Elizabeth Ostrowski
@elizostrow.bsky.social
Evolutionary genomics and microbiology in Aotearoa. 🇺🇸in 🇳🇿. Personal account
https://ecoevo.social/@elizostrow
https://ecoevo.social/@elizostrow
I love old Dicty papers. Look at this one (from 1987) depicting the morphological changes as Dicty slugs migrate. Apparently their heads (“tips”) bob up and down. Adorable
September 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I love old Dicty papers. Look at this one (from 1987) depicting the morphological changes as Dicty slugs migrate. Apparently their heads (“tips”) bob up and down. Adorable
For some reason, ferry lifestyle is also weirdly important to me 😂. Here’s a pic from ferry to Bainbridge Island (free for kids, $10 RT for adults!)
September 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
For some reason, ferry lifestyle is also weirdly important to me 😂. Here’s a pic from ferry to Bainbridge Island (free for kids, $10 RT for adults!)
Kia ora Aotearoa, it’s so good to be back! ☕️
July 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Kia ora Aotearoa, it’s so good to be back! ☕️
And this population has definitely been overtaken by the so-called “wrinkly spreaders”.
I don’t know about the more gnarled looking one, which I’ve seen more than once
I don’t know about the more gnarled looking one, which I’ve seen more than once
May 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
And this population has definitely been overtaken by the so-called “wrinkly spreaders”.
I don’t know about the more gnarled looking one, which I’ve seen more than once
I don’t know about the more gnarled looking one, which I’ve seen more than once
First peek at our class evolution experiment this quarter — diverse Pseudomonas fluorescens colony morphologies in response to predation by amoebae.
May 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
First peek at our class evolution experiment this quarter — diverse Pseudomonas fluorescens colony morphologies in response to predation by amoebae.
Wolf’s milk slime mold,
Discovery Park, Seattle.
Kid made me SO proud… (1/4)
Discovery Park, Seattle.
Kid made me SO proud… (1/4)
April 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Wolf’s milk slime mold,
Discovery Park, Seattle.
Kid made me SO proud… (1/4)
Discovery Park, Seattle.
Kid made me SO proud… (1/4)
View from my run today.
Admittedly, it’s heavily zoomed and cropped.
But it is WILD how you can be someplace many times and have no idea there’s a giant volcano lurking in the background #MountRainier #Tahoma
Admittedly, it’s heavily zoomed and cropped.
But it is WILD how you can be someplace many times and have no idea there’s a giant volcano lurking in the background #MountRainier #Tahoma
March 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
View from my run today.
Admittedly, it’s heavily zoomed and cropped.
But it is WILD how you can be someplace many times and have no idea there’s a giant volcano lurking in the background #MountRainier #Tahoma
Admittedly, it’s heavily zoomed and cropped.
But it is WILD how you can be someplace many times and have no idea there’s a giant volcano lurking in the background #MountRainier #Tahoma
Kid is at it again: making unsolicited presentations #FutureProfessor
March 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Kid is at it again: making unsolicited presentations #FutureProfessor
First coffee I’ve had in the US that tastes good to me. And strangely not in Seattle — ESP coffee, Alexandria VA
February 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
First coffee I’ve had in the US that tastes good to me. And strangely not in Seattle — ESP coffee, Alexandria VA
Wow, just logged into Google Photos for the first time in years and happened on this photo from Maungawhau / Mt Eden, one of my old haunts. What a beauty 🥲
February 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Wow, just logged into Google Photos for the first time in years and happened on this photo from Maungawhau / Mt Eden, one of my old haunts. What a beauty 🥲
Well, this simplifies the task of exploring Seattle 😯
January 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Well, this simplifies the task of exploring Seattle 😯
Only a microbiologist rummages through her purse and …. pulls out an electroporation cuvette
December 12, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Only a microbiologist rummages through her purse and …. pulls out an electroporation cuvette
I’ll drink to that
October 31, 2024 at 6:12 AM
I’ll drink to that
Just happened to be looking at this one today — wonder who would win the match up?
October 6, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Just happened to be looking at this one today — wonder who would win the match up?
Noticed more tall, healthy looking chestnut trees, too. I need to get to the bottom of this — where is the blight?
September 22, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Noticed more tall, healthy looking chestnut trees, too. I need to get to the bottom of this — where is the blight?
What’s the most important technological advance in biology in the last 10 years?
You might say something “omics”, but I’d say Instant Pot = portable autoclave has been absolutely life-changing.
You might say something “omics”, but I’d say Instant Pot = portable autoclave has been absolutely life-changing.
September 21, 2024 at 7:35 PM
What’s the most important technological advance in biology in the last 10 years?
You might say something “omics”, but I’d say Instant Pot = portable autoclave has been absolutely life-changing.
You might say something “omics”, but I’d say Instant Pot = portable autoclave has been absolutely life-changing.
Celebrating the successful end of fall collecting effort with a proper NY style bagel 🤤
September 19, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Celebrating the successful end of fall collecting effort with a proper NY style bagel 🤤
Was hoping I’d come across one of these on this trip. Flipped over a log and there he was.
September 12, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Was hoping I’d come across one of these on this trip. Flipped over a log and there he was.
Or that time at the bio station when we had a mouse in our cabin (Researcher is showing my kid how to tell if it’s male or female)
August 19, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Or that time at the bio station when we had a mouse in our cabin (Researcher is showing my kid how to tell if it’s male or female)
A few from last night in Auckland 🌈☺️
May 12, 2024 at 8:00 AM
A few from last night in Auckland 🌈☺️
Ha, I had the exact same reaction a while ago at the old place. Hate that term.
April 29, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Ha, I had the exact same reaction a while ago at the old place. Hate that term.
