Jennifer Biddle

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

Yesterday I nearly lost my voice. Today it was barely there. I taught class and since then only have a whisper.

Ugh.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

If you aren't failing you aren't trying. Grad students and new faculty: the most prolific scholars are also the most prolific at getting rejected. Rejections suck but they are a big part of the publication process.

he Department of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis is seeking applications for a fulltime, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Mycology, with a focus on plant pathogenic, symbiotic, or mycotoxigenic fungi and fungal-like organisms (e.g., oomycetes). We are looking for a highly motivated and creative scientist with a strong background in mycology and/or the biology of fungi and fungal-like organisms that interact with plants. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a world-class, externally funded research program that integrates both fundamental and applied aspects of fungal biology within the context of plant pathology. We welcome applicants pursuing a wide range of research topics related to plant-associated fungi, including but not limited to mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis or symbiosis with plants, population genomics and evolution of fungal plant pathogens, plant-associated fungal microbiomes and plant-microbe interactions, and/or one health approaches to fungal diseases and antifungal resistance. Applicants working in other relevant research areas involving pathogenic, symbiotic, or mycotoxigenic fungi or fungal-like organisms that affect plant health are also encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have significant opportunities for collaboration with faculty in plant pathology, microbiology, genomics, and agricultural sciences, and to contribute to addressing issues of importance to California’s agricultural and natural ecosystems. The appointee primary teaching responsibilities will be teaching Introductory Mycology, an upperdivision lab class, and SAS 30, Mushroom, Molds & Society, a general education class for non-majors. Additional graduate and undergraduate teaching responsibilities may be assigned based on departmental needs and the candidate’s expertise. The department offers modern instructional facilities, including a newly renovated teaching laboratory.

Please repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist

Applications due Dec 1

Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

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oh heck no, just have to open/close their enclosure so they are protected from foxes and don't party in the pond all night.

They have a totally different funk than chickens. If you clean up the poop, chickens don’t smell bad.

We are taking care of our neighbors ducks this week. They are so cute but so stinky.

Stony Brook is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Marine Molecular Ecology (assistant encouraged, molecular broadly defined, includes microbial omics!): apply.interfolio.com/174869

#goals

This paper is actually a collection of failed experiments, where we took the day 1 timepoint of each and added a bit more to show a seasonal trend.

If your experiments fail, there's usually a creative workaround! And thanks to colleagues for letting us use their equipment - this work was unfunded

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

Paper accepted!

This one kinda blows up some previous work I’ve done but more importantly shows that some other papers are just wrong.

#tenure track #job position in #boston for #plantphysiology: careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

📣 New bacterial order name change alert!

🦠 The uncultivated alphaproteobacterial order (formerly TMED127) is now "Methylaequorales" in @seqcode.bsky.social

📝 New AEM paper on these marine methylotrophs: journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10....

🙏 Special thanks @rodriguez-r.bsky.social & SeqCode team

#eldercare PSA: PLEASE work on power of attorney forms & wills with elder relatives. Just talked with a friend who has had an awful 6 months dealing with his mom's estate and her live in boyfriend's estate.

Wills have to be active in the state you live in. POA forms need to be signed b4 illness.

Props you're important enough they are watching you?

Last week, one of Trump's senior DOJ appointees strongly attacked a South Carolina's judge's voting rights decision. Today her house was burned to the ground by suspected arsonists.

Fox is back. Dog went after it. What do I do if he ever catches it?

🦊 Stay away from my chickens! 🐓

Strawberry splotches on white tablecloth.

In case you wondered what the end looked like. Sorry rented tablecloth. It should all come out.

My Apple Watch recharges way faster than I do

We welcomed thousands of people to campus today for our biggest outreach event of the year. It was sunny and 80, low winds. What a great day.

Woke up to a fox screaming outside my house.

Google fox screams. The song about what foxes say is so wrong.

Not me looking for a can of spam in the photo.

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

The climate movement’s biggest weakness What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.

Meat is a blind spot for people who care about climate. When I used to have dinner with my colleague Wally Broecker, the climate scientist who coined the term “global warming”, he would always order a steak.

Yup exactly. Now when I’m cooking dinner I can’t read the f$&king labels!!

Goshdarnit reading glasses really work.

YouTube video by MicrobeTV Matters Microbial #110: Enumerating the Microbiome

Had a lovely time chatting with @markowenmartin.bsky.social for the second time on his Matters Microbial podcast!

Thanks for having me, Mark! And thanks for this service you provide to our community 🙏

@isbscience.org @asm.org @microbetv.bsky.social

youtu.be/wdwTma0gV4k