@HTorsilieri

Microbiology PhD Candidate at UVA, she/her

Joined July 2017
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SUE the T. rex@SUEtheTrex29 Aug 2020
If you ever feel lonely, remember that bacteria is all around you.
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Manny Brown@TheManuelBrown18 Jun 2020
Top 5 States with the Best Pizza: 1- NJ 2- NY 3- End 4- Of 5- List
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Ed Yong is not here
@edyong20916 Jun 2020
Wow don’t miss this new opinion piece from up-and-coming writer Coron A. Virus who is absolutely 100% not a coronavirus in some sunglasses and a trenchcoat.
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UVA
@UVA5 Jun 2020
At the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers, the UVA community demonstrated their support of the national “White Coats for Black Lives” movement, which has worked to raise awareness of police brutality, inequality and racism.
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Dr Esther Odekunle@EstOdek31 May 2020
A doctor took cancerous tissue from the uterus of a Black woman (Henrietta Lacks) w/o her consent. And scientists have used her cells and profited from it while her family (tricked & traumatised) have yet to be compensated. With your silence you have chosen a side.
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Ayanna Pressley
@AyannaPressley8 Apr 2020
Do you know why African-Americans align with so many COVID-19 co-morbidities? Structural racism. Food deserts=unequal access to healthy & fresh foods= diabetes, heart disease. Enviro injustices mean dirty air, water. Greed & neglect, subpar housing=asthma
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New Jersey
@NJGov25 Mar 2020
howdy. i'm the sheriff of STOP BUYING ALL THE TOILET PAPER 🤠 🧻🧻🧻 🧻 🧻 🧻 👇 🧻 🧻 👇 🧻 🧻 🧻 🧻 👢 👢
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New Jersey
@NJGov10 Mar 2020
*taps mic* coronavirus is no excuse for racism
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Today I learned the plasmid I’ve been using for the past 9 months is actually missing an important domain and the company I got it from just decided not to put that information on their website. So that‘s fun. Moral of the story: always quintuple check sequences before cloning
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Making a cultural reference that his undergrads do not understand, the grad student abruptly feels his own age.
LGS stands in front of a class of students. He blankly looks down at the ground.

ALT LGS stands in front of a class of students. He blankly looks down at the ground.

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Gotta love when your suggested ads are all for antibodies and enzymes #gradschoollife
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UVA
@UVA9 Apr 2019
What an amazing night. #Wahoowa #GoHoos news.virginia.edu/content/uv…

UVA Wins 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship

The UVA men’s basketball team brought home the national title with a thrilling overtime victory, and Hoos everywhere could not contain their joy.

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UVA_BIMS 🔬🥽🎓@uva_bims8 Feb 2019
Such a happy occasion!!🎉🎉BIMS Lab Coat Ceremony 2019. @UVAMedAlum @UVA
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Math is important!
Fermat's Library
@fermatslibrary7 Jan 2019
Here's a useful counterintuitive fact: one 18 inch pizza has more 'pizza' than two 12 inch pizzas
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Michael 英泉 Eisen
@mbeisen27 Nov 2018
Ladies, if he: * Solicits opinion of 3 strangers before agreeing to a date * Takes months to reply * Nitpicks about your appearance * Demands you make major changes * Won’t let you see friends unless they pay He’s not the one. He’s a scientific journal.
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Starting a PhD? Recent graduate @LucyATaylor shares the advice she and her colleagues wish they’d known at the beginning. go.nature.com/2RPS57R
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“The Lysine Dance” Hat tip: Bob Nakamoto #thethingswelearningradschool #gradschool #gradschoollife #biomedicalscience #science #lysine #Rotunda #cville #UVA @uvahealthnews @UVA
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Mosquito gut bacteria may offer clues to #malaria control ow.ly/Is8i30fA1Vy via @physorg_com
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MRSA emerged years before methicillin was even discovered ow.ly/WvDI30dRVtb via @ScienceDaily

MRSA emerged years before methicillin was even discovered

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) emerged long before the introduction of the antibiotic methicillin into clinical practice, according to a new study. It was the widespread use of...

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