Carolyn Ibberson
@cbibberson.bsky.social
Microbiologist 🧫🧪 | Microbe-Microbe interactions in infection | Mom of 👧🏼👦🏼🐶| Asst. Professor at UTK | Views my own
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Re-boosting! The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫 at the University of Tennessee is hiring two 9-month faculty! Come join a vibrant and growing department located in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains! #microsky
Come join us in Knoxville!
The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).
Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345
The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).
Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Re-boosting! The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫 at the University of Tennessee is hiring two 9-month faculty! Come join a vibrant and growing department located in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains! #microsky
Re-boosting! The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫 at the University of Tennessee is hiring two 9-month faculty! Come join a vibrant and growing department located in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains! #microsky
Come join us in Knoxville!
The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).
Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345
The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).
Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Re-boosting! The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫 at the University of Tennessee is hiring two 9-month faculty! Come join a vibrant and growing department located in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains! #microsky
Reposted by Carolyn Ibberson
Come join us in Knoxville!
The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).
Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345
The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).
Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345
October 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Come join us in Knoxville!
The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).
Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345
The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).
Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345
Come join us in Knoxville!
The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).
Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345
The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).
Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345
October 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Come join us in Knoxville!
The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).
Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345
The Dept. of Microbiology 🧫🦠 at the University of Tennessee is hiring 2 Assistant Professors (tenure track, 9-month appt.).
Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease: apply.interfolio.com/173153Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions: apply.interfolio.com/173345
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Last week, the Indiana University administration asked their student newspaper not to print any news stories in the Homecoming edition. When the faculty advisor refused, IU fired him and ended paper printing. So students at the Purdue paper printed the IU edition and drove it down to Bloomington!
Purdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campus
The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers.
www.heraldtimesonline.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Last week, the Indiana University administration asked their student newspaper not to print any news stories in the Homecoming edition. When the faculty advisor refused, IU fired him and ended paper printing. So students at the Purdue paper printed the IU edition and drove it down to Bloomington!
Quite the variety of 🦠 🧫 my son’s homemade play dough generated!
October 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Quite the variety of 🦠 🧫 my son’s homemade play dough generated!
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DYK most P. aeruginosa carry filamentous phage(s) that don't need to kill the cell to reproduce?
We 👉🏻@nanamikubota.bsky.social show that these Pf phages can go ROGUE.
"Filamentous cheater phages drive bacterial and phage populations to lower fitness"
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lt5I3QW8S...
We 👉🏻@nanamikubota.bsky.social show that these Pf phages can go ROGUE.
"Filamentous cheater phages drive bacterial and phage populations to lower fitness"
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lt5I3QW8S...
October 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
DYK most P. aeruginosa carry filamentous phage(s) that don't need to kill the cell to reproduce?
We 👉🏻@nanamikubota.bsky.social show that these Pf phages can go ROGUE.
"Filamentous cheater phages drive bacterial and phage populations to lower fitness"
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lt5I3QW8S...
We 👉🏻@nanamikubota.bsky.social show that these Pf phages can go ROGUE.
"Filamentous cheater phages drive bacterial and phage populations to lower fitness"
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lt5I3QW8S...
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If things weren’t bad enough already, Republicans in control of Congress are shutting down the government.
Why? Because Donald Trump opposes making health care more affordable for millions of Americans.
Why? Because Donald Trump opposes making health care more affordable for millions of Americans.
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If things weren’t bad enough already, Republicans in control of Congress are shutting down the government.
Why? Because Donald Trump opposes making health care more affordable for millions of Americans.
Why? Because Donald Trump opposes making health care more affordable for millions of Americans.
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thanks, jeremy, for pointing this out 👇
(already, when this was a hot issue a few month ago, europmc.org was mentioned here on 🔵bsky as a possible safety belt) #MicroSky
(already, when this was a hot issue a few month ago, europmc.org was mentioned here on 🔵bsky as a possible safety belt) #MicroSky
September 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
thanks, jeremy, for pointing this out 👇
(already, when this was a hot issue a few month ago, europmc.org was mentioned here on 🔵bsky as a possible safety belt) #MicroSky
(already, when this was a hot issue a few month ago, europmc.org was mentioned here on 🔵bsky as a possible safety belt) #MicroSky
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Come join us in Knoxville! 🧫🧪🦠
We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease, starting Fall 2026!
