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Rebecca Pollet

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Vassar Assistant Prof - interested in protein crystallography and the gut microbiome. Oklahoman at heart, UNC grad. Citizen of Cherokee Nation. She/her

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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Come be my colleague - Vassar's chemistry department is hiring a tenure-track organic chemist! vassar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Vassar...
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Tenure Track
Department Chemistry Vassar College is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Decisions co...
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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Pls share. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences - Genetics/Genomics at Smith College. apply.interfolio.com/190342
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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Starting a new lab? My middle child is a rising junior at MassArt in animation/graphic design and is starting a logo design business. They designed our lab logo as well, so please contact if interested!
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Max Heiman @heiman.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
NYT feature on their website's front page about our local C. elegans colleague Will Mair and NIH funding www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...
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His Harvard Lab Was Thriving. Then Came the Cuts.
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Laura Williams @laurawilliams.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
NSF GRFP solicitation out. App deadlines now in November. As others noted, eligibility rules for current graduate students now exclude 2nd year grad students. See the solicitation - they’ve emphasized “first year” and “less than one academic year” in grad program. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
It's almost fall in Poughkeepsie and you could be here next year! My department is hiring a lecturer in Organic Chemistry. The role is great for someone with an interest in pedagogy! vassar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Vassar...
Looking down a long, slightly curved hallway. On the left are large windows with many tables and chairs in front of the windows. On the right is an accent wall with wooden slates. You see a glimpse of the second floor hallway at the top of the frame.Two students cross in front of Raymond House, a large bridge building with many small white windows. The leaves on the tree in front of the building are beginning to turn orange.
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Eight steps to stop marginalization in academia from some fantastic Indigenous scientists www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
So great to learn more about @theoreticalfun.bsky.social!
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Michelle Francl @michellefrancl.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Bryn Mawr College is looking for an analytical chemist! #chemsky www.brynmawr.edu/inside/acade...
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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Diversify Microbiology @diversifymicro.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
We just launched an updated version of DiversifyMicrobiology! Please update your entry at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Diversify Microbiology
This is a self-nomination form, entries submitted on behalf of someone else will be deleted. This list is intended for individuals who have completed a PhD or otherwise are employed in a professional ...
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Hadley Bergstrom @hadleybergstrom.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Vassar College is seeking a biologist with a focus on Developmental Neurobiology on the tenure-track. Please spread widely! vassar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Vassar...
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Assistant Professor of Biology, Tenure Track
Department Biology Vassar College is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Decisions conc...
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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
NSURP is looking for mentors for this summer! We had over 200 applications for about 10 spots. Please sign up if you are interested in being a mentor this year or in the future as it is helpful to show interest. Please share this! uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Hello #NativesBlueSky… my students are asking for a list of your favorite Indigenous STEM books… so I’m trying to crowd source to add to my own list. I am not sure how many are out here, but I thought I’d ask! I’ll compile the list and share when done!
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Wrapping up my time at the Full Circle of Native and Indigenous Scientists in Biology Symposium and I want to reflect on some thoughts mentioned today qbi.ucsf.edu/full-circle-... 1/5
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QBI | Full Circle of Native and Indigenous Scientists in Biology
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 02/04/2025
The rhetorical victory is this: the proposal that we can and will outlast them.
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Willow Coyote-Maestas @willowcoyote.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Just a little over a week out! The symposium is coming together wonderfully. Please join us either in person at UCSF or virtually in a webinar! Register here :) qbi.ucsf.edu/full-circle-...
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QBI | Full Circle of Native and Indigenous Scientists in Biology
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The MacInFac was such a core part of my experience at UNC - it's a great role for anyone passionate about biochem and biophysical techniques.
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
One thing I really miss while being on an only undergrad campus is attending PhD thesis defenses. It's great science but also the deep respect shown for other scientists and the absolute joy is unmatched.
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Luke Timmerman @luketimmerman.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
NIH cuts are hitting young scientists the hardest. By David Baker. timmermanreport.com/2025/03/davi...
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Sharing this article about @edyong209.bsky.social in the NY Times "Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World" Ed Yong in my opinion is the best science journalist of our times - and there are many great ones www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
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‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World (Gift Article)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Caring about or working in science right now is all about answering questions: can we keep going? How do we keep going? Sometimes our answers need to take the form of speeches. Instead of certainty and details, we are being asked for direction. For comfort. For courage. For hope.
