Maria E. Orive
@meorive.bsky.social
Scientist, educator, parent . . . not necessarily in that order. All opinions are mine, mine, mine.
From the drive to Manhattan, KS, to drop off my son last night.
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
From the drive to Manhattan, KS, to drop off my son last night.
One of my first movie crushes - what an amazing actor - do yourself a favor and watch Three Days of the Condor.
Sleep well, Sundance.
Sleep well, Sundance.
September 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
One of my first movie crushes - what an amazing actor - do yourself a favor and watch Three Days of the Condor.
Sleep well, Sundance.
Sleep well, Sundance.
This is Bowie - we adopted her from the Lawrence Humane Society a few weeks ago.
Her ears don’t match, her eyes don’t match, she is a perfectly asymmetric piece of heaven.
Her ears don’t match, her eyes don’t match, she is a perfectly asymmetric piece of heaven.
September 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is Bowie - we adopted her from the Lawrence Humane Society a few weeks ago.
Her ears don’t match, her eyes don’t match, she is a perfectly asymmetric piece of heaven.
Her ears don’t match, her eyes don’t match, she is a perfectly asymmetric piece of heaven.
Magical trip back to Scotland, including a lovely visit to the Isle of Arran.
July 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Magical trip back to Scotland, including a lovely visit to the Isle of Arran.
John Brown Underground - Crop Circles in the Carpet- out with my sweetie @mikeskenne.bsky.social for a drink
July 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
John Brown Underground - Crop Circles in the Carpet- out with my sweetie @mikeskenne.bsky.social for a drink
If you haven’t eaten yet at Sable Kitchen + Bar, my fellow Larrytown denizens, get on it.
Amazing!
Amazing!
July 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If you haven’t eaten yet at Sable Kitchen + Bar, my fellow Larrytown denizens, get on it.
Amazing!
Amazing!
June 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
#evolution2025 with KU evolutionary biologists past and present!
@ku-eeb.bsky.social
@kubiology.bsky.social
@kueebgso.bsky.social
@ku-eeb.bsky.social
@kubiology.bsky.social
@kueebgso.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
#evolution2025 with KU evolutionary biologists past and present!
@ku-eeb.bsky.social
@kubiology.bsky.social
@kueebgso.bsky.social
@ku-eeb.bsky.social
@kubiology.bsky.social
@kueebgso.bsky.social
Happy Father’s Day, Papi - we miss you very much!
June 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Happy Father’s Day, Papi - we miss you very much!
Blackboards as far as the eye can see - day #2 of the @smtpb.bsky.social meeting at NITMB in Chicago !
June 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Blackboards as far as the eye can see - day #2 of the @smtpb.bsky.social meeting at NITMB in Chicago !
At the @smtpb.bsky.social meeting, at NITMB in Chicago - the theory is great, and the views are amazing!
June 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
At the @smtpb.bsky.social meeting, at NITMB in Chicago - the theory is great, and the views are amazing!
Haven’t posted any of this year’s peonies - they were lovely!
May 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Haven’t posted any of this year’s peonies - they were lovely!
Graduation weekend for my beautiful brilliant eldest son!
May 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Graduation weekend for my beautiful brilliant eldest son!
Happy Mother’s Day to my beautiful Mami, whose love and support I feel every day!
May 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Happy Mother’s Day to my beautiful Mami, whose love and support I feel every day!
There is no better spring scent than lilacs!
The vase is blown glass by my dear friend John Wakeley (proof that mathematical theory and art coexist quite well).
The vase is blown glass by my dear friend John Wakeley (proof that mathematical theory and art coexist quite well).
April 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
There is no better spring scent than lilacs!
The vase is blown glass by my dear friend John Wakeley (proof that mathematical theory and art coexist quite well).
The vase is blown glass by my dear friend John Wakeley (proof that mathematical theory and art coexist quite well).
Today at the state capitol in Topeka, KS - good turn out despite the cold wind!
April 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Today at the state capitol in Topeka, KS - good turn out despite the cold wind!
Your child is not dead.
There are so many people, who have lost children to illness, accident, violence - they would give anything to hold them in their arms one more time.
You still have time, you sad and selfish man. Don’t waste it.
There are so many people, who have lost children to illness, accident, violence - they would give anything to hold them in their arms one more time.
You still have time, you sad and selfish man. Don’t waste it.
March 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Your child is not dead.
There are so many people, who have lost children to illness, accident, violence - they would give anything to hold them in their arms one more time.
You still have time, you sad and selfish man. Don’t waste it.
There are so many people, who have lost children to illness, accident, violence - they would give anything to hold them in their arms one more time.
You still have time, you sad and selfish man. Don’t waste it.
Even before the lilacs, the flowering quince in my yard lets me know it’s spring.
March 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Even before the lilacs, the flowering quince in my yard lets me know it’s spring.
KU Center for Genomics is hiring a postdoctoral fellow!
Choose a mentor among the Center's faculty and propose an original project. Two years funding and generous research budget included. Please share, retweet and apply!
genomics.ku.edu/ku-center-geno…
Choose a mentor among the Center's faculty and propose an original project. Two years funding and generous research budget included. Please share, retweet and apply!
genomics.ku.edu/ku-center-geno…
February 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
KU Center for Genomics is hiring a postdoctoral fellow!
Choose a mentor among the Center's faculty and propose an original project. Two years funding and generous research budget included. Please share, retweet and apply!
genomics.ku.edu/ku-center-geno…
Choose a mentor among the Center's faculty and propose an original project. Two years funding and generous research budget included. Please share, retweet and apply!
genomics.ku.edu/ku-center-geno…
No, I won’t be watching the Superbowl tomorrow.
February 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
No, I won’t be watching the Superbowl tomorrow.
Perfectly good stew pot and no one to lick it clean at the end of the night.
Miss you, sweetheart.
Miss you, sweetheart.
January 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Perfectly good stew pot and no one to lick it clean at the end of the night.
Miss you, sweetheart.
Miss you, sweetheart.