Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonWill Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 15/09/20261/17 Submissions are now open for the 2027 Microbial Population Biology GRC! We expect this meeting to be extraordinarily oversubscribed. If you want to come, time is of the essence--apply ASAP! June 27–July 2 • Andover, NH www.grc.org/microbial-po... 310369
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 14/09/2026There's A LOT of ways the Trump admin is currently attacking & decimating American science. Here's a breakdown of what they are doing, and what you can do about it. 🧵 5369240
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonCarolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This recent work, led by @aanuoluwaduro.bsky.social and published in @ismepublications.bsky.social #ISMECommunications, set out to establish a framework for evaluating the accuracy of polymicrobial experimental models. doi.org/10.1093/isme... 🧪🧫doi.orgValidate User 162
Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026My first PhD student, @aanuoluwaduro.bsky.social graduated recently! Aanuoluwa is an excellent scientist and student, who has published some awesome work in @asm.org journals #msystems #iai doi.org/10.1128/msys... & doi.org/10.1128/iai..... I now want to highlight her most recent published work!doi.org 161
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonTiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Microbiology professors/PIs, would you like to join the microPI slack? Microbiology is defined broadly. This is an open tent. Professor/PI is inclusive to teaching focused roles, or pure research PI roles like a National lab PI. Reply or DM me and I will send you a link. 32119
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026"administration cannot rely on a White House budget office regulation to terminate billions of dollars in grants because they are inconsistent with his priorities" www.reuters.com/world/trump-...reuters.comTrump administration cannot cancel grants for disfavored causes, US judge rulesA federal judge on Friday ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration cannot rely on a White House budget office regulation to terminate billions of dollars in grants because they ar... 24912
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonTankbag @tankbag.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Here’s the report they handed out… diabetesjournals.org/care/article...diabetesjournals.orgMisguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent 03916
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/06/2026Remember the current NIH director going on about protecting researchers from government censorship? Today his people called the police in to forcibly remove my colleagues from their own society meeting for sharing an editorial published in their flagship journal that was critical of him. Gift linknytimes.comPolice Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration 5629151465
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 06/06/2026The current President of the ADA is Harvard Medical School's Dr. Enrique Caballero. Perhaps he'd like to hear from you if you think the ADA's actions in ejecting Dr. Kahn and his colleagues from the national meeting were wrong enrique_caballero@hms.harvard.edu hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staf...hms.harvard.edu 0129
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonGina Lewin @ginalewin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Going to be a good day at #ASMicrobe Check out two presentations from my lab: Alyssa Hamm is taking about bacterial scRNA-seq at 3:15 in 151AB Grace Heine is presenting poster MECH-SAT-496 on the role of strain- and species-level diversity in microbial interactions 142
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonAmerican Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Sweeping draft regulations released by OMB pose one of the most significant threats to federally funded research in decades. The proposal would affect nearly every aspect of the scientific process. Read more: www.ascb.org/science-policy/federal… 37243
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n 2719251088
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This functionally ends science in the United States. 15420188
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This has been bubbling up for a while. If enacted, it will formalize the illegal termination of grants and undermine the federal government's role as a trusted partner in accelerating R&D. How do teams plan, hire, and build over the long-term if OMB builds in punishment as a precondition? 26136
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonAlex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 28/05/2026The University of Washington Department of Microbiology seeks to hire an Assistant Professor, Tenure Track. apply.interfolio.com/185622 We're interested in mechanistic approaches to study physiology and/or pathogenesis of bacteria and viruses, as well as microbial community interactions.apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 22232
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 22/05/2026This is a disaster. Science is an international endeavor. Major steps forward happen through serendipity and collaboration. Grants fund science, but people -- Americans and non-Americans, both in our country and overseas -- create science. That makes us healthier, richer, and safer. 28034
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 14/05/2026NEW: A serious staffing shortage — of the Trump admin's own making — is delaying the agency's ability to send billions to universities around the country, leaving labs reeling in the meantime. “I thought we were at rock bottom”, a senior NIH official said. “We are below rock bottom now.”nature.comNIH staffing shortage could slash number of new grants issued this yearSome units at the US funding giant are so understaffed, they are focusing on mandated grant renewals rather than new awards. 14509323
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonLaura Cook @laurainthelab1.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Made it to #ksbeyondantibiotics26. Saw wildlife right away! 0145
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Major update from #SCIMaP, including * Impact analysis of White House's FY 2027 proposed cuts to NIH and NSF. * Fact sheets showing impacts in Congressional districts. * New analysis on how baseline science funding benefits the economy and jobs in local communities. More via scienceimpacts.org 02321
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonDaria Van Tyne @dariavantyne.bsky.social · 08/04/2026My lab at Pitt is looking for a Research Scientist to help us make phage therapy for patients with antibiotic-resistant infections. Please share and apply! cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...cfopitt.taleo.netResearch ScientistClick the link provided to see the complete job description. 07075
Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Excited to have our newest paper out in ISME Communications led by @aanuoluwaduro.bsky.social ! academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a... 🧪🦠🧫 @ismepublications.bsky.socialacademic.oup.com 181
Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 22/02/2026This is more than 10X the NIH budget. But “Efficiency” and “Getting rid of wasteful spending” 010
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 22/02/2026This is more than 10.5 NIH budgets. Absolutely outrageous when they gutted NSF and destroyed USAID. For what? 12316
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 26/01/2026“We cannot pursue our mission to improve the health and well-being of all Americans while DHS agents are murdering, assaulting, and terrorizing people who call this country home…We believe ICE and CBP are a greater threat to the health of our nation than the lapse of HHS services.” 26332
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Read the Save HHS open letter! www.savehhs.org/letter-we-wi...savehhs.orgLetter: We Will Not Be Pawns — Save HHSHHS current and former staff, unified under the name Save HHS, have written an open letter to members of the US Senate, calling for a freeze on funding for ICE and USCBP. The letter asks Senators to s... 07158
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonDiana Kwon @dianakwon.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Looking for sources for a @nature.com story about how researchers are coping in the midst of current events: If you're a PhD or other academic who's struggling to focus with everything that's happening in the world and would like to be interviewed for this story, please get in touch ASAP! 56974
Reposted by Carolyn Ibbersonashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 25/01/2026tomorrow, StandWithMinnesota.com will hit a million site visits and over 650,000 unique visitors. i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare. thank you. thank you.standwithminnesota.comStand With Minnesota Donation DirectoryStand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement. 712726991
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 24/01/2026I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off. 287238906169
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonDimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage. 13866007718640
Reposted by Carolyn Ibbersonmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence. 241274029835
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here. 7453939111246
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them. 1541911231
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026NYT video analysis confirms victim’s gun was removed before he was shot. So he was unarmed. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/minne… 421984747
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 24/01/2026So I watched the shooting video frame by frame and it looks like: 1) They were beating a struggling man with batons 2) His jacket opened revealing a gun in his waistband or lower back 3) The agent in gray grabbed the gun and was walking away 4) THEN the other agents shot the man in the back 7533011309
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonJeff Yang @originalsp.in · 24/01/2026Per his colleagues: The victim’s name was apparently Alex Pretti and he was an ICU nurse caring for severely injured veterans at the VA Hospital. He was acting as an observer, filming the raid. Any suggestion that he was there with violence on his mind is horrific gaslighting. 171207452
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonTiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 24/01/2026www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli... This video shows the untrained, overly violent fascist ICE agents killing a SECOND Minnesota protestor.reddit.comFrom the Minneapolis community on Reddit: Another ICE murder in front of Glam Doll DonutsExplore this post and more from the Minneapolis community 212
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry" 36589173129
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonJarrett Ley (WashPost) @osviz-jarrett.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Hi I'm a visual forensics reporter at The Washington Post. Do you have any footage of today's ICE shooting? Please reach out. DMs open. 40236133
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 22/01/2026This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis. Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants. 744103546016
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonMPR News @mprnews.org · 22/01/2026The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.mprnews.orgICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai... 27804455
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonMark Armstrong @markarms.bsky.social · 22/01/2026"Liam’s teacher, Ella Sullivan, teared up when thinking about Liam. 'He’s a bright young student,' she said, 'and he’s so kind and loving. His classmates miss him.'" www.startribune.com/preschooler-...startribune.comPreschooler and three other students detained by ICE, school district leader saysThe detentions of Columbia Heights students come after weeks of heightened concern and enforcement presence near and on Twin Cities school property. 442268949
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonMargaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town. 142153735718
Reposted by Carolyn Ibberson@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 22/01/2026This is Liam Ramos. The five year old that ICE took from a Minneapolis school and sent BY HIMSELF WITHOUT HIS FAMILY to a detention facility in Texas. There are monsters among us and they are wearing masks, carrying guns, and work for the US government. 9329621209
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonAndrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Sharing this report of ICE depravity from Facebook at the request of community member. This is from a suburb north of ICE-occupied Minneapolis. The text is from her post on Facebook. 321524779
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 21/01/2026BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.bit.lyImmigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo saysAn Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant. 1291118936945
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4... 91147838504
Reposted by Carolyn IbbersonJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 20/01/2026The conference (agreement between House and Senate) appropriations bill that includes HHS and NIH was released this morning. www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit... 1/5appropriations.senate.govCommittee Releases Conferenced Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Bi...United States Senate Committee on Appropriations 39575