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Cecilia Noecker

@cecilianoecker.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at Minnesota State Mankato (she/her). Interested in microbial ecology and evolution, metabolism, genomics, computational biology, equitable education, & more. Views my own. noeckerlab.github.io

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Mark Baxter 🏳️‍🌈🧂 @markgbaxter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you work with international personnel, you may want to comment on this proposed rule change that would put visa holders out of status immediately (instead of after a 60 day grace period) when their employment ends keepthe60days.com
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Keep the 60 Days: H-1B, E-3, L-1, O-1 & TN grace period
DHS proposes ending the 60-day grace period after a layoff for H-1B, E-3, L-1, O-1 and TN visa holders. Comment on USCIS-2026-0364 before November 10, 2026.
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Christophe Zimmer @chzimmer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Can you tell how an antibiotic kills bacteria just by watching them under a regular microscope — without any dyes ? Yes, it turns out, at least if you are a deep neural net.
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Sarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🧪🚨ATTENTION: TENURE TRACK JOB POSTINGS!🚨Come work with me in Buffalo! We are hiring TWO TT faculty lines: -Physical/Analytical Chemistry -Genetics/Microbiology Biologist Please Share!! 1/7
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Cecilia Noecker @cecilianoecker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sharing this job posting for a friend - Lawrence University is hiring a faculty member with a focus on teaching genetics, research area open. It's a great PUI/liberal arts college in central Wisconsin: lawrence.peopleadmin.com/postings/2163
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Assistant Professor of Biology
Lawrence University of Wisconsin, a selective undergraduate liberal arts college and conservatory of music located in Appleton, Wisconsin, invites applications for a full-time tenure track Assistant P...
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026
The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Researchers across the country are turning to side hustles to fund their work. Behind the cuts sits a bigger shift: whether American science can still sustain durable research capacity. @lindseydcameron.bsky.social and I examine the stakes in a new piece @science.org: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The wrong platform for science
Daniel Blumstein recently sat in a Colorado meadow waiting for yellow-bellied marmots to appear, as the ecologist and evolutionary biologist had done many times before, the New York Times reported. Bu...
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Rauf Salamzade @raufs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Internet breaking for me today because of these AI agents. Made a new release of a tool on GitHub yesterday and both Zenodo and BiocondaBot were unable to detect it. Zenodo, which is a great resource, has the following message. Yeah, we should probably have some rules for these things 🤦...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Pastor Carl Ruby, of Springfield's Central Christian Church, can state the issue more clearly than 98% of people working in politics today.
"I wish President Trump could hear the mom's wails. The

