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Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)
@methanojen.bsky.social
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I study tiny cells with global impacts. I work to diversify and democratize science. #notinourname #stopthegenocide #goodtrouble
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Remarkable novel. Highly recommend.
Cover photo of the book “Crooked Plow” by Itamar Vieira Junior
November 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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And more from 2018 after the BuzzFeed article, from his ASU work email address, crying on JE’s shoulder… drive.google.com/file/d/1S19b...
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZJA7E_YJ3BmUjf346L6ZDHl1xlTPTcEw
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Ran into this when I looked up an interesting protein from MAG in a EFI-GNT gene neighborhood. If non-reference genomes are removed from tools like EFI-GNT, it’s going to be difficult to study proteins in uncultivated microbes, which host so many novel proteins. Will the EFI tools pull from UniParc?
“Entry history: This entry is no longer annotated in UniProtKB and can be found in UniParc. Reason: Not part of a reference proteome Since release: 2025_04/2025_04”
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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#nokings see you tomorrow on the streets!
Jen making “No Faux-King Way!” Poster with sequins “No Faux-King Way!” Sign
October 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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A reminder to please support non-profit publishers.

It’s good for science and scientists.

It’s a responsible use of taxpayer dollars.

It requires resisting peer pressure to submit to Nature journals.

Thanks @bacteriality.bsky.social for this helpful slide for microbiology journals.
Slide with text “Support Society Journals: Society-based journals help build and advocate for our scientific communities” showing the logos for non profit publishers ASM, ACS, ASBMB. microbiology society, Science, and ISME. Underneath “for-profit journals do not” showing logos for Nature, Elsevier, Frontiers, CellPress, and MDPI.
September 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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The amazing Carrie Masiello received @agu.org 2025 AGU fellow !! Extremely well deserved! Congrats Carrie! @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social
2025 RECIPIENT Union Fellow Caroline A Masiello
September 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Excellent seminar talk today by Dr Elizabeth Leon-Palmero on her discovery of #photochemodenitrification & nitrous oxide production in aquatic systems.

2025 Science paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Check out her website for her impressive research & outreach: eleonpalmero.com
Seminar poster containing the text Title: Photochemodenitrification Unveiled: Illuminating Aquatic Nitrous Oxide Production Abstract: Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas and the main agent depleting stratospheric ozone. During the last decade, its atmospheric levels have risen faster than previously estimated, highlighting the need to better understand its sources. While microbial processes like ammonia oxidation and denitrification are known contributors, our recent research has uncovered a novel abiotic pathway-photochemodenitrification-where sunlight drives N20 production from nitrite in oxygen-rich surface fresh and marine waters. In addition, photochemodenitrification exceeded biological NOproduction in surface waters. Our latest findings reveal that this photochemical process also occurs in polar regions and the tropical open ocean, emphasizing its global distribution. Because it occurs in surface waters in direct contact with the atmosphere, photochemodenitrification holds the potential to contribute significantly to N20 emissions.
September 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Incredible graphic memoir. Highly recommend. Winner of a 2025 Pulitzer in autobiography.
Cover image of “Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir” by Tessa Hulls.
August 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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I’m marching today in ATL against unlawful detentions by ICE. My shirt reads “Y’all Means ALL” #rageagainsttheregime #50501GA
Photo of myself in front of Atlanta 50501 protest against ICE with sign reading “Immigrants Make America Great” with t-shirt “y’all means ALL”.
August 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Yup.
NCBI screen shot
July 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Compilation for some anoxic waters. Seems like <200 nM might be quite common, in fact. www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
Table with dissolved metal concentrations of anoxic waters
July 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Actually <200 nM dissolved nickel does occur in Hydrate Ridge sediments. enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Profiles of dissolved nickel in sediment pore waters
July 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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I cannot recommend this book highly enough. From the Trail of Tears to 2020 Supreme Court decision, Nagle brings history to life. Also see author’s podcast crooked.com/podcast-seri...
The cover of “By the Fire we Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land” by Rebecca Nagle.
June 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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New preprint is out where we report a new obligate (?) methylotrophic bacteria with diel cycle of methanol dehydrogenase transcription in surface seawater, with implications for marine lanthanide and carbon cycling. Where the methanol comes from is a mystery! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Top figure: Diel transcription of TMED127 lanthanide-dependent methanol dehydrogenase (xoxF5) and glucose dehydrogenase (gdh) at Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site, Sargasso Sea, North Atlantic Ocean. Transcription peaks in late afternoon each day over 5 days. Bottom figure: Schematic of key metabolisms and functions in TMED127/Methylaecorales based on genomic reconstruction, showing the most highly transcribed proteins are shown (PQQ-dependent methanol dehydrogenase (XoxF), PQQ-dependent glucose dehydrogenase (GDH), and proteorhopsin (PR)).
June 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Review of methane through space and time, coauthored with @planetdr.bsky.social, is out (OA) in @annualreviews.bsky.social.

