Alex Umbach

Microbial ecologist, Phd

[Alex Umbach @AlexUmbach]

Interested in how you can use a non-16S rRNA gene marker to profile skin microbiomes at higher resolution? Read our recent paper evaluating the cpn60 gene! Spoiler: it works well.

Big thanks to our co-authors @HillLabSask and funding @NSERC_CRSNG!

https://t.co/Sl64s1VRZP

[Rueda's Lab @lab_rueda]

I truly appreciate the reviewer's comments. They invest their time, knowledge and most of the time, is for free. However, today, I am very upset with the @CIHR_IRSC reviewer that wrote: "the amount for trainees appears excessive". I requested PhD student: 30k/year for 4y ...

[Alex Umbach @AlexUmbach]

@LAHug_ It would be more interesting if it was like a wrestling championship, where the previous and current year mace holders must duel for the title of "Mace Holder".

[Alex Umbach @AlexUmbach]

@DrDDOM I received an invitation to publish a few weeks ago with the line "...we are in deadly need of one paper...".

I hope they managed to pull through.

[Rebecca C. @rebecca_c0]

I designed these @MetagenomBio swag!

Come by Booth#14 @CSM_SCM @CSM2023_Halifax and have a chance to win them!! Every spin gets a prize!

#CSM2023

[Canadian Soc. Micro. @CSM_SCM]

Day 3 of @CSM2023_Halifax just started! Which session are you attending? Your CSM twitter representative chose Marine Microbiology. Thank you Dr. Helliwell for the insightful talk about diatoms.

[Alex Umbach @AlexUmbach]

Learning about diatom-bacteria interactions this morning, presented by Dr. Katherine Helliwell! Exciting to see some aquatic microbiology representation! #CSM2023

[Canadian Soc. Micro. @CSM_SCM]

At @CSM2023_Halifax we love celebrating our trainees' work. Rachel Beaver is currently presenting her PhD work as part of the first session of our Student Symposium!

[Maria Correia Davis @mcd_611]

Two first author posters at then same time ;) !Laura is a superhero!!! 😻 so proud to have had a chance to work with this exceptional student @UofRScience #CSM_SCM23 @CSM2023_Halifax @CSM_SCM

[Metagenom @MetagenomBio]

Wow what a busy first day exhibiting at @CSM2023_Halifax @CSM_SCM!
It was great to get to know about the exciting projects that students are working on!

Come by tomorrow to spin our wheel to win some prizes!

We got some COOL bookmarks and notepads!

#CSM2023

[Laura Hug @LAHug_]

#CSM2023 Did you hear me complaining about the air quality after yesterday’s keynote (1)? With the ventilation on now, it’s much better for the same timeframe (2)!

[Alex Umbach @AlexUmbach]

Interested to learn about the relevance of microbiology to long term nuclear waste storage? Come see Cailyn's poster! #CSM2023, Poster 73 @NWMOCanada, @CailynPerry

[Rebecca C. @rebecca_c0]

Excited to be at @CSM_SCM again!

After six years, the CSM trifecta checked!

✅ Volunteer
✅ CSM member - student
✅ Exhibitor

Come by Booth#14 @MetagenomBio for a chance to win cool prizes during 2-4 pm!

#CSM2023 @CSM_SCM

[Laura Hug @LAHug_]

Hey #CSM2023, interested in one health AMR? Check out Isabella Ippolito’s poster today (#143, second hour) on ARGs and ARB in landfills. 🗑️💊🦠

[Alex Umbach @AlexUmbach]

Interested in how microbiology keeps your aquarium healthy? Come see me today at my poster at #CSM2023 and learn how microbial communities are impacted by changes in fish load!

https://t.co/pTpp8eHMtO

Thank you to my co-authors and @NSERC_CRSNG discovery!

[Laura Hug @LAHug_]

This is incredible solidarity and agreement.
Publishers take note, there is a movement starting and you have a chance to maintain some (but not all) footing.

[Alex Umbach @AlexUmbach]

@sarahajeel What!? Truly an end of an era. Farwell.

[Alex Umbach @AlexUmbach]

@sarahajeel @Zim303Rebecca Ha! You found me. Secret plot foiled.

[Alex Umbach @AlexUmbach]

@Mangakiko12 This is an irresponsible title given the content of the article.

[Alex Umbach @AlexUmbach]

My yearly plug for NOAA's Ocean Exploration live stream @oceanexplorer. They'll be exploring the mid-Atlantic ridge and Azores Plateau, with planned dives from the 17th onward. Tune in for some live streaming of the BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN. COOL. #Okeanos

https://t.co/fE6JIo8Bo5