Interested in aging research? We're hiring a Research Technician to help manage our fly lab at Tufts HNRCA in Boston. Responsibilities include managing fly stocks, supervising undergraduates, and supporting studies of behavior, genetics, and healthy aging. Apply here: jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/23747?l...
Always wanted to fix microbial cells while still enabling downstream DNA sequencing?
Try the new microbial fixative: DSP
Preprint is out! doi.org/10.64898/202...
Huge thanks to my collaborators @kennethwasmund.bsky.social & @loyteam.bsky.social & supervisors @sjmcilroy.bsky.social & Gene Tyson!
🦠Meet ISME Host Microbe, ISME’s new fully open access journal!
In the launch editorial, discover why an ecological perspective on host–microbe interactions matters, from microbiomes and health to ecosystem function.
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#MicrobialEcology @nabroderick.bsky.social
Language matters. Authors, editors, and reviewers endorsed these metaphors for aging in women. We experience this daily in the workplace. We are exhausted not because of our ovaries but because of ageism and misogyny
there is a legitimate through line between devaluing women as students and devaluing women as faculty in academia
🧪My Dept at University of Maryland College Park is searching for an Assistant Professor Tenure-track Faculty Position in Immunology/Cell Biology using innovative imaging, molecular, genetic, and/or multiomics-based approaches. Deadline Dec. 2. Great department, wonderful university. Pls Repost!
One mural costs 325 tote bag or t shirt sales.
Or 283 advent calendars.
Or 1625 stickers.
I want to make more biodiversity murals in 2027…have you visited our shop lately?
Please give us tart, crisp apples, not more of the sweet honey crisp inspired varieties.
The latest from the Schloss Lab is a collaboration with @balunaslab.bsky.social. If you've been a fan of mothur and wished there something like it for MS/MS data, I present mums2! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
PSA: For anyone writing a recommendation for the NSF grad fellowship this year, recs are due on Fri Oct 16, 8pm Eastern, cleverly *before* the actual application deadline. This tidbit isn't on the NSFGRF front page anymore; it's buried inside the program solicitation:
To me, if you plan to vote, there's no reason to vote on "official" election day if your state has early voting. Get it out of the way and keep it moving.
JOB: The @psumbiome.bsky.social mission is to accelerate microbiome science by bringing curiosity and creativity to the vital next steps of the field. This mission requires fast paced execution; and we celebrate meaningful work from self-starters.
This just dropped! A fun conversation about the coral holobiont with @markowenmartin.bsky.social in his podcast #MattersMicrobial Thank you so much for the invite! youtu.be/sO_TPJAHfWM?...
Early career faculty? #FreemanHrabowski Scholar applications open Nov. 3! In the words of current Scholar Claudia Moreno (@uwdeptmedicine.bsky.social), “Don’t think twice — apply." Register now to check your eligibility, preview the application, unlock additional resources, & more: bit.ly/fhs26.
Purdue University is hiring:
Assistant Professor in Aquatic Biology
Be our 2027 ISME Host Microbe cover photo! Deadline Nov 4!
Public comment is open until Nov 9 (www.regulations.gov/commenton/IC...) on the proposed rule to charge universities up to $100,000 per international student in post-graduation Optional Practical Training ($70k initial fee + $30k for 2 year renewal for STEM trainees) www.science.org/content/arti...
🔬 Share your research at FEMS MICRO 2027, whether as a poster display, flash talk, or session talk; there is a place for your work.
Submit by 15 Dec for the opportunity to present in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5-8 July 2027.
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Excited to share a new minireview from my lab led by @anyawoj.bsky.social and Melissa Shinfuku. We highlight how multiple variants of a single bacterial species can coexist in the human body and how this impacts human health.
It's happening! NYUGSM Microbiology is hiring and I'd love to see more bacteriology here! Please repost and spread the word!
