Reposted by Dan StoebelTerry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 10/12/2025And at least in California, once the financial aid packages from these spectacular small colleges come in, you’ll see they often line up exactly with that cost of attending a UC (with class sizes an order of magnitude larger). 051
Reposted by Dan StoebelAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025"there's a new serif in town" 1005146872491
Reposted by Dan StoebelColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 03/12/2025"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried 191465306
Reposted by Dan StoebelDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 01/12/2025This. There is no longer any excuse for vaporware. …but this dovetails in an interesting way with the idea a grant has to be half completed in order to get funded. 4349
Reposted by Dan StoebelPeter Morrell @peterlmorrell.bsky.social · 25/11/2025@jbyoder.org - I’m losing track of how many times I’ve posted a link to this blog post in a review. A national landmark! www.molecularecologist.com/2024/08/13/f...molecularecologist.comFAQ: Should I invent an acronym?“Moveable type” (Flickr, David DeSandro) Q. I’m writing a research article, and the text frequently mentions the biological process that is the subject of the article. I’m a… 143
Reposted by Dan StoebelJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Random thought, but what's the process the people designing the spaces that will be purposefully caught on fire for turkey or christmas tree PSAs use? Is it "this is the average American home" or is there room for "I saw this gadawful pillow at Target, let's burn this fucker"? 2203
Reposted by Dan StoebelSTCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 19/11/2025published in 2018 and meanwhile seven years old(!), but still a highlight: wiggling 𝘝𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘦 competence pilus catching DNA for uptake/transformation. found during the repair of our archive. written by @racheldiner.bsky.social . #MicroSkysmallthingsconsidered.blogShining a light on Vibrio DNA uptakeby Rachel Diner — Vibrio cholerae is "kind of a big deal" in the bacterial world and a popular topic here on STC. Beyond being the causative agent for the disease cholera, it's a model bacterium f… 0163
Reposted by Dan StoebelNick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 18/11/2025people are actually very susceptible to just-so stories about human origins because listening to bullshit helped us survive on the savanna 420747
Reposted by Dan StoebelHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on. (Please repost to reach a broad audience.) 188179
Reposted by Dan StoebelHadley Wickham @hadley.nz · 06/11/2025Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp.... genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.github.comGitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no capdplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub. 42460166
Reposted by Dan StoebelKevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Every tech company eventually either reinvents the bus or reinvents phrenology 10428154
Reposted by Dan StoebelJulia Saltz @juliasaltz.bsky.social · 05/11/2025My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com 35079
Reposted by Dan StoebelLauren @gramnegativity.bsky.social · 04/10/2023parents, be sure to check your kids’ candy this halloween. I just found a novel phage defense system inside this snickers 24011
Reposted by Dan StoebelSimon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 11/11/2024“Bonferonni correction”, an invaluable method in #statistics, refers to the act of repeatedly correcting misspellings of the word Bonferroni at multiple places in a draft manuscript. #science #academia 416633
Reposted by Dan StoebelJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Not great, but, alas, his seems so appropriate for 2025. 3316
Reposted by Dan StoebelJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 27/10/2025Despite decades of effort, scientists have still not discovered a foolproof way to evaluate colleagues’ work that doesn’t involve reading the paper 03812
Reposted by Dan StoebelAmelia Randich @ameliarandich.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Reposting this just in case anyone who is interested missed it. We’ll be reviewing applications on Nov 1st, so there is still time to apply for this position this week! Great position for people who want to do both research and teach at a high level with undergraduates! 048
Reposted by Dan StoebelKyle Orland @kyleor.land · 16/10/2025"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad! www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/ 462276847
Reposted by Dan StoebelMichael Baym @baym.lol · 17/10/2025Administrators: look at how your “peer institutions” are reacting. You wouldn’t want to sign it and mark yourself as needing special favor and so a tier below, would you? 1104
Reposted by Dan StoebelFrances Yap @ribo1214.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Glucose capping of 5'-mRNAs in E. coli 😱, presumably is installed during transcriptional initiation #MicroSky #RNASky www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 0178
Reposted by Dan StoebelGeorge O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Pls share: Hofstra University is looking for a Tenure-Track Microbiologists! ----- We are seeking a microbiologist with a research focus on a non-pathogenic bacterial model system. hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542hofstra.peopleadmin.comAssistant Professor of Microbiology 01536
Reposted by Dan Stoebelsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 14/12/2023it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science 441593628
Reposted by Dan StoebelHolzman-Tweed (he-suite) @holzman-tweed.bsky.social · 08/10/2025My mother calls these conjugate nouns: I have folklore, you have superstition, they have witchcraft. 3475
Reposted by Dan StoebelBrian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025#MicroSky 036
Reposted by Dan StoebelAmelia Randich @ameliarandich.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Interested in a tenure track position teaching and doing research with undergrads at a PUI? We are looking for a broadly-defined microbiologist who can teach Med Micro and Immunology. Apply at universityofscrantonjobs.com/postings/8308. Pls share widely to feeds (& on twitter if you still tweet)! 🦠 11939
