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The US government has reopened, but funding for this year is still in limbo. Tell Congress to support federal research and public health funding in FY26. @asm.org has made it easy for you: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...
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ASM is a nonprofit professional society that publishes scientific journals and advances microbiology through advocacy, global health and diversity in STEM programs.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The US government has reopened, but funding for this year is still in limbo. Tell Congress to support federal research and public health funding in FY26. @asm.org has made it easy for you: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...
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Free access to the final version of "Ten questions concerning indoor dust" for the next 50 days at authors.elsevier.com/c/1m7oK1HudN...
@ericamhartmann.bsky.social
@ericamhartmann.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Free access to the final version of "Ten questions concerning indoor dust" for the next 50 days at authors.elsevier.com/c/1m7oK1HudN...
@ericamhartmann.bsky.social
@ericamhartmann.bsky.social
Working with this awesome group to think deeply about dust has been a tremendous source of joy. So glad to see this paper out!
Thanks to Erica Hartmann for leading a newly published paper, "Ten questions concerning indoor dust."
What is it?
Where does it come from?
How does it mediate environmental exposures?
How does it affect chemicals indoors?
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What is it?
Where does it come from?
How does it mediate environmental exposures?
How does it affect chemicals indoors?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Working with this awesome group to think deeply about dust has been a tremendous source of joy. So glad to see this paper out!
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The next mSystems Thinking Series webinar is open for free registration!
"One Health and the African Microbiome"
Jan 9, 2026 09:00 AM, Eastern Time
asmusa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"One Health and the African Microbiome"
Jan 9, 2026 09:00 AM, Eastern Time
asmusa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: mSystems Thinking Series Webinar: One Health and the African Microbiome. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The One Health concept underscores the fundamental connections among humans, animals, and the environment. Microbial communities lie at the heart of these interactions, sustaining both public health a...
asmusa-org.zoom.us
October 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The next mSystems Thinking Series webinar is open for free registration!
"One Health and the African Microbiome"
Jan 9, 2026 09:00 AM, Eastern Time
asmusa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"One Health and the African Microbiome"
Jan 9, 2026 09:00 AM, Eastern Time
asmusa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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From Jurassic Park to Pokémon! Rather than dismissing portrayals of science in popular media, this assignment in #JMBE uses them to enhance students' scientific literacy and critical thinking about core evolution and biology concepts. Learn more: asm.social/2Fg
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
From Jurassic Park to Pokémon! Rather than dismissing portrayals of science in popular media, this assignment in #JMBE uses them to enhance students' scientific literacy and critical thinking about core evolution and biology concepts. Learn more: asm.social/2Fg
I love the microbiology of the seemingly mundane. You'd be amazed at how much you we have to learn from a toothbrush!
bbc.com/future/artic...
bbc.com/future/artic...
Your toothbrush is bristling with bacteria - is it time to change it?
Bacteria from our toilets, the cold sore virus and thrush-causing yeast can thrive on our toothbrushes. But there are ways to keep your toothbrush a little cleaner.
bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I love the microbiology of the seemingly mundane. You'd be amazed at how much you we have to learn from a toothbrush!
bbc.com/future/artic...
bbc.com/future/artic...
Tanja Woyke has an entire bacterial phylum named after her but no wikipedia page??
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tanja Woyke has an entire bacterial phylum named after her but no wikipedia page??
Beautiful piece about microbes, buildings, and health 🤩
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
The Probiotic Home
Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human health.
www.nature.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Beautiful piece about microbes, buildings, and health 🤩
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation
The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
asm.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
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Deadline extended to 18 Sept!
The Trump administration has proposed overturning the EPA’s endangerment finding, the science-based determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health.
Join 650+ of your peers who have signed AGU’s letter to defend climate science.
➡️ buff.ly/lLPmLZe
The Trump administration has proposed overturning the EPA’s endangerment finding, the science-based determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health.
Join 650+ of your peers who have signed AGU’s letter to defend climate science.
➡️ buff.ly/lLPmLZe
September 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Deadline extended to 18 Sept!
The Trump administration has proposed overturning the EPA’s endangerment finding, the science-based determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health.
Join 650+ of your peers who have signed AGU’s letter to defend climate science.
➡️ buff.ly/lLPmLZe
The Trump administration has proposed overturning the EPA’s endangerment finding, the science-based determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health.
Join 650+ of your peers who have signed AGU’s letter to defend climate science.
➡️ buff.ly/lLPmLZe
Delighted to see the latest paper from our collab with Terence is out!
