Julie Maresca
@micromaresca.bsky.social
Microbiologist, micro-adventurer, micro-doodler. Too many projects, not enough time: phototrophy, built environment, some wastewater. 🚲🥾🧶🧪
Beautiful! Where is this? (Here’s some upstate New York foliage for you, 2 weeks ago)
October 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Beautiful! Where is this? (Here’s some upstate New York foliage for you, 2 weeks ago)
Freshwater sponge finding with @atninokawa.bsky.social today!
August 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Freshwater sponge finding with @atninokawa.bsky.social today!
1. Lichen are awesome and obsession-worthy
July 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
1. Lichen are awesome and obsession-worthy
Everything is terrible, as usual, but 3 of my 5 summer research students are finishing up this week, so I had them all give presentations in lab meeting. Assorted life lessons from students follow 🧵
July 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Everything is terrible, as usual, but 3 of my 5 summer research students are finishing up this week, so I had them all give presentations in lab meeting. Assorted life lessons from students follow 🧵
Heading into the summer like …
May 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Heading into the summer like …
Please enjoy this snail
May 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Please enjoy this snail
Also new lab & class merch arrived so it’s a good day
April 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Also new lab & class merch arrived so it’s a good day
Did I successfully find a #slimemold????
April 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Did I successfully find a #slimemold????
Prefiltering a water sample #OverlyHonestMethods
March 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Prefiltering a water sample #OverlyHonestMethods
Science update: green stuff growing from freshwater sponge samples!
March 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Science update: green stuff growing from freshwater sponge samples!
Ice on tree lichen 🤍
February 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Ice on tree lichen 🤍
Off topic from (waves hand at current events) but does anyone know what this delightful red hairy colony might be??? Growing on R2A with 3.5% NaCl in the @jlgoff.bsky.social lab. @contamclub.bsky.social ?
January 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Off topic from (waves hand at current events) but does anyone know what this delightful red hairy colony might be??? Growing on R2A with 3.5% NaCl in the @jlgoff.bsky.social lab. @contamclub.bsky.social ?
You reminded my of my spring peonies!
January 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
You reminded my of my spring peonies!
If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery 🌸🌺
January 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery 🌸🌺
Current status: biochemistry outreach! @sunyesf.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Current status: biochemistry outreach! @sunyesf.bsky.social
Re-reposting this. Any other upstate New York microbiologists out there??
November 30, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Re-reposting this. Any other upstate New York microbiologists out there??
Anyone know what this tiny plant is? I saw it growing in moss and out of cracks in rocks today (central New York)
November 28, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Anyone know what this tiny plant is? I saw it growing in moss and out of cracks in rocks today (central New York)
I’ll be talking about microbes in concrete (spoiler: halophiles!!!) with a very exciting preview of new data from concrete biocrusts. A lot of this work is from @akiledal.bsky.social ‘s PhD work
November 14, 2024 at 12:35 PM
I’ll be talking about microbes in concrete (spoiler: halophiles!!!) with a very exciting preview of new data from concrete biocrusts. A lot of this work is from @akiledal.bsky.social ‘s PhD work
I’m excited to be going up to Clarkson University today to give a seminar in their Civil Engineering department!
November 14, 2024 at 12:35 PM
I’m excited to be going up to Clarkson University today to give a seminar in their Civil Engineering department!