Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Annie Dillard passed away today. It’s hard to explain her tremendous impact on me becoming a scientist & writer. She made natural science not only fascinating, but meaningful & beautiful. Here are some of my favorite Dillard books w/ my notes from 25 years ago. RIP Annie & thank you for your words. 182
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Excerpt from “What's a Snow Leopard to You? by Chen-Fu Hsu, translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-Chun Lin. English translation comes out 22 September. Thanks to @netgalley.bsky.social for the eARC. Highly recommend for those who like travelogues and creative non-fiction. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 020
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Anna Allen @akallen10.bsky.social · 17/08/2026New NSF BIO solicitation is live.... this replaces the previous IOS, MCB, DEB solicitation www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... 45883
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026RIP to the UC Davis Stable Isotope Facility. Sent many samples there and they were always professional and did excellent analyses. I hope that all the staff are able to find secure positions. RIP SIF. 170
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026We have a bunch of MAGs sitting in GenBank queues for many months. I run all MAGs through PGAP so they’re BLAST-able & assigned accessions, which I refer to when discussing genes in MAGs in papers. This has ground to a halt w/ NCBI processing delays in recent years. Is there anyway to expedite this? 443
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Update: NSF is requesting comment on the Guidance on Financial Assistance (GFA, to replace the PAPPG). The GFA is available here: www.regulations.gov/document/NSF... - disallowing publication costs. Comments due August 24. Submit comments here: www.regulations.gov/document/NSF...regulations.govRegulations.gov 005
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026OUR WORK IS NOT DONE. In unusual move, NSF issued a request for information on plan to conform grant policies to the proposed (unfinalized) OMB rule. Plan includes changes to grant termination provisions & disallowing publication costs. Comments due August 24. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...federalregister.govAgency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; National Science Foundation Proposal/Award Information-NSF Guidance on Financial AssistanceThe U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to renew and revise its collection for its financial assistance policies and procedures. In accordance with the requirements of the Paper... 86186
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Happy birthday to brilliant trailblazing US #geologist & prof Florence Bascom (1862-1945) 👩🏼🔬🐡🧪⚒️ #histsci who championed women’s education, & used polarizing microscopes for detailed petrographic analysis to show that rocks previously identified as sedimentary were in fact metamorphosed volcanic 🧵 28128
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 11/07/2026@academyhealth.bsky.social has a nice how to here: ahsituationreport.substack.com/p/the-commen...ahsituationreport.substack.comThe Comment Period That Could Define Federal Research for a GenerationSubmit a comment on a new proposed rule that would introduce ideological constraints to federally funded research by July 13. 14641
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started. 10414326
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026“We extract your elements to make Cannons and bombs but out of Our elements you create lilies and roses How patient you are Earth, and how merciful!” - Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist 030
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026“The U.S. National Science Foundation X-Labs (NSF X-Labs) initiative is designed to launch and scale a new generation of organizations focused on independent research, development and innovation.” We have those, thanks, they’re called universities and national laboratories. 232274
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 03/05/2026This is horrible. USF marine science colleagues will need a lot of community support in coming weeks. My heart goes out to lose who lost their labs and samples. 050
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Microbial methane researchers, we welcome feedback on our new preprint "Anaerobic methane oxidation by ANME-2a at two molar chloride in Orca Basin" and a potential new halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterial partner, available here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.org 0115
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/ 7529031423
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026My School at Georgia Tech is hiring an Academic Professional with a start date as soon as July 1, $90-100k/yr salary, must hold PhD in meterology or related field. This is a non-tenure track, lab-coordiantion and teaching position. 223
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I had the honor of reading an ARC of "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy" by @berondam.bsky.social. It is an excellent and very moving fusion of science, history, and memoir. It comes out Tuesday. I highly recommend it. #WhenTreesTestify 14120
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Thanks @sciam.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about the importance of Wikipedia and the role students can play in improving articles. 030
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)AGU Biogeosciences @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social · 19/11/2025As we prepare for AGU 2025, we want to make sure that first time attendees in the Biogeosciences section feel welcome to and supported in a sometimes overwhelming conference. Sign up to BE a BUDDY (forms.gle/vAYFRHRN3gB9...)! Sign up to GET a BUDDY (forms.gle/UXPB5Ku5qG1e...)! 011
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Remarkable novel. Highly recommend. 010
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Biogeochemists going to AGU, plz sign up to mentor new attendees : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comBiogeobuddyAs we prepare for AGU 2025, we want to make sure that first time attendees in the Biogeosciences section feel welcome to and supported in a sometimes overwhelming conference. To help ease any nerves, ... 031
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 13/11/2025“Texas A&M University System regents voted Thursday to limit how instructors may discuss matters like gender identity and race ideology in classrooms, tightening the rules in a conservative state where debates over academic freedom have flared for months.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...nytimes.comTexas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes 41622
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Environmental microbiology folks - let's discuss! I worry about repercussions of this massive removal. We use UniProt tools to look for gene neighborhoods even on small contigs in low quality MAGs and metagenomes in UniProt. This would take that function away? 320
