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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Excellent talk today by @berondam.bsky.social at Towson Univ! I've always been inspired by her #lessonsfromplants and #lessonsfrommicrobes. Appreciate her message that environment matters for mentoring at all career stages.

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Here's hoping that #MarylandDay goes well for the UMD Microbiome Center as they are giving out our silly stickers!

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Tonight's @asm.org MD Branch meeting - Rodney Rohde talking about reemerging pathogens

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

To get my kids to brush their teeth I tell them about bacterial biofilms. Within biofilms, each bacterial species has a "job". Streptococcus oralis & friends hold on to the tooth. S. mutans (top left) makes acid that causes cavities. Brushing removes S. oralis, so S. mutans can't grow! 🧪🪥🦷🦠🍎

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

In Gen Micro we "swab something". I encourage students to swab 👟b/c the diversity is fabulous! Here's a sticker dedicated to all the diversity we find on our plates. 🍎🦠🧪As a mom-scientist it's the diversity of things that is sometimes a bit much! At my RedBubble site: mostlymicrobes.redbubble.com

Sticker with a diversity of bacterial colonies on a petri dish. The sticker reads " I've got a lot on my plate!".

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I always tell my students that bacteria are bad at math - they multiply to divide. *groan*. This and other silly stickers about serious science are up on my RedBubble site. mostlymicrobes.redbubble.com. Need bulk orders for #scicomm? LMK. #stickers 🧪🦠🍎

Cartoon of a bacterial growth curve with bacteria "multiplying by dividing" underneath the growth curve

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

@markowenmartin.bsky.social thanks so much for the dung beetle and brood ball kits!! You are too kind. The girls and I will have a ton of fun.

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

As you partake of bread and beer - give thanks for Saccharomyces cerevisiae! Yeast ferments sugar into alcohol. The CO2 given off is what helps bread rise. Each semester we do a Fermentation Feast in class to "taste the diversity of cultures". Microbiology - the field full of sensory delights :)

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

This student for "Thank a Microbe" really loved Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. Predatory bacteria are easy to love! It bores its way into another bacterium, digests the bacterium, then reproduces, with its babies breaking out of the empty shell of the bacterial prey.

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Today's student Thank a Microbe post features Pseudomonas putida! Need to clean up oil spills and other toxic hydrocarbons? Call in P. putida.

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

For the Thank a Microbe project, Lactobacillus sp. were a favorite genera of bacteria to thank. Lactobacillus acidophilus is what digests milk sugars into acetic acid, which gives yogurt its tangy taste!

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

It's the season for being thankful - THANK A MICROBE returns! Here's the first of several student flyers appreciating the wonders of our microbial world!

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

#WomenInScience inspired Halloween costume this year is Fanny Hess! In Koch's lab in the hot German summers, the gelatin used for bacterial cultures would melt. Fanny learned of agar - used to stiffen gelatin desserts - and brought that into the lab. Her ingenuity changed #microbiology forever! 🧪🔬🦠

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Using this resource on AI vs human capable Bloom's Taxonomy from @oregonstate.edu as I write learning objectives! #STEMEdu 🍎🧪 ecampus.oregonstate.edu/faculty/arti...

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Finally finally - this #bookreview 📖 is out of my favorite kids #microbiology book - SICK: The Twists and Turns of Animal Germs. I loved it so much, did a #luxart piece to celebrate! Read the full review here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... 🧪🦠🧫🪲🍎#Edusky - check it out!

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Kinda cheesy, rather pink, and late for Valentines' Day, but hopefully my mother will appreciate.

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Today's nice results from @towsonu.bsky.social micro class. First time streaks for single isolates. So proud.

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Here's what I had seen previously that had me questioning. I'm so glad it was restored - that's the right thing to do! We can't pre-emptively cave to this insanity.

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

It is! I've learned new tricks. Appreciate the exceedingly clear teaching and low budget approach. Makes 🔬 accessible. 🥰 How to measure thickness and the cheap micrometer are genius. Love to hear your thoughts as talented microscopist and teacher @evoexplorer.bsky.social!

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The macroscopic 🌎 is a mess. Journey to the 🔬 world of beauty and wonder. "Worlds within Worlds" by Bruno Kremer is an incredible tour guide!

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

My phone seems to know that I am at an #AI conference.

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Keynote speaker Edward Watson suggests that "What we (academia) call cheating, business calls progress". Give students reasons how and when to use #GenAI. Education idea "TiLT" - Transparency in learning and teaching. @towsonu.bsky.social #EduSky

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Did you know there's "digital inequity" with #GenAI? Chat gpt4 is pay for service and performance better than the free version! @towsonu.bsky.social levels the playing field -since all students have access to MS co-pilot. (For better or worse)

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

A few more - gotta share the beauty..

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Family photo at Longwood Gardens today.

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Challenged my students to create "Thank a Microbe" flyers. Here's the example I made, we'll see what they come up with.

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

OOOH - updating my profile to Associate Professor! In my Gen Micro classes at Towson Univ, students test the dung beetle 🪲bacterial 🦠 isolates from my research program for cellulose and textile dye degradation! 🧪

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I remember 6th grade so vividly because it's when I first looked in a microscope and fell in love with the microbial world. History repeating with daughter #2. Currently enamored with mites eating fungi on moldy orange. My heart is full.

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 30/07/2024

Just finished The Living Medicine by @LinaZeldovich - incredible work spanning the history of #PhageTherapy in Soviet Georgia to current applications in the U.S. Lina brings so many amazing scientist's work in terrible conditions to light. #Scicomm #AntibioticResistance #books

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Helping bring back #VaccineSelfies - thank my uni - Towson U- had on campus vaccine clinics for faculty/staff/students. BTW - reminder we're hiring a TT #Microbiologist and TT #ScienceEdu #STEMEdu. towson.taleo.net/careersectio... towson.taleo.net/careersectio...

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

TT #microbiology position open at Towson University. Teaching and research valued! Previous HHMI funding supported CURE development bringing research into classroom. Beautiful new building. Come join me! towson.taleo.net/careersectio... 🦠🧫 #microbiome #baltimore

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

#microbiology TT Job! Towson University - Assistant Prof in Microbiology or virology. New building, CURE-classrooms, nice research space. Good balance of teaching and research. 🦠🧫 towson.taleo.net/careersectio...

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Anne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Bsky #microbiology friends - looking forward to reconnecting! 🦠 🧫 Is it a bsky #biofilm or #BlueSoup v2? Do also watch this space - Towson Uni will be looking for another microbiologist soon! Please come play!

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