🚨 New Crofts lab paper🚨
Functional metagenomic libraries let us study bacterial genes 🧫🧬 from microbiomes💩, even if they've never been annotated with a function before 📒. However, these libraries often require more metagenomic DNA than is available from some samples.
Functional metagenomic libraries let us study bacterial genes 🧫🧬 from microbiomes💩, even if they've never been annotated with a function before 📒. However, these libraries often require more metagenomic DNA than is available from some samples.
September 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Delighted to see the latest paper from our collab with Terence is out!
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Phew!!! Thank goodness we have a 2025 GRFP announcement!
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Phew!!! Thank goodness we have a 2025 GRFP announcement!
Science communication has never been more essential. Grateful to BioRender for making it easier and hoping to get a boost for grants 🤞 #BioRenderForGrants
August 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Science communication has never been more essential. Grateful to BioRender for making it easier and hoping to get a boost for grants 🤞 #BioRenderForGrants
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I am also looking forward to this conference. Submit an abstract if you haven’t already!
Looking forward to this amazing phage conference.
Tomorrow last day for abstract submission.
#phage #phagesky #microsky
www.iasusa.org/bacteriophag...
Tomorrow last day for abstract submission.
#phage #phagesky #microsky
www.iasusa.org/bacteriophag...
Conference on Bacteriophages: Biology, Dynamics, and Therapeutics - IAS-USA
Physical Education: Bridging Clinical Research and Patient Care
www.iasusa.org
August 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I am also looking forward to this conference. Submit an abstract if you haven’t already!
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Looking forward to this amazing phage conference.
Tomorrow last day for abstract submission.
#phage #phagesky #microsky
www.iasusa.org/bacteriophag...
Tomorrow last day for abstract submission.
#phage #phagesky #microsky
www.iasusa.org/bacteriophag...
Conference on Bacteriophages: Biology, Dynamics, and Therapeutics - IAS-USA
Physical Education: Bridging Clinical Research and Patient Care
www.iasusa.org
August 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Looking forward to this amazing phage conference.
Tomorrow last day for abstract submission.
#phage #phagesky #microsky
www.iasusa.org/bacteriophag...
Tomorrow last day for abstract submission.
#phage #phagesky #microsky
www.iasusa.org/bacteriophag...
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Want to name a real virus? I have recently discovered 9 new phages which now need names! To enter, you simply need to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on my JustGiving page (£2 = 1 entry) and share your email with me on donation (see link info). Please share 💚 www.justgiving.com/page/meaghan-c-1
August 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Want to name a real virus? I have recently discovered 9 new phages which now need names! To enter, you simply need to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on my JustGiving page (£2 = 1 entry) and share your email with me on donation (see link info). Please share 💚 www.justgiving.com/page/meaghan-c-1
Looking for a postdoc? Like microbes and corals? Want to expand understanding of symbiosis while simultaneously developing new biotech? Join me and Shayle Matsuda at Shedd! We want to support a candidate for a Walder Biota Award. Check the link or contact me
sites.northwestern.edu/hartmann/202...
sites.northwestern.edu/hartmann/202...
Seeking a postdoc to work at the interface of microbiology and conservation protecting corals | Hartmann Lab
Do you like microbes and corals? Want to expand understanding of symbiosis while simultaneously developing new biotech? We are seeking a postdoctoral re...
sites.northwestern.edu
July 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Looking for a postdoc? Like microbes and corals? Want to expand understanding of symbiosis while simultaneously developing new biotech? Join me and Shayle Matsuda at Shedd! We want to support a candidate for a Walder Biota Award. Check the link or contact me
sites.northwestern.edu/hartmann/202...
sites.northwestern.edu/hartmann/202...
I am beyond thrilled to be an invited speaker at the inaugural Conference on Bacteriophages: Biology, Dynamics, and Therapeutics. Come hear about our work on phage ecology and engineering in Washington, DC, October 12-14! Early Registration Fee before August 28
www.iasusa.org/bacteriophag...
www.iasusa.org/bacteriophag...
Conference on Bacteriophages: Biology, Dynamics, and Therapeutics - IAS-USA
Physical Education: Bridging Clinical Research and Patient Care
www.iasusa.org
July 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I am beyond thrilled to be an invited speaker at the inaugural Conference on Bacteriophages: Biology, Dynamics, and Therapeutics. Come hear about our work on phage ecology and engineering in Washington, DC, October 12-14! Early Registration Fee before August 28
www.iasusa.org/bacteriophag...
www.iasusa.org/bacteriophag...
