Alexander Hynes @APHage_ Twitter profile

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Alexander Hynes

5 years

As I polish up my resubmission, I also reflect on the 'mistakes' of my initial CIHR project grant. If a limerick can ever be a mistake...

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 months

Ladies, Gentlemen - I present to you the first PhD out of the Hynes Lab - congratulations Dr. Al-Anany!

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

The lab's FIRST research article, introducing temperate phage-antibiotic synergy (tPAS), where a low-dose inducer co-administered with a temperate phage eradicates the bacterial host. The paper is here: . Sharing stories that don’t make it into papers below

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

@PTurnbaugh Just today a neighbour asked my daughter (5) why I had to head back home early. She explained that I had to write a BIG letter to ask people for money. She understands.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

I finally found filter tips! I just have to meet this guy under the bridge after sunset, and bring cash.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 months

If you've induced phages, you may have wondered if you can do the 'opposite' - block entry into lysogeny. You can, using protein synthesis inhibitors! Better still, this yields a potent synergy, functionally turning a temperate phage into a virulent one.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

I love my job, but it can be pretty humbling to be regularly outsmarted by something with a ~40 kb genome. #phage

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

The second grad student in the lab, the second to defend (also on-time!), the second zoom defence. This is becoming normal-ish, because the students are - and this is an understatement - incredibly adaptable. Congratulations @anishanandy ! And I am down 2 students in 2 weeks...

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

The first student in the Hynes lab. The first to defend a thesis (and on time). And yes, that is my daughter sneaking in unnoticed, and yes, she too dressed up for the defence. Congratulations @hibashareefdeen !

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

I clearly have no off-switch - phenomena is plural! But I also have an absolutely amazing team. I'm sure most PIs could only dream of a surprise manuscript on their birthdays...

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

Congratulations to @LAHug_ , who was awarded this year's @CSM_SCM Thermo Fisher Award - extremely well-deserved. I look forward to the talk, in person, @csm_scm2022

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

An exceptionally wonderful day: Got a grant. Looked forward to and enjoyed a >10 km run. Improved my pace by 1m 9s/km (!) for that distance. Weighed in at a healthy BMI for the first time since... 2011 (?). Next week: Baby #4 due, #CIHR NOR coming. But I feel ready for anything.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

My first ever race today. The "Around the Bay 30 k", 40 km/h headwinds, snow... and it went superbly. Chip time of 2h7min50s, a full 7 minutes better than I thought I could do if everything went perfectly. Better yet, I really, genuinely enjoyed it. This is me at km 26.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

1 year

You'll never guess what Mystery Marathon I ran sunday - the pic could be anywhere! Everything came together for a wonderful, enjoyable (it's not just masochism, I swear) race. I improved on my other marathon time by almost 17 min, somehow finishing 2nd in my age category. Weeeee!

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

While deep in a publish-or-perish rabbit hole, my trainees shook me out of it. They were firm, way too kind, and reminded me that my impact as educator/mentor will (and should!) exceed that of my publications. I shouldn't have needed reminding, but I am so thankful they did.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 months

Et de deux! @DNADoubleFelix presenting the spoils of his PhD - Warhammer, Phage-Planters, and DNA. Oh, and a Thesis, I suppose. A masterful defence, a wonderful external @jwmodell ... and there goes the last of the lab's starting cohort. *sniff*.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Now, I can't take credit for it (the wonderful hosts of @CSM_SCM 2017, @LAHug_ @joshdneufeld somehow organized this), but surely it qualifies as #PhageCanArt2020 , @PhageCanada ?

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

My students sent me this, insisting it deserves to be on the lab website. Yes, yes it does. The student on the right is our new pipette tip filling champion, marking the first upset since the title's inauguration.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Today is the third (given my biases, most exciting?) Symposium for Phage Canada. In 2019, I read a CBC article that said there were 6 phage researchers in Canada. Through word of mouth, we have 145 participants, spanning 25 affiliations and at least 43 Canadian research teams.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

The CSM now has a youtube channel. It already has this year's award lectures - definitely worth checking out. And since they don't say it... I will. "Don't forget to like and subscribe + (something something bell icon, something something patreon?)"

