Brian Smith

Microbial geneticist, bioinformatician, musician, and Microbiologist for the US Army. The views expressed here are my own, not those of the US Army.

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

Look at that. One of my PhD chapters in print! Check it out.

https://t.co/nIzf2OKGlv

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

So is Twitter going to turn into 4chan now?

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

@RodneyRohde @ASCLS No worries. There were a lot of similar points I discussed that were also in the manuscript you attached. Although you were 8 years earlier 😄

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

Happy to have presented about M. genitalium at #labjam So sorry I couldn’t be there in person due to a cold. Hopefully I’ll be out there tomorrow to meet you all. Thank you to everyone who attended! #ascls #safmls

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

I know this may be an unpopular opinion and I generally try to be a nice guy, but at this point coronavirus can get bent. If it could just excuse itself from existence that’s be great.

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

@surt_lab Woohoo!

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

@surt_lab Was this in protest or necessity? 🤔

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

@mclark753BC @surt_lab And so the wisdom passed down by generations continues.

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

When the pandemic first started I was hopeful of a vaccine, but worried that it could have taken a long time to begin getting shots into people's arms. The images we have been seeing lately have been so hopeful and a release of emotions. Stay safe, we are almost out of this!

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

@triplettlr Thank you!

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

Hey Tweeps it's been awhile. This has been my life lately. I'm done with training and it was pretty crazy! Soon I will be off to the Pacific Northwest for my first duty location!

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

@surt_lab The UofA couldn’t even enforce their non smoking policy for years. I am skeptical.

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

@surt_lab @mclark753BC 🤞

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

@surt_lab @mclark753BC Were you able to narrow it down?

[Brian Smith @BrianSmithyo]

@Hunter_lab @saerobe Congrats @saerobe !

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

This is bad. ICE just told students here on student visas that if their school is going online-only this fall, the students must depart the United States and cannot remain through the fall semester. https://t.co/8DteVzexLB

[Ran Blekhman @blekhman]

Do US citizens understand how stressful it is to be an immigrant scientist in the US?

Far from family/friends, never ending visa bureaucracy & payments, constant fear of not being allowed back in the US, or being forced to leave your home/job/PhD due to some ban

[DeAndre Yedlin @yedlinny]

A couple days after George Floyd’s death, my grandfather texted me and told me he’s glad that I am not living in the U.S. right now because he would fear for my life as a young black man. As days have passed, this text from my grandfather has not been able to leave my mind.

[Qasim Basir @qasimabasir]

Now would be a good time to remind Everyone that this happened earlier this month. No tear gas. No bullets.

[City of Minneapolis @CityMinneapolis]

We're hearing unconfirmed reports that gas lines to the Third Precinct have been cut and other explosive materials are in the building.

If you are near the building, for your safety, PLEASE RETREAT in the event the building explodes.