Cat Adams PhD
@scienceismetal.bsky.social
Fungal ecologist, wild mushroom forager, science communicator.
Northen Lab @ LBNL
Northen Lab @ LBNL
Anyone want to give feedback on my teaching statement?! I can give more details over email :D
Happy to copyedit something for ya in exchange for your time!
Happy to copyedit something for ya in exchange for your time!
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Anyone want to give feedback on my teaching statement?! I can give more details over email :D
Happy to copyedit something for ya in exchange for your time!
Happy to copyedit something for ya in exchange for your time!
Behold, the Purrito:
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Behold, the Purrito:
Much is awful but look at how cute she is
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Much is awful but look at how cute she is
Oh the irony of an actual earthquake one hour before the big earthquake drill
October 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Oh the irony of an actual earthquake one hour before the big earthquake drill
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Please consider helping our brothers and sisters in need in W Alaska!
Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Please consider helping our brothers and sisters in need in W Alaska!
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Biology is much more complicated than most non-biologists can imagine. And AI is not going to change this anytime soon.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...
We still can’t predict much of anything in biology
Biology is hard. Yes, even for AI.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Biology is much more complicated than most non-biologists can imagine. And AI is not going to change this anytime soon.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...
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UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
docs.google.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Me: "I'll go home early and practice my talk from the couch!"
My cat, Loki: "I think not."
My cat, Loki: "I think not."
October 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Me: "I'll go home early and practice my talk from the couch!"
My cat, Loki: "I think not."
My cat, Loki: "I think not."
Letting myself have Excedrin as a Little Treat™
September 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Letting myself have Excedrin as a Little Treat™
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Amazing real world (well, real cheese makers) evolution of Penicillium over 8 years from @benwolfe.bsky.social. "The most common genetic disruption of the alb1 genomic region was caused by putative transposable element insertions upstream of the gene.". Causes the fungus to grow better in the dark!
Long-term monitoring of a North American cheese cave reveals mechanisms and consequences of fungal adaptation
Penicillium solitum over 8 years in a cheese cave => green-to-white shift
@currentbiology.bsky.social from @benwolfe.bsky.social with @kellerlab.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Penicillium solitum over 8 years in a cheese cave => green-to-white shift
@currentbiology.bsky.social from @benwolfe.bsky.social with @kellerlab.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Long-term monitoring of a North American cheese cave reveals mechanisms and consequences of fungal adaptation
Using a unique longitudinal sampling approach, Louw et al. demonstrate how a cheese-associated
Penicillium population has adapted in an artisan cheese production facility in Vermont,
USA. Adaptation i...
www.cell.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Amazing real world (well, real cheese makers) evolution of Penicillium over 8 years from @benwolfe.bsky.social. "The most common genetic disruption of the alb1 genomic region was caused by putative transposable element insertions upstream of the gene.". Causes the fungus to grow better in the dark!
There is some creature on the roof and the cats and I both saw a dark silhouette against the sky light and we are all very spooked.
September 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There is some creature on the roof and the cats and I both saw a dark silhouette against the sky light and we are all very spooked.
Did anyone ever stop to question why the sleeves were green
September 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Did anyone ever stop to question why the sleeves were green
What are your super powers??
I think one of mine is connecting people!
I think one of mine is connecting people!
September 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
What are your super powers??
I think one of mine is connecting people!
I think one of mine is connecting people!
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The bad news is my phone autocorrected my message to a coworker to "strip waffle" but the good news is I have a great Halloween costume idea now
August 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The bad news is my phone autocorrected my message to a coworker to "strip waffle" but the good news is I have a great Halloween costume idea now
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Not all heroes wear capes. Incredible work from @putrinolab.bsky.social. They have created a *FREE* manual for clinicians treating chronic illnesses associated with infections.
#LongCovid #MECFS #LymeDisease and many others.
#LongCovid #MECFS #LymeDisease and many others.
August 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Not all heroes wear capes. Incredible work from @putrinolab.bsky.social. They have created a *FREE* manual for clinicians treating chronic illnesses associated with infections.
#LongCovid #MECFS #LymeDisease and many others.
#LongCovid #MECFS #LymeDisease and many others.
The US medical system got me on hold for so long I keep forgetting why this terrible music is playing.
August 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The US medical system got me on hold for so long I keep forgetting why this terrible music is playing.
How is she so cute every day.
August 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
How is she so cute every day.
I know they're kind of nuisances but I love the turkeys!
July 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I know they're kind of nuisances but I love the turkeys!
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Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.
Ozzy Osbourne Farewell Show Was The Highest-Grossing Charity Concert Of All Time
On July 5, Ozzy Osbourne put on a farewell concert, performing as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath for the last time in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, UK. Billed as the “Back To The Beginning”...
www.stereogum.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.
Our lab is hunting a fast-growing strain of Fomitopsis betulina. Anyone have any leads? @msafungi.bsky.social #FungiFriday
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomitop...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomitop...
Fomitopsis betulina - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Our lab is hunting a fast-growing strain of Fomitopsis betulina. Anyone have any leads? @msafungi.bsky.social #FungiFriday
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomitop...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomitop...
We are still looking for a postdoc to join this project!
It is official!! I have been awarded an NSF grant of ~$1 million for the project: "Exploring the role of fruit-eating bats in the dispersal of plant pathogens and the Escape hypothesis." Co-principal investigators are Gloriana Chaverri (yes... my sister... @morceglo.bsky.social ) and Max Chavarria.
July 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Now accepting all your jetlag tips!!
July 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Now accepting all your jetlag tips!!
Goats! Goats at the lab!
July 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Goats! Goats at the lab!
I'm back from Italy! What's new with ya'll?!
Here's a new paper about how microplastics interact with Pb and Zn contamination in AMF-plant systems!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Here's a new paper about how microplastics interact with Pb and Zn contamination in AMF-plant systems!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Microplastics modify plant-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi systems in a Pb-Zn-contaminated soil
Both microplastics (MPs) and potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are common contaminants that widely co-occur in various soil environments. They can int…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'm back from Italy! What's new with ya'll?!
Here's a new paper about how microplastics interact with Pb and Zn contamination in AMF-plant systems!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Here's a new paper about how microplastics interact with Pb and Zn contamination in AMF-plant systems!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...