Canadian Soc. Micro.

@CSM_SCM

4 years

The first (and hopefully only) CSM virtual conference has come to a close. We had three incredible award talks, by John Whitney, @bdaisley , and @Dr_Lori_Burrows , with ~200 guests per talk! All talks are available to everyone on our YouTube page!

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

10 months

The Hynes Lab Halloween! Even with a song and routine, we couldn't overthrough the reigning champion Li Lab in the costume contest, although we did claim victory in the Pumpkins!

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

Ran my first 10 km a year ago today, and have since run 2961 km. I cannot overstate how critical this has been to my mental (and physical) health, navigating a pandemic with four children 6-and-under. Absurdly lucky to live by a beautiful conservation area packed with trails.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

1 year

Last year's @bayracerun 30 k was my first race ever. I had a blast and knew I'd be back. This year, the re-match - and I improved by over 11 min, earning a coveted < 2 h gold medal (1:56:43), while still having a blast. I know where I'll be this time next year...

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

2nd race ever, a mere four weeks after my 1st - this time, the @saugamarathon . Here, at the finish line (3 h 3 min 48s) looking 'fresh' - but the shots a split second before and after definitely confirm I was not. Proud of this culmination of some pandemic-initiated running.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Had time to cool off. Lab zoom social. One-on-one with a student. Hard run with the dog. I picked about 300 cactus needles out of my 18-mo old's hand, then 40 from me he generously donated. And... no, this CIHR decision still feels like an unjustifiable sucker-punch.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 months

That's one impressive host range, and not even in the top 5 coolest things about this story.

Siân Owen

@implosian

5 months

For example, the prototypical IncP plasmid-dependent phage PRD1 has a very generalist host range, and can infect most g-proteobacteria carrying an IncP plasmid. PRDcerulean is 95% identical to PRD1 but has a very narrow host range, mostly restricted to Pseudomonas (4/ )

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

My favourite conference (seriously, I've missed one since 2008) will have a dedicated phage session, chaired by Drs. Anany and Kropinski. Fantastic!

Hany E. Anany Lab

@GuelPHage_lab

5 years

Dear PHage PHriends, Andrew Kropinski and I are chairing a phage session at @CSM2020_Guelph "ALL ABOUT PHAGES". We are so thrilled to have Prof Rob Lavigne @RobLavigne1 to be our keynote speaker and to give the session the incredible Belgian Chocolate taste🤣

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

A phenomenal race weekend. My 3rd ever, but with the kids all joining in this time for a 1 k, and then cheering me on my half the next day. A well-executed, wonderful race - outperforming my goal by a good margin (chip=1:20:33). Next up, Around the Bay in March!

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

Strong Hynes Lab showing at #traineeday2019 , with 7 posters. Janice and Rabia won awards for their very first presentations! Giving trainees many scientific communication opportunites is a *real* strength here at McMaster, and I don't take that for granted. @McMasterIIDR

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Managed our annual secret santa despite the logistical challenges. A blast! Everyone shared what they were proud of in 2020, and it was a testimony to the team what a wonderful variety of personal milestones and accomplishments people had to look back on with pride.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

This is phenomenal, and the kind of thing a virtual meeting makes possible.

Michael Shamash

@michaelviridae

2 years

Thrilled to see that over 33% of abstract's submitted to the @PhageCanada Virtual Symposia are from undergrads across 🇨🇦! 🧫 Lots of interesting #phage research to learn about! 🦠 If you haven't registered already, it's not too late! More info:

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

The new lab picture... look at the look on Sadness's face.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

In a traditition lifted from @smoineau , our thrice a year full-day lab shutdown and cleanup. Here's the result! I'm reminded of a quote of Fleming's upon visiting a high-tech facility in the states; "I could never have discovered penicillin here".