family wants people to know that this was a suicide and they

want people to know that President Trump, (Stephen) Miller, and Markwayne Mullin's inhumane immigration policies made this happen," Ruby wrote.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/08/2026
Today is the LAST DAY to leave your public comment on the NSF Proposal. The Proposal implements Vought’s science destroying OMB Policies ahead of time, and we cannot let this sneaky proposal scoot by quietly. Leave your public comment today by visiting the link: zurl.co/ZGP3i
The graphic contains a photo of Russell Vought, the red Stand Up for Science logo, and the NSF logo. The graphic reads: "Today is the last day to leave your public comment on the science endangering NSF Proposal".
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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New NSF BIO solicitation says expected number of awards is 250-300. Historically, the number of awards is closer to 800-1000 for the Directorate of Bio Sciences: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses... Unless I'm missing large, non-core programs, this seems really not good?
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Agency Pulse: Grantmaking at NSF
An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is the reported $100,000 fee on Optional Practical Training (OPT), which allows foreign students to remain for a couple years in post-graduate employment. The fee would devastate the program, making the US even less desirable as a destination for the world's best and brightest.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The NIH just released a proposal that will apparently hide peer reviewers’ impact scores and percentiles from the research team, their institution, and NIH program officers. All the better to obscure how funding decisions will be made primarily via political review, I’m guessing.
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NOT-OD-26-088: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review NOT-OD-26-088. NIH
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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Trump's DOJ claims 3 of NSF's efforts to broaden participation in STEM are unconstitutional. They are not. Goodbye to: -Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions -Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate -Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation
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DOJ Declares 3 Race-Based STEM Programs Unconstitutional
The programs received about $104 million in federal funds this past year.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...
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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab
Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It is a sign of the total failure of our constitutional order that, a mere six years after we were all desperately praying for a miraculous scientific breakthrough to end the worst global pandemic in a century, that the President of the United States can do what he did today & face no consequences.
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donovan-parks.bsky.social @donovan-parks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Our paper identifying a stop codon reassignment in Eggerthellaceae species found in mammalian guts is now out! Great collaborative effort with Pierre Chaumeil, Maria Chuvochina, and Phil Hugenholtz (@xrefugee13.bsky.social). www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... @microbiologysociety.org
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Stop codon reassignment to tryptophan in members of the bacterial phylum Actinomycetota
Reassignment of stop codons is a significant evolutionary event with recoding of UGA to tryptophan being previously identified in only three bacterial phyla, the Bacillota, Pseudomonadota and Verrucom...
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Kaçar Lab at UW-Madison @kacarlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🚨 Job alert! 🚨 Join the faculty at UW–Madison Bacteriology! We have two faculty searches: • Asst Prof (Microbial Communities & Bioeconomy) • Asst / Assoc / Full Prof (Systems & Synthetic Biology) Check out the open positions and apply👇 #FacultyJobs #SynBio #Microbiology #Astrobiology #Evolution
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Nature Reviews Microbiology @natrevmicro.nature.com · 23/07/2026
New online! Eggerthella lenta: metabolism, pathogenesis and therapeutic implications
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Eggerthella lenta: metabolism, pathogenesis and therapeutic implications
Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41579-026-01344-5Advancing microbiome research beyond well-studied bacterial species is key to understanding the full functional diversity and potential of the human gut microbiome. In this Review, Turnbaugh and colleagues explore the unique metabolism and pathogenic potential of Eggerthella lenta, supporting the feasibility and utility of studying diverse human-associated bacterial species.
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Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Dear microbiome enthusiasts: I'm excited to be moving my lab to New York University this fall (& the NYU Institute for Engineering Health); with joint-appointment @isbscience.org I'm hiring a postdoc @ NYU to look at diet-driven evolution in the gut: apply.interfolio.com/189980 Please share! 🦠🤓
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 18/07/2026
The costs of international student exclusion will be vast and permanent. It will harm all Conservative Americans and their children; it will harm all Liberal Americans and their children. It is the exact opposite of what our tech-driven economy needs. I summarize my research at @piie.com —>
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The US is driving away international students at a long-term economic cost
For generations, students from around the world have fueled universities in the United States, their top destination by far. Those students don't just sustain a $43 billion export industry in higher e...
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 17/07/2026
One third of all PhD STEM workers in the US are immigrants who studied at a US university. Today the US Administration extended its efforts to slash high-skill immigration, undermining foreign students' trust that they can complete their degrees & work afterwards. My new piece at @brookings.edu —>
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What does the new duration of status rule mean for international students and workers? | Brookings
Brookings guest authors break down a recent DHS rule change and what it means for US temporary visa holders and the broader economy
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A report on the ground from the ICE shooting in Biddeford that should make every parent in this country lose their minds:
Cecelia Humiston, 22, lives on Chapel Street. She was asleep with her two-year-old son when she woke up to the sounds of a commotion on surrounding streets.

When she went to investigate, she saw what appeared to be a person lying on the ground on Pool Street.

She remembers hearing an older woman with a distressed family, yelling, “You took her dad, you took her dad!”

“They were with a little girl, she couldn't have been older than three,” Humiston said. “She was still in her Bluey pajamas.”

