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Tera Levin

@teralevin.bsky.social
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Assistant professor of Biological Sciences at Pitt, studying evolution, genes, and microbes. Same as @tera_levin in the other place. #NewPI She/her

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15h
Good point on the peer review plan. Read and comment. Two more days. 27unihted.substack.com/p/how-to-com...
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How to comment on a plan that decreases transparency in NIH peer review — listen on WCOM radio
Deadline to respond is Tuesday, October 13th. Research staff or anyone who benefits or hopes to benefit from health research someday can express their opinion about the proposal.
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Pravrutha Raman @pravrutharaman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Now that we have moved coasts, I am thrilled to share that the ChromEvo (Raman) lab is officially open at UMass Boston 🎉 We ask how CHROMatin EVOlution leads to functional innovation and we are hiring at multiple levels. Read on and share with folks who maybe interested chromevoramanlab.github.io
The logo with a phylogenetic tree, a budding yeast, a fly and a nucleosome that has Raman lab Chrom Evo written in the middle
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Tamanash Bhattacharya @tamanash.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Raman lab is open for business! Pravrutha is an amazing scientist and a wonderful mentor, so for folks who are interested in chromatin evolution and want to work across multiple model systems, this is a can’t miss opportunity. Spread the news!
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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STAT @statnews.com · 14/09/2026
Breaking: Judge blocks Trump administration plans to limit visa length for grad students, postdocs www.statnews.com/2026/09/14/c...
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Judge blocks Trump administration plans to limit visa length for grad students, postdocs
A federal judge halted a Trump administration plan to place a four-year cap on the kinds of visas used by graduate students and postdocs
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just as world leaders decide to ignore climate change, everything climate scientists predicted is coming true.
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The devastating forces behind the deadly Himalayan flood
Torrent that tore through settlements near Nepal’s border with China comes as scientists warn climate change is increasing risks
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Bats’ remarkable longevity and immunity are linked through pleiotropic adaptations to viruses and ageing-related disease @nature.com @psudmant.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @lucievirevolte.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
the tundra when it melts #climatechange
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ThePatrick&WatsonLabs @thepwlab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨🚨 Faculty search! Spread the word! 🚨🚨 The Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology Department at Vanderbilt is hiring! Special consideration will be given to faculty working with Risk Group 3 pathogens (so you can join us in our brand new state-of-the-art BSL3!) apply.interfolio.com/188545
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Jason Nomburg @jnoms.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Happy to share the first preprint out of the Nomburg lab! Many aspects of cellular immunity are shared across the tree of life. Here, we show that some of these conserved aspects of cellular immunity are mirrored by conserved effectors of immune antagonism. Thread below! 1/15
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Very cool study, congrats!
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 22/07/2026
A reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.
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White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 11/07/2026
Helpful form to help craft comment for submission regarding OMB rules, deadline July 13!!
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ME/CFS San Diego @mecfssd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
NYTimes Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u... U.S. Federal research funding uncertainty is affecting the next generation of scientists. ME/CFS needs new researchers to help build on promising leads.
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Decline of Ph.D. Admissions Could Imperil a ‘Generation of New Talent’
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Very exciting! Fantastic to see these mating choanoflagellate cells with much better microscopy too
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Kevin Forsberg @kvnforsberg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Humans and bacteria share strategies to defend against viruses. We wondered: could they use each other's genes? Yes, both can! Bacteria can use human immune genes to defend against phages AND Human cells can use bacterial genes for viral defense. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Bacterial and human exonucleases mediate interkingdom antiviral immunity
All kingdoms of life have developed strategies to limit viral infection. In humans, interferons induce a suite of antiviral factors that collectively provide immunity. Some human immune genes are homo...
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Phillip Cleves @pcleves.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Our work on the symbiont-containing organelle that supports coral reefs is published today. Also, new genetic tools to study symbiosis in both corals and Aiptasia. Great work by Shumpei Maruyama, Cat Henderson, and the rest of the fantastic team. #SymbioSky www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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Co-option of lysosomal machinery shapes the evolution of the intracellular photosymbiosis supporting coral reefs
Corals harbor intracellular algal symbionts in specialized organelles that enable them to build diverse reef ecosystems. Corals and other cnidarians have repeatedly evolved this symbiosis through the ...
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Amy Elizabeth @amyelizabeth.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I need y'all to understand that I teach high school and there are teenagers already planning to leave the U.S. to because they will be studying science or medicine. They are SO serious about it - saving money, learning extra languages, and looking to see if there are familial connections abroad.
