Frederick M. Cohan

My PhD student Fatai Olabemiwo and our undergrads have published our first paper in plastic remediation microbiology. Here's access till Dec 13: authors.elsevier.com/a/1hzhDB8ccyhQ9

@AlexaBoesel @UCLA @GeographyUcla Congratulations, Alexa! I so much enjoyed working with you at @wesleyan_u ! I know you'll be a great asset to @GeographyUCLA .

For years in my Global Change & Infectious Disease course, I’ve given extra credit on the op-ed assignment to students who could get their essays published. Record numbers this year! Nothing like living through a pandemic to give students urgency about communicating their ideas.

@seeshespeak I love it here, too. On a road trip in high school across the USA from my Southern Calif home, I decided I wanted to be a New Englander. So, after 6 years in grad school in MA and 35 years as a prof in CT, am I a New Englander yet?

Endlessly weird to live in a place that looks like puzzles I once did as a child.

It’s regular federal employees working with integrity who saved the country, not the prissy idea that Congress would do the right thing. I extend Wu’s @superwuster message beyond the feds to all working with integrity to better the country and the world. tinyurl.com/yyo6yb2b

@superwuster It’s regular federal employees working with integrity who saved the country, not the prissy idea that Congress would do the right thing. I extend message beyond the feds to all working with integrity to better the country and the world. tinyurl.com/yx9wvyvg

Opening for Asst Prof in Cell/Dev Biology at Wesleyan University. Wesleyan Biology is a congenial and stimulating department with great opportunities for building a career in research and teaching. I should know—I’ve been a happy camper here for 35 years! careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/7427

Great article on how to reopen schools. “Our sense of responsibility toward children — at the very least, to protect them from … poor decision making of adults who allow deadly infections to spiral out of control — is core to our humanity.” @mlipsitch tinyurl.com/y25vheoj

As a lover of guacamole and all things avocado, I'll share this homage and biological history of the once-nearly-extinct avocado theconversation.com/love-avocados-…

Nice piece on spread of the successful mutation in the Spike protein in SARS-CoV-2. Looks to be a sweep within one global, ecologically homogeneous population of the virus. Will there be ecological diversification of the virus according to our behavior? washingtonpost.com/science/2020/0…

As a (non-native) New Englander, I really loved this piece! A little New England nostalgia, a little Covid.... Thank you!

This is so important. I hope you'll watch it. Thanks! Fred

In hope that with planning and organization (and exhaustive testing and isolating when necessary), we can safely reopen our campuses in the fall. nytimes.com/2020/04/26/opi… via ⁦@nytopinion⁩

My interview with @wesleyanargus on ethics of fighting infection and updating Socialism of the Microbe. Originally, it was investing to treat/prevent infections of others locally. Now, it’s fighting infections worldwide plus protecting the environment. tinyurl.com/wljmevj

@mlipsitch Marc, Thank you so much for this! I really appreciate your efforts with the press! Fred

How to talk to your friends about social distancing when they’re going to bars . In which yours truly admits to being old, and tries to be a sensitive soul while giving good advice. thelily.com/how-to-talk-to…

Biogeography of American Northwest Hot Spring A/B′-Lineage Synechococcus Populations. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Richard W. Castenholz, a hot spring microbiology pioneer, and a great guy! frontiersin.org/article/10.338…

Wow, microbiology in a Burger King ad! washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…