Humiston described law enforcement as “rude,” and said they barricaded family’s car from leaving. Another yelled at the little girl, who was trying to smell flowers.
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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
OUR WORK IS NOT DONE. In unusual move, NSF issued a request for information on plan to conform grant policies to the proposed (unfinalized) OMB rule. Plan includes changes to grant termination provisions & disallowing publication costs. Comments due August 24. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; National Science Foundation Proposal/Award Information-NSF Guidance on Financial Assistance
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to renew and revise its collection for its financial assistance policies and procedures. In accordance with the requirements of the Paper...
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Liz Haswell @ehaswell.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Great inspiration from @hormiga.bsky.social. I’m working on mine this weekend. . .
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Submit your OMB comment this weekend.
This one is important. It's due on Monday.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Please watch his statement. This is horrific (the killing, the way the family found out, the reason for the killing, all of it), & was 100% preventable. My heart goes out to the family, friends, & community of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Please call your reps so they know how unacceptable this is.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Are you sick of winning yet?
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Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite grows to more than 1,000 cases
Michigan is experiencing its largest outbreak of a parasitic infection that causes severe diarrhea. Nearly 1,000 people have been diagnosed with cyclospora as of Wednesday, though no deaths have been ...
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Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In case anyone ever questions whether the current US administration has hurt science…small data point…but I’ve had one bacterial genome sitting at Genbank waiting to be cleared for 7 months with little to no response on their end
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
From Dolores Huerta's statement this past March medium.com/@dolores_hue...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 05/07/2026
🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 8 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/DhKYY
Graphic from Stand Up for Science urging action on a federal funding proposal. Large text reads: "8 Days Left" and "Help Us Stop Vought From Destroying American Science." A portrait of Russell Vought appears beside the U.S. Capitol. A banner along the bottom reads: "Submit a comment on the OMB proposal | Link in bio to take action." The Stand Up for Science logo appears in the top left.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 01/07/2026
Meet SpudCell, a synthetic cell made from lifeless ingredients that feeds, grows, divides, and experiences selection. If it doesn't have all the hallmarks of life, it has a lot! Here's my story. Gift link: nyti.ms/4vCbTih
A series of images of a dividing synthetic cell
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Helen Pearson @helenpearson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
NEW: Is there a 'crisis' of public trust in science? It can feel that way — with attacks on research in the US and growing rejection of vaccines. I investigated for @nature.com - and found some surprises. My feature article is out today and a short🧵here www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Have people stopped trusting science? The data tell a surprising story
Some say there’s a global crisis of trust — but research reveals where the real problems lie.
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Mary-Dell Chilton, NC biochemist who revolutionized agriculture, dies at 87 www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a... #PlantScience #PlantBiotech 🧪
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Mary-Dell Chilton, NC biochemist who revolutionized agriculture, dies at 87
The late biochemist from Southern Pines transformed agriculture by creating the first genetically modified plants.
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Emily Goldberg @dremilygoldberg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I haven't seen any coverage on this! Time to submit another comment! www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Glad to see this story and coverage of an important paper. www.statnews.com/2026/06/17/n... 1/16
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NIH diversity programs doubled undergraduates’ odds of getting a Ph.D., 20-year study finds
A new study found that two diversity-oriented programs supported by the NIH doubled the odds that an undergraduate would earn a Ph.D.
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ
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The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I do not think there is sufficient appreciation for how catastrophic yesterday’s decision in Slaughter is for this country. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent and she intoned from the bench yesterday, “today the majority reshapes our Govt.”
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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This is like doctors trying to prevent sick people from entering the hospital.
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"Right now, in some underfunded lab, a scientist is chasing a question that sounds pointless...a century of experience says that funding people to do this work is a good bet. If we stop making that bet, we will pay for it in cures no one will know to miss."
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"Program managers would normally rush to inform potential and current grantees about such dramatic changes. But the memo tells program managers to keep their mouths shut. 'This information is highly confidential...Please do not communicate anything to PIs.'” www.science.org/content/arti...
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Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say
Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 19/06/2026
NSF's grantmaking is miserly when compared to recent years, but when compared it to the historical record, we see it's a radical break from the long-term consensus of investing in scientific innovation. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF 🧪
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The NSF is on Track for its Worst Year in Generations – Grant Witness
Throttling of science funding is utterly unprecedented and radical when compared to the past 50 years.
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Christian Diener @cdiener.com · 14/06/2026
Interesting article by Glass et al. on using metabolic modeling to find new antibiotics for the vaginal microbiome.
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 15/06/2026
Out Now! Purine bias in bacterial genes is driven by runaway transcription #MicroSky
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Purine bias in bacterial genes is driven by runaway transcription
Nature Microbiology, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02389-1Purine bias is critical for gene expression in bacteria, preventing premature transcription in species that exhibit runaway transcription.
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Kranzusch Lab @kranzuschlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
How do human cells defend against viruses? @sgfern.bsky.social discovers that human immune proteins named ISGs target ancient features of replication shared between animal and bacterial viruses – opening analysis of human immunity to the power of bacterial genetics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 11/06/2026
Still all quiet on the #NSF front. No new awards in the past week. REMINDER: We still are hearing of trickles of terminations, suspensions, and money being held back from grantees, which NSF isn't reporting. We need your help - please report! 🧪 grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0...
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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I wrote about AI in academia. "PhD-level thinking", LLM bias, grunt work, alignment, AGI, data center water use, AI politics -- something for everyone.
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Thoughts on AI in academia
PhD-level thinking, LLM bias, alignment, AGI, data centers, and AI politics
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Gina Lewin @ginalewin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🚨🦠💻🧬🚨 My lab is hiring!! Looking for a technician or postdoc to join us in Cleveland starting this summer to lead a project analyzing ~1000 metatranscriptomes from the human oral cavity. More info on my lab website www.thelewinlab.com/join-us #ASMicrobe #Microbiome #Microsky
The Lewin Lab is looking for enthusiastic and motivated scientists to join our team.


