Elinne Becket, PhD
@bielleogy.bsky.social
Assoc Prof @CSUSM | 🦠⇄🦠 MGEs & coastal metagenomes | #BlueSoup 🥣🧬 🧫 | R1→Biotech→PUI | Protective mama bear of students | She/Her
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Ok I'm outing myself here but there was forgotten beef soup in our fridge we just cleaned it out and it was BLUE?!?!? Wtf contam would make it blue??? Like BRIGHT blue!! 🤢🤮 Even w/ all my years in micro I'm not handling this well.
All important #BlueSoup updates, from me or Sebastian, will be added in line with the original thread here (it's run a little long so you need to click "show replies" at the bottom):
I have never been on a virtual meeting that hasn't sent me into massive social anxiety that I need hours to recover from. I hate em I hate em I hate em I hate emmmm
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I have never been on a virtual meeting that hasn't sent me into massive social anxiety that I need hours to recover from. I hate em I hate em I hate em I hate emmmm
I think threading the needle as an instructor is to teach students to think things through WITHOUT overthinking. It's as much a push as it is a pull.
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I think threading the needle as an instructor is to teach students to think things through WITHOUT overthinking. It's as much a push as it is a pull.
You ever get a weird combination of emotions where you're tired, but good, feeling happy, but also have an urge to cry?
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
You ever get a weird combination of emotions where you're tired, but good, feeling happy, but also have an urge to cry?
For my molec cell class's final project, they need to create a public-friendly infographic/pamphlet/social media thread/video of a common public misconception related to course topics, where they share info to help ppl make their own decisions (NOT to persuade people with opinions).
December 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
For my molec cell class's final project, they need to create a public-friendly infographic/pamphlet/social media thread/video of a common public misconception related to course topics, where they share info to help ppl make their own decisions (NOT to persuade people with opinions).
Why haven't we invented a technology to transfer evil human living years to dogs yet.
I'm working on manuscript reviews in a sports bar, and my student just put her dog down today and sent me a last photo, so now I'm crying while reviewing manuscripts in a sportsbar.
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Why haven't we invented a technology to transfer evil human living years to dogs yet.
I'm working on manuscript reviews in a sports bar, and my student just put her dog down today and sent me a last photo, so now I'm crying while reviewing manuscripts in a sportsbar.
December 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I'm working on manuscript reviews in a sports bar, and my student just put her dog down today and sent me a last photo, so now I'm crying while reviewing manuscripts in a sportsbar.
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"Our results enable us to reject mitochondrion-early scenarios of eukaryogenesis, instead supporting a complexified-archaean, late-mitochondrion sequence for the assembly of eukaryote characteristics"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes - Nature
Analysis of eukaryotic gene sequences using a relaxed molecular clock methodology indicate that eukaryotes emerged 3.0–2.25 billion years ago as a result of mitochondrial endosymbiosis with complex ar...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Our results enable us to reject mitochondrion-early scenarios of eukaryogenesis, instead supporting a complexified-archaean, late-mitochondrion sequence for the assembly of eukaryote characteristics"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am almost 38 years old and only today I realized you can say my name without moving your lips.
December 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I am almost 38 years old and only today I realized you can say my name without moving your lips.
I broke the cardinal restroom rule: I went into the stall right next to someone despite all other stalls being available, because I like the toilet flush better on that one.
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I broke the cardinal restroom rule: I went into the stall right next to someone despite all other stalls being available, because I like the toilet flush better on that one.
On one hand, I'm annoyed at myself for spending the evening proofing my students' posters. On the other hand, they're SO PRETTYYYYY.
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
On one hand, I'm annoyed at myself for spending the evening proofing my students' posters. On the other hand, they're SO PRETTYYYYY.
A thing I'm seeing pop up on a lot of letter of rec portals this cycle: to have the recommender rank the "English language proficiency (if Non-native speaker)".
Like.......
Like.......
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A thing I'm seeing pop up on a lot of letter of rec portals this cycle: to have the recommender rank the "English language proficiency (if Non-native speaker)".
Like.......
Like.......
