Julia Van Etten
@couchmicroscopy.bsky.social
Incoming assistant professor at University of Maryland, College Park • NSF PRFB postdoc • PhD from Bhattacharya lab @RutgersU • Passionate about algae / protists + genomics + evolutionary biology + microscopy • vanettenlab.org #NewPI
Opinions are my own.
Opinions are my own.
Oh also, Bluesky said you were replying to me here but you were replying to Hannah. Wasn’t trying to jump on you out of nowhere about proks vs euks lol
January 11, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Oh also, Bluesky said you were replying to me here but you were replying to Hannah. Wasn’t trying to jump on you out of nowhere about proks vs euks lol
Totally. We need to switch places at some point bc in my experience they are super clued into why at least bacteria are cool and not about protists 🙃
January 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Totally. We need to switch places at some point bc in my experience they are super clued into why at least bacteria are cool and not about protists 🙃
😂😂😂 I just nominated a bunch euks. Sorry!
January 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM
😂😂😂 I just nominated a bunch euks. Sorry!
Yes, let’s do it! I’d love to hang!
January 2, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Yes, let’s do it! I’d love to hang!
Makes sense. Maybe we’ll meet next year!
January 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Makes sense. Maybe we’ll meet next year!
Yay, would be great to chat!
January 2, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Yay, would be great to chat!
We ended up talking a lot about the name choice off the recording after the interview and I’m kicking myself for not having that part recorded! But I do think they mention a little bit about the name during the interview! It’s such a good name.
December 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We ended up talking a lot about the name choice off the recording after the interview and I’m kicking myself for not having that part recorded! But I do think they mention a little bit about the name during the interview! It’s such a good name.
This is so cool! I still want to try this on protists!
December 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This is so cool! I still want to try this on protists!