Dr Dr Oona Snoeyenbos-West
@oonawest.bsky.social
Research Scientist: University of Arizona, Carini Lab.
Co Founder, MycoMine 🍄🟫Environmental Microbiologist /Geomicrobiologist, First Gen Scientist 🇺🇸 Manifesting Microbes 🪄🦠🧫🪄💫
Co Founder, MycoMine 🍄🟫Environmental Microbiologist /Geomicrobiologist, First Gen Scientist 🇺🇸 Manifesting Microbes 🪄🦠🧫🪄💫
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Mycoremediation and Its Fungal Powers with Dr. Oona Snoeyenbos-West
The Future is Fungi · Episode
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Interested in how Fungi are shaping the future of our planet? 🍄 🌍🌎🌏🍄🟫Check out the latest “The Future is Fungi podcast”featuring yours truly ! 👇🏻
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Something ancient and wonderful for the weekend! 🤩
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Something ancient and wonderful for the weekend! 🤩
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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What is the best strategy to win any contest?
Eliminate your opponents of course.
Recently, my friend @fernpizza.bsky.social showed how plasmids compete intracellularly (check out his paper published in Science today!). With @baym.lol, we now know they can fight.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Eliminate your opponents of course.
Recently, my friend @fernpizza.bsky.social showed how plasmids compete intracellularly (check out his paper published in Science today!). With @baym.lol, we now know they can fight.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
What is the best strategy to win any contest?
Eliminate your opponents of course.
Recently, my friend @fernpizza.bsky.social showed how plasmids compete intracellularly (check out his paper published in Science today!). With @baym.lol, we now know they can fight.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Eliminate your opponents of course.
Recently, my friend @fernpizza.bsky.social showed how plasmids compete intracellularly (check out his paper published in Science today!). With @baym.lol, we now know they can fight.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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While Princess Anne had lovely writing, the Prince of Orange scribbling in French did not. I’ve found this a good use of technology to help transcribe letters and other documents that would have otherwise taken me forever.
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
While Princess Anne had lovely writing, the Prince of Orange scribbling in French did not. I’ve found this a good use of technology to help transcribe letters and other documents that would have otherwise taken me forever.
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One of the tragedies of growing up is it's apparently no longer "socially acceptable" to carry around a cool rock & show it to people you meet.
So I have to respect the Chinese, Korean & Japanese for having a tradition of finding cool rocks & displaying them.
Let's talk about scholar's stones.
So I have to respect the Chinese, Korean & Japanese for having a tradition of finding cool rocks & displaying them.
Let's talk about scholar's stones.
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One of the tragedies of growing up is it's apparently no longer "socially acceptable" to carry around a cool rock & show it to people you meet.
So I have to respect the Chinese, Korean & Japanese for having a tradition of finding cool rocks & displaying them.
Let's talk about scholar's stones.
So I have to respect the Chinese, Korean & Japanese for having a tradition of finding cool rocks & displaying them.
Let's talk about scholar's stones.
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Researchers confirmed the impact origin of the Jinlin crater: a 900-meter-wide remarkably young impact crater preserved on a hillside in southeastern #China 🇨🇳☄️
www.forbes.com/sites/davidb...
www.forbes.com/sites/davidb...
Study Confirms Earth’s Largest Impact Crater Formed In The Past 12,000 Years
Researchers confirmed the impact origin of the Jinlin crater: a 900-meter-wide remarkably young impact crater preserved on a hillside in southeastern China.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Researchers confirmed the impact origin of the Jinlin crater: a 900-meter-wide remarkably young impact crater preserved on a hillside in southeastern #China 🇨🇳☄️
www.forbes.com/sites/davidb...
www.forbes.com/sites/davidb...
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Hey folks, we (the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University) are looking for an Assistant Teaching Professor in microbiology and immunology. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested, or check it out if you are interested yourself!
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November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hey folks, we (the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University) are looking for an Assistant Teaching Professor in microbiology and immunology. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested, or check it out if you are interested yourself!
apply.interfolio.com/176994
apply.interfolio.com/176994
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Happy International Mens Day!
If you are a teen, find a role model that exemplifies the honorable virtues of masculinity and strive toward compassion.
If you are an adult, strive to be a pillar of your community...but also go get a colonoscopy and check your prostate please.
If you are a teen, find a role model that exemplifies the honorable virtues of masculinity and strive toward compassion.
If you are an adult, strive to be a pillar of your community...but also go get a colonoscopy and check your prostate please.
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Happy International Mens Day!
If you are a teen, find a role model that exemplifies the honorable virtues of masculinity and strive toward compassion.
If you are an adult, strive to be a pillar of your community...but also go get a colonoscopy and check your prostate please.
If you are a teen, find a role model that exemplifies the honorable virtues of masculinity and strive toward compassion.
