Bucket list item achieved! 🦠

My latest nerd purchase is also relevant to my love of ecology: a woodland dragon with tiny mushroom caps on its tail. 💜🍄

My partner came back from Omega Mart in Las Vegas and he brought me exactly what I wanted.

Excited for Jo Handelsman's talk today at Oregon State's Microbiology department! We're so lucky to be able to host her!

Wow, they make statistics so accessible nowadays!

It's been a little over a week since I started at the Sharpton lab. Everyone has been so welcoming and helpful. It's been fun so far diving into Zebrafish gut microbiome readings and exploring Oregon's nature! @tjsharpton

When you're the first academic in your family and you're trying to figure out how graduation robes work...

Been a crazy year balancing motherhood and PhD work, but I've passed my defense, dissertation is written, and just have to do my exit talk this Friday. Luckily I have a crafty friend who helped commemorate this moment!

It pays off to have entomologist friends who make clever quilts for your newborn. 🦋 #SciArt #spotthemimick

Enjoying the view during my lunch break today! How I envy the life of dogs. 😅