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Jacob Palmer

@jdpal.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at Binghamton University (SUNY) Broadly interested in microbial ecology and evolution, bacterial warfare, synthetic biology, microbiomes, bacteriophage, and antibiotic resistance. palmerlab-binghamton.com

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Jacob Palmer @jdpal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Very important professional update: www.binghamton.edu/news/story/5...
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A professor’s gardening adventure leads to an impromptu contest - Binghamton News
A professor’s gardening adventure leads to an impromptu contest in the Biology Department. -
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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
I am working with ASM to re-launch the Central NY ASM Branch! 🧫🦠 We have funds allocated for us and now just need 25 signatures from ASM members in the geographic region in support of this branch. More info is in the form and also I’ve attached a FAQ sheet. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 22/05/2025
#Bacteria use weapons to outcompete rivals, but what happens if they're transferred? @prokaryota.bsky.social @jdpal.bsky.social &co show that HGT of toxin #plasmids is rare but recipients can thrive under relaxed nutrient competition, reshaping bacterial warfare @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/43vC3X7
 Modeling predicts that metabolic diversity increases the ecological impacts of weapon gene transfer. Modeling scenarios for each column are shown across the top row. Bottom row: Example dynamics of the strains (attacker, target, transconjugant) during a contest using parameters that correspond to the cross (X) shown in the parameter sweeps directly below.
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Jason GRIZZLED Bittel @bittelmethis.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Scientists conducted the largest, most comprehensive analysis of butterfly total abundance (all individuals, across all species) in the U.S. and found huge declines. 🧪 People should be "very, very concerned," says study author Eliza Grames. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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1 in 5 butterflies in the U.S. have disappeared in the last 20 years
Researchers identified over 100 species that have dropped by more than 50 percent in the last two decades: "This is a wake-up call."
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Jacob Palmer @jdpal.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
We are hiring a new position for Lecturer in Microbiology. Check out the job posting here: binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... Please pass on to anyone who you think might be interested!
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Jacob Palmer @jdpal.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I’m co-coordinating the Binghamton Biology Seminar series for the next year or so. If you’re in driving distance (sorry Hawaii) and a Prof, postdoc, or grad student interested in coming to give a seminar and have a fun day full of science conversations, send me a message! Tell your friends 😁
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Nora Pyenson @norapyenson.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Is it “winner-takes all” when the simplest living things compete? Check out my fresh publication on phage coexistence in Science and a thread below🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Diverse phage communities are maintained stably on a clonal bacterial host
Bacteriophages are the most abundant and phylogenetically diverse biological entities on Earth, yet the ecological mechanisms that sustain this extraordinary diversity remain unclear. In this study, w...
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Elisa Granato @prokaryota.bsky.social · 31/08/2024
New preprint just dropped!! 🤩 Thread coming soon ...
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