Elle Barnes
@ecoevoelle.bsky.social
Salamander Lady. #Amphibian conservation + microbial ecology + disease + #genomics + #bioinformatics + community assembly | Asst Prof at RIT & JGI affiliate | 🐸🐕🧫🧬 🍕| BlackLivesMatter | she/her
https://megalabrit.weebly.com
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My amazing @ritscience.bsky.social student, Emma, attended Princeton EEB scholars program last week. So proud of her! She is looking for #PhD programs this cycle so if you are looking for a student that can bridge field, lab, and computational biology… she is the PERFECT person for your lab! 👩🏼🔬🧬✨
September 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My amazing @ritscience.bsky.social student, Emma, attended Princeton EEB scholars program last week. So proud of her! She is looking for #PhD programs this cycle so if you are looking for a student that can bridge field, lab, and computational biology… she is the PERFECT person for your lab! 👩🏼🔬🧬✨
Another project from my time @jgi.doe.gov published @phytobiomesjournal.bsky.social ! Using a greenhouse soil transplant experiment we uncover the core microbiome of Camelina & show how past cropping regimes/precipitation can exert a legacy effect on microbiome assembly 🌾🦠🧬🧪
doi.org/10.1094/PBIO...
doi.org/10.1094/PBIO...
June 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Another project from my time @jgi.doe.gov published @phytobiomesjournal.bsky.social ! Using a greenhouse soil transplant experiment we uncover the core microbiome of Camelina & show how past cropping regimes/precipitation can exert a legacy effect on microbiome assembly 🌾🦠🧬🧪
doi.org/10.1094/PBIO...
doi.org/10.1094/PBIO...
In happier news: the MEGA Lab @rittigers.bsky.social celebrated the successful defense of our first MS student! ✨ @trminahan.bsky.social did an amazing job summarizing the last two years of research on salamander microbiomes. It is a MASSIVE dataset! Stay tuned for our preprint this summer 🐸🧬🧫🦠🌎
May 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
In happier news: the MEGA Lab @rittigers.bsky.social celebrated the successful defense of our first MS student! ✨ @trminahan.bsky.social did an amazing job summarizing the last two years of research on salamander microbiomes. It is a MASSIVE dataset! Stay tuned for our preprint this summer 🐸🧬🧫🦠🌎
Our lab had a great time at our first #ImagineRIT event this weekend. Students talked to 500+ members of the public about their research in microbial ecology & genomics, and gave away lots of salamander swag! 🐸🧬👩🏼🔬👨🏻🔬🧪🌎🔬 @rittigers.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Our lab had a great time at our first #ImagineRIT event this weekend. Students talked to 500+ members of the public about their research in microbial ecology & genomics, and gave away lots of salamander swag! 🐸🧬👩🏼🔬👨🏻🔬🧪🌎🔬 @rittigers.bsky.social
Happy salamander season to all who celebrate ✨🌈
March 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Happy salamander season to all who celebrate ✨🌈
Reintroducing myself! I’m an ecologist passionate about microbiomes, omics, and wildlife conservation. My lab studies the Microbial Ecology & Genomics of Amphibians (lovingly called the MEGA Lab). Aside from science my 🩷’s are my doggo, NY pizza, coffee, hiking, & nature photography.
October 21, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Reintroducing myself! I’m an ecologist passionate about microbiomes, omics, and wildlife conservation. My lab studies the Microbial Ecology & Genomics of Amphibians (lovingly called the MEGA Lab). Aside from science my 🩷’s are my doggo, NY pizza, coffee, hiking, & nature photography.
Spooky season is when New York thrives 🍁🎃🍂🧙🏻♀️
October 21, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Spooky season is when New York thrives 🍁🎃🍂🧙🏻♀️
Cheers to a productive year 2 for the MEGA lab! My students are just the best ❤️
August 31, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Cheers to a productive year 2 for the MEGA lab! My students are just the best ❤️