I will miss working with B. subtilis, but I adore observing Helicobacter pylori squiggle under the microscope and see their distinct helical shape. I could just sit here all day and watch them!

Love seeing science tattoos and showing off my own 😁 my first was a DNA helix, because it’s my favorite molecule, and second was a microscope/sun, an homage to my first microscope that used sunlight as a light source and helped fuel my curiosity for biology.

Finally #PhDone! So grateful for my research mentors and all the amazing people I met at MIT that helped me be a better scientist.

The last couple days I’ve had a number of new followers and folks from Twitter find me here, so I think it’s time I (re)introduce myself. My name is Christian and I’m finishing my PhD in Alan Grossman’s lab at MIT studying antiphage defense and counter-defense in B. subtilis

Hi BlueSky! This is my first post since making the switch over. Naturally I thought I'd make it a phage post showing off my agar art skills(?) and a clear plaque mutant I isolated from a temperate phage I'm working with.