If you are an adult, strive to be a pillar of your community...but also go get a colonoscopy and check your prostate please.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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I feel like I have no one to send this particular recipe to (most people I know who cook Indian don't eat beef or have household members who don't) but, made with beef, it absolutely slaps for a cold weather meal www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/nihari/
Nihari Recipe - Swasthi's Recipes
Nihari Recipe, made in the authentic Lucknowi style. This delicious stew is slow cooked with plenty of spices and mutton...
www.indianhealthyrecipes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I feel like I have no one to send this particular recipe to (most people I know who cook Indian don't eat beef or have household members who don't) but, made with beef, it absolutely slaps for a cold weather meal www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/nihari/
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What usually gets lost in the focus on what an evil racist James Watson was is just how colossal of a dumbass he was and just how far he set the field back.
But @sramach.bsky.social and @cbo.bsky.social kept their eye on the ball.
But @sramach.bsky.social and @cbo.bsky.social kept their eye on the ball.
"What James Watson got wrong about DNA"
By the great Sohini Ramachandran (@sramach.bsky.social) and your boy for The Boston Globe (@bostonglobe.com).
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
By the great Sohini Ramachandran (@sramach.bsky.social) and your boy for The Boston Globe (@bostonglobe.com).
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
What James Watson got wrong about DNA - The Boston Globe
The science he helped pioneer consistently undermines his view that genes determine everything about us.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
What usually gets lost in the focus on what an evil racist James Watson was is just how colossal of a dumbass he was and just how far he set the field back.
But @sramach.bsky.social and @cbo.bsky.social kept their eye on the ball.
But @sramach.bsky.social and @cbo.bsky.social kept their eye on the ball.
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Health officials in Washington state said they have confirmed the first U.S. human case of bird flu since February, with a strain that has previously been reported in animals but never before in humans.
First U.S. case of human bird flu in 9 months confirmed in Washington state
The U.S. has reported its first human case of bird flu since February, with a confirmed infection in Washington state
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Health officials in Washington state said they have confirmed the first U.S. human case of bird flu since February, with a strain that has previously been reported in animals but never before in humans.
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Epstein-Barr virus is linked to development of the autoimmune disease lupus in new research
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Virus That Causes Mono May Also Cause Lupus
Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus
www.scientificamerican.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Epstein-Barr virus is linked to development of the autoimmune disease lupus in new research
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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People who listened to music most days slashed their risk of developing dementia by 39 percent compared with those who did not regularly listen to music, a new study of more than 10,000 people age 70 and over found.
Listening to music is linked to lower dementia risk, study suggests
A new study finds that regularly listening to music or playing a musical instrument may help older adults protect against cognitive decline.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
People who listened to music most days slashed their risk of developing dementia by 39 percent compared with those who did not regularly listen to music, a new study of more than 10,000 people age 70 and over found.
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attending an international science conference right now is like time traveling to last year's United States 🧪
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
attending an international science conference right now is like time traveling to last year's United States 🧪
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Maximus Decimus Meridius Snuggles was never quite the same after he had past life regression therapy.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Maximus Decimus Meridius Snuggles was never quite the same after he had past life regression therapy.
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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Nurturing the human microbiome has long been linked with improved health
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just one month of growing plants boosted skin bacteria and the body’s immune response. It was not the act of gardening that was important, but contact with healthy, biodiverse soils
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just one month of growing plants boosted skin bacteria and the body’s immune response. It was not the act of gardening that was important, but contact with healthy, biodiverse soils
How we’re killing our internal ecosystem – and what we can do to reverse it
In this week’s newsletter: Preserving and nurturing the human microbiome has long been linked with improved health. This holistic approach is finally gaining scientific credibility
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Nurturing the human microbiome has long been linked with improved health
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just one month of growing plants boosted skin bacteria and the body’s immune response. It was not the act of gardening that was important, but contact with healthy, biodiverse soils
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just one month of growing plants boosted skin bacteria and the body’s immune response. It was not the act of gardening that was important, but contact with healthy, biodiverse soils
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Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how, according to a recent study, living through a pandemic might accelerate brain aging.
The COVID Pandemic May Have Aged Your Brain—Even If You Never Got Sick
Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how, according to a recent study, living through a pandemic might accelerate brain aging.
www.scientificamerican.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how, according to a recent study, living through a pandemic might accelerate brain aging.
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A paper in Scientific Reports presents the origins of vivid colours within the gemstone ammolite — a rare type of brightly coloured fossilised ammonite shell. go.nature.com/48OT5DX #Paleosky ⚒️ 🧪
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
A paper in Scientific Reports presents the origins of vivid colours within the gemstone ammolite — a rare type of brightly coloured fossilised ammonite shell. go.nature.com/48OT5DX #Paleosky ⚒️ 🧪
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Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Volvo Prize, @naomioreskes.bsky.social! Naomi's work addresses vital issues such as why we need to trust science; a topic that becomes even more important with every new day.
Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
Why we should trust scientists
Many of the world's biggest problems require asking questions of scientists -- but why should we believe what they say? Historian of science Naomi Oreskes thinks deeply about our relationship to belie...
www.ted.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Volvo Prize, @naomioreskes.bsky.social! Naomi's work addresses vital issues such as why we need to trust science; a topic that becomes even more important with every new day.
Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...