Julie Maresca
@micromaresca.bsky.social
Microbiologist, micro-adventurer, micro-doodler. Too many projects, not enough time: phototrophy, built environment, some wastewater. 🚲🥾🧶🧪
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📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️
You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
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#sciencejobs 🦠🧪 #career #taxonomy
You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
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November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️
You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
Read and share ‼️
#sciencejobs 🦠🧪 #career #taxonomy
You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
Read and share ‼️
#sciencejobs 🦠🧪 #career #taxonomy
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A person in Washington State who kept backyard poultry has died from #H5N5 #flu. The person was the first known infection with this subtype of flu globally & the second recorded death in the US from an #H5 flu virus. Health authorities say there's no evidence the person spread the virus to others.
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 92 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
Add a job: forms.gle/bwEzwHAEehBj...
Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/
Add a job: forms.gle/bwEzwHAEehBj...
Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 92 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
Add a job: forms.gle/bwEzwHAEehBj...
Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/
Add a job: forms.gle/bwEzwHAEehBj...
Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/
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The extent of the damage done to public health, biomedical science, and healthcare in the US in less than a year will take a generation or more to repair. This is the scale of the destruction. Let that sink in. A new president, Congress won't be enough to reverse things fully. It's that bad.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The extent of the damage done to public health, biomedical science, and healthcare in the US in less than a year will take a generation or more to repair. This is the scale of the destruction. Let that sink in. A new president, Congress won't be enough to reverse things fully. It's that bad.
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Honoring Robert Haselkorn, a pioneering molecular biologist whose work helped establish the foundations of cyanobacterial genetics and modern microbiology. Explore his PNAS Retrospective: https://ow.ly/EK1S50XuOi4
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Honoring Robert Haselkorn, a pioneering molecular biologist whose work helped establish the foundations of cyanobacterial genetics and modern microbiology. Explore his PNAS Retrospective: https://ow.ly/EK1S50XuOi4
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New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
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Very excited to share that Department of Biomedical Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social is hiring for open rank tenure-track faculty in #Biomedical #DataScience!
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/177042
Apps starting to be reviewed Dec 5 and ongoing after!
🧪🧬🖥️🧠 #StatsSky #WomenInSTEM
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/177042
Apps starting to be reviewed Dec 5 and ongoing after!
🧪🧬🖥️🧠 #StatsSky #WomenInSTEM
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November 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Very excited to share that Department of Biomedical Engineering @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social is hiring for open rank tenure-track faculty in #Biomedical #DataScience!
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/177042
Apps starting to be reviewed Dec 5 and ongoing after!
🧪🧬🖥️🧠 #StatsSky #WomenInSTEM
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/177042
Apps starting to be reviewed Dec 5 and ongoing after!
🧪🧬🖥️🧠 #StatsSky #WomenInSTEM
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Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
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Wakefield literally made shit up for his initial paper. This was established well over a decade ago. Johnson is an active agent in the destruction of the United States. Whether he's actually paid by a foreign adversary or not, his actions & words express only contempt for the country and its people.
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson is crowing about Robert Kennedy Jr.’s CDC pushing debunked vaccine misinformation.
“Time to apologize to Dr. Andrew Wakefield and all the others who were maligned and vilified for simply asking the right questions,” he says.
Wakefield’s paper was *fraudulent.*
“Time to apologize to Dr. Andrew Wakefield and all the others who were maligned and vilified for simply asking the right questions,” he says.
Wakefield’s paper was *fraudulent.*
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Wakefield literally made shit up for his initial paper. This was established well over a decade ago. Johnson is an active agent in the destruction of the United States. Whether he's actually paid by a foreign adversary or not, his actions & words express only contempt for the country and its people.
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I have a PhD position available on freshwater phage pollution, in terms of AMR impact and persistance of phage used in food and agriculture. #PhageSky #MicroSky www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Bacteriophages as river pollutants: determining the impact of phage pollution, with focus on antimicrobial resistance. at Bangor University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Bacteriophages as river pollutants: determining the impact of phage pollution, with focus on antimicrobial resistance. at Bangor University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I have a PhD position available on freshwater phage pollution, in terms of AMR impact and persistance of phage used in food and agriculture. #PhageSky #MicroSky www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Quick heads up - there will soon be a job posting for a Staff Scientist / Senior Staff Scientist in our lab in Copenhagen to support all our mass spec proteomics adventures!
Great colleagues, lots of cool projects… and you’ll get to work with me 😅
Please DM if you’re interested!
Great colleagues, lots of cool projects… and you’ll get to work with me 😅
Please DM if you’re interested!
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Quick heads up - there will soon be a job posting for a Staff Scientist / Senior Staff Scientist in our lab in Copenhagen to support all our mass spec proteomics adventures!
Great colleagues, lots of cool projects… and you’ll get to work with me 😅
Please DM if you’re interested!
Great colleagues, lots of cool projects… and you’ll get to work with me 😅
Please DM if you’re interested!
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This is how you destroy science and research in the country
The administration is building a legal pathway for ad hoc grant terminations:
"if the agency determines that the award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities"
Converting multiyear grants to 'at whim' coin flips will undermine the stability & leadership of American science.
"if the agency determines that the award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities"
Converting multiyear grants to 'at whim' coin flips will undermine the stability & leadership of American science.
Update on a significant development NIH grant terms.
On 10/1, a change to grant making regs went into effect that gives NIH more power to terminate grants for policy reasons.
But to use this power, new grant terms must include specific language. See @aniloza.bsky.social w/ the story from July.
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On 10/1, a change to grant making regs went into effect that gives NIH more power to terminate grants for policy reasons.
