Helena Pound

Graduate Student at the University of Tennessee Knoxville

[Steven Wilhelm @TN_Marine_Micro]

The Department of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee is now recruiting new graduate students for the fall 2019 class. We anticipate 10 fully supported graduate assistantships will be available. Come join us and work with our outstanding faculty @UTKMicrobiology.

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

I’m so thankful for this book @joshuasweitz! It always seems to point me in the right direction. It’s an excellent basis for my prelim research!

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

@lteytelman @AshleyH51700108 @lauremology Ah! Thanks! I knew it was around somewhere!

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

@AshleyH51700108 Help! What does a properly formatted citation for a https://t.co/xQsyjpK22K protocol look like? I wanna cite @lauremology’s rna extraction protocol!

[Steven Wilhelm @TN_Marine_Micro]

After a 24 h delay we are ready to try again to head to the Green Monster that isTaihu...all gear passed security...we hit the lake with @steffenlab and @LouieWurch at first light Friday #NSFfunded .

[Steven Wilhelm @TN_Marine_Micro]

#AVW9 finishing strong with 80 year young James Van Etten and the Chlorella viruses.

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

@MPasricha This is that nitrogen paper I mentioned! https://t.co/FYrxnzYstt

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

That’s one brilliant conversation. I’m so thankful to have the opportunity to learn from them! #avw2018 #viruses @TN_Marine_Micro @Virosphere2012 @avw2018

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

@archaearama Out of curiousity, what fabric did you choose?

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

Rehearsal dinner + aquarium + open bar + microbiologist = extreme excitement

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

@blacksciblog Wiped up some spilled 10% HCl with some paper towels and threw them away. They happened to land on some aluminum foil. Luckily I noticed the trash can smoking before things got too out of hand.

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

It was a low key costume year. Not sure if my virus is quite to scale. Thoughts? @coccolithovirus

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

Thanks to @Lab_Sullivan and @doe_jgi for a fantastic viromics workshop at #osu #viromicsworkshopOSU

[UTK Microbiology @UTKMicrobiology]

Our faculty love sharing their science passions with the world. Here is @archaearama at a @TEDTalks in Milan. Photo: Richard Hadley/TED

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

My fancy @Eppendorf_AG socks came in the mail today! The 300+ RNA extractions were totally worth it. #conferencesocks

[Steven Wilhelm @TN_Marine_Micro]

#PLOSONE: Contrasting seasonal drivers of virus abundance and production in the North Pacific Ocean https://t.co/6gXwCPypXK

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

I might as well call it a day. Wrote 572 lines of code before 7am and they ran without error on the first try. #dayseized

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

Many thanks to @drdrewsteen for a fantastic seminar on deep sediment enzyme activity!

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

There's a special place in hell for people who stack open racks of microcentrifuge tubes in the -80C. #frozentubeseverywhere

[Helena Pound @helena_pound]

Survey. How do you approach stats for values below LLoQ? Please RT. #statistics #geneexpression #quantification