Last, a bit of life advice: if you’re giving a talk alongside @jonathankirk, make sure you go before him! Incredible storyteller, comedian, and advocate. Congrats, "Senior" Scientist! (though we are not too far apart in age, ha!)

@jonathankirk @LoyolaCaMP @LoyolaChicago I thought faculty members were supposed to use their very first headshot for all time! Bonus points if it's a candid shot in an office full of paper stacks.

RT @ASMicrobiology: Can P. aeruginosa adopt an intracellular lifestyle? In #JBacteriology, researchers review studies that observe intracel…

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happy #FluorescenceFriday from the omega cell!

First Kroken lab posters! Hope you got a chance to visit Rachel and Adam! #2023MMPC

Lots of firsts for me at #2023MMPC! First speaker ribbon 😊

I'm still figuring out where my online science community is, and for the time being, will try to crosspost in a few places and see what sticks. Twitter/X: @krokenlab Blue Sky: Mastodon: akroken@mstdn.science

Hello fellow scientists. We still like PHCbi -80 freezers, right? Any other brands I should give a serious look?

@bryancmounce Went to college in Milwaukee. This is normal, you know?

RT @DrJereGalletti: Great @TheScientistLLC article on the latest dogma-challenging work from @holly_chinnery @DrLauraDownie and team. T cel…

Never get tired of a good SOEing PCR.

Our latest work is out in @mSphereJ! We show a role for caspase-4 in corneal surface epithelial cells in responding to invasive P. aeruginosa, and a hint that Exotoxin S blocks pyroptosis… somehow. Stay tuned for the somehow. We’re working hard on it!

been ten years since I made a protein. needs a little optimization yet, but we're excited!