Woo hoo! Just like that, for the first time in my career, I've gone the whole distance from extraction to actually doing the NGS run myself. Wasn't so bad :S Now time to keep on going, time to do the analysis! Wee! 🧪🔬🌾 #agronomy #genomics

Cool article on a new species of jelly found in the Burgess Shale! #marinebiology #paleontology
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-oldest-species-jellyfish.html

All done in Eastend and @Cult_archaeo and I are already well on our way back out to the west coast. But very happily we're stopped in Jasper for the night. Of course we have to then enjoy some of Jasper Brewing Co. They've got a great gose right now inspired by the saltiness and sourness of margaritas. I'm really curious about where they source their hops and barley and other staple ingredients.

Ooh, visiting Eastend, Saskatchewan and the highlight for me is these incredibly well restored F-units sitting right here in town. There's three, *three* of them! And a booster assist! And a ton of stock!

Here in Eastend, Saskatchewan it is incredible learning about all the science and discovery that has happened here. Today I visited the museum and was learning about Jack Wilkinson who began building telescopes from scratch and pursuing astronomy purely out of passion and curiosity. He eventually build the town's observatory that's still here to this day.

A massive treat about being here in Saskatchewan right now is getting to experience Dino Days in Eastend. The T. rex Centre here gave a showing of the last Jurassic World movie. Being here for this and you better believe I bought the t-shirt.

I'm normally all about things molecular and computational biology but this week I'm off in Saskatchewan to help @Cult_archaeo at an #archaeology site!

Me, a scientist, contemplating next steps and my future after listening today to someone explain how "scientists didn't know what they were doing during the pandemic"

Muahaha! After a few rounds with our oyster mushroom kit I buried the block of mycelium in the garden and a few weeks later we have growth again! #fungi #fungidon

Oooh, brand new stickers arrived today! We'll be selling these at the @simresca booth for the July 1 Lamb BBQ on Saturna Island! All sales are going to SIMRES and helping support our many projects! #CanadaDay #orcas #SalishSea #SRKW