Tanya Noel (she/her)
@tcnoel.bsky.social
Educator, microbiologist. Human. Canadian, living in US, working in Canada - UWindsor - on traditional territory of the Anishnaabeg people. Cat, bird, and water bear aficionado, along with 🦠🧫🍄📚🍫
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Check out our new paper on development of disease suppressive phyllosphere microbiome
Fresh plant microbiome research out! 🌱🦠
@hockettlab.bsky.social shows how tomato phyllosphere microbiomes rapidly differentiate under pathogen pressure, developing disease-suppressive traits.
Check it out 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Microbiome #PlantHealth #OneHealth
@hockettlab.bsky.social shows how tomato phyllosphere microbiomes rapidly differentiate under pathogen pressure, developing disease-suppressive traits.
Check it out 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Microbiome #PlantHealth #OneHealth
Rapid and sustained differentiation of disease-suppressive phyllosphere microbiomes in tomato following experimental microbiome selection - Environmental Microbiome
Background Microbial-based treatments to protect plants against phytopathogens typically focus on soil-borne disease or the aboveground application of one or a few biocontrol microorganisms. However, ...
link.springer.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Check out our new paper on development of disease suppressive phyllosphere microbiome
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October 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Department of Biology, Lakehead University is seeking a CERC in Freshwater Sustainability and Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems. On the shores of Lake Superior, Experimental Lakes Area and Large Lakes Observatory both just down the road... Deadline Dec 1. DM for questions! www.lakeheadu.ca/faculty-and-...
Associate Professor / Full Professor, CERC
Lakehead University is your place to live and learn. Dynamic, modern, and highly learner-centred, we acknowledge all of our students as valued leaders of tomorrow, whose education and success are most...
www.lakeheadu.ca
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Department of Biology, Lakehead University is seeking a CERC in Freshwater Sustainability and Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems. On the shores of Lake Superior, Experimental Lakes Area and Large Lakes Observatory both just down the road... Deadline Dec 1. DM for questions! www.lakeheadu.ca/faculty-and-...
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In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.
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curious: when MAGA says Kirk's death was an act of "domestic terrorism," it should be noted that the man who #assassinated #MelissaHortman, her husband & dog, & tried to kill John Hoffman & his family for EXPLICITLY political reasons STILL has not been charged as a #DomesticTerrorist
#politics
#politics
September 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
curious: when MAGA says Kirk's death was an act of "domestic terrorism," it should be noted that the man who #assassinated #MelissaHortman, her husband & dog, & tried to kill John Hoffman & his family for EXPLICITLY political reasons STILL has not been charged as a #DomesticTerrorist
#politics
#politics
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There are so many areas where Canada could go on the offensive and strengthen our economy and society by taking advantage of US self-immolation. This is one. Poaching all of US academia/R&D is another.
But they all require an activist, high-capacity state, not an austerity-obsessed government.
But they all require an activist, high-capacity state, not an austerity-obsessed government.
There are other fees/costs of course (legal, medical ++), but this TrumpCard really seems like a “don’t come here” card.
Canada could benefit, if we were organized…
Canada could benefit, if we were organized…
September 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
There are so many areas where Canada could go on the offensive and strengthen our economy and society by taking advantage of US self-immolation. This is one. Poaching all of US academia/R&D is another.
But they all require an activist, high-capacity state, not an austerity-obsessed government.
But they all require an activist, high-capacity state, not an austerity-obsessed government.
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Reminder that LLMs produce false information because of how they’re designed, and “improved” iterations will produce false information because it’s a basic aspect of how they work. LLMs don‘t try to provide accurate information; they produce information that looks good enough to fool you at a glance
September 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Reminder that LLMs produce false information because of how they’re designed, and “improved” iterations will produce false information because it’s a basic aspect of how they work. LLMs don‘t try to provide accurate information; they produce information that looks good enough to fool you at a glance
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Today I stood with the thousands of NASA employees who the administration laid off. Cutting NASA’s budget by $6 billion will only harm innovation and set us back years.
September 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Today I stood with the thousands of NASA employees who the administration laid off. Cutting NASA’s budget by $6 billion will only harm innovation and set us back years.
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u know who are skeptics
scientists are skeptics
being anti-science is not being a skeptic
scientists are skeptics
being anti-science is not being a skeptic
September 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
u know who are skeptics
scientists are skeptics
being anti-science is not being a skeptic
scientists are skeptics
being anti-science is not being a skeptic
Came back to social media to ask … is anybody actually using Phylocode?
September 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Came back to social media to ask … is anybody actually using Phylocode?
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It has been a week since the Ontario government proposed taking away universities' right to determine their own student selection policies in Bill C-33.
Not a peep from the universities yet.
This is not a good sign.
Not a peep from the universities yet.
This is not a good sign.
June 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It has been a week since the Ontario government proposed taking away universities' right to determine their own student selection policies in Bill C-33.
Not a peep from the universities yet.
This is not a good sign.
Not a peep from the universities yet.
This is not a good sign.
So glad I could participate in 2025 Open Consortium of Biology Undergrad Educators in-person UnConference last week! oCUBE = Unique mix of community expertise, kindness & creativity.
Looking forward to Virtual UnConference this Thursday - there's still time to register (free)! ocube.ca/page-18398
Looking forward to Virtual UnConference this Thursday - there's still time to register (free)! ocube.ca/page-18398
Open Consortium of Undergraduate Biology Educators - 2025 May
ocube.ca
May 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So glad I could participate in 2025 Open Consortium of Biology Undergrad Educators in-person UnConference last week! oCUBE = Unique mix of community expertise, kindness & creativity.
