BREAKING: I’m filing a motion that seeks the release of the Justice Department’s sealed affidavit in the case involving the FBI’s raid of Fulton County elections.
Read the full motion and more about why this document must be unsealed below.
www.american-doom.com/p/breaking-a...
Have any of my followers implemented a "flipped classroom" for an upper division Environmental Micro (or related) course? I am planning a re-work for my current class for next fall and considering a flipped modality.
5 common stormwater management principles that apply to daily life:
restore.
stabilize.
let things soak in.
think outside the channel.
meander more.
Hey, I'm recruiting for up to two funded PhD positions in #mycology or community #ecology. Please share!
Good stipend, lovely location in the woods near the beach. Field, lab, and computational projects. Seeking wide interests and bold ideas!
Lab: gzahn.github.io
Apply:
forms.gle/jK7bJkyrTAUH...
it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know
this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science
Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.
I get to do the "I'm pleased to announce" thing!
Durham University has offered me the the position of Assistant Professor in Theoretical Biological (Microbiome) Modelling with the SMART soils lab to help create healthier soils across many environments and spanning multiple disciplines!
From left to right, Dr. Albert Mulenga, William Tae Heung Kim, Dr. Thu Thuy Nguyen, Dr. Alex Kiarie Gaithuma, Dr Hassan Hakimi and Emily Bencosme Cuevas. Kim is a Texas A&M researcher who was detained in San Francisco last Monday despite being a permanent resident of the United States and a green card holder. COURTESY OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
3. GREENHOUSE GASSES
Metabolic differences between “pits” (i.e., less water usage) and “tanks” (i.e., more water usage) indicate that methanogens more actively convert organic matter to methane in the more dilute wastewater in septic tanks.
2. PROPERTIES OF WASTEWATER
Differences in communities were related to volumes of water usage, properties of wastewater in containments (e.g., total organic carbon, total kjeldahl nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen, pH), metrics of stabilization and metrics of dewatering performance.
1. CORE COMMUNITIES
There was a core community in Lusaka, with 104 of the 1,247 identified genera present in more than 90% of "pits" and "tanks". Community similarity was independent of time since last emptied, indicating stability of microbial communities over time.
We continue to learn more about the non-sewered sanitation systems that more than 3.5 billion people rely on... we cast a wide net across Lusaka, with 135 randomly selected containments (i.e., “pits” and “tanks” used to store wastewater, until it can be transported to treatment)
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Crispy leaves
New tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
Los Angeles is multicultural. Angelenos understand how Mexicans who are 100% American can celebrate pride and freedom by waving Mexican flags.
We get it. Nothing can be more American than waving a flag representing your heritage.
No confederate flags, no fascist flags, all others are welcome.
🚨 Job alert! The One Health Microbiome Center at Penn State is hiring a Research Technologist — perfect for early-career pros into microbiome science, education, & science storytelling. 📚🧬 Apply now! tinyurl.com/3erfudrb
U of T is considering late applications from prospective undergrads for Sept 2025 "to support students who are newly exploring U of T and facing unexpected challenges in their post-secondary education."
US student visas being one "unexpected challenge," I imagine
future.utoronto.ca/apply/applyi...
Brutal. Seeing the US science budget cuts in terms of the fall in numbers of postdocs and postgrads really hammers home how utterly tragic this is. Unbelievable.
✨ Job Alert: Bioinformatician & Data Manager ✨
Support our research on milk, microbiomes and maternal & infant health!
📍Remote (within Canada) or In-person
💵 $74K–$107K + benefits
⏱️ Full Time
🎓 MSc & 4+ yrs experience req'd
Apply at: umanitoba.ca/careers/ (#38485)
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NEORSD
NEORSD Max *crumples paper*
NEORSD Go *crumples paper*
NEORSD+ *crumples paper*
NEORSD 360 *crumples paper*
NEORSD Prime *crumples paper*
NEORSD The Deuce *pauses, crumples paper*
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We'll also go over nuts and bolts stuff, like how to get in contact with our colleagues in middle and high schools (hint: talk to them early!), how to bridge the languages secondary and higher education, how to navigate ethics approval, and how to disseminate the lesson plans widely.
At the end of the workshop you'll have at least one 'nugget' for the core of a lesson plan or outreach activity, aligned to educational standards, which uses your real-world research as an engagement hook.
We'll support interested participants in continuing to flesh things out to a full activity.
Did you ever want to use your research to hook secondary school students on microbes and poo water?
I'm running a workshop at the upcoming #MeWe11 conference on finding relevant curriculum standards, combine them with your research to create learning objectives, and develop content around all that.
Please support my students kickstarter to finish an educational wastewater video game we started building!
I taught an interdisciplinary capstone class video game where programmers, artists, sound designers, and education students could work together!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/que...
Hello #AEESP members,
The #Master's Degree #Scholarships offered by the #Environmental #Engineering and #Science #Foundation, the Deadline for applications was extended to June 2, 2025. Application website: www.eesfoundation.org/scholarship/
A screenshot of an eductional website. On the left is a menu bar with different microbial topics. The main screen has an image of a simulated biofilm and text introducing students tot he topic. Some of the key terms are underlined, indicating the students can mouse over for more definitions.
Just sent off my poster to the printers for #Microbio25 Things are getting real.
If you're at all interested in learning how you can turn your research into outreach for secondary schools (and YES, you can) I'll be in the Block A poster section (poster A303)
The Early Bird Registration for the IWA's #MEWE11 conference is now extended to March 21, 2025! Secure your spot at the lowest rates.
mewe11.ce.gatech.edu/registration/
#WaterEngineering #microbialecology #microbiomeengineering #water #sustainability
New to bluesky - would appreciate a "retweet" please, so I can find everyone from twitter.
Fewer teachers signed up for Skype a Scientist this February than the last few Februarys. Could be lots of reasons for that, but ugh. Still bums me out. It's my responsibility to make sure we get people connected with science but teacher outreach is VERY hard. Once again I need to get creative.
Although we are not federally funded for this summer, WE WILL STILL RUN The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP) in 2025. We remain committed to the work that needs to be done and will continue to meet people where they are. 1/4 nsurp.org
