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Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 1d

Glad you take a conservative approach. Certainly in favor of doing these sorts of assessments when the questions/data take you there (e.g., fig 6 of ref below). Still, seems to me there are many conceptual and statistical issues that are often ignored...

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Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 2d

I see. I think this is a good strategy. I agree that KEGG is super useful, but I still don't really understand how we know which genes go in which pathways.

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Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 4d

Seems like it would be really hard to control these analyses for multiple hypothesis testing, no?

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Tristan Caro @tacaro.bsky.social · 14d

The vast majority of permafrost exists in the subsurface. What happens when this deep, ancient permafrost thaws? How fast does it take microbial communities to "wake up"?

This project now published in JGR, with @isotopes.bsky.social , @kopflab.bsky.social , et al., aims to address that question!

Microbial Resuscitation and Growth Rates in Deep Permafrost: Lipid Stable Isotope Probing Results From the Permafrost Research Tunnel in Fox, Alaska

Microbial growth is extremely slow within the first 30 days of thaw. Temperature may drive which taxa are active, but not growth rates Subsurface microbes preferentially produce glycolipids over ...

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Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · 25d

Congrats to Jan, Sean and the whole Brady lab crew.

The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 28d

Now out in @natbiotech.nature.com: Newly identified compounds from the #BradyLab appear effective against drug-resistant bacteria. The technique used to reveal them could uncover many more antibiotics, as well as help illuminate a previously hidden microbial world. #RockefellerScience

Hundreds of new bacteria, and two potential antibiotics, found in soil - News

Most bacteria cannot be cultured in the lab—and that’s been bad news for medicine. Many of our frontline antibiotics originated from microbes, yet as antibiotic resistance spreads and drug pipelines r...

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · Sep 8

Applications are now open for September 2026 enrollment in The David Rockefeller Graduate Program in Bioscience.

Join a vibrant community of scientists pushing the boundaries of discovery.

Learn more here: https://www.rockefeller.edu/education-and-training/graduate-program-in-bioscience/

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Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · Aug 29

Pretty strong case for open review processes.

Germán Bonilla-Rosso @germusthermophilus.bsky.social · Aug 29

This wpuld seem like a no-brainer.
Yet the same people having horrible experiences in such journals are the first to suggest it for the next submission. 🤷‍♂️

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Chikae Tatsumi @chikaetatsumi.bsky.social · Aug 20

OIST is hiring Open-Rank Faculty!!
This call is open to several fields, including Ecology, Environmental Science, and Earth Science🌏🌳🐦🐟🐝🦠
Come be part of a truly diverse and inspiring community!!

OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) @oistedu.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢 #FacultyHiring: OIST is hiring! We invite exceptional scientists to apply for faculty positions in:
- Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography
- Physics and Quantum Science (including related fields)
🔗: www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

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Typas Lab @typaslab.bsky.social · Aug 12

EMBL is back on hiring faculty! Check out the multiple open positions:

3 PIs- 2 in Heidelberg incl. our Molecular Systems Biology Unit, 1 in Grenoble
1 Head of Unit (Cell Biology & Biophysics, Heidelberg).

Closing deadlines in Sep!
+3 more positions to come out then, stay tuned...
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EMBL @embl.org · Aug 7

We’re looking for curious, innovative science leaders at EMBL Heidelberg! 🔬🧬🦠

Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels.

Take a look at these four open positions 👇

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Carrie Wessinger @carriewessi.bsky.social · Aug 12

Please repost and amplify !

We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!

Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...

Deadline for applications is Oct 1

#AcademicJobs #EvoBio

Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genetics - Department of Biological Sciences | University of South Carolina

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Anny Chung (鍾彥儀) @yyachung.bsky.social · Aug 21

🍄 UGA Plant Pathology is hiring TT faculty in Mycology/Fungal Biology/Fungal Ecology at the Asst/Assc level! Please pass along this opportunity to anyone you know who may be interested. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. 🍄 www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...

Assistant or Associate Professor - Fungal Biology/Mycology

The Department of Plant Pathology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) at the University of Georgia is recruiting for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Fu...

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riceeeps.bsky.social @riceeeps.bsky.social · Aug 28

⁉️ Are you our next faculty member?

The Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University, seeks applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position.

Learn more or apply by October 15th: eeps.rice.edu/eeps-job-opp...

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Julia McHugh @drjmchugh.bsky.social · Aug 29

Full-time, 9-month, Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Paleoclimatology position at the University of Hawaii.

www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4...

Assistant Professor in Paleoclimatology - Honolulu, HI - Indeed.com

University of Hawaii

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Anthony Vecchiarelli @cellforganized.bsky.social · Aug 26

My MCDB dept is accepting applications for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level!

Applications Due by October 15, 2025

We welcome applications from all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal levels.

lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...

MCDB Opens Search for Faculty | U-M LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)

MCDB welcomes applications at the Assistant Professor level from outstanding biological scientists in all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal le...

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Jennifer Landino @jenelandino.bsky.social · Aug 27

Dartmouth is hiring! Come be my colleague. Biochemistry and Cell Biology is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Join us in New Hampshire for great science, nice people, and beautiful scenery ⛰️ apply.interfolio.com/171438

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Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture @yalecncc.bsky.social · Aug 29

📢📢📢 The Yale Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences has opened a search for YCNCC Faculty and Asst/Assoc/Professor with a focus on marine and other geochemical CDR. 🌊🌊🌊 🪨🪨🪨
Details via the below link. Candidate review begins 10/1. Please share widely!! naturalcarboncapture.yale.edu/about/opport...

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Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · Aug 20

something I've learned starting a lab and advertising RA positions -- so many talented, motivated, educated young scientists out there looking for work

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Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · Aug 20

FYI -- www.rockefeller.edu/our-scientis...

Faculty recruitment - Our Scientists

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Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · Aug 14

Lab retreat time

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Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · Aug 11

Congrats to Albert (2nd pic) on a great poster culminating a summer of thoughtful work. Only 2 weeks left!

The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · Aug 8

Congratulations to our 2025 SURF & SSRP Scholars! After a summer of immersive, hands-on research, our incredible undergraduate and high school scholars have wrapped up their time at Rockefeller with an inspiring poster session highlighting their work.

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Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · Jul 26

Yes

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Danny Colligan @dannycolligan.bsky.social · Jul 25

In my review of Spears and Geruso's book "After the Spike" for Jacobin, I attempt to confront what I consider the core of their argument, which is why declining global population would be undesirable, and I find their arguments unpersuasive.

jacobin.com/2025/07/demo...

Why Should We Worry About Declining Birth Rates?

Declining birth rates around the world may pose new challenges for humanity. A new book on the topic by Elon Musk–funded economists indulges in questionable philosophy and sci-fi speculation that fail...

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Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · Jul 23

calibration of calorimetry to chemical oxidant demand seems pretty useful and significant www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Chemical Oxygen Demand Can Be Converted to Gross Energy for Food Items Using a Linear Regression Model

Human and microbial metabolism are distinct disciplines. Terminology, metrics, and methodologies have been developed separately. Therefore, combining …

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Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · Jul 19

Add me please

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Avi Flamholz @flamholz.bsky.social · Jul 18

Congrats @kiseokmicro.bsky.social

SeppeKuehnLab @seppekuehnlab.bsky.social · Jul 17

New paper in @nature.com! With @kiseokmicro.bsky.social , Siqi Liu, Kyle Crocker, Jojo Wang, Mikhail Tikhonov & Madhav Mani — a massive dataset and simple model reveal a few conserved regimes that capture how soil microbiome metabolism responds to perturbations. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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