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The Most Impressive Vendor Presentation I've Ever Seen Was About Bioprinting
April 19, 2023

The Most Impressive Vendor Presentation I've Ever Seen Was About Bioprinting

Bioprinting. In years past, this word may have conjured images of body parts being spit out of a scary looking black box for mad scientists to use in a number of unsavory ways. Sounds like a great[...]

Fruit flies: the next generation of bioreactors
March 02, 2023

Fruit flies: the next generation of bioreactors

For the longest time, fruit flies were to me the start of my scientific career. I cut my research teeth on Drosophila melanogaster, as the fruit fly is officially known, as an undergraduate at Grand[...]

My $300/month Health Insurance Plan
January 08, 2019

My $300/month Health Insurance Plan

  In the Western world, we live in a culture obsessed with band-aids. Especially in America, we live in the moment, ignoring warning signs or choosing not to be forward-thinking enough to think[...]

Why Science Can't Afford to Ignore Religion
December 18, 2018

Why Science Can't Afford to Ignore Religion

 My entire career has been a juxtaposition of two entities that should be mutually exclusive - or so I've been told. I have my Bachelor's degree in[...]

Gold Star Microbiome Reporting: A Basic Overview of the Microbiome and Diet and Performance
April 26, 2018

Gold Star Microbiome Reporting: A Basic Overview of the Microbiome and Diet and Performance

A friend of mine recently shared an article entitled "Gut Bacteria: the Latest Trend in Science," posted on trainingpeaks.com. I was dubious. "Another hyped up microbiome article for[...]

Gold Star Microbiome Reporting: Mouthwash, the Microbiome, and Diabetes
February 16, 2018

Gold Star Microbiome Reporting: Mouthwash, the Microbiome, and Diabetes

Photo by Mike Mozart [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons  As a graduate student, I worked on nitrate-reducing oral bacteria and their ability to[...]

Introducing the Gold Star Microbiome Reporting Award
January 08, 2018

Introducing the Gold Star Microbiome Reporting Award

If you are a doer, reader, or reporter of microbiome research, or just an overall microbiome enthusist, chances are you've read a few of Dr. Jonathan Eisen's "Overselling the Microbiome[...]

The Dangers of Sport: My Personal Journey with Long Distance Running and CrossFit
May 09, 2017

The Dangers of Sport: My Personal Journey with Long Distance Running and CrossFit

I've been an athlete for as long as I can remember. As much as I identify as a scientist, I feel even more in my own skin an athlete. When I stopped running track in college, I went through an[...]

The Honor of Speaking with Honor's Students
April 25, 2017

The Honor of Speaking with Honor's Students

A few months ago, I received an email from the principal of my high school in Wayland, Michigan, inviting me to speak at the annual Scholastic Honor's Night. This is a night during which all students[...]

Calling All Students!
March 23, 2017

Calling All Students!

  At the beginning of January, I received an invitation to speak at the annual meeting of the Northern California branch of the American Society for Microbiology (i.e., NCASM 2017). I was really[...]