acgerstein.bsky.social
Associate professor in microbiology (human fungal pathogens) & statistics (really just evolutionary genetics) at UManitoba in Winnipeg 🇨🇦 Keeps two small humans alive. Served with a side of politics. Because it's 2026. (she/her) )'(
👤 Joined on 22 August 2023
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@acgerstein.bsky.social@acgerstein.bsky.social → @microstatslab.ca@microstatslab.ca → @acgerstein.bsky.socialI'm voting for this guy. He probably won't win this one but I'm done with strategic voting forever. bsky.app/profile/acge...
Show PostMove over titan cells, the titanides have arrived! I'm so proud of PhD student @abby-potton.bsky.social and postdoc Iana Kalinina @mrccmm.bsky.social , who built up an entirely new way of looking at #cryptococcus cells to discover what titanides are, where they come from, and what they do.
Show PostExcited to share that my first paper is finally out @plosbiology.org! So grateful to have worked alongside such an incredible team of researchers to build an important characterisation of the small but mighty "titanide" (and remind all that the plastic C. neoformans "typical cell" is anything but).
Show PostRFK Jr’s unethical experiment on African babies is officially canned, thanks to public backlash driven by Stand Up For Science 🎉 ✊️ 🧵 🧪
Show PostReally proud of this work led by Luana Branco @luana-branco.bsky.social and contributed to by Will Yeung and Josh Isaacson!
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