PhD student at the University of British Columbia studying microsporidia and other protists in the Fast & Keeling Labs. Former mosquito ranch hand at UGA
Good golly, Miss Holly (435)! Can her cinnamon rolls of flattering fat flatten her feisty foe? Or will 164, the under-bear under the falls overtake the hefty heavyweight hitter Holly and pile drive the competition? Choose at https://t.co/thJwxp9wuP by 5pm AKDT. #FatBearWeek
#LiteratureNotice Strand Lab members Ruby Harrison, Kangkang Chen, Lilith South, and Ange Lorenzi, along with Profs. Brown and Strand, dig into mosquito egg formation in new article @RubyHar70376283@LilithSouth https://t.co/KiaVBKdupv
Excited share that I will be starting my PhD @UBC in September! I will be working under Drs Naomi Fast and Patrick Keeling studying marine parasites such as microsporidia and apicomplexans #UBCGradJourney#phd!
Now recruiting a PhD student and a technician!
Are you interested in #mosquitoes, #ticks, or #medicalentomology? Know someone who is? Send them our way (or RT for visibility!)
More details included at our website:
https://t.co/9cdIJbSsBN
The Secret Lives of Mosquitoes, the World’s Most Hated Insects | Smithsonian Voices | National Museum of Natural History | Smithsonian Magazine https://t.co/FHFh23Sett
#WeevilWednesday Meet the ligustrum weevil (Ochyromera ligustri)! This chubby weevil feeds on Chinese privet, an ornamental (& sometimes invasive) plant. Ligustrum weevils are pests OR biocontrol agents, depending on whether the privet they feed on is in a yard or a natural area!
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Intrigued by parasites?
Join me in Edinburgh to investigate chronic #Toxoplasma infection @SBSatEd
Beautiful parasite, beautiful city!!
5 year #postdoc position
#Imaging#phosphoproteomics#CRISPR
https://t.co/X32co8q2xl
Well, it finally happened. Looked for mushrooms by bending over to look at the forest floor and a woman asked me if I was okay. Don’t mind me, I’m just scanning for chanterelles!
I saw this Gila Monster, Heloderma suspectum, as I was driving down a dirt road. It wanted to get to the other side. They spend most of their lives underground, only emerging to eat, drink,& find a mate. Can you #FindThatLizard? Let me know with #FoundThatLizard. Reveal at 9pm MT
Breking Tardigrade News... soon ! ? !
Mom tardigrade left the eggs safe inside her molt.
The eggs are still in the incubator, but only few hours are left ... Hope to be able to see the birth.
#Tardigrades from Cantabrian Mountains.
Video by @rmartinledo AKA Tardigrade Whisperer
Just crossed the border into British Columbia. I plan to explore Vancouver and visit some natural hot springs, but open to suggestions for how to spend my time here 🇨🇦