Anne Estes
@mostlymicrobes.bsky.social
#scimom #scicomm sharing stories of our #microbe world. Associate Professor @TowsonU! @microbialTowson @craftymicrobiology #microbiome #microbiology #GirlScoutAlum www.mostlymicrobes.com
As you partake of bread and beer - give thanks for Saccharomyces cerevisiae! Yeast ferments sugar into alcohol. The CO2 given off is what helps bread rise.
Each semester we do a Fermentation Feast in class to "taste the diversity of cultures". Microbiology - the field full of sensory delights :)
Each semester we do a Fermentation Feast in class to "taste the diversity of cultures". Microbiology - the field full of sensory delights :)
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
As you partake of bread and beer - give thanks for Saccharomyces cerevisiae! Yeast ferments sugar into alcohol. The CO2 given off is what helps bread rise.
Each semester we do a Fermentation Feast in class to "taste the diversity of cultures". Microbiology - the field full of sensory delights :)
Each semester we do a Fermentation Feast in class to "taste the diversity of cultures". Microbiology - the field full of sensory delights :)
This student for "Thank a Microbe" really loved Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. Predatory bacteria are easy to love! It bores its way into another bacterium, digests the bacterium, then reproduces, with its babies breaking out of the empty shell of the bacterial prey.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This student for "Thank a Microbe" really loved Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. Predatory bacteria are easy to love! It bores its way into another bacterium, digests the bacterium, then reproduces, with its babies breaking out of the empty shell of the bacterial prey.
Today's student Thank a Microbe post features Pseudomonas putida! Need to clean up oil spills and other toxic hydrocarbons? Call in P. putida.
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Today's student Thank a Microbe post features Pseudomonas putida! Need to clean up oil spills and other toxic hydrocarbons? Call in P. putida.
For the Thank a Microbe project, Lactobacillus sp. were a favorite genera of bacteria to thank.
Lactobacillus acidophilus is what digests milk sugars into acetic acid, which gives yogurt its tangy taste!
Lactobacillus acidophilus is what digests milk sugars into acetic acid, which gives yogurt its tangy taste!
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
For the Thank a Microbe project, Lactobacillus sp. were a favorite genera of bacteria to thank.
Lactobacillus acidophilus is what digests milk sugars into acetic acid, which gives yogurt its tangy taste!
Lactobacillus acidophilus is what digests milk sugars into acetic acid, which gives yogurt its tangy taste!
It's the season for being thankful - THANK A MICROBE returns! Here's the first of several student flyers appreciating the wonders of our microbial world!
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It's the season for being thankful - THANK A MICROBE returns! Here's the first of several student flyers appreciating the wonders of our microbial world!
#WomenInScience inspired Halloween costume this year is Fanny Hess! In Koch's lab in the hot German summers, the gelatin used for bacterial cultures would melt. Fanny learned of agar - used to stiffen gelatin desserts - and brought that into the lab. Her ingenuity changed #microbiology forever! 🧪🔬🦠
October 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
#WomenInScience inspired Halloween costume this year is Fanny Hess! In Koch's lab in the hot German summers, the gelatin used for bacterial cultures would melt. Fanny learned of agar - used to stiffen gelatin desserts - and brought that into the lab. Her ingenuity changed #microbiology forever! 🧪🔬🦠
Using this resource on AI vs human capable Bloom's Taxonomy from @oregonstate.edu as I write learning objectives! #STEMEdu 🍎🧪
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August 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Using this resource on AI vs human capable Bloom's Taxonomy from @oregonstate.edu as I write learning objectives! #STEMEdu 🍎🧪
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Finally finally - this #bookreview 📖 is out of my favorite kids #microbiology book - SICK: The Twists and Turns of Animal Germs. I loved it so much, did a #luxart piece to celebrate! Read the full review here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
🧪🦠🧫🪲🍎#Edusky - check it out!
🧪🦠🧫🪲🍎#Edusky - check it out!
February 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Finally finally - this #bookreview 📖 is out of my favorite kids #microbiology book - SICK: The Twists and Turns of Animal Germs. I loved it so much, did a #luxart piece to celebrate! Read the full review here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
🧪🦠🧫🪲🍎#Edusky - check it out!
🧪🦠🧫🪲🍎#Edusky - check it out!
Kinda cheesy, rather pink, and late for Valentines' Day, but hopefully my mother will appreciate.
