Dear undergrads applying to grad school: Despite how it may appear on Twitter, most people (in applied ecology/natural resources at least) don't "choose" where to go for grad school. Most of us were lucky to get a single "offer."

They’re not “militias.” They’re domestic terrorists endangering and intimidating their fellow Americans. Words matter.

Just turned in my application for the NSF GRFP! Now it's time to forget about it entirely until April.

This is exactly the rhetoric that has put me, my family, and other government officials’ lives in danger while we try to save the lives of our fellow Americans. It needs to stop.

the first cyanobacteria to photosynthesize & produce oxygen

#science #biotech #westernblot #phd #inspiration

This alone should be disqualifying. Shameful.

Re-live your childhood! Uphold democracy! Vote! #myadvisorrocks 🎵

When you use the --verbose command in Qiime2 and nothing is printed out for over 30 minutes

You know what the second P in PPE stands for? Protective. The stated mission of the police is to protect and serve. So how does taking away PPE from people trying to safely vote during a pandemic contribute to that mission? They are literally taking protection away from voters.

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Very cool PhD project! I can highly recommend to work with James Byrne!

A bacterium is just a one bedroom apartment for DNA change my mind

A physician colleague's insurance will not cover her anti-nausea medicine (Zofran/ondansetron) for her CHEMO. It is $280.40 cash for 30 pills at Walgreen's. I logged into a physician/hospital medical supply company and can buy 30 pills for $3.30. That's an 8500% markup. 1/

Congrats to AllieSpring, Rebecca Hale, Kristina Lemmer, Margaret, Tom and Ken on our new paper about wintertime airborne microbes at different altitudes. Glad to see this very challenging pilot study published! mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/2…

The Pancakes-for-Dinner, Socially-Distanced Docherty lab gathering (+alumni) was a success! Glad that the weather is starting to warm up - it was so nice to see the group in person. Ellen Badger Hanson Zach Whitacre Doug pearce AllieSpring Christian Smith

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Chaotic good poster is...chaotic good? Kathryn M. Docherty challenged Christian Smith and I to put together a poster in 30min and I think it turned out pretty well!