I won an award for excellence. Lololololol

Cleaned out my desk. Getting the lab ready for decommission. 💔

My division has been laid off from NASA. I’m really proud of building a lab from scratch and starting up a great project. I’m heartbroken. I think I’ll take some time off to travel for a bit before planning what’s next. I really hoped this was going to be my last job.

Lil waffles doing a snooze.

LAST CALL to apply to the 2025 Gordon Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology "Bridging Scales to Unveil the Power of Environmental Microbiology"! We are filling up quickly. www.grc.org/applied-and-...

Travel wasn’t approved in time for ASM Microbe so my abstract was withdrawn. Beyond disappointed rn.

We are hiring a postdoctoral scholar to join us in the sometime in the next ~6 months. oliveriolab.org with a focus on microbial eukaryotes in extreme environments. Please email w/CV if you'd like to chat. Official ad soon. #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #ProtistsOnSky

Thank you all for the kind DMs. So far my job at NASA is ok. Of course, things change daily and the budget CR in March will likely have some serious consequences. For now tho I’m keeping my head down with the space microbes. 💜

An opportunity to work at an amazing place with amazing people! 🦠 “GeneLab is seeking a #Bioinformatics #ProgramDeveloper to drive research with #omics data from space biology experiments. Develop workflows and analyze data critical to human space exploration. 🔗 Apply now: tinyurl.com/8psb8uwn “

Puerto Rico is amazing. Have your conference here! #ASGSR

Interested in discovering new viruses from soil that may be affecting global carbon sequestration? Apply for a PhD position with me at Aarhus University in Flakkebjerg! Our group is very international, supportive and friendly. Applications due by February 1st 2025. phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...

Microbiome FacultyJob at UC Davis in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (one of the departments where I reside ...) See recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06847

Crazy stuff in PNAS dental plaque bacterium 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘪 can divide into an unprecedented 14 daughter cells at once—then each daughter cell starts growing immediately in a rare process called multiple fission, achieving 0.5 mm per day of expansion www.snexplores.org/article/bact...

These mouth bacteria use a new type of cell division to make 14 cells at once

The newfound strategy seen in C. matruchotii might help oral bacteria recover lost territory after each eviction by toothbrushing.

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🚨Please share🚨 I’m hiring a PhD student to start Sep 2025 on an exciting project on fungal pathogens🍄‍🟫, soil health and microbiomes, together with dr. Filipa Cox and @knightjar.bsky.social If you have any good candidates, please let them contact me directly. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Hi new followers! Im a microbiologist at NASA and I love BTS and dogs. I post about all 3 things :) Here’s my one eyed rescue dog Waffles!

🎓 PhD (2) & Postdoc (1) positions @ University of Idaho, starting Spring 2025! Soil microbial communities & ecosystem responses to environmental stressors. Interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities Contact Mike Strickland (mstrickland@uidaho.edu) or Laurel Lynch (llynch@uidaho.edu) for details

Do any of my bsky peeps have an example of a successful NSF workshop proposal they’d like to share?

Do any of my followers have a culture of V. fischeri that they’d be willing to share with us? Ideally one with a closed published genome sequence.

Anyone have a ballpark cost for shipping a -80 freezer plugged in? Any help appreciated!!!

The American Academy for Microbiology is currently accepting nominations for fellowship. Individuals are elected to fellowship based on their scientific excellence, originality and leadership. #DiversifyTheAcademy #microbiology #science #ASMicrobe asm.org/Academy/Crit...

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“In one incident, after landing 1,200 miles off target in 5 feet of snow, a cosmonaut of the Russian Voskhod 2 was attacked by wolves when he tried to exit the spacecraft.“ I like reading papers for my job.

Awesome. Building air con out until September. 🥵🥵😭

A fully funded (3 year) PhD position is available in my group. The project will focus on analysing how synergistically interacting bacteria coevolve. Join my vibrant group at @UniOsnabrueck. Please RT Deadline: 28.07.2024 More information👇 shorturl.at/5ZP7R

I know the autoclave won’t blow up But like Do I?

My summer intern got me a gift for the lab ( we have no windows ) 😍

Omg my sequencer came today! SO EXCITED!!

Are you attending #ASV2024 next week? Please join us and show your support for Black virologists at the DEI workshop during Monday's welcome reception! See you there! @amersocvirology.bsky.social @blackinmicro.bsky.social

#ASMicrobe reminded me how awkward I can get 😂 guess I need more practice! 😎

I saw fireflies in Atlanta! So magical!