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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · Nov 13

Acct for sharing Bacillus-related stuff, but guaranteed to go off topic, b/c that's just what I do

Hypotheses made to be broken

#uncharacterizedgenes
#metabolism
#bacillussubtilis
#phage
#mitochondria

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 1d

The first school to volunteer for this will be making an unambiguous statement: we would be the first to resegregate our university if we could. Sure would hate to see any school I’ve been affiliated with go down in history as that kind of scum

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 1d

As expected, the first 9 compacts were a trial run.

They have now come for all of us.

And each of us, and all of us, should say no.

Scoop via @liamknox.bsky.social at Bloomberg:

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Frédérique Le Roux @fredoleroux.bsky.social · 2d

Phages evolve fast, or do they?
In oysters, some stay identical for years.
With >1,200 phages & 600 Vibrio genomes, we reveal long-term stability and new mobile elements.
Proud of this collaborative work across our teams (Roscoff-UdeM and @epcrocha.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Ecological constraints foster both extreme viral-host lineage stability and mobile element diversity in a marine community

Phages are typically viewed as very rapidly evolving biological entities. Little is known, however, about whether and how phages can establish long-term genetic stability. We addressed this eco-evolut...

www.biorxiv.org

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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 6h

Extremely lame

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Victor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid) @vdlorenzo.bsky.social · 16h

1/3 To those interested in microbial iron & metal transport: In 1992, the late JB Neilands (UCB), the pioneer in the study of Fe transport entrusted me with his collection of purified siderophores from a wide range of microbes—many of them unique chemical species that can no longer be reproduced

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 16h

...it was precisely this kind of existential curiosity that Betül Kaçar talks about that drove Elio throughout his life ...and kept him alive until the very end.

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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 16h

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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 19h

I've been rethinking my career anyway

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Diamond Hands: Master Bag Holder @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 1d

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Emily J. Edwards (but witchy) @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 1d

i feel like i need to share this oldie but a goodie today

A tumblr post that reads "WHo would have believed that the perfect wikipedia photo caption could have been improved upon?" Two identical images are then side by side. The first caption is "Piper Kerr, a member of the Scottis National Antarctix Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904". The Caption for the image on the left reads, "Piper Kerr (right), a member of the Scottis National Antarctix Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904"

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Susan Schlimpert @s-lab.bsky.social · 2d

We have a PhD opportunity available in our group @johninnescentre.bsky.social through the NRP Doctoral Training Partnership. Help us uncover the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs.

Start date: October 2026. For more information and how to apply👉 biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bey...

Beyond Immunity: Uncovering the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs (SCHLIMPERT_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership

Join us in exploring the hidden functions of ancient immune proteins in bacteria. Bacteria, like plants and animals, have evolved sophisticated systems to detect and respond to threats.

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 1d

NIH Study Sections are on hold...again. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/n...

NIH Study Sections are on hold…again.

The primary input to deciding on the merit of proposals submitted to the NIH for potential funding, as most of my remaining blog audience well knows, is the outcome of the initial peer-review proce…

drugmonkey.wordpress.com

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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 1d

This activity (and really the thrust of the course, which serves as our face-2-face RCR) was inspired by Robert Pennock's work on scientific virtues.

Great book btw

An Instinct for Truth: Curiosity and the Moral Character of Science | Books Gateway | MIT Press share.google/IIJqMWx5kJau...

An Instinct for Truth: Curiosity and the Moral Character of Science

An exploration of the scientific mindset—such character virtues as curiosity, veracity, attentiveness, and humility to evidence—and its importance for scie

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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 1d

#eulogiesofscientists

Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 1d

Made some mugs

Word cloud made from 100+ different obituaries of exemplary scientists

Obituaries were submitted by 1st yr grad students for a course I teach on scientific values (5 yrs total)

No menchie indirects, awards, or impact factor...

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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 1d

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Julius Brennecke @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social · 2d

Off he is ...

Ulrich is one of the most remarkable scientists I had the pleasure to work with. I learned so much from him about biochemistry, proteins, structural biology, and so much more.

Great people make great things happen.
The really great people are rare.
Ulrich is one of them ...

Ulrich Hohmann @hohmannulrich.bsky.social · 2d

Thrilled to share that I’ll be joining @imbmainz.bsky.social in February 2026 to start my own group!
We will explore new mechanisms in eukaryotic gene expression, leveraging ‘evolutionary play’ to uncover how regulation, repurposing, and hijacking shape RNA biology.
PhD positions available!

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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 1d

"The response of cancer cells to acidosis was characterized by a shift in energy metabolism from a glycolytic to a respiratory state, accompanied by profound changes in mitochondrial morphology and function."

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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 3d

'Mechanistically, acidosis suppressed cytoplasmic activity of ERK, thereby preventing oncogene-induced mitochondrial fragmentation and promoting fused mitochondria. The resulting boost in mitochondrial respiration supported cancer cell adaptations to various metabolic stresses'

Acidosis orchestrates adaptations of energy metabolism in tumors

Malignant tumors are characterized by diverse metabolic stresses, including nutrient shortages, hypoxia, and buildup of metabolic by-products. To understand how cancer cells adapt to such challenges, ...

www.science.org

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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 2d

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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 2d

inverted anode and cathode

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 2d

Anything would be helpful. We are kind of overwhelmed looking at options!

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Mao and the Sparrows @maoandthesparrows.bsky.social · 3d

An October scene. A road lined with orange and red leafed maple trees passes through their canopy to a distant clearing.

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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 3d

Do you have a dispenser for it? I was looking into options (besides siphoning it out)

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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 3d

Also, is your carpet meant to look like moss covered pavestones?

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Jen Herman 👻jukeBOOrosh👻 @jukebarosh.bsky.social · 3d

Been thinking about buying our type II ddH20 by the barrel (200 gallon).

Don't have my own filter system & we never need more than this/yr. In new space folks don't mind cost share but at $1.2K/yr which seems high for low use group

Anybody use barrels? I have ?s