Exited to see Patil Tavitian's paper published in mSphere today! Thank you to our fabulous collaborators Kerri Coon Kerri Coon, Ari Jumpponen (not on Twitter), and Lee Cohnsteadt (also not on Twitter)! K-State Biology K-State Research 1/

I am very glad to have chosen a path that surrounded me with excellent female scientists. Looking forward to meeting and working with more female scientists! #WomeninScienceDay #WomenInSTEM

Photo taken by me showing a bacterial motility test result done in general microbiology lab! Very cool to see the waves formed by Proteus vulgaris! 🧫 #Microbiology #bacteria

It is always fun trying new protocols for preserving fungi! Looking forward to watching Trichoderma atroviride colonize these filter papers! Adopted from protocol published by blog.mycology.cornell.edu #fungi #mycology

Very excited to be attending the Beneficial Microbes Meeting in Madison! Visit my poster Wednesday morning to learn more about our work Kristin Michel on fungal communities associated with mosquito larvae!

Very happy to share our latest work Kristin Michel showing the larvicidal efficacy of a locally isolated B. bassiana, MHK, on An. gambiae and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes. Thank you to our fabulous collaborator Dr. Qing Kang! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Had a lovely and informative time at #SOVE2022. I met inspiring scientists at diverse stages in their career and got to hear their amazing work in vector ecology. Thank you K-State BGSA travel grant, #SOVE2022 travel award, and Kristin Michel for this opportunity.

I am thrilled to share our latest preprint on HPAI H5N1 genotypic diversity in North America. Thank you to the fabulous co-authors and collaborators on this project! #H5N1 #Birdflu preprints.org/manuscript/202…