Flu COVID and HepB vaccines in the arm today. It was either that or snort coke off a toilet seat…I did my research and went with the shots.

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What if bacteria were using wax esters to shape skin microbiomes? Staphylococcal lipases convert skin antimicrobial fatty acids into harmless wax esters. This publication is the very first first-author paper for my first PhD student, my first time acting as last author, and our first ISME paper.

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What happened in this thread is unlikely or impossible on other platforms.

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was skimming the title too fast and read it as "blood pressure cookers"

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this is how we make our media as well. So much simpler. We do find that the vent needs to be cleaned regularly when we're making agar plates. But we spend a lot less time waiting for autoclaves.

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