Dr Bridget
@drvalleyfever.bsky.social
Professor in biological sciences. Views are my own. Here for all things medical mycology, fungal genomics, ecology and evolution. Would rescue all the shelter dogs ♥️🐕 | valleyfever 🍄🟫| MycoSky 🍄| genomics 🧬| science 🧪
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
This seems …. Not good
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This seems …. Not good
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A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
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ICE tried to deport an Indigenous woman:
Leticia Jacobo, a 24-year-old member of Arizona's Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, was born in Phoenix.
She was pulled over for a traffic violation and her license was suspended and so that night ICE was preparing to deport her.
(1/2)
Leticia Jacobo, a 24-year-old member of Arizona's Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, was born in Phoenix.
She was pulled over for a traffic violation and her license was suspended and so that night ICE was preparing to deport her.
(1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
ICE tried to deport an Indigenous woman:
Leticia Jacobo, a 24-year-old member of Arizona's Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, was born in Phoenix.
She was pulled over for a traffic violation and her license was suspended and so that night ICE was preparing to deport her.
(1/2)
Leticia Jacobo, a 24-year-old member of Arizona's Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, was born in Phoenix.
She was pulled over for a traffic violation and her license was suspended and so that night ICE was preparing to deport her.
(1/2)
@zteirstein.bsky.social ! Just saw this. Easy to miss stuff while on sabbatical. Great job, so in depth and def has your voice. #valleyfever #arizona #publichealth #climate #scienceoutreach
grist.org/health/valle...
grist.org/health/valle...
In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies
What one Arizona doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
grist.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@zteirstein.bsky.social ! Just saw this. Easy to miss stuff while on sabbatical. Great job, so in depth and def has your voice. #valleyfever #arizona #publichealth #climate #scienceoutreach
grist.org/health/valle...
grist.org/health/valle...
It’s been a while. Everything has been ALOT and I’ve been focusing on banging out work for the first part of my sabbatical in Brazil
October 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It’s been a while. Everything has been ALOT and I’ve been focusing on banging out work for the first part of my sabbatical in Brazil
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Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
August 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
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🎙️ Just published a new #Communicable episode: Communicab...
Hosted by Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social
Josh Nosanchuk @josh-nosanchuk.bsky.social
with invited guest:
Arturo Casadevall @acasadevall1.bsky.social (Johns Hopkins University)
Listen here:
#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky
Hosted by Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social
Josh Nosanchuk @josh-nosanchuk.bsky.social
with invited guest:
Arturo Casadevall @acasadevall1.bsky.social (Johns Hopkins University)
Listen here:
#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky
Communicable E31: Climate change and fungal spread
The adaptability of fungi to warmer temperatures is an obvious...
share.transistor.fm
July 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🎙️ Just published a new #Communicable episode: Communicab...
Hosted by Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social
Josh Nosanchuk @josh-nosanchuk.bsky.social
with invited guest:
Arturo Casadevall @acasadevall1.bsky.social (Johns Hopkins University)
Listen here:
#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky
Hosted by Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social
Josh Nosanchuk @josh-nosanchuk.bsky.social
with invited guest:
Arturo Casadevall @acasadevall1.bsky.social (Johns Hopkins University)
Listen here:
#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky
I skated this in my genetics class. Love this design. Perfection.
The Meselson and Stahl experiment demonstrated in 1958 that DNA replicated semi-conservatively.
Meaning, each of the two strands of DNA serves as a template for a new copy to made of the complementary strand.
Foundational finding, elegant experimental design.
Meaning, each of the two strands of DNA serves as a template for a new copy to made of the complementary strand.
Foundational finding, elegant experimental design.
July 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I skated this in my genetics class. Love this design. Perfection.
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Great article I encourage everyone to read. This phenomenon happens everywhere. Let me tell you about the time I crowdfunded some research, and paid for publication fees and various bits and bobs out of my own pocket. And one thing I'm paying for myself now....which I'll talk about later
Behind many scientists is a lifetime of invisible, unsustainable costs. From unpaid internships to underpaid postdocs, the economic toll of a STEM career is staggering—and it's pushing talent out. My new perspective explores this crisis. #STEM #AcademicBlueSky journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM
From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...
journals.plos.org
June 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Great article I encourage everyone to read. This phenomenon happens everywhere. Let me tell you about the time I crowdfunded some research, and paid for publication fees and various bits and bobs out of my own pocket. And one thing I'm paying for myself now....which I'll talk about later
The world is crumbling but at least there’s tea
June 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The world is crumbling but at least there’s tea
Awesome to be with family today ❤️
June 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Awesome to be with family today ❤️
www.science.org/content/arti... what do you even say? One of a thousand cuts.
