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Jeremy G Bird
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Molecular Biologist. Transcription aficionado. Birder. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware
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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Oct 6
My department (Biological Sciences) at the University of Delaware is looking for a new tenure track assistant professor with a research focus on biomolecular sensing broadly. 🧪#molbiol #microsky
careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/50...
University of Delaware - Details - Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Biological Sciences
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Happy Thanksgiving from a couple of yellow-rumped warblers 🪶 #birds #wildlife #photgraphy
A yellow-rumped warbler sits head-on on a fir branch looking towards the right of the photo showing the yellow spots on its haunches. A yellow-rumped warbler sits on a tree branch in profile, showing both its side yellow spots but also its yellow rump above its tail.
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Tis the season for red shouldered hawks 🪶 #birds
A profile shot of a red shoulder hawk as it looks out in the distance over the photographer's head. A red shouldered hawk in profile tilts it's head while looking at the photographer A red shoulder hawk's head in profile showing its sharp bi-colored beak
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Me, when my graduate student asks for a third meeting this week, on a Wednesday.
weratedogs.com WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 14d
This is Carl. He was just woken up from a nap. Hopes for your sake the house is on fire. 12/10 (IG: grumpus.steve.carl)
a very grumpy little brussels griffon with black and tan fur and big ears is laying in a fluffy dog bed and absolutely scowling at you. his mouth is a downturned arch that would be classified as a rainbow shape in any more positive context, and he’s squinting directly at you, challenging this unnecessary disruption. the green dog bed he’s laying on looks (probably coincidentally?) exactly like the fur of oscar the grouch.
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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One week left until the priority deadline. Come join us in Biological Sciences the University of Delaware.
drjeremygbird.bsky.social Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Oct 6
My department (Biological Sciences) at the University of Delaware is looking for a new tenure track assistant professor with a research focus on biomolecular sensing broadly. 🧪#molbiol #microsky
careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/50...
University of Delaware - Details - Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Biological Sciences
careers.udel.edu
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Horror Contig(artifact?) from my students' phage genome sequencing just in time for Halloween 🧪 #microsky
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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"Why are we in this theater? Let's walk out!"

[They did not move.]
luxalptraum.com Lux 🍂 Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · Oct 8
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.
October 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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My department (Biological Sciences) at the University of Delaware is looking for a new tenure track assistant professor with a research focus on biomolecular sensing broadly. 🧪#molbiol #microsky
careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/50...
University of Delaware - Details - Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Biological Sciences
careers.udel.edu
October 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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My Experimental Microbiology students have all successfully cultured their phage! And thanks to the U Delaware Bioimaging Core we have really nice TEM images. Next step, genome sequencing. 🧪#MoBiol
This is a transmission electron micrograph of a t-even family E. coli phage. The capsid head is visible as a dark spot in the upper lefthand corner with the tail protruding from it. The tail fibers are also just visible.
September 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Celebratory birb! 🪶 #birds
A red-eyed vireo perches on a branch of a pokeweed bush, holding a berry in its beak. Photo credit: A. Krauchunas.
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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New in JB: There are many ways to regulate transcription. Jayasinghe and Babitzke review the role of RNA polymerase pausing in the control of gene expression in several microbes.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@asm.org #JBacteriology
September 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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#birds More hummingbirds just because (just because they'll be migrating away soon enough and we'll miss them).
A female ruby throated hummingbird hovers under a butterfly bush flower spike while feeding on nectar from its flowers. The hummingbird's prismatic back feathers are showing both blue and green. A female ruby throated humming bird perches on the stamen of a red and white lily flower and picks ants out of the inside of the flower. Her back and wings are pointed towards the viewer.
