Dr. Elise English

Mom. 🏳️‍🌈Queer lady scientist. #WomenInParasitology Host-Pathogen interaction enthusiast. Cat guardian😺😸. #StarWars nerd. #BlackLivesMatter

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

My little chicken farmer, so hot we need hats indoors.

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

Last week my 2.5yo told me one of her friends eats worms. We argued about it for a while and I gave up. Talked to her teacher this morning… turns out her friend went around all day Thursday telling everyone she ate worms. 🤷‍♀️

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

My grown baby taking care of her peppers and basil.

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

Nobody told me that the majority of toddler parenting would be arguing over putting clothing on or taking it off. I can’t win either way.

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

@itsaishawhite I took Lexapro for about a year for PPA/PPD. Getting onto and off of it were the hardest times, but it helped immensely with my anxiety and made it possible for me to cope with parenting an infant.

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

@RoshanaMN @KeithBurgessR7 Why can’t you do the ferry forever? It sounds better than flying.

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

@OleksiiShandra I’m confused by your statement that Academia offers more stability? Postdocs are often on 1 year contracts, and in many cases cannot be a postdoc for more than 5 years total.

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

Got Piggy Paint for Easter and this nugget needed to individually decide the color of each nail. Personally love it 13/10.

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

2yo: sorry mom.
Me: why are you sorry?
2yo: you have booboo ok? Sorry mom. This no hurt. *gets out gauze from toy doctor kit*

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

@Patricia_Ann_E The difference is that you have adult bones and an adult body.

[Julia Eberhard @jueberhard]

1/ 🚨Pre-print Alert! 🚨 We (@KingofPathogens) are excited to share this story about immune recognition of latent T. gondii cysts in the CNS, and the role of this stage in persistence. A (n almost) brief thread: https://t.co/PJSDKQBdJl

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

Last night my 2yo told me she was a baby ducky robot then proceeded to quack in her best robot voice. She might be the most perfect human to ever exist.

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

@KrisDoerschner @clhubes Your son is a genius.

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

@SashaLysette @clhubes Have you ever taken something apart or broken a cookie in front of a toddler??? The number of times I have been told to put cut or broken food back together…

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

@federmaus23 @Lele_Elizabeth @clhubes This isn’t gonna fly with Miss Two. She’ll just insist that she has two hands over and over and over. Two Oreos isn’t the worst thing in the world.

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

@clhubes Ok but didn’t you know, children under the age of 5 should never be seen in public.

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

Looking for suggestions on Black WOMEN scientists that I can bring in information about for my daughter’s daycare. Obviously I can google, but if you have a favorite lesser known influential black woman scientist please share!! I just need their name, I can do the work.

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

@clhubes Big Little Feelings is solid.

[Dr. Elise English @EliseTweetsBio]

When am I allowed to officially declare potty training victory? Like, we haven’t had a 100% accident free day yet… but it’s only been 5 days and I’m hopeful we are close.