February 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Kinda cheesy, rather pink, and late for Valentines' Day, but hopefully my mother will appreciate.
Today's nice results from @towsonu.bsky.social micro class. First time streaks for single isolates. So proud.
February 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Today's nice results from @towsonu.bsky.social micro class. First time streaks for single isolates. So proud.
Here's what I had seen previously that had me questioning.
I'm so glad it was restored - that's the right thing to do! We can't pre-emptively cave to this insanity.
I'm so glad it was restored - that's the right thing to do! We can't pre-emptively cave to this insanity.
February 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Here's what I had seen previously that had me questioning.
I'm so glad it was restored - that's the right thing to do! We can't pre-emptively cave to this insanity.
I'm so glad it was restored - that's the right thing to do! We can't pre-emptively cave to this insanity.
It is! I've learned new tricks. Appreciate the exceedingly clear teaching and low budget approach. Makes 🔬 accessible. 🥰 How to measure thickness and the cheap micrometer are genius. Love to hear your thoughts as talented microscopist and teacher @evoexplorer.bsky.social!
January 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It is! I've learned new tricks. Appreciate the exceedingly clear teaching and low budget approach. Makes 🔬 accessible. 🥰 How to measure thickness and the cheap micrometer are genius. Love to hear your thoughts as talented microscopist and teacher @evoexplorer.bsky.social!
The macroscopic 🌎 is a mess. Journey to the 🔬 world of beauty and wonder. "Worlds within Worlds" by Bruno Kremer is an incredible tour guide!
January 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The macroscopic 🌎 is a mess. Journey to the 🔬 world of beauty and wonder. "Worlds within Worlds" by Bruno Kremer is an incredible tour guide!
Keynote speaker Edward Watson suggests that "What we (academia) call cheating, business calls progress". Give students reasons how and when to use #GenAI. Education idea "TiLT" - Transparency in learning and teaching. @towsonu.bsky.social #EduSky
January 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Keynote speaker Edward Watson suggests that "What we (academia) call cheating, business calls progress". Give students reasons how and when to use #GenAI. Education idea "TiLT" - Transparency in learning and teaching. @towsonu.bsky.social #EduSky
Did you know there's "digital inequity" with #GenAI? Chat gpt4 is pay for service and performance better than the free version! @towsonu.bsky.social levels the playing field -since all students have access to MS co-pilot. (For better or worse)
January 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Did you know there's "digital inequity" with #GenAI? Chat gpt4 is pay for service and performance better than the free version! @towsonu.bsky.social levels the playing field -since all students have access to MS co-pilot. (For better or worse)
A few more - gotta share the beauty..
January 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
A few more - gotta share the beauty..
Family photo at Longwood Gardens today.
January 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Family photo at Longwood Gardens today.
Challenged my students to create "Thank a Microbe" flyers. Here's the example I made, we'll see what they come up with.
November 14, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Challenged my students to create "Thank a Microbe" flyers. Here's the example I made, we'll see what they come up with.
OOOH - updating my profile to Associate Professor! In my Gen Micro classes at Towson Univ, students test the dung beetle 🪲bacterial 🦠 isolates from my research program for cellulose and textile dye degradation! 🧪
November 12, 2024 at 3:52 PM
OOOH - updating my profile to Associate Professor! In my Gen Micro classes at Towson Univ, students test the dung beetle 🪲bacterial 🦠 isolates from my research program for cellulose and textile dye degradation! 🧪
I remember 6th grade so vividly because it's when I first looked in a microscope and fell in love with the microbial world. History repeating with daughter #2. Currently enamored with mites eating fungi on moldy orange. My heart is full.
November 12, 2024 at 2:06 AM
I remember 6th grade so vividly because it's when I first looked in a microscope and fell in love with the microbial world. History repeating with daughter #2. Currently enamored with mites eating fungi on moldy orange. My heart is full.
Just finished The Living Medicine by @LinaZeldovich - incredible work spanning the history of #PhageTherapy in Soviet Georgia to current applications in the U.S. Lina brings so many amazing scientist's work in terrible conditions to light. #Scicomm #AntibioticResistance #books
July 29, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Just finished The Living Medicine by @LinaZeldovich - incredible work spanning the history of #PhageTherapy in Soviet Georgia to current applications in the U.S. Lina brings so many amazing scientist's work in terrible conditions to light. #Scicomm #AntibioticResistance #books