Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This one is my first article! Go and take a look! I will make a longer post later when the nice inline version posts :) 022
Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Metagenomics / biology sky, do your thing: I have done @pacbio.bsky.social metagenomics on a super related community and assembled with hifiasm meta. My alternate contig files are massive- a lot of strain variation. How can I use this? Most published lit just throws it away? 003
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSRishi De-Kayne @rishidekayne.bsky.social · 22/06/2026🚨 #Evol2026 attendees - our team at @arcadiascience.com is hiring! We're looking to hire a computational evolutionary biologist interested in asking how and why protein sequences/structures/functions differ across the tree of life 🧬 jobs.lever.co/arcadiascien... Please share widely!jobs.lever.coArcadia Science - Platform Scientist: Comparative Protein EvolutionA Bit About Us: We're Arcadia Science, an evolutionary biology company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to turn natural innovations into real-world solutions by developing systematic and ... 01921
Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Really grateful for the opportunity to chat with @science.org last week about the lack of Fable access in biology, and some of my thoughts on how @anthropic.com can work with biologists for model access. Check it out here: www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgResearchers caught in the crossfire as companies and government grapple over AI safetyAfter tumultuous Fable 5 takedown, scientists fear AI safety rules could reshape open research 120
Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 07/06/2026So grateful to talk about the last chapter of my PhD at ASM Microbe yesterday! If anyone wants to learn more about rhizobia and their plasmids, let’s chat! I’m also on the job market seeking computational roles on the West Coast. DMs are open! 121
Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Come by my talk at ASM tomorrow! I am also on the job market for late fall/winter! I am seeking computational research roles on the West Coast. If anyone knows of anything, please reach out! 010
Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Thrilled to be talking about some of my PhD work at ASM Microbe this weekend in DC! Come see me on Saturday in the Rhizosphere to Pollinators section to learn how I’ve been characterizing the symbiotic plasmidome within legume nodules with HiC metagenomics! Can’t wait to see you! 030
Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 29/05/2026My very talented friend has lots of naturalist/science-y art up for sale!! Go and check it out! 010
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSLaura Suttenfield @lcatherines.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Happy new year! The second big project of my PhD in Rachel Whitaker's lab is now up! 🎉 We look at how provirus infection affects the evolution of the bacterial chromosome with different types of viral induction – with CRISPRs or antibiotics. Take a peek 🦠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgProvirus induction diversifies adaptive variation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa lysogen populationsPseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that forms chronic infections in people with cystic fibrosis. Often P. aeruginosa strains are lysogens, infected with proviruses, that ... 44621
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSLacey Chappel @moth-laceychappel.bsky.social · 11/12/2025(Part 1 of 2) Love your weird lakes! ⛰️🦐 Made this little comic for fun after some recent visits up north. #scientificillustration #nationalparkservice #altnationalparksservice #monolake #comic #brineshrimp #illustration #sciart 🐡 3196
Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 11/12/2025My wonderful friend makes these awesome infographics. This one is about one of our favorite CA lakes! Give it a read! 020
Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Wow that sounds like a cool paper! Everyone should read it! (it's mine it's my paper 😁) thrilled to announce that it's on BioRxiv now!! Anyone who is interested in the uncultivated majority, cool microbes, and eco-evolutionary dynamics should give it a read!! 151
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSGEMS Institute @gems-bii.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Please share! The UIUC Dept of Plant Biology is hiring a tenure-track professor in mycology. Candidates should be strong in basic mycology and be interested in implications for a circular bioeconomy. Applications close Oct 31st! illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...illinois.csod.comAssistant Professor- Department of Plant BiologyDuties & Responsibilities 011
Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Please share to any potential applicants!! 000
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSLacey Chappel @moth-laceychappel.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Know your bears 🐻 Sources: savebears.org, turpentinecreek.org, NPR article www.npr.org/2023/08/07/1... #fatbearweek #nationalparksservice #nationalforestservice 122
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSLacey Chappel @moth-laceychappel.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Daphnia? More like daft-nia amirite... 021
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎 261698752
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSDr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Although we are not federally funded for this summer, WE WILL STILL RUN The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP) in 2025. We remain committed to the work that needs to be done and will continue to meet people where they are. 1/4 nsurp.orgnsurp.orgNSURP.orgNational Summer Undergraduate Research Project 4257110
