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Dr. Josephine Chandler

@jrchandler.bsky.social
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Mom, microbiologist, Associate Professor at the University of Kansas, occasional sewer

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
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CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com
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Science Homecoming
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Ajai Dandekar @ajaidandekar.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Interactions between the nitrogen phosphotransferase system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its quorum sensing circuits. A new preprint from @jrchandler.bsky.social's group www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Quorum sensing regulation by the nitrogen phosphotransferase system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
In the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa , the nitrogen-related phosphotransferase system (PTSNtr) influences multiple virulence behaviors. The PTSNtr is comprised of three enzymes: first ...
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 23/01/2025
I am confident that scientific societies will play an unusually important role in the coming years. If you are a microbiologist of any kind, please consider joining @asm.org if you haven't already. There are many ways to get involved, including advocacy. To learn more: asm.org/About-ASM/Vo...
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Volunteer With ASM | Overview
ASM volunteer opportunities range from speaking with legislators about funding research during ASM's annual Hill Day, to writing articles for asm.org, to serving on committees and the Board of Directo...
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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
My NIH study section that was to meet tomorrow was one of those canceled. This represents many months of work by the applicants and by the NIH staff and reviewers. Devastating is the correct word.
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KU Biology @kubiology.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The Undergraduate Biology Program is rolling out a bunch of scholarships & awards for Spring 2025! 🌟 Whether you're all about academics, digging deep into research, or ready to travel and expand your horizons, we've got opportunities for you. biology.ku.edu/scholarships
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Ajai Dandekar @ajaidandekar.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The story behind the paper: conceptually, this material was the 2nd part of Dr Renae Cruz’s thesis. But the Covid-19 pandemic intervened, and she graduated in May 2020. Because of the pandemic, the project did not move forward for two years. /1 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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RhlR-mediated cooperation in cystic fibrosis-adapted isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Journal of Bacteriology
Quorum sensing (QS) mutants arise in a variety of populations of bacteria, but mutants of the gene encoding the transcription factor RhlR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa appear to be infrequent. Our work pr...
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Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Impostor syndrome: “I don't know what I'm doing. It's only a matter of time until everyone finds out." Growth mindset: "I don't know what I'm doing yet. It's only a matter of time until I figure it out." The highest form of self-confidence is believing in your ability to learn.
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Ajai Dandekar @ajaidandekar.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
I had an excellent visit to KU today, hosted by @jrchandler.bsky.social! Great people and science here. When I was a PhD student I would not have imagined that I would be advertised on a flyer next to my mentor Stanley Perlman — although, notably, he is a “distinguished speaker” and I am not.
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 19/11/2024
🚨Travel awards for Early Career Researchers to attend ASM Microbe🧫 1. Awarded through ASM Branches 2. $1650 per award, 3 per branch 3. Apps open now! 4. Named for Peggy Cotter, ASM past president & advocate 5. A proud accomplishment when I was COMS Chair 6. Apply / share! asm.org/Travel-Award...
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Peggy Cotter Travel Award
ASM is a nonprofit professional society that publishes scientific journals and advances microbiology through advocacy, global health and diversity in STEM programs.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A thread on NIH Reorganization and the Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB) Disclosure: I was involved with the SMRB since its inception and have very strong feelings about how it was used, misused, and abandoned. My passion on these issues will undoubtably show through. 1/n
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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Cuboidal cell packing is a common yet understudied route to multicellularity. In work led by @rpineau.bsky.social and Ozan Bozdag we explore its origin as a multicellular geometry capable of supporting a transition in individuality using fission yeast. 1/14 www.biorxiv.org/content/14.1...
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Rapid bacteria-phage coevolution drives the emergence of multiscale networks www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs
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Science | AAAS
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 18/11/2023
Got my shot--go get yours--its fast and easy
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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
Now this looks interesting! "Promoter capture drives the emergence of proto-genes in Escherichia coli" uz-Zaman MH , D'Alton S , Barrick JE , Ochman H www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #evolution #innovation #LTEE #bacteria #genetics #genomics #science
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Freya Harrison @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
A lovely article from the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, about a visit made by someone with CF to a microbiology lab leading work on antimicrobial drug discovery #MicroSky www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk/news/the-oth...
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Dirk-Jan Scheffers 🟥 @dirkscheffers.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
I just read the term 'French Press' and the first thing that came to my mind (on the right) is not what was meant. #microsky
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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
I have too much on my plate. Me at work 🤝 Me at Thanksgiving dinner
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Ajai Dandekar @ajaidandekar.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
Receptor-independent response to an AHL signal in surface-grown Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- from the Déziel group journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Surface growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa reveals a regulatory effect of 3-oxo-C12-homoserine lactone...
The bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonizes and thrives in many environments, in which it is typically found in surface-associated polymicrobial communities known as biofilms. Adaptation to this so...
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
My lab's first big research paper is now out in mBio! 🎉 We ask: how can Legionella antagonize other microbes with reactive oxygen species without hurting themselves? Answer: several dynamics seem to generate a 'toxic moat' of ROS around producers pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37728338/
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Dr. Josephine Chandler @jrchandler.bsky.social · 09/09/2023
This is totally beautiful
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Elinne Becket, PhD @bielleogy.bsky.social · 07/09/2023
Text from a friend. Paging @ass_deans.
Person 1: I had a dream last night that the university decided to lay off a bunch of faculty and use that money to hire Pete Davidson to walk around campus and say encouraging things to the students and they were convinced this was a great educational plan and I was all like, wtf why is everyone obsessed with Pete Davidson 

