RIP to the UC Davis Stable Isotope Facility. Sent many samples there and they were always professional and did excellent analyses. I hope that all the staff are able to find secure positions. RIP SIF.
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)
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I study tiny cells with global impacts. I work to diversify and democratize science. #notinourname #stopthegenocide #goodtrouble
We have a bunch of MAGs sitting in GenBank queues for many months. I run all MAGs through PGAP so they’re BLAST-able & assigned accessions, which I refer to when discussing genes in MAGs in papers. This has ground to a halt w/ NCBI processing delays in recent years. Is there anyway to expedite this?
Update: NSF is requesting comment on the Guidance on Financial Assistance (GFA, to replace the PAPPG). The GFA is available here: www.regulations.gov/document/NSF... - disallowing publication costs. Comments due August 24. Submit comments here: www.regulations.gov/document/NSF...
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OUR WORK IS NOT DONE. In unusual move, NSF issued a request for information on plan to conform grant policies to the proposed (unfinalized) OMB rule. Plan includes changes to grant termination provisions & disallowing publication costs. Comments due August 24. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; National Science Foundation Proposal/Award Information-NSF Guidance on Financial Assistance
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to renew and revise its collection for its financial assistance policies and procedures. In accordance with the requirements of the Paper...
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Happy birthday to brilliant trailblazing US #geologist & prof Florence Bascom (1862-1945) 👩🏼🔬🐡🧪⚒️ #histsci who championed women’s education, & used polarizing microscopes for detailed petrographic analysis to show that rocks previously identified as sedimentary were in fact metamorphosed volcanic 🧵
@academyhealth.bsky.social has a nice how to here: ahsituationreport.substack.com/p/the-commen...
The Comment Period That Could Define Federal Research for a Generation
Submit a comment on a new proposed rule that would introduce ideological constraints to federally funded research by July 13.
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Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.
“We extract your elements to make Cannons and bombs but out of Our elements you create lilies and roses How patient you are Earth, and how merciful!” - Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist
“The U.S. National Science Foundation X-Labs (NSF X-Labs) initiative is designed to launch and scale a new generation of organizations focused on independent research, development and innovation.” We have those, thanks, they’re called universities and national laboratories.
This is horrible. USF marine science colleagues will need a lot of community support in coming weeks. My heart goes out to lose who lost their labs and samples.
Amelia Shevenell@ashevenell.bsky.social · 3mo agoSo this happened today. My office, lab, husbands office, lab… students offices… not great. Tough times ahead
Microbial methane researchers, we welcome feedback on our new preprint "Anaerobic methane oxidation by ANME-2a at two molar chloride in Orca Basin" and a potential new halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterial partner, available here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
My School at Georgia Tech is hiring an Academic Professional with a start date as soon as July 1, $90-100k/yr salary, must hold PhD in meterology or related field. This is a non-tenure track, lab-coordiantion and teaching position.
I had the honor of reading an ARC of "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy" by @berondam.bsky.social. It is an excellent and very moving fusion of science, history, and memoir. It comes out Tuesday. I highly recommend it. #WhenTreesTestify
Thanks @sciam.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about the importance of Wikipedia and the role students can play in improving articles.
Scientific American@sciam.bsky.social · 7mo ago“Wikipedia isn’t this Wild West of information, where anyone can just put anything. There are people holding what is there accountable,” a science librarian told Scientific American to mark the 25th birthday of the website.
As we prepare for AGU 2025, we want to make sure that first time attendees in the Biogeosciences section feel welcome to and supported in a sometimes overwhelming conference. Sign up to BE a BUDDY (forms.gle/vAYFRHRN3gB9...)! Sign up to GET a BUDDY (forms.gle/UXPB5Ku5qG1e...)!
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“Texas A&M University System regents voted Thursday to limit how instructors may discuss matters like gender identity and race ideology in classrooms, tightening the rules in a conservative state where debates over academic freedom have flared for months.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
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Environmental microbiology folks - let's discuss! I worry about repercussions of this massive removal. We use UniProt tools to look for gene neighborhoods even on small contigs in low quality MAGs and metagenomes in UniProt. This would take that function away?
EMBL-EBI@ebi.embl.org · 9mo agoUniProt is changing its reference proteomes resource. Reference proteomes will remain in UniProtKB, while others will move to UniParc. Read more about these changes: www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u... 🧬 🖥️ Uniprot is a collaboration between EMBL-EBI, @sib.swiss & the Protein Information Resource.
Huge deal! Democrats—with strong climate credentials—edge toward control of Georgia’s giant energy system
Joe@electionsjoe.bsky.social · 9mo agoOH MY GOD, DDHQ CALLS IT AND DEMS FLIP BOTH STATEWIDE ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA
📣 New bacterial order name change alert! 🦠 The uncultivated alphaproteobacterial order (formerly TMED127) is now "Methylaequorales" in @seqcode.bsky.social 📝 New AEM paper on these marine methylotrophs: journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10.... 🙏 Special thanks @rodriguez-r.bsky.social & SeqCode team
Diel cycle of lanthanide-dependent methylotrophy by TMED127/Methylaequorales bacteria in oligotrophic surface seawater
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This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥 We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪 Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
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Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)@methanojen.bsky.social · 10mo agoA reminder to please support non-profit publishers. It’s good for science and scientists. It’s a responsible use of taxpayer dollars. It requires resisting peer pressure to submit to Nature journals. Thanks @bacteriality.bsky.social for this helpful slide for microbiology journals.
A reminder to please support non-profit publishers. It’s good for science and scientists. It’s a responsible use of taxpayer dollars. It requires resisting peer pressure to submit to Nature journals. Thanks @bacteriality.bsky.social for this helpful slide for microbiology journals.
The amazing Carrie Masiello received @agu.org 2025 AGU fellow !! Extremely well deserved! Congrats Carrie! @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social
🎤 Excited to share that I will give a seminar next week at Georgia Tech’s 🌎 School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences! 💡 Photochemical formation of nitrous oxide! #PhotoChemoDenitrification 📅 Sept 25, 11AM 🔗 eas.gatech.edu/events/eas-seminar-series-dr-elizabeth-leon-palmero 📣 Hope to see you there!
EAS Seminar Series - Dr. Elizabeth León Palmero | School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas and the main agent depleting stratospheric ozone. During the last decade, its atmospheric levels have risen faster than previously estimated, highlightin...
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Excellent seminar talk today by Dr Elizabeth Leon-Palmero on her discovery of #photochemodenitrification & nitrous oxide production in aquatic systems. 2025 Science paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Check out her website for her impressive research & outreach: eleonpalmero.com
Attending #AGU25 with caregiving responsibilities? Whether you're joining virtually or in person, our Caregiver Grant is here to support you! Let us help make your participation at the Fall Meeting possible and meaningful. Application Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2025 Caregiver Grant Application
The AGU Biogeosciences Caregiver Grants, made on behalf of the Early Career Committee, are reserved for applicants who are the primary caregiver for a dependent, have financial need, and who may other...
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