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2018 in Reading: A Tally and Favorite Recommendations
In 2017, I set a New Year’s resolution to read more. I wanted to set a resolution that would help me do something I liked more often. And it worked! I read a lot, and I enjoyed it so, so much. It...
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Eastern Switzerland XC Skiing Guide: 12 Top Spots to Visit
A lot of people have asked me: where should I go cross-country skiing? Or, I’d like to try cross-country skiing – but where can I go around Zurich? Well, here are my answers. I’m basing this loosely on...
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From #fieldworkfail to Published Paper
Amphipods are, unfortunately, not very photogenic. But here you can see some of my study organisms swimming around in a mesocosm in the laboratory, shredding some leaf litter like it’s their business...
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Finally, My Almost-Perfect Davos Ski Day
Midway up the Sertig valley, striding along the classic tracks. This is what dreams are made of. (Before I start: I’ve been featured two places online recently, talking about being a scientist. Check...
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Ganghoferlauf 50 k and Feeling Like a Skier
At the finish of the Ganghoferlauf classic marathon. (Photo via Ganghoferlauf Facebook page) Wednesday night I couldn’t fall asleep. We were supposed to leave on Friday to go to Austria for a Saturday...
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“I Contain Multitudes” Book Review & Sports Microbiome Speculation
Perfect with a negroni. What is the measure of a good science writer? Both my boyfriend and I – one of us a scientist, the other not – adore reading Ed Yong’s columns in The Atlantic. That might be a...
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Easter Break in the Alps
Coming from the U.S. and a non-religious family, I never thought about Easter all that much once I grew up and stopped having Easter egg hunts. But in Europe, the Easter weekend is a major holiday, a...
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Night to Day on the Hardergrat
Annie & Joel descending after the Augstmatthorn, partway across the Hardergrat just after sunrise. A few years ago I ran into a college friend who was visiting Zurich. When we met up, he and his...
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How to Give a Great Presentation
A few weeks ago now, I hosted the Biotweeps Twitter account for a week. It’s an account with rotating hosts: every week, a different biologist takes over and posts about, well, whatever they want, but...
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Gran Trail Courmayeur 30k
I’ve spent the last month not working, and it has been fantastic. It was such a huge push to defend my PhD, and then I had a few more months of work at Eawag, trying to finish up projects and papers....
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