But to use this power, new grant terms must include specific language. See @aniloza.bsky.social w/ the story from July.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is how you destroy science and research in the country
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I have so much shit to get done today, and I know RFK Jr has destroyed the CDC & HHS in general in pieces since the spring, but this last bit has really just hammered me. What a disgrace for our scientific community and our country more broadly.
CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies
It is the latest move by Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services to undermine vaccines.
www.importantcontext.news
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I have so much shit to get done today, and I know RFK Jr has destroyed the CDC & HHS in general in pieces since the spring, but this last bit has really just hammered me. What a disgrace for our scientific community and our country more broadly.
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It’s clear, based on the right hand screenshot, that CDC political leadership (such as it is) wants to remove “Vaccines do not cause autism.” Everyone who voted for Trump or sat out the election owns this.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
It’s clear, based on the right hand screenshot, that CDC political leadership (such as it is) wants to remove “Vaccines do not cause autism.” Everyone who voted for Trump or sat out the election owns this.
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I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary
The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct molecular and physiological experiments to understand the causes of genetic va...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
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Massive Study Debunks One of RFK Jr’s Biggest Claims about Fluoride in Tap Water www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass...
Massive Study Finds No Link Between Fluoride in Tap Water and Lower Child IQ
Researchers tracked thousands of Americans for decades, finding no links between ingesting recommended levels of fluoride and lower cognitive skills
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Massive Study Debunks One of RFK Jr’s Biggest Claims about Fluoride in Tap Water www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass...
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We’re hiring! Ad for coastal physical oceanographer: careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/50...
Chat me if you have any questions! #oceanography #marine
Chat me if you have any questions! #oceanography #marine
University of Delaware - Details - Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Coastal Physical Oceanography
careers.udel.edu
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We’re hiring! Ad for coastal physical oceanographer: careers.udel.edu/en-us/job/50...
Chat me if you have any questions! #oceanography #marine
Chat me if you have any questions! #oceanography #marine
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Don't wait to apply! The deadline is coming up soon...
Come join us! Western Mass is a fantastic place to do science!
Come join us! Western Mass is a fantastic place to do science!
🚨Job posting! #UMassAmherst Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is hiring a TT faculty member in #Immunology. Both fundamental and translational areas considered. Please spread the word!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - Immunology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Don't wait to apply! The deadline is coming up soon...
Come join us! Western Mass is a fantastic place to do science!
Come join us! Western Mass is a fantastic place to do science!
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Want to learn about #AquaticFungi? Don’t be shy—jump right in. Check out these fantastic first results from Peter—member of the online #AquaticHyphomycete group 🥳
@funaction.bsky.social
@fayrnhawk.bsky.social
@peterbraubach.bsky.social
@funaction.bsky.social
@fayrnhawk.bsky.social
@peterbraubach.bsky.social
My first #AquaticHyphomycetes sample. Lots of photos, no idea about the species yet 😅.
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Want to learn about #AquaticFungi? Don’t be shy—jump right in. Check out these fantastic first results from Peter—member of the online #AquaticHyphomycete group 🥳
@funaction.bsky.social
@fayrnhawk.bsky.social
@peterbraubach.bsky.social
@funaction.bsky.social
@fayrnhawk.bsky.social
@peterbraubach.bsky.social
One of my absolute favorite studies.
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
One of my absolute favorite studies.
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Is it a flagellate? A tiny ball with tentacles? Contamination in my ciliate culture? NEW SUPERGROUP OF EUKARYOTES? Yes to all 4! Meet Solarion - just out in #Nature doi.org/10.1038/s415... Huge congrats to Marek Valt, Cepicka Lab & the star team! Very happy to be part of this project. #ProtistsOnSky
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Is it a flagellate? A tiny ball with tentacles? Contamination in my ciliate culture? NEW SUPERGROUP OF EUKARYOTES? Yes to all 4! Meet Solarion - just out in #Nature doi.org/10.1038/s415... Huge congrats to Marek Valt, Cepicka Lab & the star team! Very happy to be part of this project. #ProtistsOnSky
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Early abstract submissions for ASM Microbe 2026—now 3 fully integrated meetings within 1 microbial world—are officially open. Submit by Dec. 2, 2 p.m. ET to elevate your research, spark new collaborations and join the conversations defining what’s next. asm.org/events/asm-m...
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Early abstract submissions for ASM Microbe 2026—now 3 fully integrated meetings within 1 microbial world—are officially open. Submit by Dec. 2, 2 p.m. ET to elevate your research, spark new collaborations and join the conversations defining what’s next. asm.org/events/asm-m...
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around the world, more than 3 billion people still lack access to safe sanitation.
WTD promotes accessibility, resiliency, and investment in safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
WTD promotes accessibility, resiliency, and investment in safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
around the world, more than 3 billion people still lack access to safe sanitation.
WTD promotes accessibility, resiliency, and investment in safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
WTD promotes accessibility, resiliency, and investment in safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
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“Iowa City eliminated bus fares in August 2023 with a goal of lowering emissions… The two-year pilot program proved so popular that the City Council voted this summer to extend it another year, paying for it with a 1% increase in utility taxes and by doubling most public parking rates to $2 from $1”
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“Iowa City eliminated bus fares in August 2023 with a goal of lowering emissions… The two-year pilot program proved so popular that the City Council voted this summer to extend it another year, paying for it with a 1% increase in utility taxes and by doubling most public parking rates to $2 from $1”
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🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity
Professorship in Biodiversity.
The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the
web103.reachmee.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...