Hopefully a helpful resource for community and courses. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Schematics of atmospheric CH4 cycling on (a) modern Earth, (b) Archean Earth, and (c) Titan. (a) On modern Earth (20% O2), CH4 emissions originate primarily from wetlands, ruminants, and the fossil fuel industry. Methane is oxidized chemically in the troposphere by hydroxyl radicals (OH), with an average lifetime of 10 years. Hydroxyl radicals originate from reactions between ozone (O3), UV radiation (<320 nm), and H2O vapor. The O3 layer originates from reactions between UV radiation and O2. (b) On the Archean Earth (<0.0001% O2), in the absence of O3 and O2, CH4 would have had a much longer atmospheric lifetime (∼10,000 years), with eventual destruction by UV photolysis, leading to H escape and/or, when CH4/CO2 was greater than 0.1, polymerization to yield organic haze in the upper atmosphere. (c) On Titan, with temperatures near the CH4 triple point, there is a CH4 cycle of evaporation, photolysis to yield ethane (C2H6) and H2 (lost to space), and condensation of C2H6, whereupon it participates in surface processes.
June 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Based on ppw-1 portion of this figure: academic.oup.com/view-large/f... from this paper: genaamics.org/pdfs/Chou%20...
Population-level allelic diversity in RNAi genes across 403 strains
May 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Latest needlepoint creation. Made for a friend & colleague Prof Annalise Paaby whose lab studies genetics and evolution using C. elegans. Will post the figure it’s based on below. 🪱🧬
Needlepoint for Paaby lab showing C elegans and artistic interpretation of scientific figure from paper cited in following post
May 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Here’s the part about GT:
“In a rare move, faculty members at some of Georgia’s largest universities are asking their administrations to hold the line against what they say is unwarranted interference by President Donald Trump. Professors at Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State and Emory universities have recently called upon their schools to stand up against any state or federal efforts to curtail institutional autonomy…. After seeing some of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs restructured, Georgia Tech’s faculty asks that the school uphold its current antidiscrimination policy. Additionally, the resolution asks the school to, “Affirm that academic freedom affords faculty full freedom in research and in the classroom.” Georgia Tech said it supports the faculty’s resolution and “appreciate(s) their reaffirmation of our shared commitment to academic freedom, freedom of expression, and to fostering an open, welcoming environment for all members of our community.” “We share their belief that students thrive when they are met where they are, and we fully support continued investment in the programs and services that empower every student to succeed,” spokesman Blair Meeks said in a statement.”
May 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Loving this book. Highly recommend. All the more important now as GOP legislators in MN try to outlaw the life-saving mRNA vaccines that Kariko pioneered.
Cover of book: Breaking Through: My Life in Science by Katalin Kariko
April 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Protesting for democracy & protections for international students with @annalisepaaby.bsky.social !

Come out to 10th & Piedmont in midtown ATL to join us!!!

✊🏼🌈 ✊🏾🇺🇸 ✊🏽 🏳️‍⚧️
Protest signs in ATL “protect international students” and “stop Trump stop Tyranny save America”
April 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Societies/associations/non-profits/for-profits that support universities -- we REALLY need your help!

Here are recommendations from an R1 university leader on what you can do to help:
Advocate for: 1) strong investment in scientific research to drive innovation and the future workforce; 2) reasonable indirect cost rate structures that enable universities to recoup most of the costs of doing research, which would not be possible at the proposed NIH and DOE rates of 15%; 3) support for education through graduate funding like GAANN (ED) and NSF, DOE, NIH etc fellowships; 4) protection of international students who are in the U.S. legally and contributing to our research and future workforce; 5) protection of first amendment constitutional rights of universities to decide what they teach and how
April 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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GT faculty passed this resolution today.

It states our "lines in the sand": academic freedom, free association, free speech, non-discrimination (including sexual orientation, gender identity & gender expression!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️), & support for diverse needs of our students.

Plz pass resolutions on your campus!
WHEREAS in response to external events, the leadership of the Institute made rapid changes in multiple areas, including student services and campus community support; and WHEREAS Faculty Governance is an integral component in the Shared Governance of the Institute; and WHEREAS the Faculty wishes to express its values to the GT community; therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Faculty 1. Urge the Administration and faculty governance leadership to increase transparency and dialogue when managing these changes; 2. Affirm that academic freedom affords faculty full freedom in research and in the classroom, as expressed in a recent Board of Regents’ statement on academic freedom; 3. Affirm the right of all students to free association through registered student groups, and to their first amendment rights; 4. Uphold the current version of GT’s Equal Opportunity, Nondiscrimination, and Anti-Harassment Policy (last revised 06/2023) that “... prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions”; 5. Affirm the faculty's commitment to supporting the diverse needs of the student community and strongly urges that Institute leadership continue staffing and funding of student-facing programs at a level that maintains or improves current service levels. https://www.usg.edu/news/release/board_of_regents_approves_statement_of_principles_regarding_academic_freedom_and_freedom_of_expression https://www.policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/equal-opportunity-nondiscrimination-and-anti-harassment-policy
April 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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#HandsOffATL #HandsOff2025
April 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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#HandsOffATL
April 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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#HandsOff2025 #HandsOffATL
Hands off DEI sign Hands off scientific research and hands off Dept of Ed signs
April 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM