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Matthew Haag @matthewhaag.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

New York City is expected to welcome 400,000 fewer tourists this year than it did in 2024, a decline primarily driven by negative sentiment toward the United States among foreign travelers who have reconsidered their vacations.

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New York City Predicted Record Tourism. Then Came Trump.

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Sara Beck, Ph.D. @realsarabeck.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

For those attending #BCWWA2025 in Victoria this week, look forward to seeing you! I'll be presenting our rainwater disinfection research for Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi on Tuesday afternoon (3:30 pm) in the Small Water and Wastewater Systems session (Lecture Theatre).

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Apply now: Eawag Postdoctoral Fellowship 📢💪 The Eawag postdoctoral fellowship is designed for outstanding early-career researchers with innovative ideas 👉 www.eawag.ch/en/about-us/...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

WATCH: “This is a tragedy for the free world. But first and foremost a tragedy for the United States.” This 8 minute speech by French Senator Claude Malhuret on Trump siding with Putin and what it means for the world is worth your time. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DG9Lj0F...

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Laura Lautz @llautz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Yesterday was the darkest day of my professional life so far. Many of NSF’s best and brightest people fired indiscriminately. The terms of their firing cruel. My colleagues matter, they are valued and they make a difference. I have no words. www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...

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National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce

NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/02/2025

“The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up.” Some federal employees, both in public and behind closed doors, are resisting Elon Musk’s orders using whatever means they have. nyti.ms/3D4V7T2

A large group of people gathered to protest next to the U.S. Capitol building. A headline reads: "How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk" Photo by Samuel Corum for The New York Times

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Jennifer Raff @jenniferraff.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

“Your work is your rebellion”

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this: Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Biomedical research as we knew it in this country is cooked. The repercussions will be deep and long-lasting.

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Grant Hughes @mosquitomicrobe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Lovely week to finish the year for the @mossi-lab.bsky.social lab. @aidanfoo.bsky.social doing fantastic work at his viva and Ana Pitol securing a lecturer position @lstmnews.bsky.social!

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

There is a concerted effort underway to download and preserve as many federal geoscience data sets as possible. The fact that this has to happen at all is a blistering warning of the massive threat posed to #science by the GOP and Trump.

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Jan Gawor @gaworjan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Here is a great summary of genomic visualization tools: cmdcolin.github.io/awesome-geno...

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awesome-genome-visualization

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Sara Beck, Ph.D. @realsarabeck.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Great article about our rainwater treatment project in Nyamesocho Village (southwest Kenya), in the home community of our postdoc, Dr. Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi. We used biosand filtration and UV LEDs to treat water for 365 students and staff: news.ubc.ca/2024/11/ubc-...

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UBC researcher brings clean water home to Kenyan school - UBC News

For Dr. Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi, a postdoctoral researcher at UBC’s faculty of applied science who led the project, it’s more than a professional achievement; it’s personal.

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

I've had dengue. It was dintinctly unfun. If you needed another reason to do what you can to limit climate change, well this is a good excuse ... www.npr.org/2024/10/22/n... "LA is seeing cases of dengue, the range of which may be growing due to climate change"

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Sara Beck, Ph.D. @realsarabeck.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

Happy to share our latest paper in Water Research: Many studies have shown that applying UV-A before UV-C causes a synergistic effect; we traced that effect to damage to the transfer RNA, which plays a critical role in protein synthesis: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Matt Frieman @mattfrieman.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

Where was this when I was an undergrad and had to refill tip boxes as my lab job?!?!?? Kids these days have all the cool toys. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx8f...

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3D printable pipette tip sorting device 'Elster' for 200 µL pipet tips

free download at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4268044version for 10 µL pipet tips here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4256563

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Marc Peipoch @marcpeipoch.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

We're #hiring! Apply today to come work with world-class freshwater scientists. We're seeking a postdoctoral associate to study molecular microbial #ecology in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Check it out! stroudcenter.org/jobs/postdoc...

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Employment Opportunity: Postdoctoral Associate in Microbial Ecology

Stroud Water Research Center is searching for a postdoctoral associate to study molecular microbial ecology in aquatic and terrestrial environments.

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Sara Beck, Ph.D. @realsarabeck.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Happy two-year anniversary of the Vancouver double rainbow! 🌈🌈 all the way.

Double rainbow, all the way, over the Vancouver skyline.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 24/10/2023

By the end of September, more than half of the world’s countries could fit inside the land burned this year in Canada. “I can’t think of any analogy for the extent to which the modern records were not only broken but destroyed here,” says climate scientist John Abatzoglou. Read more:

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‘It’s Like Our Country Exploded’: Canada’s Year of Fire

Endless evacuations, unimaginable smoke and heat, 45 million acres burned — is this the nation’s new normal?

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Gemma C. Atkinson @gemmaatkinson.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

We have a PhD vacancy. Structural and functional protein bioinformatics, with a focus on bacteria-phage interactions lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Ryan Morin 🇨🇦 @morinryan.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

For users interested in generating an academic word cloud to say hi, here's quick update. My latest tool (Semantic Scholar Googler) can now pull words from abstracts instead of just titles. Helpful to fill in sparse clouds such as this example (original vs new version). scholargoogler.com

Original Joel Boerckel publication word cloud generated by Scholar Googler

Word cloud generated by Semantic Scholar Googler using Joel Boerckel's abstracts

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Sara Beck, Ph.D. @realsarabeck.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

The Beck Lab is growing! A new school year means a new group photo! Very proud to work with this inspiring, dedicated, and resourceful team. Read about our team and what we're up to here: www.becklabubc.com

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