A microbial ecologist studying swine gut microbiomes, a mother of two delightful daughters, a 2-time cancer survivor. My posts are not endorsed by the USDA
Joined June 2015
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Heather K Allen retweeted
1 Feb 2020
CDC: Flu deaths reach 10K this season
Worry about the flu before you worry about Corona virus. wect.com/2020/01/31/cdc-flu-…
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Heather K Allen retweeted
21 Dec 2019
Applications are open for the Microbial Diversity course through Jan 31. There is PLENTY of financial aid. We are looking for students doing wet bench, computation, biophysics, modeling etc. from institutions across the country and world. Pls share! @MBL mbl.edu/education/courses/mi…
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20 Dec 2019
Research technician position open at the national animal disease center in Ames Iowa (usda;) must be a us citizen to qualify usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetai…
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Heather K Allen retweeted
15 Oct 2019
We have a tenure-track faculty position in Microbial Ecology open at Michigan State! There's still time to get your applications in - we hope to start reviewing around the end of the month. #Microbiome
Please re-tweet, esp to all the awesome post-docs on the job market now
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Heather K Allen retweeted
29 Apr 2019
Microbiome | CSHL. Super excited to launch a broad scientific meeting focused on microbiome science. Hope you can join. Abstracts due May 3 meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.a…
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29 Apr 2019
Terrific group of high school students who researched numerous global factors that cause food insecurity, including pollution, corruption, and human rights. Themes for their proposed solutions included education, infrastructure, and technology. Roundtable14 #iyi19
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29 Apr 2019
What a terrific speech by an amazing and inspiring individual!! Hunger is Thanos, Norman Borlog is Captain America! #iyi19 Endgame is 2049.
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29 Apr 2019
Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, President of World Food Prize, addressing talented and passionate Iowa high schoolers at Hilton Coliseum. Innovation is needed to sustainably feed the world. #iyi19
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Heather K Allen retweeted
20 Feb 2018
Oh look what I found, Wilson et al show a half-and-half-graph in current issue of @nature, half dot plot, half boxplot! #dataviz #scienceviz #dataisbeautiful
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Heather K Allen retweeted
21 Nov 2017
Dear #Microtweeple: consider joining our Quorum! It’s fun and builds (Microbial) community! Spread the word! @ASMicrobiology @AnneAMadden @baym @markjmandel @Symbionticism @PatSchloss @DrSivWatkins @jo44atWID @nabroderick @jennifergardy x.com/vexedmuddler/status/93…
16 Nov 2017
It’s that time of year again! Join @markowenmartin and I in the annual Twitter microbiology gift exchange, #SecretSerratia! Sign up to give a gift and get a gift :D docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Heather K Allen retweeted
9 Nov 2017
Next week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week! Learn how to handle antibiotics with care and help us stop the spread of #AntibioticResistance bit.ly/2hhqDjc
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19 Oct 2017
Great talk about AMR in manure-amended soils by my collaborator Michelle at ISU Micro retreat. @ISUWaterChicks
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Heather K Allen retweeted
I'm recruiting Ph.D. students for fall 2018! Come join #brinsmadelab & @gubiology! Info @ goo.gl/AM65ei & brinsmadelab.com
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17 Oct 2017
Postdoctoral position available in my group! Computational biology, host-microbe interactions in ag-relevant hosts, AMR. Mssg me for deets!
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Heather K Allen retweeted
26 Sep 2017
Bacterial whack-a-mole: reconsidering the public health relevance of using carbadox in food animals mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/lon… @30carnations
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Heather K Allen retweeted
10 Sep 2017
My advice on learning Python:
Don't set out to "learn Python". Choose a problem you're interested in and learn to solve it with Python.
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We thought you might be interested in our #WomeninStem Scholarship: payscale.com/scholarships/wo…
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Heather K Allen retweeted
25 Aug 2017
Immunologist tenure-track job in Medical Microbiology & Immunology, my new department in Madison @UWMadisonMMI jobs.hr.wisc.edu/cw/en-us/jo…
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