Looking forward to Virtual UnConference this Thursday - there's still time to register (free)! ocube.ca/page-18398
Looking forward to Virtual UnConference this Thursday - there's still time to register (free)! ocube.ca/page-18398
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The Canadian government needs to do a massive PSA blitz telling people that genAI lies and the results from ChatGPT and all the other slop machines cannot be trusted, at all.
The time has come to bring back the house hippo.
The time has come to bring back the house hippo.
May 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Canadian government needs to do a massive PSA blitz telling people that genAI lies and the results from ChatGPT and all the other slop machines cannot be trusted, at all.
The time has come to bring back the house hippo.
The time has come to bring back the house hippo.
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May 20 is World Bee Day. There are ~20,000 different bee species in the world. 🧪🧵🐝 Here in Ontario we have at least 400 native bees (none of which are honeybees, which are from Europe). Bees are key to pollination. According to the UN nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend, 🧵
May 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
May 20 is World Bee Day. There are ~20,000 different bee species in the world. 🧪🧵🐝 Here in Ontario we have at least 400 native bees (none of which are honeybees, which are from Europe). Bees are key to pollination. According to the UN nearly 90% of the world’s wild flowering plant species depend, 🧵
Horrifying & sadly predictable.
In an effort to avoid accusations of cheating, some students are recording their own screens for hours at a time or using keystroke loggers.
A New Headache for Honest Students: Proving They Didn’t Use A.I.
www.nytimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Horrifying & sadly predictable.
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Scientists are pushing to get their grants reinstated — and some are winning www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/r...
Scientists are pushing to get their grants reinstated — and some are winning
The grant termination letters say there are no appeals. Yet dozens of appeals have succeeded as biomedical researchers lobby and sue to restore funding.
www.statnews.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Scientists are pushing to get their grants reinstated — and some are winning www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/r...
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⚡ Attn anyone interested in algal genomics and lichen symbiosis! ⚡ New preprint: a near chromosome-level assembly of Trebouxia sp. A48 (member of T. decolorans species complex), the photobiont of Xanthoria parietina. 1/5 #lichen #alga #genomics
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
⚡ Attn anyone interested in algal genomics and lichen symbiosis! ⚡ New preprint: a near chromosome-level assembly of Trebouxia sp. A48 (member of T. decolorans species complex), the photobiont of Xanthoria parietina. 1/5 #lichen #alga #genomics
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Not surprising, but still disappointing.
“Sora’s videos present a stringent, singular view of the world…”
OpenAI’s Sora Is Plagued by Sexist, Racist, and Ableist Biases
WIRED tested the popular AI video generator from OpenAI and found that it amplifies sexist stereotypes and ableist tropes, perpetuating the same biases already present in AI image tools.
www.wired.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Not surprising, but still disappointing.
Thanks to my neighbors willing to stand up & speak out! www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
Protests against Trump tariffs held at US-Canada border in Detroit, Windsor
Demonstrators in Detroit and Windsor joined forces in a cross-border protest against President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada on Sunday.
www.clickondetroit.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Thanks to my neighbors willing to stand up & speak out! www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
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What Vance is doing here is ENORMOUS disinformation. International students at the undergrad level typically pay full tuition, which subsidizes tuition for American students on financial aid by keeping tuition costs lower. At the grad level, domestic students are harder to recruit!
"Last week, Vance said foreign students at elite U.S. universities are 'not just bad for national security,' but also 'bad for the American dream, for American kids who want to go to a nice university but can’t because their spot was taken by a foreign student.'"
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Universities are caving to Trump with a stunning speed and scope
Some of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest institutions are swiftly bending to President Donald Trump, who is acting on longstanding conservative criticisms of universities as elitist and progressive.
www.politico.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
What Vance is doing here is ENORMOUS disinformation. International students at the undergrad level typically pay full tuition, which subsidizes tuition for American students on financial aid by keeping tuition costs lower. At the grad level, domestic students are harder to recruit!
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This works in a lot of bureaucracies! Simply refuse. I’ve seen departments NOT be dissolved, disastrous programs fizzle, whole sectors grind to a halt simply because a person with a tiny amount of power said “no!”
You say no. It’s actually very simple.
March 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This works in a lot of bureaucracies! Simply refuse. I’ve seen departments NOT be dissolved, disastrous programs fizzle, whole sectors grind to a halt simply because a person with a tiny amount of power said “no!”
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Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region.
We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant
survival over the past 50...
www.thelancet.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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📜 How we remember matters. What happens when records become harder to access? OAH has launched the Records at Risk Data Collection Initiative to track changes in the availability of historical sources & their impact on public history.
🔎 Read about it: ow.ly/c9A950VgxWt
🔎 Read about it: ow.ly/c9A950VgxWt
March 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
📜 How we remember matters. What happens when records become harder to access? OAH has launched the Records at Risk Data Collection Initiative to track changes in the availability of historical sources & their impact on public history.
🔎 Read about it: ow.ly/c9A950VgxWt
🔎 Read about it: ow.ly/c9A950VgxWt
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I'll correct this:
The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans ACCELERATE DESTROYING THE COUNTRY or block the bill TO FORCE THEM TO NEGOTIATE.
The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans ACCELERATE DESTROYING THE COUNTRY or block the bill TO FORCE THEM TO NEGOTIATE.
The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to avoid a shutdown or block the bill and be blamed for triggering one.
Senate Democrats face major dilemma: help GOP pass funding bill or trigger shutdown
www.npr.org
March 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I'll correct this:
The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans ACCELERATE DESTROYING THE COUNTRY or block the bill TO FORCE THEM TO NEGOTIATE.
The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans ACCELERATE DESTROYING THE COUNTRY or block the bill TO FORCE THEM TO NEGOTIATE.