Sophia Weerth

@ugamicrograd in the Dailey lab. ❤️#bacteria 💕#scicom , ❣️#scipolicy Words are my own! She/Her

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

@amazonDE just FYI, if you live in apt. building in Germany none of these delivery prefernces apply...
It's a little tough as I'm usually at work until late and would love it if the package could be left at a "custom" location

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

@bayern3 @ANTENNEBAYERN das Tegernseer Tal (mehr als 8000 haushalte) ist total vom Telefonnetz abgeschnitten. Bitte teilt in den Nachrichten mit das Bewohner in Not, 110 anrufen sollen.
Mehr Infos zur lage
https://t.co/5CRJ293s9h

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

Had an issue with my @Delta upgrade so I went to the @flyPBI check-in counter. The attendant Tiffany who helped me was the epitome of efficiency and kindness. Just wanted to give her a shout out!

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

Eeeeek check me out!!!

[University of Georgia Immigration Services @immigrationUGA]

Student/Scholar Spotlight

Sophia Weerth's work w/ the microbio grad. student satisfaction survey lead to changes in departmental com., assmt and curr. She also co-founded the Advocates for Anti-Racism in Life Sciences (@AARLS_UGA) student group.

Pic credit to @weerthyscience

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

@KaraAnnTinker A unicorn of reviews!!!

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

... get a rapid test and politely asked if he could help her check in, as her flight was leaving in an hour. The @delta person scowled and said that she was very late and he wasn't sure what he could do for her. Overall, this was a very upsetting experience. (2/2)

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

Yeah, I was with @mdpax when this happened. The @ATLairport @Delta employee did not just give wrong information but was also incredibly dismissive and callous. When we tried to check-in, another person apparently had been given the same misinformation but had managed to ... (1/2)

[Mike Paxhia @mdpax]

1/ With international travel beginning to open up, I thought I'd share my recent unfortunate experience with @Delta. I booked my initial flight DL4365 to London for a new job on April 20th through the Delta website.

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

I'm Defending my dissertation in 2 weeks 🥴
DM me if you want to zoom in

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

It's finally happening. DM me for the zoom info

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

@cedwardson4 @UGAHealthCenter @UGA @BORUSG Theoretically yes, but they r still contacting people in order of "risk" (high 2 low). UGAs risk assessment doesn't include individuals hu were forced to teach f2f, and only considers a small # of pre-existing conditions. This is not UHCs doing but missmanagement by higher admin

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

BF just got an e-mail from @UGAHealthCenter to get the vaccine, yet he is at a lower risk than I. I have been teaching f2f for the entire semester yet am not considered higher risk. Thanks @uga and @BORUSG for once again showing how little you appreciate your TAs/instructors.

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

@AthSciObserver @aarls_uga some interesting articles

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

One of my students just referred to a hockey stick/spreader as a smear bar, and spread plating as sweeping. I'm not sure if I should deduct points or give bonus points for this 🤣 from now on it will always be a smear bar.
#ScienceTwitter #microbiology #STEMeducation #teaching

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

I'm the vi-author of this survey and am very proud! Had a good first round of responses, just need to keep the momentum going! 😅

[Advocates for anti-racism in life sciences at UGA @aarls_uga]

Would you like to help make UGA Life Sciences more diverse and inclusive? The Advocates for Anti-racism in the Life Sciences at the University of Georgia would like to invite you to participate in the UGA Life Sciences Climate Survey. Link to survey in bio! A thread about it🧵

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

@drdevangm How about finding a moderately productive postdoc who splits their time between benchwork and science communication/outreach? Now that's a compromise!

[Advocates for anti-racism in life sciences at UGA @aarls_uga]

Dr. Olivia Thompson became interested in science while watching the show “Zoom” as a child and recreating from the show with her siblings. It is because of this  experience  that Dr. Thompson  especially  values science outreach for kids #BlackHistoryMonth (1/3)

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

@hangryhistorian Just want to note that those numbers are from my experience in my field. Offcourse national lab salaries and industry salaries vary by field.

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

@hangryhistorian So many comments here where people r laughing at how obviously inaccurate this salary is in academia. The picture changes outside of academia. Nat. labs pay postdocs ~$60K, industry jobs at ~$80K. Academia is hemorrhaging talent because people aren't paid what they are worth.

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

@SophiaFriesen2 @blkdwnng Isn't it cilantro? Looks like parsley but is really devils weed

[Sophia Weerth @WeerthyScience]

@MGSO_UGA Great advice, except #networking is super important. U r more likely to get hired somewhere where you know people than if no 1 knows u. Also, there r many non-bench jobs that require a PhD that put emphasis on skills rather than pubs. @cheekyscience @AuroraBtP @UGACareerCenter