O. Kerscher
@yeastlife.bsky.social
SUMO in stress tolerance and protein quality control | lab life | yeast genetics | undergraduate research | backyard nature | opinions my own
Asking a student over text to send a picture of where I can find the minipreps in her freezer box:
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Asking a student over text to send a picture of where I can find the minipreps in her freezer box:
September 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
There’s a glitch in the matrix!
September 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
There’s a glitch in the matrix!
Freddie was pondering the meaning of flies.
August 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Freddie was pondering the meaning of flies.
It is a bird, it is a fish, no! It is a Sea Robin! #surffishing #catchandrelease
August 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It is a bird, it is a fish, no! It is a Sea Robin! #surffishing #catchandrelease
Here is an end-of-the summer beach picture I took as some weather is rolling in.
August 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Here is an end-of-the summer beach picture I took as some weather is rolling in.
August 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Today in ridiculously priced items from scientific vendors: weighing paper 3x3 in for analytical balances $126 per pack of 500!
July 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today in ridiculously priced items from scientific vendors: weighing paper 3x3 in for analytical balances $126 per pack of 500!
E-sports nonsense even on my bananas!
June 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
E-sports nonsense even on my bananas!
Nature reclaiming this excavator along the Chickahominy river, VA.
June 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Nature reclaiming this excavator along the Chickahominy river, VA.
Perfect weather for our end-of-semester SUMO lab BBQ and fire pit. Shout out to three of our yeast buds (Cate, Christy, and Maddie) who are graduating and will be sorely missed.
April 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Perfect weather for our end-of-semester SUMO lab BBQ and fire pit. Shout out to three of our yeast buds (Cate, Christy, and Maddie) who are graduating and will be sorely missed.
A little known place on W&M campus - overgrown abandoned amphitheater from 1957 scrc-kb.libraries.wm.edu/cove-amphith...
January 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A little known place on W&M campus - overgrown abandoned amphitheater from 1957 scrc-kb.libraries.wm.edu/cove-amphith...
Instant Stress relief in the time of science denialism
January 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Instant Stress relief in the time of science denialism
William & Mary, VA sunken gardens in the snow
January 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
William & Mary, VA sunken gardens in the snow
Frozen paws 🐾❄️ ain’t stopping this li‘l guy on our snow dog walk.
January 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Frozen paws 🐾❄️ ain’t stopping this li‘l guy on our snow dog walk.
back in #Asheville, NC and Ginger’s Revenge brewery for their delicious ginger brews! The French Broad river front is still devastated after Hurricane Helene - major clean up ongoing. Asheville is making strides recovering and locals working very hard to get their city back. #AshevilleStrong
January 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
back in #Asheville, NC and Ginger’s Revenge brewery for their delicious ginger brews! The French Broad river front is still devastated after Hurricane Helene - major clean up ongoing. Asheville is making strides recovering and locals working very hard to get their city back. #AshevilleStrong
It actually snowed … a little
January 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It actually snowed … a little
January 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
December 30, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Episode IV – A New Hope: arrived at the lab today to find that the construction crews working nearby had (without any notice) completely closed off our entrance. Thankfully, this was found to be an “unplanned error” and has since been corrected.
December 23, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Episode IV – A New Hope: arrived at the lab today to find that the construction crews working nearby had (without any notice) completely closed off our entrance. Thankfully, this was found to be an “unplanned error” and has since been corrected.