Today @marioapata.bsky.social successfully defended his dissertation! (Co-chairs @sexchrlab.bsky.social and me). Mario's science is complemented by his beautiful illustrations (which I poorly tried to imitate in icing form for the cake!). Congratulations Dr. Apata!!!

Congratulations Dr. Mario Apata @marioapata.bsky.social! Dr. Apata successfully defended his dissertation today on work w/ ancient DNA, the microbiome, and functional genomics of arsenic tolerance, co-advised by Dr. Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social and myself, collaborating w/ Dr. Jeanne Wilson-Rawls