Press & publications

Bacteria dying upon oxygen depletion - From Figure 1 of Arjes, et al
 - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/720532v2

July 2019 - I published my research article "Biosurfactant production maintains viability in anoxic conditions by depolarizing the membrane in Bacillus subtilis" about how a bacterium that needs oxygen responds to oxygen starvation (hint, it's not good - most of the cells die and rupture, but I discovered ~10% remain alive due to a molecule that pokes holes in the cell membrane). This is on BioRXIV here (and currently under review at Current Biology): https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/720532v2 

March 2018 - Seventeen.com featured my instagram post of my evil eye gloves
https://www.seventeen.com/life/a19595668/why-people-wore-evil-eye-gloves-march-for-our-lives/

February 2018  - This article features my craftivism through science knitting
https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2018/02/23/sunday-local-craftivist-to-host-celebrity-knitter-at-cafe-zoe

July/August 2017 - Stanford Magazine article: "Messages in Yarn, Postdoc knits Resistor Hats" https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=94599

23. April 2017 - PBS News Hour included me and mentioned Project Thinking Cap in their feature article "Stitch by Stitch, a brief history of knitting and activism" http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/stitch-stitch-history-knitting-activism/

20. April 2017  - BuzzFeed featured Project Thinking Cap and the Resistor Hat design for the March for Science

https://www.buzzfeed.com/panghearts/4-knit-and-crochet-hats-you-can-still-make-for-mar-2xlz3?utm_term=.ysJbxpwNo#.xoZzJEoLQ

18. April 2017 - KCRW (LA public radio) featured the Resistor Hat (and my voice) on their Design and Architecture show (Begin at ~1:30 for the March for Science and Resistor Hat feature) 

https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/design-and-architecture/symbols-of-protest-lighting-up-edm-festivals

13. April 2017 - SF Chronicle Newspaper article - It's April - Put on your thinking (or drinking) cap

http://www.sfchronicle.com/style/article/It-s-April-put-on-your-thinking-or-11072433.php#photo-12701070

11. April 2017 - The March for Science searches for its pussyhat

http://www.racked.com/2017/4/11/15166094/march-for-science-hat-pussyhat-brain-resistor-dna

9. April 2017 - My knitting group and I were featured knitting hats for the March for Science on ABC7 Bay Area News

https://youtu.be/h0tN4vOVL7s (trying to get ABC7 to put story online, tweet them requesting it) :)

8. April 2017 - IT Breaking News - Delightfully geeky beanies are the perfect headwear for scientists of the resistance

https://www.itbnews.info/2017/04/delightfully-geeky-beanies-are-the-perfect-headwear-for-scientists-of-the-resistance/

7. April 2017 - HUFFINGTON POST wrote an article about me and my Resistor hats!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/earth-day-resistor-hats_us_58e73607e4b05413bfe19346

7. April 2017 - Renew News featured the Resistor Hat https://www.renew.news/2017/04/08/resistor-beanies-are-the-perfect-headwear-for-scientists-of-the-resistance/

7. April 2017 - My Resistor Hat featured on Mashable.com

http://mashable.com/2017/04/07/resistor-beanies-march-for-science/#cRX_Uz_lNaqc

5. April 2017 - Resistor Hat featured on adafruit blog

4. April 2017 - The Stanford Daily published a story about how I use my knit hat designs for science outreach and for the March for Science.

http://www.stanforddaily.com/2017/04/04/postdoc-creates-resistor-hats-for-march-for-science/

3. April 2017 - KQED (San Francisco Public Radio) aired a story about the Resistor Hat during Morning Edition. Text version of the story linked below:

https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/04/03/pussyhat-inspires-protest-beanie-for-science-march/

3. April 2017 - Featured on Jim's BBS blog for his grandaughters. https://jimsbbs.wordpress.com/

31. March 2017 - Discover magazine posted about my Resistor Hat and science outreach.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/03/31/resistor-hat-march-for-science/#.WN62JBLytYK

31. March 2017 - VeryTopSecret.info - Microbiologist knits 'Resistor Hats' for science advocacy: https://www.verytopsecret.info/microbiologist-knits-resistor-hats-for-science-advocacy/

30. March 2017 - Stanford Medicine featured myself and the Resistor Hat Story: http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2017/03/30/stanford-postdoctoral-fellow-creates-resistor-hat-for-march-for-science/

29. March 2017 - The Stanford News published a story about my Resistor Hat and other knits designed for the March for Science.

http://news.stanford.edu/2017/03/29/stanford-microbiologist-creates-resistor-hats-march-science/

15. March 2017 - Knitting green and blue hats for #projectthinkingcap was featured on 100 days action: https://100daysaction.net/actions/hats-for-science/

6. Dec 2016 - I was selected to present my work in the Stanford Postdoctoral Research Symposium: http://www.pictaram.com/media/1399601705344308463_3961451862

22. February 2017 - The Resistor Hat was featured in Craftgossip.com.
http://knitting.craftgossip.com/more-knit-hat-ideas-for-science-marches/2017/02/22/

13. October 2015 - I published a paper in the journal BMC Microbiology describing the molecular mechanisms of the bacterial cell division protein FtsZ and, specifically, how subunit-subunit interactions can facilitate protein function of mutants with reduced GTPase activity.

http://bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12866-015-0544-z


4. April 2015 - In the loop knitting featured my frozen Anna, Elsa, and Olaf knit hats
http://intheloopknitting.com/frozen-knitting-patterns/

6. October 2014 - My T-shirt yarn arm knit scarf was featured in DIYnCrafts.com

http://www.diyncrafts.com/8532/fashion/23-insanely-clever-arm-knitting-projects-techniques

29. August 2014 - The St. Louis Business Journal gave a shout-out to my research.

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/biznext/2014/08/zombie-bacteria-manning-brothers-invest-in.html?ana=fbk&fb_ref=Default

28. August 2014 - My paper published in the journal Current Biology describing the link between bacterial cell division and DNA replication was featured by the Washington University in St. Louis News and phys.org

https://source.wustl.edu/2014/08/zombie-bacteria-are-nothing-to-be-afraid-of/

https://phys.org/news/2014-08-zombie-bacteria.html

25. September 2014 - Biotech Calendar - WUSTL Microbiologists Zombify Bacteria to Fight Infection - http://info.biotech-calendar.com/wustl-microbiologists-zombify-bacteria-to-fight-infection


26. November 2012 - I published a post in the American Society for Microbiology's blog Small Things Considered about how localized cell death drives the characteristic wrinkling of Bacillus subtilis biofilms.

http://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2012/11/the-slime-that-smiles.html