A microbial ecologist studying swine gut microbiomes, a mother of two delightful daughters, a 2-time cancer survivor. My posts are not endorsed by the USDA

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Joined June 2015
CDC: Flu deaths reach 10K this season Worry about the flu before you worry about Corona virus. wect.com/2020/01/31/cdc-flu-…
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Applications are open for the Microbial Diversity course through Jan 31. There is PLENTY of financial aid. We are looking for students doing wet bench, computation, biophysics, modeling etc. from institutions across the country and world. Pls share! @MBL mbl.edu/education/courses/mi…
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Research technician position open at the national animal disease center in Ames Iowa (usda;) must be a us citizen to qualify usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetai…
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We have a tenure-track faculty position in Microbial Ecology open at Michigan State! There's still time to get your applications in - we hope to start reviewing around the end of the month. #Microbiome Please re-tweet, esp to all the awesome post-docs on the job market now
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Terrific group of high school students who researched numerous global factors that cause food insecurity, including pollution, corruption, and human rights. Themes for their proposed solutions included education, infrastructure, and technology. Roundtable14 #iyi19
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What a terrific speech by an amazing and inspiring individual!! Hunger is Thanos, Norman Borlog is Captain America! #iyi19 Endgame is 2049.
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Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, President of World Food Prize, addressing talented and passionate Iowa high schoolers at Hilton Coliseum. Innovation is needed to sustainably feed the world. #iyi19
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Oh look what I found, Wilson et al show a half-and-half-graph in current issue of @nature, half dot plot, half boxplot! #dataviz #scienceviz #dataisbeautiful
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Dear #Microtweeple: consider joining our Quorum! It’s fun and builds (Microbial) community! Spread the word! @ASMicrobiology @AnneAMadden @baym @markjmandel @Symbionticism @PatSchloss @DrSivWatkins @jo44atWID @nabroderick @jennifergardy xitter.cf/vexedmuddler/status/93… – at Tacoma, WA
It’s that time of year again! Join @markowenmartin and I in the annual Twitter microbiology gift exchange, #SecretSerratia! Sign up to give a gift and get a gift :D docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Next week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week! Learn how to handle antibiotics with care and help us stop the spread of #AntibioticResistance bit.ly/2hhqDjc
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Great talk about AMR in manure-amended soils by my collaborator Michelle at ISU Micro retreat. @ISUWaterChicks
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I'm recruiting Ph.D. students for fall 2018! Come join #brinsmadelab & @gubiology! Info @ goo.gl/AM65ei & brinsmadelab.com
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Postdoctoral position available in my group! Computational biology, host-microbe interactions in ag-relevant hosts, AMR. Mssg me for deets!
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My advice on learning Python: Don't set out to "learn Python". Choose a problem you're interested in and learn to solve it with Python.
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We thought you might be interested in our #WomeninStem Scholarship: payscale.com/scholarships/wo…
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Immunologist tenure-track job in Medical Microbiology & Immunology, my new department in Madison @UWMadisonMMI jobs.hr.wisc.edu/cw/en-us/jo…