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

When schools closed last year, I started 'theming' days on the weekend. Now closed again, the kids requested 'pirate day'. Fine. Then I had a moment of panic; my pictures tell me the last time I did this was Mar 29 2020 - a year ago exactly. I can't do ANOTHER 2020. Help.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

What a pleasure to be involved in the inaugural @ffdhri Farncombe RiP awards. Congratulations to Jessica Breznik, @pitrack01 , @AlexClarizio , and @mercedes_dib for truly exceptional presentations this year, showing us what #scicomm looks like at its best.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Does everyone know "Betteridge's Law of Headlines"? (No? That's fitting). @hibashareefdeen 's review "Does over a century of aerobic phage work provide a solid framework for the study of phages in the gut?" is available (free) today: (1/3)

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

My student sent me this screenshot, which she had immediately identified as phishing. Not due to the sloppy writing, mind you. It's the fact that I don't own a cell phone that really seals the deal. #unexpectedadvantages

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

It was a treat to be able to preview the fantastic work published by the @StinekevanHoute & @edzewestra teams in Cell Host & Microbe today. Do not stop at the preview, though, the full article is full of gems. #CRISPR #Phage #antiCRISPR

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Why I joined twitter: to amplify my trainees's successes! What caught my eye about Alejandra was her willingness to challenge herself and step outside of her field; e.g. from nutritional sciences to publishing on the microbiome. Of course she would nail the transition to phages.

McMaster IIDR

@McMasterIIDR

4 years

Congratulations to Dr. Alejandra Chavez-Carbajal, this year's winner of the Mildred Gulliver Postdoctoral Scholarship in Infectious Disease Research! Register by Oct 29th to tune in to her talk on Day 2 of the Trainee Day Conference, Nov 12th #nextgenresearch #iidrtraineeday2020

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

The sigh of relief I released when seeing this news was audible to my family, a floor above my office.

CIHR

@CIHR_IRSC

4 years

❗ IMPORTANT NEWS ❗ Spring 2020 Project Grant competition will now proceed over the summer. All applications submitted to this competition will be reviewed, unless withdrawn. More info:

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Months of working on my computer, in my basement... clearly drawing some parallels to my teenage years. Today I thought "I should ask my mom if I can borrow the car". Can't claim the lockdown isn't getting to me...

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Though I've been running every other day for a while, I've often had to leave the dog (Bruno) at home. With kids all home, I've had to bring the stroller, which slows me down enough that it's comfortable for Bruno. This ~11.5 y-old mutt ran 158 km this month. #covidsilverlinings

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Is there a good word to describe both how excited I am that I just got a shipping notice for P200 filter tips, and how sad I feel that I am this excited by a shipping notice for routine lab supplies?

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

And so begins my youtube career!

Canadian Soc. Micro.

@CSM_SCM

3 years

Dr. Alexander Hynes highlights the added features to the CSM_SCM 2021 virtual conference Poster Presentation sessions

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Pulled the plug on Monday, last walkthrough today. Other PIs report melancholy - for me, just some anxiety. The usual, overwhelming job (good and bad!), but without the cornerstone that I can always count on to get me out of bed in the morning. #PInotinthelab

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

These made their way to the lab Christmas Party. We were very successful in eradicating the phage.

dhan

@dhan_yasri

3 years

darn #phage contamination !

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

1 year

Not mentioned here; her comprehensive was 3 days later. And she nailed it. What a week!

McMaster MedSci Student Association

@mcmaster_medsci

1 year

Our second place in poster presentations was Gayatri Nair from the @APHage_ lab who presented on #Bacteriophage lysis. Congratulations Gayatri on your excellent performance!

