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NancyH 🌻 @nancyhnc.bsky.social · 1d

Please consider helping our brothers and sisters in need in W Alaska!

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 2d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 8d

Biology is much more complicated than most non-biologists can imagine. And AI is not going to change this anytime soon.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...

We still can’t predict much of anything in biology

Biology is hard. Yes, even for AI.

blog.genesmindsmachines.com

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 26d

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

docs.google.com

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · 13d

Me: "I'll go home early and practice my talk from the couch!"

My cat, Loki: "I think not."

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · 25d

I'm so mad all the time

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · 26d

Letting myself have Excedrin as a Little Treat™

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Alex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social · Sep 14

Amazing real world (well, real cheese makers) evolution of Penicillium over 8 years from @benwolfe.bsky.social. "The most common genetic disruption of the alb1 genomic region was caused by putative transposable element insertions upstream of the gene.". Causes the fungus to grow better in the dark!

Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · Sep 14

Long-term monitoring of a North American cheese cave reveals mechanisms and consequences of fungal adaptation

Penicillium solitum over 8 years in a cheese cave => green-to-white shift

@currentbiology.bsky.social from @benwolfe.bsky.social with @kellerlab.bsky.social

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Long-term monitoring of a North American cheese cave reveals mechanisms and consequences of fungal adaptation

Using a unique longitudinal sampling approach, Louw et al. demonstrate how a cheese-associated Penicillium population has adapted in an artisan cheese production facility in Vermont, USA. Adaptation i...

www.cell.com

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Sep 8

There is some creature on the roof and the cats and I both saw a dark silhouette against the sky light and we are all very spooked.

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Sep 7

Just *Chef's kiss* really

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Sep 7

This one starts "Hark! The feral angels bring the black shadow over everything" and it kills me every time lol www.youtube.com/watch?v=oetN...

DEVILMENT - Full Dark, No Stars (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)

YouTube video by Nuclear Blast Records

www.youtube.com

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Sep 7

This black metal band has some great guitar and just terrible, TERRIBLE lyrics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf9X...

DEVILMENT - Even Your Blood Group Rejects Me (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

YouTube video by Nuclear Blast Records

www.youtube.com

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm so sorry for your loss!! I will give my tabby extra pets tonight <3

A tabby cat stares at the camera from under the half turned page of a book of classical guitar tabs

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Did anyone ever stop to question why the sleeves were green

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Sep 2

What are your super powers??

I think one of mine is connecting people!

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Ken Bardsley @kenbar.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Aug 24

The bad news is my phone autocorrected my message to a coworker to "strip waffle" but the good news is I have a great Halloween costume idea now

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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · Aug 15

Not all heroes wear capes. Incredible work from @putrinolab.bsky.social. They have created a *FREE* manual for clinicians treating chronic illnesses associated with infections.

#LongCovid #MECFS #LymeDisease and many others.

Title of the news: Mount Sinai publishes 1st US guide for infection-linked chronic illnesses

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Aug 11

The US medical system got me on hold for so long I keep forgetting why this terrible music is playing.

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Aug 10

How is she so cute every day.

A Mackerel tabby cat sits atop a grey cat tower, in a pink bowtie, her little chin resting between her stripey front legs

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Jul 24

I know they're kind of nuisances but I love the turkeys!

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Fit Check For My Barb O. Saur Era 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @brentosaur.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.

Ozzy Osbourne Farewell Show Was The Highest-Grossing Charity Concert Of All Time

On July 5, Ozzy Osbourne put on a farewell concert, performing as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath for the last time in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, UK. Billed as the “Back To The Beginning”...

www.stereogum.com

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Jul 18

Oh oh! I thought a -80 C freezer was off lol.

That's too hot!!

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Jul 18

Our lab is hunting a fast-growing strain of Fomitopsis betulina. Anyone have any leads? @msafungi.bsky.social #FungiFriday

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomitop...

Fomitopsis betulina - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Jul 18

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm

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Cat Adams PhD @scienceismetal.bsky.social · Jul 18

#FungiFriday

Priscila Chaverri @pchaverri.bsky.social · Jul 18

We are still looking for a postdoc to join this project!

Priscila Chaverri @pchaverri.bsky.social · Jul 17

It is official!! I have been awarded an NSF grant of ~$1 million for the project: "Exploring the role of fruit-eating bats in the dispersal of plant pathogens and the Escape hypothesis." Co-principal investigators are Gloriana Chaverri (yes... my sister... @morceglo.bsky.social ) and Max Chavarria.