Julie Maresca
@micromaresca.bsky.social
Microbiologist, micro-adventurer, micro-doodler. Too many projects, not enough time: phototrophy, built environment, some wastewater. 🚲🥾🧶🧪
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for the D.C. followers, they covered a lot of ground. You should check.
February 8, 2026 at 1:18 PM
for the D.C. followers, they covered a lot of ground. You should check.
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Reminder that the flu shot may make you feel icky for a day, but flu can send you to the ICU with pneumonia, and you're not getting any younger. Older people who get the flu are at risk of severe infection. Don't take the chance on your health. Get the flu shot.
February 5, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Reminder that the flu shot may make you feel icky for a day, but flu can send you to the ICU with pneumonia, and you're not getting any younger. Older people who get the flu are at risk of severe infection. Don't take the chance on your health. Get the flu shot.
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One thing we discuss: War on terror was a hideous overreaction to an actual precipitating event: 9/11. Trump's ICE war has no such precipitating event. It claims an immigration emergency that doesn't exist. Yet some Ds have internalized idea that Biden presidency was akin to a 9/11 on immigration.
Dems need to abandon the idea, fed to them by certain commentators, that Trump's 2024 win represented a durable cultural shift against immigration. It's blinding them to the possibilities of this moment.
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
One thing we discuss: War on terror was a hideous overreaction to an actual precipitating event: 9/11. Trump's ICE war has no such precipitating event. It claims an immigration emergency that doesn't exist. Yet some Ds have internalized idea that Biden presidency was akin to a 9/11 on immigration.
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Reality check at the food microbiology practical course - molds from a sample of dried herbs... 🧫🍂
@contamclub.bsky.social
@contamclub.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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Come work with us on #darkoxygen as part of the NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. It is an amazing opportunity to get up to 3 years of funding. Deadlines are March 1. and November 1. Happy to discuss your ideas! Details here: zintellect.com/Opportunity/...
@mblscience.bsky.social #astrobiology
@mblscience.bsky.social #astrobiology
Zintellect - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - ICAR - OxyMoRon: Understanding dioxygen production and consumption in apparently anoxic environments - 0042-NPP-MAR26-ABProg-Astrobi...
About the NASA Postdoctoral Program The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ong
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February 3, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Come work with us on #darkoxygen as part of the NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. It is an amazing opportunity to get up to 3 years of funding. Deadlines are March 1. and November 1. Happy to discuss your ideas! Details here: zintellect.com/Opportunity/...
@mblscience.bsky.social #astrobiology
@mblscience.bsky.social #astrobiology
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All you want for christmas is.... transposon mutagenesis!
Our new work at @cultivarium.bsky.social screening lots of transposon vectors in lots of bacteria, from @charliegilbert.bsky.social and team.
Transposon and promoter modular parts available on Addgene (pooled library will be there soon too)
Our new work at @cultivarium.bsky.social screening lots of transposon vectors in lots of bacteria, from @charliegilbert.bsky.social and team.
Transposon and promoter modular parts available on Addgene (pooled library will be there soon too)
December 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
All you want for christmas is.... transposon mutagenesis!
Our new work at @cultivarium.bsky.social screening lots of transposon vectors in lots of bacteria, from @charliegilbert.bsky.social and team.
Transposon and promoter modular parts available on Addgene (pooled library will be there soon too)
Our new work at @cultivarium.bsky.social screening lots of transposon vectors in lots of bacteria, from @charliegilbert.bsky.social and team.
Transposon and promoter modular parts available on Addgene (pooled library will be there soon too)
Your video is famous again, @hbrappap.bsky.social @oliverio.bsky.social !
glad so many of you *like* the 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 having lunch 🙂
but don't miss the recent work of beryl rapaport et al. on another amoeba, 🔥 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 🔥dancing at 63°C
on STC 👉 smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
but don't miss the recent work of beryl rapaport et al. on another amoeba, 🔥 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 🔥dancing at 63°C
on STC 👉 smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
February 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Your video is famous again, @hbrappap.bsky.social @oliverio.bsky.social !
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glad so many of you *like* the 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 having lunch 🙂
but don't miss the recent work of beryl rapaport et al. on another amoeba, 🔥 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 🔥dancing at 63°C
on STC 👉 smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
but don't miss the recent work of beryl rapaport et al. on another amoeba, 🔥 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 🔥dancing at 63°C
on STC 👉 smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
glad so many of you *like* the 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 having lunch 🙂
but don't miss the recent work of beryl rapaport et al. on another amoeba, 🔥 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 🔥dancing at 63°C
on STC 👉 smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
but don't miss the recent work of beryl rapaport et al. on another amoeba, 🔥 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 🔥dancing at 63°C
on STC 👉 smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
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Does anyone have experience with counter-selectable markers for Gram-negative bacteria besides sacB? It's been working poorly in our hands.
February 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Does anyone have experience with counter-selectable markers for Gram-negative bacteria besides sacB? It's been working poorly in our hands.
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Functional redundancy and metabolic flexibility of microbial communities in two Mid-Atlantic bays academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a... #jcampubs
February 3, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Functional redundancy and metabolic flexibility of microbial communities in two Mid-Atlantic bays academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a... #jcampubs
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We are advertising for a Lecturer in Physical Oceanography, closing date 31 March.
If you have research interests in the shelf seas, estuarine and coastal oceans then this could be for you!
And you could do research using UEA's fleet of ocean gliders
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/20...
If you have research interests in the shelf seas, estuarine and coastal oceans then this could be for you!
And you could do research using UEA's fleet of ocean gliders
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/20...
