Here is a demonstration of ice nucleation protein made by Pseudomonas syringe in my #Bio350 #Micronauts in my #Microbiology course at @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology
September 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Here is a demonstration of ice nucleation protein made by Pseudomonas syringe in my #Bio350 #Micronauts in my #Microbiology course at @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology
Working with E. coli containing pigment genes in #Bio350 today. Thank you, @atinygreencell.bsky.social for the great strains. Wonderful way to teach basic microbiology skills.
September 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Working with E. coli containing pigment genes in #Bio350 today. Thank you, @atinygreencell.bsky.social for the great strains. Wonderful way to teach basic microbiology skills.
Excellent #LuxArt from my #Bio350 #Micronauts this semester! Attention University of Puget Sound. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv
September 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Excellent #LuxArt from my #Bio350 #Micronauts this semester! Attention University of Puget Sound. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv
A #Micronaut in a prior #microbiology #Bio350 course at @univpugetsound.bsky.social made this for me a couple of years ago. I will miss working with students very much. @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A #Micronaut in a prior #microbiology #Bio350 course at @univpugetsound.bsky.social made this for me a couple of years ago. I will miss working with students very much. @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
My friend & colleague @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social came up with the “Thank a Microbe” idea in a class she was teaching. I made it into a final exam question for my #Bio350 #Micronauts. Here are three more: Acidothiobacillus, Bifidobacterium, and good old Wolbachia! @symbionticism.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 11:45 PM
My friend & colleague @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social came up with the “Thank a Microbe” idea in a class she was teaching. I made it into a final exam question for my #Bio350 #Micronauts. Here are three more: Acidothiobacillus, Bifidobacterium, and good old Wolbachia! @symbionticism.bsky.social
A new enamel pin with my future motto: “Microbiology is FUN-damental.” My #Bio350 #Micronauts all received one. @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound @microbe.tv
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A new enamel pin with my future motto: “Microbiology is FUN-damental.” My #Bio350 #Micronauts all received one. @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound @microbe.tv
For years, I would have my #Bio350 #Micronauts go on #MarineMicrobiologicalSafaris. Seawater samples, dilution series. Luminous bacteria, sure. But also, agar degrading bacteria...that leave a pit as they "eat" the agar on the plates. Here is one from a local beach here in Christchurch NZ.
September 22, 2026 at 7:45 PM
For years, I would have my #Bio350 #Micronauts go on #MarineMicrobiologicalSafaris. Seawater samples, dilution series. Luminous bacteria, sure. But also, agar degrading bacteria...that leave a pit as they "eat" the agar on the plates. Here is one from a local beach here in Christchurch NZ.
My #Bio350 #Micronauts always find the most interesting isolates. Here is a fascinating isolate from moss. It starts out supermucoid, then the center of the colony slumps, forming “donut colonies.” #MicrobiologyIsStrangeAndWonderful. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My #Bio350 #Micronauts always find the most interesting isolates. Here is a fascinating isolate from moss. It starts out supermucoid, then the center of the colony slumps, forming “donut colonies.” #MicrobiologyIsStrangeAndWonderful. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv
In my #Bio350 microbiology course at @univpugetsound, I try to encourage creativity by mixing art and science. My #Micronauts made #LuxArt by painting a culture of Photobacterium into nutrient media onto large Petri dishes. Such glowing masterpieces! @asmicrobiology @MicrobeTV #MicrobialCentricity
September 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
In my #Bio350 microbiology course at @univpugetsound, I try to encourage creativity by mixing art and science. My #Micronauts made #LuxArt by painting a culture of Photobacterium into nutrient media onto large Petri dishes. Such glowing masterpieces! @asmicrobiology @MicrobeTV #MicrobialCentricity
A lovely agarolytic red marine bacterium pitting the agar that solidifies the nutrient medium. Part of a #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari for my #Bio350 #Micronauts at @univpugetsound . @ASMicrobiology #PitterParty @microbe.tv
October 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A lovely agarolytic red marine bacterium pitting the agar that solidifies the nutrient medium. Part of a #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari for my #Bio350 #Micronauts at @univpugetsound . @ASMicrobiology #PitterParty @microbe.tv
October 1, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Here is a streaked colony from a #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari experiment by one of my #Bio350 #Micronauts. It looks very odd indeed. Interactions? Phage?
September 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Here is a streaked colony from a #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari experiment by one of my #Bio350 #Micronauts. It looks very odd indeed. Interactions? Phage?
