iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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beckybart.bsky.social @beckybart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley currently has two open Assistant Professor positions (aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 & aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05522). Interested individuals are welcome to apply to one or both searches.

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Assistant Professor - Plant Responses to Environmental Changes - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Abi Stevens - comms open @abistevensart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thought I'd do a 'little' thread of all the Warped Ocean pins individually! I'm really proud of how this collection turned out! 😊 I'll start with all the gold ones so here's the gold-plated Mandarinfish! abistevens.etsy.com/listing/4572... #artShop #darkArt

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Jennifer Tsang @jtsangwrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

To celebrate microbial nerdiness all year long, I curated microbiology related awareness days and historical events in microbiology into one calendar. Find it below + links to add it to your calendar. microbialmenagerie.com/microbiology... #Microbiology #MicroSky #InternationalMicoorganismDay

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Microbiology events calendar: Historical events and awareness days

There’s a day/week/month for everything nowadays. And it’s getting harder to track all of these microbiology related events and historical dates. That’s why I made a calenda…

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 21/12/2023

Friends don't let friends publish in MDPI journals. Pass it on. For more info, check out the Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDPI 🔥

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MDPI - Wikipedia

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 16/09/2026

Authors!🚨 While you scramble for scarce $ 🤔 “Springer Nature reports revenue growth of 6.2%..and adjusted operating profit growth of 7.7%. They reported even more stunning submission growth of 30% and published article growth of 13%.” Publishing in society journals helps YOU not them👇🏻. Pass it on.

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Man Lying on a Pile of Money

ALT: Man Lying on a Pile of Money

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I wrote this to help clarify expectations for students I co-supervise. But I think any student anywhere could benefit from thinking about their own committee relationships using the framework I set out here, so I share this advice with you, the people. 🧪

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Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#SciArtSeptember is doing colours! Day 6: Coral. Coral is not used to make dye powders, but it has one beautiful intersection with my art form: Japanese Coral Dyeing, the modern Bingata technique developed in Okinawa. Artists use coral fossils natural dyes to create beautiful hand-dyed textiles.🪸🧶

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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

No one had to think super hard about how to make a washing machine useful. A telephone. A vacuum cleaner. So why do our bosses have to constantly challenge us to find something, anything, for which AI might be helpful If your customers don’t find your product useful, that’s a you-problem

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

@hollybik.bsky.social Just got super excited bc I saw your name on the USF-USGS seminar series list for this fall…and then super bummed bc I’m out of town the day you’re here. So sorry to miss you!

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

academics should be slow, steady, scholars who produce solid, original contributions to specialized fields of research but also: if you want security you'd better be a personable star who can explain everything to anybody in a few small words and serve as the face of your institution's PR campaign

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Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

And... that's all, folks. San Francisco State University is shutting down its Estuary and Ocean Science Center, the only marine lab on the shores of San Francisco Bay.

screenshot of an email that starts with:

"Dear Friends of the Estuary & Ocean Science Center,

I’m very sad to say that SFSU has started the process of shutting down the Estuary & Ocean Science Center / Romberg Tiburon Campus. The doors will be closed by the end of September. As you know, SFSU has been saying for years that they can no longer afford to operate the RT campus, with continued declines in enrollment at the university. The 53-acre site, with all its deferred maintenance, was required to become fully self-supporting. Unfortunately, maintenance and operation funds have been very difficult to find, even as grant funding has grown for our projects, programs, and student training."

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DEI Virologist @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Can someone pls tell the youth that I genuinely have 0 desire to read their 5 paragraph GPT emails? Like even if AI wasn’t the worst. I genuinely don’t want to read a 5 paragraph email when it could be 3 sentences. Your research is interesting. I would like to get some experience. Can we meet?

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 09/08/2026

Extremely this oh my God Stop OFFERING TO SUMMARIZE just STOPPIT just JUST STOP HAVING TO CLOSE 5,298 THINGS BEFORE I DO THE SIMPLEST THING IS RAISING MY BLOOD PRESSURE TO NEAR-FATAL LEVELS

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Good morning friends. Hope you are enjoying the summer. I’m taking a break from self-promotion on here to promote something far worthier - Aine is trying to raise money to buy new books for her school library. Please do what you can to help, even if it’s just sharing the link:

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#DeepSeaTV drama: Watching #okeanos attempting to sample a large maroon sea cucumber with a scoop below 5000m!

Sea cucumber on bottom is as large or larger than the scoop.

Sea cucumber in scoop held by ROV arm, above background of bottom covered in nodules.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Dr. Lauren E. Fuess @laurenfuess.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Thanks to this grant we will be hiring!! Our grad position ad is already live with more opportunities forthcoming. But if you’re interested in postdoc or technician positions, please reach out! fuesslab.wp.txstate.edu/opportunities/

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opportunities – Symbiommunity Lab

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Benjamin 🜬 (they/she) @enbyemu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

For anyone who ever wants to read (or re-read) @trungles.com's Pride & Prejudice readthrough commentary w/o having to slog through needing to constantly expand the original thread, I put it all together on a google doc! 135 glorious pages! 💙📚 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Pride & Prejudice Commentary by Trung

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Lucky enough this morning to catch the end of our night-blooming cactus’s show. The bees were going crazy!

Morning sky behind a 10ft tall cactus covered in huge white flowers.

Full frame closeup of a large white flower with a honey bee inside.

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

What an amazing surprise to get to meet @darkmicrobio.bsky.social as part of the Peerside group tour that visited my lab today! Love it when micro folks visit St Pete!

