Mona Wu Orr

Microbiologist studying small proteins. Fermentation enthusiast. Would like to pet your dog. She/Her. Views are my own & do not reflect Amherst College's.

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

@DrPhilipAdams @NIAIDNews YAY PHILIP! Such a well-deserved position!!! I am so excited for all the great work that will come out of your group!

[Philip Adams @DrPhilipAdams]

Thrilled to announce that I’ve accepted a Stadtman tenure-track position in NIAID Laboratory of Bacteriology in Bethesda, MD and named a NIH Distinguished Scholar!!! #ResearchingSpirochetes @NIAIDNews

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

Congrats to Soo-Kyoung Kim, Vince Lee, @runtumblerun, and Holger Sondermann! I did a tn suppressor screen ... then graduated & left it in the freezer. It's been great hearing the progress of this elegant diribonucleotide degradation story over the years! https://t.co/9uhxA06Xpe

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

I found these hanging on my office door this morning! From @JenLovesBugs delivered by @tommy_tashjian!

[Philip Adams @DrPhilipAdams]

🤣🤣 my tip selection is manic, yet 👯‍♀️with @_pseudo_mona (perfect columns) - it’s possible!!

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

@rtoshiro_ @DrPhilipAdams Possibly it’s a sign that you’re a witch

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

@DrPhilipAdams (except I do mine in columns, rows are also wrong)

[Sigma-Aldrich @SigmaAldrich]

Can these two be friends outside of lab?

[Anupama Khare @AnuKhareLab]

New preprint from our lab @NCIResearchCtr ! We found that Staph aureus evolves tolerance to pyocyanin produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa via CodY mutations. This project was started by @microbiosara as the lab's first postbac, and then led by @TMartini_ #Saureus #Paeruginosa 1/2

[Philip Adams @DrPhilipAdams]

Headed to ASM Microbe? Don’t miss the #regulatoryRNA symposium on Sunday, 1:45pm with @storzlab @MicrobeGebhardt @P_briaud @SaharMelamed @zilberzwige @DanBarYaacov!!

[Dr. Aisha Burton @Aisha_Burton]

I’ll be presenting at #ASMMicrobe on Friday morning. If you are going, send me talk schedules and post numbers.

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

@microbial_maeve Every time I’m like … Mona what the hell … you need to start with a phenotype 😭

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

I’m definitely going to have a proper abstract and title this year … I’m just … I’m just having a hard time coming up with one ok

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

The students from my lab course made me these adorable animals ❤️❤️❤️. I’m going to miss them - they meshed into such a tight-knit group by the end of the semester and always had loads of enthusiasm for class and really great questions!

[Kumaran Ramamurthi @RamamurthiLab]

Delighted that @NCIResearchCtr chose our "SSHEL" technology as a 2023-2024 Milestone! Spores of the humble #Bacillus subtilis have come a long way (and still have much to offer!). Stay tuned for new reports of SSHELs being used to deliver peptide vaccines, RNA, and more...

[bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv_micrbio]

A novel ClpC adaptor protein that functions in the developing Bacillus subtilis spore https://t.co/YBbYglW4Ym #biorxiv_micrbio

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

At a trustee dinner and Amherst students are pounding on the doors supporting Palestine. I am so proud.

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

@gramnegativity 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

@gramnegativity Are they juicy on the inside?

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

checks out

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

@PCLeeWSU

[Mona Wu Orr @_pseudo_mona]

My PhD advisor used to ask “Are you doing the right thing?” He didn’t know exactly what you were doing, he just wanted you to check in with yourself. These days when the Vince voice that lives in my head asks if I’m doing the right thing, all the inner Mona voice does is scream.