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.
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@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…
As a (non-native) New Englander, I really loved this piece! A little New England nostalgia, a little Covid.... Thank you!
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/…
