Preprint of my 2nd dissertation chapter is now on bioRxiv! Diatom Endosymbionts have Shrinking but Stable Genomes Despite Low Coding Density --> doi.org/10.64898/202...

Anytime I have to upload to the NCBI submission portal, I dream for the ability to just call someone on the phone to ask questions and get it done more efficiently.

It's incomprehensible to me how people aren't aware of their mute status when attending any presentations on Zoom at this point. It's not only disruptive, it's rude to the person presenting? Especially when it's something like a defense?

@wilwheaton.net hi very random, is your bluesky bio a reference to a very specific line in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy movie?

Sometimes I feel like when I read a paper, I'm just writing a sparknotes version of a paper for future me.

A fun fact about me is that I've read the same number of papers in the month of August in 3 of the last 4 years. Another fun fact is that I know this with certainty about myself.

Also please feel free to share, take, use, steal and put it in your own name, etc. I don't care about getting credit, I just want people to have better relationships with their advisors and an easier time in graduate school! 🧪

With the semester starting, I wanted to share this advisor meeting guide me and our DEI committee wrote last year to help new (and old!) graduate students establish and maintain good relationships with their advisors! www.umt.edu/biological-s...

Thank you to everyone for the warm welcome yesterday! Already feeling a lot better here than on twitter :P

I missed science twitter and figured I'd give this a go - but will probably remain mostly a lurker. Hello blue sky :)