A post about how to make microscopy images as accessible as possible. quantixed.org/2026/07/21/c...

Hey @rbreich.bsky.social it’s not flying under our radar! This impacts ALL DISCRETIONARY FED FUNDS…by the @standupforscience.net team’s estimate: $1.5 TRILLION annually. That’s a big ass slush fund. Folks can take action here: fight2win.standupforscience.net

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ths is flying under the radar, but Russ Vought is advancing a new scheme to give Trump's cronies total control of nearly $179B in federal grant funds. Billions for lifesaving disaster relief and medical research would be subject to Trumpian loyalty oaths. Make no mistake: this is fascism.

If you are a scientist or someone who values current peer-reviewed science in the US, PLEASE read this guide and post a comment 🧪

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2mo ago

Our official guide to help you write a public comment on the OMB-2026-0034 is here: zurl.co/XgyzA Submit your comment and take additional actions here: zurl.co/RiDuv #StandUpForScience #OMB #Vought #SaveScience #FundScience

Jane Coffin Childs Fellow Dr. Marlis Denk-Lobnig studies bacterial neighborhoods. Bacteria usually live in tight communities, where they interact all the time. These communities are diverse, comprised of antibiotic resistant and antibiotic sensitive community members. @marlis.bsky.social 1/

Several people have asked for possible content and structure for comments regarding the proposed OMB regulations. With some suggestions from others, I have posted on example (as a Word document) for downloading). jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... I hope this is helpful.

We made it to the front of @natmicrobiol.nature.com 🤯 In this case, judging by the cover is encouraged Spatial transcriptomics maps host–gut microbiome biogeography at high resolution

Spatial transcriptomics maps host–gut microbiome biogeography at high resolution

Nature Microbiology - Bulk polyadenylation improves the capture of microbial RNA, enabling host–microorganism interactions to be visualized at a high resolution when combined with...

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Nature Microbiology@natmicrobiol.nature.com · 3mo ago

Our May issue with a focus on technological advances in microbiology is out now! Read about 🌱defence evasion by plant pathogens 🦠E. coli capsule revival 💻multiomic microbiome integration 🐁chronic chikungunya infection 🦀 bacteria in cancer immunotherapy and much more: shorturl.at/Wtzkp #MicroSky

If you’re interested in sound advice guiding science funding decisions, please sign.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Open letter calling for the reinstatement of the National Science Board. This letter is from leaders of the National Academies Note: This does not refer to the leaders on paper such as presidents of the NAS, NAM, and NAE. www.standupforscience.net/nasem-letter... @standupforscience.net

Interested in teaching your kids or students about bacteria and how they interact to collectively respond to antibiotics? The @sj4k.bsky.social worked with us to adapt our recent paper into an article to help teens think about social interactions in bacterial communities:

How do bacteria protect each other from antibiotics? - Science Journal for Kids and Teens

Researchers show how bacteria living close together form patterns, share protection, and respond to antibiotics in surprising ways.

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Excited to share our new preprint! In honor of May the 4th: a story about bacterial Clone Wars in space! Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Our last session of research talks by 3rd year Fellows is focused on microbiology and immunology. Marlis Denk-Lobnig discussed her research on microbial social relationships. Microscopy images from Denk-Lobnig and Wood, 2025 @pnas.org 1/3

Our work with Lena Takayasu and @dwmckellar.bsky.social in Iwijn De Vlaminck's lab is now out in @natmicrobiol.nature.com ! 🎉 Spatial transcriptomics maps host–gut microbiome biogeography at high resolution rdcu.be/e7i7o

Science + Art appreciators, we need your help! We're working with the E. Kensington Neighbors Assn & H.A Brown school to create a community-driven mural on the biodiversity of our Philly neighborhood! We need your help to fund this project givebutter.com/KenzoMural Here's why this is important ⬇️

H.A. Brown Elementary School Mural

By Skype a Scientist

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A quorum-sensing molecule from Pseudomonas aeruginosa induces defensive multicellularity in a coinfecting pathogen -in PNAS from @anukharelab.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A quorum-sensing molecule from Pseudomonas aeruginosa induces defensive multicellularity in a coinfecting pathogen | PNAS

Microorganisms commonly exist in polymicrobial communities, where they can respond to interspecies secreted molecules by altering behaviors and phy...

