Lauren

Last week I gave my first final exam as a faculty member and a student called me over during the exam to kill a spider. Truly the most useful I’ve felt during my whole first quarter of teaching

Phages are full of genes of unknown function that are likely adaptive in specific conditions.
New preprint: Phage TnSeq identifies essential genes rapidly and knocks all non-essentials. We would like to send a pool of phiKZ mutants to anyone wanting it! Reach out
tinyurl.com/bdcfrejh

A poster with branding for the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre fo Virus Research, labelled 'Virus Snowflakes.' The poster shows snowflake-like virus designs and song lyrics reading: On the twelfth day of Christmas, a virus gave to me, Twelve fights worth winning, Eleven Christmas dinners, Ten lunar landers, Nine childhood vaccines, Eight tools for teaching, Seven dogs a-barking, Six wasps a-laying, FIIIIVE TIIINY RIIIIIIINGS, Four vaccine platforms, Three genome segments, Two twinned capsids, and A world that is too small to see

Feeling festive?
Why not deck the halls with @cvrinfo.bsky.social's papercraft #VirusSnowflakes and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases.
Download for free: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm #sciart #decorations

photo of the stage and backdrop to the mountain goats show at the neptune theater in seattle

night 2 🌊⛵️🐐

i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.

do you think my students would respect me more or less if they found out I was on bluesky making jokes like "nuclei were a mistake"

the tiktaalik meme only instead of tiktaalik first emerging from the sea, it's the first prokaryote to do endosymbiosis

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

Meme of the guy praying saying “Jesus, I see what you’ve done for other people, and I want that for me”

Setlist from the mountain goats show last night where the tenth song is highlighted because it’s freakin’ “you were cool”

may the mountain goats bless the good people of seattle with even one song off full force galesburg this week 🙏

I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape

what I’m actually buying when I should be shopping for gifts for other people

KNIGHTER'S HOME 🫡

The home opener crowd was electric for our captain, Hilary Knight!

y’all the merch line is halfway around the inside of the arena 🏒🌊

View of the rink at climate pledge arena from center ice. The logos for the Seattle torrent (woo!) and the Minnesota frost (boo!) are displayed on the jumbotrons

inaugural home opener let’s goooo

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

It's Monday. So I thought I'd checka my email.
flashy: homestarrunner.com/sbemails/210...
tubey: youtu.be/-zhsNdk1_Vc?si

🚀New preprint from our lab!
I am very excited to finally share what has been the main focus of my PhD for the past almost 3 years! It is about viral dark matter and a powerful tool we built to shed light on it. 🧬💡
Continue reading (🧵)

when I experience one (1) minor inconvenience

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and talking to a camera . Alt: David Lynch as Gordon Cole saying to David Duchovny as Denise Bryson: “when you became Denise, I told all your colleagues, those clown comics, to fix their hearts or die!”

rewatching twin peaks the return and remembering how much I love david lynch 😭

Ladies and gentleman, the first-ever Seattle Torrent goal 🥹

Grey and black speckled dog completely fast asleep draped over a yellow throw pillow on a teal sofa

aftermath of hosting your first large family gathering in your small townhouse and soaking up attention all day long

🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,976 votes, which means that the race is no longer in automatic recount territory.

like I’m getting ads for it on my personal instagram I only use to follow tattooers

somebody please tell me how to get my hands on the thermo fisher holiday sweater and matching beanie if I don’t work in research anymore 😭

why does everyone think their city is the only place where it gets dark super early in the wintertime

A photo of Katie Wilson seated in a wooden chair beside a white brick fireplace smiling at the camera with her hands folded

an image of the election results from King County

SEATTLE!!!

We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!

lotta folks I had optimistically released from mute jail getting locked back up tonight