Lots of people have been asking for my advice on grad school lately, & I always say this:
1) pick a lab by PI 👩🏼🔬 > project 🦠
2) get a therapist 🛋
3) don’t compromise sleep, working out, water, or vegetable intake ✅
4) you’re more important than your work 🙏
Congratulations to @linseyvankoppen for defending her MSc today, looking at variability in microbial communities associated with freeze thaw at the field scale. Special thanks to @JackieGoordial and @KateCongreves for serving as examiners and @UoGAgMet for collaboration.
A year ago, a non-academic friend listened to a talk I gave. I thought it went great. My friend disagreed.
She said that academics are experts at making interesting stuff boring—and that we should all take a speech class.
So I did. And here are 6 most useful things I learned.
A benefit of microbial biodiversity: the ability to clean up pollution. My team has been working all week sampling a contaminated field site to look for active microbial degraders. Soil pollution is a threat to #soilhealth globally, and we’re looking for ways to #saveoursoils
It’s tick season! Remember to check your dogs for ticks regularly and talk to your vet about options for flea and tick medication.
Found this freeloader hitching a ride on Kingston tonight.
More sampling for the books! Looking at microbial community differences across the field, maybe this year we'll have some N2O emissions to go with that!? @karidunfield@Johnson_MarcusE
.@ReidMBuchanan and I are watching a @DonovanWoods concert tonight and, aside from the sheer musical prowess, the man has impeccable comedic timing and a great sense of humour👌🏻
Bravo 👏🏻
Pulled these impressive steel cans out of the ground for maintenance - 1st of their kind in North America, 1.86 million data points EVERY DAY!
Improving our understanding of soil ecosystem services using #lysimeters@UoGAgMet#UofG#LetsTalkSoil#SoilHealth@AgInnovationON
"Alex Trebek’s performance hasn’t changed to combat the untruths of the last few years, in part because 'Jeopardy!' was already a kind of totem to the value of fact." https://t.co/1VMwYRnBle
To prove that I'm putting my money where my mouth is, I've donated $60 to @MovemberCA this month for the 60 men that we lose to suicide around the world every hour. I hope you'll consider joining me in any way you can.
Conversations about men's mental health are still too taboo. We need to normalize and destigmatize men addressing their mental illness. We have a long way to go, but by just talking about these issues, we're taking the first step in addressing them.