Person 2: Ok but that's not a totally unreasonable scenario
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Dr. Josephine Chandler @jrchandler.bsky.social · 07/09/2023
Our kids started school in august and within two weeks we had covid. What is the point of rolling out the vaccine in late September?
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𝕁, Atheoretic Text Monster™ @checkwithscience.com · 06/09/2023
imo the strongest evidence we live in the far future is the Star Trek-ass thing that ultimately saved us from the pandemic being far, far worse: mRNA tech, aka "root/admin access to ribosomes." here, cells, execute this arbitrary code, then go back to whatever you were doing. sure, why not!
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Dr. Josephine Chandler @jrchandler.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
Woke up this morning to see my first #bluesky invite code. Gave it to my husband. It happens to be our anniversary. Best anniversary gift ever (he agrees)!
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Dr. Josephine Chandler @jrchandler.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
Inspired
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Dr. Josephine Chandler @jrchandler.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
I'm one of those that adapted the "calling bullshit" idea and curriculum - and it's totally great! They make it easy! Lots of resources and a really well organized and interesting class.
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 05/09/2023
The biggest stressor is getting funded. What helps is getting funded, as it turns out.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 03/09/2023
Overheard continues to be one of the funniest feeds on Bluesky. It grabs out-of-context replies that are hilarious without their context. To pull a reply into it, simply reply Overheard. Highly recommend checking it out. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 23/08/2023
Scientist? New to BlueSky? Trying to figure out what the hell a "feed" is and why hashtags aren't working the same as on Twitter? Check out this quick start guide by @steveharoz.com and me 👇
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BlueSky for Scientists
BlueSky for Scientists Authors: Steve Haroz and Mark Rubin URL: http://blueskyscience.steveharoz.com Features you may miss from Twitter or Mastodon As BlueSky is in beta, some features are not impleme...
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 01/09/2023
Beyond irritating that seeing this made me stop the goofing off I was doing and made me start messing around with reporter. Holding you accountable if I get another grant
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Dr. Josephine Chandler @jrchandler.bsky.social · 02/09/2023
The Cosmosphere is a hidden gem in Kansas - went there a few years ago with my daughters Girl Scout troop and it was awesome! Great for space nerds and history nerds and anybody really.
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Dr. Josephine Chandler @jrchandler.bsky.social · 02/09/2023
@finetraces786.bsky.social is inspiring me. We definitely need more Barbie in STEM research!
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Dr. Josephine Chandler @jrchandler.bsky.social · 31/08/2023
Engagement has been low on Twitter too. And I feel weird when I'm on Twitter like I'm visiting a burned out hole where my favorite restaurant used to be.
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Dr. Josephine Chandler @jrchandler.bsky.social · 02/09/2023
Yay! Thanks @digglelab.bsky.social
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 01/09/2023
if you want to, can tell me why you took (OR why you didn't take) an administrative leadership position at your educational institution? #AcademicSky
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Dr. Josephine Chandler @jrchandler.bsky.social · 02/09/2023
Awesome to see my alma mater funding amazing projects focused on understanding gender equity in STEM!
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Dr. Josephine Chandler @jrchandler.bsky.social · 02/09/2023
Two awesome initiatives by NIH - anonymous reporting of harassment and discrimination AND transition funding to provide support leaving such circumstances. Helpful to everyone but particularly amazing for individuals, including women, in environments where they are underrepresented.
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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 29/08/2023
Is there a word, like meritocracy, for rule by those who got there by random chance? Like stochastocracy?
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Dr. Josephine Chandler @jrchandler.bsky.social · 29/08/2023
This is an endless argument
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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 29/08/2023
A hummingbird’s wings can beat 70 times a second, as can its rage
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Dr. Josephine Chandler @jrchandler.bsky.social · 29/08/2023
Hello there Bluesky
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