K.T. Elliott
@ktelliottmicro.bsky.social
bacterial geneticist, associate professor, mom. enjoy: science, dogs, gin, books, vaccines, chocolate, old bay
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Education and research can save lives, but only if we invest in them. Ask me how I know
@aftunion.bsky.social #StandUpForScience
@aftunion.bsky.social #StandUpForScience
Listening to a few IHeartMedia podcasts recently & I noticed the "Guaranteed Human" tag line, I sat up & noticed - that is a *major* selling point these days
December 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Listening to a few IHeartMedia podcasts recently & I noticed the "Guaranteed Human" tag line, I sat up & noticed - that is a *major* selling point these days
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Christmas can be a beautiful season, but it can also feel painfully loud when your heart is quiet, tired, or hurting.
If you are alone this Christmas, or struggling in ways others may not see, please know this: you are not failing the season. You are surviving it. And that matters.
#EastCoastKin
If you are alone this Christmas, or struggling in ways others may not see, please know this: you are not failing the season. You are surviving it. And that matters.
#EastCoastKin
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Christmas can be a beautiful season, but it can also feel painfully loud when your heart is quiet, tired, or hurting.
If you are alone this Christmas, or struggling in ways others may not see, please know this: you are not failing the season. You are surviving it. And that matters.
#EastCoastKin
If you are alone this Christmas, or struggling in ways others may not see, please know this: you are not failing the season. You are surviving it. And that matters.
#EastCoastKin
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We have 1 slot left for this season's art book! First come, first serve. If we overflow I'll move the extra submissions for the April edition.
#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
December 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We have 1 slot left for this season's art book! First come, first serve. If we overflow I'll move the extra submissions for the April edition.
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Since disability in science has come up a bunch lately, I thought I'd share my upcoming trip to the AAS, our winter conference.
I'm on a panel, moderating a panel, and giving a talk on disability justice.
I fly on January 3rd. Prep starts now.
I'm on a panel, moderating a panel, and giving a talk on disability justice.
I fly on January 3rd. Prep starts now.
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Since disability in science has come up a bunch lately, I thought I'd share my upcoming trip to the AAS, our winter conference.
I'm on a panel, moderating a panel, and giving a talk on disability justice.
I fly on January 3rd. Prep starts now.
I'm on a panel, moderating a panel, and giving a talk on disability justice.
I fly on January 3rd. Prep starts now.
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Here is the link for Helene's preferred charity. Family requests donations to the fight against pancreatic cancer in lieu of flowers
letswinpc.kindful.com
letswinpc.kindful.com
Let's Win Pancreatic Cancer | Kindful
letswinpc.kindful.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Here is the link for Helene's preferred charity. Family requests donations to the fight against pancreatic cancer in lieu of flowers
letswinpc.kindful.com
letswinpc.kindful.com
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Helene was so giving to others about her battle, and went through to make it into maybe the top 1% of survivors of pancreatic cancer, before succumbing Dec 19, 2025 all while losing her father to it. She supported @letswinpc.org and the family asks for you to consider supporting them as well.💔
Pancreatic cancer survivor Helene Andrews-Polymenis and Dr. John Chabot discuss strategies for preparing for a Whipple procedure.
Preparing for a Whipple Procedure: A Roadmap for Patients and Caregivers
Pancreatic cancer survivor Helene Andrews-Polymenis and Dr. John Chabot discuss strategies for preparing for a Whipple procedure.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Helene was so giving to others about her battle, and went through to make it into maybe the top 1% of survivors of pancreatic cancer, before succumbing Dec 19, 2025 all while losing her father to it. She supported @letswinpc.org and the family asks for you to consider supporting them as well.💔
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For #artAdventCalendar day 21 evening, a not odd but old piece.
Ice Falls
22×28 56×71cm
Oil on Canvas
1992
Ice Falls
22×28 56×71cm
Oil on Canvas
1992
December 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
For #artAdventCalendar day 21 evening, a not odd but old piece.
Ice Falls
22×28 56×71cm
Oil on Canvas
1992
Ice Falls
22×28 56×71cm
Oil on Canvas
1992
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"I just need to get through this week" she says for the 14th week in a row
"I just need to get through this weekend" she says for the 4th week in a row
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
"I just need to get through this week" she says for the 14th week in a row
It is an exhausting time to parent a sensitive, curious child with empathy*
*I assume this always feels true but WOW OMG WTAF THIS IS REALLY FREAKING EXHAUSTING
*I assume this always feels true but WOW OMG WTAF THIS IS REALLY FREAKING EXHAUSTING
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
It is an exhausting time to parent a sensitive, curious child with empathy*
*I assume this always feels true but WOW OMG WTAF THIS IS REALLY FREAKING EXHAUSTING
*I assume this always feels true but WOW OMG WTAF THIS IS REALLY FREAKING EXHAUSTING
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The American College Theatre Festival has suspended its affiliation with the Kennedy Center after nearly six decades of partnership. www.broadwayworld.com/article/Amer...
