Caitlin Nealon, PhD

Life Sciences Experience Developer @TheTechInteract. Sometimes lighting designer. Former cannabinoid scientist. Currently recovering academic. Constant chaos.

[Caitlin Nealon, PhD @benchadjacent]

Holy shit.

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Know what it's like to work with STEM rock stars? We do! @biophilebytes @James0m0wong9 and @benchadjacent are helping make BioTinkering accessible for all. #STEMvideohall
Vote here 👇 https://t.co/L30WWMJzql

[Cindric Livingstone @heyshaelyn]

I think a really great way to understand how the general public views museums as nation-building tools is to look at how fake museums are used in theme parks.

[Caitlin Nealon, PhD @benchadjacent]

I am once again asking you to make cool things with microbes

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when you're waiting for your turn in the biotinkering lab

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We are LIVE with a #GivingTuesday celebration!

We’re talking about chemistry, biomimicry and, oh yeah, we are opening a time capsule from 1999!!!

WATCH: https://t.co/WMctsVKBBV

[Caitlin Nealon, PhD @benchadjacent]

@eco_genome @TheTechInteract @CorinneTakara @biophilebytes That's an awesome little gourd! What did you use for the stem?

[Callie Chappell @eco_genome]

Happy Halloween! To celebrate, 🌱biologist Jason Thomas and I made bioplastic algae strings from @TheTechInteract using 🎃pumpkin purée as the base. We made it into a spooky “gourd”-ian knot/pumpkin!! @CorinneTakara @biophilebytes

[Caitlin Nealon, PhD @benchadjacent]

Put some science in your spoop! You can add all kinds of ingredients when you try out our newest #biotinkering at home activity, Algae String. I had a blast finding all the things in my kitchen that can fluoresce!

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Halloween at home: grab a UV light and go on a scavenger hunt around your house for fluorescent ingredients to make your algae string SPOOKY. Hint! We found turmeric, laundry detergent and peanut butter (😮) fluoresces. ✨✨

[katie spalding @supermathskid]

extremely here for the cabal of housecats who have been slowly taking over the science journalism industry for the last few years

[Caitlin Nealon, PhD @benchadjacent]

It's so much fun to see the crazy creative ideas people have to put in their algae string. Makes me wish I had more than just food coloring at home!

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When you put invisible ink on algae string 🧿👄🧿

[Caitlin Nealon, PhD @benchadjacent]

My apartment has been full of goo for months. Come check out why!

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It’s the hot new bio thing, we call it... "ALGAE STRING."

In this activity you will use polymers made by algae and a bit of chemistry to create your own custom string!
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Access the activity guide here: https://t.co/4fvtihSiXR

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The full recipe for “Algae String” drops tomorrow.

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Prep your kitchen because we're about to start cooking up some SCIENCE!

Our newest BioTinkering activity, "Algae String" comes out this Thursday.

[Caitlin Nealon, PhD @benchadjacent]

Drop in at 11:15a (PST) to catch me talking about fun things you can do to explore science!

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🏳️‍🌈🎉📢Join @PrideSV this weekend as they take their Pride Parade and Festival online, providing a wide range of digital content across Sat & Sun completely FREE to the community! Watch the digital celebration on their Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, & website: https://t.co/XhYnwHa42x

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Some personal news: we've redesigned our popular Tech at Home website! Now it's super easy to find subject-specific lesson plans.

Check it out at https://t.co/ZGY9hEjyF7! 🧠🕺

[Caitlin Nealon, PhD @benchadjacent]

@ViralCarmichael @OpenAcademics RIP @sfnbanter, the best part of SfN.

[Talya Laufer @TalyaLaufer]

Our first #Kombucha project: We made a @Sphero Specdrum piano using our dried out #SCOBY! This is iteration 1. Further experimentation will be done to perfect texture, bases, colors and sounds! @CorinneTakara @TheTechInteract @SpheroEdu

[Dr. Saskia Popescu @SaskiaPopescu]

This is a great post on “airborne" & and why we need to rethink our comm on it. “A major problem plaguing this discussion is the false dichotomy between “droplet” & “airborne” transmission that we use in healthcare settings (for simplicity of messaging..” @dan_diekema

[Subhadra Das @littlegaudy]

When talking about decolonizing science, I often get asked what that would look like?

I should have known (and love) that the answer to that question is @Glamrou.

[Caitlin Nealon, PhD @benchadjacent]

@Nycteris @TheTechInteract I feel that! I've definitely been there.

[Caitlin Nealon, PhD @benchadjacent]

@Nycteris We use oolong tea @TheTechInteract because it was the one that the staff decided smelled the least bad.

Ranking of tea smells from best to worst, poll of ~30 people: oolong, white, black, green

You could try a different tea to see if the smell improves?