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Katie Wilkinson @drkwilkinson.bsky.social · Mar 28

Today was yet another sad day for science. All U-RISE training programs, including the one at SJSU, got stop work orders. We've had a version of this program at SJSU for 30+ yrs. Devastating for the students who got their stipends & tuition pulled w no notice & for the future of science 🧪 1/

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Maggie Sogin @maggiesogin.bsky.social · Dec 5

Hey #Microbiome peps - has anyone generated ONT (10.4) data for full length 16s rRNA analysis and has a data analysis/OTU clustering pipeline they are happy with and are willing to share? TIA!

#nanopore #MicrobiomeSky

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Ian Hewson @ianhewson.bsky.social · Dec 2

Watch this space! www.int-res.com/prepress/m14...

Inter Research » Journals » MEPS » prepress abstract

www.int-res.com

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Deanna @deestemteach.bsky.social · Nov 23

Make sure you follow the #BlackEduSky starter pack

go.bsky.app/R1Fhqjw

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Jan Claesen @claesengroup.bsky.social · Nov 13

Wow, Bluesky really took off in the last couple of days! The first microbiome starter pack is full now and I started a second one with non-overlapping profiles.

Check out these people below and please let me know if you would like to be included!

go.bsky.app/6vPBEty

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Steven Robbins @stevenjrobbins.bsky.social · Nov 10

Love this idea for helping the community make the transition to Bluesky, so I’ve compiled a woefully incomplete list of microbial ecologists and -omics peeps I know are here.

Please make suggestions and share. Let me know if you’d like to be added.

go.bsky.app/TQpaTqF

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Cynthia Becker @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social · Oct 31

Happy Halloween from the Ithaca College “Life on the Ocean” class 🦈🎃
When shark day lands (intentionally) on Halloween, of course I have to dress up!

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Cynthia Becker @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social · Oct 16

We have a great group of co-chairs, @oceanatalie.bsky.social, @aliciareigel.bsky.social, Jeanne Bloomberg, and Adrian Marchetti!

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Cynthia Becker @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social · Oct 16

🌊 #ASLO25 abstracts due Mon, Oct 21st!! 📅

Please consider submitting an abstract to our session SS08: Integrating and developing #omics technologies in #aquatic community #ecology!

*invited speakers* @nekton4plankton.bsky.social & @akiledal.bsky.social

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · Jul 9

Best science beach reads from @scifri.bsky.social include books by @beebrookshire.bsky.social @ferrisjabr.bsky.social and @deborahb.bsky.social #scicomm 🧪 www.sciencefriday.com/segments/bes...

The Best Science Beach Reads For Summer 2024

Discover new science reads for this summer with two authors and science writers familiar with the best books on the shelf.

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Jesse Lasky @laskyjr.bsky.social · Jul 8

My dept is hiring in Evolutionary Genomics
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Evolutionary Genomics Tenure Track Faculty Position in Biology Department

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

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Cynthia Becker @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social · Jun 14

These Barbies do science!! 🧫 🧬 🪸
✅Poster done
✅ Talk done
Now ready to absorb all the other great stuff #ASMicrobe has to offer!

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Cynthia Becker @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social · Jun 14

A couple of the lovely ladies of the @lebetimonas.bsky.social lab are in Atlanta for #ASMicrobe! Let’s meet up if you want to talk corals, disease, and microbiomes! 🪸

Talk - AES-IDS-011
Poster- AES-Friday-831

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · Jun 12

If you’re new to #ASMicrobe from @ASMicrobiology there’s a lot going on you might not know about. Here’s a few things that might help you have a better experience #BinningSingletons 1/n

What Huh GIF

Alt: What Huh GIF of Travolta

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Cynthia Becker @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social · Jun 13

The ecoevojobs google doc has crowdsourced postdoc, fixed term faculty, and TT faculty jobs!! ecoevojobs.net

ecoevojobs 23-24 - Google Drive

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Mya Breitbart @viromegirl.bsky.social · Jun 13

Let the #ASMicrobe FOMO begin…. Thanks to everyone posting here! And check out Jean Lim and Aly Rogers’ poster on RNA viruses associated with Karenia brevis harmful algal blooms in Florida. #7239 EEB-P-001 – EEB01 Friday Microbial Ecology. Wundergrad Aly will be giving the lightning talk!

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · Jun 13

Multiple science job openings at the ⁦‪Gordon And Betty Moore Foundation ‬ www.moore.org/about/careers

Careers

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Dr. Carly Kenkel @drcarl.bsky.social · Jun 10

Back by popular demand - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2025!
PIs - Enter your position info here: forms.gle/adBbhEBqYUg5...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) - share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share!

Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2025

Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2025 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...

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Cynthia Becker @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social · Apr 18

Just wrapped up a couple wonderful days at Cornell!! I had a great time sharing my research on sctld & microbes and loved all the science chats with other faculty. Thanks so much to @ianhewson.bsky.social for hosting me!

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Cynthia Becker @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social · Apr 5

Extra shout out to my amazing PhD advisor @amyapprill.bsky.social for roping me in as an undergrad on this project so I could continue it all through my PhD!

Cynthia Becker @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social · Apr 5

Nothing says an academic “Happy Birthday” more than having a paper published on your birthday! 🎂🥳🎉🙌🏻
Check out our latest work highlighting how SW microbes capture and predict hurricane and disease (SCTLD) impacts on USVI reefs: enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Microorganisms uniquely capture and predict stony coral tissue loss disease and hurricane disturbance impacts on US Virgin Island reefs

enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Cynthia Becker @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social · Mar 20

Had so much fun at #SUNYESF talking all things coral reef microbes and meeting all the wonderful scientists there! Thanks so much for hosting me @hannahgreich.bsky.social! 🪸

Hannah Reich @hannahgreich.bsky.social · Mar 20

Had a blast hosting @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social at our #SUNYESF water seminar. We were treated to exciting coral reef microbe science and stellar graphics. 🪸🌊🧫

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Hannah Reich @hannahgreich.bsky.social · Mar 20

Had a blast hosting @cynthiabecker25.bsky.social at our #SUNYESF water seminar. We were treated to exciting coral reef microbe science and stellar graphics. 🪸🌊🧫

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Blake Ushijima, Ph.D. @vibriosoup.bsky.social · Jan 27

My Ph.D. student Erin had worked with an amazing group of ECR women to put together this much needed comprehensive review of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD).
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Stony coral tissue loss disease: a review of emergence, impacts, etiology, diagnostics, and interven...

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is destructive and poses a significant threat to Caribbean coral reef ecosystems. Characterized by the acute loss of coral tissue, SCTLD has impacted over 22 st...

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Dr. Kristen Brown @kristenbrown.bsky.social · Jan 16

Happy to share our latest research!
Over nearly a decade, we monitored two species of coral in Kāne‘ohe Bay, Hawai‘i to reveal that repetitive exposure to heatwaves leads to divergent coral bleaching and recovery trajectories #coralsky 🪸🐠🧪👩🏻‍🔬 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Researchers snorkel above colonies of coral reefs in Kaneohe Bay, studying the impact of climate change on coral resilience amidst a backdrop of natural beauty. (Image: Courtesy of Kristen Brown)

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