American College Theatre Festival Suspends Affiliation With Kennedy Center
The American College Theatre Festival announced it has suspended its long-standing affiliation with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, citing a misalignment of values while confirming its national and regional programs will continue.
www.broadwayworld.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The American College Theatre Festival has suspended its affiliation with the Kennedy Center after nearly six decades of partnership. www.broadwayworld.com/article/Amer...
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OK WHO IS GONNA STEP UP FOR THESE AWESOME ACTUAL THEATRE KIDS
The American College Theatre Festival has suspended its affiliation with the Kennedy Center after nearly six decades of partnership. www.broadwayworld.com/article/Amer...
American College Theatre Festival Suspends Affiliation With Kennedy Center
The American College Theatre Festival announced it has suspended its long-standing affiliation with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, citing a misalignment of values while confirming its national and regional programs will continue.
www.broadwayworld.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
OK WHO IS GONNA STEP UP FOR THESE AWESOME ACTUAL THEATRE KIDS
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You can even get your own geological formation skullie! bsky.app/profile/actu...
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 22: a little skullie with Mount Rainier (IIRC). 5.5"x7"?, February 2023
December 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
You can even get your own geological formation skullie! bsky.app/profile/actu...
If you haven't seen her art, it's gorgeous!
I'm $250 short on rent (due asap), so if any of y'all who were interested in art c0mmissi0ns want to make a deposit in advance, you'll jump to the top of my post-Christmas art queue 💕✂️ genuinesnips.art/commissions/
Commissions
If you want to commission a cut-paper artwork: Pitch me a subject, backing size, and eventually a price range. Here’s how this goes: Subject Something like “A view of this ship that I c…
genuinesnips.art
December 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
If you haven't seen her art, it's gorgeous!
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I'm $250 short on rent (due asap), so if any of y'all who were interested in art c0mmissi0ns want to make a deposit in advance, you'll jump to the top of my post-Christmas art queue 💕✂️ genuinesnips.art/commissions/
Commissions
If you want to commission a cut-paper artwork: Pitch me a subject, backing size, and eventually a price range. Here’s how this goes: Subject Something like “A view of this ship that I c…
genuinesnips.art
December 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I'm $250 short on rent (due asap), so if any of y'all who were interested in art c0mmissi0ns want to make a deposit in advance, you'll jump to the top of my post-Christmas art queue 💕✂️ genuinesnips.art/commissions/
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The final form of my 2nd postdoc paper with the Bassler Lab! Turns out our favorite quorum-sensing phage isn’t a one-off, but rather a member of a globally dispersed family of phages that sense a universal autoinducer.
#phagesky #microsky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#phagesky #microsky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
A family of linear plasmid phages that detect a quorum-sensing autoinducer exists in multiple bacterial species | mBio
The discovery of quorum-sensing responsive linear plasmid phages has transformed understanding
of phage-bacterial interactions by demonstrating inter-domain chemical communication.
To date, however, e...
journals.asm.org
December 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The final form of my 2nd postdoc paper with the Bassler Lab! Turns out our favorite quorum-sensing phage isn’t a one-off, but rather a member of a globally dispersed family of phages that sense a universal autoinducer.
#phagesky #microsky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#phagesky #microsky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Sometimes the scroll is startlingly on point.
December 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Sometimes the scroll is startlingly on point.
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was no one going to mention to me the existence of gomez's hamburger
Gomez's Hamburger: A Sun-Like Star Near the End of Its Life - NASA Science
Hold the pickles; hold the lettuce. Space is serving up giant hamburgers. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a photograph of a strange object that bears an uncanny resemblance to a hamburger. T...
science.nasa.gov
December 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
was no one going to mention to me the existence of gomez's hamburger
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Streisand effect strikes again. I didn't even know they were going to air this. Now I know.
December 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Streisand effect strikes again. I didn't even know they were going to air this. Now I know.
I need wrap gifts and I want to bake cookies so this stupid laundry is just going to have to fold itself this week
December 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I need wrap gifts and I want to bake cookies so this stupid laundry is just going to have to fold itself this week
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Sammy decided to plant himself under the mistletoe until I came and gave him the kisses and cuddles he was due. Which I did immediately ofc
December 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Sammy decided to plant himself under the mistletoe until I came and gave him the kisses and cuddles he was due. Which I did immediately ofc
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 19: The view from deck while sailing the US BRIG NIAGARA on a broad reach. (Or close reach? She doesn't really sail closer to the wind than that.) One of my many boat-y wycinanki pieces. 5.5"x7'5" ish??, September 2022
December 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 19: The view from deck while sailing the US BRIG NIAGARA on a broad reach. (Or close reach? She doesn't really sail closer to the wind than that.) One of my many boat-y wycinanki pieces. 5.5"x7'5" ish??, September 2022