See why I adore working with undergraduate students? #Bio350 #Micronauts @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology
October 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
See why I adore working with undergraduate students? #Bio350 #Micronauts @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology
Back in the office this morning, with a handful of Campylobacter jejuni handmade by a #Bio350 #Micronaut from last year! @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv
December 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Back in the office this morning, with a handful of Campylobacter jejuni handmade by a #Bio350 #Micronaut from last year! @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv
Remembering the time a #Bio350 #Micronaut created some bacterially inspired stained glass as a creative project. So many nice memories. @asmicrobiology @univpugetsound @MicrobeTV
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Remembering the time a #Bio350 #Micronaut created some bacterially inspired stained glass as a creative project. So many nice memories. @asmicrobiology @univpugetsound @MicrobeTV
I learned the @TinyEarthNet program from @jo44atWID and her colleagues. My #Bio350 #Micronauts tested isolates from lichen and mosses for antimicrobial effects against E. coli, B. subtilis, and Acinetobacter baylii. See the zones of inhibition? What are the isolates making??
November 15, 2024 at 4:09 AM
I learned the @TinyEarthNet program from @jo44atWID and her colleagues. My #Bio350 #Micronauts tested isolates from lichen and mosses for antimicrobial effects against E. coli, B. subtilis, and Acinetobacter baylii. See the zones of inhibition? What are the isolates making??
Today is #InternationalMicroorganismDay! My #Bio350 #Micronauts were offered extra credit to create artwork to celebrate the Small Masters of our #PlanetMicrobe. Please enjoy! This one celebrates ice nucleation bacteria! @univpugetsound.bsky.social @asm.org @microbetv.bsky.social #IMD2025
September 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Today is #InternationalMicroorganismDay! My #Bio350 #Micronauts were offered extra credit to create artwork to celebrate the Small Masters of our #PlanetMicrobe. Please enjoy! This one celebrates ice nucleation bacteria! @univpugetsound.bsky.social @asm.org @microbetv.bsky.social #IMD2025
The #Bio350 course T-shirts for the #Micronauts of the last microbiology course I will teach at the University of Puget Sound. 20 years of great students and fun teaching. Art by Lizah van der Aart. @ASMicrobiology @microbetv.bsky.social @univpugetsound @lizahaart.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The #Bio350 course T-shirts for the #Micronauts of the last microbiology course I will teach at the University of Puget Sound. 20 years of great students and fun teaching. Art by Lizah van der Aart. @ASMicrobiology @microbetv.bsky.social @univpugetsound @lizahaart.bsky.social
Some fun #LuxArt pieces painted in living light by my #Bio350 #Micronauts last week. Bacterial bioluminescence wins! @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
December 9, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Some fun #LuxArt pieces painted in living light by my #Bio350 #Micronauts last week. Bacterial bioluminescence wins! @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
Some fun #LuxArt pieces painted in living light by my #Bio350 #Micronauts last week. Bacterial bioluminescence wins! @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
December 9, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Some fun #LuxArt pieces painted in living light by my #Bio350 #Micronauts last week. Bacterial bioluminescence wins! @univpugetsound @asmicrobiology @microbe.tv
I have written about the kinds of #MicrobialArt that my #Bio350 #Micronauts have created over the years. I have many examples. Look at this notebook page from a student years ago. The bacteriophage gives Peter Max psychedelic vibes. I have had a good career. What's next?
September 23, 2026 at 10:09 AM
I have written about the kinds of #MicrobialArt that my #Bio350 #Micronauts have created over the years. I have many examples. Look at this notebook page from a student years ago. The bacteriophage gives Peter Max psychedelic vibes. I have had a good career. What's next?
Different colors of agar degrading “pitter” bacteria. #PitCrew #PitterParty #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari #Bio350 #Micronauts @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology
October 24, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Different colors of agar degrading “pitter” bacteria. #PitCrew #PitterParty #MarineMicrobiologicalSafari #Bio350 #Micronauts @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology
All of my #Bio350 #Micronauts get this package of #MicrobialCentrism gifts to promote positive #MicrobialPR. #LastSemesterTeaching @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound
September 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
All of my #Bio350 #Micronauts get this package of #MicrobialCentrism gifts to promote positive #MicrobialPR. #LastSemesterTeaching @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound
I cherish all of the microbiology+art pieces that my #Bio350 #Micronauts at the University of Puget Sound have made over the years. I have framed this wonderful illustration of one of my favorite quotes from the late great Lynn Margulis. It hangs on my lab wall, and I adore it. #GratefulProf
September 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I cherish all of the microbiology+art pieces that my #Bio350 #Micronauts at the University of Puget Sound have made over the years. I have framed this wonderful illustration of one of my favorite quotes from the late great Lynn Margulis. It hangs on my lab wall, and I adore it. #GratefulProf