Julia Willett
@jlewillett.bsky.social
#newPI in Micro & Immuno at U Minnesota. Bacterial interactions/biofilms/uncharacterized genes/T7SS. I like wine, traveling, and the LA Kings. She/her.
That's a wrap on #FEMS2025 in beautiful Milan! The biggest thanks to @kimingeneva.bsky.social for the invitation to co-chair & present in the very cool Microbial Dark Matter session with 3 other wonderful speakers! I loved all the great talks/posters & hope to return to @femsmicro.org in 2027 🤗🦠🧫
July 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
That's a wrap on #FEMS2025 in beautiful Milan! The biggest thanks to @kimingeneva.bsky.social for the invitation to co-chair & present in the very cool Microbial Dark Matter session with 3 other wonderful speakers! I loved all the great talks/posters & hope to return to @femsmicro.org in 2027 🤗🦠🧫
Jeff Bezos donate your yacht to NSF challenge
June 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Jeff Bezos donate your yacht to NSF challenge
Our IRACDA was canceled yesterday in the culling of NIGMS training grants. IRACDA postdocs are some of the best people I know. Bright, hard-working, & dedicated to teaching, mentoring, & research. You can gut these awards, but you'll never take away our pride & belief in the mission of this work.
April 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Our IRACDA was canceled yesterday in the culling of NIGMS training grants. IRACDA postdocs are some of the best people I know. Bright, hard-working, & dedicated to teaching, mentoring, & research. You can gut these awards, but you'll never take away our pride & belief in the mission of this work.
How it feels as an Assistant Professor being told to just keep submitting NIH grants because at least ASSIST and eEA Commons are still functioning
February 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
How it feels as an Assistant Professor being told to just keep submitting NIH grants because at least ASSIST and eEA Commons are still functioning
A spooky trick for my office from my lab this morning followed by a real treat of a Halloween party! 🎃👻
October 31, 2024 at 11:50 PM
A spooky trick for my office from my lab this morning followed by a real treat of a Halloween party! 🎃👻
Rockstars @ruthlessruth15.bsky.social & Amanda Haeberle organized pancake day for our lab! What a great surprise! 🤗🥞🧃🥂🏆
January 26, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Rockstars @ruthlessruth15.bsky.social & Amanda Haeberle organized pancake day for our lab! What a great surprise! 🤗🥞🧃🥂🏆
Cant believe the government is trying to take away our funny yet informative electronic road signs
January 19, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Cant believe the government is trying to take away our funny yet informative electronic road signs
Very lucky and thankful to get to work with such a wonderful group! (including our great undergrads who were off taking finals)
December 20, 2023 at 4:04 PM
Very lucky and thankful to get to work with such a wonderful group! (including our great undergrads who were off taking finals)
Team (lab) work makes the dream (lab) work...and the 1000 piece Costco puzzle go faster
November 9, 2023 at 12:26 PM
Team (lab) work makes the dream (lab) work...and the 1000 piece Costco puzzle go faster
Willett lab Barbies brought it for our Halloween party! This crew is a genuine delight 🙌✨
October 28, 2023 at 12:59 PM
Willett lab Barbies brought it for our Halloween party! This crew is a genuine delight 🙌✨
Come be my colleague! UMN Micro & Immuno is hiring 2 faculty with broad interests in bacteriology and antimicrobial resistance/drug discovery. Great campus, awesome colleagues & collaborators, lovely cities, reasonable cost of living!
October 27, 2023 at 11:03 PM
Come be my colleague! UMN Micro & Immuno is hiring 2 faculty with broad interests in bacteriology and antimicrobial resistance/drug discovery. Great campus, awesome colleagues & collaborators, lovely cities, reasonable cost of living!