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Kate Howell @khowell.bsky.social · Jul 4

Hi there folks- turns out Aussie universities are looking for new people! Are you based in the US, tenured (is that what you call a continuing position?) and feel like the lure of the southern hemisphere is calling you? Happy to take questions :)

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Kate Howell @khowell.bsky.social · Apr 25

Send us your papers celebrating yeasts!

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · Apr 17

The deadline for submissions to the special issue "Yeast in Microbiomes" has been extended to 15th July. We accept manuscripts exploring yeast diversity, interactions, and adaptations in diverse host environments. Hurry up and don't miss this opportunity!!!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Yeast Call for Papers: Yeast in Microbiomes

Yeast is a microbiology journal for research in the rapidly moving field of yeast biology. We publish the most significant developments in unicellular fungi.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Kate Howell @khowell.bsky.social · Jan 22

Good to find you over 'here'. Thanks for the great work you do.

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Hutlab @hutlab.bsky.social · Jan 13

We are excited to announce that registration for our annual HCMPH Symposium is online. The symposium is on May 19th at HSPH. The theme this year is the microbiome's role in food systems but please join us for any and all microbiome discussion and research updates.

hsph.harvard.edu/research/mic...

HCMPH Symposium | Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

We are delighted to invite everyone to the seventh annual Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center (HCMPH) symposium on May 19, 2025. We are happy to

hsph.harvard.edu

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Nov 18

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:

docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Action Intent Links | Bluesky

Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...

docs.bsky.app

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · Nov 19

‘Graveyard of corals’ found after extreme heat and cyclones hit northern Great Barrier Reef

Marine scientists say one area around Cooktown and Lizard Island had lost more than a third of its live hard coral after bleaching event Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Reefs across the north of the Great Barrier Reef have seen “substantial losses” of coral cover after a summer of extreme heat, two cyclones and major flooding, according to the first results of surveys from government marine scientists. After the most widespread coral bleaching event seen on the world’s biggest reef system, the Australian Institute of Marine Science said one area around Cooktown and Lizard Island had lost more than a third of its live hard coral – the biggest annual drop in 39 years of monitoring. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Kate Howell @khowell.bsky.social · Nov 19

Yes please!

Kate Howell @khowell.bsky.social · Nov 19

FINALLY found the cool kids
go.bsky.app/PyUwqLU

Kate Howell @khowell.bsky.social · Nov 17

Thinking about peer review: I reviewed 20 papers this year, and sent out 9 for review. What about you?

Kate Howell @khowell.bsky.social · Nov 15

I'd love to join :)

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Andy Tseng @andytseng.bsky.social · Nov 12

The University of Melbourne Starter Pack is live! 🎉

Whether you're a researcher, student, or staff at #UniMelb, join in to connect with our amazing and growing community here. Know someone we missed? Tag them below and help spread the word! #HigherEd #Research #Melbourne #Australia

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Kate Howell @khowell.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hi Jen! I'm over here too :)

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Matthias Nau @matthiasnau.bsky.social · Oct 30

Want to make beautiful scientific figures? Easy!

The NIH released a library of 2000+ free scientific illustrations called *BioArt*.

Check it out! bioart.niaid.nih.gov

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧠🟦 🧪

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Kate Howell @khowell.bsky.social · Nov 14

Oh yeah
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Kate Howell @khowell.bsky.social · Nov 9

bsky hibernation is over. I cannot take the 'stuff' on the bird anymore. 👋

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Kate Howell @khowell.bsky.social · Nov 15

Very pleased to see our collaborative paper out there in the world! Can plant-based fermented foods help with MetS and T2D? The answers are here.... doi.org/10.1017/S095...

The impact of botanical fermented foods on metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes: a systematic revi...

The impact of botanical fermented foods on metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

doi.org

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · Oct 7

The FULL program w/ abstracts for #MVIF #22 is OUT www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...

⭐️ Keynote:
🇦🇺 @linsalrob.bsky.social

⭐️ Selected talks:
🇨🇦 Courtney Hoskinson
🇺🇸 Alex V Carr
🇸🇬 Minghao Chia

⭐️ Highlights:
🇵🇭 Aldwin Adiong
🇮🇳 Deep Chanda

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Alex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social · Oct 7

There are limitations but this is a neat tool to play around with
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Search for a microbiome species/genus and it'll return studies in which that taxon was differentially abundant
bugsigdb.org

(I wish we had something like this for mechanistic microbiome studies)

BugSigDB captures patterns of differential abundance across a broad range of host-associated microbi...

A database of microbial signatures is used for systematic comparison of differential abundance patterns.

www.nature.com

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