Natalie Sawaya

DNA detective and virus hunter of the sea 🕵️‍♀️🔎🧬🌊
PhD candidate in Biological Oceanography - B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

[Makenzie Kerr @kenzie3kinz]

Had a blast teaching students & staff how to pull a seine net during our @USFCMS Education & Outreach Day at Clam Bayou @OCG_Outreach

[USF College of Marine Science @USFCMS]

Please join us in congratulating @virome_girl, who was selected as a member of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) for her pioneering work in viral metagenomics. Way to go, Mya! #USF https://t.co/t3DJqt0weg

[Makenzie Kerr @kenzie3kinz]

Successful Florida Springs sampling this week!

[USF College of Marine Science @USFCMS]

PhD student @NatSawaya recently published a paper on the ubiquitous #gokushoviruses: a tiny virus with a big impact. Read more about her findings here! #USF
https://t.co/vwFBEtKqpX

[Makenzie Kerr @kenzie3kinz]

Today we got to unveil our new lab activity that I created called Virus Hunters! Check it out here: https://t.co/CVKSx4pr7a
#USFvirushunters
@USFCMS @virome_girl @StPeteSciFest @NatSawaya

[Dr. Kema Malki @drkmalki]

Our paper about the "Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Prokaryotic and Viral Community Assemblages in a Lotic System" is out today in AEM. Learn about the impact of flow in shaping microbial communities. Thanks to all my amazing coauthors!!!
https://t.co/T8vXUvFjn6

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last—because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

People need to really look at the communities who delivered these miraculous victories in AZ, GA, MI, MN, etc. They are rarely a focus of traditional political investment or electoral strategy,& are often sacrificed in policy negotiations.

One “thank you” would be changing that.

[Van Jones @VanJones68]

If Biden wins, this party will have been carried across the finish line on the backs of BLACK WOMEN.

And if we win AZ and GA, we better bow down to @LUCHA_AZ and @staceyabrams.

Decisions are made by those who show up. RESPECT.

[tri vo @tribranchvo]

the whole squad won!

[USF College of Marine Science @USFCMS]

In Florida, it has been raining a lot. Curious about what can be introduced to the waters you swim in? Check out this new video & activity (ages 13+) on Pathogens & Poop inspired by our MERA Investigation. #USF
Video: https://t.co/EkVUixKQ54
MERA: https://t.co/M0WMcoIbS9

[BIPOCinCompGen @BIPOCinCompGen]

Hi 👋🏾 we're @BIPOCinCompGen! We re-tweet computational genomics research papers written by scientists who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color! #POCinSTEM #BIPOC #NativeinSTEM #LatinxinSTEM #BlackinSTEM #amplifyblackSTEM #MinoritiesinSTEM #AsianinSTEM

[Natalie Sawaya @NatSawaya]

@KemaMalki Congrats Kema! adorable cartoon, as always 😊

[Makenzie Kerr @kenzie3kinz]

Great article by Hope Weil on our event "Think Macro Act Micro" @virome_girl @USFCMS https://t.co/Pc1D1smyh7

[Karyna Rosario @karyna_rosario]

Day 1 @StPeteSciFest. Fun day with DNA detectives from our lab begins with @kenzie3kinz @KemaMalki @NatSawaya and our junior scientists @USFCMS @virome_girl

[Natalie Sawaya @NatSawaya]

Congrats to my stellar intern Shelby for winning second place for her talk about perfecting the Polony method for ssDNA phage quantification! #FLASM2019 @USFCMS

[Natalie Sawaya @NatSawaya]

Having fun playing around with animation trying to show @AD4STRA 's Haloferax volcanii archaea dreaming of traveling to space. Now we know it can grow on perchlorate, a water loving salt! #FLASM2019

[Natalie Sawaya @NatSawaya]

A great poster presentation by @paigeboleman talking about sequencing the genome of a novel phage she isolated this summer from vibrio natriegens! #FLASM2019