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Tristan Caro
@tacaro.bsky.social
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Microbiologist and geochemist | Postdoc @ Caltech | Formerly @ CU Boulder, NASA, Berkeley | Isotope, dataviz, and pottery enjoyer
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Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social · 15h
“I'm optimistic that, you know, five years from now a majority of kids are going to be in a private school choice program.” www.propublica.org/article/educ...
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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JL Weissman @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social · 1d
Stony Brook is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Marine Molecular Ecology (assistant encouraged, molecular broadly defined, includes microbial omics!): apply.interfolio.com/174869
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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 1d
Biology is much more complicated than most non-biologists can imagine. And AI is not going to change this anytime soon.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...
We still can’t predict much of anything in biology
Biology is hard. Yes, even for AI.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com
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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d
Not sure people realize how INSANELY DRAINING data centers will be on our planet.

If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.

Read this in @bloomberg.com👇

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
www.bloomberg.com
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Tristan Caro @tacaro.bsky.social · 2d
with @isotopes.bsky.social and @kopflab.bsky.social
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Tristan Caro @tacaro.bsky.social · 2d
Thrilled to see coverage of our work in Alaskan permafrost!! Now in @popsci.com by @andrewpaul.bsky.social

www.popsci.com/environment/...
Researchers are reanimating 40,000-year-old microbes
They're alive!
www.popsci.com
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 5d
“For the past 2 decades, scientists have…landed on the same takeaways—esp. that rich countries must shift their diets to be more plant-based. But that message has, with few exceptions, failed to incite action by governments and food companies, or even the environmental movement itself.” #EatLancet
The rich must eat less meat
Scientists say rich countries need to eat a lot less meat. Will the environmental movement finally listen?
www.vox.com
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angela oliverio @oliverio.bsky.social · 6d
#ProtistsOnSky
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Mya Breitbart @viromegirl.bsky.social · 6d
We're hiring for several positions (a post-bac researcher in #transcriptomics, a #phage #postdoc, a senior researcher (broad topics) and a graduate student to work on #ciliates) - find info here: www.marine.usf.edu/genomics/app...
Apply - Genomics
www.marine.usf.edu
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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 7d
🆕 The discovery of new complex organic molecules at Saturn's #Enceladus enhances the likelihood that the moon is habitable 🪐

On Earth, these molecules are involved in chemical reaction chains that lead to the more complex molecules essential for life.

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Scientific illustration showing a cross-section of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. It features three labelled layers: An ice shell at the top, with visible cracks releasing jets of water vapour into space; an ocean in the middle, depicted as a large body of water beneath the ice; a rocky core at the bottom, shown emitting heat that may drive the jets. In the background, Saturn and its rings are visible in space.
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Nature @nature.com · 7d
The obsession with economic output as a measure of human development puts sustainability on the back burner

go.nature.com/4pNC96G
End GDP mania: how the world should really measure prosperity
The obsession with economic output as a measure of human development puts sustainability on the back burner. Researchers can now help to devise better indicators.
go.nature.com
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8d
i wouldn't call myself an expert on capitalism or anything but this does indeed seem like something of a problem
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CNN @cnn.com · 8d
The artificial intelligence industry has a big problem: 95% of companies that try AI aren’t making any money from it, according to a recent report.
Most companies aren’t seeing a return on AI investments. This tech CEO wants to change that | CNN Business
The artificial intelligence industry has a big problem: 95% of companies that try AI aren’t making any money from it, according to a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last month. O...
www.cnn.com
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Tristan Caro @tacaro.bsky.social · 11d
wow!! what's going on here
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Del - Martian Observer @martian-observer.art · 12d
NASA Mars Perseverance Rover at Jezero crater
Sol 1631 (21st September, 2025)

Abrasion close-ups

Sherloc-Watson @ 13:46 and 13:48 lmst
Site 79 / 596
📷 Credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS / Martian-Observer
Looking at the abrasion from directly above. A closer look at the abrasion from above
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Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 11d
A reminder to please support non-profit publishers.

It’s good for science and scientists.

It’s a responsible use of taxpayer dollars.

It requires resisting peer pressure to submit to Nature journals.