Lecturer in Physical Oceanography (ATR1734) in University of East Anglia | UEA
View details and apply for this Lecturer in Physical Oceanography (ATR1734) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science
School of Environmental Sciences
Lecturer in Physical Oceano...
vacancies.uea.ac.uk
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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I’m looking for two postdoctoral scientists in experimental evolution to join my team from April 2026 (or soon after). Please share! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Two postdoctoral positions (3-year) in Experimental Evolution of Methanogenic Microbiomes in Bioelectrochemical Systems
Application deadline: 4 March 2026 at 23:59 hours local Danish time
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:34 AM
I’m looking for two postdoctoral scientists in experimental evolution to join my team from April 2026 (or soon after). Please share! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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My department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠
Full job description is linked below.
Come join us on the Palouse!
Full job description is linked below.
Come join us on the Palouse!
February 2, 2026 at 9:02 PM
My department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠
Full job description is linked below.
Come join us on the Palouse!
Full job description is linked below.
Come join us on the Palouse!
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Discovery and cultivation of prokaryotic taxa in the age of metagenomics and artificial intelligence academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs
Discovery and cultivation of prokaryotic taxa in the age of metagenomics and artificial intelligence
Abstract. Despite advances in sequencing, microbial genomics, and cultivation techniques, the vast majority of prokaryotic species remain uncultured, which
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February 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Discovery and cultivation of prokaryotic taxa in the age of metagenomics and artificial intelligence academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs
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bad news, Mike saw his shadow this morning. Six more miles of sewers.
February 2, 2026 at 12:48 PM
bad news, Mike saw his shadow this morning. Six more miles of sewers.
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I was a White House ethics lawyer.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
February 2, 2026 at 7:28 AM
I was a White House ethics lawyer.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
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FYI, Eira Bio is #hiring for a Senior Research Associate/Associate Scientist in Protein Science. This is a unique opportunity to join an exceptional team developing transformative therapies that are rapidly progressing toward the clinic.
www.eirabio.com/home#careers
www.eirabio.com/home#careers
EiraBio
www.eirabio.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:43 PM
FYI, Eira Bio is #hiring for a Senior Research Associate/Associate Scientist in Protein Science. This is a unique opportunity to join an exceptional team developing transformative therapies that are rapidly progressing toward the clinic.
www.eirabio.com/home#careers
www.eirabio.com/home#careers
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Pinch, punch, it's Microbe of the Month 🦠 Starting off our new year, it's... Chloracidobacterium validum!
The novel bacterium was isolated in Rupite, Bulgaria, known for its thermal springs, by an international team of researchers.
Find out more here: https://microb.io/4rqIEws🧫
The novel bacterium was isolated in Rupite, Bulgaria, known for its thermal springs, by an international team of researchers.
Find out more here: https://microb.io/4rqIEws🧫
February 1, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Pinch, punch, it's Microbe of the Month 🦠 Starting off our new year, it's... Chloracidobacterium validum!
The novel bacterium was isolated in Rupite, Bulgaria, known for its thermal springs, by an international team of researchers.
Find out more here: https://microb.io/4rqIEws🧫
The novel bacterium was isolated in Rupite, Bulgaria, known for its thermal springs, by an international team of researchers.
Find out more here: https://microb.io/4rqIEws🧫
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A permanent position as a research scientist is opened in our team! We look for a plant physiologist with expertise in plant / microorganism interactions to identify plant susceptibility factors to fungal disease. Please forward!
It’s now official! INRAE is recruiting: @inrae-bioger.bsky.social is offering a permanent position as a research scientist to identify #plant #susceptibility factors to #fungal diseases. Visit jobs.inrae.fr/en/open-comp... before March 5, 2026 to apply!
January 31, 2026 at 6:35 PM
A permanent position as a research scientist is opened in our team! We look for a plant physiologist with expertise in plant / microorganism interactions to identify plant susceptibility factors to fungal disease. Please forward!
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Because I'm talking about measles. It is also A VERY VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. If someone is in a room and has measles and then leaves that room and you enter that room within TWO HOURS (depending on humidity) you can get measles.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
::taps mic::
beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
February 1, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Because I'm talking about measles. It is also A VERY VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. If someone is in a room and has measles and then leaves that room and you enter that room within TWO HOURS (depending on humidity) you can get measles.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
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2026 is going to be a great year to run for office. Filing deadlines are coming up fast -- in most places, it's not too late to get on the ballot. We'll help you get started. runforwhat.net
Where Can I Run by Run for Something
Take the next step: Look up offices you can run for
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February 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
2026 is going to be a great year to run for office. Filing deadlines are coming up fast -- in most places, it's not too late to get on the ballot. We'll help you get started. runforwhat.net
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The IAGLR Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has made important and continued contributions to the field of large lake research over a period of 20 years or more. Deadline - February 1. Nomination information and portal: https://bit.ly/4hsDH1e #GreatLakesSci
January 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The IAGLR Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has made important and continued contributions to the field of large lake research over a period of 20 years or more. Deadline - February 1. Nomination information and portal: https://bit.ly/4hsDH1e #GreatLakesSci
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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#chemchat - search for two-year VAP at Skidmore.
We are searching for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor to help teach our 100-level and organic chemistry courses. Our search page with info is live. The link for applications will be live soon. It is for sabbatical replacements over the next two years. www.skidmore.edu/chemistry/se...
Skidmore Chemistry - Tenure Stream Search
www.skidmore.edu
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
#chemchat - search for two-year VAP at Skidmore.
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US measles cases this year already exceed the total for the whole of 2023 and 2024 combined, and it is only January. Yikes.
January 29, 2026 at 8:29 PM
US measles cases this year already exceed the total for the whole of 2023 and 2024 combined, and it is only January. Yikes.