Bug, microbiome, and -omics enthusiast. UTSC Postdoc studying wood-eating wasps and moths. Aspiring academic twitter cool girl. 🐝🧬🪵🔬✨https://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3m743mb66ys2tPresented my first research talk to my new department today! Don't think I'll ever get over being introduced as Dr. Pratt 🤓03 Dec 2025 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3m743mb66ys2thttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3m4beypylkk2oField season is over :(28 Oct 2025 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4beypylkk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lwf5gsnstc2hLast grad school paper was accepted!14 Aug 2025 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwf5gsnstc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lvte6qtrpk2wLive in Ontario? Love bugs and forests? I’m a U of T Scarborough researcher studying microbiomes of wood-feeding wasps & moths—differences in natives vs invasives & roles in forest disease. Catch & freeze suspects. DM with questions! #Entomology #Microbiome #Ontario #InvasiveSpecies #ForestHealth07 Aug 2025 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvte6qtrpk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lsykkakhh22iExcited to hard launch that I’ve started a postdoc at @UTSC! I'll be studying wood-eating wasps & moths in Ontario forests and their microbiomes! Big things ahead! 🇨🇦🌲🐝🐛🪵02 Jul 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsykkakhh22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lrsuxygonk22Got my course evals back and my students were so so sweet??? Truly the best way to end my time at UND 🥹💚17 Jun 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsuxygonk22https://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lndvvqcvt22jNever beating the bug girl allegations 🤓Enjoy this Sphenophorus selfie from four years ago courtesy of Google Photos.21 Apr 2025 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndvvqcvt22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lmzwfuptec2gIf you’re wondering what my plans for the four-day weekend look like:17 Apr 2025 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzwfuptec2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3llco5qkssk2cSometimes you stay up until 4AM trying to organize a dataset that’s been thrown into havoc by undergrads. Highlights: 1. a ND bee IDed as a species only found in the UK 2. SO many misspellings 3. a “bumble bee” that’s clearly a syrphid (look at the antenna, eyes, and vena spuria)26 Mar 2025 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3llco5qkssk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lhcns6ilqc2fI'm a simple woman. In my next life I want to be a beetle with big mandibles.03 Feb 2025 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhcns6ilqc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lgtdwqdffc2xI have plans that I cannot share with you right now because the haters will sabotage me28 Jan 2025 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtdwqdffc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lfvc6nbqmk2wIn this house we have beef with Watson & Crick 😤16 Jan 2025 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfvc6nbqmk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lfs7ttijhk2qNot me being phished by my university when I'm already at my lowest :(15 Jan 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfs7ttijhk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lf67c5idxs2kcrying in da club (one of my students wrote: "You are the type of scientist I aspire to be.") 🥹😭07 Jan 2025 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf67c5idxs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lc6xeinlck22I'm a bioinformagician 🪄🧙‍♂️✨(I figured out a pipeline issue that's been giving me issues for WEEKS)30 Nov 2024 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6xeinlck22https://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lbxwodyyis2uGrad student: “my soil microorganism sequences are in!” BLAST: Sumatran serow 🐐 Me: *googles if serows eat dirt*28 Nov 2024 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbxwodyyis2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lbi2iqihv22m🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Our latest work "Evaluating the impact of redox potential on the growth capacity of anaerobic gut fungi (AGF)" explores how AGF handle oxygen exposure and their growth potential beyond the herbivorous gut 🧫🌱 https://academic.oup.com/femsmicrobes/article/doi/10.1093/femsmc/xtae033/7879543?login=true21 Nov 2024 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbi2iqihv22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3lazkiftpw22wIf I had a dollar for every student who thinks plants take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide, I could afford a ~very~ nice bottle of wine to get me through this grading 🥴15 Nov 2024 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lazkiftpw22whttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3latrsiae6k2nMourning the loss of the Researcher App today. It was so useful for keeping me up to date on publications in my little niche fields of interest. Definitely open to suggestions for alternatives!!! Goodnight, sweet prince 😭13 Nov 2024 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3latrsiae6k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3laemu7qvyn2mbluesky bug facts >>> twitter dot com 🥴07 Nov 2024 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3laemu7qvyn2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/carrieonbeetle.bsky.social/post/3k7x2pwpobw23Made it to bluesky, does this mean I’m cool now?22 Sep 2023 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:bcblyedb2mn3kmglde3bv3ko/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7x2pwpobw23