Miriam Markum (Dr. M)

I’ve always wished humans purred 🐈

These minis show off microbes to the max! And this set is all mine mwahhaha 👩🏻‍🔬 🔬

That’s awful! Why?!

Is it cool rain or warm rain? Enjoy the fresh post-rain green!

I grew up in the Pacific NW and, even after 20+ years in CA, our annual summer drought is still worry-inducing (what are we & the trees going to drink?!).

YouTube video by NPR Pete Buttigieg says Democrats can’t go back to status quo after Trump | Morning Edition

Listening to Pete B in this interview makes me simultaneously happy (he’s obviously a rationale, capable, articulate person…more of these, plz! 🙏🏼) and sad (because he is not involved in the decision making ⚖️)

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This is an excellent demo!

Now I love bagpipes even more!

Fern Canyon is the most beautiful place I’ve yet been on the planet 🤩

Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions | John Innes Centre An exciting opportunity for an Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions has arisen at the John Innes Centre. To read the full job description for this role…

New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions.

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I’ve been a fan of large-print books since I was a teen (I can read so much faster!) but the scale of these gorgeous books by Audubon is next level! 🤩 📚
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Great to see more nuance in our thinking about which type of metabolism no-karyotes are performing!

Graph of maternal mortality rate against year for the UK. Rate bounces until and down around 500 deaths per 100,000 births until about 1940, when it falls sharply. It’s been very low (~1–3 per 100,000) ever since.

This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Helps President Obama Polish His Résumé

Maybe time for @barackobama.bsky.social to return the favor for @stephencolbert.bsky.social?

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lol! Missed opportunity

To describe it in the style of Dr Seuss, it looks like a goop sloop!

Top-to-bottom view of a very tall redwood tree and neighboring trees appearing to bow out due to the panoramic nature of the photo

I’m wearing glasses, a bright magenta-colored sleeveless shirt and some wild yoga pants with green and purple blotches. I’m holding a much-appreciated hiking pole and standing on a wooden bridge over a trickling stream in the woods

Pics from last weekend’d hike in Marin. I can’t wait to visit with even more tall friends in Redwood NP next week! 🥾🌲

Great read! Also enjoyed the blog

🤩. Check out this excellent paper that found non-abx meds impact the microbiota and can make us more vulnerable to gut pathogens. 🦠 🧫 🐁

Mapping a Multidimensional Framework for GenAI in Education Prompting careful dialogue through incisive questions can help chart a course through the ongoing storm of artificial intelligence.

This article provides a useful framework and questions to help educators navigate their thinking and pedagogical decision-making relating to the adoption of gen AI as a tool and/or potential harm for themselves and their students.

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Fun! What’s their solution?

An excellent reflection on our grant review process

Science is magic!

NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%.
#NASADidThat

Fashion with living microbes! 🦠 😻

Thanks for the idea! 💡

Oh no…not the Fulbright grants too?!

Same, Lady Liberty, same.

Brilliant!

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson The Declaration of Independence | Journey to American Democracy

A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.