Sarah Bagby
@scbagby.bsky.social
Environmental microbiologist at Case Western. She/her. https://bagby-lab.github.io/, https://emerge-bii.github.io/
Microbial eukaryote folks, you've got two more weeks to apply for this TT job: apply.interfolio.com/174456. We're a supportive department with a great breadth of interests, with really sharp students, in a very livable city with the nation's best park system. Come join us!
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November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Microbial eukaryote folks, you've got two more weeks to apply for this TT job: apply.interfolio.com/174456. We're a supportive department with a great breadth of interests, with really sharp students, in a very livable city with the nation's best park system. Come join us!
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Fellow Clevelanders will have seen @neorsd.org's update on the end of their Shaker Dam engineering work. I have some technical-detail thoughts about this, as an engineering-adjacent STEM person and a fan of the lake and brook. Keep reading for a summary (incl. links to slides and video): 1/8
a message to residents of Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights and any interested followers:
we're hosting 2 events to present our latest Lower Lake findings and future plans.
• Webinar: Tues 8/19
• Open House: Wed 8/20
Webinar registration and event details: www.neorsd.org/LowerLake
we're hosting 2 events to present our latest Lower Lake findings and future plans.
• Webinar: Tues 8/19
• Open House: Wed 8/20
Webinar registration and event details: www.neorsd.org/LowerLake
August 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Fellow Clevelanders will have seen @neorsd.org's update on the end of their Shaker Dam engineering work. I have some technical-detail thoughts about this, as an engineering-adjacent STEM person and a fan of the lake and brook. Keep reading for a summary (incl. links to slides and video): 1/8
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Out in @natbiotech.nature.com: Metagenome taxonomy profilers usually ignore unknown species. SingleM is an accurate profiler which doesn't, even detecting phyla with no MAGs. Profiles of 700,000 metagenomes at sandpiper.qut.edu.au. A 🧵
July 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Out in @natbiotech.nature.com: Metagenome taxonomy profilers usually ignore unknown species. SingleM is an accurate profiler which doesn't, even detecting phyla with no MAGs. Profiles of 700,000 metagenomes at sandpiper.qut.edu.au. A 🧵
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NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
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No PhD students or severely reduced # of admits -> *undergraduates* looking now to start the next phase of their career in support of research & discovery will be stuck without an option.
This is far from the only place in a similar situation, whether announced publicly yet or not.
This is far from the only place in a similar situation, whether announced publicly yet or not.
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
No PhD students or severely reduced # of admits -> *undergraduates* looking now to start the next phase of their career in support of research & discovery will be stuck without an option.
This is far from the only place in a similar situation, whether announced publicly yet or not.
This is far from the only place in a similar situation, whether announced publicly yet or not.
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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NIH indirects case update:
Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges.
Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides:
(I'm paraphrasing here)
Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges.
Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides:
(I'm paraphrasing here)
February 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
NIH indirects case update:
Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges.
Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides:
(I'm paraphrasing here)
Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges.
Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides:
(I'm paraphrasing here)
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
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February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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I know that all these institutions know how to push back because when Obama directed them to enforce pre-existing Title IX law, universities said no.
They flat out refused until there was a working group and specific guidelines. And even then, they *still* refused.
They flat out refused until there was a working group and specific guidelines. And even then, they *still* refused.
February 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I know that all these institutions know how to push back because when Obama directed them to enforce pre-existing Title IX law, universities said no.
They flat out refused until there was a working group and specific guidelines. And even then, they *still* refused.
They flat out refused until there was a working group and specific guidelines. And even then, they *still* refused.
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Everyone, plz share with your stellar undergrads! The UDE program (Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution) pairs students from diverse backgrounds with mentors to attend the Evolution meeting each year. Encourage your undergrads to apply!
Are you or do you know an undergrad interested in evolution? The SSE Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution program provides funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2025. Applications due Monday! https://buff.ly/4eExoFL
January 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Everyone, plz share with your stellar undergrads! The UDE program (Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution) pairs students from diverse backgrounds with mentors to attend the Evolution meeting each year. Encourage your undergrads to apply!
