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mostlymicrobes.bsky.social
Anne Estes
@mostlymicrobes.bsky.social
#scimom #scicomm sharing stories of our #microbe world. Associate Professor @TowsonU! @microbialTowson @craftymicrobiology #microbiome #microbiology #GirlScoutAlum www.mostlymicrobes.com
#WomenInScience inspired Halloween costume this year is Fanny Hess! In Koch's lab in the hot German summers, the gelatin used for bacterial cultures would melt. Fanny learned of agar - used to stiffen gelatin desserts - and brought that into the lab. Her ingenuity changed #microbiology forever! 🧪🔬🦠
October 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Using this resource on AI vs human capable Bloom's Taxonomy from @oregonstate.edu as I write learning objectives! #STEMEdu 🍎🧪

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August 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
August 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Finally finally - this #bookreview 📖 is out of my favorite kids #microbiology book - SICK: The Twists and Turns of Animal Germs. I loved it so much, did a #luxart piece to celebrate! Read the full review here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
🧪🦠🧫🪲🍎#Edusky - check it out!
February 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Kinda cheesy, rather pink, and late for Valentines' Day, but hopefully my mother will appreciate.
February 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Today's nice results from @towsonu.bsky.social micro class. First time streaks for single isolates. So proud.
February 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Here's what I had seen previously that had me questioning.
I'm so glad it was restored - that's the right thing to do! We can't pre-emptively cave to this insanity.
February 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It is! I've learned new tricks. Appreciate the exceedingly clear teaching and low budget approach. Makes 🔬 accessible. 🥰 How to measure thickness and the cheap micrometer are genius. Love to hear your thoughts as talented microscopist and teacher @evoexplorer.bsky.social!
January 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The macroscopic 🌎 is a mess. Journey to the 🔬 world of beauty and wonder. "Worlds within Worlds" by Bruno Kremer is an incredible tour guide!
January 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
My phone seems to know that I am at an #AI conference.
January 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Keynote speaker Edward Watson suggests that "What we (academia) call cheating, business calls progress". Give students reasons how and when to use #GenAI. Education idea "TiLT" - Transparency in learning and teaching. @towsonu.bsky.social #EduSky
January 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Did you know there's "digital inequity" with #GenAI? Chat gpt4 is pay for service and performance better than the free version! @towsonu.bsky.social levels the playing field -since all students have access to MS co-pilot. (For better or worse)
January 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A few more - gotta share the beauty..
January 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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January 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Family photo at Longwood Gardens today.
January 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Challenged my students to create "Thank a Microbe" flyers. Here's the example I made, we'll see what they come up with.
November 14, 2024 at 1:57 AM
OOOH - updating my profile to Associate Professor! In my Gen Micro classes at Towson Univ, students test the dung beetle 🪲bacterial 🦠 isolates from my research program for cellulose and textile dye degradation! 🧪
November 12, 2024 at 3:52 PM
I remember 6th grade so vividly because it's when I first looked in a microscope and fell in love with the microbial world. History repeating with daughter #2. Currently enamored with mites eating fungi on moldy orange. My heart is full.
November 12, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Just finished The Living Medicine by @LinaZeldovich - incredible work spanning the history of #PhageTherapy in Soviet Georgia to current applications in the U.S. Lina brings so many amazing scientist's work in terrible conditions to light. #Scicomm #AntibioticResistance #books
July 29, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Some of our amazing students!
June 18, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Helping bring back #VaccineSelfies - thank my uni - Towson U- had on campus vaccine clinics for faculty/staff/students. BTW - reminder we're hiring a TT #Microbiologist and TT #ScienceEdu #STEMEdu. towson.taleo.net/careersectio... towson.taleo.net/careersectio...
October 27, 2023 at 2:13 PM
TT #microbiology position open at Towson University. Teaching and research valued! Previous HHMI funding supported CURE development bringing research into classroom. Beautiful new building. Come join me! towson.taleo.net/careersectio... 🦠🧫 #microbiome #baltimore
October 16, 2023 at 10:18 PM
Essential nature walk
October 15, 2023 at 1:45 PM
#microbiology TT Job! Towson University - Assistant Prof in Microbiology or virology. New building, CURE-classrooms, nice research space. Good balance of teaching and research. 🦠🧫 towson.taleo.net/careersectio...
October 13, 2023 at 2:42 PM