Britt Koskella
@bkoskella.bsky.social
Evo-ecologist (Assoc Prof at UC Berkeley) studying interactions among phages, microbiomes, and plants. Skeets (own view) about science, teaching, social justice, and politics. (profile pic unedited photo by my six-year-old son)
COVID’s not ‘over’ and neither are my sourdough bread making adventures #sundayisforbaking
October 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
COVID’s not ‘over’ and neither are my sourdough bread making adventures #sundayisforbaking
"Leaders inspire accountability through their ability to accept responsibility before they place blame." - Courtney Lynch
October 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Leaders inspire accountability through their ability to accept responsibility before they place blame." - Courtney Lynch
Don’t miss the inaugural Conference on Bacteriophages: Biology, Dynamics, and Therapeutics, October 12–14, 2025, in Washington, DC. A 2.5-day program of invited talks, symposia, workshops, and abstracts will highlight the latest advances. For more info: bit.ly/3JUKLYL
September 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Don’t miss the inaugural Conference on Bacteriophages: Biology, Dynamics, and Therapeutics, October 12–14, 2025, in Washington, DC. A 2.5-day program of invited talks, symposia, workshops, and abstracts will highlight the latest advances. For more info: bit.ly/3JUKLYL
Had an amazing weekend in Yosemite for the symbiosis workshop organized by @sachslab.bsky.social and Carolin Frank! Fantastic talks, wonderful community and the prefect way to reconnect to the science that drives us!
April 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Had an amazing weekend in Yosemite for the symbiosis workshop organized by @sachslab.bsky.social and Carolin Frank! Fantastic talks, wonderful community and the prefect way to reconnect to the science that drives us!
One reason AI doesn’t scare me…. This is how meta AI imagines me as a scientist (I mean come on, do your damn homework!)
March 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
One reason AI doesn’t scare me…. This is how meta AI imagines me as a scientist (I mean come on, do your damn homework!)
#StandUpForScience Berkeley - great turnout and fantastic talks! Science makes sense of the world, saves lives and shapes policy (not the other way around)
March 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#StandUpForScience Berkeley - great turnout and fantastic talks! Science makes sense of the world, saves lives and shapes policy (not the other way around)
February 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Because Lord knows we need some comic relief every now and again: my daughter begged me for 10 minutes yesterday at the grocery store to buy her this chocolate cereal….(continued)…
February 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Because Lord knows we need some comic relief every now and again: my daughter begged me for 10 minutes yesterday at the grocery store to buy her this chocolate cereal….(continued)…
Okay… this is pretty hilarious!!! “Where phages meet political punchlines, and microbiomes are more than just a gut feeling.” Is going in my office door!!
December 2, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Okay… this is pretty hilarious!!! “Where phages meet political punchlines, and microbiomes are more than just a gut feeling.” Is going in my office door!!
Amazingly…. Not many photos of us together in my photo stream, but here we are in Kaikoura on field work!
November 30, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Amazingly…. Not many photos of us together in my photo stream, but here we are in Kaikoura on field work!
Final stages of goodbyes… deleting all 12.5k tweets : ( End of an era…. But thank goodness for the archive!
November 15, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Final stages of goodbyes… deleting all 12.5k tweets : ( End of an era…. But thank goodness for the archive!
@simrouxvirus.bsky.social kicking off day one of VEGA (jgi.doe.gov/events/vega/...) - excited to chat and think about limits to current viromics measurement tools!
November 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM
@simrouxvirus.bsky.social kicking off day one of VEGA (jgi.doe.gov/events/vega/...) - excited to chat and think about limits to current viromics measurement tools!
One week left to apply! Please share with any recently graduated students who are looking for a postbac full-time, paid research experience in Microbiome sciences in the Bay Area!
Questions? We are hosting a Q&A session this coming Monday. Register here: forms.gle/7pjHyySm2iEi...
Questions? We are hosting a Q&A session this coming Monday. Register here: forms.gle/7pjHyySm2iEi...
April 12, 2024 at 9:10 PM
One week left to apply! Please share with any recently graduated students who are looking for a postbac full-time, paid research experience in Microbiome sciences in the Bay Area!
Questions? We are hosting a Q&A session this coming Monday. Register here: forms.gle/7pjHyySm2iEi...
Questions? We are hosting a Q&A session this coming Monday. Register here: forms.gle/7pjHyySm2iEi...
Come join us in the beautiful Bay Area!
August 29, 2023 at 11:36 PM
Come join us in the beautiful Bay Area!
Ack! It’s been such a busy start to the semester that I haven’t had time in my schedule to schedule my schedule.
August 29, 2023 at 11:07 PM
Ack! It’s been such a busy start to the semester that I haven’t had time in my schedule to schedule my schedule.
Baking with my son… my happy place.
August 28, 2023 at 4:34 AM
Baking with my son… my happy place.