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Mónica Medina is a professor of organismal biology at the Pennsylvania State University. She is known for environmental activism, such… more

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Environmental science 47%
Biology 19%
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We examined Oxford Nanopore 16S amplicon sequencing as a tool for recovering marine microbial communities and we are pleased with the results! Check out our preprint 🌎🧪🧬🌊🖥️🦠https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.20.676612v2.abstract
Evaluation of full-length 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing using Oxford Nanopore Technologies for diversity surveys of understudied microbiomes
1. The use of long-read sequencing using portable Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) is becoming increasingly popular in the study of host-associated microbiomes. However, its application has not yet...
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by Mónica Medina

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Work on reef paleoecology? Join our session "Reefs through time: leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems" at the 2026 International Coral Reef Symposium

📆Abstract deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗https://www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abstracts
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by Mónica Medina

momedinamunoz.bsky.social
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by Mónica Medina

momedinamunoz.bsky.social
The situation is dire for coral reefs worldwide. We need to stop Carbon emissions NOW! 🧪🪸🌎🌐🌊 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
Corals Won’t Survive a Warmer Planet, a New Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
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by Mónica Medina

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by Mónica Medina

momedinamunoz.bsky.social
We had a great thinkathon for the future directions of UCLA’s Center for Tropical Research! @ucla-ctr.bsky.social 🧪🌎🪸🌿
Dr. Felipe Zapata presenting why it is important to study and protect the tropics
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by Mónica Medina

momedinamunoz.bsky.social
Looking forward to attending and presenting on
"coral bacterial pangenomes in the Anthropocene: at this conference in beautiful Valencia, Spain www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025 Join us! 🧪🪸🦠🧬🖥️
PANGENOME2025
The biology of prokaryotic cells is directly dependent on the differential gene pools that characterize each cell or strain. This has been a fundamental aspect of epidemiology for delimiting outbreaks...
www.alocongress.com
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by Mónica Medina

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by Stefan Rahmstorf — Reposted by: Mónica Medina

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We’re filling the atmosphere with CO2 like a bathtub with water. Most of it stays for millennia.
That is why the cumulative emissions (the total amount, as pictured here) and not yearly emissions determine the amount of #globalwarming.
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🚨Job alert 🚨
The University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science (Rosenstiel) and Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) are looking for an omics lab manager 🧬
careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
Research Associate II in Miami, Florida, United States of America | Research at University of Miami
Apply for Research Associate II job with University of Miami in Miami, Florida, United States of America. Research at University of Miami
careers.miami.edu
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Reposted by: Mónica Medina

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The Trump administration is trying to fire two high ranking women at once. And there are no news articles on this angle. Get it together y'all.
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by Mónica Medina

momedinamunoz.bsky.social
We had a successful field trip collecting Siderastrea siderea coral cores for ancient DNA research, one of them appears to be on ver 100 years old. Colombian Caribbean.🌎🧪🦠🌊🪸🦑🌐
Siderastrea siderea colony from Isla Rosario at 1 m depth. Colony appears to be over 100 years old. Something increasingly unusual in the Caribbean. Coral core of Siderastrea siderea collected for sclerochronology and ancient DNA research
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Reposted by: Mónica Medina, Elena Litchman

coralreefresearch.bsky.social
GREAT OPPORTUNITY: Coral Program Internship (NOAA, AOML) – Miami, Florida

Send CV and cover letter to both [email protected] and [email protected]

Learn more here: www.thecoralreefresearchhub.com/082120250700...

#coralreefs #intern #internship #coralintern #coral #careers
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Reposted by: Mónica Medina, Nicole Dubilier

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📢#TMHMS25 is just around the corner! 🦠🌊

Join us to dive into the latest discoveries in #marinehostmicrobesymbioses and explore how microbial superpowers can contribute to restoring ocean health!

Please share with fellow marine science and microbiology enthusiasts!
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Reposted by: Mónica Medina

standupforscience.bsky.social
The Pentagon reversed plans to cut off critical military satellite data used for hurricane forecasting.

The data, vital for tracking storm intensification, will keep flowing through Sept 2026 after experts warned losing it could delay life‑saving alerts.

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NOAA will continue receiving weather data from Navy satellites after sudden reversal
After announcing it would lose access to key weather satellite data, NOAA will retain access, the agency said in a statement.
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by Gernot Wagner — Reposted by: Mónica Medina, Gernot Wagner

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Econ 101: bad news for solar & wind, no 2 ways about it.

Political Econ 101: Shows how solar & wind are winning, to make these sorts of roadblocks necessary to protect fossil fuel profits.

Clear signs of a the death thrall of the fossil fuel age

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Interior Order Chokes Off Permits for Solar and Wind on Federal Lands
The department creates a seemingly impossible new permitting criteria for renewable energy.
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by Mónica Medina

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Reposted by: Mónica Medina, Katharine Hayhoe, Steven J. Cooke

whysharksmatter.bsky.social
My paper "Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should" is formally published in an issue.

