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And the 2015 "cruise" ... life as a scientist 😁

Congratulations to WHOI's @julesdeep.bsky.social, who was recently selected to deliver the prestigious @agu.org Rachel Carson Lecture.

The award recognizes women whose work in ocean science is both cutting-edge and deeply relevant to today’s societal & environmental challenges: go.whoi.edu/Huber

Woot, this news continues to put a big smile on my face! Congrats (again) Julie!! 🎉🙌

Those are insane. When my son and I harvested reapers we wore gloves and eye protection 😭 🔥🔥🔥 He also had some stomach issues after eating just a small bite.

Congratulations Julie!! 🎉

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Julie Huber Awarded Prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by the American Geophysical Union WHOI’s Julie Huber Awarded Prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by the AGU

Fantastic news! Julie Huber @julesdeep.bsky.social was just awarded the prestigious Rachel Carson Lecture by @agu.org! Not only well deserved, but also a fitting tribute. Rachel Carson was one of Julie’s childhood heroes that guided her path. Congratulations Julie!! 🎉🙌 www.whoi.edu/press-room/n...

Congrats!

SES students got to measure bacterial production in their Winogradsky Columns using radioactive 14C-Leucine yesterday! My favorite lab! ☢️🦠❤️

Ugh, disappointing to see the bias continue into cyberspace.

However, as Philip Morrison states in his 1964 paper, A thermodynamic characterization of self-reproduction: "Nearly all the manifest visual and mechanical intricacy of organisms, like their apt behavior, turns out to be without quantitative thermodynamic importance." Beauty is not low entropy 😁

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

A beautiful day for a field trip to Little Sippewissett Marsh for the annual construction of Winogradsky columns for the Microbial Methods course in the Semester in Environmental Science program @mblscience.bsky.social

Purple sulfur bacteria at low tide 🦠💜

NSF could be moving down the street Government sets requirements for new space that sound like nearby patent office campus

After learning it would be evicted from its current headquarters and left in limbo about its future home, the National Science Foundation appears headed to new digs just down the street—and soon. https://scim.ag/4p1zzto

Interesting. If you're a scientist who publishes, your papers are likely in the database.

Beyond the Second Law: Darwinian Evolution as a Tendency for Entropy Production to Increase

www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/27...

or, to a faster heat death of the universe, use life!

Our opinion piece is hot off the presses! Cutting science funding has profound implications for STEM education & training & will negatively impact the San Diego region. TAKE ACTION by calling your congressional reps & demand no cuts to science funding! #StandUpForScience 🧪
tinyurl.com/ywxkvv25

UCLA research grants suspended after Trump administration faulted campus for antisemitism The Justice Department issued UCLA a notice of violation for not responding “adequately” to complaints about antisemitism.

I chased this all day:

UCLA research grants suspended after Trump administration faulted campus for antisemitism

calmatters.org/education/hi...

Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches - Nature The discovery of chemosynthesis-based benthic communities at depths of 5,800 m to 9,533 m in the Kuril–Kamchatka and western Aleutian trenches challenges traditional perspectives on the energy sources...

Check out "the deepest and the most extensive chemosynthesis-based communities known to exist on Earth" - methane seeps along Russia's NE coast, down to a depth of 9500 meters! 😮

It's amazing that such incredible ecosystems remain to be found in the deep sea...

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Superb!

A quick update re NIH and NSF terminated grant tracking:

Grant Watch has a new name!

We're now called **Grant Witness**

You can find us at grant-witness.us

Please update your bookmarks and spread the word! 🙏

(And no, this wasn't our preference, but trademarks are a thing. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️)

Anyone know someone, or a company, that can analyze brackish pond water (0.3%) samples for simple substrates (specifically, glucose, xylose, acetate, ethanol, and methanol) in the 0 to 200 micromolar range? The number samples is between 15 to 100 depending on cost per sample.

Opinion | To lead at sea, we must understand the sea The U.S. still has an advantage on the waves, but ocean science needs more — not less — investment.

Excellent piece on keeping US as maritime leader and ocean science is vital to national security. 🧪🌊https://wapo.st/4kMAcUs

The NASA Voyager Declaration Statement of Solidarity and Support

There is a new, rather detailed and annotated "Statement of Solidarity and Support" out called "The NASA Voyager Declaration" regarding the current state of affairs at #NASA. It is modeled after similar efforts by employees at #EPA and #NIH nasawatch.com/activism/the...

Science and Democracy Under Siege This administration's first 6 months have been characterized by destruction, division, and chaos.

Preaching to the choir here, but if you've been living under a rock, this👇

"In the past six months, the Trump administration has systematically and recklessly undermined federal science. Read the new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists here:" act.ucsusa.org/Trump6Months

reminder of amazing fellowship opportunity!

17. Vote for politicians who will stop burning fossil fuels

This was a very scary but incredibly positive experience for me-connecting to the deeply personal, funny, & scary parts of our scientific journeys. I encourage you to listen as intended- full long form radio, with host @jayall.bsky.social & live music. Links at end of article. #stemstories @prx.org

Loved it!!

Some personal news…

Congratulations Neil!