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Alex Alexiev, PhD

@alex-for-science.bsky.social

Postdoc in the Sharpton lab at Oregon State University | she/her | UC Davis -> CU Boulder -> OSU | microbial community ecology, amphibians, zebrafish | 🇧🇬🇺🇸💖💛💙 alexforscience.wordpress.com R code resources: https://github.com/aalexiev/Basic_Rcode_tutorials

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Alex Alexiev, PhD@alex-for-science.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Kind of love the first day of summer at a university. There's all the fun excitement of graduation and move out, then suddenly, it's quiet and empty. Almost like an ecosystem after disturbance. 😅 Excellent environment for writing. 🖋️

An empty study hall at the memorial union at Oregon state university. The desks and chairs, in an older dark academia style, are mostly empty except for one person. Sun filters brightly through the windows with green tree leaves from the outdoors scattering the light. Flags from different countries hang over the walkway in front of the study hall.
Alex Alexiev, PhD@alex-for-science.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In case anyone feels a little lost on how to break into the microbiome field/literature, I've recently put together some resources online: alexforscience.wordpress.com/resource-list/ Feel free to share with students - I hope it's helpful!

Resource list

Academia can be very hard to break into. I’ve posted here a number of resources, both for microbiome research and teaching/outreach, that I hope anyone might find helpful. Microbiome Research…

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Alex Alexiev, PhD@alex-for-science.bsky.social · 12mo ago

So far, cool things at ESA that tell me I'm surrounded by my people: I've noticed 4 or 5 sciart booths in the exhibition hall selling ecology themed art. One booth is just piles of free books. According to an email, there's a gear swap booth where you can donate/get field gear. Awesome.