Cara Pina, Ph.D. ♦️A♦️
@cmpina.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Biology, 🏳️🌈 Molecular Bacterial Geneticist studying physiology and stress responses; MSCA MTA; ungrader; bringer of chaos (She/They)
~Singing while we watch them fall~ -Prince
~Singing while we watch them fall~ -Prince
Aye scientists! ... Where's the best place to buy a lab coat for myself?
March 11, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Aye scientists! ... Where's the best place to buy a lab coat for myself?
Billy ... I don't know wth you did too your hair ... But I still love you all. 🧡🥰
February 8, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Billy ... I don't know wth you did too your hair ... But I still love you all. 🧡🥰
Reposted by Cara Pina, Ph.D. ♦️A♦️
Please support the Caleb Scholar's program! We fund & mentor students who want to use their degrees to preserve Alaska Native ways, lands, & waters. I am inspired by the students, who are thinking creatively about how to use their education to help people back home 💜
www.calebscholars.org/donation/
www.calebscholars.org/donation/
Invest in Our Future – Caleb Scholars Program
www.calebscholars.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Please support the Caleb Scholar's program! We fund & mentor students who want to use their degrees to preserve Alaska Native ways, lands, & waters. I am inspired by the students, who are thinking creatively about how to use their education to help people back home 💜
www.calebscholars.org/donation/
www.calebscholars.org/donation/
@jeffreymphd.bsky.social
New 'yard' law bans homeowners from using popular tool sold at Home Depot and Walmart on their own land from 2028 share.google/MbzS18F6OC3Z...
New 'yard' law bans homeowners from using popular tool sold at Home Depot and Walmart on their own land from 2028 share.google/MbzS18F6OC3Z...
'Yard' law bans homeowners from using popular Home Depot tool on their own land
A NEW law is requiring homeowners to use a greener alternative for a common tool – but the change could be costly. One city government is moving away from gas-powered lawn equipment in favor …
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December 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@jeffreymphd.bsky.social
New 'yard' law bans homeowners from using popular tool sold at Home Depot and Walmart on their own land from 2028 share.google/MbzS18F6OC3Z...
New 'yard' law bans homeowners from using popular tool sold at Home Depot and Walmart on their own land from 2028 share.google/MbzS18F6OC3Z...
😬 I'm going to snap
September 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
😬 I'm going to snap
You know, if I could speak cat, the last 24 hours would have been much easier. 😭
June 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
You know, if I could speak cat, the last 24 hours would have been much easier. 😭
Okay! T-5 Days until I drive my ass to Bethlehem PA with my 19 yo cat to stay at an airBNB and teach some highschoolers genomics research. What was I thinking????
June 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Okay! T-5 Days until I drive my ass to Bethlehem PA with my 19 yo cat to stay at an airBNB and teach some highschoolers genomics research. What was I thinking????
wtf so the children are fighting? I'm so tired.
June 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
wtf so the children are fighting? I'm so tired.
🤔 it's June 1st. I open my mailbox and find ... A letter that says "important tax document" on it. 🤔🤔🤔
June 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
🤔 it's June 1st. I open my mailbox and find ... A letter that says "important tax document" on it. 🤔🤔🤔
😞 why should I continue to bother?
May 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
😞 why should I continue to bother?
It's an interesting feeling, standing at a place that marks success, like graduation, and seeing someone else like you, being able to look at each other and feel connected, be proud of each other for making it and happy to see their success.
May 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It's an interesting feeling, standing at a place that marks success, like graduation, and seeing someone else like you, being able to look at each other and feel connected, be proud of each other for making it and happy to see their success.
Awesome thesis paper by one of my students! 😍
Hungry Bacteria? An Investigation into Acinetobacter venetianus and Alcanivorax borkumensis Microplastic Consumption — Journal of Young Investigators
Acinetobacter venetianus and Alcanivorax borkumensis are bacterial strains capable of degrading hydrocarbons from oils or natural gases. Plastics are often derived from fossil fuels like crude oil ...
www.jyi.org
May 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Awesome thesis paper by one of my students! 😍
If I didn't value my vocal chords as much as I do, I would be screaming into the void endlessly.
May 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If I didn't value my vocal chords as much as I do, I would be screaming into the void endlessly.
Reposted by Cara Pina, Ph.D. ♦️A♦️
We are right at one month away from the 2025 Grading Conference (June 11--13), and have just posted the schedule. Check out all the amazing presentations we will have this year!
www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conf...
www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conf...
The Grading Conference
www.centerforgradingreform.org
May 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We are right at one month away from the 2025 Grading Conference (June 11--13), and have just posted the schedule. Check out all the amazing presentations we will have this year!
www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conf...
www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conf...
I would rather whip egg whites and fold them into a pastry... (Yeah, take that how you will but ... I don't whip egg whites.)
I would rather do my taxes than listen to U2.
change a letter, ruin a band
W2
W2
May 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I would rather whip egg whites and fold them into a pastry... (Yeah, take that how you will but ... I don't whip egg whites.)
"It's like homosexuals anonymous"
God I love But I'm a Cheerleader 🤣
God I love But I'm a Cheerleader 🤣
May 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"It's like homosexuals anonymous"
God I love But I'm a Cheerleader 🤣
God I love But I'm a Cheerleader 🤣
I think I'm just going to quit, move to the cheapest location I can, and work as a cashier. Fuck it.
May 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I think I'm just going to quit, move to the cheapest location I can, and work as a cashier. Fuck it.
So, the PNCBank commercial where parents sell the naming rights to their kids? Can I do that to myself?
May 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So, the PNCBank commercial where parents sell the naming rights to their kids? Can I do that to myself?
Reposted by Cara Pina, Ph.D. ♦️A♦️
Today is the birthday of my classmate Ryan Chicovsky, who went missing in Loas in 2006. His family is still looking for him ryanchicovsky.blogspot.com
Help Us Find Ryan Chicovsky
This blog is created to help the Chicovsky family and their friends in their search for Ryan Braden Chicovsky, a young American missing in Laos since March.
Any information, no matter how insignifica...
ryanchicovsky.blogspot.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today is the birthday of my classmate Ryan Chicovsky, who went missing in Loas in 2006. His family is still looking for him ryanchicovsky.blogspot.com
Guys. Every day I both gain material and dread for teaching my Theories of Infections Disease course (about disease, environment, and society). I can't.
May 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Guys. Every day I both gain material and dread for teaching my Theories of Infections Disease course (about disease, environment, and society). I can't.
Reposted by Cara Pina, Ph.D. ♦️A♦️
Does anyone know if there exists an education-focused list of potential accommodations similar to this job-focused one?
askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm
askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm
A to Z of Disabilities and Accommodations
askjan.org
May 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Does anyone know if there exists an education-focused list of potential accommodations similar to this job-focused one?
askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm
askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm
The thing about Taxies is that drivers know how to get everywhere. Uber/Lyft drivers just follow maps and shrug when you need a location not explicitly marked.
April 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The thing about Taxies is that drivers know how to get everywhere. Uber/Lyft drivers just follow maps and shrug when you need a location not explicitly marked.
Reposted by Cara Pina, Ph.D. ♦️A♦️
i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
April 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all