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No journal will take this commentary I wrote In October so fuck it, here it is on medium. 🍉

Interested in cell adhesion, evolution of multicellularity, or developing tools for emerging marine models? My lab at UM is hiring a postdoc, and the application is now open: 🔗 tinyurl.com/28jvu4aa If you know anyone looking for a postdoc, please pass this along!

Post Doctoral Associate - Biology

Current Employees: If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to...

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Nat Clarke@natclarke.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels! Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology? I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics. 🔗: clarkelab.com/join/ Please repost!

With ICE activity ramping up across the country, it is helpful to include as much info as possible when sharing within your community. S.A.L.U.T.E. ​Size/Strength ​Actions/Activity ​Location & Direction ​Uniform/Clothes ​Time & Date of Observation ​Equipment & Weapons #SALUTEICE 🖕

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

For a new series, Times journalists are speaking with scientists whose research has ended as a result of policy changes by the Trump administration.

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Please please please, if you are able, consider supporting Flybase fiscally. They need our help! I donated this evening. They are in danger of closing and any amount will help. We cannot allow this critical pillar of science to collapse!

FlyBase@flybase.bsky.social · 12mo ago

FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...

We need about 300 more scientists before we let teachers loose on the database! Tell your colleagues, we need ya!

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Scientists! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun! We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15 If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

#NearbyNature2025 June drawing, because I almost tripped over a skunk last night in my neighborhood🦨

🧪 Attention those with terminated grants, including for NSF, NASA, EPA, NIH, etc: Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela... Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).

#NearbyNature2025 tried to draw a silly (creepy?) firefly for May

🚨 Action alert: Two days left!! Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference. 👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees. ➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.

Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...

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Analysis of gene expression within individual cells reveals spatiotemporal patterns underlying Vibrio cholerae biofilm development @plosbiology.org from Bonnie Bassler journals.plos.org/Plosbiology/...

Analysis of gene expression within individual cells reveals spatiotemporal patterns underlying Vibrio cholerae biofilm development

Biofilms are bacterial communities that live attached to surfaces and are important for disease development. This study develops imaging technology to probe spatiotemporal patterns of Vibrio cholerae ...

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As a part of the @standupforscience.bsky.social Summer Fight for Science campaign, we want to host 1000 teach ins across the US between now and Sept 30th. Yeah, it’s a big, hairy, audacious goal. I know. Here is a running list of ideas, please scoop and do! 🧵🪡

As our intestinal microbiomes chew away at our lunch, Dr. Marlis Denk-Lobnig @marlis.bsky.social from Dr. Kevin Wood's lab at the University of Michigan tells us about bacterial communities and their social lives. These relationships are quite important in acquired drug resistance, for example. 26/

#NearbyNature a chunky groundhog for April

This is why I think it's so important and powerful for faculty and staff and leaders of colleges and universities to stand up for our work, our values, our students, and ultimately our democracy. Faculty can do a lot: 1) write a campus letter to your leaders bit.ly/CampusLetters2025 2) (cont.)

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · last yr.

US higher ed is: *an incredible tool of soft power *which generates billions, subsidizing US students *attracts the brightest people in the world to come here, and allows the US to retain the best of them For Rubio & Trump, these are problems to be fixed. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-attack...

Time to throw up a bat signal for a specific skillset for @skypeascientist.bsky.social We have a classroom that is looking for a scientist who can do a session with them in ASL. Do we know any scientists who would be willing to do a Q&A with a deaf classroom in ASL?

Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...