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<aside> ✍🏽 science writing, science blogging, academic writing, SEO, website building, social media, email, content marketing, content writing, infographics, coaching, podcasting
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<aside> 🛠 Notion, Canva, Wordpress, Elementor, MailerLite, SmarterQueue, Buffer, Slack, LinkedIn
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Twitter: @DrBommel
LinkedIn: Sarah Wettstadt
LinkedIn Newsletter: Science, Travel & Communication
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Twitter: BacterialWorld
Facebook: BacterialWorldblog
Instagram: BacterialWorld
Pinterest: BacterialWorld
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LinkedIn: SciComm-Society
Twitter: SciComm_Society
Pinterest: The Engaging Scientist
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LinkedIn: SPRPN
LinkedIn Newsletter: Plant Nutrition for a Healthy Planet
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Native
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Professional
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Fluent
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How hibernation and pesticides disturb the bee gut microbiome. QIAGEN blog. 2022
Benefits of complimentary methods in gene expression profiling. Bio-rad blog. 2022
A glimpse into the microbial world. QIAGEN blog. 2022
Spectrophotometer selection and troubleshooting guide. BIOCOMPARE. 2022
10 Reasons to Promote Your Research Through Videos. Inside higher Ed. 2022
Research reveals bacteria sense heat to learn about their location. UCALGARY NEWS. 2021
Metabolic cross-feeding relationship gains probiotic status. The Microbiologist. 2021
Why we would have no vaccines without bacteria. On BacterialWorld via Science Journalist Research Grant by the Berlin Science Week. 2020
How starting a science blog changed my life. The female scientist. 2020
Some have it all: multicellularity, magnetotaxis and photokinesis in one bacterium. Environmental Microbiology. 2020
The “smaller than the eye can see” Microbial World. lifeology.io. 2020
Protect thy host: Pf4 phages shield Pseudomonas aeruginosa from antibiotics. Environmental Microbiology. 2020
The many facets of the type VI secretion system spike. The Microbiologist. 2020
Death in a sphere: Chromobacterium violaceum secretes OMVs filled with antibiotics. Environmental Microbiology. 2020
How social media is keeping me sane throughout isolation. lifeology.io. 2020
The danger in the bat: a novel tool to detect Sarbecoviruses. The Microbiologist. 2020
Breaking free from home: biofilm dispersal by a glycosidase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris. Environmental Microbiology. 2020
Should I kill or should I go: T6SS regulation networks in Vibrio. Environmental Microbiology. 2019
Dihydroceramide. 2024
Case Study: Metabolic profiling in large-cohort study identified genetic variants associated with metabolic diseases. 2024
Case Study: Characterizing Novel Variants Associated with Blood Pressure Regulation Through a Meta-Analysis of 1.3 Million Individuals. 2023
Triglycerides. 2023
Cholesterol. 2023
Cortisol. 2023
Chenodeoxycholic acid. 2023
Carnithine. 2023
Arachidic acid. 2023
Working together to fighting the bad guys. 2023
Unravelling evolution one nucleotide at a time. 2023
Dear Listeria, what is your preferred niche? 2023
Bacteria without their phages are just not competitive. 2022
It is a matter of whether we allow microbes to enter the food chain. 2022
Living a bacterial lifestyle as an academic researcher. 2022
A microbiologist can’t let their sourdough die. 2022
Microbes live in a society, just like us. 2022
Why core values matter to realize your science communication goals. The Engaging Scientist. 2024
Practical guide “How to Efficiently Write About Science”. 2023
Practical guide “Using Storytelling In Science Communication”. 2023
Practical guide “Engaging Different Audiences with Your Research”. 2023
E-Mail course “Making An Impact”. 2022
Painting a SciComm Picture of Your Research. 2023
How science communication can boost your research. 2023
Bringing Your Science Story to Life with Powerful Action Verbs. 2022
Using Emotions to Convey Scientific Knowledge. 2022
How to identify and talk to your target audience. 2022
How to tell an engaging science story from your research project. 2022
Which microbes are in your cider? 2024
New bacteria discovered in 2023. 2023
New viruses discovered in 2023. 2023
Microbes degrade plastics even in the cold. 2023
What you can do at FEMS2023 in Hamburg. 2023
Five new environmental viruses discovered in 2022. 2022
Five new bacteria discovered in 2022. 2022
Searching for the missing parent of the lager yeast in Europe. 2022
Does the Omicron variant force us to start all over again? 2022
Welcome to the new bacteria discovered in 2021. 2021
World AIDS Day and HIV vaccines – Learning from an epidemic for an epidemic. 2021
How does the climate change affect microbial communities. 2021
Celebrating how your gut microbiome keeps you mentally healthy. 2021
Perspectives: Listening to Women and Girls in Science – where are we? 2021
Social media in times of social distancing (for microbiologists). 2020
Preventing COVID-19 Misinformation: A Guide for Scientists. 2020
How using Notion helps organise your writing and blogging projects. 2021
Improve your science communication skills by finding the story in your data. 2021
How to get started in science communication. 2021
Improving your verb choice in science writing. 2021
How to add a science communication project to your grant proposal. 2021
What does a science writer do? 2021
2 years writing a science blog – this is what I learned. 2020
How to start your own science website. 2020
Written and edited all blog posts on BacterialWorld. Since 2019
2024-2025: Mentoring science communication intern
2024: Launch of video course “How to start a science blog” on SciComm Society
Since 2024: Writing and editing Science Communication Blog “The Engaging Scientist” on SciComm Society
Since 2024: Editing LinkedIn Newsletter “Healthy Plant Nutrition” for SPRPN
Since 2024: Writing LinkedIn Newsletter “Science, Travel & Communication”
2023: Written and translated colouring book “Coloured Bacteria from A to Z”. Published in English, Spanish, French, German, Yoruba, Dutch.
Since 2023: Project advisor for MicrobeNotes
Since 2023: Science communication strategist for Scientific Panel for Responsible Plant Nutrition (SPRPN)
Since 2023: Mentor and expert consultant for Biodesign Challenge at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Since 2022: Science communication coach and mentor with SciComm Society
2022: Panelist for #FEMSmicroBlog’s Short Story Writing Competition – How Will Microbiology Change Our Future?
Since 2021: Blog post commissioning and social media managing for the Federation of European Microbiology Societies (FEMS)
2021 – 2023: Co-director of video platform STEMcognito (archived)
2019 – 2021: Social Media Editor for FEMS Microbiology Letters
Since 2019: Writing and editing BacterialWorld
2017: Participation in Native Scientist workshop communicating microbiology to German speaking students
2017: Support in organising the Imperial Fringe Outreach Festival 2017 at Imperial College London, UK
2016 – 2019: Talks presented at various international scientific conferences and institutional seminars
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