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSAmanda @dramandar.bsky.social · 14/02/2025If you've been let go from your federal science job and are interested in participating in this, DM me Lets #StandUpForScience 🔬💪 www.standupforscience2025.org/STAND-UP-FOR... 0297
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSLeducq Lab @leducq-lab.bsky.social · 14/02/202516S rRNA is just like AI. If you don't know how to use it, just don't, or train first. 052
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSMike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Things I'm doing: 1) Setting up a local telethon to call our reps on Monday 2) Taking it to the streets 👇 59716
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSMike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Ok scientists. How do we respond? Scientific strike starting on Monday? Something has to be done to let people know what is going on. 2225064
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSVaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 02/02/2025Powerful and important infographics by @firefoxx66.bsky.social about the ongoing destruction of our public health and scientific infrastructure, one of the nation’s greatest assets. Read. Share. Take action. 01613
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSChelsey Spriggs @drsprggs.bsky.social · 03/02/2025ASM did a spotlight article on me last February and it has also been taken down as “under review”. Other spotlight articles are still up so not sure how else to interpret this besides the obvious. It feels pretty crappy to have been singled out and I won’t be engaging with them in the future. 22271116
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSDr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025My letter to ASM leaders that I sent is too long to be posted here, so I'm going to post highlights in case anyone else needs information for their letter. 🧵 1028389
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSK.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Kudos to @asm.org I have never in my nearly 25yrs as a member been sent an "ASM Action Alert" asking me to contact my members of Congress. Make those calls. Write those emails. There are extraordinary times and we must make ourselves heard 418577
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSBen Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · 28/01/2025NSF PRFB POSTDOCS: Pull the remainder of this funding cycle’s stipend, all remaining research funds, and all remaining travel funds (if you have them). Do it before 5PM today. Per instructions from multiple NSF POs. If you’re not already on the PRFB slack, DM me and I’ll send you an invite 12745345
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSJonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 27/01/2025If you're a scientist that serves on an NSF panel that got cancelled today, I'd love to talk to you about it for an NPR story. DM, email or reach out on signal. 11927597
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSAlex Alleman @alexanderalleman.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Spread the word! Methylorubrum is no more! Thread below (1/4): academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...academic.oup.comLed astray by 16S rRNA: phylogenomics reaffirms the monophyly of Methylobacterium and lack of support for Methylorubrum as a genusAbstract. Although the 16S (and 18S) rRNA gene has been an essential tool in classifying prokaryotes, using a single locus to revise bacteria taxonomy can 242
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSGEMS Institute @gems-bii.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Did you know that GEMS has a newsletter? The newest edition was just published today! Check it out on our website: symbiosis.illinois.edu/gems-nuggets...symbiosis.illinois.eduGEMS Nuggets Winter 2025 – GEMSConnect with us on BlueSky 001
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSPaul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 03/12/2024Not all Bradyrhizobium fix N2! In fact, most that live in soil probably don’t. We isolated a bunch from Arizona soils and found none had N-fixing or nodulation genes. We report their genomes and phylogeny here in an accepted paper at access microbiology! www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...microbiologyresearch.orgHigh-quality PacBio draft genome sequences of 17 free-living Bradyrhizobium and four related Nitrobacteraceae strains isolated from arid soils in the Santa Catalina Mountains of Southern Arizona.Non-symbiotic Bradyrhizobium are among the most abundant and ubiquitous microbes in bulk soils globally. Despite this, most available genomic resources for Bradyrhizobium are derived from plant-associ... 3286
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSRachel M. Wheatley @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Funded #PhD project to work with me, @DrSelvaDhan, @andymitch20, @arwynedwards, & @LindaOyama on zoonotic bacterial pathogens and their mobile genetic elements, available through the OneZoo DTP: shorturl.at/DGriT Application deadline: 31st January 2025 Please share!shorturl.atMapping the spread of zoonotic bacterial pathogens and their mobile genetic elements as drivers of infection at Queen’s University Belfast on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Mapping the spread of zoonotic bacterial pathogens and their mobile genetic elements as drivers of infection at Queen’s University Belfast, listed on FindAPhD.com 11723
Reposted by Sierra Bedwell, MSAlejandro Manzano Marín @amanzanom.bsky.social · 10/11/2024I made ,some time ago, a starter pack for Microbial #Symbiosis. I'm 100% sure it's incomplete, but short on time lately... You can reply and suggest prople/feeds/etc to add! #MicroSky #SymbioSky go.bsky.app/T8VUWCz 286132
Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Hi bsky! I'll reintroduce myself after my X-odus (ha!) I'm a PhD candidate and the Sci-Comm Coordinator for @gems-bii.bsky.social. I'm a micro-ecologist who <3s big sequencing datasets. I will be looking for jobs (2026 ish) in nonprofit, sci-comm, or bioinfo! Happy to be on a new sci platform! 010