Julie Maresca

@micromaresca.bsky.social

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Microbiologist, micro-adventurer, micro-doodler. Too many projects, not enough time: phototrophy, built environment, some wastewater. 🚲🥾🧶🧪

Photo of red, yellow, and green trees reflected in water (Horseshoe Pond, NY)
Close up of a black dog’s big eyes and shaggy eyebrows
Crown-shaped gray sponge on a rock in a rocky creek bed
Photo of bright yellow/pale turquoise lichen on gray tree bark
Photo of bright yellow wildflower
Petri dish with a small yellow in the middle and squiggly lines coming out from it
Photo of tiny mushrooms like pointy umbrellas in moss
Cartoon of a microbe wearing purple goggles sliding in a puddle. It looks kind of like a slip n slide. Meant to illustrate gliding motility but repurposed here.
Photo of a brown and white striped snail on a twig among wet green leaves
Photo of 3 stickers: one with microbes on a roller coaster, one with microbes in a star, and one that says “biochemistry game designer” with drawings of game pieces
Close up of what might be a bright yellow slime mold on a wet log
Photo of dirty water being filtered through a coffee filter into a large jar on a lab bench.
Photo of 1/4 of a Petri dish with green and pink colonies
Photo of the edge of a Petri dish with several tiny orange and yellow colonies and one large, fluffy, bright red colony
Bouquet of pink peonies, white baby’s breath, and buttercups on a wooden table
Photo of a polka-dot fabric flower in a snowy lawn
Photo of a student-made board game called “sanitation showdown”
Four cartoon microbes running and flipping
Tiny red plant with pointy hairs on its leaves and stem
Closeup of an orange lichen on a gray rock. It has tiny tube, cup, and flat-top structures!
A photo of a fossil that looks like a honeycomb
Tiny snail-like fossil in a rock, with a kid’s finger for scale
Photo of a ripply biocrust on the riser of a concrete stair
Cartoon of a little purple car driving in hills, with a green sign pointing to MICROBIOLOGY
Green lichen on a tombstone along the path that water runs off from the top
Light pink fungi that look like nail heads amid blue green lichen on the side of a stump
Green lichen on a gravestone
Fungal growth on a brick
Picture of a professor sitting on steps outside with Doritos
Professor wearing glasses and a pink and blue scarf all the way up to her nose because the office weather was very cold
Picture of a microbe who has rolled her eyes so hard that her eyeballs fell out and are rolling on the table
Photo of a professor wearing a sparkly spider headband
3 microbes on a roller coaster: one with hands up, smiling; one squinched down and holding on; one flying out of the car and hanging on to the back, looking surprised. Science is like this.
Chimney rocks NY. Sharp rocks overlooking Lake Ontario on a clear day
Insect with gold legs and flat pale green tail
Photo of a water bottle with a sticker that says “I ❤️my winogradsky column”
Partial selfie at SYR airport
Cartoon microbes wearing acorn hats and holding arrows that say “MICROBIOLOGY”
Half a selfie with I❤️NY in the background
2 microcentrifuge tubes, one with a pink pellet and one with a colorless pellet!
Tiny waterfall with bright green trees above