(on left of image) WHAT TO SAY WHEN... everything is on fire. (on right of image, a poem by Nikita Gil. "Everything is on fire, but everyone I love is doing beautiful things / and trying to make life worth living, / and I know I don’t have to believe in everything, / but I believe in that."
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Scott Barolo @sbarolo.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
4/n But what I told my departmental colleagues today was that I will not agree to do anything that will help re-segregate research or education at this university. Or that is inconsistent with the stated values and mission of this U. And I won’t quit either; they’ll have to fire me.
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Maybe you’re not going to lead. That’s okay! Instead of trying to generate strategy from scratch, listen to what you’re being asked for. Maybe it’s your professional society, affinity groups on campus, local unions, etc. Getting behind people you trust is essential & strategic.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
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Willow Coyote-Maestas @willowcoyote.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
We are now accepting applications for speakers from Native American trainees - if you know of someone who would be a good fit, encourage them to apply! More info in the original thread Apply to be speaker at Full Circle here: forms.gle/dMUtGWvigrNA... PS: We have travel funds available! Plz share!
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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
AWESOME piece by my former student and co-director of BLEEDVAX @resourcefulsqrl.bsky.social on feminist science, menstruation, and the covid vaccine:
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Bleeding-Edge Praxis: Leveraging Anthropology and Feminist Science for Emerging Issues - Anthropology News
In January of 2021, I was employed as a postdoctoral researcher in a division of public health at a medical school. This provided early access to the
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Thrilled to be presenting this year after watching virtually for the past two years!
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 15/11/2024
PSA for new people: I pay my bills by selling original art, so I would be super grateful if you bought some artologica.etsy.com #sciart #scicomm
blue and green watercolor brain painting grid of virus images in jewel-toned watercolor
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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
I'm very happy to share with you the results of a collaborative experiment between the Catawba Indian Nation and faculty, staff, and students at Davidson College. Yield, growth, and labor demands of growing maize, beans, and squash in monoculture versus the Three Sisters🌽🫘🎃 A few take home points:
(a) The raised beds on June 15, 2023. (b) The Three Sisters planting design typically forms a large circular shape with maize/bean mounds interspersed with squash. In our study, the Three Sisters were established in raised beds by planting four maize seeds in a 6-in. (15.2 cm) square each with a bean plant 3 in. (7.6 cm) toward the edge of the bed on a diagonal with the center of the maize square. Maize/bean squares were spaced 4 ft (1.2 m) apart within each row. Squash seeds were planted in pairs between each maize/bean square.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
UConn Native American Indigenous Studies program within the department of Social and Critical Inquiry is hiring a TT faculty position! We are looking for someone in One Health, TEK, or Environmental Justice, and Tribal governance/law/policy. Apply here: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49...
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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
For the #Spacetober prompt aeronautics: Mary Golda Ross (1908-2008), known as Gold to her family, was a mathematician, aeronautical engineer, philanthropist & Cherokee “hidden figure” of the space race. 🧪🐡🧮👩🏽‍🔬 Great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross, who was forced to lead his people on the 🧵1/n
Linocut portrait of Mary Golda Ross looking over her shoulder in a gradient of green (at bottom) to gold (at top) surrounded by vehicles important to her career including P-38 Lighting fighter plane, and Agena rocket, important to Apollo missions in grey.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
For the people who have asked how they can help people in Kotzebue recover from the storm: The Native Village of Kotzebue said that they are taking contributions through the Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation. healthyalaskanatives.org/kotzebue-flo...
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Kotzebue Flood Relief Fund | Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation
The Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation has set up the Kotzebue Flood Relief Fund. Your donation will go directly toward flood relief efforts to support the community of Kotzebue. To maximize ...
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Kate Michie @kmichie.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Structural Biology Starterpack go.bsky.app/DDetSBp I like feeds better as it filters out 'cat' talk, leaves in the selective structural biology chitchat (Protein Cosmos). Poke me for inclusion/removal. Apologies if I've broken etiquette and included/excluded you first up (not intended to offend).
