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Lauren

@gramnegativity.bsky.social

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assistant teaching professor of microbiology | seattle enjoyer, king of the hill expert, tattoo enthusiast, & bacterial geneticist | she/her | personal account

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Jul 3

Feels a little weird to announce good personal news in times like these, but I’m very excited to share that I will be starting as an assistant teaching professor in the microbiology dept at UW this fall! I’ve had such a great time as a postdoc in this department and I’m so happy I get to stay!

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 1d

it’s that time of year again folks 🏒🦑

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 1d

I'm doing another print run of these "Biology is Bigger than Binaries" shirts!

Back, quite literally, by popular demand. Bullying works, sure, but so does a bunch of nice cutie patooties politely asking!

Order 'em now, I'll mail 'em in early November.

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a woman with short bown hair, glasses, and tassel earrings, wears a purple KN95 and looks cool as hell in her biology is bigger than binaries shirt, in orange

a woman with green glasses takes a selfie lookin' cool as hell in her pink biology is bigger than binaries shirt. She's also got ice cream, that lucky dog.

a woman with long brown hair and glasses hangs out in the back yard with her pink biology is bigger than binaries shirt

A man with a hat and sunglasses stands in hero-pose with his biology is bigger than binaires shirt (orange)

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm • Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’ The Nobel prize in literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, the Swedish Academy has announced. The Academy cited the 71-year-old’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 2d

Krasznahorkai Nobel prize omg they finally gave it to him

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Amelia Randich @ameliarandich.bsky.social · 10d

Interested in a tenure track position teaching and doing research with undergrads at a PUI? We are looking for a broadly-defined microbiologist who can teach Med Micro and Immunology. Apply at universityofscrantonjobs.com/postings/8308. Pls share widely to feeds (& on twitter if you still tweet)! 🦠

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North Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 6d

www.aaup.org/news/univers...

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda is entirely corrupt.

www.aaup.org

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 12d

me when I’m about to err

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 12d

I do not think I shall err

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eartha mae @endoeartha.bsky.social · 15d

Very excited and proud to share my postdoctoral research with @neurrriot.bsky.social looking at the context-specific encoding of social behavior 💃🕺 in hormone-sensitive, large-scale brain networks in mice!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪
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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 13d

this time is even worse than usual because it’s not even a restaurant, it’s my GROCERY STORE 😭

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 13d

everyone in seattle should have access to a form titled “kenji lopez-alt blew up my spot” that you can submit to receive compensation every time kenji lopez-alt blows up your spot

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 19d

🔵 ANNIVERSARY SALE 🔵

To celebrate eleven years since we published our first book, we are running a sale on our website until 11.59 p.m. BST on 30 September, with a 40 per cent discount across our website.

Use the code ‘ANNIVERSARY40’ at checkout: fitzcarraldoeditions.com

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 23d

This feels pretty good though ngl

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 23d

Things I found in my desk on my first day (non-exhaustive):

-padlocks: 15 (padlocks with keys: 4)
-loose unlabeled keys: at least 40
-loose scalpel blades: 2
-clipboards: 7
-a receipt from 1978
-a peanut

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 29d

lmao my dog is “everything”

Embark DNA test results:
Chihuahua - 27.7%
Supermutt - 16.3%
Australian Shepherd - 13.6%
APBT - 12.7%
Chow chow - 11.3%
American Eskimo dog - 8.3%
Pekingese - 7.1%
German Shepherd - 3%

the dog in question (brown/grey with black speckles, bat ears, and long awkward legs)

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 11

!!!

the dog resting is his head on the cat omg

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 7

advocating for open access research and objecting to companies feeding your work to the plagiarism engine are not incompatible or even conflicting opinions

Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · Sep 7

Sitting here with 🍿 watching researchers (a) objecting to the publishers of their paywalled papers allowing AI companies to use them to train LLMs while also (b) advocating for all papers to be freely open (CC-BY) for anyone to use and do what they want with.

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Gc Rox @gcrox.bsky.social · Sep 6

Postdoc position (please re-post)
A funded postdoctoral position, will open in 2026 to study aspects of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pathogenesis, antigenic variation, genetics, or physiology.
If interested in more information, please contact Hank Seifert
[email protected]
#MicroSky

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 6

teacher’s pet

grey and black speckled dog wearing a UW huskies bandana

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 3

I love that if you found some condition to which bacteria could not evolve adaptations, this would be considered a failure of the project and not, like, the biggest evolutionary discovery since luria-delbrück lol

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 3

thum mak tua (lao papaya salad w/ green beans instead of papaya), lao sausage, & crispy fried egg 🧑‍🍳🤌💋

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 2

They come in sealed bags and there are four designs, and the lady volunteering at the front desk asked me to open it so she could see which one I got and she said “oh good, that’s the cutest one!”

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Sep 2

Every single time I’ve donated blood during a giveaway they’ve been out of the giveaway item

UNTIL TODAY

A Red Cross tshirt with the shape of a blood drop made up of tiny woodstocks from peanuts, captioned “a little goes a long way. give blood.”

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Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Aug 31

Like how are any of you wearing socks?? I want to wear socks

Lauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · Aug 31

Is there even a single woman in existence who prefers ankle length pants to actual pants length pants. You cannot possibly convince me that for the past decade+ the vast majority of women would rather look like a child who outgrew last year’s clothes. I hate ankle length pants so much

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