PaulaW microIDDoc.bsky.social
@microiddoc.bsky.social
Microbiologist, drosophila genetics, gut-microbe interactions, immuno metabolism, ID Physician
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Microbiologist Dr. Rita Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She is recognized for her study of global infectious disease spread through water sources. Her research on cholera helped save 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 lives.
She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM
She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Microbiologist Dr. Rita Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She is recognized for her study of global infectious disease spread through water sources. Her research on cholera helped save 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 lives.
She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM
She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM
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Blueridge mountains
#mountainmonday #blueridge #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #ArtYear
#MobilePhotography
#mountainmonday #blueridge #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #ArtYear
#MobilePhotography
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Statement from @health.nationalacademies.org "...based on our body of work on this topic and the overwhelming scientific consensus, we support the statement that vaccines do not cause autism."
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
National Academies - Statement on CDC’s Updated Vaccine Guidance
National Academies respond to CDC’s updated vaccine guidance, offering scientific context and clarity on vaccine safety.
www.nationalacademies.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Statement from @health.nationalacademies.org "...based on our body of work on this topic and the overwhelming scientific consensus, we support the statement that vaccines do not cause autism."
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
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Yesterday, there was a completely clear night here in Heidelberg, and between 5am and 6am, my trusty little #SeestarS50, patiently waiting on the balcony, managed to catch 3I/Atlas - so here's a little animation of an extrasolar object in motion :-) 🧪🔭🎢
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Yesterday, there was a completely clear night here in Heidelberg, and between 5am and 6am, my trusty little #SeestarS50, patiently waiting on the balcony, managed to catch 3I/Atlas - so here's a little animation of an extrasolar object in motion :-) 🧪🔭🎢
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archeologists recently discovered that stonehenge was actually a series of stone arches outside a neolithic era McDonalds
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
archeologists recently discovered that stonehenge was actually a series of stone arches outside a neolithic era McDonalds
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Jumping spiders can recognise one another. This ability to learn, remember and represent images is quite surprising for such a tiny-brained animal!
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November 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Jumping spiders can recognise one another. This ability to learn, remember and represent images is quite surprising for such a tiny-brained animal!
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Revised refereed preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Revision work lead by @longweibai.bsky.social
Our work reveals how the #microbiota helps buffer #malnutrition: L. plantarum sustains intestinal activity of the steroid hormone ecdysone, expanding the midgut and supporting systemic growth.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Revision work lead by @longweibai.bsky.social
Our work reveals how the #microbiota helps buffer #malnutrition: L. plantarum sustains intestinal activity of the steroid hormone ecdysone, expanding the midgut and supporting systemic growth.
November 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Revised refereed preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Revision work lead by @longweibai.bsky.social
Our work reveals how the #microbiota helps buffer #malnutrition: L. plantarum sustains intestinal activity of the steroid hormone ecdysone, expanding the midgut and supporting systemic growth.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Revision work lead by @longweibai.bsky.social
Our work reveals how the #microbiota helps buffer #malnutrition: L. plantarum sustains intestinal activity of the steroid hormone ecdysone, expanding the midgut and supporting systemic growth.
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Why do I love living in Boston? Yo-Yo Ma playing the Bach cello suites before bringing Mayor Wu out to duet for an encore, that’s why.
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Why do I love living in Boston? Yo-Yo Ma playing the Bach cello suites before bringing Mayor Wu out to duet for an encore, that’s why.
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Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects | CNN
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
edition.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
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Small and smaller. Tiny snail hitching a ride from a bigger slug.
#blueskyartshow #small #photography #snails #Fibonaccisequence #animals #wildlife
#blueskyartshow #small #photography #snails #Fibonaccisequence #animals #wildlife
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Small and smaller. Tiny snail hitching a ride from a bigger slug.
#blueskyartshow #small #photography #snails #Fibonaccisequence #animals #wildlife
#blueskyartshow #small #photography #snails #Fibonaccisequence #animals #wildlife
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For the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to be effective, the public needs to trust its recommendations. Confidence that policies are being guided by science—not politics—is at the heart of that trust. Our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
For the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to be effective, the public needs to trust its recommendations. Confidence that policies are being guided by science—not politics—is at the heart of that trust. Our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
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This is reprehensible. Native American and Alaska Native populations have an increased burden of vaccine-preventable illnesses such as RSV, influenza, pneumococcal infections and pertussis.
