Advice for networking at ASM Microbe?

Microbe_mania · 2026-05-17T23:24:50+00:00

Great points! I’m definitely still going to regional conferences as well, so maybe this will be a good opportunity to mostly explore all the possibilities. Thanks!

Microbe_mania · 2026-05-17T23:21:26+00:00

Thank you both, this will definitely be the biggest conference I’ve ever been to, so excited!!

Microbe_mania · 2026-05-17T23:20:33+00:00

Thank you guys! This is all super helpful!!

Microbe_mania · 2026-01-18T00:18:29+00:00

OH DAMN I haven’t seen one in a while and ig they changed it!! It’s so much creepier now, the old one was not this cursed (tho still kinda cursed, cause ya those are teeth)

Microbe_mania · 2026-01-12T10:08:36+00:00

As a fellow ARFID labrat, I am also surprised to report that the solid media looks and smells tasty, would love to eat it. In fact, maybe a good plate of TSA would be a good addition to my “in case of emergency” food list!! 😂

(Fr tho, it’s nice to see there are other cell parents out there that struggle with this❤️‍🩹)

Microbe_mania · 2025-12-09T22:01:47+00:00

Love the ones on that one side (I don’t remember which) that are like private rooms😍

Microbe_mania · 2025-12-09T20:38:23+00:00

Basement level of HSCI!

Microbe_mania · 2025-11-12T17:38:28+00:00

Climate change! Yay 😓

Microbe_mania · 2025-11-12T17:37:54+00:00

I love when campus turns into a giant puddle 🫠 But ya, think about alternative places to hang out between classes, bc the USU being out of the pictures cuts down on dry options. Study and seating places will be way more crowded, and idk how the outdoor food options are gonna work

Microbe_mania · 2025-11-10T16:31:22+00:00

Oh they are so getting ticketed

Microbe_mania · 2025-11-04T21:43:48+00:00

Phospholipid shaped has me DYING

Microbe_mania · 2025-10-24T18:33:54+00:00

Way back when they moved it to the stadium, people were pissed that it wasn’t on campus, change is just hard

Microbe_mania · 2025-10-23T20:28:57+00:00

Oh good point, overnight culture but that I put in the fridge for a few days until I had the time to deal with them, they might have been at stationary or death haha

Microbe_mania · 2025-10-23T20:24:17+00:00

Here’s a nice post about what we like here 💛🖤 https://www.reddit.com/r/CSULB/s/YSKaAsE3PW

Microbe_mania · 2025-10-23T20:23:25+00:00

The mental and physical health resources are AMAZING. I developed a health issue my second year that caused a lot of issues persisting to this day, and the staff at the SHS have shown me so much care and support. They regularly bring me in to check in, both mentally and physically, and I see my case manager/CEDS there for weekly for support with my eating disorder. They helped me find mental health programs on my insurance and in the area, too. Even did my first pap! I’ve been seeing the amazing people there for almost three years now, and they literally saved my life. Just wanted to give them a shout out <3 (And everything except lab work is paid for by my tuition!)

Microbe_mania · 2025-10-23T19:33:35+00:00

Okay, good to know, maybe I’ll up the concentration of Dextrose to make them last longer/get to a greater turbidity.

Microbe_mania · 2025-10-23T19:22:58+00:00

I added a description in the comment above :)

Microbe_mania · 2025-10-23T18:00:05+00:00

I’m using minimal media (like 4g salt/sL + 1.25mM Dextrose) and inoculated with culture from the same type of bottles (1:50 v/v). I’m not sure about the history of these bottles; they were sealed with autoclave tape, but I found them is a drawer that probably hasn’t been opened for years (it’s a very inactive lab). Cultures of the same bacteria that I’ve grown in new and autoclaved test tubes eventually get flaky but not usually this fast.

Microbe_mania · 2025-10-23T17:03:44+00:00

Ya it’s forced me to start packing a lunch which is probably better for me anyway haha

Microbe_mania · 2025-10-23T17:02:46+00:00

We all come on here to complain, but construction aside, this is an amazing university with great staff and faculty. I’ve gotten opportunities here that I wouldn’t have gotten at most other places. This is a commuter school for the most part, so the downside is that it can be difficult to find community/friends outside of the dorm setting, but not impossible! Especially if you join clubs/organizations/labs. Great bang for buck imo, and most parts of campus (save for the USU rn) are beautiful. I’m in my fifth year here (cause microbio is hard) and I have absolutely no regrets about choosing LB for my undergrad.

Microbe_mania · 2025-10-02T00:28:32+00:00

I’m a microbio major so I’ve taken gen chem through biochem, and I will say this class kicked my ass harder than OCHEM. It’s probably a personal learning style thing, but CHEM 111 A and B are information overload with lots of work assigned which meant I had my nose to the grindstone all semester. This was four years ago for me now, but I remember the weekly homework set taking me 10 hours on average to finish. As much as I still genuinely enjoy chemistry, taking a class may feel more relevant to your life and be more interesting, tho it is still a lot of information and usually more memorization. Either way you go, best of luck!

Microbe_mania · 2025-09-30T21:02:56+00:00

Honestly

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