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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I need more information before honking.

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Alex Alexiev, PhD @alex-for-science.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

That was such a trip down memory lane. Coincidentally, my Google photos recently reminded me of play testing...

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Filling out a form where the 5th question (not the first one!) is "Can you read? Y/N". Hrm.

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Reading a paper that uses the phrase "quasi-quantitatively estimate". I feel like if you have to qualify it twice... it might be quantitative. :)

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Honored and excited to have been a guest on the "Gaming with Science" podcast to talk about Gut Check: The Microbiome Game. Thanks Jason and Brian for having me on and talking about microbes! @gamingwithscience.bsky.social #themicrobiomegame www.podbean.com/ew/pb-webin-...

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S2E02 - Gut Check (Microbiome)

#Microbiome #GutCheck #SciComm #Dysbiosis #Antibiotics #Probiotics #GameDesign #BoardGames #Science Overview In this episode we talk with Dr. David Coil, microbiome scientist and the creator of Gut C...

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The first two papers have come out of our new Center for Pandemic Insights (the work was done during the "pilot" phase of the grant). Here's one: "Decoding the blueprint of receptor binding by filoviruses through large-scale binding assays and machine learning" www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

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Decoding the blueprint of receptor binding by filoviruses through large-scale binding assays and machine learning

Lasso et al. combine large-scale binding assays and machine learning to uncover molecular rules of filovirus-receptor binding, predict receptor-binding strength, and identify bats with the potential t...

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Currently reading the very interesting "Ebolavirus evolution and emergence are associated with land use change"... a nice mix of phylogenetic analysis combined with broader ecological factors. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Ebolavirus evolution and emergence are associated with land use change

Anthropogenic land use change facilitates disease emergence by altering the interface between humans and pathogen reservoirs and is hypothesized to drive pathogen evolution. Here, we show a positive ...

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

We are still looking for postdoc applications interesting in epidemiological modeling and related areas at the forefront of pandemic detection. Come join the new NSF-Center for Pandemic Insights at University of California, Davis! ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/careers

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Careers

Postdoctoral ResearcherSalary Range: $67,000-$79,000 USD per yearLocation: Onsite, UC DavisApplication Deadline: January 31, 2025

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Looking for any examples of research using IR to look for febrile illness in marine mammals? Having trouble choosing the right Google Scholar terms. :)

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I got to visit a robotics lab on campus this week to discuss novel air samplers for virus detection. And drones, of course drones.

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Elinne Becket, PhD @bielleogy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

We have an academic cultural issue of overstating the novelty of our work without the appropriate support of said claims.

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Reading a paper where the abstract states "Using an unbiased metagenomics method...". I'm going to stop you right there and argue that there is no such thing, and can never be any such thing.

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Posting this again since we are extending the posting through the end of January. An exciting postdoc opportunity at the new NSF-Center for Pandemic Insights @ucdavis.bsky.social ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/careers

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Careers

Postdoctoral ResearcherSalary Range: $67,000-$79,000 USD per yearLocation: Onsite, UC DavisApplication Deadline: January 31, 2025

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Anyone out there looking for an exciting postdoc in understanding the ecological and environmental drivers of zoonosis? Experience with mathematical modeling? Check out details here! ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/careers cc @phylogenomics.bsky.social

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Postdoctoral ResearcherSalary Range: $67,000-$79,000 USD per yearLocation: Onsite, UC DavisApplication Deadline: November 29, 2024

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Anyone in my extended social network know any researchers who work in/on bat caves in CA? Looking for potential field sites for new work and would love to chat with some experts!

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Very excited to be helping host the kickoff meeting for our new NSF Center for Pandemic Insights. Learning a ton of fascinating things... looking forward to 7 years of work in this space! www.pandemicinsights.org

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

I can't overstate how excited I am to sit in regular meetings that talk about viruses, bats, otters, pandemics, etc. I was away from science for too long.

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Thelonevirologist @thelonevirologist.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

USDA announces first H5N1 avian flu detection in US pigs www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

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USDA announces first H5N1 avian flu detection in US pigs

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Britt Koskella @bkoskella.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

We are hiring!!! Assistant Professor in Emerging Zoonoses - based in the departments of Integrative Biology & Public Health aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04076

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 17/10/2024

Hey new Bluesky users: this website has no centralized algorithm. If you think it seems dead in here, it's absolutely not. However, you are going to have to follow more people than you did on Twitter to see a lot of action in your Home feed.

