Kind of love the first day of summer at a university. There's all the fun excitement of graduation and move out, then suddenly, it's quiet and empty. Almost like an ecosystem after disturbance. 😅 Excellent environment for writing. 🖋️

Toxins plus climate harms likely cause of reduced fertility, study finds - The Guardian  www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

In case anyone feels a little lost on how to break into the microbiome field/literature, I've recently put together some resources online: alexforscience.wordpress.com/resource-list/ Feel free to share with students - I hope it's helpful!

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

So cool

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.

Looking forward to a week off ecology at ESA 2025!

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

Ruby Scanlon, an undergrad in the Kent and Sharpton labs, is presenting her poster today at AAR 465! #ASMmicrobe

#ASMmicrobe supporting #sciart with a song about COVID healthcare workers

Nerding out over the delightful microbial backgrounds! #brukermid #ASMmicrobe

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

Physical activity is a priority between talks #ASMmicrobe 😆

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.

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