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In solidarity with USEPA employees, SETAC North America has signed the #LetterOfDissent, supports the #BethesdaDeclaration, and is proud to #StandUpForScience.
Read the letter and add your signature:
bit.ly/44HD3sV
Read the Bethesda Declaration: bit.ly/44aJB3b
Read the letter and add your signature:
bit.ly/44HD3sV
Read the Bethesda Declaration: bit.ly/44aJB3b
Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
bit.ly
July 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In solidarity with USEPA employees, SETAC North America has signed the #LetterOfDissent, supports the #BethesdaDeclaration, and is proud to #StandUpForScience.
Read the letter and add your signature:
bit.ly/44HD3sV
Read the Bethesda Declaration: bit.ly/44aJB3b
Read the letter and add your signature:
bit.ly/44HD3sV
Read the Bethesda Declaration: bit.ly/44aJB3b
Federal funding is being cut in so many ways, having so many awful impacts. We need sustained funding to create new drugs and technologies and train the workforce for these vitally important industries.
www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum...
www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum...
Federal cuts gut grants, threatening the work of Illinois researchers
Scientists at Illinois universities are worried federal cuts will set back research innovation in treatment and cure of diseases.
www.chicagobusiness.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Federal funding is being cut in so many ways, having so many awful impacts. We need sustained funding to create new drugs and technologies and train the workforce for these vitally important industries.
www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum...
www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum...
Front page of the Wall Street Journal 👀
Restore scientific funding, protect American innovation.
“The scientists pay for it, and eventually then the U.S. people pay for it, because research isn’t getting done.”
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Restore scientific funding, protect American innovation.
“The scientists pay for it, and eventually then the U.S. people pay for it, because research isn’t getting done.”
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
How Trump Blew Up Northwestern’s Business Model
The federal government froze the university’s research funding. It hasn’t offered the school a way to get it back.
www.wsj.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Front page of the Wall Street Journal 👀
Restore scientific funding, protect American innovation.
“The scientists pay for it, and eventually then the U.S. people pay for it, because research isn’t getting done.”
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Restore scientific funding, protect American innovation.
“The scientists pay for it, and eventually then the U.S. people pay for it, because research isn’t getting done.”
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
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Just shared this with my colleagues at my institute. Spread the word!
So, I emailed the link:
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
to my kids, some of my former graduate students and post-docs, and a few other friends. All in all, I shared the link with about 30 people.
I asked them to consider signing and to share the link with their own networks.
5/n
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
to my kids, some of my former graduate students and post-docs, and a few other friends. All in all, I shared the link with about 30 people.
I asked them to consider signing and to share the link with their own networks.
5/n
Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
www.standupforscience.net
June 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Just shared this with my colleagues at my institute. Spread the word!
I signed the Bethesda Declaration and you should too. The costs of eviscerating this incredible engine for health, innovation, and prosperity far outweigh any possible benefits. NIH staff and US taxpayers deserve better.
I signed the Bethesda Declaration and you should too. If not because it's the right thing to do, then because Jay Bhattacharya is a menace to American health and science and he is destroying NIH.
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Sign the Bethesda Declaration
Not all public health declarations need to involve "let 'er rip" mass infection strategies
open.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I signed the Bethesda Declaration and you should too. The costs of eviscerating this incredible engine for health, innovation, and prosperity far outweigh any possible benefits. NIH staff and US taxpayers deserve better.
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ASM maintains the critical need for a budget agreement that supports funding levels that will allow the U.S. to maintain its position as a scientific leader and address the public health needs of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
ASM Calls on Congress: Reject Drastic Science & Health Cuts
The American Society for Microbiology urges Congress to reject the proposed steep cuts to scientific research and public health in the President’s FY2026 budget.
asm.org
June 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ASM maintains the critical need for a budget agreement that supports funding levels that will allow the U.S. to maintain its position as a scientific leader and address the public health needs of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
"Around three-quarters of international PhD students say they intend to stay in America after graduating. Blocking the next generation of students may punish the Ivies. Over time, though, it is America’s edge in science, business and innovation that will suffer."
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Demand for American degrees has already hit covid-era lows
Trump’s war on universities could drive away America’s brightest import
www.economist.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Around three-quarters of international PhD students say they intend to stay in America after graduating. Blocking the next generation of students may punish the Ivies. Over time, though, it is America’s edge in science, business and innovation that will suffer."
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...