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Buz Barstow
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Some sort of professor, somewhere inside Cornell, doing something. “Clearly no future as a scientist” - Reviewer #1.
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One of the first Forage Fast boxes. I can't figure out a way to say just how proud I am of the Forage Evolution team for shipping these first products this week.

Helped along by @cornellengineering.bsky.social, @cornellcals.bsky.social, @cornelluniversity.bsky.social, @darpa.mil.
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A new article in the Cornell Chronicle on Forage Evolution, a new startup from my lab:

news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

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Startup bets their superfast microbe can rewrite biotech | Cornell Chronicle
Researchers develop a new bacterium that can absorb DNA directly from its surroundings and incorporate it into its own genetic code.
news.cornell.edu
November 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Gluconobacter, edited by Alia based on new knowledge by Joe making something interesting.

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October 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Alia, Eugene, Daria and Eugene planning some genetic engineering based on Joe's genetic screen of Gluconobacter today in the lab.

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October 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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As we look to build an early warning system in our Forecasting Tipping Points programme, we're partnering with Telescope and the Ditchley Foundation to convene experts + ensure actionable information reaches the people it needs to.

Learn more about FTP: link.aria.org.uk/ftp-programm...
Forecasting Tipping Points
Backed by £81m, this programme aims to enhance our climate change response by developing an early warning system for tipping points.
link.aria.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Now official: we’re looking for postdocs for 2026 and beyond. If you want to use your synbio skills and the growing Microbe-Mineral Atlas to build cutting-edge biomining technologies read more below:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

And apply here:

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30906
Cornell University, BEE/CALS
Job #AJO30906, WDR-00055535 Postdoctoral Associate Sustainable Energy and Synthetic Biology, BEE/CALS, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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October 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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We’re starting to look for postdocs for 2026 and beyond. Nothing official yet, but if you want to use your synbio skills and the growing Microbe-Mineral Atlas to build cutting-edge biomining technologies read more below:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Microbe-Mineral Atlas Engineering
The Barstow lab at Cornell University is looking for a new postdoc for 2026 and beyond to help us with the next phase of our Microbe-Mineral Atlas project. We plan on going from basic scientific disco...
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October 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Here's a great new article covering my lab's work (with Chris Mason, Esteban Gazel, Matt Schrenk, Sarah Kreps) on the Microbe-Mineral Atlas in @sciam.bsky.social.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/engi...

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These Microbes Are Eating Mining Waste—And Pulling Out Valuable Metals
Biomining uses engineered microbes to harvest critical minerals
www.scientificamerican.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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@buzbarstow.bsky.social will be joining us for the third annual STANYS/PRI Institute: Finding Climate Change Solutions From Across the Sciences! #STANYS #scienceteachers
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October 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Another shot of Joe working on a mineral-dissolution assay for the Microbe-Mineral Atlas.

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August 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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A high-throughput mineral-dissolution assay.

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August 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Joseph Lee hard at work on a high-throughput mineral-dissolution assay this afternoon for the Microbe-Mineral Atlas.

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August 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Meredith Silberstein (at the whiteboard) leading a discussion of high-throughput screening at the Engineered Living Materials Institute meeting this afternoon.
August 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Joe preparing for the next Microbe-Mineral Atlas sampling trip.

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August 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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We're getting ready for our next Microbe-Mineral Atlas sampling trip, this time out west.

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August 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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How can we accelerate rock weathering and get metals for sustainable energy technologies? A new paper by Luke Plante compares three mineral-dissolving microbes. Gluconobacter oxydans, the most genetically engineerable, leads by a long way:

doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Cross-species comparison of ultramafic rock bio-accelerated weathering performance - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Cross-species comparison of ultramafic rock bio-accelerated weathering performance
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August 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Thanks to Dan Goodwin and @homeworld.bsky.social for having me and Esteban Gazel on their podcast to discuss the Microbe-Mineral Atlas and synthetic biology and sustainability:

🎧Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

🎧Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/7gzl...
Transforming Minerals with Biology: Rare Earth Extraction and Carbon Storage with Buz Barstow and Esteban Gazel
Podcast Episode · The Climate Biotech Podcast · 07/09/2025 · 1h
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July 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The McClintock Shed next to the Cornell Botanical Gardens, about a 5 minute walk from my lab. Transposons, so important to our work, were discovered here.
June 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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The totally magic new Atkinson Hall at @cornelluniversity.bsky.social today.

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June 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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An ATV used for transport underground in the Empire State Mine.

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June 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Kyle at the open pit at the Empire State Mine during the first Microbe-Mineral Atlas sampling trip. Searching for new genes and new microbes for biomining.

I took this with a ruggedized Pentax WG-90. I dropped it in the mud in the mine and it kept on shooting.
June 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Seen in Forest Home, NY.
June 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Everyone who went to a No Kings or Pride event today: you are my favorite people! Everyone who wanted to but couldn’t because of fear or worry or life or whatever — are also my favorite people. There will be more chances. Be as loud as you can!
June 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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In case this narrative gets lost in the shuffle: the Boston No Kings/Yaaaas Queens parade was pure JOY. People danced, cheered, and held up signs in support of trans people, immigrants, diversity, and each other
A shot from Boston’s No Kings/Pride parade. So much joy, so many rainbows.
June 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Thanks to Daniel and Dustin from rare earth exchanges for hosting me yesterday to talk about biomining rare earth elements. You can see the conversation here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ysz...

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June 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM