About the blog
Thank you for checking out The Microbial Menagerie! The Microbial Menagerie began one day as I pondered about my niche in the microbiology research community. As a graduate student and a postdoctoral researcher, it is easy to get caught up in the intricacies of your own research without, diving deep into one topic, while sacrificing breadth in the general field. As I transition from graduate studies to seeking a postdoctoral position, I realized there were so many areas of microbiology I was interested in but did not know much about at the time. I created this blog in order to both educate myself in a variety of microbiology topics and bring attention to how microbiology affect our lives in ways we may not have thought about before.
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About Jennifer
I am a microbiologist, science communicator, and photographer. To see some of my other writing, check out my portfolio link here.
Currently, I am the science communications and marketing coordinator at Addgene, a nonprofit organization that helps scientists share reagents (specifically, plasmids). At Addgene, I manage the blog, social media, and email marketing.
I have a long standing interest in science communication and in bringing understandable science to general audiences and within the scientific community. I write for the American Society for Microbiology Microbial Sciences blog as well as my own blog The Microbial Menagerie. Check out my portfolio on the Science writing tab on this page for more.
I completed a Ph.D. in microbiology in 2014 in the lab of Timothy Hoover at the University of Georgia and studied antimicrobial resistance as a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of James Kirby at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
Outside of the sciences, I enjoy photography to capture snapshots of life around me – either in nature or in cities. Check out my Instagram.
Please feel free to get in touch for collaborations through the Contact page.
About the logo
The logo represents a microbial world, continents made of budding yeast and bacteria. It was designed by Tyler Ford, a science communicator who frequently brings science and art together.