Thank you to all I have encountered who did not disclose to me what a fever dream Buca Di Beppo is, so I could experience it for myself in its purest form. 🍝

Doc Martens being an intrinsically squeaky shoe really takes away their edge, you know?

me leaving my office after writing code for 8 hours to make 1 little figure

Got this message from my PI today, I think he’s happy my experiment finally worked 😆

I got (maybe) bitten by a bat and had to get a rabies shot. It sucked. What sucked more was realizing how if I did not have the ability to cross counties + have good insurance, I would have had to just take my chances. With RABIES! Upset about it and wanted to share.

As an underrepresented student who struggled to understand graduate admissions requirements, this feels validating.

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Proud friend moment- today Amber Goerner’s long awaited co-first author paper was published! Woo!!! journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.112…

Freshly cleaned floors means ballroom is in session. Welcome to the Haus of STEM….. Serving STEM Fatale

If any friends thinking about grad school are interested in nutrition and metabolism, please reach out to Dr. Skinner! Great guy, no doubt a wonderful mentor.

With my very first committee meeting happening in less than 24hrs: would love to hear suggestions for not throwing up, and how other's first committee meeting went. In the meantime, I'll be ferociously reviewing my slide deck and questioning everything I know.