Rock climbing (i.e. team building) with the lab! Sacramento State 🧗‍♀️🔬

We are seeking PhD students to join our Tufts University basic/applied microbial ecology/evolution group in Fall 2023. If you like creative, collaborative, and delicious (🧀🧀🧀!) microbial science, consider applying to work with us. sites.tufts.edu/wolfelab/join-… Please RT.

It's Fall, which means the return of Food Micro Sacramento State. In their first experiments students are investigating microbial community ecology in kombucha and local Nicasio Valley Cheese Company 🧀. Inspiration taken from the work of Benjamin Wolfe. 🧪

Are you applying to the UC Davis Microbiology Graduate (PhD) program this Fall 2022? 🦠 Attend 1 of our VIRTUAL info nights! We'll answer questions and give a taste of life & research here at UCD! 😃 Please join us & spread the word! tinyurl.com/MGGVirtualSess…

Strong lab presence at the Sacramento State NSM Fall Undergrad Poster Symposium. First time presenters Mia, Morgan, Stephanie, Wendy, and Osmara did an amazing job! #ProudPIMoment 🥲

The things I do to get students to come to my office hours...

I only drank from this bottle when I submitted grades. 7 semesters in, looks like I need a new bottle... looking forward to many more bottles at Sac State. #StingersUp

Looking forward to a productive summer with some talented undergrads! Here, Cassidy, recipient of a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) award Sacramento State, and Citlalli are investigating sporulation of commensal Clostridia 🦠in a low oxygen environment. 🧫

Disappointed hearing that at a conference meant to promote inclusivity another PI berated my undergrad student's poster and proceeded to call me a bad mentor. Reminder, this behavior has huge negative consequences for new trainees that are just excited for their first conference.

Interested in sharing your knowledge of micro? Our dept at Sac State is looking for adjunct instructors in gen micro, med micro/infect disease, and parasitology. Individuals with a Ph.D. related to these areas encouraged to enter the adjunct pool. DM me for app info. 🧪

C. diff 🦠 produces iron storage organelles to cope with massive changes in nutrient iron levels experienced during gut inflammation. New work from The Pi Lab and Rong Sun in collaboration with Zhou_Lab-Vanderbilt published in nature. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Made it to Phoenix, excited for my first time at #ABRCMS . Looking forward to meeting new people and have my students represent Sacramento State at the poster session 🤓

Posters done at #ABRCMS2023. I'm proud of my team and all the effort they demonstrated the last couple days 🥲

About a year ago I expanded to a new research area in wild cider fermentations. Spearheaded by my recently graduated, talented student Eileen (now interviewing for PhD programs), our first publication from something that started with an in house 🍎 ferment journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mr…

Stingers Up to this year’s Deans’ Awards winners! At Commencement, Sacramento State will recognize seven outstanding graduates, one from each academic college. The University will also recognize one of the students with a President’s Medal. sacstate.me/3UXsr4h

Getting the band back together 😊

Awesome opening with a Mariachi at SACNAS #2024NDiSTEM Also, it's Halloween! Good day