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Overheard at last job; "patients don't get lab results formatted properly because the HL7 messages aren't properly interpreted by the LIS on the receiving end". Overheard at my current job; "so we just published a paper about using drones to samples blowhole exhalations from orcas" #backinscience

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

A reminder about the UC Davis Center for Population Biology postdoc fellowship (deadline Nov 1st). Please do reach out if you have any questions. Please RT bsky.app/profile/gcbi...

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Perfect timing that I've started a new job back in science at the same time that Bluesky seems to be taking off! Since I've shifted domains from microbiome stuff to zoonotic virus stuff I'm looking for accounts to follow in the One Health space. Any recommendations welcome!

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Detmer Sipkema @detmersipkema.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Hi all, I'm currently recruiting a PhD student who would like to use AI&Bioinformatics to discover the secrets how to grow bacteria that are currently uncultivable... Please repost. Applications can be done through the website only: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

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PhD project: Metabolic Modelling and Cultivation of Bacteria from Marine Sponges

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

Very excited to announce that I'm coming back to science! Started a new job this week as the Program Manager for a new NSF-funded "Center for Pandemic Insights". Looking forward to re-engaging with others in the field. www.pandemicinsights.org

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Very excited to have been a (very tiny) part of this publication which just came out. "Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38507695/

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

Saw something very unusual today. Came across a herd of Roosevelt elk, many miles from any kind of human habitation. And in the middle of the herd, and clearly a member of the herd, was... A donkey. I've got nothing.

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

Still looking for Clinical Lab Scientists (CLS) to work in the awesome Student Health lab at UC Davis. New posting: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucdavis/...

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

I just saw a sign advertising "Caddyshack Rodent Services". Having seen the movie, I'm not convinced that this is a selling point.

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Are you a CLS and a supervisor? Interesting in managing a Student Health Lab at a great University? Check out our new job posting at UC Davis: www.amnhealthcare.com/job-details/...

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

I'm not the only one using ChatGPT for Christmas shopping advice right?

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 12/11/2023

Helping 11th grade daughter with taxonomy homework is painful. Tried to explain that the questions don't make sense in a modern context, but that's not particularly well received. 🙂

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Any idea what happened here? Never seen this before!

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Excited to be a (very minor) part of "Characterization of the microbiome and volatile compounds in anal gland secretions from domestic cats (Felis catus) using metagenomics and metabolomics" @phylogenomics.bsky.social lab. An expanded version of some previous work. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

When technology makes things harder. All of the clocks in our building are "atomic clocks", but they don't receive their satellite signal except in exterior offices. 2x/year everyone has to leave them in the window for 24 hours. There is no way to manually reset them.

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

My Google alert for "UC Davis + microbes" fed me this article about @phylogenomics.bsky.social . :) magazine.ucdavis.edu/the-bird-pho...

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

So HEPA filter with CADR 500, probably around 500 CFM (30K cubic feet/hour). An exam room is 1100 cubic feet so one filter (w/ perfect mixing) provides 27 ACH? That seems really high? Is my math/thinking off base? @phylogenomics.bsky.social

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Are there some portable HEPA filter units that are noticeably quieter than others (e.g. for an exam room in a healthcare setting)? Or is there a direct tradeoff between CADR and noise? @phylogenomics.bsky.social

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

Is there such a thing as too many spices?

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Trying something new this year, I think this tells the story I was going for.

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

Sign that the pumpkin spice craze has truly gone around the bend into farce. I just heard an ad on the radio for a pumpkin spice car wash!

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Kind of sad I wasn't in a crowded public place for the emergency broadcast test today. Would have been interesting to see.

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

So if you're trying to increase the ACH in a space using HEPA filters... presumably they stack right? If each can provide 2 ACH, then 3 would add 6 ACH? Or is there some sort of decrease in utility with stacking?

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS) position open at Student Health at @ucdavis. Come work in a fancy lab with a great student population! careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucdavis/...

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

One of the biggest challenges I'm having in moving from academia to healthcare is that for all its flaws, academia is a lot more merit-based. Everything in healthcare is about roles and scope... doesn't matter if a person *can* do a job/task.

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David Coil @davidacoil.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

A reminder for all the new science folks here on Bluesky... the default setting is to only show replies that have at least two likes. You can change this in your settings and the conversations will seem less fragmented.

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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Come and join my lab! Opening for a Royal Society funded PhD studentship starting Jan '24. If you're interested in evolution and molecular microbiology click on the link for more info. Deadline 6th November. Very happy to talk to prospective applicants. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Picture of the Taylor lab at a recent lab outing with a icon of a person and the words "You?" written on their chest.

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