Heather Feaga
@heatherfeaga.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Cornell studying translation in bacteria. Nothing bad ever happens to a scientist, it's all data.
Great visit to UW Madison, microbiology home base! Thanks to Jason Peters for hosting! See you at Phages! 👋
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Great visit to UW Madison, microbiology home base! Thanks to Jason Peters for hosting! See you at Phages! 👋
It’s normal for colleagues in a field to share and discuss their unpublished results. What’s not normal is basing your entire model off of those results and declaring yourself the winner. Announcing that that is what you did IN YOUR PAPER is even weirder.
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It’s normal for colleagues in a field to share and discuss their unpublished results. What’s not normal is basing your entire model off of those results and declaring yourself the winner. Announcing that that is what you did IN YOUR PAPER is even weirder.
I left this geranium for dead last spring in a window sill and suddenly this morning I notice one green leaf and one tiny pink flower. That’s hope y’all.
October 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I left this geranium for dead last spring in a window sill and suddenly this morning I notice one green leaf and one tiny pink flower. That’s hope y’all.
Outstanding graduate student @kevinengland.bsky.social gives his first talk at an international meeting at #Phages 2025. He crushed it 🦠
August 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Outstanding graduate student @kevinengland.bsky.social gives his first talk at an international meeting at #Phages 2025. He crushed it 🦠
#Phages 2025! In the midst of the current catastrophe I felt so lucky to be with my awesome lab and our amazing science community this week. Hope all our paths cross again soon!
August 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#Phages 2025! In the midst of the current catastrophe I felt so lucky to be with my awesome lab and our amazing science community this week. Hope all our paths cross again soon!
Portulaca living it’s best 🌱
July 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Portulaca living it’s best 🌱
It’s been a golden era of outstanding undergraduates in the lab with these three receiving recognition for their Honors Theses today. On to grad school at UW Madison, and Harvard x2. Congratulations @isabellalin.bsky.social and @denniswu02.bsky.social and Michael!
May 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It’s been a golden era of outstanding undergraduates in the lab with these three receiving recognition for their Honors Theses today. On to grad school at UW Madison, and Harvard x2. Congratulations @isabellalin.bsky.social and @denniswu02.bsky.social and Michael!
Congratulations to newest PhD candidate in the lab Daniel Tetreault! 🍾🥂
April 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Congratulations to newest PhD candidate in the lab Daniel Tetreault! 🍾🥂
We are so proud of Dennis Wu @denniswu02.bsky.social who is off to Harvard for grad school this fall! Keep your eyes peeled for a first-author paper from Dennis to be posted soon. Congrats Dennis! 🥳 ⚽️ 🦠
March 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We are so proud of Dennis Wu @denniswu02.bsky.social who is off to Harvard for grad school this fall! Keep your eyes peeled for a first-author paper from Dennis to be posted soon. Congrats Dennis! 🥳 ⚽️ 🦠
Bella Lin @isabellalin.bsky.social will be attending Harvard BBS for her PhD!! We’re so proud of you Bella! 🍾🎉
March 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Bella Lin @isabellalin.bsky.social will be attending Harvard BBS for her PhD!! We’re so proud of you Bella! 🍾🎉
First undergrad from the lab to accept his graduate school offer. Michael Kepko will be heading off to UW Madison this August. Congrats Michael! See you at Phages!! 🥳🥂
February 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
First undergrad from the lab to accept his graduate school offer. Michael Kepko will be heading off to UW Madison this August. Congrats Michael! See you at Phages!! 🥳🥂
Current philosophy on lab funding:
February 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Current philosophy on lab funding:
Beautiful snowy evening at Cornell
February 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Beautiful snowy evening at Cornell
Federal workers are in red states too. LOTS of federal workers in red states.
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February 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Federal workers are in red states too. LOTS of federal workers in red states.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Cleaning up after retired faculty with questionable lab practices
January 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Cleaning up after retired faculty with questionable lab practices
December 4, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Preparing your tenure package
December 4, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Preparing your tenure package
The in vitro era is going well
November 25, 2024 at 10:32 PM
The in vitro era is going well
Feaga lab finally entering its in vitro era
November 21, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Feaga lab finally entering its in vitro era