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We Got A State Microbe!

We did it, after 2 years of intense lobbying, hundreds of emails and letters from people throughout New Jersey and the world, the governor signed into law that the official State Microbe of New Jersey is Streptomyces griseus.  We are the second state to have an Official Microbe, but the first to have an Official Bacterium!  Thanks to everyone who participated!

This footage is from the news broadcast New Jersey Matters, where I talk about microbes and science with the host, Larry Mendte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgvPK8_Pus8 Please take a look!

Cool tie, huh?

And please don’t forget the book: https://tinyurl.com/Warhol-Small-Guide

Microbe Talk at The Library. 

This was a lot of fun. I spoke about he new book (The Small Guide to Small Things) and The New Jersey State Microbe. The audience had students, teachers, nurses, professors, and people from the general public.

The New Jersey State Microbe moves ahead!

We have been getting a lot of positive press and electronic media following the unanimous vote of the New Jersey Senate on July 27.  It’s nice to see an article in an actual newspaper!  This ran in the Sunday Asbury Park Press on page 2 on July 29, 2018.

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New Jersey State Microbe

This makes it official, we’re presenting at the Microbe 2018 annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

It just struck me that this is an entirely new area of research and activism. Oregon was successful in getting a State Microbe, but I can’t get anyone there to return my phone calls or emails. I think I’m the only one doing this systematically.

Here’s a link to the presentation abstract http://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/4623/presentation/6277  Abstract embargo period is over, so it’s OK to post.

Here’s a link to the most interesting microbiology book for everyone :

NJ State Microbe at Rutgers Day/Ag Field Day

The Rutgers Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology had an amazingly great day on April 28th. The booth was staffed by students and faculty all day and had lines of people waiting to learn more about the State Microbe and microbiology in general. State Microbe T shirts were very popular. Thank you to everyone who participated!

We collected nearly 400 signatures on a petition to our legislators in support of A3650 and S1729, the legislation that designates Streptomyces griseus as the New Jersey State Microbe.

New Jersey State Microbe

We keep making progress and now have 6 sponsors from both parties in the NJ Assembly.

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New Jersey State Microbe T Shirts

Rutgers Ag Field Day is on April 28. Every red-blooded microbiologist and New Jersey Resident should head on over to the Biochemistry and Microbiology venue and get an official State Microbe T shirt.  Thanks to Professor Haggblom for cultivating these!

And, you know, you can get a Periodic Table of Microbes T shirt or coffee mug on https://www.cafepress.com/warholscience

Micro Minutes! turned 5 today!