Thread by @realscientists

Hello! I'm Tapoka (@TapokaM) from
@BlackInMicro SM team. Today is #BlackInMycology and #BlackInParasitology day! #Parasitology is one of my faves. I have a soft spot for nematodes, as I study #Whipworm & I’m incredibly excited to learn about #Mycology over the day! 🍄🪱

#ParasitologyInRealLife for me often looks a lot like this, I spend a lot of time with our microscopes. I want to understand how whipworm eggs and the host gut bacteria interact. So I dissect a lot of guts and I look at many eggs 🪱🥚

Here’s a very small wave hello 👋🏾 from the mouse whipworm Trichuris muris 🐛 #ParasitologyInRealLife

My two model systems are mice & pigs and the past year of my PhD has been a test of my dexterity😅; but I am now very agile with a pair of tweezers and curved scissors, a useful skill with number of dissections I have done!
#ParasitologyInRealLife

This is a twofer it's what #ParasitologyInRealLife has looked like a lot recently, so it is also my submission to @BlackInMicro #ShowMeHowYouQuarantine. I brought the essentials home from the office which includes my @GIANTmicrobes. Can you spot/name them?

#BlackInParasitology

What a way to end the day! I am all fired up, but it’s 00:37 here so I need some rest before getting back to the business of taking the world of #Parasitology by storm!
It’s been a pleasure tweeting over here, I hope you’ve enjoyed the @BlackInMicro events & my worm chat
@TapokaM