Shout outs to Jing Gao for starting the project with her cloning prowess, @chan_holschbach for taking it across the finish line after I graduated (peep Fig 3 🤠👀), and @markjmandel for the support and making sure it was seen through to the end.

I'm so happy that this paper is finally published! This one was a long time coming: 9 years, 3 pairs of hands, 270 strains, 93 plasmids, and a lot of hard work. It started as a side project that eventually led to my entire dissertation, and I'm glad it did.

RT @callimcflurry: Science is built on trust. What happens when someone destroys it?. My first feature for @_TheTransmitter investigates th….

A Q&A about my disseration work and PhD experience! I'm still pinching myself over this award, 1st year PhD student Ruth would not have believed it.

A wild week for very fun reasons: Gave my Sternberg talk on my PhD work at #Phages Wednesday, then gave a talk on my postdoc work at #StrepGRS Saturday. I can't wait to pass out for 12 hours straight after I'm done conferencing 😂

RT @ContamClub: Happy Noodlococcus Day to all those who celebrate 🍜🦠. On this day in 2019, we discovered this noodle-y colony contaminating….

RT @jlewillett: Great talk last night by @RuthlessRuth15 & the biggest congratulations for receiving the Sternberg award for her PhD thesis….

It's such an honor to receive the Sternberg award this year! Many thanks to @markjmandel for nominating me and to all the people who supported my PhD work.

RT @markjmandel: Congratulations to @RuthlessRuth15 @UWMadisonMMI on her Nat Sternberg Thesis Prize at the #Phages Conference for "outstand….

Thank you @Delta for canceling my flight 3 hours before take-off and having no alternatives. Guess I'm driving to Madion! See y'all at #Phages2024 😅.

RT @jlewillett: I'm excited to join mSystems as an editor! Thanks to ASM for the opportunity. I'm looking forward to a lot of great scien….

RT @markjmandel: Thank you Jack for the opportunity to continue to grow @mSystemsJ. Authors, send your best work on microbiome, symbiosis….

RT @jlewillett: Started & ended the week with great presentations from @HaeberleAmanda, Alex, Emily, & @RuthlessRuth15 at #WindRiver2024!….

RT @baym: What, and I cannot emphasize this enough, the fuck is this.

RT @SarahMackAttack: WEIRD + EXCITING thing going on. Folks in CT found a bobtail squid living in shallow seagrass. @SpencerNyholm told me….

RT @DrLauraSanchez: Very excited for this one to hit the interwebs: We use a label free #MSImaging approach to look….

RT @Caroline_Bartma: why is it called a nanodrop if the drop measured is a microliter.

These two were instrumental for my dissertation work and I know they will go on to do amazing things. #ProudMentor.

SO proud of the undergrads I mentored as a grad student in @markjmandel's lab for getting into PhD programs! @ketan_kotla is headed to @Columbia_Bio and @chan_holschbach will be joining @UWMadisonMDTP 👏👏👏