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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · Sep 6

Find a friend and share the news: registration is free. Get your tickets today! #BlackInMicro Week 2025. Register here: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro or see link in bio

The summarised schedule of Black in Micro Week 2025, October 14-16. All times are in Eastern Standard Time. Mon 14: Pathways for Change. Welcome and Keynote Address 12pm. Marian Johnson-Thompson, PhD. Panel Discussion: Finding Black Spaces in STEM, 1:15-2:15 PM. Weds 15, Careers & Research: ECR Symposium 9-12 PM. Panel discussion: Navigating Careers in Microbiology 2-3 PM. Thurs 16, Community: Panel Discussion - Empowering Your Science 12-1:15 PM. Workshop: Science in Action

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · Aug 25

I’ve said this before but it’s still true - these responses from @vscooper.micropopbio.org and @surtlab.bsky.social live rent-free in my head 20-50 times a year

The ⚡️Enter Singletons⚡️t-shirts for Binning Singletons. Black shirts, white text. Binning Singletons is in Metallica font. The 4 cartoon microbes are in white outline

Vaughn’s response (nod to Enter Sandman) “Don’t forget my son To include everyone”
And Dave continues “We welcome yinz from within
Binning Singletons
Til the conference is doooonnneee”

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Elinne Becket, PhD @bielleogy.bsky.social · Aug 20

BLUE SOUP BAY-BAY!!!!

Dr. Arun Sethuraman @arunsethuraman.bsky.social · Aug 19

Excited for this year's lineup of fabulous speakers, including @bielleogy.bsky.social, @catalicu.bsky.social, and others at the @calstate.bsky.social Virtual Bioinformatics Webinar series! I hope that you'll join us - Friday's at noon Pacific. Deets in the flyer.

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Aug 21

Our Pitt Microbiology and Molecular Genetics department in the School of Medicine is recruiting..

Microbiologists! 🧫🦠🔬🧪

Please apply to join our faculty and enjoy these views 👀 while doing great science

cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

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Siegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Asking my #DevBio @socdevbio.bsky.social & #Neuroscience @sfn.org colleagues to join me in donating to the ABRCMS conference poster award fund. I am sure there will be 🤩 posters on these topics @ ABRCMS 2025 in Nov, let's make sure there is award $ to recognize their work! abrcms.org/donate/stude...

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · Aug 8

Not My Cat, Jingles; My Not Cat, Ozzie; My Other Not Cat, Hank
#InternationalCatDay

Smol tortie cat on a roof with a cloudy night sky in the background

Cute juvenile opossum on a concrete patio looking into the camera

Majestic juvenile raccoon lying in a yard. It has smol ears and is very fluffy

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · Aug 8

The Dunning Kruger Vaccine will save us from everything, y’all

Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Aug 8

RFK has announced that he is developing a vaccine against all viruses. Yes, every single one. The whole, uh, "phylum"

RFK Jr: “We're developing a universal vaccine at NIH which is a vaccine that addresses the entire phylum of viruses.”

“It's a vaccine that mimics natural immunity and it is effective against any kind of mutation.”

“We believe it's gonna be effective against not only coronaviruses but also flu.”

“And it's gonna be a much safer and a much more effective vaccine.”

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · Aug 5

I get what @asm.org is trying to do with #ASMicrobe. But elimination of the POMS track means I submitted 3 different session proposals, 3x each, since they’re broadly relevant to all 3 sections. Hopefully the section planners will work together if more than 1 accepts the proposals.

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · Jul 10

I spit out my drink

infotel.ca/newsitem/mam...

Mammoth-sized marmot spotted in Kamloops park

“It’s the fattest marmot I’ve ever seen.”

infotel.ca

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Joe Zackular @joeyzacks.bsky.social · Jul 9

Congratulations to @haidermanzer.bsky.social on being awarded the @bwfund.bsky.social Postdoc Diversity Enrichment Program Award!! So well deserved - we are very proud here in the Zackular Lab!

Burroughs Wellcome Fund @bwfund.bsky.social · Jul 9

BWF is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), which provides critical support to postdoctoral researchers pursuing careers in biomedical and medical research. www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-ann... #bwfpdep

BWF Announces 2025 Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program Recipients - Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Research Triangle Park, N.C. — The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), which provides critical support to…

www.bwfund.org

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · Jul 8

I wish we could but we don’t have the budget to do that

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Joe James @tallcuppajoe.bsky.social · Jul 4

I keep opening bsky and quickly remember why I keep closing bsky

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CNN @cnn.com · Jul 3

The EPA has placed roughly 140 employees on administrative leave days after they signed a public letter expressing concern about the treatment of federal employees and the Trump administration’s regulations on climate and public health.

Read more: cnn.it/3I5wtDZ

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · Jul 3

Seminar from @asm.org July 7: Part 4: Practical Tips for Transitioning Into Industry, a Panel Discussion

asm.org/webinars/to-...

Public Health and Beyond: A Career Exploration Series

With the recent reduction in the public health workforce, microbiologists are facing unprecedented career challenges. This webinar series will focus on career transitions from public health.

asm.org

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · Jul 2

honestly mostly what these fox graphics that clearly take completely for granted that the good things will be understood by the audience to be bad make me feel is that the gulf between me and the people who watch this is fundamentally insurmountable

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · Jul 2

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · Jul 2

Dear Science Journalists,

Please mention when your write-ups covers work that was funded by federal agencies that are now being dismantled, defunded, and censored.

The public needs to know what is being lost, and if you don't tell them in the context of Cool New Science, who will?

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Jul 2

On a similar note:

The 50 senators who voted against this bill represent approximately 379.77 million people.

The 50 senators who voted for this bill represent approximately 298.41 million people.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Jul 1

Washington, D.C., has a population roughly equivalent to Alaska's.

And it has zero senators. If D.C. had senators, the GOP megablil bill would have failed today.

Instead, Murkowski got carve-outs and money for Alaska, and then voted to subject DC to the bill

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · Jul 1

lol the mets paid Bobby Bonilla more this year than the Pirates paid Paul Skenes

Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! Why the New York Mets pay him $1.19 million every July 1

Bobby Bo hasn't played for the Mets since 1999, but Tuesday he'll receive his annual hefty check from the team.

www.espn.com

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · Jul 1

Today is the last day! #ASMicrobe 🧪🦠 #Microsky

Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · Jul 1

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · Jul 1

Today is the last day! #ASMicrobe 🧪🦠 #Microsky

Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · Jul 1

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · Jul 1

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Jun 30

It’s that time again! Time for @skypeascientist.bsky.social’s 7th annual United States of Science Challenge!

Each bubble on this map represents classrooms we marched w/scientists this year.

$10 donations fill bubbles!

The first region to fill in all of their bubbles wins!

givebutter.com/USS2025

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PhytoFrontiers™ @phytofrontiers.bsky.social · May 19

Lena Flörl and Nicholas A. Bokulich evaluated the efficacy of universal mitochondrial and chloroplast PNA blockers across a range of concentrations and estimated their impact on alpha and beta diversity. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYT...

Review of 25 studies applying the universal peptide nucleic acid (PNA) blockers developed by Lundberg et al. (2013) in 16S rRNA gene sequencing across different plant materials and organs reveals substantial variability in concentrations used

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