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Richard Lenski

@relenski.bsky.social

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Evolving better E. coli for 75,000 generations. Prof at MSU, but opinions my own. (Ok, I also speak for billions -- er, TRILLIONS -- of E. coli.) Website for LTEE: the-ltee.org Banner pic from NYC, shared by Darwin. (The microbiologist, not the other one.)

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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · Aug 12

Excited to share new #program, STEPS, which can simulate #dynamics of the E. coli Long-Term Evolution Experiment (#LTEE) or other microbes in serial transfer regime.

telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/s...

STEPS developed by @devinmlake.bsky.social, Zachary Matson, Minako Izutsu, and me.

STEPS To It

Announcing a new program, called STEPS, to simulate the dynamics of evolving microbial populations.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

This.

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American Philosophical Society @amphilsociety.bsky.social · 5d

"We especially need imagination in science..." Maria Mitchell (APS 1869)

Since 1743, APS Members have supported the cultivation of useful knowledge through intellectual inquiry and critical thought. Check back weekly for their words of wisdom.

#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 5d

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls

Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

people.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 4d

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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 4d

Truth in advertising ... or poorly designed sign?

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Amelia Randich @ameliarandich.bsky.social · 6d

Interested in a tenure track position teaching and doing research with undergrads at a PUI? We are looking for a broadly-defined microbiologist who can teach Med Micro and Immunology. Apply at universityofscrantonjobs.com/postings/8308. Pls share widely to feeds (& on twitter if you still tweet)! 🦠

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Brian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · 6d

#MicroSky

Rosana Zenil-Ferguson @roszenil.bsky.social · 6d

The Department of Biology at the University of Kentucky is hiring a Microbiologist (broadly defined). Microbial eco-evo folks, this is your sign to come work with us. Not in the search committee, but happy to answer questions.
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600...
#microbiology #ecology

Assistant or Associate Professor in Microbiology

The Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY seeks to fill a tenure-eligible faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor le...

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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 6d

"Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91"

[gift link, free to read]

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com

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C. Brandon Ogbunu @cbo.bsky.social · 6d

When writing an article/book, you may experience the situation where you make a non-trivial change every time you look at it.

This means one of two things:

i) You're on the right track, so keep on editing (and presumably, improving) it.

ii) You should have submitted it a month ago (or longer).

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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 6d

Been there, done that ... many times. 😅

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 9d

Now out in @plantphys.bsky.social
"Illuminating Growth: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Joanne Chory"
A summary of the recent Joanne Chory Symposium, which featured talks and photos from her former mentees.
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
(Photo shows an excited Joanne on a roller coaster).

A young woman with dark hair is on a roller coaster. She is looking over her shoulder at the camera behind her, clearly screaming. Whether she is screaming from fear, excitement, or both is unclear.

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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 13d

Go Green! Both #MSU and the #environment.

(Free link to story)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

Satellites and Drones Are Unlocking Benefits ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’ in Michigan

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 17d

www.axios.com/2025/09/20/t...

New H-1B visa fee will not apply to existing holders, official says

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18d

This is amazing.

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Michelle Lacey @nolastatprof.bsky.social · 17d

The logic of sabotaging the ability to hire trained researchers from abroad while simultaneously sabotaging the ability of US universities to train American researchers is truly baffling.

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Ernest Belding @misterernest.bsky.social · 18d

Do not Google how many nurses are here on those visas

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Cargobiker @cargobiker530.bsky.social · 18d

H1-B visas are used for international medical graduates that want to pursue residencies at US hospitals.

Residents are working doctors who treat patients. Instant physician shortage.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 17d

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 18d

Vaccinations save lives and increase life-span.

For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained, translating to 10.2 billion years of full health.

The answer to whether vaccinations prevent deaths is written in stone- and in the data.
🧪 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17C2hiurja/

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 18d

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

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Georgii "Yegor" Bazykin @gbazykin.bsky.social · 19d

Now hiring a computational postdoc (evolutionary genomics, molecular evolution) in my lab at Emory University.
If you’re interested in population genetics, fitness landscapes, and viral evolution — get in touch.
faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/151181/...

Careers | Emory University | Atlanta GA

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 20d

New in Evolution:
Historical effects during experimental evolution of multicellularity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae,
by Joleen Khey and Mike Travisano
academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...

Validate User

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