Microbiologist, imaging specialist & educator @MBLScience . Coauthor of Life at the Edge of Sight @Harvard_Press
Woods Hole, MA
Joined August 2014
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Even #tardigrades like a good back scratch.
Captured by @RebeccaArielS @HarvardMSI Microscopy Workshop.
I wonder what this little water bear is actually doing. Any guesses?
Countdown to #MicrobialLife @HarvardMuseum tinyurl.com/y9pp2kxm – at Cambridge, MA
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Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular collectives can lead to emergent physical traits. @edbites reports: quantamagazine.org/how-a-bio…
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🦠🦷😁Ever wonder what’s in your plaque? These super-fast-dividing bacteria, shown multiplying over 23.5 hours, are one species that cultivates cavity-causing plaque. Brushing, flossing, & dentist visits can keep this sticky substance in check. More: go.nih.gov/c7pC0Gq
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Join us for Microbial Diversity 2025!
Life changing…
Excited to announce that our 2025 Advanced Research Training Course schedule is up and applications are open! 🎉🎉🎉
See you in Woods Hole! mbl.edu/courses
ALT a list of all the 2025 Marine Biological Laboratory Advanced Research Training Courses with course dates and application deadlines listed.
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Excited to announce that our 2025 Advanced Research Training Course schedule is up and applications are open! 🎉🎉🎉
See you in Woods Hole! mbl.edu/courses
ALT a list of all the 2025 Marine Biological Laboratory Advanced Research Training Courses with course dates and application deadlines listed.
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MBL Research Scientist Scott Chimileski captured this amazing photo of the aurora over Eel Pond last night.
If you missed the light show last night, you might get another chance tonight, according to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center. Make sure to look up!
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Thrilled to share that our paper on the differential growth rate of Caulobacter daughter cells is finally in print. Work led by the talented, now-doctor @skye_glenn pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
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🌿 Welcome to HHMI’s Beautiful Biology!
Explore hidden beauty in the biological world with these stunning images. From a fungus cross-section to the early stages of a flower, the natural world has never looked so fascinating!
Explore more: hhmi.org/beautifulbiology
ALT Porcini’s Prodigious Cousin – A cross-section of a fungus related to the porcini mushroom. (Igor Siwanowicz, HHMI)
ALT Flowery Beginnings – Colorful clusters of cells that will bloom into a thale-cress flower. (Arun Sampathkumar, Elliot Meyerowitz)
ALT Fire and Ice – The fiery top of a flower’s pistil showing the xylem inside. (Jan Martinek)
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One of the most common bacteria in dental plaque is Corynebacterium matruchotii — and it has a unique form of cell division, splitting into as many 14 cells at a time.
sciencenews.org/article/bact…
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How bacteria actively use passive physics to make biofilms | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
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New research in @PNASNews One of the most diverse #ecosystems on the planet is closer than you think: inside your mouth!
New research from the MBL uncovered an extraordinary mechanism of cell division in Corynebacterium matruchotii—multiple fission mbl.edu/news/open-wide-human…
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Our paper @JDentRes on “Improved visualization of oral microbial consortia" is now published detailing our approach to improve image quality of bacteria on the tongue🔬😝 @JMarkWelch @ForsythResearch #imaging #oralmicrobiome #oralbiofilm #oralmicrobiology
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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By sequencing the genomes of pink berry bacterial aggregates lying at the bottom of marsh pools, microbiologists homed in on a defense mechanism in these microbes that resembles the human immune system.
bit.ly/4a7OAS4
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Lactate is an important substrate🍔for P. aeruginosa in infection sites. We show that PA’s “redundant” lactate dehydrogenases are used by different biofilm subpopulations and contribute to survival within macrophages🦠Great work by @Lindsey_Florek& collabs.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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It's Here! It is my pleasure to announce the 21st Microbial Sciences annual symposium!
We have amazing speakers and SciArtists this year. We are also thrilled to bring you our first "Fermented Food Fest", where you'll be able to try a number of tasty fermented foods and drinks from around the world.
As always you will learn a lot about environmental and medical microbiology, and you'll be well fed and hydrated with snacks and *lunch*.
Tickets are on sale now at bit.ly/MSI_tix_2024
I hope to see you all there. @Harvard @HarvardMSI @WHOI @MITMicrobiome @MITMbiomeClub @BuMicrobiome @TuftsMedSchool @tuftsbiology @NUBioE1 @BiologyBC @ventmicrobes @UML_Biology @bioresearchclub @Ginkgo @NEBiolabs
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We're happy to present the #MBLMarchMadness bracket for 2024!
Check out mbl.edu/march-madness for more information on timing, voting, and all about our favorite super-powered research organisms
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Without Social Distancing, How Do Bacteria Survive a Viral Epidemic? New MBL research indicates how “pink berries” and other communal bacterial structures may protect against rampant spread of disease.
mbl.edu/news/without-social-…
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Dr. Pu-Ting Dong’s award-winning study uses advanced imaging to show beneficial effects of Saccharibacteria’s parasitic presence on its host: the rare appearance of lipid droplets that help host bacteria cope with stress. Get the full story below!
ow.ly/z4L150QC3v8
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Thrilled to share our work revealing the intricate cellular architecture within the biofilm and its impact on metabolic activity and antibiotic tolerance 🧫
Diving into biofilms 🤿reveals beautiful cellular organization that affects substrate distribution and antibiotic tolerance. Exciting work by
@HannahDayton & collaborators @TheMinLab @ajlabny @jasnir_ Raju Tomer & their labs! #microanatomy
Now @PLOSBiology dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…
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Happy Feb 1st!💞
Join us burst 💥with excitement like a phage in lysis cuz 😁:
BBM 2024 is now open for registration!
It's the 30th bday of BBM 🎂 🎈 🎉! Where were you in 1994? (I was a newborn with the 🎁 of a microbiome 🦠 😝)
bostonbacterial.org/registra…
See you all there!😎
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Apply by Jan. 25! The acclaimed MBL Logan Science Journalism fellowships immerse journalists, writers, producers & editors in biomedical or environmental research training. Get invaluable, hands-on experience w/scientific discovery in Woods Hole, MA. mbl.edu/sjp
