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Systems Microbial Ecologist | Design Thinker | F1 & IndyCar fan. Metalhead. Studying microbes in Desert Soil and nearshore Marine Sediments. Blog: uncultured.carinilab.com Web: CariniLab.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-carini/

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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · Jun 8

Yowser! UnCultured blog has >1100 subscribers across platforms! Subscribe at: uncultured.carinilab.com

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Doctoral Program Personal Statements

While cleaning up some old folders on my computer, I came across my Personal Statement that I submitted with my application to grad schools in 2007.

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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 59m

We're looking for two new U of Arizona undergraduate researchers to join our group. More details below.

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We're hiring an undergraduate research intern

An opportunity for U of Arizona undergraduates early in their scientific career

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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 4h

Congrat's @julesdeep.bsky.social! Well deserved!

Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 20h

VIP box. Or, so I've heard.

Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 1d

YES!

Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 1d

Good opportunity!

Nagissa Mahmoudi @nagissa.bsky.social · 1d

Interested in life’s co-evolution with planetary environments?
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I'm looking for a postdoc to join my group at #McGill and happy to sponsor applicants for the TSI fellowship.

Please reach out if interested!

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McGill University, Trottier Space Institute

Job #AJO30777, Trottier Space Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Trottier Space Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CA

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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 1d

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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 2d

Metal speciation and bioavailability in microbial growth media https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.04.680470v1

Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 2d

This is kinda how I feel too, but thought maybe I was missing something.

Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 4d

The best. WE have the series too. Mostly for me.

Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 4d

Agree! Still bummed about it. Hope you are well Siv!

Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 4d

Full length amplicons sequenced with PacBio

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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

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Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @kristenobacter.bsky.social · 6d

UMass Amherst Microbiology is hiring a tenure-track virologist. Come work with me! 🦠🧪
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

Details - Assistant Professor - Virology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst

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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 7d

"my cat's breath smells like cat food" even tho i have no cat.

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James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social · 7d

The job is still open. Get your application in ASAP. Or just pass it on to somebody that might be interested.

James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social · 13d

OK, here it is. Come work with me at the University of Liverpool making ALL THE AI models from ALL THE prokaryote pangenome data. Heck, we will make models from ALL the pangenomes, even eukaryotes!!! (link below👇) 1/4

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Michael Manhart @michaelmanhart.bsky.social · 8d

One more day to apply to our lab's Ph.D. position for fall 2026
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Michael Manhart @michaelmanhart.bsky.social · Sep 2

I am recruiting a Ph.D. student in microbial ecology, evolution, and systems biology for fall 2026. Please share!
Details: qevomicrolab.org/Documents/Gr...
Apply by October 1 here: forms.gle/38pPS1Ky84HB...

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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 8d

The clear solution is to not generate any data.

In seriousness the issue is complex. JGI is also guilty of using data without attribution, despite asking (at least ours). IMO, data should be made public upon publication, regardless of how long it takes and referenced appropriately thereafter.

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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 8d

Neat paper!

Way back when, we speculated SAR11 could assimilate glycolate by oxidizing to glyoxylate and slapping an ammonia on it to produce glycine. Perhaps other taxa assimilate it similarly.
www.nature.com/articles/ism...

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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 8d

One of the biggest things I truly love about Arizona is that we do not partake in the clock tomfoolery twice a year.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 9d

Switching the clocks twice a year hurts Americans' health. A modeling study of county-level solar light patterns, time policy, health data, and circadian models suggests a permanent shift to Standard Time would reduce obesity and strokes. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...