Wesleyan University (@wesleyan_u) Department of Biology and College of the Environment
Middletown, Connecticut
Joined September 2015
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My PhD student Fatai Olabemiwo and our undergrads have published our first paper in plastic remediation microbiology. Here's access till Dec 13: authors.elsevier.com/a/1hzhD…
Congratulations, Alexa! I so much enjoyed working with you at @wesleyan_u ! I know you'll be a great asset to @GeographyUCLA .
For years in my Global Change & Infectious Disease course, I’ve given extra credit on the op-ed assignment to students who could get their essays published. Record numbers this year! Nothing like living through a pandemic to give students urgency about communicating their ideas.
As a result of an assignment from Professor Fred Cohan's course, Global Change and Infectious Disease, more than 25 students have had their work published in newspapers across the US – many citing the University’s COVID-19 safety protocols.
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I love it here, too. On a road trip in high school across the USA from my Southern Calif home, I decided I wanted to be a New Englander. So, after 6 years in grad school in MA and 35 years as a prof in CT, am I a New Englander yet?
It’s regular federal employees working with integrity who saved the country, not the prissy idea that Congress would do the right thing. I extend Wu’s @superwuster message beyond the feds to all working with integrity to better the country and the world.
tinyurl.com/yyo6yb2b
@superwuster It’s regular federal employees working with integrity who saved the country, not the prissy idea that Congress would do the right thing. I extend message beyond the feds to all working with integrity to better the country and the world.
tinyurl.com/yx9wvyvg
Opening for Asst Prof in Cell/Dev Biology at Wesleyan University. Wesleyan Biology is a congenial and stimulating department with great opportunities for building a career in research and teaching. I should know—I’ve been a happy camper here for 35 years!
careers.wesleyan.edu/posting…
Great article on how to reopen schools.
“Our sense of responsibility toward children — at the very least, to protect them from … poor decision making of adults who allow deadly infections to spiral out of control — is core to our humanity.” @mlipsitch tinyurl.com/y25vheoj
As a lover of guacamole and all things avocado, I'll share this homage and biological history of the once-nearly-extinct avocado
theconversation.com/love-avo…
Nice piece on spread of the successful mutation in the Spike protein in SARS-CoV-2. Looks to be a sweep within one global, ecologically homogeneous population of the virus. Will there be ecological diversification of the virus according to our behavior?
washingtonpost.com/science/2…
In hope that with planning and organization (and exhaustive testing and isolating when necessary), we can safely reopen our campuses in the fall. nytimes.com/2020/04/26/opini… via @nytopinion
My interview with @wesleyanargus on ethics of fighting infection and updating Socialism of the Microbe. Originally, it was investing to treat/prevent infections of others locally. Now, it’s fighting infections worldwide plus protecting the environment.
tinyurl.com/wljmevj
Prof. Cohan teaches Global Changes and Infectious Diseases and runs a lab studying ecological diversity. He talked with The Argus about COVID-19 and altruism that isn't "just altruism, it's an altruism that has a payback to keeping us healthy."
wesleyanargus.com/2020/03/27…
Frederick M. Cohan retweeted
How to talk to your friends about social distancing when they’re going to bars . In which yours truly admits to being old, and tries to be a sensitive soul while giving good advice. thelily.com/how-to-talk-to-y…
Frederick M. Cohan retweeted
Biogeography of American Northwest Hot Spring A/B′-Lineage Synechococcus Populations.
This paper is dedicated to the memory of Richard W. Castenholz, a hot spring microbiology pioneer, and a great guy!
frontiersin.org/article/10.3…
Wow, microbiology in a Burger King ad! washingtonpost.com/business/…
Our piece in the Conversation on how the fate of the novel coronavirus may depend on upward and downward changes in its transmissibility (R0), owing to the virus’s evolution and behavioral and technological changes. With examples from Ebola and SARS.
tinyurl.com/vpflqf9