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

I interupted lab meeting to share this, when it landed in my inbox. Fantastic news, exceptional researchers who made great first impressions on me (through @CSM_SCM ) before I came to Mac, and have just impressed me even more since my arrival.

Brian Coombes, PhD

@BrianKCoombes

4 years

Congratulations to @Dr_Lori_Burrows for winning the 2020 CSM Murray Award for Career Achievement and Dr. John Whitney for winning the 2020 CSM/Thermo Fisher Scientific Award. A double-dinger for @BBS_McMasterU . Micro Lives Here.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

There's not much scarier than the complete chokehold disney has on my household?

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

Yet another case where I'd have been willing to bet phages don't do this... I've got to stop betting against phages - when will I learn! RNApol fused to TMP - wow.

Maria SOKOLOVA

@arimiora28

2 years

1/7 Look at this P23-45 phage discovered by Konstantin Severinov many years ago () and prepare to be surprised!

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 months

@AlexUsherHESA I once answered a call from an elderly lady keen to talk to a microbiologist to find out why her jars of jam were exploding. Kinda wish I did more of that.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

🎵Christmas is coming The geese are yielding plaques Please make a wager, is it 'cos' or 'pac'?🎵

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

There's no reason (just luck!) for it, but apparently the Acr we found in 2017 is the most broadly effective against genome editing Cas9s.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

At the CSM, the highlight for me is invariably the student competition talks. This year they start on day 1 - in just over 2 h, after the Murray Award Lecture. Not a day to miss (can still register!)! #CSM_SCM2021

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

With every article of his I read, I am so grateful to @joshdneufeld & @LAHug_ for @CSM_SCM 2017, which first exposed me to Ed Yong. Thank you! His talk formed the basis for a lecture in my grad course on writing, too.

Ed Yong is not here

@edyong209

4 years

🚨🚨 I wrote a big new piece about all the reasons why the pandemic is so confusing, and how to think about the many uncertainties. If you’re finding it hard to make sense of this complicated & ever-changing crisis, you’re not alone. I hope this helps. 1/

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

Temperate phages are awesome, but we also all “know” that they aren’t suitable for therapy. Except, of course, when we need them – as in the lovely work of @DedrickRebekah @GHatfull . Chemically interfering with the lysis/lysogeny decision may prove more scalable.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Today, NFRF added ~2.2 months of funding, and gave me 12 more months to spend it. Extremely welcome news. @CRSNG_NSERC allows (funded) extensions to all current Discoveries *and* those in the current competition. And @CIHR_IRSC , well... let's not revisit that sore spot.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

How do the words "greetings of the day" make it through any spam filter?

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

A week before school starts, we're now down to ONE symptomatic testing centre in the city, with no appointments for two days. We have learned nothing. September will, once again, be brutal.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

The labour of an amazing organizing committee... and you guys get to see how it bore fruit in 12 minutes! Really excited about this undergraduate session kicking off @PhageCanada #PhageCanada2022 .

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

One of the coolest things since the last symposium are the many requests from undergraduate (and high school) students to be registered for the symposia - one of the advantages of putting together something that is more broadly accessible that a traditional conference.

Phage Canada

@PhageCanada

4 years

Only a few hours before our second #PhageCan2020 symposia, this one focusing on Infection and Resistance of Phages. We can't wait to see all the amazing Science that will be presented then. It'll also be the first flash talk session so stick around at the end!

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

Journal "We now accept submissions in any format" Also Journal, next day "Please change these formatting issues and resubmit"

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

1 year

While it's lamentable, I understand why I receive CVs that include marital status. I do *not* understand why I receive some with the candidate's height/weight. I guess I have joked that I need someone to use my stock of XS gloves?

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

In Hynesight, obviously.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

Another absolutely remarkable finding from the Rotem Sorek's team. I got a sneak-peek at CRISPR2019 in June... but now its official. And time to bring next week's lectures on the phage-host arms race up to date...