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ
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The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“
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Laura K. Jennings @laurakjennings.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📢 We're hiring! The Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology at Montana State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Microbiology. We welcome applicants working in microbial pathogenesis, immunology, genetics, microbial evolution, and related areas. Apply: jobs.montana.edu/postings/52009
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
NIH grants have been under political scrutiny since early 2025. But what does the screening process actually look like? What is being flagged? I spent a month digging into leaked docs and emails. We've published the 235-word list that are being flagged by an internal AI tool. And so much more. 🧵
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Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants
Mandatory reviews by top health officials and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo.
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Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I am one of today’s 10000 - because I’ve only just seen this @xkcd.com comic & it is simply brilliant.
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Earth Temperature Timeline
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 26/06/2026
Gregg gets it correct here. “New OMB grant rule” sounds nerdy. But this is a huge and insane plan. This is the Trump admin writing down their goal of fundamentally changing the relationship between government and society. Funding for everything will be taken over. 1/
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The heatwave in Europe is so extreme, it's 25–32°F (14–18°C) above normal. You read that right. France recorded it's hottest day ever. The UK had its hottest ever June day. The ground is exceeding 122°F (50°C). People are dying. Tell me again why we shouldn't talk about climate change???
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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Our Dept of Microbiology & Immunology @Geisel School of Medicine @Dartmouth has an opening for an Assistant Professor. Looking for programs bridging multiple areas in Micro & Immuno. A great place to be! Programs: www.M2P2.org www.dartmouthbiofilm.org Job ad: apply.interfolio.com/187637
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Temperatures in Pittsburgh PA over time
Graph of temperatures in Pittsburgh since 1850. Blue bars at the left of the graph show temps mostly below the current average. Red bars at the right show much warmer tempos from 2000 onward
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Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
one anecdote: I was searching for a link to one of my old papers on Google, and the automated Gemini summary attributed all of my lab's work to my husband
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Hatok @hatok.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
it is really important to be loud about this stuff because it's typically kept very quiet to enable people to go "See? Nothing happened, it was just people being dramatic"
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Oof sorry to hear that
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Here is another thing you should do to oppose OMB’s proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034). Pressure congress. They have the power to stop it! 5calls.org/issue/federa...
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Oppose OMB's Political Attacks on Scientific Research ⭑ 5 Calls
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), led by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought, has proposed sweeping rule changes to the federal grantmaking …
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Hello from Pittsburgh, where we had a similar lanternfly influx a few years ago. Fortunately the lantern flies don't harm the trees much and our local predators learned to eat them, so we only had one really bad season. Hopefully the same will be true for you too! 🤞
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Boosting this again because this blog has the sections that people should refer to when making a comment about the proposed changes to government grants. The qs has the link to make the comments. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science
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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Call your reps -- blue, red, purple, it doesn't matter -- about the proposed OMB science funding rule. The house can stop this. Let them know it matters for your district.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Holden Thorp is an institutionalist. He's been a university chancellor, provost, now EiC of Science. When institutionalists pull the fire alarm, we listen, because the call to action he issued this week exposes the dire nature of the threat we are facing. 1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Another red alert for American science
Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Several people have asked for possible content and structure for comments regarding the proposed OMB regulations. With some suggestions from others, I have posted on example (as a Word document) for downloading). jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... I hope this is helpful.
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Easy link for comment submission: www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... Also send a copy to your congresspeople!
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Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The public comment period closes approximately July 13, 2026 (45 days from May 29 publication). Comments must be submitted to regulations.gov, Docket OMB-2026-0034
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026
Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Congrats @laurenpalmer.bsky.social !
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Very cool study @wcratcliff.bsky.social, congrats to the whole team!
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Teresa O'Meara @teresaomeara.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
We are hiring @umichmicroimmuno.bsky.social ! Tenure-track assistant professor position in our Microbiology and Immunology department. We are especially looking for someone working in bacterial pathogenesis
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Thanks to all of you for a great meeting!
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Lauren Palmer @laurenpalmer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🚨Faculty job search: University of Illinois Chicago Micro & Immuno department is hiring! Open rank and open area within host-pathogen interactions. Apply by May 31 to join us in UI College of Medicine in the heart of Chicago! uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Here's the link to the preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Looking forward to discussing the story with folks at #SISB2026 this week! 🦠
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Thank you Tiffany! I'm glad you find it useful
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Thanks Bella!
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Thanks Craig!
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Link to the preprint! 14/ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This was a massive study led by two co-first authors from my lab: Ed Culbertson and Emily Cruz-Lorenzo. Our amazing collaborators in the Morehouse and Halfmann labs did critical work to help us follow this story from evolution to genetics to cell biology to biochemistry. Thank you to everyone! 13/
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Tera Levin @teralevin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Big take away 3: While the bacterial immunity field has studied diverse TIRs from across the tree, there is much more to explore in eukaryotes. We expect this eukaryotic TIR atlas will further reveal interesting new eukaryotic TIRs and help us understand how eukaryotes undergo immune innovation. 12/
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