Bretta McCall (she/her)

New paper out today...science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

As a #rockClimber and #toxicologist, this pre-print on #rubber additives and #microplastics in gyms really hits home! "The invisible footprint of climbing shoes: high exposure to rubber additives in indoor facilities" @thueffer @Hofmann_Lab chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

Today's the day! Defending my MSc thesis on marine microbe-microplastic interactions. Excited and nervous!

@beccamaysmith @TD_Canada try a credit union! I use VanCity in vancouver

@EcoRiskRachel I want to know too! I'm about to step out into the job market, bummer that this platform is dying right as I need to connect with people

@ecohugger My Master's thesis is due Tuesday! Sending solidarity, you got this!

At the point of thesis editing where I'd pay money to never look at it ever again 🥹

In a previous lab I was taught that slides should always be plain white + black text or vice versa, but as the daughter of a graphic designer I really just want to make my thesis defense slides pretty

Interested in 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing on @nanopore ? Check out our preprint (first-authored by the amazing @xuan_l1), where we validate high-throughput UMI-based sequencing of 16S rRNA genes using Q20+ chemistry. TLDR: 3 is the magic number!🪄🧬 tinyurl.com/46pba94k (1/8)

Disappointed but not surprised

@Peter_S_Ross Wish I was graduating sooner, what a great opportunity!

Job Posting: Water Quality Coordinator. Join the #Raincoast #HealthyWaters team as we build #pollution free watersheds for salmon and us raincoast.org/2023/03/job-po…

@AdriftLab @HAZMAT_journal Saw this tweet while taking a break from writing my thesis intro section on plastic impacts on biota. Happy to have one more paper to include! (But sad for the birds)

@EPAjobs @MEFelismino @EPA Where can we follow Katrina's work?

@charlesincities I live down the street from you, any idea if these units will actually be affordable? I see this in the future for the house I rent and am scared about being priced out

They have started ripping down detached homes across the street from my home in order to build apartments. I’m excited to get more neighbours!

Anyone know of something like ECOLOG for Canada?

Job in Hobart: Kelp Restoration ethicaljobs.com.au/members/TheNat…

Are you interested in combining metagenomics with SIP? Here we validate a workflow for accurate and sensitive quantification of isotope incorporation at the genome level. An awesome collaboration w/ @pranav_sampara Rex Malmstrom Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh @simroux_virus and others @jgi

We are looking for a PhD student in Fall 2023 to work with me at @UofTArtSci and @mattyhoff14 and Christy Tyler at RIT. This student will be a critical part of the pELAstic project at @IISD_ELA studying the fate of #microplastics. rochmanlab.wordpress.com/the-pelastic-p…

Democrat Mary Peltola is the apparent winner of Alaska’s special U.S. House race after ranked votes were tabulated Wednesday and is set to become the first Alaska Native in Congress. adn.com/politics/2022/…

Are you interested in modeling microbiomes? Check out our new paper where we combine ‘omics with process modeling to resolve the kinetics of functional groups based on their physiological traits. This is a great milestone in @pranav_sampara’s PhD! doi.org/10.1021/acs.es… 1/