Sorek Lab

@SorekLab

5 years

On the origin of immunity Remarkable similarities between human and bacterial immune systems. Cyclic GMP–AMP signalling protects bacteria against viral infection Congrats CBASS team! Daniel Cohen @AdiMillman @GilAmitai @shany_doron #cGAS - #STING

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

(The real story is even weirder. A email flyer from a supplier - I don't think I've ever opened one before. To be fair, at this point, I think I'd even get in touch with a Nigerian prince if there were a chance at filter tips)

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

In "my students teach me new things every day" news, it turns out Gentamycin doesn't have a Y in it. What?

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

7 months

Oh dear. it looks exactly like what I would scribble if I were asked to draw a JAK-STAT pathway in an exam today. Uncanny.

Jesse Gilmer

@ParallelFibers

7 months

@ravenscimaven @FrontiersIn This is not how Resprouization of íe regisors works...

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

@Steeltown_Worms @MHendr1cks I know how much it hurt you to type the word utilize, even in this context.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

My 3 year old son staring at a Christmas dinner of two Cornish hens: "Dad, are those Porgs?"

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

This reminds me of @RosieRedfield 's phenomenal video on competence. I think I might have to challenge my students to some stop motion animation...

Sorek Lab

@SorekLab

5 years

Forget Illustrator. This is the best rendition of the arbitrium communication system ever! Beautiful farewell gift made by @erez_zohar #bioart (we'll miss you!)

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

3 yo, finally tucking himself in almost 2 h past his bedtime: "I'm growing to get big" Me: "And what will you do when you get big?" 3 yo: "Be able to reach tall things"

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Number of days of childcare (sorry, school) we got before the first sniffles forced them to stay at home: 6. *sigh*. I guess having all four kids at home is slightly-early practice for the rest of the year.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

One of several attempts at a Spring 2020 lab picture.

Hiba Shareefdeen

@hibashareefdeen

4 years

I love us.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Submission 1 on behalf of a non-twitter @PhageCanada participant. These were sent in by undergrads in the last few years. Carving by Mateus, a UofC undergrad. #PhageCanArt2020

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

I'm extremely excited by the program - going beyond a traditional 'conference' feel and being able to emphasize undergraduate research/education, and career paths outside of academia!

Phage Canada

@PhageCanada

2 years

It is with great pleasure that we annouce the return of the Phage Canada Virtual Symposia series. Occurring from August 17th-19th, the symposia will feature presentations from trainee phage researchers from all over Canada.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

So... if any of my four kids has COVID symptoms, they all have to stay home at least 10 days, with no chance of a PCR test? What am I missing? In that case, whether schools are open or not is a purely academic question for me...

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

As we start to phase in research, I reflect back on the new skills I have picked up in lockdown. (1) Speed-reading Fox in Socks (2) ... no, I think that is about it.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

@George_diCenzo @MapleLeafs The nice thing is you'll be able to keep using that joke forever!

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

Proving your PI wrong: we were doing these by co-incubating with phage/antibiotics for 1-2 h, then counting survivors. I was convinced that doing longer challenges would lead to confounding variability from regrowth, but Amany pushed back – and boy was it worth it. Eradication!

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

@surt_lab It is to my eternal chagrin that a baby peafowl is not called a chickpea.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

The most important thing to come out of lab meeting; our newest piece of equipment is now officially named "Incredulity". #wellreadgradstudents #Dickens

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

If he looks a little tired, it might be because my new, absurdly slowpace meant this nearing- 12-y old accompanied me for 365.5 km of running this month. I beat him by a measly +5.9 km. Tomorrow's a rest day for both of us, Bruno!

