A good friend recently got me hooked (pun intended) on crocheting 🧶, and I decided to try my hand at amigurumi with Campylobacter jejuni. Huge shout out to Lindsay of for sharing her adorable pattern!

This just arrived in the mail. What a glorious thing to behold. Thanks to everyone who worked on this invaluable resource! #manualofclinicalmicrobiology @ASMicrobiology @WileyGlobal

Hey #ASMicrobe, when you’re done science-ing, come check out the amazing Houston #Juneteenth celebration happening right outside the convention center!

Dr. Audrey Schuetz @schuetz_audrey opening this afternoon’s #ASMicrobe “Challenging Histopathological Differentials that ALL Microbiologists Should Know” session with some fabulous bacterial and parasitic diagnostic pearls!

Great session from Dr. Lauren Cooper on the regulatory guidance Clincal Microbiology labs need. Regulatory agencies- please align guidelines and be more prescriptive! “Per Laboratory Director’s discretion” does not work! #ASMicrobe

Most fun wrap-up of a workshop ever. Thanks for a phenomenal day of antimicrobial susceptibility learning, @BurnhamBugDoc, @danrhoads, @thefunguskidd, @MimiPrecit, @hannahplasia, and Reeti Khare! #ASMicrobe

How can we be better prepared for the next pandemic? Dr. Marie-Claire Rowlinson of the New York State DOH (Wadsworth Center) gives us some wonderful ideas! @HealthNYGov #ASMicrobe

Anyone who ever said microbiologists aren’t fun has never met the editors of @JClinMicro! Thanks @AlexanderMcAda5 @ElliTheelPhD, @benjamin_pinsky, and Ryan Relich for some great “news you can use” and the laughs! #asmmicrobe

Lively discussion led by Samia Naccache of perhaps the most pressing issue in Clinical Microbiology- staffing shortages - and ways to combat this crisis. Higher tech salaries, advocacy, multiple paths to employment, and improved advancement opportunities are key! #asmmicrobe

Packed house for Dr. Bobbi Pritt’s @ParasiteGal amazing “All New Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites” talk at #asmmicrobe!

Happy Holidays from the SUNY Downstate Clinical Laboratory! @DownstatePath @sunydownstate

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Remember folks - the lab needs a SPECIMEN, not a SWAB of a specimen, and (for stool specimens) if it ain’t loose, it’s of no use!.

Delighted to be here at #ASMicrobe! Great start to the conference with Dr. Mike Miller and Robert Jerris’s workshop on the critical topic of “Specimen Management: The Key to Laboratory Utilization and Diagnostic Impact.”

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Excited to share our Brief Case of TESTICULAR TUBERCULOSIS 😮 (!), co-authored by the fabulous Erin McElvania @E_McElvania and Curtis Ray Hall, published today in this month’s Journal of Clinical Microbiology @JClinMicro.

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Need a little encouragement? Call #Peptoc (707-998-8410) and press 3 for a pep talk from kindergartners. Pure joy.

Could the topic of this webinar (hosted by Cooper Hewitt @cooperhewitt) be any cooler? Just registered, and can't wait to listen in.