NEW: Officials at the Indian Health Service have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations for patients.
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is reprehensible. Native American and Alaska Native populations have an increased burden of vaccine-preventable illnesses such as RSV, influenza, pneumococcal infections and pertussis.
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Earlier on the expedition we found the most beautiful flower, and here, my friends, is the biggest: Rafflesia arnoldi seen in full bloom today in the Sumatran jungle. This is the largest flower on earth and one of the greatest wonders of the natural world.
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Earlier on the expedition we found the most beautiful flower, and here, my friends, is the biggest: Rafflesia arnoldi seen in full bloom today in the Sumatran jungle. This is the largest flower on earth and one of the greatest wonders of the natural world.
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Public trust is not a renewable resource. Our health agencies must be unwavering in their commitment to evidence, transparency, and integrity. Anything less jeopardizes the public’s ability to make informed decisions and ultimately puts more people at risk.
As public health citizens, we rely on agencies like the CDC for science-based guidance. But last night’s change to its “Vaccines & Autism” page - now hinting at a possible vaccine link - deeply undermines that trust. When credible institutions shift in ways that echo anti-vax rhetoric, we all lose.
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Public trust is not a renewable resource. Our health agencies must be unwavering in their commitment to evidence, transparency, and integrity. Anything less jeopardizes the public’s ability to make informed decisions and ultimately puts more people at risk.
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Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Assistant Professor
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in the biological sciences or related fields.Candidates are expected to document expertise in their specialty by a record of postdoctoral training, peer reviewed publ...
jobs.charlotte.edu
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
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Sensing the World
Octopuses provide clues as to how we can sense microbes in complex environments.
Octopuses provide clues as to how we can sense microbes in complex environments.
Sensing the World
Octopuses provide clues as to how we can sense microbes in complex environments.
smallthingsconsidered.blog
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Sensing the World
Octopuses provide clues as to how we can sense microbes in complex environments.
Octopuses provide clues as to how we can sense microbes in complex environments.
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Ten days left to apply to be a @crick.ac.uk Early Career Group Leader
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ten days left to apply to be a @crick.ac.uk Early Career Group Leader
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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The application deadline for this open faculty position is this Friday, 11/14!
My department is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Epidemiology! #Episky listings.jobs.gmu.edu/jobs/global-...
Global and Community Health, Assistant/Associate Professor in Epidemiology - Fairfax, VA, Virginia, United States - Other, Virginia, United States
Department: College of Public Health
Classification: 9-month Instructional Faculty
Job Category: Instructional Faculty
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Fairf...
listings.jobs.gmu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The application deadline for this open faculty position is this Friday, 11/14!
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中国国家留学基金委和英国埃克塞特大学合作奖学金（博士生项目）
There is still time to apply for this China Scholarship Council PhD opportunity.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...
Interested students please email at the email in the advertisement below.
Thanks for circulating!
#Drosophila #Aphid #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
There is still time to apply for this China Scholarship Council PhD opportunity.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...
Interested students please email at the email in the advertisement below.
Thanks for circulating!
#Drosophila #Aphid #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
PhD studentship for interested chinese nationals funded by the China Scholarship Council!
Come work with us to investigate how innate immunity works in an important agricultural pest, and disentangle how the immune system evolves. 🇬🇧🇨🇳
For more info, see: bit.ly/4ntrsEe
#Drosophila #Aphid #Immunity
Come work with us to investigate how innate immunity works in an important agricultural pest, and disentangle how the immune system evolves. 🇬🇧🇨🇳
For more info, see: bit.ly/4ntrsEe
#Drosophila #Aphid #Immunity
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
中国国家留学基金委和英国埃克塞特大学合作奖学金（博士生项目）
There is still time to apply for this China Scholarship Council PhD opportunity.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...
Interested students please email at the email in the advertisement below.
Thanks for circulating!
#Drosophila #Aphid #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
There is still time to apply for this China Scholarship Council PhD opportunity.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...
Interested students please email at the email in the advertisement below.
Thanks for circulating!
#Drosophila #Aphid #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
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Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.