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

These are strange times. Here is something I have never seen before - and, given the initiative I just launched, I suspect it will be fleeting.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

@Emily_YF_Feng Despite my appointment in Medicine, I take almost all my graduate students through BBS because they have more staff support. I have also paid my MedSci students BBS rates. I have raised these (and other) concerns at the IQAP review of the MedSci. You're right to push for better.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

@landrychristian Kids. Definitely don't forget them. I mean, if you have room after the coffee machine.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

The anxiety I feel is completely disproportionate to any logical expectation for today's results* (*sort of) from a <15% success rate competition, and that, as an ECR, may be challenging to interpret (normalization), and that my lab can technically survive without... @CIHR_IRSC

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

9 months

@PezRadar What is the best avenue to provide feedback to Blizzard?

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

3 years

Phage Twitter: I've been seeing more phage characterization papers that "optimize MOI" for higher titres. Why? I don't see biological insight, and while practical, these never seem to optimize any *other* parameters. Why is this singled out? What's the history I'm missing here?

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

@RafalMostowy The 50s! Lederberg & Zinder (Transduction), Fine Genetic Mapping of rII (Benzer) and how it lead to triplet code of DNA (Brenner et al), Luria & Delbrueck (Fluctutation), Hershey-Chase (DNA genetic material). A little further out; Arber (R-M) or the earlier host-controlled mod.?

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 months

@RenaudJolivet In Finland, PhDs are awarded a sword to fight for truth. I think ignorance is better armoured than that - this is a warhammer!

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

No... I don't want it to be over. He has my permission to run long!

Phage Canada

@PhageCanada

4 years

And last but not least, @polystonetian from @biohybridslab “Phage hydrogel: A multifunctional biomaterial for antimicrobial and biosensing applications”

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

So, do we now all agree that #CaNMT were in the group of death?

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

Surtout pour ceux qui veulent se moquer de moi, quand j'essaie de traduire "quorum sensing" ou qqchose du genre...

Sylvain Moineau

@smoineau

2 years

Le 89e Congrès de l'ACFAS (9 au 13 mai 2022) est présentement en cours à l'Université Laval #acfas Un rappel: Mercredi le 11 mai, colloque 208: ACPHAGES, Applications et caractérisation des phages. Ci-joint le programme des présentations orales 🔥et des affiches 🔥 #phage

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

@WilsonToxLab One of the best pieces I of advice I ever received was from Andrew at a similar session for new faculty: scheduling in time for the activities you agree to. You're going to review that paper - don't just put the deadline in your calendar, put a 3 h block somewhere to do it in.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

My favourite conference, and props to the leadership for committing to virtual well in advance. I'll be "there", of course!

Canadian Soc. Micro.

@CSM_SCM

4 years

1/2 Save the dates! 📢🗓️ The 2021 CSM Conference will be held virtually from June 14-17, with sessions running from 12:30-4 pm EST each day. The conference will provide opportunities for student and postdoc talks, plus various award presentations. Deadlines:

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

5 years

A fantastic, and much needed, review. Loved the section highlighting temperate phages and HGT - these are a few of my favourite things! Didn't love having to re-discover how to type a diaresis to write your name, but congratulations anyway Moïra.

Moïra Dion, PhD

@moira_dion

5 years

Writing this review got me even more fascinated by phages!

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Explain what you study using only the 1000 most used words () I study tiny things and the even tinier things that kill them to make more of themselves, but I care most about when the tinier things don't kill the tiny things, and sleep inside them instead.

Jason Kindrachuk, PhD

@KindrachukJason

4 years

Explain what you study using only the 1000 most used words () I work on the things that make people very sick so that they can just worry about normal stuff @OlgaPena @HillLabSask @DylanMacKayPhD @sci_questions

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

4 years

Had I described my job on March 16th, I would have said I run a research lab. I have not run that research lab since then, and my schedule is just as busy. I think I need to re-evaluate how I describe my job.

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Alexander Hynes

@APHage_

2 years

I would love to have a science journalist offer a lecture in my grad course on scientific writing. Hearing @edyong209 way back @CSM_SCM 2017 was a real eye opener, and I don't feel I can do the topic justice. Could be virtual. Do I know anyone who knows someone willing?

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