Kasandra Velarde, MSc

Baby microbiologist/virologist 🦠🔬(she/her)

[Dan Jones @geomicrobe]

Cave pools in Carlsbad Caverns National Park contain diverse bacteriophage communities and novel viral sequences https://t.co/RpECmGEfRW

[NASA @NASA]

It’s okay if you don’t feel sparkly today. It's cool if you're not feeling it. Step back for a bit. There’s just one problem.

You already sparkle. Maybe you don’t see it, but others do. You belong, just like every star in this star cluster belongs.

[Anthony Berndt @anthony_berndt]

For the last fucking time, thawing 1.5 mL microcentrifuge tubes.

[Kasandra Velarde, MSc @VelardeKasandra]

I miss running PCRs — please take me back 😭

[NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day @apod]

[RPT] Jupiters Swirls from Juno: https://t.co/lsIoSoF7RV by @NASA @NASAJPL @swri /MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill

[Kasandra Velarde, MSc @VelardeKasandra]

@rcast_plants Yay!!!! So glad you went through all the work and now you’re rewarded big time!!!! Congratulations 🎈🎈

[The PhD Place @ThePhDPlace]

Your mental health is more important than your PhD

[Moved on to @parafilmm.bsky.social @ParafilmM]

Mmm... Grape flavour

[NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day @apod]

[RPT] First Horizon Scale Image of a Black Hole: https://t.co/9shnVBgH95 by Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

[Kasandra Velarde, MSc @VelardeKasandra]

@jsharbro @newmexicotech @NMTBiology Thanks Joel for being on my committee!! Couldn’t have done it without all your feedback!

[Kasandra Velarde, MSc @VelardeKasandra]

@bsteve00 thank you ☺️hope you’re going great thangs!

[Kasandra Velarde, MSc @VelardeKasandra]

I feel the imposter syndrome settling in now…

[Jean-Marie Volland @JeanVolland]

Very excited to share our preprint on "A centimeter-long bacterium with DNA compartmentalized in membrane-bound organelles"
#microbiology #chemosynthesis #CellBiology #bacteria
https://t.co/OPYIrkqz8S

[Roberto Diaz @Robdiaz033]

Just a friendly reminder to always cite your sources.

[Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy]

Vive la résistance!

Bacteria found in a 13,000 year old ice cave reveals details about antibiotic resistance!

Check out our latest article by Mae-Ling Kao

https://t.co/YSQzIduP2u

[Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy]

Stromatolites are bacterial fossils 🦠🪨

What can be discovered about ancient and modern stromatolites?
How does genetic sequencing inform these discoveries?

Article by Abigail Brown
https://t.co/cF9lNsF7ev

[Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy]

What does plant domestication mean for microbial diversity?

How does this impact the health of the plant, and what does it mean for those of us consuming domesticated crops?

Article by Catherine V Batchelder
https://t.co/BI71YYQSU5

[New Scientist @newscientist]

More than a million people died from antibiotic-resistant infections across the globe in 2019, hundreds of thousands more than malaria or HIV, according to a new estimate. https://t.co/HWWysG3ERu

[Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy]

Exposure to radiation and potentially toxic chemicals are a reality of space travel
A paper by @lamprecht_maria at @C_Astrobiologia identified genes involved in the resistance of UV radiation and perchlorate by microorganisms

Article by Katheryn Schmittle
https://t.co/aAM8SVftrZ