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Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University.
www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/
Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided.
Details in the attached pic--Feb 13 deadline
🧫🧪🦠#microsky
www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/
Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided.
Details in the attached pic--Feb 13 deadline
🧫🧪🦠#microsky
January 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University.
www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/
Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided.
Details in the attached pic--Feb 13 deadline
🧫🧪🦠#microsky
www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/
Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided.
Details in the attached pic--Feb 13 deadline
🧫🧪🦠#microsky
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(1/6) Our new short paper on incidental bacterial domestication between patient isolation and creation of frozen stock. Geno/phenotype changes are obscured by rich media and more prevalent than we previously thought.
#MicroSky
#MicroSky
November 21, 2024 at 6:26 AM
(1/6) Our new short paper on incidental bacterial domestication between patient isolation and creation of frozen stock. Geno/phenotype changes are obscured by rich media and more prevalent than we previously thought.
#MicroSky
#MicroSky
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#phagesky
Some partnerships are always fun!! Excited to share one such 🎉 product w Simon Roux, perspectives on our favorite “atypical” phages, for special issue to celebrate my former mentor Carol Gross @ UCSF
Tapping the treasure trove of atypical phages
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Some partnerships are always fun!! Excited to share one such 🎉 product w Simon Roux, perspectives on our favorite “atypical” phages, for special issue to celebrate my former mentor Carol Gross @ UCSF
Tapping the treasure trove of atypical phages
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Tapping the treasure trove of atypical phages
With advancements in genomics technologies, a vast diversity of ‘atypical’ phages, that is, with single-stranded DNA or RNA genomes, are being uncover…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:01 PM
#phagesky
Some partnerships are always fun!! Excited to share one such 🎉 product w Simon Roux, perspectives on our favorite “atypical” phages, for special issue to celebrate my former mentor Carol Gross @ UCSF
Tapping the treasure trove of atypical phages
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Some partnerships are always fun!! Excited to share one such 🎉 product w Simon Roux, perspectives on our favorite “atypical” phages, for special issue to celebrate my former mentor Carol Gross @ UCSF
Tapping the treasure trove of atypical phages
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Microbial people! Especially postdocs and maybe some assistant professors who are feeling antsy ... the University of Montana is doing a search for a microbiologist! This is a great department, in a great place. (I worked there for 10 years, loved it, ping me with Qs)
apply.interfolio.com/159494
apply.interfolio.com/159494
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November 19, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Microbial people! Especially postdocs and maybe some assistant professors who are feeling antsy ... the University of Montana is doing a search for a microbiologist! This is a great department, in a great place. (I worked there for 10 years, loved it, ping me with Qs)
apply.interfolio.com/159494
apply.interfolio.com/159494
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Ohio friends: consider contacting Gov Dewine to urge him not to sign the "bathroom bill" (SB 104). Educators are in a particularly good position to made the case against this on practical grounds, though I also brought up the specter of conference/business boycotts, as in NC.
November 15, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Ohio friends: consider contacting Gov Dewine to urge him not to sign the "bathroom bill" (SB 104). Educators are in a particularly good position to made the case against this on practical grounds, though I also brought up the specter of conference/business boycotts, as in NC.
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Shameless plug: a post on 'writing as thinking' that I wrote for my own students
hackingsemantics.xyz/2024/writing/
hackingsemantics.xyz/2024/writing/
On AI-assisted writing in graduate school
What is the proper role of AI ‘assistance’ in graduate student writing? It depends on what you mean by ‘graduate’.
hackingsemantics.xyz
November 15, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Shameless plug: a post on 'writing as thinking' that I wrote for my own students
hackingsemantics.xyz/2024/writing/
hackingsemantics.xyz/2024/writing/
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Our first B. subtilis paper, published at NatureComms.
