Dana Johnson
@danabeecher.bsky.social
PhD candidate @ UW-Madison studying fire effects on soil carbon in boreal forest ecosystems
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New blog post for my microbiologist colleagues:
merenlab.org/2025/12/15/r...
In which Meren talks about a paper by Valentina Marcheselli on how microbiologists navigate the tension between reductionism and complexity in their everyday practices.
merenlab.org/2025/12/15/r...
In which Meren talks about a paper by Valentina Marcheselli on how microbiologists navigate the tension between reductionism and complexity in their everyday practices.
Lost and Found in Modern Microbiology: An Ethnography of Modern Microbiologists
A paper on how microbiologists navigate the tension between reductionism and complexity in their everyday practices, and my 2 cents on it.
merenlab.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New blog post for my microbiologist colleagues:
merenlab.org/2025/12/15/r...
In which Meren talks about a paper by Valentina Marcheselli on how microbiologists navigate the tension between reductionism and complexity in their everyday practices.
merenlab.org/2025/12/15/r...
In which Meren talks about a paper by Valentina Marcheselli on how microbiologists navigate the tension between reductionism and complexity in their everyday practices.
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Very excited to share this latest research in Nature Microbiology led by PhD student @kosmopoulos.bsky.social in collaboration with @ashish-malik.bsky.social.
#phagesky #Microsky
#phagesky #Microsky
#NewResearch
Viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration.
@kosmopoulos.bsky.social @ashish-malik.bsky.social @karthik-a.bsky.social
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration.
@kosmopoulos.bsky.social @ashish-malik.bsky.social @karthik-a.bsky.social
#MicroSky 🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ecosystem health shapes viral ecology in peatland soils - Nature Microbiology
Metagenomics shows that viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration.
www.nature.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Very excited to share this latest research in Nature Microbiology led by PhD student @kosmopoulos.bsky.social in collaboration with @ashish-malik.bsky.social.
#phagesky #Microsky
#phagesky #Microsky
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Please share. Calling all bog lovers and peat aficionados - please drop a thumbs up or comment on this talk, and show TEDx why bogs are the best. My great hope is that we can drum up more bog champions in this world. With love and appreciation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWt9...
Bogs are real superheroes, cast as villains | Dr. Merritt Turetsky | TEDxBoulder
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Please share. Calling all bog lovers and peat aficionados - please drop a thumbs up or comment on this talk, and show TEDx why bogs are the best. My great hope is that we can drum up more bog champions in this world. With love and appreciation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWt9...
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![4-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1: We haven’t checked in on the geology department for a while. I wonder if they’re doing okay. (2) PERSON 2 with ponytail: I’ll go see what they’re up to. (3) [Person 2 opens door to room where a person is gesturing at a projector screen and explaining to two other people] PERSON 3: 49 million years ago, Heart Mountain, Wyoming slid sideways 15 miles like a giant stone hovercraft. (4) PERSON 2 [returning to Person 1]: ...They’re not okay. OFF-PANEL PERSON: Hey, *you* come up with a better explanation!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigkmmwkcyhpp7flvvqlj5dwg26hn4rssqln4c3zrtidabl4y3efvy@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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🆕 in Ecosphere's "Vegetation Ecology" track: A hot & dry future may shake up Yellowstone forests—think fewer spruce, more fire-tolerant neighbors
📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🆕 in Ecosphere's "Vegetation Ecology" track: A hot & dry future may shake up Yellowstone forests—think fewer spruce, more fire-tolerant neighbors
📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
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Soil on the Antigo Flats, northern Wisconsin, cooling into winter. wisconet.wisc.edu.
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Soil on the Antigo Flats, northern Wisconsin, cooling into winter. wisconet.wisc.edu.
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Well this is cool. A new peat paper with a possible mechanism for Will-o’-the-wisps in @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Well this is cool. A new peat paper with a possible mechanism for Will-o’-the-wisps in @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Meet @ameliarnelson.bsky.social, our featured scientist of the week! She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Indiana!
#EarlyCareer #AGU #
#EarlyCareer #AGU #
October 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Meet @ameliarnelson.bsky.social, our featured scientist of the week! She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Indiana!
#EarlyCareer #AGU #
#EarlyCareer #AGU #
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I am considering having a class dedicated to “busting microbiological/molecular biological myths”. Please comment with ideas! Concepts should be things we all are/were told but in reality are more complicated. Example: “Eukarya have their DNA within a separate membrane bound compartment,…
April 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I am considering having a class dedicated to “busting microbiological/molecular biological myths”. Please comment with ideas! Concepts should be things we all are/were told but in reality are more complicated. Example: “Eukarya have their DNA within a separate membrane bound compartment,…
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Tiny bit of good news out of Wisconsin
Judge says UW-Madison international student with terminated visa can't be deported for now
A federal judge barred the government from taking any action against a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering student from India.
www.jsonline.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Tiny bit of good news out of Wisconsin
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This is a calorimeter with a burning core being used to simulate a boreal crown fire🌲🔥
Learn about these results in "Effects of fire and fire-induced changes in soil properties on post-burn soil respiration" published in Fire Ecology here: fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Learn about these results in "Effects of fire and fire-induced changes in soil properties on post-burn soil respiration" published in Fire Ecology here: fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10....
March 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is a calorimeter with a burning core being used to simulate a boreal crown fire🌲🔥
Learn about these results in "Effects of fire and fire-induced changes in soil properties on post-burn soil respiration" published in Fire Ecology here: fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Learn about these results in "Effects of fire and fire-induced changes in soil properties on post-burn soil respiration" published in Fire Ecology here: fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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New video out:
Making first contact for a collaboration in science (aka how to write that email....)
#AcademicSky
youtu.be/fv1neKOUcBY?...
Making first contact for a collaboration in science (aka how to write that email....)
#AcademicSky
youtu.be/fv1neKOUcBY?...
Making first contact for a collaboration
YouTube video by Life in academia
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January 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New video out:
Making first contact for a collaboration in science (aka how to write that email....)
#AcademicSky
youtu.be/fv1neKOUcBY?...
Making first contact for a collaboration in science (aka how to write that email....)
#AcademicSky
youtu.be/fv1neKOUcBY?...