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Huge deal! Democrats—with strong climate credentials—edge toward control of Georgia’s giant energy system 81168215
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 18/10/2025#nokings see you tomorrow on the streets! 1341
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025📣 New bacterial order name change alert! 🦠 The uncultivated alphaproteobacterial order (formerly TMED127) is now "Methylaequorales" in @seqcode.bsky.social 📝 New AEM paper on these marine methylotrophs: journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10.... 🙏 Special thanks @rodriguez-r.bsky.social & SeqCode teamjournals.asm.orgDiel cycle of lanthanide-dependent methylotrophy by TMED127/Methylaequorales bacteria in oligotrophic surface seawater 174
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 01/10/2025This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥 We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪 Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh... 7643330
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Also @ascbiology.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @jcb.org 0267
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 27/09/2025A reminder to please support non-profit publishers. It’s good for science and scientists. It’s a responsible use of taxpayer dollars. It requires resisting peer pressure to submit to Nature journals. Thanks @bacteriality.bsky.social for this helpful slide for microbiology journals. 39228
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 25/09/2025The amazing Carrie Masiello received @agu.org 2025 AGU fellow !! Extremely well deserved! Congrats Carrie! @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social 030
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Dra. Eli Leon-Palmero @eleonpalmero.bsky.social · 18/09/2025🎤 Excited to share that I will give a seminar next week at Georgia Tech’s 🌎 School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences! 💡 Photochemical formation of nitrous oxide! #PhotoChemoDenitrification 📅 Sept 25, 11AM 🔗 eas.gatech.edu/events/eas-seminar-series-dr-elizabeth-leon-palmero 📣 Hope to see you there!eas.gatech.eduEAS Seminar Series - Dr. Elizabeth León Palmero | School of Earth and Atmospheric SciencesNitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas and the main agent depleting stratospheric ozone. During the last decade, its atmospheric levels have risen faster than previously estimated, highlightin... 001
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Excellent seminar talk today by Dr Elizabeth Leon-Palmero on her discovery of #photochemodenitrification & nitrous oxide production in aquatic systems. 2025 Science paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Check out her website for her impressive research & outreach: eleonpalmero.com 261
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Biogeosciences Early Career Committee @biogeosciences-ecc.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Attending #AGU25 with caregiving responsibilities? Whether you're joining virtually or in person, our Caregiver Grant is here to support you! Let us help make your participation at the Fall Meeting possible and meaningful. Application Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.com2025 Caregiver Grant ApplicationThe AGU Biogeosciences Caregiver Grants, made on behalf of the Early Career Committee, are reserved for applicants who are the primary caregiver for a dependent, have financial need, and who may other... 024
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Biogeoscientists - plz apply for DEI travel grant to AGU 2025 Annual Meeting ! Details below! 020
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Journalist Anas al-Sharif with his daughter Sham and son Salah. Today's assassination of al-Sharif and four other Al Jazeera staff brings the number of journalists killed by Israel to 237. www.middleeasteye.net/news/al-jaze... 12288153
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/08/2025BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed. 605122449693
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)The Carter Center @cartercenter.bsky.social · 08/08/2025 15724
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Blue dots are UN aid distribution sites that existed in Gaza before the IDF and US mercenaries took over the process and blocked the UN. Yellow squares are current sites. The current system is aid theater and has created killing fields where dozens of aid seekers are killed every single day. 013189
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Incredible graphic memoir. Highly recommend. Winner of a 2025 Pulitzer in autobiography. 130
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 02/08/2025I’m marching today in ATL against unlawful detentions by ICE. My shirt reads “Y’all Means ALL” #rageagainsttheregime #50501GA 031
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Is there another way to BLAST the entire NCBI-nr database using a server other than NCBI? I tried ENA browser SSS & it’s taking hours for a single protein. Broader question: are there contingency plans being made by international bioinformatics community in case NCBI is no longer supported? 133
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · 13/07/2025You can spend a life time on a boat - and still be looking at new things every single day! Here is a quick glimpse of what’s just under our feet/boat!! 111931
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/07/2025DO NOT GIVE UP! Our advocacy is working. A key Senate committee has indicated that it will reject Trump’s proposed cuts to science agencies including NASA and the NSF. Keep speaking up and calling your electeds 🗣️🗣️🗣️ 81327438
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Charlie Koven @ckoven.bsky.social · 09/07/2025This is such a loss. I've served on the selection committee for this program for the past three years, because it has funded so many incredible people doing such important research over the years. It should be expanding to meet the new challenges of climate change, but instead is totally defunded.nytimes.comRecipients of a U.S. Climate Science Fellowship Are Put on Unpaid Leave 35724
Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Marine microbial ecology folks: if I have (full length) 16S rRNA gene sequences for bacteria of interest, how can I determine relative abundance of the bacterium of interest in surface open ocean seawater (ideally at multiple sampling sites)? Are there any web tools that will do this? 452
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Ten simple rules for faculty members building just and equitable environments in academic science journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... #jcampubsjournals.plos.orgTen simple rules for faculty members building just and equitable environments in academic science 0148
Reposted by Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her)Beate Kraft @beatekraft.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Please apply if you are interested in environmental microbiology topics such as microbial dark oxygen production and methane cycling under oxygen depletion. 074