Mama, PhD, plant genetics, MFA Creative Writing. Thinking science, art, and microbial worlds; trying to be careful with other transient gatherings of molecules.

Colorado State University
Joined July 2014
My first published lyric essay is up @ProjectMUSE (link below). It is (I think?) about the brokenness of time. There seem to be whole books in me about this, leaking out in little essays. Please subscribe to @fourthgenre if you can. If not, DM me and I'll share the PDF. 🫀
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Hey Friends! If you are lucky enough to be at AWP this week, I've just learned if you stop by the @FourthGenre booth, you can pick up the new issue and read my debut CNF essay contained therein (!!!!) So grateful for all the people and work that went into making this happen. 🫀🔥
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Finally caught up with my new chapbook in Brooklyn after a period of itinerancy. Cover photo is from a few days before the last time I left Buffalo. It's available now from Dancing Girl Press:dulcetshop.myshopify.com/pro…
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Another paper! This one was a long time in gestation, but I am very proud of the work that I and @ErikaSzymanski have done to get it there. Also, It was an absolute joy to work with the amazing folks at @STS_Journal. We are grateful! sciencetechnologystudies.jou…
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A new paper from us about the way language -in particular metaphor- shape microbial research. Metaphors as design tools for microbial consortia: An analysis of recent peer‐reviewed literature - Szymanski - Microbial Biotechnology - Wiley Online Library ami-journals.onlinelibrary.w…
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Really interesting piece by @ErikaSzymanski & @anewscience. We often describe microbial communities through metaphors (explicit or implicit). How do these metaphors shape the way we think about these systems & the potential ways to engineer them? ami-journals.onlinelibrary.w…
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Well here is a lovely little thing that happened. I feel so warm and fuzzy. Thank you to Kristy Beachy-Quick, the current maker-in-residence! for the nomination and thank you @wolverinefarm for the opportunity! Looking forward to nesting and writing with you.
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Amazing footage of the extremely rare Glass Octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) filmed 651m (2135 ft) beneath the waves near the Phoenix Islands Archipelago.
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not giving up yet...
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Remember: though we have made the glow here on earth very intense, it is such a small part of what is.
A universe in motion seen from the International Space Station during a night pass over Earth (view fullscreen).
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All around us, that which we do not see.
Gia the Water Bear! She is adorable, isn’t she? 🥹
reminder: we need each other.
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Could aging evolve as a pathogen control strategy? cell.com/trends/ecology-evol… @PeterAttiaMD
Underneaths
Fascinating footage of a human white blood cell chasing a bacterium captured through a microscope. Credit: David Rogers
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And equally amazing, listening to my six-year-old narrate this video.
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I increasingly have trouble telling apart metaphors from the things they metaphorize.
Single brain cell looking for connections: #neuroscience