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Sierra Bedwell, MS

@bedwellbacteria.bsky.social
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Microbial ecologist, sci-comm coordinator, and PhD candidate working for the GEMS Biology Integration Institute. BS @MontanaState, MS @UofIllinois. Lover of space, soil, skiing and symbiosis. All views are my own.

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Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This one is my first article! Go and take a look! I will make a longer post later when the nice inline version posts :)
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Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Metagenomics / 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?
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Rishi 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!
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Arcadia Science - Platform Scientist: Comparative Protein Evolution
A 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 ...
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Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Really 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...
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Researchers caught in the crossfire as companies and government grapple over AI safety
After tumultuous Fable 5 takedown, scientists fear AI safety rules could reshape open research
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Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
So 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!
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Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Come 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!
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Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Thrilled 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!
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Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
My very talented friend has lots of naturalist/science-y art up for sale!! Go and check it out!
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Laura Suttenfield @lcatherines.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Happy 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...
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Provirus induction diversifies adaptive variation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa lysogen populations
Pseudomonas 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 ...
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Lacey 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 🐡
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Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
My wonderful friend makes these awesome infographics. This one is about one of our favorite CA lakes! Give it a read!
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Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Wow 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!!
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GEMS Institute @gems-bii.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Please 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...
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Assistant Professor- Department of Plant Biology
Duties & Responsibilities
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Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Please share to any potential applicants!!
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Lacey Chappel @moth-laceychappel.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Know your bears 🐻 Sources: savebears.org, turpentinecreek.org, NPR article www.npr.org/2023/08/07/1... #fatbearweek #nationalparksservice #nationalforestservice
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Lacey Chappel @moth-laceychappel.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Daphnia? More like daft-nia amirite...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025
SO 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/ ☀️⬇️🌎
List of Stand Up for Science events—official events in red, solidarity events in blue.
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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Although 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.org
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National Summer Undergraduate Research Project
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Amanda @dramandar.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
If 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...
Stand Up For Science March 7, 2025 Washington, DC and nationwide. Science is for everyone. Find your local rally site and other ways to get involved standupforscience2025.org
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Leducq Lab @leducq-lab.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
16S rRNA is just like AI. If you don't know how to use it, just don't, or train first.
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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Things I'm doing: 1) Setting up a local telethon to call our reps on Monday 2) Taking it to the streets 👇
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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Ok scientists. How do we respond? Scientific strike starting on Monday? Something has to be done to let people know what is going on.
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 02/02/2025
Powerful 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.
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Chelsey Spriggs @drsprggs.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
ASM 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.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
My 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. 🧵
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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Kudos 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
Header: "ASM Action Alert" and "ASM Advocacy" next to image of bacteria

Text: Urge the Trump Administration to Restore Normal Federal Grant Operations
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Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
NSF 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
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Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
If 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.
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Alex Alleman @alexanderalleman.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Spread the word! Methylorubrum is no more! Thread below (1/4): academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
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Led astray by 16S rRNA: phylogenomics reaffirms the monophyly of Methylobacterium and lack of support for Methylorubrum as a genus
Abstract. Although the 16S (and 18S) rRNA gene has been an essential tool in classifying prokaryotes, using a single locus to revise bacteria taxonomy can
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GEMS Institute @gems-bii.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Did 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...
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GEMS Nuggets Winter 2025 – GEMSConnect with us on BlueSky
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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 03/12/2024
Not 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...
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High-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...
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Rachel M. Wheatley @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Funded #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!
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Mapping the spread of zoonotic bacterial pathogens and their mobile genetic elements as drivers of infection at Queen’s University Belfast on FindAPhD.com
PhD 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
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Alejandro Manzano Marín @amanzanom.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
I 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
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Sierra Bedwell, MS @bedwellbacteria.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hi 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!
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