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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · 3h

@zteirstein.bsky.social ! Just saw this. Easy to miss stuff while on sabbatical. Great job, so in depth and def has your voice. #valleyfever #arizona #publichealth #climate #scienceoutreach
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In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies

What one Arizona doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · 5h

It’s been a while. Everything has been ALOT and I’ve been focusing on banging out work for the first part of my sabbatical in Brazil

Lady on a famous street corner in Sao Paolo

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People For the American Way @peoplefor.bsky.social · Aug 8

Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”

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CMI Communications @cmicomms.bsky.social · Jul 13

🎙️ Just published a new #Communicable episode: Communicab...

Hosted by Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social
Josh Nosanchuk @josh-nosanchuk.bsky.social

with invited guest:
Arturo Casadevall @acasadevall1.bsky.social (Johns Hopkins University)

Listen here:

#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky

Communicable E31: Climate change and fungal spread

The adaptability of fungi to warmer temperatures is an obvious...

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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · Jul 8

One hopes ❤️

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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · Jul 8

Living in extremely sketchy homes with poor sanitation, eating poorly and no rich parents to subsidize - if they even understood why the heck I wasn’t working a “real” job

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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · Jul 8

Not sure how taught became skated 😂

Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · Jul 8

I skated this in my genetics class. Love this design. Perfection.

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Jul 8

The Meselson and Stahl experiment demonstrated in 1958 that DNA replicated semi-conservatively.

Meaning, each of the two strands of DNA serves as a template for a new copy to made of the complementary strand.

Foundational finding, elegant experimental design.

The Meselson-Stahl Experiment, diagrammed to show the three possible outcomes: conservative, dispersive or semi-conservative.

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Jo Rhodes @drjorhodes.com · Jun 25

Great article I encourage everyone to read. This phenomenon happens everywhere. Let me tell you about the time I crowdfunded some research, and paid for publication fees and various bits and bobs out of my own pocket. And one thing I'm paying for myself now....which I'll talk about later

Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · Jun 24

Behind many scientists is a lifetime of invisible, unsustainable costs. From unpaid internships to underpaid postdocs, the economic toll of a STEM career is staggering—and it's pushing talent out. My new perspective explores this crisis. #STEM #AcademicBlueSky journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM

From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...

journals.plos.org

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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · Jun 25

This was a labor of love!! Such a great group❤️ and thanks for choosing it 🥰

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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · Jun 24

The world is crumbling but at least there’s tea

Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · Jun 15

Awesome to be with family today ❤️

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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · Jun 4

www.science.org/content/arti... what do you even say? One of a thousand cuts.

Is a photo subversive? NSF staff overcome obstacles to 75th anniversary portrait

Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency

www.science.org

Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · Jun 2

🌵In this study, we evaluated how different methods affect the success of biocrust restoration in arid environments, and potential of cultivated biocrusts as a sustainable tool for restoring degraded drylands—especially in the face of climate change and increasing #Coccidioides #valleyfever.

From farm to field: testing different biocrust cultivation approaches and application techniques in the Sonoran Desert

Drylands are among the most degraded ecosystems globally and are difficult to restore due to limited water availability. Biocrusts are a key component of maintaining soil stability and function in th...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · Jun 2

NEW: Important Context spoke with a dozen people working at NIH about Director Jay Bhattacharya.

The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.

www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...

“Out Of His Depth,” “Sold His Soul,” “Clueless”: NIH Staffers Speak Out About Director Bhattacharya

Widespread dissatisfaction over the NIH’s “continuous free fall” has people speaking out.

www.importantcontext.news

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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · May 20

Haha I did not know this

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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · May 20

Great start to #ISHAM2025 in foz do iguaçu @marcusteixeira talking about hybrids and fungal evolution

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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · May 4

It’s so frustrating. Katrina is absolutely amazing, and I’m going to do my best to cobble together funds, but it will be really tough. And honestly, maybe going abroad is the right choice right now. I don’t even know how to mentor people any more. So much uncertainty. 💔

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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · May 4

We haven’t had grants canceled but everything is coming in dribs and drabs. It’s tough for small schools like NAU and niche pathogens like Cocci. we don’t have vast endowments and foundation dollars to draw on

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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · May 4

It’s absolutely nuts and for no reason.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · May 1

Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10

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Dr Bridget @drvalleyfever.bsky.social · May 1

Ironic, as I was supposed to be talking at JHopkins today about Valley fever and climate change. My flight through DFW yesterday was canceled, so we had to reschedule. Expecting this to be the norm going forward...