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Reposted by: Allan Konopka, Elena Litchman, Marc Strous

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Heeeeey #Microbial #Ecology folk! My department has a job opening for a tenure track Microbial Ecologist! Feel free to DM me with questions. Come join our awesome supportive whip-smart & kind crew in the Biology Department of @umassboston.bsky.social! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...
The ISC - your new home at UMass Boston? The view of Boston Harbor from front of campus
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by Allan Konopka

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New on Think Like a Microbe ... Iron!
🧫🧪 #philsci

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Ecological Consequences of Iron Scarcity
Gold is for the mistress, silver for the maid, copper for the craftsman, cunning at his trade, ‘Good’ said the Baron, sitting in his hall, ‘but iron — cold iron — is master of them all’.
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by Allan Konopka

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@elisabethbik.bsky.social
Does the rapid rise of AI in images complicate sleuthing?
I am stunned how seamlessly I can remove objects in my art photographs

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Fake microscopy images generated by AI are indistinguishable from the real thing
Materials scientists warn that raw data and replication studies are needed to tackle the looming threat of near-undetectable AI fraud
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by Allan Konopka

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Dashun Wang has done a lot of interesting stuff in this area
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Book: The Science of Science — Dashun Wang
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by Allan Konopka

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From 0.09% to 0.18%
Tabloid journalism at NYT
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Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences.

Oh dear, this is not good from the NYT.

www.nytimes.com/2025...
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Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds
The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences.
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Reposted by: Allan Konopka

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Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences.

Oh dear, this is not good from the NYT.

www.nytimes.com/2025...
1/6
Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds
The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences.
www.nytimes.com
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by Allan Konopka

Reposted by: Allan Konopka, Mya Breitbart

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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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by Allan Konopka

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NB this is 🏈 only. The ‘profit’ goes to support other parts of Athletics Dept

by Allan Konopka

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Greg Chick posted this a few days ago
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by Allan Konopka

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I'll confess to knee-jerk response when admin costs are 50% (eg charities)
Do ADs (anyone?) understand NIL -- not supposed to be pay for play but everyone knows it is pay for play. Are the NIL firms just laundering the $?
Will the system totally change again in 2 years to reconcile the hypocrisy?
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by Allan Konopka

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So … Blueprint will be soliciting NIL funds ‘to help the student-athlete [sic]’ but I imagine not letting the donors know they’re pocketing 50% for themselves
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"Liberals hurl insults and demonize"

Ummm ... anyone listen to POTUS speak for more than 3 minutes???
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by Allan Konopka

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Obfuscation is a feature not a bug …

by Allan Konopka

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@markowenmartin.bsky.social
Dude, this is so up your alley

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Positive Microbiology in the Movies
How ‘Positive Microbiology’ is portrayed in commercial movies and its potential as a tool for education and engaging general audiences to counteract germaphobia. Image done with freepik.
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by Allan Konopka

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Two games a week apart: +/- 3 h = a 4% difference in rest time

by Allan Konopka

by Allan Konopka

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Darwin’s principle of natural selection operating on the progeny due to poor ‘fitness’ of the parents.

by Allan Konopka

by Allan Konopka

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And then there was Dick Butkus to the southeast at Chicago Vocational
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Might be a bit before your time but … on cross country flight I watched Becoming Led Zeppelin— a very interesting documentary on their roots
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by Allan Konopka — Reposted by: Michael Wagner

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Next up on Think Like a Microbe
🧪🧫 #philsci
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At the interface between Microbial Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
I began with the idea I would write this great piece that illuminated the interface between microbial ecology and evolution, as one where Darwin’s concepts of evolution via natural selection could be ...
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Reposted by: Allan Konopka, Gérard Govers

by Allan Konopka

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Thank you!!!

by Allan Konopka

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Because I am lazy …
Can you provide citation to higher mutation rate at low cell density?
Intrigued by ecological implications of this
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by Allan Konopka

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Yeah, just checked Tuscaloosa weather.
Mid90s all week with ~50% humidity
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by Allan Konopka

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@derekcrim.bsky.social

ICYMI …
At Alabama, HC Kalen DeBoer deliberately started practice 90 minutes late ... "We actually had it originally scheduled earlier, moved it back just to get a little more heat. It's good for us. We even conditioned at the end, did some extra work”
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