Thanks @bacteriality.bsky.social for this helpful slide for microbiology journals.
Slide with text “Support Society Journals: Society-based journals help build and advocate for our scientific communities” showing the logos for non profit publishers ASM, ACS, ASBMB. microbiology society, Science, and ISME. Underneath “for-profit journals do not” showing logos for Nature, Elsevier, Frontiers, CellPress, and MDPI.
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 11d
The first steam-powered passenger rail trip was on 27th Sept 1825 (200th bday is nuanced - regular passenger steam slightly later). Here's transport carbon footprint today - Eurostar easily cleanest cos fully electrified. I hope the next 200 yrs has even more (electric) trains! With lower prices...
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Tristan Caro @tacaro.bsky.social · 12d
That's devastating ... there must be so many students in that position. Back when I was in grad school I deferred applying as well. What a nightmare
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Tristan Caro @tacaro.bsky.social · 12d
The vast majority of permafrost exists in the subsurface. What happens when this deep, ancient permafrost thaws? How fast does it take microbial communities to "wake up"?

This project now published in JGR, with @isotopes.bsky.social , @kopflab.bsky.social , et al., aims to address that question!
Microbial Resuscitation and Growth Rates in Deep Permafrost: Lipid Stable Isotope Probing Results From the Permafrost Research Tunnel in Fox, Alaska
Microbial growth is extremely slow within the first 30 days of thaw. Temperature may drive which taxa are active, but not growth rates Subsurface microbes preferentially produce glycolipids over ...
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 12d
The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 12d
New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
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Randy McIntosh @ar0mcintosh.bsky.social · 14d
Wow! This is amazing news. Having friends who are confronted with Huntington's, this brings a ray of hope.

bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
bbc.com
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Nadine, Haunter of Rocks 👻 @nadwgab.bsky.social · 16d
265 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Chrysotile:
- A serpentine group mineral
- The most common type of asbestos
- Forms via low temperature metamorphism of peridotite
- Its name comes from the Greek words chrysos (gold) and tilos (fibre) #minerals #MineralMonday
Translucent, green chrysotile prism with lots of wispy white fibres coming out of it. From Soanesville, Western Australia. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London. White mass of matted chrysotile fibres. From Ivybridge, Devon, England, UK. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21d
🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change," a brief communication in the journal Nature Climate Change. There's a map showing regions of the world, and pie charts of relevant studies as they apply to different health impacts like "heat-related deaths" and "maternal and child health"
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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 20d
We can't have innovation if we block out those with new ideas or who challenge old ones. Reviewers can challenge without being assholes, and we need to acknowledge such behaviors exist and need to be expunged. 🧪
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Emma Dunne @emmadnn.bsky.social · 20d
It was great to chat with @katarinazimmer.bsky.social for her important article on discrimination and microagressions in peer review.

Without system-wide changes, we must rely on individual action - if you experience this behaviour, inform the editorial team ✏️

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Lipstick on a pig’: how to fight back against a peer-review bully
Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews.
www.nature.com
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utkmicrobiology.bsky.social @utkmicrobiology.bsky.social · 22d
We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Quantitative Microbe–Plant–Environment Interactions, starting Fall 2026!
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Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 21d
Come join us in Knoxville! 🧫🧪🦠
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utkmicrobiology.bsky.social @utkmicrobiology.bsky.social · 22d
We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease, starting Fall 2026!
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Prahathees Eswara @eswaralab.bsky.social · 26d
We are hiring! Please share the news.

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Bacterial Pathogenesis

See link below for details.

We are a vibrantly growing department with friendly colleagues and supportive environment. Bonus: year-round sunshine in Tampa, FL 🌤🌴

Job Ad: tinyurl.com/USF-Microbio...
Assistant Professor - Molecular Biosciences
Department Name / Number: Molecular Biosciences / 0-1210-000 College: College of Arts and Sciences Hiring Salary: Negotiable Appointment Start Date: August 7, 2026 The Department of Molecular Bioscien...
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Tristan Caro @tacaro.bsky.social · 22d
Cool!!
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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 23d
With the extinction of dinosaurs, dense, closed-canopy forests could proliferate, leading to shifts in fluvial structure and accumulation of organics. This represented a profound change in the landscape, illustrated here by the incomparable Julius Csotonyi.
Two-panel illustration showing sparse trees in a Cretaceous landscape (bottom) and densely forested Paleocene landscape.