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James Gurney
@jamesgurney.bsky.social
Assistant professor working on phage. Occasional writer/fact checker for kurzgesagt. I didn’t write dinotopia.
Household energy after submitting grant this week.
October 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Standing room only for Eli Mehlferber from @brownbio.bsky.social for breakfast talk this morning. Giving a great talk.
September 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
WHAT?!? one way to cut off my last connection to the UK. Since when has the BBC News become subscription based?
September 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
~3 inch Joro Spider. Invasive species in Georgia now.
August 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
New foster in the house. “Lovely” she fits her name to a tee. If you know anyone looking for a dog in the Atlanta area hit me up!
August 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is what the look of betrayal from a cat looks like.
August 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Very proud of my three wonderful Summer undergrad research fellows, all supported by the Molecular Basis for Disease program at State. All three have done great work and have been a pleasure to have in the lab.
August 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Finally got my iPod touch to turn back on. I bought this with my first PhD pay check. Time to listen to some classic pre 2010 tunes.
July 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Used AI to recreate the strangest bathroom I viewed when I was trying to find an apartment in France. This is a fairly close rendering. Including the off angle steps and it being in the center of the room. It was a bizarre death trap. Just the right height if you fell you’d break your neck.
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
New lab logo
July 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My first GRC and I get why this is so many folks favorite meeting. Great presentations and interaction with some many people.

Only gripe is my room was hot. But it also does this! Warning flashing lights!
July 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Nice place to hangout for a week and hear some cool science.
July 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Just a bit of lightning
June 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This gives me an idea...
May 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Hike buddy.
May 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Weekend find. Little too red to start with.
April 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I like to show this plasmid during my genetic course. “What’s 5s RNA doing there?”
March 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Almost forgot it is pancake day. Flipping pancakes is a skill every child learns in the UK.
March 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
My awesome former lab mate @clara-inrae.bsky.social is looking for a post doc for some neat phage work, in the equally awesome city of Montpellier!
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Standing room only for Deb Hogan’s talk on “Chronic lung infections:
Lessons from the study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida spp” for GSU’s MBD seminar series.
January 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Amazing what some people throw out. Going to restore this 1898 Birds Eye maple chiffonier
January 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Winter refuge
January 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Quick bit of woodworking before returning to the office tomorrow. Walnut shaker table. Cut all the joinery by hand. Took bloody ages, shoulda used a saw and chisel.
January 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I’ve got some we designed that can be 3d printed. They are autoclavable (material dependent), fit standard 24 well plate and use regular filter paper. I think I know the ones you are referring too, but I’m blanking on the name. Should have the first paper using our out for pre print soon.
December 19, 2024 at 2:30 AM
My wonderful colleague Jainliang is looking for PostDocs and PhD candidates. He is doing very cool work and has already secured two major grants, so good chance the right person could spend a decent amount of time on the project. If you know anyone who is looking please put them in touch.
November 18, 2024 at 6:47 PM