Reposted by Dan StoebelGil Durán @gilduran.com · 24/09/20252/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint. She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing: 193130773
Reposted by Dan StoebelJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 13/09/2025If the NIH appropriations are generous, many applications are submitted to take advantage of the available funds. If NIH appropriations are constrained, many applications are submitted to compete for the limited funds. 11/17 1102
Reposted by Dan StoebelCount Draugula @artd.bsky.social · 12/09/2025🎶 Staaaaar House Is a very very fine house, With no cats in the yard, Because cats belong indoors, But there’s no cats in there either, Since my wife is allergic, And we have bunnies,, And I’m not really sure how this song goes…🎶 4324
Reposted by Dan StoebelASM @asm.org · 04/09/2025As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...asm.orgJoint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy ResignationThe American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 12729338
Reposted by Dan StoebelAlex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions. Descriptions and links in the following two posts. 2158122
Reposted by Dan StoebelAisling Brady @aislingbrady.bsky.social · 27/08/2025What is everyone's favourite review on anti-phage/defence systems? Ideally as an introduction to the concept/key systems for undergraduate level without expertise in phage biology #MicroSky #PhageSky 253
Reposted by Dan StoebelJeremy Baskin @jeremybaskin.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Faculty opening in Cornell Chemistry at the Assistant Professor level in the area of chemical biology, broadly defined! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30338 #chemjobsacademicjobsonline.orgCornell University, Chemistry and Chemical Biology Job #AJO30338, WDR-00054776 Assistant Professor - Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US 14952
Reposted by Dan StoebelChristopher Witt @msbbirds.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Rare bird fails to move Overton window 25115
Reposted by Dan StoebelClaus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 15/08/2025A simple design framework that will massively improve your slides and your public speaking clauswilke.substack.com/p/slides-tha...clauswilke.substack.comSlide designs that present themselves: The assertion–evidence templateYour slides are not your talk. 210849
Reposted by Dan StoebelDarryl Yong (he/him/his) @dyong.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Friends, the mathematics department @hmc.edu is looking to hire a new tenure-track operations researcher who would feel at home in our department. Please spread the word: math.hmc.edu/tenure-track... 0910
Reposted by Dan StoebelPetra Levin @redrockcity.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Elio Schaechter was one of my heroes. His 1958 paper with Ole Maaløe and Niels Kjeldgaard (fondly known as “SMK”) is a North Star for so much work in my group. A wonderful scientist, great communicator, and a very kind person. May his memory be a blessing. 16917
Reposted by Dan StoebelAllison Lopatkin, PhD @ajlopatkin.bsky.social · 12/08/2025If you ever find yourself needing evidence for ‘Plasmids are just as common in microbes without resistance genes,’ we’ve got you covered! Check our new paper, out today: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...microbiologyresearch.orgPlasmid prevalence is independent of antibiotic resistance in environmental EnterobacteriaceaeThe rapid rise of antibiotic-resistant pathogens poses a critical threat to the treatment of infectious diseases. While the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) via plasmid conjugation has bee... 16732
Reposted by Dan StoebelClaus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 12/08/2025Yup. clauswilke.substack.com/p/phd-level-...clauswilke.substack.comPhD-level intelligence or the graduate student from hellAI companies love to tout that their models are approaching—or have reached—PhD-level intelligence. This is blatant nonsensical marketing geared towards an audience that deeply misunderstands what a P... 3127
Reposted by Dan StoebelDave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · 12/08/2025LLMs wouldn’t pass a grad school comprehensive exam (It’s the confident bullshit in the face of experts that would fail it) 3203
Reposted by Dan StoebelCaroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 12/08/2025tip for trolling live imaging scientists: watch their little cell movie and then tell them "the book version was better" 3466
Reposted by Dan StoebelAmelia Randich @ameliarandich.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Hadi Yasmine (with @schraderlab.bsky.social): BR body condensates degrade mRNA during exponential phase and store mRNAs during stationary/stress in #Caulobacter; this storage is advantageous as it promotes a faster transition to exponential growth #phages2025 🦠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgStress Changes the Material State of a Bacterial Biomolecular Condensate and Shifts its Function from mRNA Decay to StorageBacterial ribonucleoprotein bodies (BR-bodies) are dynamic biomolecular condensates that play a pivotal role in RNA metabolism. We investigated how BR-bodies significantly influence mRNA fate by trans... 032
Reposted by Dan StoebelLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 03/08/2025I think the use of chatbots for stuff like this is intended to train people to use it to avoid everything that’s painful or hard. It can write the obituary, the breakup text, the complaint letter. It’s meant to separate humans from their difficult feelings. Seems bad. 631866491
Reposted by Dan StoebelTerry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Okay some wisdom here would be most welcome. ICE continues to run rampant through our community and many of our students are at risk simply because of their identity. Other than providing flexibility to faculty in how they run their courses, what institutional policies or practices can we adopt? 45023
Reposted by Dan StoebelMark Baxter 🏳️🌈🧂 @markgbaxter.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Doing a PhD where you abandon a project after less than a year is probably perfect preparation for industry. 3122