Killian Campbell
@kdc509.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Lang Lab, University of Minnesota PhD in the Barber lab, UOregon Biology Microbial evolution and drug resistance https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Z-KToTMAAAAJ&hl=en
BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE.
James Talarico@jamestalarico.bsky.social · 5d agoA 5-year-old Texan just spent the first day of school in an ICE detention center. ICE kidnapped Liam Tadeo on his way to a soccer game with his dad. Liam should be in kindergarten. Instead, our government has thrown him in a prison camp hundreds of miles from home.
I wrote a blog post about writing a grant but realized that I should also share the news that I got a permanent job in France! I will stay in Montpellier at @isemevol.bsky.social. 😁 abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/a...
A blog about a grant proposal but first some good news
I got a permanent research job in France! Starting in October I will be a CNRS researcher (directeur de recherche), which means I can spend all my time on research here in Montpellier at the ISEM i…
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@selmamhm.bsky.social Shows how a Type I CRISPRi module targeted to the leading strand can replace the actions of a guanine quadruplex and small RNA R-loop in Neisseria pilin antigenic variation. doi.org/10.1128/mbio... #evolution #mevoSky #evoSky #microSky #scienceSky
CRISPRi targeting to the Neisseria gonorrhoeae R-loop or G4 mutant region restores pilin antigenic variation | mBio
Neisseria’s pilin antigenic variation remains one of the most sophisticated DNA diversification processes in bacteria, yet the trigger that initiates recombination remains unclear. Here, we show that ...
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NIH “Director” Jay Bhattacharya keeps talking about how he is going to restore trust in public health. So what has happened since he began his role on April 1, 2025? Trust in public health has *plummeted*. The rest of us would be fired for such poor performance. He is an absolute disgrace.
NIH head quarrels with CBS host over loss in public trust on health issues
Jay Bhattacharya's interview ended up similar in tone to the one with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week on CNN.
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SNAP has an outstanding ROI: every dollar we invest in SNAP generates $1.54 in economic activity. With SNAP cuts, people can’t continue to support these local grocers, so local businesses suffer. Everyone loses.
public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 4w agothis is an actual problem
The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.
These hearing were meant to entrap Dr. Fauci so that Rand Paul could accuse him of perjury. That was what was happening in that room. Rand Paul makes HUAC's Senator Joseph McCarthy look like Mother Teresa. Paul is a nasty piece of work. He's targeting Fauci because he dared call him out.
Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 25 days in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave, is now getting all three.
Long story from @aniloza.bsky.social at STAT on the proposed OMB regulations. www.statnews.com/2026/07/08/t... 1/2
Trump administration pursues more durable changes to science policy after setbacks in court
The White House has proposed sweeping changes to the bedrock regulation undergirding all federal contracts, empowering the executive branch to direct research, terminate grants, and external scientifi...
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Happy that this is out! Pyocyanin produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa promotes antibiotic resistance evolution in enterococci.
Pyocyanin produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa creates legacy effects that promote antibiotic resistance evolution in enterococci | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Bacterial infections may consist of different species that together form a polymicrobial community, as is the case in urinary tract infections (UTIs) (1–3). The response to antibiotic treatment of such polymicrobial infections may be affected by metabolic interactions among community members that affect the survival and resistance evolution of specific members (4–7). For example, β-lactamase-producing strains may cross-protect community members against β-lactams (8, 9), and antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli strains producing the signal molecule indole may induce antibiotic tolerance via enhanced efflux in susceptible bacteria (10). Previous research of polymicrobial UTIs has shown that interactions between UTI members can alter the growth, antibiotic tolerance, and evolvability of antibiotic resistance of other community members (7, 11, 12). Yet, the nature of interactions affecting the evolvability of antibiotic resistance is often unknown.
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Marjon de Vos@lizscurious.bsky.social · 9mo agoNew preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Russell Vought is an evil man. This plan is nothing short of a personal take-over of federal grant making. It will affect ALL of us. Political commissars will now be in charge of all agencies, reporting to him. But we are not powerless. See what you can do below. 1/ www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Russell Vought’s Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify You
A proposed new rule changing the way the federal government hands out money could be absolutely devastating for every single person in this country.
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BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.
Been wondering why NSF isn't spending most of its FY26 appropriation? A $1.5B tech initiative may be the reason. And big cuts to hundreds of research programs could be just the beginning of the bad news. www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say
Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year
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You’re not a bad person if you drive a car, live in the suburbs, or eat meat in a society designed to make these the easiest option for most people. We need to make it just as easy to live sustainably, which requires political will and public investment.
Powerful piece from two former NIH staffers www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
The 3-Pronged Attack on Scientific Communication (opinion)
At the NIH, political appointees exercise extensive control over scientific communication, and research on health communication is under siege.
insidehighered.com
I choose to work towards a future where the very idea of a trillionaire is considered an abject moral failing of society and nothing more. (Especially this cunt.)
apparently the Mexican government has backed a new super cheap EV van, 100 percent made in Mexico, that looks sick as hell www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Sheinbaum Unveils Affordable EV Prototype Backed by Government
An electric vehicle startup backed by the Mexican government unveiled its first prototype in a ceremony featuring President Claudia Sheinbaum, who praised the project as an affordable mobility option ...
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"We routinely debate whether college is worth it based on earnings... When we consider whether college is worth it, we are really asking a much deeper question: What helps people build meaningful, healthy and fulfilling lives?" www.seattletimes.com/opinion/when...
When we ask if college is 'worth it,' we're asking the wrong question | Op-Ed
Many challenges we face today are not failures of information. They are failures of trust, communication and community, things higher education helps cultivate.
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Holden Thorp is an institutionalist. He's been a university chancellor, provost, now EiC of Science. When institutionalists pull the fire alarm, we listen, because the call to action he issued this week exposes the dire nature of the threat we are facing. 1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Another red alert for American science
Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...
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We all complain about headlines on here, so we should be ready to praise this one, which gets it exactly right (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u...
White House Seeks to Impose Political Test on Billions in Federal Grants
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“The Forest Service’s FY 2027 budget request would eliminate about 800 of the Forest Service’s 1,110 research scientist positions.” federalnewsnetwork.com/reorganizati...
Forest Service offers separation incentives to employees ahead of relocations | Federal News Network
The Forest Service’s chief says the agency’s decisionmaking "has gravitated away from local forests" as the agency has grown in size.
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Russell Vought has a plan for science, but so do we. Join the fight by joining our Emergency Science Meeting AND taking action against the latest OMB grant funding proposal here 👉 zurl.co/NWZp0 Donate to our fight here 👉 zurl.co/muvwU
postdoc alert 🚨! NIH-funded postdoc in my lab to work on Ancestral Recombination Graphs in space. Please spread the word widely in your networks, and please reach out if you're interested! (2-3yr position, start date flexible, pay/benefits good!). details here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
recruitment
Multiple positions available: Postdoc PhD students
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🚨Faculty job search: University of Illinois Chicago Micro & Immuno department is hiring! Open rank and open area within host-pathogen interactions. Apply by May 31 to join us in UI College of Medicine in the heart of Chicago! uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Easy link for comment submission: www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... Also send a copy to your congresspeople!
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 3mo agoCalling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB 2026-10817)
What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice
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