Alex Ensminger

@legionella.bsky.social

736 Followers 602 Following

Associate Professor, University of Toronto Depts of Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics Legionella, Metaeffectors, Phage, Toxin-Antitoxin systems Former Tufts Postdoc, MIT PhD My id lives on a lake north of Ann Arbor, Michigan ensmingerlab.com

A box of pinocchios pizza from Harvard Square riding in a car with Toronto's CN tower in the background.
He also referenced a controversial hook-and-hold call on Cam Ward for Yaxel Lendeborg that he believed changed the game, though he admitted uncertainty about the specifics. Izzo was critical of his team’s overall performance, saying, “I was disappointed in the fish eating, but more disappointed in my team. I just did not think we played well enough.”
A Twitter conversation from 2019 in search of the elusive Legionella phages.
A cartoon of three amoebae sitting around a table. One, wearing glasses, appears to be smoking.
A large rainbow over a lake.
Two inboard water pump housings with rubber impellers. The left one has totally disintegrated whereas the right one is brand new.
Aussie style cookies - trader joes on the left, Arnott's on the right.
White (wt) and yellow (mutant) patches of Legionella pneumophila... the yellow is conferred by point mutations in fleN (circa 2008).
A large truck tire on which a snail has climbed to the top.
A black and white devon rex relaxing in his basket.