Lauren
@gramnegativity.bsky.social
assistant teaching professor of microbiology | seattle enjoyer, king of the hill expert, tattoo enthusiast, & bacterial geneticist | she/her | personal account
what I’m actually buying when I should be shopping for gifts for other people
On the Deep Vellum website we will be offering 30% off everything this Friday, and if you’re in Dallas, you can stop by the Deep Vellum bookstore on Saturday to take advantage of an outrageous buy-two-get-one deal!
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
what I’m actually buying when I should be shopping for gifts for other people
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KNIGHTER'S HOME 🫡
The home opener crowd was electric for our captain, Hilary Knight!
The home opener crowd was electric for our captain, Hilary Knight!
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
KNIGHTER'S HOME 🫡
The home opener crowd was electric for our captain, Hilary Knight!
The home opener crowd was electric for our captain, Hilary Knight!
inaugural home opener let’s goooo
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
inaugural home opener let’s goooo
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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It's Monday. So I thought I'd checka my email.
flashy: homestarrunner.com/sbemails/210...
tubey: youtu.be/-zhsNdk1_Vc?si
flashy: homestarrunner.com/sbemails/210...
tubey: youtu.be/-zhsNdk1_Vc?si
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It's Monday. So I thought I'd checka my email.
flashy: homestarrunner.com/sbemails/210...
tubey: youtu.be/-zhsNdk1_Vc?si
flashy: homestarrunner.com/sbemails/210...
tubey: youtu.be/-zhsNdk1_Vc?si
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🚀New preprint from our lab!
I am very excited to finally share what has been the main focus of my PhD for the past almost 3 years! It is about viral dark matter and a powerful tool we built to shed light on it. 🧬💡
Continue reading (🧵)
I am very excited to finally share what has been the main focus of my PhD for the past almost 3 years! It is about viral dark matter and a powerful tool we built to shed light on it. 🧬💡
Continue reading (🧵)
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🚀New preprint from our lab!
I am very excited to finally share what has been the main focus of my PhD for the past almost 3 years! It is about viral dark matter and a powerful tool we built to shed light on it. 🧬💡
Continue reading (🧵)
I am very excited to finally share what has been the main focus of my PhD for the past almost 3 years! It is about viral dark matter and a powerful tool we built to shed light on it. 🧬💡
Continue reading (🧵)
when I experience one (1) minor inconvenience
So far gone am I in the dark side of earth, that its other side, the theoretic bright one, seems but uncertain twilight to me.
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
when I experience one (1) minor inconvenience
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Wonderfullest things are ever the unmentionable; deep memories yield no epitaphs
November 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Wonderfullest things are ever the unmentionable; deep memories yield no epitaphs
rewatching twin peaks the return and remembering how much I love david lynch 😭
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and talking to a camera .
Alt: David Lynch as Gordon Cole saying to David Duchovny as Denise Bryson: “when you became Denise, I told all your colleagues, those clown comics, to fix their hearts or die!”
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
rewatching twin peaks the return and remembering how much I love david lynch 😭
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Ladies and gentleman, the first-ever Seattle Torrent goal 🥹
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ladies and gentleman, the first-ever Seattle Torrent goal 🥹
aftermath of hosting your first large family gathering in your small townhouse and soaking up attention all day long
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
aftermath of hosting your first large family gathering in your small townhouse and soaking up attention all day long
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🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,976 votes, which means that the race is no longer in automatic recount territory.
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,346 votes.
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,976 votes, which means that the race is no longer in automatic recount territory.
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Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!
somebody please tell me how to get my hands on the thermo fisher holiday sweater and matching beanie if I don’t work in research anymore 😭
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
somebody please tell me how to get my hands on the thermo fisher holiday sweater and matching beanie if I don’t work in research anymore 😭
why does everyone think their city is the only place where it gets dark super early in the wintertime
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
why does everyone think their city is the only place where it gets dark super early in the wintertime
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
lotta folks I had optimistically released from mute jail getting locked back up tonight
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
lotta folks I had optimistically released from mute jail getting locked back up tonight
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
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this one is for me and like maybe 5 other people
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
this one is for me and like maybe 5 other people
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In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
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The hater to constructive ratio of this website is generally pretty bad, but man, when someone you hate dies. What a community
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The hater to constructive ratio of this website is generally pretty bad, but man, when someone you hate dies. What a community
didn’t happen to me personally but I was certainly warned multiple times that it was a possibility during the ~month I was there lol
His death will put end the tradition of him nearly running over Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory researchers with his car, a story I've heard on at least half a dozen different occasions.
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
didn’t happen to me personally but I was certainly warned multiple times that it was a possibility during the ~month I was there lol
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Raise a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight and honor her memory and scientific contributions
NYT obituary of Jim Watson.
A long and fairly balanced view of a complicated man who participated in one of the greatest discoveries in biology.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
A long and fairly balanced view of a complicated man who participated in one of the greatest discoveries in biology.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Raise a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight and honor her memory and scientific contributions
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Introducing the Seattle Torrent and the Vancouver Goldeneyes!
Our two new team identities are here! Get to know them at the links below:
Torrent ➡️ thepwhl.com/en/teams/seattle-torrent
Goldeneyes ➡️ thepwhl.com/en/teams/vancouver-goldeneyes
Our two new team identities are here! Get to know them at the links below:
Torrent ➡️ thepwhl.com/en/teams/seattle-torrent
Goldeneyes ➡️ thepwhl.com/en/teams/vancouver-goldeneyes
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Introducing the Seattle Torrent and the Vancouver Goldeneyes!
Our two new team identities are here! Get to know them at the links below:
Torrent ➡️ thepwhl.com/en/teams/seattle-torrent
Goldeneyes ➡️ thepwhl.com/en/teams/vancouver-goldeneyes
Our two new team identities are here! Get to know them at the links below:
Torrent ➡️ thepwhl.com/en/teams/seattle-torrent
Goldeneyes ➡️ thepwhl.com/en/teams/vancouver-goldeneyes
I was really hoping for the pwhl seattle name + logo to be.. better
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I was really hoping for the pwhl seattle name + logo to be.. better