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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We're excited for our General Body Meeting on October 7! Pick your favorite time & join us to discuss #BlackInMicro news. Click here or use the QR to Register: 12 Noon: shorturl.at/Gpg3V 5:30 pm: shorturl.at/jWZJL

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CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨 Calling all CNY microbiologists! 🚨 Registration & abstract submissions for the Inaugural CNY ASM Branch Meeting close in 1 week (Oct. 5)! Present your research, compete for poster awards, and connect with colleagues across CNY. 🔗 tinyurl.com/CNYASM #CNYASM #Microbiology

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CNY ASM Inaugural Meeting - Culturing Connections

Kick off new connections and good vibes at the CNY ASM inaugural fall meeting—let’s cultivate something awesome together!

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

CNY is #blessed with some of the best microbiologists out there :)

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CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

⏳ Time is running out to register for the CNY ASM Branch Meeting! Join microbiologists from across Central New York to share your research, discover new science, compete for poster prizes, and connect with colleagues. Register & submit your abstract: tinyurl.com/CNYASM 📅 Deadline: October 5, 2026

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CNY ASM Inaugural Meeting - Culturing Connections

Kick off new connections and good vibes at the CNY ASM inaugural fall meeting—let’s cultivate something awesome together!

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CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The CNY ASM fall meeting features speakers across a range of microbiology disciplines! We are excited to learn about the cool Applied and Environmental Microbiology research happening in the region from both our poster presenters and invited speakers! Registration Closes Oct 5! tinyurl.com/CNYASM

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Excited to share this new paper from my lab! We looked at how decades of prescribed fire influence N-cycling in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. This project and field work were designed and implanted by one undergrad in my lab & the analysis & writing by another. 🧵

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Prescribed burns drive lasting changes in soil nitrogen cycling and microbial function | mSystems

Prescribed fire is widely used by land managers to reduce wildfire risk and promote biodiversity. While the effects of fire on aboveground processes are well understood, much less is known about how r...

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Preparing for our workshop for the 2026 CSSM Conference (blogs.helsinki.fi/cssm-confere...): exploring how pigment making can be used as a tangible way for design students to understand invisible microbial processes! This has been an ongoing collaboration with a landscape architecture colleague.

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We are recruiting a new graduate student to SUNY ESF to work on a project examining how invasive quagga mussels influence lake trout survival. This project involves a fun mixture of mussels, fish, aquatic biogeochemistry, and microbes!

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CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hey CNY microbiologists - this October, you can contribute to a study on water chemistry and microbiology! Grab a sample bottle at a pick up spot near you, collect water at your favorite body of water, and return it for analysis by students at SUNY ESF!

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CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Students & faculty mentors: We have 20 fee waivers available for students who otherwise can't afford to attend the CNY ASM Fall Meeting. Present your research, meet microbiologists from across CNY, and compete for poster prizes (up to $200)! Waivers: jegoff*at*esf.edu Register: tinyurl.com/CNYASM

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CNY ASM Inaugural Meeting - Culturing Connections

Kick off new connections and good vibes at the CNY ASM inaugural fall meeting—let’s cultivate something awesome together!

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

One of the undergrads in my lab made the design :)

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A really incredible day of science and fun at the NYS Fair on Sunday when the Chemistry Department was at the ESF booth! Our student volunteers designed science activities for visitors to participate in, shared about their research, and let kids and their families know why they love being at ESF!

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

haven't you always wanted to know what goes on inside a Winogradsky column? #MicroSky

'winogradsky screen' by Manuel Porcar (from xxx)

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New preprint! This one is actually from my class! We did metagenomic sequencing on a Winogradsky column. In my Microbial Biochemistry class, the students learned to assemble and analyze the MAGs, directly applying what they learned in lecture to make predictions about their organism’s metabolism. 🧵

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It’s that time of the year again where I lead the Chem dept takeover of the ESF booth at the NYS fair! If you’re around Sun Aug 31, come by for microbes, sponges, elephant toothpaste, dry ice bubbles, invisible ink, rainbow bubbles, and more!!! We will be in the State Parks area by the pond!

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Moving in for my first year of my PhD at Rutgers 12(!!) years ago. Much has changed since then but one constant has been Charlie!

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CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

At the same time, you can also pay for your CNY ASM membership, giving you FREE admission to our meeting on Oct 16! Afterwards, you can register for the meeting: tinyurl.com/CNYASM We have a number of free admissions for students who cannot afford membership. More info: jegoff *at* esf *dot* edu.

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CNY ASM Inaugural Meeting - Culturing Connections

Kick off new connections and good vibes at the CNY ASM inaugural fall meeting—let’s cultivate something awesome together!

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CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

📢 Registration is still open for the CNY ASM Branch Meeting! If you haven't signed up yet, there's still time to join us for a fantastic day of scientific exchange and networking with microbiologists from across the region. tinyurl.com/CNYASM #ASM #CNYASM #Microbiology #Research #STEM

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/articles/23910 Excited to share our new NY Sea Grant-funded project (led by my colleague Aaron Ninokawa) investigating if invasive mussels (and their microbes!!!) alter the chemistry of lake trout spawning habitats in ways that impact embryo survival in Lake Ontario!