Translation in Bacillus subtilis is spatially and temporally coordinated during sporulation. #subtiwiki #bacillus www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Funded by FNP_org_pl and EMBO_YIP
Translation in Bacillus subtilis is spatially and temporally coordinated during sporulation. #subtiwiki #bacillus www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Funded by FNP_org_pl and EMBO_YIP
November 14, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Our first B. subtilis paper, published at NatureComms.
Translation in Bacillus subtilis is spatially and temporally coordinated during sporulation. #subtiwiki #bacillus www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Funded by FNP_org_pl and EMBO_YIP
Translation in Bacillus subtilis is spatially and temporally coordinated during sporulation. #subtiwiki #bacillus www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Funded by FNP_org_pl and EMBO_YIP
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Governor Andy Beshear, in a Trump +30 state, gives advice to Democrats: Do not throw LGBTQ+ people under the bus, it will not work.
His advice to dems: Lead on your values.
This man ran on a fully inclusive campaign in 2023 and won. He received the same kind of ads Harris did.
His advice to dems: Lead on your values.
This man ran on a fully inclusive campaign in 2023 and won. He received the same kind of ads Harris did.
November 13, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Governor Andy Beshear, in a Trump +30 state, gives advice to Democrats: Do not throw LGBTQ+ people under the bus, it will not work.
His advice to dems: Lead on your values.
This man ran on a fully inclusive campaign in 2023 and won. He received the same kind of ads Harris did.
His advice to dems: Lead on your values.
This man ran on a fully inclusive campaign in 2023 and won. He received the same kind of ads Harris did.
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We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, interdisciplinary researcher to join our new project RESPECT: Rapid Engagement with Stressed Peatland Environments and Communities in Transformation. Field & lab components working in a cross-disciplinary group. 1/2
November 11, 2024 at 10:34 AM
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, interdisciplinary researcher to join our new project RESPECT: Rapid Engagement with Stressed Peatland Environments and Communities in Transformation. Field & lab components working in a cross-disciplinary group. 1/2
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My department is looking for an assistant professor in fisheries and conservation: careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Please repost! #marinesky #oceanography #STEM #fisheries
Please repost! #marinesky #oceanography #STEM #fisheries
University of Delaware - Details - Assistant Professor in Fisheries and Conservation at the School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware
careers.udel.edu
November 4, 2024 at 8:31 PM
My department is looking for an assistant professor in fisheries and conservation: careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Please repost! #marinesky #oceanography #STEM #fisheries
Please repost! #marinesky #oceanography #STEM #fisheries
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Excited to share: The inaugural Alma Dal Co School on Collective Behavior is coming to Venice (Sep 29-Oct 4, 2025). This unique school honors Alma (1989-2022), whose brilliant work bridging physics and microbiology revealed how metabolic interactions structure microbial communities. 1/12
November 4, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Excited to share: The inaugural Alma Dal Co School on Collective Behavior is coming to Venice (Sep 29-Oct 4, 2025). This unique school honors Alma (1989-2022), whose brilliant work bridging physics and microbiology revealed how metabolic interactions structure microbial communities. 1/12
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Well I'm sure this won't negatively impact the idea of scholarship as a shared collective endeavour to better understand the world.
November 4, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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It's great that turnout here seems high, but a long line is also a sign of voter suppression because Ohio's GOP limited early voting to just 1 site per county regardless of population.
Franklin County's 1.3 million people (heavily Dem) & Vinton County's 12,000 people (heavily GOP) each get 1 site
Franklin County's 1.3 million people (heavily Dem) & Vinton County's 12,000 people (heavily GOP) each get 1 site
November 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
It's great that turnout here seems high, but a long line is also a sign of voter suppression because Ohio's GOP limited early voting to just 1 site per county regardless of population.
Franklin County's 1.3 million people (heavily Dem) & Vinton County's 12,000 people (heavily GOP) each get 1 site
Franklin County's 1.3 million people (heavily Dem) & Vinton County's 12,000 people (heavily GOP) each get 1 site