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people who work and invest in AI frequently ask me why their work polls so badly
(Please if you test your dog's pawedness report back with their name and photo, we want to know!)
I just returned from two back-to-back conferences. Students, I noticed that a lot of your slide decks had an oddly similar layout structure and I was able to confirm in conversations that these were AI-generated/assisted. Some thought about this for your own professional development: 🧵
Delighted to be a part of this Phage Therapy P01 network, as the CAPT program at the University of Pittsburgh led by @dariavantyne.bsky.social @ including WRAIR, Intralytics and many Pittsburgh colleagues. We are part of Project 1 “Find the Phage” which will include evolving better phages.
I’m at the Science and Society Lecture. Last chance for shirts! #ASMicrobe #MicroSky 🔬🦠🧪
Friends and supporters, please come by and say hello! I’m next to the AEM Hub at the end of Aisle 2100. #ASMicrobe #MicroSky 🔬🧪🦠
Friends and supporters, please come by and say hello! I’m next to the AEM Hub at the end of Aisle 2100. #ASMicrobe #MicroSky 🔬🧪🦠
Slight change of location. I’m at the tables next to the AEM Hub (Aisle 2100). #ASMicrobe #MicroSky 🔬🦠🧪
#ASMicrobe folks! Support our peer-mentoring program and then come find me and get a shirt! I’ll be in the exhibit hall near the ATCC booth around 1 PM! #MicroSky 🧪🦠🔬
Before you head home from #ASMicrobe, make 1 more stop: the ASM Store at the ASM Booth! Pick up exclusive ASM-branded apparel and merch to carry a piece of the conference with you. Find us on the expo floor—we'd love to see you!
Today’s the day #ASMicrobe - go see @agrawalsneha.bsky.social at her poster!
Excited to be presenting at #ASMicrobe for the first time! I’m making some mini linocut prints for the occasion—stop by my poster if you’d like to grab one and learn about my work investigating how interactions with Drosophila shape Pseudomonas populations: MECH-SUN-554, June 7, 12:30-1:30pm
Goff Lab posters are out at #ASMicrobe today! At 12:30 in the Health area, Isaac presents a poster on microplastic microbiomes (#287). At 3, Linda and Khulan will share how we have been studying tellurium speciation in microbial cultures in the AEM area (#629).
I’m at AEM-402 - Long-term Dynamics of Environmental Microbiomes for the morning. Should be great! #ASMcrobe
#ASMicrobe folks! Support our peer-mentoring program and then come find me and get a shirt! I’ll be in the exhibit hall near the ATCC booth around 1 PM! #MicroSky 🧪🦠🔬
I have glow in the dark stickers this year! Come say hello! #ASMicrobe
Come say hello at the Career Catalyst Hub on Aisle 1400! #ASMicrobe
Absolutely loving all of the goodies that come along with #ASMicrobe. Gathering lots of trinkets to bring home to my students! 🤓
Reunited with @canda007.bsky.social Williams!! I always love talking tech with you, I hope you can visit us at UMaine in the fall for a Nanopore sequencing workshop with @alexandrasacco.bsky.social and me !!
As science funding shifts, researchers are exploring careers beyond academia. Join the #ASMicrobe session “Thriving in Science Outside Academia: Strategies for a Changing Landscape” (12–1 p.m. ET) to hear from STEM professionals who’ve made the leap: asm.social/2XM
Our glow-in-the-dark stickers from StickerApp do not mess about! No filter or long exposure! #ASMicrobe
Also starting at 9:15 at the Lounge and Learn right outside the entrance to the exhibit hall! #ASMicrobe
Be sure to check out the Industry and Science presentation from our sponsor, ATCC: ATCC finder identifies commercially available ATCC strains based on sequence and keyword queries. 11:00 AM-11:45 AM (ET) in Theater B. #ASMicrobe #MicroSky 🦠🔬🧪
While at #ASMicrobe today, look for folks with buttons and stickers with this logo. Often it’s their first-time to the meeting or they’re coming alone so please take some time to talk to them about their work and welcome them to the great community we have in @asm.org #MicroSky 🧪🔬🦠
The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪
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Be sure to check out the Industry and Science presentation from our sponsor, ATCC: ATCC finder identifies commercially available ATCC strains based on sequence and keyword queries. 11:00 AM-11:45 AM (ET) in Theater B. #ASMicrobe #MicroSky 🦠🔬🧪
Come for the science, get bonus cool sci art! Check out the very talented @broderickflylab.bsky.social grad student Sneha’s poster at #ASMicrobe! MECH-SUN-554 June 7 12:30-1:30.
Excited to be presenting at #ASMicrobe for the first time! I’m making some mini linocut prints for the occasion—stop by my poster if you’d like to grab one and learn about my work investigating how interactions with Drosophila shape Pseudomonas populations: MECH-SUN-554, June 7, 12:30-1:30pm
Hear from Peter Hotez, Stephen Polyak and Joshua Schiffer at Prevention and Therapy for Viral Infections at ASM Microbe 2026. Join this timely discussion on antiviral strategies for emerging viral threats. Not registered? It's not too late! asm.org/events/asm-m... #ASMicrobe