Jeremy Ritzert
@jritzert
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Father, Husband, Advanced Lecturer of Microbiology at Loyola University Chicago, Cubs fan
Illinois, USA
Joined March 2011
Update. Restreaked on BHI and incubated at 30C and colonies grew, also recapitulated the diffuse change in media color.
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Alright. I got one for @ContamClub. Stack of BHI plates held in a plastic sleeve for several months. I pull some out for lab and I am greeted to what can only be described as a chocolate donut with sprinkles.
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Excited to announce some new plasmid offerings in my shop at https://t.co/ScJPW2CH0V! Here's a thread of the current catalog. All proceeds directly support my lab and my continued effort to build useful open-source tools. Feel free to get in touch if you want to know more 💚 1/7
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Designer of fine, hand-crafted, bespoke, and fully open source biotechnology tools for educators and researchers. Plasmids, lab equipment, cell lines, and seeds. An ever-growing collection of high...
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Holy crap
Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead, what is known as “indirect costs.” Today, NIH lowered the maximum indirect cost rate research institutions can charge the government to 15%, above
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The Biology Department at Loyola University Chicago is hiring a Tenure Track position for Fall 25! Looking for someone to excite our pre-health students interested in fields like immunology, physiology, and more! Join our great department!
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Oh no…
One competitor is willing to go to extreme lengths to compete in the triathlon at #Paris2024, even if he's faced with the pollution issues in the River Seine ⚠️ #Olympics #BBCOlympics
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Congratulations to the Undergraduate Student Research Experience scholars and mentors on 80 insightful research presentations given on Friday's symposium at @loyolachicago! 👏🔬📝
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GFP's discovery required killing >50,000 jellyfish. O. Shimomura (who won the Nobel Prize) killed 10,000 jellyfish his first summer in Friday Harbor, Washington and extracted their glowing "substance." The next summer, he used a "cutting machine" to chop up 600 jellies/hour.
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Promoted to Advanced Lecturer effective July 1! So happy to be in a fulfilling role in an amazing department and excellent institution!
Congratulations to these 41 CAS faculty members on their promotions. They embody the Jesuit ideal of higher education in their dedication to transforming the lives of our students.
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Not now Moo Flu
H5N1 in cows.....crazy.
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An interactive card game that pits bacterial pathogens against the immune system! Students play a riff on the classic card game "war" to evaluate host defenses versus pathogen evasion strategies. Find the lesson plan & materials in this #JMBE article. https://t.co/GSOhBLhtyJ
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FUNGUS IN SPACE!!! 🍄🚀 Equal parts cosmic horror and nature being metal, let's talk about the lichen that grew on the OUTSIDE of the International Space Station! Get your tea and curl up, because I PROMISE you wanna hear about these fungal cosmonauts 🧑🚀 🧵
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Nothing like some near-30 year aged Gram’s Decolorizer for Gram stain!
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Bacterium I dislike: Escherichia coli Bacterium I begrudgingly respect: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacterium I think is overrated:Staphylococcus aureus Bacterium I think is underrated:Streptococcus mutans Bacterium I like: Lactobacillus acidophilus Bacterium I love: Yersinia pestis
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