I love quotations. Maybe someday I will have a quote of my own. Until then, this is what I believe. @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound

RT @NikoMcCarty: The flagellum motor is biological design of the highest order. The motor hits rotational speeds >1,000 rpm. The basal dis….

I think my sweat is acid. Every year or so, the NZ flax twin breaks. Fortunately, I didn’t lose it, @DrHHNZ

I adore this pin. It’s so 3D.

RT @GeoSantiagoM: I'm back! I'll be at @MBLScience all week!.Let's talk about #methanogens and #archaea. 2025 Microbial Diversity course!….

Hartiful does great custom work. I will wear this glow in the dark pin with true pride.

Azula the ambush predator.

Important question.

It also healed my thumbnail. So I probably had a fungal infection for decades. First photo from last year. Second from yesterday. 2/2

Weird story. About 30 years ago, kids threw a traffic cone at me from a speeding truck. Fractured the tip of my right thumb. The nail grew back really ugly. I was told it was due to damage to the nail bed. Earlier this year, I used a fungicidal shampoo for dandruff. 1/2

Current mood.

RT @AJamesMcCarthy: We’re tiny in the context of the universe, but our impact can be massive.

I was excited for a moment and then counted legs: not a tardigrade.

RT @dailystoic: 5 Brutal Takes from the Stoics:.

Given all the unpleasantness in my current life, I cannot tell you how much that mattered to me. Always tell the people who matter to you how you feel. I have been so very lucky, and you can see why. 2/2

Had a lovely brunch with a student from my classes and lab at Occidental College a LOT of years ago. I always thought the world of Violeta, but she told me how I had been important in her life. 1/2

Still thinking about the talk I gave to the high school Summer Science Program students at Pacific University! I showed them a slide (complete with frightening photograph) describing when I knew I had to become a scientist.

Still thinking about the talk I gave to the high school Summer Science Program students at Pacific University! I showed them a slide (complete with frightening photograph) describing my microbial awakening. Check out the quote.

Still thinking about the talk I gave to the high school Summer Science Program students at Pacific University! They made me a wonderful "thank you" card.

It's another week. Another episode of #MattersMicrobial! Dr. John McCutcheon of ASU discusses fascinating symbioses between insects & bacteria that shed light on endosymbiosis: how eukaryotic cells originated. Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord!.

RT @biorxiv_micrbio: Wolbachia: The architect of microbial assemblies in response to environmental changes #biorxiv….