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Alex Alexiev, PhD

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Postdoc in the Sharpton lab at Oregon State University | she/her | UC Davis -> CU Boulder -> OSU | microbial community ecology, amphibians, zebrafish | 🇧🇬🇺🇸💖💛💙 alexforscience.wordpress.com Basic R code resources: https://github.com/aalexiev/Basic_R

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‘Sex reversal’ is surprisingly common in birds, new study suggests Survey of five Australian avians finds numerous discordant individuals, including a genetically male bird that had laid an egg

Well this is wild (and cool!): birds may have a previously unrecognized ability to switch sexes. #ornithology www.science.org/content/arti...

14.08.2025 17:12 — 👍 48    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 1

Closed minded scientists like this guy are my least favorite type of person. Imo you're not good at the scientific process if you can't apply it to many aspects of your life, outside only your field. Everything on this planet has connections, how are science and humanities so different?

14.08.2025 21:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So cool

13.08.2025 01:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So far, cool things at ESA that tell me I'm surrounded by my people: I've noticed 4 or 5 sciart booths in the exhibition hall selling ecology themed art. One booth is just piles of free books. According to an email, there's a gear swap booth where you can donate/get field gear. Awesome.

13.08.2025 01:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Looking forward to a week off ecology at ESA 2025!

12.08.2025 17:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Join me today 10:30-11:30 am and 3-4 pm at my poster on how Benzoapyrene, a ubiquitous environmental pollutant, affects the neurodevelopment and gut microbiome of model zebrafish - HMB 921 #ASMmicrobe

22.06.2025 17:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ruby Scanlon, an undergrad in the Kent and Sharpton labs, is presenting her poster today at AAR 465! #ASMmicrobe

22.06.2025 17:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great evidence based article! I have high cholesterol and seed oils were recommended by my doctor AND dietician alongside olive oil. Also sunflower oil is a staple of Bulgarian cooking so I'm not removing it from my kitchen any time soon. 🙄

22.06.2025 05:21 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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#ASMmicrobe supporting #sciart with a song about COVID healthcare workers

21.06.2025 23:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nerding out over the delightful microbial backgrounds! #brukermid #ASMmicrobe

21.06.2025 23:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Come see Ebony Stretch, a grad student in the sharpton lab, present her poster on how PFAS affects the got microbiome in model zebrafish! #ASMmicrobe poster 923 in HMB02

21.06.2025 17:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I have a deeply ingrained memory of extracting DNA in the mornings while listening to the paper cutter in the background.

And btw, guess what Qiagen is giving away as a prize today at the ASM conference. 😃 I was just telling an undergrad coworker about gut check too.

20.06.2025 21:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Physical activity is a priority between talks #ASMmicrobe 😆

20.06.2025 19:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Both captions and ASL interpreter at #ASMmicrobe opening last night! Great steps towards DEI. Captions weren't great but something to work on for next time.

20.06.2025 19:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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That was such a trip down memory lane. Coincidentally, my Google photos recently reminded me of play testing...

15.05.2025 23:56 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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New paper from my lab (first author is Sonia Ghose): www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...

Skin microbiomes of frogs vary among body regions, revealing differences that reflect known patterns of chytrid infection

14.05.2025 20:16 — 👍 41    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 1

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