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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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