Is a photo subversive? NSF staff overcome obstacles to 75th anniversary portrait
Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency
www.science.org
June 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
www.science.org/content/arti... what do you even say? One of a thousand cuts.
🌵In this study, we evaluated how different methods affect the success of biocrust restoration in arid environments, and potential of cultivated biocrusts as a sustainable tool for restoring degraded drylands—especially in the face of climate change and increasing #Coccidioides #valleyfever.
From farm to field: testing different biocrust cultivation approaches and application techniques in the Sonoran Desert
Drylands are among the most degraded ecosystems globally and are difficult to restore due to limited water availability. Biocrusts are a key component of maintaining soil stability and function in th...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🌵In this study, we evaluated how different methods affect the success of biocrust restoration in arid environments, and potential of cultivated biocrusts as a sustainable tool for restoring degraded drylands—especially in the face of climate change and increasing #Coccidioides #valleyfever.
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NEW: Important Context spoke with a dozen people working at NIH about Director Jay Bhattacharya.
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
“Out Of His Depth,” “Sold His Soul,” “Clueless”: NIH Staffers Speak Out About Director Bhattacharya
Widespread dissatisfaction over the NIH’s “continuous free fall” has people speaking out.
www.importantcontext.news
June 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
NEW: Important Context spoke with a dozen people working at NIH about Director Jay Bhattacharya.
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
The descriptions were universally unflattering, painting the health economist as ineffectual, dishonest, ideological, arrogant, and uncommitted to science.
www.importantcontext.news/p/out-of-his...
Great start to #ISHAM2025 in foz do iguaçu @marcusteixeira talking about hybrids and fungal evolution
May 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Great start to #ISHAM2025 in foz do iguaçu @marcusteixeira talking about hybrids and fungal evolution
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Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10
May 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10
Ironic, as I was supposed to be talking at JHopkins today about Valley fever and climate change. My flight through DFW yesterday was canceled, so we had to reschedule. Expecting this to be the norm going forward...
Hundreds of flights canceled amid severe weather, flash flooding threats
Severe weather and flash flooding continue to threaten much of the central and eastern U.S. on Thursday, disrupting Americans' travel plans. More than 900 flights were halted across the U.S. on Wedne...
www.yahoo.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Ironic, as I was supposed to be talking at JHopkins today about Valley fever and climate change. My flight through DFW yesterday was canceled, so we had to reschedule. Expecting this to be the norm going forward...
I’m glad the pictures were good 😆 keep speaking, it’s important.
Hey nice to see @drvalleyfever.bsky.social on Infx dx and climate change. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
5 things to know about infectious disease and climate change
The Society of Environmental Journalists conference convened a panel of experts who discussed the spread of infectious diseases amid climate change.
www.azcentral.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I’m glad the pictures were good 😆 keep speaking, it’s important.
April 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Are you interested in TB, genomics, and transmission? We're looking for a postdoc to join our lab, in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains. utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/181... @utah-idd.bsky.social @tbjournalclub.bsky.social @epijobs.bsky.social
Post Doc Res Assoc
The Evo-Epidemiology Laboratory at the University of Utah is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to join our group to study the evolution and transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (TB) ki...
utah.peopleadmin.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Are you interested in TB, genomics, and transmission? We're looking for a postdoc to join our lab, in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains. utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/181... @utah-idd.bsky.social @tbjournalclub.bsky.social @epijobs.bsky.social
So we’re arresting judges now, for *checks notes* supporting due process? What the ever living f@(&
MADISON, Wis. – Yesterday, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and other publications reported that Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan apparently attempted to protect a defendant from ICE agents trying to detain that defendant. (1/6)
April 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
So we’re arresting judges now, for *checks notes* supporting due process? What the ever living f@(&
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Keep VEuPathDB open-access to all by subscribing today! veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...
April 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Keep VEuPathDB open-access to all by subscribing today! veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...
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so they're mycoblogging
April 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
so they're mycoblogging