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Formerly NYC and Tampa, currently Suisse 🇨🇭 environmental microbiologist, woman in science @WHO #AMR

Lausanne, Switzerland
Joined July 2013
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NEW—An estimated 1.2 million people died in 2019 from antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, more deaths than HIV/AIDS or malaria. #GRAMPaper reveals the scale of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR), now a leading cause of death worldwide: hubs.li/Q012sG-t0 #AMRSOS
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Want to come work in Lausannne? LCE is looking for a new postdoc to study microbial grazing of viruses. epfl.ch/labs/lce/openpositio…
A record-breaking 1,500 individual private jets are thought to have flown into Davos this week, where David Attenborough got a standing ovation for warning the planet faces destruction if we don't tackle climate change
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Baobab trees can live for 2,500 years, but in the last 12 years, the oldest and biggest ones have either died or started dying, @edyong209 reports on.theatln.tc/CEaCa0g
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Several male scientists have asked recently what they can do to be better allies for women in science. I’m making this thread to collect possible answers & examples. If you have tips, advice, requests, examples etc. please feel free to add to this thread (or @ me & I’ll add it).
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Trophic transfer is really inefficient, meaning we can feed a lot more people when people eat lower on the food chain. xitter.gq/TrevorABranch/status/9…
If everyone in the US switched to a vegetarian diet, we could feed 350 million more people pnas.org/content/115/15/3804
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Trump has in the past expressed his desire for the economy to collapse and has surrounded himself with disaster capitalists. Keep that in mind as you watch the stock market fall. xitter.gq/sarahkendzior/status/7…
Two quotes you need to read side by side. 1. From Trump 2. From Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon Spread this widely.
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Academics: Don't hide behind your PhD--Stand on top of it. Use it as your platform to tell your community the info you've gathered. Make your community a better place because of it. Make yourself a better leader because of what you've learned/experienced. #TuesdayThoughts
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Thousands of people are rallying on Capitol Hill today to demand that Congress take action to protect dreamers. RT if you support a clean #DreamActNow!
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I imagine all of these eels singing in perfect harmony 🎶
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This is the dumbest time to be alive
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As you watch Manafort go back home after leaving court remember the half a million ppl sitting in jail bc they’re too poor to afford bail.
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In honor of Columbus Day, Trump took credit for discovering something millions were already using xitter.gq/ddale8/status/91701736…
Donald Trump just took credit for inventing the word "fake." thestar.com/news/world/2017/…
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The Mayor of San Juan is wading through sewage, searching for people with a bullhorn while @realDonaldTrump insults her on twitter.
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Just a reminder to journalists: if something is racist & you don't call it racist, that's not being objective, that's not doing your job.
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This story on Trump admin denial of aid flew under the radar but is important, especially in light of massive storm approaching Texas xitter.gq/THEsisterjanet/status/…
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She works for an admin that defunds scientists, denies climate change, destroys national parks. If they could ruin eclipse, they would have. xitter.gq/IvankaTrump/status/899…
Sharing the #Eclipse2017 experience with the President, First Lady & Cabinet Secretaries on the White House Truman Balcony. #STEM #NASA
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