Thought ticks were terrifying? They just got worse. Turns out they can use static electricity β‘οΈ to launch through the air onto hosts, including you! Here's a thread about our new paper w/ @Katie__Lihou, Daniel Robert, out today in @CurrentBiology https://t.co/Z6Pz080YeD π§΅π
Tonight.
Me: Helping my wife pack the car so the family can hit the road right after I chair a defense tomorrow.
My Sump Pump: Not so fast β οΈ
Me: Well at least I have a spare and NOTHING better to do tonight.
Dr. William Powell is a kind-hearted, dedicated, & respected member of the ESF community. His research will help restore the American Chestnut Tree to our landscape. We hope you will read & share Dr. Powell's story ππ³https://t.co/ri1iykNf1b
New publication from our group. Ever wonder how the first diet of fish impacts their gut microbiome later in life? Or, how quickly a normal gut bacterial constituent can push out an artificial population introduced from an unnatural food source? DM me.
https://t.co/s1M3GoVrus
Getting away from ticks and helping with my other passion. Members of the lab (Me and Lukas) helping raise muskie and participating in the annual fish survey at the Thousand Islands Biological Station (#TIBS). Also Lukas caught his first fish.
#thousandislands#fish@sunyesf