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Julie Huber, PhD @julesdeep.bsky.social · 1d

My life changed when I first read "The Sea Around Us." Rachel Carson's words captured my 13-yr old sense of wonder for a place I barely knew but felt for so deeply, the ocean. Honored to speak to her legacy @agu.org and grateful to my colleagues for the nomination 🌊💙

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Julie Huber Awarded Prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by the American Geophysical Union

WHOI’s Julie Huber Awarded Prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by the AGU

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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 13d

Our article on equitable reuse of public sequencing data is out! Led by @alexjprobst.bsky.social, @lhug.bsky.social, Cristina Moraru, @geomicrosoares.bsky.social, @folker.bsky.social and myself -, co-authored by Anke Heyder, and developed in consultation with 167 scientists. tinyurl.com/n6yeanmk

A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data - Nature Microbiology

In this Consensus Statement, a consortium of microbiome scientists discuss current sequencing data sharing policies and propose the use of a Data Reuse Information (DRI) tag to promote equitable and collaborative data sharing.

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Julie Meyer, PhD @lebetimonas.bsky.social · Aug 29

Looking for a postdoc in coral-associated bacterial genomes/metagenomes/metatranscriptomes? This would be an excellent program to support your original research ideas in a lab with extensive resources, samples, and datasets.

Prof Tanya Parish @proftanya13.bsky.social · Aug 29

Great opportunity for postdoctoral fellows is open - deadline Oct 31 🦠🧪 #WomenInStem

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Application Instructions - Life Sciences Research Foundation

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Julie Meyer, PhD @lebetimonas.bsky.social · Aug 28

Using LLMs would involve more effort than the majority of emails that I get where the prospective student just copies and pastes my own words from the faculty web page.

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Julie Meyer, PhD @lebetimonas.bsky.social · Aug 11

Recommended reading: An Open Letter to Graduating PhDs in a Post-Federal Science World @uncultured.carinilab.com open.substack.com/pub/carinila...

An Open Letter to Graduating PhDs in a Post-Federal Science World

July 15, 2025

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Julie Meyer, PhD @lebetimonas.bsky.social · Jul 25

So cool to see what Meyer Lab alum Dr. Dawson is up to these days!

Ocean Hoptimism @oceanhoptimism.org · Jul 25

What do drug trials and coral reefs have in common? More than you’d think. 🧪🌊 Dr. DeVant’e Dawson’s SuperReefs work is using a medical science tool (ED₅₀) to uncover how coral species handle heat stress. Here’s how it works:
#CoralScience #ED50 #OceanResearch #OceanHoptimism

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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · Jul 25

🚨 New paper out @microbiologysociety.org! #Genome 🧬 characterization of #CCA -associated bacteria 🦠, with antimicrobial activity against antibiotic 💊-resistant pathogens! #AMR

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jul 17

Building something new is possible. Never forget that.

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Laura Williams @laurawilliams.bsky.social · Jul 16

Has anybody found archaea that cause disease in humans?
(We’re talking causation by Koch’s postulates here.)
When I last taught Micro, the answer was no. Wondering if something popped up in past couple years.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Jul 15

You ready for this year's advent calendar?

We're learning about EELS!!!!!

This year's artist @ehrenenglish.bsky.social absolutely knocked it out of the park. Look at these eels!!

These facts cover both biology & history of eels.

Dive in with us here:
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The eel facts advent calendar has 5 species of eel on it, ribbon eels which are royal blue and bright yellow, american and european eels hanging out in some eelgrass, a yellow moray, and 2 splendid garden eels which are orange and yellow. The boxes are all numbered in fun boxes with orange and light organ zigzags and a yellow oval in each with the number of the day

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Titus Brown @titus.idyll.org · Jun 27

Hi folks, we had a last minute cancellation at MBL STAMPS, the microbiome data analysis course in Woods Hole that runs from July 14th to July 24th. We can provide housing space for a woman. If you or anyone you know is interested, pls drop me an e-mail at [email protected]. Thx!

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Julie Meyer, PhD @lebetimonas.bsky.social · Jun 27

It's officially official. Starting July 1st, I'm an Associate Professor with tenure. Phew! Now, where do I find funding for the next phase?

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Julie Meyer, PhD @lebetimonas.bsky.social · Jun 27

Back on East Coast time and reflecting on the awesome time the lab had at #ASMMicrobe in LA.

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In the Spotlight

August 2025: coming soon – 3 PhD students in August commencement ceremony June 2025: The lab attended ASM Microbe in Los Angeles. Newly minted Dr. Cauvin, Dr. Tittl, and Dr. Schul presented p…

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Blake Ushijima, Ph.D. @vibriosoup.bsky.social · Jun 21

Anaerobes are more than just microbes that don't like oxygen! They can include pathogens as well as beneficial microbes. Come learn about new isolates and uses Sunday morning at 8:15 AM in 403B for AES-IDS-401 Anaerobes: new isolates and pathways.

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Julie Meyer, PhD @lebetimonas.bsky.social · Jun 22

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Blake Ushijima, Ph.D. @vibriosoup.bsky.social · Jun 18

Microbiologists from around the world are heading over to #ASMicrobe 2025 this week! Stay tuned here for more updates and highlights on the Applied and Environmental Science track! #AES

Follow to keep in the loop!

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · Jun 18

It's been hard for early career biologists looking for postdocs, so I created a Google Sheet where we can all compile fellowships/job boards/postdoc opportunities in one place. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! If you're a PI looking for postdocs, you can add to the 4th tab! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Postdoc Opportunity Megathread

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Julie Meyer, PhD @lebetimonas.bsky.social · Jun 11

I'm looking forward to picking your brain about anaerobic culturing!

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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · Jun 11

The Carini Lab will be at #ASMMicrobe 2025 in LA next week with THREE talks!

Come hear about dormant microbes, ancient archaea, and anaerobic cultivation.

Plus I have limited "Cultured by the Carini Lab" stickers to give away! 🧪✨

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Julie Meyer, PhD @lebetimonas.bsky.social · Jun 5

So excited to share this groundbreaking collaborative work using probiotic bacteria 🦠 to treat coral disease in Florida 🪸 with @vibriosoup.bsky.social @ufresearch.bsky.social
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Scuba diver applying probiotic treatments through a syringe into a weighted bag covering part of a brown Montastraea cavernosa coral.

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Blake Ushijima, Ph.D. @vibriosoup.bsky.social · Jun 5

Our study on the first probiotic treatments for SCTLD testing in the wild has been published!
www.sciencenews.org/article/prob...

Probiotics helped great star corals fend off a deadly disease

A probiotic paste prevented the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease, but the treatment is still a proof-of-concept, not a cure.

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Blake Ushijima, Ph.D. @vibriosoup.bsky.social · Jun 5

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Smithsonian research reveals that probiotics slow spread of deadly disease decimating Caribbean reefs

Scientists with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History have discovered that a bacterial probiotic helps slow the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) in already infect...

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Julie Meyer, PhD @lebetimonas.bsky.social · Jun 4

I love the perfectly coordinated shirt/poster combo.

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Julie Meyer, PhD @lebetimonas.bsky.social · May 31

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Rafeeque Mavoor @rafeeque.com · May 13

🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations!

These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.

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