Anna Selmecki

Very excited to announce the 2024 Cellular & Molecular Fungal Biology GRC organised by @annaselmecki.bsky.social
& myself with theme of 'Fungal Communication' in all of its diverse forms. Check out speakers & program using QR code below.

Wanted to share this fantastic video featuring @caitlinkowa.bsky.social that was produced as part of her L'Oréal For Women in Science award. A great way to inspire future fellows and women in STEM. #microsky 🦠 🧫 www.loreal.com/en/usa/video...

Amazing news, congrats!!

NIH awards $9M for Indigenous-led tribal data repository to improve In an effort to improve the health of tribal communities and Indigenous people, the National Institutes of Health has awarded $9 million in funding for Native scientists at Arizona State University

The NIH has awarded $9M for our Indigenous-led Tribal data repository to improve Indigenous health. This represents a major move for Indigenous data sovereignty. I am proud to be site PI at ASU with NativeBio (@nativebio.bsky.social), UWisc, Ohio State, UW, UCSC. news.asu.edu/20231206-nih...

Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Biology University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!

I am *thrilled* to finally announce that our department is hiring an Evolutionary Biologist. We are esp looking genetic/genomic expertise, and those who can help us build a more equitable biology community at UCSB. Please apply by Jan 15! recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02635 #unicornjob

CDC doesn't yet have a Bluesky presence, so I'm sharing their Twitter post about my son JJ, whose sudden death in 2020 was likely caused by a "mild" influenza infection. Please get vaccinated ASAP to help prevent more deaths like JJ's. ❤️💉
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Long-term care facilities see far more A. baumannii and C. auris BOSTON — Mechanically ventilated patients in long-term care facilities are far more likely to be colonized by Acinetobacter baumannii and Candida auris than those in acute-care facilities, a stu...

While we still need to keep on working to limit COVID transmission, don't forget about other microbial pathogens. Two stories here on Acinetobacter baumannii to keep an eye on

www.healio.com/news/infecti...

and a press release about another paper:
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Evelyn Fox Keller, Who Turned a Feminist Lens on Science, Dies at 87 Trained as a physicist and biologist, she argued that science had become gendered, with a narrow masculine framework that distorted inquiry.

www.nytimes.com/2023/09/30/s...

Several faculty positions open at Cal State Univ - Long Beach, including in Genetics and an Urban Ecologist. www.csulb.edu/academic-aff...