Germ Theory

PhD Student, Environmental Health Sciences and Toxicology of Harmful Algal Blooms. Ask me about Oceans and Human Health! Icon: lizzywhimsy Cover: HAB Microseira (Lyngbya) wollei *Pictures are not mine unless otherwise stated*

[theladybiologist]

For anyone who is wondering....

Twitter: lady_biologist

Personal Tumblr: @stars-in-the-southern-sky

Thanks for 6,000k, y’all! I am so honored I get to share my love of science with all of you! ❤️👩🏻‍🔬

[theladybiologist]

A small addition...

Instagram: @theladybiologist

[noaasanctuaries]

In April 2019, in response to a community-based sanctuary nomination, NOAA announced its intent to designate a new national marine sanctuary in New York's eastern Lake Ontario.

The proposed sanctuary would celebrate the area's unique history and heritage and provide a national stage for promoting tourism and recreation. NOAA welcomes your input about the proposal during the public comment period which ends tomorrow! To learn how you can submit your comments, visit: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/lake-ontario/. (Photo: Nick Zachar/NOAA. Image description: A diver shines a light on a submerged shipwreck.)

[theladybiologist]

New NOAA sanctuary just dropped?!?

[topshotpicks]

[youthoughtiwasasleepdidntyou]

I feel these in my soul

[doodlehorseafternoon]

My professor: “If you woke up one morning and were now a neutrophil, what would you do?”

Me, internally, knowing neutrophils are super aggressive: I would choose violence

[noaasanctuaries]

It's National Wildlife Day and encountering wildlife can be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

For their safety as well as yours, check out our Wildlife Viewing Guidelines and take the pledge to protect your #WildSanctuaries! Visit: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/wildlife-viewing/. (Photo: Mark Sullivan/NOAA. Image description: A Hawaiian monk seal and green sea turtle resting their heads together on the beach.)

[thealgerian]

Both were filled at the same time with the same water, only one had oysters.

[stars-in-the-southern-sky]

Fun Fact: Oysters are so tolerant that they can accumulate toxins from Harmful Algal Blooms like red tide, leading to illnesses with fun sounding names like Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (saxitoxin, which is 1000 times more potent than sarin nerve gas based on the LD50), Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning (brevetoxin, produced by Karenia brevis “red tide”), and Diarrhetic Shellfish poisoning (okadaic acid produced by Dinophysis algae). Gotta love it.

[theladybiologist]

Undetectable = Untransmittable

December 1st is World AIDS Day! Spent a few hours helping to spread the word about HIV/AIDS prevention, testing and treatment at the South Carolina State House! ❤️

Resources:

HIV/AIDS Information from the CDC

HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

AIDS Healthcare Foundation

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Pharmacy

[compoundchem]

An RNA vaccine produced by Pfizer & BioNTech was approved for use in the UK today.

Here’s a graphic, made with the Royal Society of Chemistry, explaining how these vaccines work: https://ift.tt/3g0d6Kh https://ift.tt/39xwwFf

[theladybiologist]

Today in Science History:

The first nuclear reactor, dubbed Chicago Pile-1, was constructed on a squash court underneath the University of Chicago by a team led by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi. It was made of of a “pile” of uranium, graphite (used as a moderator) and cadmium control rods, which act as neutron absorbers to “control” or “slow down” the reaction. It first achieved a self sustaining nuclear reaction on December 2nd, 1942 at 3:25 pm.

Learn more (article from 2017):

Remembering the Chicago Pile, the World’s First Nuclear Reactor

Seventy-five years ago, in the heart of America’s second-largest city, a group of scientists lit a secret fire.

[theladybiologist]

Happy (late) Thanksgiving, everyone! I am so thankful that y’all have stuck around to share my love of science with me! 🚀🧬🔭🧪🧫👩🏻‍🔬

In support of our Indigenous People here in North America, I want to show you a map you don’t always get to see. Visit this site for an even better visual!

Native American women are much more likely to be the victims of violence than the general American population. To learn more, find resources, and support those helping to bring justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women, consult the links below...

Article from NPR

MMIW USA

Native Women’s Wilderness

[theladybiologist]

Happy (late) Thanksgiving, everyone! I am so thankful that y’all have stuck around to share my love of science with me! 🚀🧬🔭🧪🧫👩🏻‍🔬

In support of our Indigenous People here in North America, I want to show you a map you don’t always get to see. Visit this site for an even better visual!

Native American women are much more likely to be the victims of violence than the general American population. To learn more, find resources, and support those helping to bring justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women, consult the links below...

Article from NPR

MMIW USA

Native Women’s Wilderness

[theladybiologist]

A really interesting TedTalk explaining why mental health care is important and why we need to #endthestigma, especially during a pandemic (even though the video is pre- COVID).

If you are struggling with mental health, know that I understand and I am here with you. It has been hell at times, but you are not alone. ❤️

[scienceprofessorquotes]

““You now have the skills to be a bioterrorist!””

— Virology prof

[theladybiologist]

I’ve spent three hours now researching the history of nuclear energy, so if you have questions about that now would be the best time to ask. ☢️

[whitepeopletwitter]

[scidotnews]

Researchers Sequence Genomes of 363 Bird Species

http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/363-bird-genomes-09046.html

[scienceprofessorquotes]

““No, you cannot put a person in a bomb calorimeter.””

— Exercise Physiology Professor, explaining the measurement of human energy expenditure