Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It continues. The similarity in the structure of these emails is striking. For what it’s worth…. applicants, I want to hear from YOU. What are YOUR interests? What’s YOUR motivation? I don’t care what some robot thinks I want to hear. Be brave. Be yourself. 0136
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Congrats, Edel. So proud of you! Sorry I couldn’t be there ❤️ 110
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Exciting to collaborate with the Voordouw lab on this study! Co-infection with multiple strains of the Lyme disease bacterium affects maternal antibody transfer. Implications for maintenance of strain diversity in nature? 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 182
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Since most of the grad studies inquiries I receive now are written by AI, it feels like the same candidate is just emailing over and over again - they're all so bland and have the same tone ☹️ 1152
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I'm judging research posters at an event today and wanted to make shorthand titles for my notes: Woodchuck radiation Summer queens Chronic cows Bad broods Gonna be a fun day! I love my job 🤓 081
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 23/03/2026First we characterized Gardnerella enzymes involved in breaking down glycogen and now in this next chapter we're looking at how it picks up the pieces 🧪🦠 #microsky #microbiomedoi.orgLigand-binding properties of substrate binding proteins of a maltose uptake system in Gardnerella swidsinskiiGlycogen and its breakdown products, maltose and malto-oligosaccharides, are important carbon sources for vaginal bacteria including Gardnerella species. MusEFGKI transport systems for maltose and mal... 242
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 16/03/2026So how are we all feeling about citing preprints? 001
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhDJanet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 13/03/2026“The bubble sheets circulating around us are not specifically too good. It’s suggested that you do stay away from them. Of course, it’s your own exam, so be my guest. But be advised that there is a warning on that, OK?” [Apologies to Woodstock lightning manager, Chip Monck] 121
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 29/11/2025TFW one of your former students is the guest speaker in your department seminar series 190
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhDc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 08/11/2025My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin: Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author. Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy. 9656235
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Excited to share this work with you for two reasons: it's Divanthika's first paper (🥳) and it's pretty cool. Transformation of Gardnerella vaginalis with a Bifidobacterium-Escherichia coli shuttle vector plasmid #microsky | journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...journals.asm.orgTransformation of Gardnerella vaginalis with a Bifidobacterium-Escherichia coli shuttle vector plasmid | Microbiology SpectrumThe healthy human vaginal microbiome is mainly dominated by Lactobacillus spp. An imbalance or shift in this population can lead to a gynecological disorder known as bacterial vaginosis (BV). In BV, t... 080
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhDAlex Richards @alexandra-richards.bsky.social · 18/03/2025A year ago, I was tasked with creating a timeline for @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social and we came across this amazing example of a way to keep track of a group with a long history. We now have a record of our history going back to 2011, and I hope that this can stay alive and continuously updated as well! 1154
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Awesome! Quite a few folks have added improvements and options. Can't wait to update my own next month 🤓 010
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 15/03/2025She did great. It was a pleasure to be there to see it all unfold! Vet Micro is very proud of our latest graduate 👩🎓 110
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Seems like it. A lot of resources on display 120
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 11/02/2025I think my university has a Department of Moving Snow Around. Every day piles of snow disappear in one place and appear in another 3291
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhD#RealTimeChem @realtimechem.bsky.social · 10/02/2025#ChemTogether. Forever. #RealTimeChem #ChemSky #Chemistry 112841
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 07/02/2025This was such a fun project and I love it when we can see an immediate application of our work 🐄🧬 #microsky #diagnostics #veterinarydiagnostics wcvmtoday.usask.ca/articles/202...wcvmtoday.usask.caNew genomic sequencing diagnostic tool targets reproductive failure in cattle herds - WCVM Today - Western College of Veterinary MedicineA collaboration between researchers at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) and Prairie Diagnostic Services Inc. (PDS) has resulted in the creation of an innovative genomic sequencing too... 1151
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Thanks for sharing this. Much appreciated 000
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 03/02/2025And I notice there was no explicit statement of what was changed, or did I miss that? Nice to see a list of what changes were made for “compliance” 1190
