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Jeremy G Bird

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Molecular Biologist. Transcription aficionado. Birder. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · 2d

My department (Biological Sciences) at the University of Delaware is looking for a new tenure track assistant professor with a research focus on biomolecular sensing broadly. 🧪#molbiol #microsky
careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/50...

University of Delaware - Details - Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Biological Sciences

careers.udel.edu

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 5h

"Why are we in this theater? Let's walk out!"

[They did not move.]

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 8h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · 2d

Our department and UD are a great place to be, with excellent collaborative colleagues and with a lot of fantastic resources available to researchers including outstanding Bioimaging, Sequencing, and Mass spectroscopy core facilities.

Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · 2d

University of Delaware - Details - Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Biological Sciences

careers.udel.edu

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · 5d

I recommend Penrose brewing in Geneva (not far south down the Fox River). Excellent sours and other fun beers.

Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · 9d

My Experimental Microbiology students have all successfully cultured their phage! And thanks to the U Delaware Bioimaging Core we have really nice TEM images. Next step, genome sequencing. 🧪#MoBiol

This is a transmission electron micrograph of a t-even family E. coli phage. The capsid head is visible as a dark spot in the upper lefthand corner with the tail protruding from it. The tail fibers are also just visible.

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · 22d

Celebratory birb! 🪶 #birds

A red-eyed vireo perches on a branch of a pokeweed bush, holding a berry in its beak. Photo credit: A. Krauchunas.

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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 28d

New in JB: There are many ways to regulate transcription. Jayasinghe and Babitzke review the role of RNA polymerase pausing in the control of gene expression in several microbes.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@asm.org #JBacteriology

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · 29d

#birds More hummingbirds just because (just because they'll be migrating away soon enough and we'll miss them).

A female ruby throated hummingbird hovers under a butterfly bush flower spike while feeding on nectar from its flowers. The hummingbird's prismatic back feathers are showing both blue and green.

A female ruby throated humming bird perches on the stamen of a red and white lily flower and picks ants out of the inside of the flower. Her back and wings are pointed towards the viewer.

Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Aug 20

😬 No thanks. So many nightmares (Both physical and administrative).

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Aug 20

Exactly. It should be a sealed source. It should take monumental mistreatment of the irradiator to make the thing leak.

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Aug 6

When at the Genetics of Bacteria and Phage meeting #phages2025 it's important to visit Olbrich botanical gardens for the macrobiology #birds #wildlife #photography

A snowberry clearwing (Hummingbird moth) feeds from a flower while hovering above it.

A female ruby-throated hummingbird feeds from a purple salvia flower with the entirety of it's beak in the flower.

A female ruby-throated hummingbird mid-flight with its wings fully extended and a distinct black marking on her neck.

A great black wasp crawls on small pink flowers looking for pollen

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Amelia Randich @ameliarandich.bsky.social · Aug 6

Alireza Ghanbarpour: gorgeous, asymmetrical, monstrous HflK/C-FtsH complex that proteolyses membrane proteins in #Ecoli revealed by cryoEM #phages2025 🦠

www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

An asymmetric nautilus-like HflK/C assembly controls FtsH proteolysis of membrane proteins | The EMBO Journal

imageimageThe hexameric E. coli AAA-proteases FtsH associates with HflK/C subunits to form large membrane-spanning assemblies which similarly exist in eukaryotic organelles. Here, a new cryo-EM struct...

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Aug 5

I prefer the simpler Eppendorf M4 repeaters as they aren’t electronic (they have a battery but it’s only for the screen). Plus you can get calibrated used ones for $350ish. I still have a OG West German 4780 model too but finding tips that still fit is challenging. Never needed calibration though.

Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Aug 1

Important to note: 1. The job search that he applied to ultimately hired a different white man and 2. He is mad because a separate department from the one he applied to was directly recruiting a senior faculty member from another university who happened to be a black woman. Absolute nonsense.

city trees @citytrees.bsky.social · Jul 31

This guy *admits* he applied for "countless" tenure-track positions and ultimately had to leave academia because nobody would hire him. He claims, though, that Ivy League Cornell filled their position with a Black person who couldn't possibly be more qualified than him.
www.wsj.com/opinion/corn...

Opinion | Cornell University Discriminated Against Me

I was excluded from a candidate search on the basis of my race and have filed an EEOC complaint.

www.wsj.com

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Jul 28

More adventures in bird portraiture #birds 🪶
Bombay Hook, DE July 2025

A turkey vulture strikes a pose, looking over its shoulder at the camera with its distinctive red head wrinkles prominently displayed.

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Jul 28

More adventures in bird portraiture #birds 🪶
Bombay Hook, DE July 2025

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Jul 15

Two for #TwosDay #birds #wildlife Long Beach Island, NJ July 2025

Two Willits stand guard on top of a dune keeping watch for predators

Two female black scoters waddle along the beach to get away from the photographer

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Jul 12

A surprising daytime friend. Ghost Crab. Long Beach Island, NJ. July, 2025.

A ghost crab sits on the sand wearily watching the photographer after it was startled out of its burrow.

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David Kuster @rnadavid.bsky.social · Jul 8

Least Terns - exchanging a fish!
Early July, Surf Drive Beach, MA

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Jul 8

Terns! Terns! Terns! Early July, Long Beach Island, NJ #birds #wildlife

A common tern flaps its wings as it flies along the beach

A least tern stands amongst sea shells near its nest.

A least tern soars above looking for fish in the water.

A common tern hovers over the water looking for fish

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David Kuster @rnadavid.bsky.social · Jun 23

Piping Plover family enjoying the beach life bordering the Great Sippewisett Marsh. Barnstable County, MA. #birds

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Jun 23

Nice!

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Jun 21

Back home from the Microbial Transcription Gordon Conference and glad to see our hummingbirds are settled in to our yard for the season right on time. Photo credit: Amber Krauchunas. #birds #wildlife

A ruby-throated humming bird sticks its beak into a tiny Lavender flower searching for nectar.

A ruby-throated hummingbird feeds on a lavender flower that has a lady beetle on it.

A ruby-throated humming bird shows off his lovely red gorget as he flies through a lavender plant looking for flowers to feed from.

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Jun 21

Another good sighting today. Indigo bunting on an overgrown slope. Chester County, PA. #birds #wildlife

A male indigo bunting perches on a wild rose branch while checking out the photographer. He is displaying his deep blue chest.

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Jeremy G Bird @drjeremygbird.bsky.social · Jun 21

Back home from the Microbial Transcription Gordon Conference and glad to see our hummingbirds are settled in to our yard for the season right on time. Photo credit: Amber Krauchunas. #birds #wildlife

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