Cara Pina, Ph.D. ♦️A♦️
@cmpina.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Biology, 🏳️🌈 Molecular Bacterial Geneticist studying physiology and stress responses; MSCA MTA; ungrader; bringer of chaos (She/They)
~Singing while we watch them fall~ -Prince
~Singing while we watch them fall~ -Prince
😬 I'm going to snap
September 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
😬 I'm going to snap
You know, if I could speak cat, the last 24 hours would have been much easier. 😭
June 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
You know, if I could speak cat, the last 24 hours would have been much easier. 😭
Okay! T-5 Days until I drive my ass to Bethlehem PA with my 19 yo cat to stay at an airBNB and teach some highschoolers genomics research. What was I thinking????
June 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Okay! T-5 Days until I drive my ass to Bethlehem PA with my 19 yo cat to stay at an airBNB and teach some highschoolers genomics research. What was I thinking????
wtf so the children are fighting? I'm so tired.
June 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
wtf so the children are fighting? I'm so tired.
🤔 it's June 1st. I open my mailbox and find ... A letter that says "important tax document" on it. 🤔🤔🤔
June 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
🤔 it's June 1st. I open my mailbox and find ... A letter that says "important tax document" on it. 🤔🤔🤔
😞 why should I continue to bother?
May 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
😞 why should I continue to bother?
It's an interesting feeling, standing at a place that marks success, like graduation, and seeing someone else like you, being able to look at each other and feel connected, be proud of each other for making it and happy to see their success.
May 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It's an interesting feeling, standing at a place that marks success, like graduation, and seeing someone else like you, being able to look at each other and feel connected, be proud of each other for making it and happy to see their success.
Awesome thesis paper by one of my students! 😍
Hungry Bacteria? An Investigation into Acinetobacter venetianus and Alcanivorax borkumensis Microplastic Consumption — Journal of Young Investigators
Acinetobacter venetianus and Alcanivorax borkumensis are bacterial strains capable of degrading hydrocarbons from oils or natural gases. Plastics are often derived from fossil fuels like crude oil ...
www.jyi.org
May 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Awesome thesis paper by one of my students! 😍
If I didn't value my vocal chords as much as I do, I would be screaming into the void endlessly.
May 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If I didn't value my vocal chords as much as I do, I would be screaming into the void endlessly.
Reposted by Cara Pina, Ph.D. ♦️A♦️
We are right at one month away from the 2025 Grading Conference (June 11--13), and have just posted the schedule. Check out all the amazing presentations we will have this year!
www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conf...
www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conf...
The Grading Conference
www.centerforgradingreform.org
May 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We are right at one month away from the 2025 Grading Conference (June 11--13), and have just posted the schedule. Check out all the amazing presentations we will have this year!
www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conf...
www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conf...
I would rather whip egg whites and fold them into a pastry... (Yeah, take that how you will but ... I don't whip egg whites.)
I would rather do my taxes than listen to U2.
change a letter, ruin a band
W2
W2
May 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I would rather whip egg whites and fold them into a pastry... (Yeah, take that how you will but ... I don't whip egg whites.)
"It's like homosexuals anonymous"
God I love But I'm a Cheerleader 🤣
God I love But I'm a Cheerleader 🤣
May 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"It's like homosexuals anonymous"
God I love But I'm a Cheerleader 🤣
God I love But I'm a Cheerleader 🤣
I think I'm just going to quit, move to the cheapest location I can, and work as a cashier. Fuck it.
May 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I think I'm just going to quit, move to the cheapest location I can, and work as a cashier. Fuck it.
So, the PNCBank commercial where parents sell the naming rights to their kids? Can I do that to myself?
May 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So, the PNCBank commercial where parents sell the naming rights to their kids? Can I do that to myself?
Reposted by Cara Pina, Ph.D. ♦️A♦️
Today is the birthday of my classmate Ryan Chicovsky, who went missing in Loas in 2006. His family is still looking for him ryanchicovsky.blogspot.com
Help Us Find Ryan Chicovsky
This blog is created to help the Chicovsky family and their friends in their search for Ryan Braden Chicovsky, a young American missing in Laos since March.
Any information, no matter how insignifica...
ryanchicovsky.blogspot.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today is the birthday of my classmate Ryan Chicovsky, who went missing in Loas in 2006. His family is still looking for him ryanchicovsky.blogspot.com
Guys. Every day I both gain material and dread for teaching my Theories of Infections Disease course (about disease, environment, and society). I can't.
May 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Guys. Every day I both gain material and dread for teaching my Theories of Infections Disease course (about disease, environment, and society). I can't.
Reposted by Cara Pina, Ph.D. ♦️A♦️
Does anyone know if there exists an education-focused list of potential accommodations similar to this job-focused one?
askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm
askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm
A to Z of Disabilities and Accommodations
askjan.org
May 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Does anyone know if there exists an education-focused list of potential accommodations similar to this job-focused one?
askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm
askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm
The thing about Taxies is that drivers know how to get everywhere. Uber/Lyft drivers just follow maps and shrug when you need a location not explicitly marked.
April 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The thing about Taxies is that drivers know how to get everywhere. Uber/Lyft drivers just follow maps and shrug when you need a location not explicitly marked.
Reposted by Cara Pina, Ph.D. ♦️A♦️
i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
April 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
☹️ check out the link for details of the fundraising drive.
Plumbing crisis shuts down The Brattle Theatre for the weekend, forces emergency fundraising - Cambridge Day
A sewer pipe collapse Thursday is forcing The Brattle Theatre to shutter just ahead of the 22nd Independent Film Festival Boston – one of its most attended events, with lines around the block. Owners ...
www.cambridgeday.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
☹️ check out the link for details of the fundraising drive.
Reposted by Cara Pina, Ph.D. ♦️A♦️
3 people bought me coffee yesterday, and I think that's the first time I've ever been paid for my writing 🤗
I set up a Ko-fi in case you want to send me a few bucks to buy peanuts for the squirrels ko-fi.com/michelebanks
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April 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
3 people bought me coffee yesterday, and I think that's the first time I've ever been paid for my writing 🤗
I think my unofficial inflammatory disease is flaring... And I feel like garbage! 😭
April 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I think my unofficial inflammatory disease is flaring... And I feel like garbage! 😭