September 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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When at the Genetics of Bacteria and Phage meeting #phages2025 it's important to visit Olbrich botanical gardens for the macrobiology #birds #wildlife #photography
A snowberry clearwing (Hummingbird moth) feeds from a flower while hovering above it. A female ruby-throated hummingbird feeds from a purple salvia flower with the entirety of it's beak in the flower. A female ruby-throated hummingbird mid-flight with its wings fully extended and a distinct black marking on her neck. A great black wasp crawls on small pink flowers looking for pollen
August 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Alireza Ghanbarpour: gorgeous, asymmetrical, monstrous HflK/C-FtsH complex that proteolyses membrane proteins in #Ecoli revealed by cryoEM #phages2025 🦠

www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
An asymmetric nautilus-like HflK/C assembly controls FtsH proteolysis of membrane proteins | The EMBO Journal
imageimageThe hexameric E. coli AAA-proteases FtsH associates with HflK/C subunits to form large membrane-spanning assemblies which similarly exist in eukaryotic organelles. Here, a new cryo-EM struct...
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August 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Important to note: 1. The job search that he applied to ultimately hired a different white man and 2. He is mad because a separate department from the one he applied to was directly recruiting a senior faculty member from another university who happened to be a black woman. Absolute nonsense.
citytrees.bsky.social city trees @citytrees.bsky.social · Jul 31
This guy *admits* he applied for "countless" tenure-track positions and ultimately had to leave academia because nobody would hire him. He claims, though, that Ivy League Cornell filled their position with a Black person who couldn't possibly be more qualified than him.
www.wsj.com/opinion/corn...
Opinion | Cornell University Discriminated Against Me
I was excluded from a candidate search on the basis of my race and have filed an EEOC complaint.
www.wsj.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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More adventures in bird portraiture #birds 🪶
Bombay Hook, DE July 2025
A turkey vulture strikes a pose, looking over its shoulder at the camera with its distinctive red head wrinkles prominently displayed.
July 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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More adventures in bird portraiture #birds 🪶
Bombay Hook, DE July 2025
A turkey vulture strikes a pose, looking over its shoulder at the camera with its distinctive red head wrinkles prominently displayed.
July 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Two for #TwosDay #birds #wildlife Long Beach Island, NJ July 2025
Two Willits stand guard on top of a dune keeping watch for predators Two female black scoters waddle along the beach to get away from the photographer
July 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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A surprising daytime friend. Ghost Crab. Long Beach Island, NJ. July, 2025.
A ghost crab sits on the sand wearily watching the photographer after it was startled out of its burrow.
July 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Least Terns - exchanging a fish!
Early July, Surf Drive Beach, MA
July 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Terns! Terns! Terns! Early July, Long Beach Island, NJ #birds #wildlife
A common tern flaps its wings as it flies along the beach A least tern stands amongst sea shells near its nest. A least tern soars above looking for fish in the water. A common tern hovers over the water looking for fish
July 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Piping Plover family enjoying the beach life bordering the Great Sippewisett Marsh. Barnstable County, MA. #birds
June 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Back home from the Microbial Transcription Gordon Conference and glad to see our hummingbirds are settled in to our yard for the season right on time. Photo credit: Amber Krauchunas. #birds #wildlife
A ruby-throated humming bird sticks its beak into a tiny Lavender flower searching for nectar. A ruby-throated hummingbird feeds on a lavender flower that has a lady beetle on it. A ruby-throated humming bird shows off his lovely red gorget as he flies through a lavender plant looking for flowers to feed from.
June 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Another good sighting today. Indigo bunting on an overgrown slope. Chester County, PA. #birds #wildlife
A male indigo bunting perches on a wild rose branch while checking out the photographer. He is displaying his deep blue chest.
June 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Back home from the Microbial Transcription Gordon Conference and glad to see our hummingbirds are settled in to our yard for the season right on time. Photo credit: Amber Krauchunas. #birds #wildlife
A ruby-throated humming bird sticks its beak into a tiny Lavender flower searching for nectar. A ruby-throated hummingbird feeds on a lavender flower that has a lady beetle on it. A ruby-throated humming bird shows off his lovely red gorget as he flies through a lavender plant looking for flowers to feed from.
June 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Our paper describing a method for measuring cotranscriptional RNA folding using high-throughput RNA chemical probing is out @natcomms.nature.com!
June 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM