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Erin Green @erinrgreen.bsky.social · 3d

Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 3d

Was great to share “The music of soil” with the IU Biology Dept EEB seminar. I had so many wonderful conversations... Thanks for hosting me!
@richphillipslab.bsky.social @jaytlennon.bsky.social Jake McKinlay Jen Lau Heather Reynolds Andre Franco Kim Novick and many wonderful students.

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Arditi d Popolo @arditidpopolo.bsky.social · 3d

They are trying to kill Wikipedia.

Elon has made it his personal project.

I have a small recurring donation now set up - join me.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9d

🧑‍🌾 @timmiller.bsky.social on the Trump FARMER BAILOUT: “Tariffs caused a trade war, farmers can’t sell… and now you and I will have to pay them. The stupidest policy I think I’ve ever seen. A land speed record for policy disaster.”

The very tariffs he said would help them are killing them.

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 10d

I was in Portland last week, and didn't see the war.
But I did see an extraordinary collection of food trucks

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 12d

Ooh—I’ve been waiting for this! I think we talked about it when I was there a couple yrs ago. Glad it’s close.

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 15d

Microbiome sequencing has come so far in 2 decades. In my PhD— I used TRFLP…. am now doing long read sequencing of entire soil metagenomes! This review was great fun- thanks Gitta Szabó @emileyeloe-fadrosh.bsky.social Tanja Woyke of @jgi.doe.gov

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A genomic view of Earth’s biomes - Nature Reviews Genetics

Genome-wide approaches have uncovered the vast microbial and viral diversity across ecosystems. This Review explores advances in metagenomics, single-cell sequencing and functional profiling to elucid...

www.nature.com

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Axel Visel @axelvisel.bsky.social · 16d

Sequencing methods 🧬 have come a long way from census counts 🔢 to assembling genomes and understanding the functions 🧪 of bacteria and viruses.

New review by @jgi.doe.gov's Gitta Szabó, @emileyeloe-fadrosh.bsky.social, Tanja Woyke with @jeffinerca.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A genomic view of Earth’s biomes - Nature Reviews Genetics

Genome-wide approaches have uncovered the vast microbial and viral diversity across ecosystems. This Review explores advances in metagenomics, single-cell sequencing and functional profiling to elucid...

www.nature.com

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 18d

It’s a whole lot. Take care of each other.

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 19d

isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar...

Call for Applications – ISME Scholar Mobility Fund – ISME

ISME supports MSc/PhD graduate students and postdocs to develop academically via the Scholar Mobility Fund. Please submit your application by 1 October to study at a host institution abroad.

isme-microbes.org

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 19d

Stable Isotope Probing #qSIP AND NanoSIMS!--all to show how the common river algae Epithemia are supported by N-fixing bacterial endosymbionts - now thought to be a kind of “proto-organelle”. Ecosystem consequences of a nitrogen-fixing proto-organelle | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Ecosystem consequences of a nitrogen-fixing proto-organelle | PNAS

Microscale symbioses can be critical to ecosystem functions, but the mechanisms of these interactions in nature are often cryptic. Here, we use a c...

www.pnas.org

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schleiermocker @schleiermocker.bsky.social · 25d

if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 25d

www.syracuse.com/opinion/2025...

Our president thinks that asking faculty and staff to voluntarily quit is a better solution than advocating for restoration of our mission funding from SUNY and being a more effective fundraiser. Meanwhile her high-paying job is safe.

How can you help us?

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SUNY ESF president: Early retirements, sharing services needed to ensure college’s future (Guest Opinion)

"ESF must take the steps necessary now to ensure its long-term fiscal health," Joanie Mahoney writes.

www.syracuse.com

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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 28d

📢 We are thrilled to announce the International Soil Virus Conference 2026 in conjunction with the Saint Loup Research Institute.
🗓️ June 16 – 18, 2026
📍 Château de Saint Loup sur Thouet, France
👇 RSVP by October 31st, 2025
#virus #phage #ISVC2026

ISVC2026

International Soil Virus Conference 2026! We are excited to announce and provide RSVP details for the next International Soil Virus Conference that will be held in Saint-Loup Lamaire, France on Jun…

soilmicrobes.fr

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AGU Biogeosciences @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social · 28d

We've extended the application deadline for this award to 9/17! Apply here for the Fall Meeting AGU-B DEI Travel Grant for up to $1500 ( connect.agu.org/biogeoscienc...)

Travel Grants - Biogeosciences

connect.agu.org

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Dan Sloan @sloanevolab.bsky.social · 29d

The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!

jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions

We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...

jobs.colostate.edu

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 29d

Deadline for comment on EPA endangerment finding extended to 22 Sept. Please send a comment. Here's a good piece with some ideas, and you don't have to be a scientist to comment.
blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

The Endangerment Finding: The Local Perspective Matters Right Now (Template Comment Letter Linked) - Climate Law Blog

[Here and at the end of this post, a template comment letter is linked for local governments to adapt for their own comments in the Endangerment Finding rule making process.] On August 1, 2025, the U....

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · Jul 30

There is! Our arsenic life paper has has an editors note on it for nearly 15 yrs explaining that subsequent research had called our original results into question. That’s why the retraction seems both redundant and mean spirited.

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · Jul 29

If you're submitting an #AGU2025 abstract on #enhancedrockweathering biogeochemistry, microbiology, hydrology, modeling, MRV, public policy or social science, consider session B037, Enhanced Weathering for Carbon Dioxide Removal & Improved Soil and Agronomic Properties -due 7/30!

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biometlab @biometlab.bsky.social · Jul 24

Here is an alternate take on my OpEd defending Science. As i mentioned last time there is a hunger from the public to hear from science experts. I encourage more of us to write to papers where you have roots on matters defending science, facts and democracy

www.ptreyeslight.com/opinion/we-m...

We must defend science and environmental data - Point Reyes Light

A Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly covering West Marin, including the towns of Point Reyes Station, Inverness, Bolinas, Stinson Beach, Marshall, Nicasio, Lagunitas, Woodacre, San Geronimo, Forest Knolls,...

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · Jul 25

Precisely why a powerful editor should not be retracting peer-reviewed no-misconduct articles 15 yrs after the fact just to score political points and attention. science is messy, and even wrong ideas can help lead us to better ones.

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Jennifer Biddle @jenbiddle.bsky.social · Jul 18

GRC ratings like it’s Uber:
Organizer @deniseakob.bsky.social ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Nathaniel Scott @diderm.com · Jul 19

I had a great time at my first ever GRC this past week! I'll most definitely be attending Applied and Environmental Micro in 2027. Thanks @deniseakob.bsky.social @environmicrobio.bsky.social @thuls.bsky.social for organizing such a welcoming, fun, and scientifically stimulating conference!

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Holly Bik @hollybik.bsky.social · Jul 18

UC Irvine keeps expanding its focus on microbial ecology and microbiome science - an exciting place to work for any early-career people on the hunt for a job!

Katherine Xue @ksxue.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601

Junior, Assistant, or Associate Specialist – Xue Lab

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ap.uci.edu

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Tim Jesper Suhrhoff @climatejesper.bsky.social · Jul 3

Our new paper shows that soil cation exchange can delay CO₂ removal from enhanced weathering by years to decades. Lag varies by soil, climate, and land use—longest in high-CEC regions like the Corn Belt. Big implications for MRV, credit timing, and deployment strategy. Timing matters! 🪨🌾
Link below.

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