I am someone who uses the word "delve" and uses em dashes in my writing - and thanks to the proliferation of AI I have to change my writing style to make it seem like it's my own words.
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I am someone who uses the word "delve" and uses em dashes in my writing - and thanks to the proliferation of AI I have to change my writing style to make it seem like it's my own words.
Reposted by Elinne Becket, PhD
An important lesson I learned during my PhD training was "just because something makes sense, it doesn't mean it's correct", which is so important for a scientist (and for a person in general).
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
An important lesson I learned during my PhD training was "just because something makes sense, it doesn't mean it's correct", which is so important for a scientist (and for a person in general).
Uh ohhhhhh guess what day it is?? 😃🥰
a woman in a santa claus outfit is standing in the snow and says `` it 's time '' .
Alt: Mariah Carey in a santa claus outfit is standing in the snow and says `` it 's time '' .
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Uh ohhhhhh guess what day it is?? 😃🥰
Turkey Trot 2025! Gorgeous and fun start to the holiday.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Especially on years like this one, I'm so grateful to all the kind, generous people on here that bring joy and goodness to our days 🫶
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Especially on years like this one, I'm so grateful to all the kind, generous people on here that bring joy and goodness to our days 🫶
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Turkey Trot 2025! Gorgeous and fun start to the holiday.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Especially on years like this one, I'm so grateful to all the kind, generous people on here that bring joy and goodness to our days 🫶
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Especially on years like this one, I'm so grateful to all the kind, generous people on here that bring joy and goodness to our days 🫶
In helping my students polish their personal statements, I decided to pull mine up from when I applied to grad school and 🫣🫣🫣 criiinnnnnnnnggggggeeeeeee
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
In helping my students polish their personal statements, I decided to pull mine up from when I applied to grad school and 🫣🫣🫣 criiinnnnnnnnggggggeeeeeee
Current mood on the professor group chat
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Current mood on the professor group chat
Been trying to read this book loaned to me by @cawatran.bsky.social for months but ironically too distracted to finish it 🤣
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Been trying to read this book loaned to me by @cawatran.bsky.social for months but ironically too distracted to finish it 🤣
UCI is always my favorite school to submit letters of rec to. Click link, drag file, type name, click submit, DONE!
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
UCI is always my favorite school to submit letters of rec to. Click link, drag file, type name, click submit, DONE!
When you have 5 research students applying for PhD programs in one cycle 😵💫 Soooooo proud of them but 😵💫😵💫
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
When you have 5 research students applying for PhD programs in one cycle 😵💫 Soooooo proud of them but 😵💫😵💫
Reposted by Elinne Becket, PhD
Can we *please* stop rewarding bullying behavior in academic social media?
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Can we *please* stop rewarding bullying behavior in academic social media?
Reposted by Elinne Becket, PhD
@bielleogy.bsky.social Happy Sunday! @‘ing you in case the spreadsheet below may be of use.
hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...
docs.google.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
@bielleogy.bsky.social Happy Sunday! @‘ing you in case the spreadsheet below may be of use.
Reposted by Elinne Becket, PhD
#microsky #phagesky #phage
Anyone who’s tried deleting prophages in the lab by HR knows the difficulties of the task. Here we have an example of how HR-mediated natural transformation might hit the same hurdle in a more native context.
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Anyone who’s tried deleting prophages in the lab by HR knows the difficulties of the task. Here we have an example of how HR-mediated natural transformation might hit the same hurdle in a more native context.
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Chromosomal Curing Drives an Arms Race Between Bacterial Transformation and Prophage
Abstract. Transformation occurs when bacteria import exogenous DNA via the competence machinery and integrate it into their genome through homologous recom
academic.oup.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#microsky #phagesky #phage
Anyone who’s tried deleting prophages in the lab by HR knows the difficulties of the task. Here we have an example of how HR-mediated natural transformation might hit the same hurdle in a more native context.
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Anyone who’s tried deleting prophages in the lab by HR knows the difficulties of the task. Here we have an example of how HR-mediated natural transformation might hit the same hurdle in a more native context.
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Reposted by Elinne Becket, PhD