Research Assistants (Technician):

We are currently recruiting an engaged and thoughtful Research Assistant to lead a project studying the gene expression of microbes in the human oral cavity using computational approaches. This position may also include additional opportunities to study the oral and vaginal microbiota using computational and/or wet-lab approaches. Depending on your qualifications, please apply here or here for external candidates (here or here for internal CWRU candidates), and please reach out to Gina directly with any questions. Strong preference for a candidate who can start by August 1, 2026.


Postdoctoral Fellows:

We currently have an opening to hire a postdoctoral fellow to study how genomic and transcriptomic heterogeneity interplays with microbial interactions in the oral cavity and female reproductive tract. A major component of this work will be computational, with the opportunity for a wet-lab component as well. Ideally, we are interested in postdocs that can start Summer 2026. Postdocs are also encouraged to submit applications for independent funding to pursue these or other projects. To apply, please email Gina with a short cover letter that details your research interests and why you are applying to the Lewin lab in particular and your CV. For more information, reach out to Gina directly.
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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Megathread about responding to new OMB grant funding rules (feel free to add/link more!) I was collecting these for me, but figured I'd round 'em up for everyone 🧪 What's the problem? arstechnica.com/science/2026... elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
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Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
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What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB 2026-10817)
What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29/05/2026
In this newsletter I outline important actions to take. 1. Submit a comment opposing the rule change. 2. Contact state legislators to ensure states are engaged with the impact at the state and local level. 3. Contact members of Congress. 4. Spread awareness. This rundown is a great source:
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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science
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Lisa M.P. Munoz @lisampmunoz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"Our species’ ability to come up with unexpected and original ideas is something to protect and nurture. That’s especially true for today’s adolescents." Yes, with every fiber of my being! #AI #scicomm
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