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NY Sea Grant | NYSG: Research (PR - $1.5+M Awarded for SG Research on NY’s Coastal Environment, Economies and Communities, June'26)

A new suite of two-year research projects from NYSG features seven teams of investigators across four institutions in New York — Stony Brook University, Cornell University, SUNY College of Environment...

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CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Sending a big thank you to VWR for supporting the inaugural CNY ASM Branch Meeting: Culturing Connections! Their commitment to empowering researchers and advancing scientific discovery helps make this event possible. #ASM #Microbiology #VWR #Avantor #STEM

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CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Do you live in Central New York and have FOMO watching everyone post from a conference in New Zealand? Don't. We have New Zealand at home — minus the jet lag and 20 hours in a middle seat in economy. Plus one thing NZ can't offer: the CNY ASM Fall Meeting --> tinyurl.com/CNYASM

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CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Check out our exciting line-up of speakers for our fall meeting (October 16th at SUNY ESF)! Students and postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to participate in the program by presenting a poster in our juried poster competition (with 💵 prizes!). You can register now at: tinyurl.com/CNYASM

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Excited to be hosting our inaugural meeting at SUNY ESF!!

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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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Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

And here's a second NYU postdoc job ad, where I'm looking for a candidate that is interested in working on the gut-brain axis: apply.interfolio.com/189975 please share 🙏

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CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Check out our exciting list of invited speakers for our fall branch meeting (Oct 16 in Syracuse, NY)! sites.google.com/view/cnyasm/... Stay tuned for registration information coming soon!

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Tiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Microbiology professors/PIs, would you like to join the microPI slack? Microbiology is defined broadly. This is an open tent. Professor/PI is inclusive to teaching focused roles, or pure research PI roles like a National lab PI. Reply or DM me and I will send you a link.

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I’m really curious about which of my papers suggested an interest in penguin guano

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

If any folks are at Goldschmidt, I’m giving a talk on some of our recent work tomorrow (Tuesday) morning!

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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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CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Have you officially joined our branch as a member yet? 👯‍♀️Your membership will get you free registration at our inaugural fall 🍂 meeting! Read about our membership levels on our website: sites.google.com/view/cnyasm/ 👈 Join our branch through the ASM membership page: asm.org/membership 👈

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Hannah Reich @hannahgreich.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It’s out! There are so many fun back stories with this project’s origin story & how it reshaped my career trajectory. For now, plz welcome my lab’s culture collection of #Symbiodiniaceae associated bacteria! & the many siderophores they produce! 🧪 doi.org/10.1093/fems...

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Widespread siderophore production among Symbiodiniaceae-associated bacteria

Abstract. Nutritional exchanges fuel the evolutionary and ecological dominance of multi-partner symbioses among reef-building corals and microbial associat

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

And that’s a wrap on another fabulous #ASMicrobe! However, what makes the conference so special is really the COMMUNITY!

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Goff Lab posters are out at #ASMicrobe today! At 12:30 in the Health area, Isaac presents a poster on microplastic microbiomes (#287). At 3, Linda and Khulan will share how we have been studying tellurium speciation in microbial cultures in the AEM area (#629).

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Hannah Reich @hannahgreich.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

T minus ~75 minutes until @markowenmartin.bsky.social & I ate live with the #MattersMicrobial podcast in the ASM studio in the poster hall. Come listen to me yap about #PhycoSymbiosis & stay for some stickers. #ASMicrobe @asm.org @cnyasm.bsky.social

Microbiologists with a 3D printed tardigrade

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I need to restock my #sciart presents for graduating students (undergrads and grad students). Drop a link to your favorite science-themed artists website/etsy/redbubble page below. (microbiology focus is a bonus)

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CNY ASM @cnyasm.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Did you know that thermophilic amoeba have been isolated by researchers at Syracuse University from a steam vent at SUNY ESF? artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/biology/news... You can visit this geyser of the built environment when you come to our first fall meeting, held at SUNY ESF this year!

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

My cat has the cutest mittens! However, while at #ASMicrobe, I visited a poster about the cat paw microbiome where they isolated a number of human pathogens from kitty feets 🫪

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Attending my first ASM as a PhD student, I went to this cool talk by an assistant professor who was starting up a new project on the concrete microbiome! ~ 10 years later, @micromaresca.bsky.social and I now work together and her concrete work has grown so much!! Check it out tonight at #ASMicrobe!

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Julia Willett @jlewillett.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Science, public health, & infectious disease work are under attack & ASM chose to remove microbiology from their name. Would love to know the consulting fees for this redesign & how the $$ could have been used to support members (small conference grant program, travel awards, fellowships, etc.).

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Julie Maresca @micromaresca.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

SPONGES ARE AMAZING

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

On LinkedIn, I noticed that the artist formerly known as the American Society for Microbiology didn’t switch to just “ASM”. But then I considered that maybe they’re trying to not be lost among all the other ASMs.

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · 04/06/2026

Be sure to follow our feed! bsky.app/profile/did:... #ASMicrobe #MicroSky 🔬🧪🦠

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Hannah Reich @hannahgreich.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Packed my sticker stash for #ASMicrobe! Come say hi! I have ~20 of the Phyco (🐆), lab flask & acorn stickers. Low stock of Microbe Girlie Funland (MgFl, ~5). @asm.org

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