Laura Tipton

finally following a blue butterfly...find me over there with the same handle...TTFN!

@ScienceIsMetal dry loading. learned it from @cameronpegan during my postdoc and it's so much easier to see the wells

What are your best tips for loading an agarose gel? I'll add 'em to my many google docs of protocols I'll eventually post online :D

@BlairTStowe @Momademia At the end of my PhD I let my partner pick where we moved next and he picked Honolulu, where I had no connections. Several cold emails later I landed a postdoc position and a couple years later through new connections I got a soft-money faculty position.

Hey @momademia crowd. Tell me a story of making a big move for your partner’s career over your own where everything worked out and you found a path for yourself to continue to grow. I need some hope. #PhDMom #AcademicMom #PhD #PhDParent

@vardanisar @Momademia Normalize that they're just words and not all words are appropriate at all times. By 5 they've likely heard it before so as long as you're not shouting that part of the song they're not likely to notice. My 5 year old has a habit of singing her own mondegreens though so YMMV

SO EXCITED to announce a new #NSFfunded workshop series co-lead by myself and @vgwschutte: half bioinformatics data visualization, half science communication - we're calling it "Telling Stories Through Data". Apply now to join us on Sapelo Island in August bit.ly/TSTD2024

My class today was called "bougie stats class" and I will not accept any other descriptors for a stats class again. Now to figure out how to work this into my annual evaluation...

@JWoodelius @hugabug_lab I prefer to call it familiarity...or an unwillingness to learn a new way to read code (just let me code from the inside out in peace)

@JWoodelius What book? Tell me more!

Do you geek out about active bacteria? Secretly love the technical thrill of translating cutting-edge techniques to a new system? We have a NEW postdoc post in Soil Microbiome Activity, open immediately shorturl.at/fyBCY @CNRSecologie @EMG_Lyon @ESAMicrobe @ecomicrolyon

@1caaake Highly recommend a $20-$40 bidet that attaches to your toilet. Easy to install and worth every little penny

the Philippines should be red on this tf??? also why im dreading moving to the US, i hope my butt will be ok 😭

anyone have experience with non-traditional spectrophotometers such as SmartDrop XF or Photopette from @TipBiosystems? looking at microbe growth rate applications

I'm recruiting THREE PhD students for Fall 2024 (nematode systematics, marine eDNA, invertebrate microbiomes) - more info here biklab.org/join-the-lab including my mentoring philosophy + training portfolio! @SACNAS #2023NDiSTEM #BWEEMS #WomenInSTEM @LatinxMarineSCI @BlackinMarSci

Both of my new departments (bio and math) are hiring! Come join me in the beautiful Blue Ridge! @JMUCSM I haven't been here long but am happy to answer questions or find someone else who can. All jobs listed here: jmu.edu/csm/careers/ca…

Now that I'm back on the east coast, I'm having serious conference indecision/FOMO...what are people attending these days?

Come be my neighbour! ⁦@NHMLA⁩ is searching for a Curator (Assistant or Associate level) of Entomology 🦋🐝🐞🐜🦗🦟🪲🪳🪰 workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default…

Happy first day of classes Dukes! #JMU #FirstDayOfSchool #JamesMadisonUniversity #GoDukes #DukeDog

i'm available for a short term contract if anyone has a bioinformatics project they'd like to hire someone on that's only a few months! I can get it off the ground faster if it's 16S or metagenome microbiome data!

As promised at #ATS2023, the #preprint of our latest paper is available @medrxivpreprint medrxiv.org/content/10.110… #fungi #mycobiome #microbiome #cureBPD #newPI #research #neoTwitter #PCCM

We've decided the least traumatic thing would be find a new home on island for these sweeties. If you, or someone you know on Oahu, is interested in a kitty or two, DM me. Both are ~2 years, fully fixed, up to date on shots, and generally behave like cats

Given that today's my last day here, I guess I should announce that this summer I'm moving to university number 8! I've accepted a tenure track position in biology and math/stats @JMU starting in the fall. Thank you @Chaminade_Univ and @CUHDataScience for everything!!!!