September 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Come join us in Knoxville! 🧫🧪🦠
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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
Screenshot shows part of the job posting (with alt-text of the same text)
Applications due Dec 1
Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339
Screenshot shows part of the job posting (with alt-text of the same text)
September 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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
Screenshot shows part of the job posting (with alt-text of the same text)
Applications due Dec 1
Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339
Screenshot shows part of the job posting (with alt-text of the same text)
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Dual transposon sequencing profiles the genetic interaction landscape in bacteria | Science https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adt7685?af=R
Dual transposon sequencing profiles the genetic interaction landscape in bacteria
Gene redundancy complicates systematic characterization of gene function as single-gene deletions may not produce discernible phenotypes. We report dual transposon sequencing (dual Tn-seq), a platform for assaying the fitness of a comprehensive double ...
www.science.org
September 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Dual transposon sequencing profiles the genetic interaction landscape in bacteria | Science https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adt7685?af=R
Come join us in Knoxville! 🧫🧪🦠
We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease, starting Fall 2026!
September 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Come join us in Knoxville! 🧫🧪🦠
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We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease, starting Fall 2026!
September 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease, starting Fall 2026!
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We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Quantitative Microbe–Plant–Environment Interactions, starting Fall 2026!
September 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Quantitative Microbe–Plant–Environment Interactions, starting Fall 2026!
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More from our #SCIMaP effort, including projections and state level report cards of what is at stake given the White House projected FY26 budget for NIH
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
View Projected Impact of the FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NIH
scienceimpacts.org
September 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
More from our #SCIMaP effort, including projections and state level report cards of what is at stake given the White House projected FY26 budget for NIH
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
My department at UTK is hiring! 🧪🧫 We are hiring two Assistant Professors, one in Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease and one in Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions! Come join our growing department of microbiologists. Knoxville is a great place to live!
September 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My department at UTK is hiring! 🧪🧫 We are hiring two Assistant Professors, one in Microbial Drivers of Chronic Disease and one in Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions! Come join our growing department of microbiologists. Knoxville is a great place to live!
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Former surgeon general Jerome Adams pulls no punches in his assessment of health secretary Kennedy and the risk he poses to vaccine policy. www.statnews.com/2025/09/15/j...
Why Trump’s former surgeon general wants Kennedy removed: ‘An absolute failure of leadership’
Jerome Adams on RFK Jr.: "An absolute failure of leadership."
www.statnews.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Former surgeon general Jerome Adams pulls no punches in his assessment of health secretary Kennedy and the risk he poses to vaccine policy. www.statnews.com/2025/09/15/j...
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Phase separation and coexistence in spatial coordination games between microbes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.675176v1
September 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Phase separation and coexistence in spatial coordination games between microbes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.675176v1
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Revealing Community Dynamics in Polymicrobial Infections through a Quantitative Framework https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675334v1
September 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Revealing Community Dynamics in Polymicrobial Infections through a Quantitative Framework https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675334v1
Excited to share our latest preprint is up: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... led by @aanuoluwaduro.bsky.social ! 🧪🧫
Revealing Community Dynamics in Polymicrobial Infections through a Quantitative Framework
Laboratory models provide tractable, reproducible systems that have long served as foundational tools in microbiology. However, the extent to which these models accurately mimic the biological environ...
www.biorxiv.org
September 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Excited to share our latest preprint is up: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... led by @aanuoluwaduro.bsky.social ! 🧪🧫
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Reposted by Carolyn Ibberson
This is the way
AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This is the way
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CDC staff walking out to cheers from an assembled crowd.
AP was live-streaming it, but is is private now.
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AP was live-streaming it, but is is private now.
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August 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
CDC staff walking out to cheers from an assembled crowd.
AP was live-streaming it, but is is private now.
[Screen grab]
AP was live-streaming it, but is is private now.
[Screen grab]