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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Where are all those experts that predicted a big France win over Spain? 🇪🇸

Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Applied and Environmental Microbiology #AEM #ApplEnvironMicrobiol and other journals in the ASM Journals family are proud to sponsor the best posters presented at the #IBS2026 International Biotechnology Symposium (Kobe, Japan) this week.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I want to take a moment to celebrate the wonderful women in the editorial board of Applied and Environmental Microbiology at @asm.org Journals. It is an honor to work with them. Onward and upward! #WomenInScience #AEM #ApplEnvironMicrobiol

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I have entered the phase of Michigan winter when I ask the same question that Bad Bunny asked in ‘Nueva Yol’: “Y este frío, ¿cuándo se acaba?”

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Big thanks to @rocknmicrobe.bsky.social for hosting me at the 2025 Microbiology Research Symposium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Fantastic program supporting the next generation of microbiologists. Onward and upward! 🙌

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Community journals support our community. Welcome to my #AEM talk! 😁

Two scientists receive poster prize awards sponsored by Applied and Environmental Microbiology journal

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

#Microgem #15 “We all have the duty to do good.” — Pope Francis

Pope Francis quote saying: We all have the duty to do good.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Me after rebutting reviewer #2 and getting the paper accepted. #severance

Woman with blood in her mouth and hands holding a lamb

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Look at this beauty that @methanojen.bsky.social made for me. Geobacter with all its glorious conductive pili and my fight song from Edna Mode in the Incredibles. Thank you, Jen! ❤️

Cross-stitched bacterial cell and the message: go, fight, win.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

#Microgem #11 “No man is an island, Entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. […] And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.” –John Donne

Poem "No Man Is an Island" asserts that no individual is isolated, but rather an integral part of the broader human collective.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

On non-science news, yesterday I attended the first and last concert of Spanish beloved singer, songwriter and poet, Joaquin Sabina, in Chicago. And it filled my soul with warmth and hope. Much needed in these troubling times.

Advertisement of Joaquin Sabina concert in Chicago

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

#Microgem #5 “GO! Confront the problem! FIGHT! WIN!” – Edna Mode (The incredibles)

Woman with the arms up in show of victory

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

With the challenges ahead, I thought I would start to periodically share inspiring quotes. Here is the first of hopefully many “microgems”. Microgem #1

Quote inspiring positivity in the face of adversity

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

My brother sent me pics of the microbial treasure he found when tearing down a built up closet in his new apartment. Care to guess the microbial suspects? 😬

Close up of black and pink moldy column on a wall

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

5 and last) I am so proud of all the folks around me who share these principles and continue to work towards a future that benefits ALL and not a few. No compromises. Onward and upward. And to end a’la Ted Lasso: BELIEVE!

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

4) I am putting the election behind to focus on the fight ahead. My values and principles will not be compromised. I will continue to be invested on the people and issues that are worth fighting for. Equal opportunities, respect, empathy, education, accountability. And paying it forward.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

3) These were “unflippable”, “educated” votes. They knew what they were doing. There was nothing we could have done to change their vote, except not having an incredibly talented and charismatic black woman as our candidate. I am proud we did regardless of the outcome.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

After dealing with post-election grief and processing what happened, I am now ready to share some thoughts. This post from X is spot on. A 🧵 1) Democrats had an extraordinary candidate who ran a flawless campaign. But it was not enough against widespread racism and misogyny.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

Being a mentor is such a privilege. These are the moments that make science most worthwhile.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

Excited to open the microbe-mineral interactions session @goldschmidt2024 today at 8:30am. Join me to learn about microbial electrical connections with minerals making global impacts.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 23/05/2024

If you are attending the #ARPAE24 Summit, stop by our booth (#1001) to learn about how we are integrating microbes and their products into wood materials to make them “live” again #LivingWood *Pic featuring my postdoc Emily Greeson and Purdue’s student Xiwei Shan from my collaborator Tian Li’s lab.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

I interrupt the science posting for just a bit to let you know that I come home to this every day ❤️ #puppylove

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

🔆 Look at our beautiful cover picture!! The acidic hot spring “Dragon Spring” in Yellowstone National Park 👇

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

So excited to announce a special collection on Planetary Microbiology in AEM❗️ I set to grow this topic as soon as I stepped in as Editor in Chief. Two years later, here it is. And with a fantastic guest editor: Prof. Betül Kaçar Please share within your networks! journals.asm.org/journal/aem/...

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

In case you are missing X, we were treated to this today 👇

X post by Barth Smets Lab showing a panel of white men “pondering the future of Microbiology”. One of the pictures shows the panelists posing in front of a painting of centuries old scientists who were, you guessed it, all white men.

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

And we cannot forget the thousands of ad hoc reviewers that support @AppEnvMicro every year. We are a large, supportive community. Each contribution matters. Our gratitude to all! 🙏

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Gemma Reguera 🌎 @microgem.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

@AppEnvMicro is lucky to have the support of a dedicated editorial board of reviewers. We are a community journal supported by its members. Each contribution matters. Our gratitude to all! 🙏

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