It's a how-to guide to using Bluesky, the first ever published in the scientific literature! 🧪🦑🌎🐟

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Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should
ABSTRACT. Social media tools have revolutionized how people communicate with one another. A 2018 paper in Fisheries summarized the use of Twitter, Facebook
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by Nancy­ Knowlton­ — Reposted by: Mónica Medina, Julie L. Lockwood

nancyknowlton.bsky.social
Thank you for this - giving up is not an option! yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/07/its-...
‘It’s not over’: An open letter to David Suzuki » Yale Climate Connections
The famed scientist and environmentalist recently said the fight against climate change is over. That’s not honest realism – it’s depressing cynicism.
yaleclimateconnections.org
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by A. E. Dessler — Reposted by: Mónica Medina, Michael E. Mann, Richard S.J. Tol , and 20 more

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🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨

Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.

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DOE climate report response form
We are collecting names to assemble a writing team to respond to the DOE climate working group report. If you'd like to contribute, enter your info below. At this point, there is no guarantee what we'll do (if anything), but we want to keep our options open by collecting names. If you have any further questions, feel free to email me. We are primarily looking for Ph.D. scientists at universities or government labs in appropriate fields. I realize that this will exclude some qualified people and I apologize, but we felt this was necessary for a variety of reasons.
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Reposted by: Mónica Medina, Katharine Hayhoe, Nicola J. Cooper , and 1 more

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Wow

Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions

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Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
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Reposted by: Mónica Medina

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

doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
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Reposted by: Mónica Medina, Simon Roux, Elena Litchman , and 3 more

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Kenyon is hiring a TT microbiologist! Please share widely. I’m the search chair & am happy to answer any questions. careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...
Kenyon College - Details - Assistant Professor of Biology (Tenure-Track)
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Reposted by: Mónica Medina, Archon Fung

nikobowie.bsky.social
An email from Harvard University President Alan Garber to the university community, titled "The Promise of American Higher Education," links to the DOJ's letter and Harvard's response:

www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

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Dear Members of the Harvard Community, For three-quarters of a century, the federal government has awarded grants and contracts to Harvard and other universities to help pay for work that, along with investments by the universities themselves, has led to groundbreaking innovations across a wide range of medical, engineering, and scientific fields. These innovations have made countless people in our country and throughout the world healthier and safer. In recent weeks, the federal government has threatened its partnerships with several universities, including Harvard, over accusations of antisemitism on our campuses. These partnerships are among the most productive and beneficial in American history. New frontiers beckon us with the prospect of life-changing advances—from treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and diabetes, to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, quantum science and engineering, and numerous other areas of possibility. For the government to retreat from these partnerships now risks not only the health and well-being of millions of individuals but also the economic security and vitality of our nation. Late Friday night, the administration issued an updated and expanded list of demands, warning that Harvard must comply if we intend to “maintain [our] financial relationship with the federal government.” It makes clear that the intention is not to work with us to address antisemitism in a cooperative and constructive manner. Although some of the demands outlined by the government are aimed at combating antisemitism, the majority represent direct governmental regulation of the “intellectual conditions” at Harvard. I encourage you to read the letter to gain a fuller understanding of the unprecedented demands being made by the federal government to control the Harvard community. They include requirements to “audit” the viewpoints of our student body, faculty, staff, and to “reduc[e] the power” of certain students, faculty, and …
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Reposted by: Mónica Medina

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Global mean sea surface temperature anomalies (departure from average) so far this year ➡️ 2nd highest on record

Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 averaged over January to June.
Green line graph time series of average sea surface temperature anomalies for each January to June period from 1900 through 2025. There is large interannual variability, but an overall long-term increasing trend. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1981-2010 baseline.
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by Mónica Medina

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📢 Full PhD scholarship for a Maldivian citizen!
Study marine science between Italy and the Maldives with UniMiB + MaRHE Center.
Deadline: July 24, 12:00 CEST.
Apply: en.unimib.it/study/doctor...
#PhD #MarineScience #Maldives
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Reposted by: Mónica Medina

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Could it POSSIBLY be that some US lawmakers are poised to reject huge cuts that have been proposed by the Trump administration to the National Science Foundation, NASA and other agencies ???
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts
Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies.
www.nature.com
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Reposted by: Mónica Medina

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🌿 Attention botanists, mycologists, and plant enthusiasts! 🧪
The Bentham-Moxon Trust is funding plant & fungal research, expeditions, travel + more. Visitor grant open internationally 🌍
🗓 Apply by 30 Sept
🔗https://www.kew.org/about-us/who-we-are/bentham-moxon-trust
Bentham-Moxon Trust
The mission of Bentham-Moxon Trust is to provide financial support for plant and fungal collection, research and education that further the work of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
www.kew.org
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