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
My department at Vassar starts reviewing applications for a lecturer in organic chemistry in 2 weeks! The position includes teaching Organic lecture and labs with a 5 course teaching load per year (lab counts as 1 course). employment.vassar.edu/postings/4054
Two students cross in front of Raymond House, a large bridge building with many small white windows. The leaves on the tree in front of the building are beginning to turn orange.
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Laura Williams @laurawilliams.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
NSURP T-shirts! Buy a shirt and support this awesome program! I had a great time mentoring an NSURP scholar over the summer. She is headed to ABRCMS this fall to present her research. Fundraisers like this support these young scientists. www.customink.com/fundraising/...
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Support National Summer Undergraduate Research Project Fundraiser 2024 for program costs
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
I am thrilled that Vassar is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in American Studies with a focus in Native American Studies. I'm happy to share more about our Native American community on campus with anyone who is interested! employment.vassar.edu/postings/4062
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Assistant Professor of American Studies, Tenure Track
We seek a dynamic, innovative, community-engaged scholar of Native American Studies. The position grows from Vassar’s continued commitment to developing meaningful land acknowledgment and repairing re...
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
My department at Vassar is hiring a lecturer in Organic Chemistry. I am thrilled we are adding this position to our department - this person will help teach our organic lecture and labs and will help us continue to develop our curriculum. employment.vassar.edu/postings/4054
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Lecturer in Chemistry
We seek a full-time colleague  to teach lectures and laboratories in the Organic Chemistry program. Candidates should have a PhD in chemistry with demonstrated interest in and/or expertise in pedagogy...
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
The Into It podcast introduced me to the idea of modern scriptures. One of mine is @berondam.bsky.social's work on your own academic index. I read this interview every year around the time of my annual review to remind me to honor what is most important to me. lazyslowdown.com/developing-y...
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Developing your own academic “index”: An interview with Dr. Beronda Montgomery - Being Lazy and ...
In an interview, Dr. Beronda Montgomery shares her wisdom and experiences in academia and advocates developing one's own "index" for success .
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Julie Pollock @julieapollock.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
Hello chemistry and biology higher education bluesky world. Do you know of anyone who is interested in a career at a primarily undergraduate institution? I want to make you aware of the Consortium for Faculty Diversity www.gettysburg.edu/offices/prov...
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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
New from NSURP journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Emily Andras @emandras.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
One thing that has been a constant since my PhD is the IDT DNA website loading slowly and me messing around on social media while I wait…
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
That joker *chef’s kiss*
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Lis Lowe @lislowe.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
Fancy a PhD in Glycobiology/enzymes in collaboration with P&G on a scheme designed to set you up for careers in industry as well as academia? Apply here by 20th Nov! Our project is the glycoprotease one 😀 www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
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FindAPhD : Bioscience for Sustainable Consumer Products Collaborative Training Partnership (BiSCoP C...
Apply for a PhD: Bioscience for Sustainable Consumer Products Collaborative Training Partnership (BiSCoP CTP) at Procter & Gamble
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Rebecca Pollet @rmpollet.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
I'm featured in today's spotlight article from the American Society for Microbiology! I'm thankful for this opportunity to share my story and the opportunity to highlight the many mentors (named and unnamed) who got me here! asm.org/Articles/202...
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Making Connections: Spotlight on Rebecca Pollet | ASM.org
Rebecca Pollet highlights the importance of making connections, not just between the lab and the “real” world, but also with scientists one can identify with—and helping others to do the same.
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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Our site for #BlackInMicrobiologyWeek 2023 is LIVE bit.ly/3QixSIN Visit to view our full schedule, invited speakers, sponsors & meet the team of organizers who made it all happen! It's also a great place to REGISTER 😉 (all events free, online & open to everyone!)
Screen capture of Black Microbiologists Association web page, entitled "Black In Micro Week. A vibrant celebration of Black Microbiologists." The Black In Micro Week logo is shown, along with menu navigation buttons to view the Schedule, Speakers and Registration pages. Other menu items are partially out of view.
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DEI Virologist @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
If you want to see the actual future of microbiology, make sure to attend Black In Micro week this year! Blackinmicrobiology.org
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Moving Microbiology Forward
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