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Feel free to add your favourite microbiology organizations that support equity, diversity and inclusion! Here's another one started in Canada by the 2SLGBTQIA+ microbiology community: Pride in Microbiology. prideinmicrobiology.github.io 041
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Speaking of which, the Canadian Society of Microbiologists annual meeting is June 17-20 in beautiful Montréal. The EDI Workshop is on the Thursday afternoon event.fourwaves.com/scm-csm2025u... 1125
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 03/02/2025I've been an ASM member and supporter for >20 yrs and that is about to end. There are so many other choices internationally. I'll put my membership $ and publication fees, and donate my volunteer reviewer time to societies that prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion 2558
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhDDr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025My 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. 🧵 1028389
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Interesting stuff. Congrats to you and the team! 120
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Setting the tone for the office: 🧪Science is cool (especially microbiology) 🧑🎓Grad school is cool 🪶Birds are cool ❤️Everyone is welcome here 31063
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhDJohn Gilleard @johngilleard.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Our paper describing a new STH species Trichuris incognita which is resistant to albendazole-ivermectin combination therapy is out in Emerging Infectious Diseases wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/... Great work Abhinaya Venkatesan & collaborators @jsoghigian.bsky.social , Jennifer Keiser and team. 2102
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Had to do some Canadian Common CV updates today and once again I am marvelling at the fact that I can satisfy the NSERC template and yet simultaneously anger the CIHR template. Apparently "student start date" is not a shared concept between the two 🤪 030
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Excited to see our latest development put into action in the diagnostic lab! Details in the Prairie Diagnostic Services November newsletter: www.pdsinc.ca/PDS/Assets/D... journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...journals.asm.orgTargeted syndromic next-generation sequencing panel for simultaneous detection of pathogens associated with bovine reproductive failure | Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyBovine reproductive failure causes substantial economic losses to beef and milk producers, and infectious disease contributes significantly to this syndrome. Etiologic diagnosis is complicated since multiple pathogens can be involved and infections with ... 020
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhDbioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 13/09/2024Targeted syndromic next-generation sequencing panel for simultaneous detection of pathogens associated with bovine reproductive failure www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… biorxiv.orgTargeted syndromic next-generation sequencing panel for simultaneous detection of pathogens associated with bovine reproductive failure https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.10.612295v1 Bovine reproductive failure, which includes infertility, abortion, and stillbirth in cattle, leads t 031
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 03/10/2024It me! 🤓 I'm on the list but lab homepage has changed to research-groups.usask.ca/hilllab/research-groups.usask.caHome - The Hill Lab - Microbial Ecology and Molecular Diagnostics 162
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 03/10/2024Excited to share this preprint - diagnostic solution for detection of pathogens associated with bovine reproductive failure 🐮🦠🧬 t.co/9Z0LafCsCIt.cohttps://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.10.612295v1 020
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 20/06/2024If you want to get started, here's some R code github.com/HillLabSask/...github.comGitHub - HillLabSask/HillLab_gantt_chart: Some basic R code for making the lab personnel gantt chartSome basic R code for making the lab personnel gantt chart - HillLabSask/HillLab_gantt_chart 041
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 20/06/2024Time for the annual update of my lab Gantt chart. If you haven't started one, I highly recommend. Students see themselves in the context of lab history and I get a very useful memory aid! 2151
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhDMicrobiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 21/12/2023We have an early New Year present for you 🎁 the January #MVIF program with Jennifer Wargo Nikolay Oskolkov Sondra Turjeman Mireia Valles-Colomer Full program with abstracts: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu... Registration: hopin.com/events/micro... ✨Happy holidays ✨ 064
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 15/11/2023I know that @birdscanada.bsky.social has set up an account here, but it's not active yet. Thanks for the heads up about the new feed - I'll check it out! 110
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 26/09/2023Excited to see a double-anonymous peer review option at Journal of Bacteriology. For now, it's an opt-in experiment: journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... 030
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 15/09/2023Making an appearance at the September Microbiology International Virtual Forum. Join us! www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu... 010
Janet E. Hill, PhD @hilllabsask.bsky.social · 08/09/2023Well, here I am. Where are the microbes? 🤓 1131