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Honestly, I would consider engaging with AI if companies closed down chatbots. I didn’t mind Siri, and I don’t mind quick travel-related translations, but an unlimited addictive plagiarism tool for the lonely and SLOP-minded is a horrible idea, and I just want no part it in.

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Brad Weiler @bradweilerdives.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Heading to #ICRS2026🪸? Come by my talk where I discuss how machine learning can be used identify molecular and microbial signatures of #coral disease! Monday @ 230pm in room 515

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

“teenage geniuses and their billionaire backers aren’t going to save us, and they’re going to take us on a wild and expensive ride along the way,” says @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social about the Ocean Cleanup. My latest for @therevelator.org therevelator.org/why-ocean-cl... 🧪🦑🌎

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Why The Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis • The Revelator

Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this?

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Streisand Effect Streisand Effect STREISAND EFFECT

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This is a great read about why the "Ocean Cleanup" project didn't work as well as hoped. There are so many parallels with other well-intentioned efforts -- including in the climate space -- that don't pan out because folks ignored the science.... therevelator.org/why-ocean-cl...

therevelator.org

Why The Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis • The Revelator

Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this?

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ASM @asm.org · 10/07/2026

The landscape of modern science is shifting, and ASM is evolving to meet the challenge. ASM leadership discusses moving from a service-centric model to one that prioritizes scientific initiatives and member-driven advocacy. youtu.be/HQzoQmhu6UU

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Microbiology Leadership: Adapting to Crisis, Empowering Volunteers, and Advocating for Science

YouTube video by ASM - Microbes Make Our World

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

When I said everything kept happening at once, it had mostly been an exaggeration, but now everything was actually happening at once.

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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Happy early July 4th from the Christmas tree worm, which comes in red, white, and blue, among many other colors. It fans these feathery spirals out to breathe and feed, then yanks them into the coral the instant anything comes near. All the colors, none of the risk-taking. #marinelife

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Mark O. Martin @markowenmartin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It's Tuesday! Time for a new episode of #MattersMicrobial! This time, Dr. Hannah Reich joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss phycosymbiosis: how bacteria and algae interact! This was recorded at ASM Microbe. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology youtu.be/f6irLu3BWg0?...

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ASM @asm.org · 25/06/2026

Join us on July 13 for an exclusive interview with Kate Zernike, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and New York Times reporter, on her book The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the Fight for Women in Science. Register now! asm.social/2YZ

Book cover of The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the Fight for Women in Science by Kate Zernike.

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marinemicrobiome.bsky.social @marinemicrobiome.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

World Microbiome Day is June 27th. Celebrate the ocean's invisible majority. Because some of the most important life on Earth is too small to see. 🌊 Learn more: marinemicrobiome.org/wmd/ #MarineMicrobiome #WorldMicrobiomeDay

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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

One for the bioinformaticians

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Happy birthday to #botanist Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919-2010), 🧪👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci renown algae expert, celebrated seaweed cook, devoted teacher and mentor, expert on Hawaiian ethnobotany, the first Indigenous Hawaiian woman to earn a doctorate in science and the first woman or person of colour to become 🧵

My linocut portrait of Isabella Aiona Abbott in indigo on cream coloured paper. She’s facing forward at a table in a shirt and sweater vest with a sheet with algae samples on the table. In my print, she is surrounded by algae of the Pacific, all of which appeared in Abbott's research publications, including several species she discovered, or based on images of specimen she personally collected or whose traditional use as food she documented. The algae are in pinks, khaki green and rust.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 17/06/2026

Say no to AI and yes to original art artologica.etsy.com

blue watercolor with brain image and text: you are smarter than AI

orange and pink watercolor with brain image and text: use your own brain

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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Still some time to get applications in.

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Peter Girguis @pgirguis.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Please spread the word! Only three more days to sign up! Join me and other sea monst-orians in exploring sea monsters in literature, film, and more. We also earn about the creatures of the deep (spoiler: They're not monsters) See link below. I hope to see you there! bit.ly/SummerSeaMon...

two visitors viewing an exhibit about sea monsters at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. They are looking at a panel about sea monsters on medieval and renaissance maps.

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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Further coverage of new research quantifying the damage #scubadiving tourism caused to #coralreefs Researchers Find Hidden Damage To Coral Reefs By Scuba Divers share.google/BDbkHokFIVR0...

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Researchers Find Hidden Damage To Coral Reefs By Scuba Divers

Scientists have been able to quantify the extent of damage — even unintentional — done to coral reefs by scuba divers.

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National Ocean Protection Coalition (NOPC) @usoceanprotection.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Happy #WorldOceanDay2026! The ocean sustains life, heals, and inspires us. By working together, we can restore what's been lost, protect what remains, and ensure future generations inherit a thriving ocean and stable climate. 📸: Robert Schwemmer/NOAA

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

That’s a wrap on #ASMicrobe 2026! Great to catch up with friends, meet new ones, and be energized by the science and comradery of the community. Thanks all, and hope to see you again next year!

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Watching #MattersMicrobial podcast live in #ASMicrobe Studio featuring @hannahgreich.bsky.social and @markowenmartin.bsky.social talking about symbiosis and corals 🪸

View of ASM Studio stage with Hannah and Mark seated in chairs facing each other with video screen behind them.

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Sam Degregori: Microbiome Metadata Crisis: We are not ready for AI #ASMicrobe #AEM

Slide schematic overview of microbiome metadata crisis from MMC Catalogue

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