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Omid Shenavar

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Plant Pathologist | Plant Bacteriologist | Linux Enthusiast https://omidshenavar.github.io/

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Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Jan 9

I am very interested in finding a PhD position focused on the plant bacteria, its taxonomy and coevolution of #bacteria and plants. I'd appreciate any suggestions for institutions researching this area.
My resume can be accessed at
omidshenavar.github.io
🙏🏼🌱
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #AcademicSky

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Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · 18d

So if I want to study in Sweden, I must first live in another country and put my money there before I can even apply.
If I already had that, why would I apply there?!
This is discrimination.
People are not their governments. We just want a chance!
#IranianStudents #Sweden #HumanRights #AcademicSky

Screenshot of an email from a Swedish University explaining that due to international sanctions, Iranian bank accounts are not accepted as proof of financial means for residence permit applications. The message says applicants must have funds in a bank account outside Iran to be eligible to study in Sweden.

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Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · 25d

Every time I open X, I get frightened and close it. It’s all people attacking each other, protests, someone killed, someone attacked… But here it’s all science and education. I don’t know whether this place is less informative, or if X is just trying to convince us that the world is ending!

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Emmanuele Severi @emmseveri.bsky.social · 27d

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#microsky

Pseudomonas aeruginosa lasR is a keystone gene in polymicrobial cultures

The airways of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) are often co-infected by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a variety of other co-habiting microbes; the infections are polymicrobial. P. aeruginosa isolates fr...

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Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · 27d

Wow! Cool! I have never thought about it that what did microbiologists use before discovering agar for culturing?maybe gelatin, but it is really hard to keep it solid!

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nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 28d

Microsoft Blocks Windows 11 Workarounds for Local Accounts, Forces Internet Connection During Setup. I think it is time to switch to macOS or Linux or BSD 🤓 alternativeto.net/news/2025/10...

Windows 11 removes all bypass methods for Microsoft account setup, removing local accounts

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update removes all remaining methods to bypass Microsoft Account requirements during setup, enforcing online sign-in and blocking any possibility of creating local-only a...

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Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Oct 5

Congrats!🎉

Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Oct 5

In my view, symbiosis is one of the ways of evolution; ‘cause Darwin’s law is not “competition only.” It’s about survival too, whoever survives and reproduces more wins.
If cooperation helps organisms survive or reproduce better, then natural selection will favor cooperation. That’s still Darwinian!

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Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Sep 18

An old 2005 PC, only a CD drive, left for dead. With #antiX core, it’s alive again; now a kid will have a system for school. This is why #open-source matters. It gives life, and it gives chances. #linux

Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Sep 18

I can learn a lot from you Nikolas; I really hope to see you soon.

Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Sep 18

We have a lot of that trash data in ncbi, I suppose ncbi should have an option to flag a sequence as obsolete; something like we do in Linux arch repos, so maybe others know what they are dealing with. Bacteria is better in this regard, fungal taxonomy is like hell…actually many of them are useless.

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Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Sep 18

Good luck Professor!

Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Sep 18

If I were you, I would compare my results with those of Dia et al. and the Morinière database; they have done extensive work on Xanthomonas classification, which you can find in the WGS repository of NCBI. And if your focus is Enterobacteriaceae, there is no research better than that of Pro. Brady.

Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Sep 18

you cannot compare your data to findings that have not been confirmed. recA works better in Enterobacteriaceae, but not in Xanthomonas. Even in Enterobacteriaceae, I would recommend using rpoB alongside gyrB.

Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Sep 18

Sorry for the late comment, Nikolas. I was working on some articles and had been away from social media. If I understand correctly, you are working on Xanthomonas. From my experience, recA is not a very reliable gene for intra-taxa definition. Also, please ignore all non-reported BLAST results.

Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thanks; I haven’t stopped trying, even if it means starting again from the lowest level. One day, like the ugly duckling, I’ll grow into a swan. Maybe right now I’m just another Middle Easterner people don’t look at kindly, but a good day will come eventually. Hope so. Thank you for reading me 🙏🏼

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · Aug 17

TIL the original paper describing CRISPR, by Francisco Mojica, was rejected by 4 journals and took 2 years to be published

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · Aug 1

Funny how many institutions that self-refer as “leading” have a wait-and-see approach to decision making…

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Aug 1

Bluesky is favoured by many academics - so why are universities taking a "wait-and-see" approach to it, despite migrating from X?

Latest analysis from @andytattersall.bsky.social, plus views on why many universities remain silent on Bluesky.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Nearly half of UK universities on Bluesky not posting - Research Professional News

Despite migration from Musk’s X, universities take “watch-and-wait” approach on academics’ favoured platform

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Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Jul 11

😍

Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Jul 8

Wow! Incredible! 😍

Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Jun 24

I’d honestly love to; sounds like a dream. I just don’t know whom I should contact or where to start. And Brazil? Who doesn’t love Brazil! Thank you so much for mentioning it. I’ll bother you in private if that’s okay 🙏

Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thank you for reading me. I’ve tried, waited, and held on as much as I could… and I still do. Funny enough, my name — Omid — actually means hope. Maybe that’s what keeps me going. Truly appreciate your kind words 🙏

Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Jun 23

Things are getting worse between #Iran and #Israel, and honestly, I don’t know what’s ahead. Maybe this is where my dreams end. But through it all, one thing never changed: I’ve always loved #plantpathology. I just wish I had the chance to become the scientist I dreamt of. 🧪🌱 #plantscience

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Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Jun 13

Born in the wrong time. Living in the wrong world…

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Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Jun 13

For a year, I’ve tried to apply and continue my studies. Over 90% rejected me—mostly because of my nationality. Now I’m stuck between the Iran–Israel war, and it feels like I have no dream left. Because it seems the world has chosen not to see me…as it always did.🧪🌱 #Israel_Strike #AcademicSky #Iran

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Omid Shenavar @omidshenavar.bsky.social · Jun 5

Congrats! Once I had the same problem and it got resolved when I manually made the fresh buffer (TBE) myself.

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