Erin McKenney

Assistant Professor @NCStateAEC. she/they. teaching innovation ✨ gut microbiomes 🦠 advocate 🌈 baker 🍞 fermenter 🫙🥬 artist 🎨 blacksmith. BLM. Views mine.

[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

So excited for this summer's PD program from @NCStateOFE!

[NC State Office for Faculty Excellence @NCStateOFE]

Summer Program Alert 🎆📣

2024 SPARK Summer Professional Development program: The Paper Trail! This asynchronous program is crafted to empower academics in maximizing the impact of their projects through comprehensive publication strategies. https://t.co/JKiGWQoWh7

[Field Inclusive @FieldInclusive]

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[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

@TheSharkologist I... definitely say "thank you" whenever I'm carded. 😂

[Murry Burgess, PhD @murryloub]

Have any general questions about applying to my lab or my new M.S. positions? Check out this FAQ section on my website!👇🏽

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[ARamirez Lab @ARamirezLab]

Advertising our summer REU program in Tropical Ecology and Evolution in Puerto Rico. Details in https://t.co/CoXXZ8VNPO

Thanks to Vamery / @vamerygonzalez / for being our REU ambassador.
#elverde_REU

[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

@MeganStroupHill @BoultedBread @LaurenMNichols @RRobDunn Thanks!! It's been a slow rise but I'm pleased with the product. 😉

[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

New pub!
Sourdough starters exhibit similar succession patterns but develop flour-specific climax communities.
We compared starters grown from 10 flours, using methods that reflect common baking practices.
@BoultedBread @LaurenMNichols @RRobDunn
https://t.co/zXXwosavoP
🧵1/3

[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

@OttoOrtegaM Me too! It's also fun to talk to bakers and realize they are already doing some of these things by instinct – using different flours to achieve different flavors – and my microbial insights help us understand *why* those practices work.

[Jan-Michael Archer🇬🇾🇺🇲 @PronouncedYan]

Very excited to have this out in the wild. Many thanks to the visionaries at @AgentschangeEJ and keep an eye out for the companion essay coming soon👀

[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

@Laffing_Bear – this could be fodder for a great discussion in #AEC245 Global Conservation Ecology in the spring

[Clayton Lamb @ClaytonTLamb]

NEW PAPER: We followed 76 grizzly bears in a human-dominated landscape to explore coexistence. What we found surprised us. Tons of mortality, tons of conflict, and yet also tons of bears—3x denser than Banff National Park. How could this be possible? 🧵

https://t.co/4XfTA02RdX

[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

Bacterial succession is broadly similar across flour types, though communities develop flour-specific membership and structure, and produce unique aromatic profiles, by day 10.
Our findings support bakers' knowledge and practice + suggest ways to manipulate bread flavor.
3/3

[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

We measured pH and rise, and recorded aromas produced by starters across 14 days. We identified functionally distinct stages of succession, and sequenced microbial DNA from each stage to characterize bacterial succession cross stages and flour types.
2/3

[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

New pub!
Sourdough starters exhibit similar succession patterns but develop flour-specific climax communities.
A collab with teachers + @BoultedBread to compare starters grown from 10 different flours, using methods that reflect common baking practices
https://t.co/zXXwosavoP

[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

@DrSueIshaq Congratulations!!! I'd love to share this with my Gut Microbial Ecology class in the spring. 🥦🐭🦠

[Dr. Sue Ishaq, PhD @DrSueIshaq]

Our paper on using broccoli sprouts to reduce symptoms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in mouse models of Crohn's Disease was accepted in mSystems!!!

The raw sprouts worked great in younger mice but not as well in older mice, and we are already working on figuring that out.

[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

How did I not include teaching at NC Governor's School????

[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

1. university professor
2. manuscript editor
3. nutrition & research intern at Disney's Animal Kingdom
4. bowling alley technician
5. veterinary assistant

[Mark O. Martin @markowenmartin]

Quote with five jobs you have had:

1. University professor
2. Biotech researcher
3. Fiction author
4. Library worker
5. Computer payroll delivery driver.

[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

@Anda19 I am teaching my Field Ecology students to analyze data in R. I emphasize the importance (and difficulty) of thinking like a computer, and work through code with them in real-time – both so that I can help them, and so they can watch me make mistakes and troubleshoot.

[Erin McKenney @doteachlearn]

@AnaMariaMezaSa1 and I ask panelists for #AEC400 Field Ecology to describe their work in 1 sentence.

I am interested in factors that influence dynamic communities, from gut microbiomes to student learning and sense of belonging.

How would you describe your work in 1 sentence?