I’m so frustrated with @UWMadison and the amount of salt they dump on campus and straight into Lake Mendota.
Campus is a disgraceful salty mess every time it snows.
Latest from me: Nearly every fish @EPA tested from the Great Lakes and U.S. rivers was tainted with a #PFAS forever chemical used for decades in Scotchgard stain-resistant fabrics, firefighting foam and food packaging manufactured by Minnesota-based 3M. chicagotribune.com/news/envi…
(1/3) A strong system will bring a multi-faceted weather event to Wisconsin tomorrow afternoon through Saturday. While our dry conditions will limit flash flooding, heavy rainfall in excess of 2", strong winds, and a potential brief window for a few weak tornadoes exists. #wiwx
An isolation period of 5 days after Covid is totally inadequate for most people. New report from >63,000 people. Negative rapid tests are an essential guide
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The No. 1 university in America for turning out current CEOs of Fortune 500 companies is not Harvard, not Stanford, not Notre Dame. It's Wisconsin. @UWMadisonchiefexecutive.net/fortune-5…
Academic tweeps: I need help again with productivity tools/strategies. I just can't lock into something that works long term. What system(s) do you use to keep on top of deadlines, tasks, projects, etc? Here is what I've tried:
Love love love this one! My pleasure to share @mcmahonlab latest: "Signatures of Microbial Diversity at Multiple Scales of Resolution within Engineered Enrichment Communities" from @lizilla93 the manuscript MACHINE! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Excited to share that I’ve started @ArcadiaScience today as a Scientist working on computational pipelines! Looking forward to lots of fun science & creating open-source tools for the community!
Super excited to give my tenure seminar next week - Thursday, Sep 29 at 3:30 pm Central. If you are in Madison - please try and attend in person. Reception to follow. Zoom option may be available, DM/email me if interested.
Excited to share this study! Another cautionary tale about blindly trusting published PCR primers. Kudos to the ever enthusiastic @ambermwhite16 and @lizilla93 for making it happen!!!
Recruiting grad student for Jan 2022 to study mercury methylation. Masters or PhD in Env Chemistry or EnvEng or Freshwater Sciences. I've been striking out for Fall admissions cuz I was too slow in recruiting. Plz pass along & LMK if u have any undergrads hoping to start in Jan!!
Excited to announce the release of the Hg-MATE-Db: Hg-cycling Microorganisms in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems Database - a community effort that was led by @ericcapo12@BigMicrobeBen & me doi.org/10.25573/serc.131053… (1/5)