Maggie Osburn
@geobiomaggie.bsky.social
Science is awesome and social media connects us. Biogeofeminist at Northwestern. all rambling my own. find me @GeoBioMaggie instagram, formerly @ProfMaggie birdapp
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u... well this could be a problem.
Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern
The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u... well this could be a problem.
Look at these happy NUgeoclub members making collages out of (mostly) old magazines in my mailbox and out of date geological maps!
April 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Look at these happy NUgeoclub members making collages out of (mostly) old magazines in my mailbox and out of date geological maps!
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no money moves tomorrow.
cash at your local small businesses only!
cash at your local small businesses only!
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
no money moves tomorrow.
cash at your local small businesses only!
cash at your local small businesses only!
This is ridiculous. Do not comply in advance. Hell, do not comply at all. Why would independent societies have any reason to do this at all?
The professional society for microbiologists began stripping content about Black, female, and LGBTQ+ scientists from its website in the last few days, angering its members and highlighting the reach of President Trump’s directives.
Removal of DEI content from a microbiology group’s website shows reach of Trump executive orders
The professional society for microbiologists stripped content about Black, female, and LGBTQ scientists from its website
buff.ly
February 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This is ridiculous. Do not comply in advance. Hell, do not comply at all. Why would independent societies have any reason to do this at all?
This is terrible.
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Story by @ericboodman.bsky.social
Story by @ericboodman.bsky.social
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
www.statnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is terrible.
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Women deserve to know the TRUTH about the impact of Texas' total abortion ban.
Today, I along with Rep. Gerry Connolly, Rep. Summer Lee, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley sent ANOTHER letter calling on
Texas to explain why it won't release maternal mortality data from the past 2 years after Dobbs.
Today, I along with Rep. Gerry Connolly, Rep. Summer Lee, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley sent ANOTHER letter calling on
Texas to explain why it won't release maternal mortality data from the past 2 years after Dobbs.
January 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Women deserve to know the TRUTH about the impact of Texas' total abortion ban.
Today, I along with Rep. Gerry Connolly, Rep. Summer Lee, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley sent ANOTHER letter calling on
Texas to explain why it won't release maternal mortality data from the past 2 years after Dobbs.
Today, I along with Rep. Gerry Connolly, Rep. Summer Lee, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley sent ANOTHER letter calling on
Texas to explain why it won't release maternal mortality data from the past 2 years after Dobbs.
There be dragons in my code
January 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There be dragons in my code
A successful OsburnLab winter gathering. Look at all these fabulous scientists I get to work with!
January 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
A successful OsburnLab winter gathering. Look at all these fabulous scientists I get to work with!
Had fun presenting in the environmental engineering seminar today at northwestern. Amazing that sometimes you can stay in the same building and get a totally different audience
January 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Had fun presenting in the environmental engineering seminar today at northwestern. Amazing that sometimes you can stay in the same building and get a totally different audience
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In 2006, we determined that climate change would drive "consistent shifts in Santa Ana events from earlier to later in the season" and said this "may significantly increase the extent of CA coastal areas burned by wildfires, loss of life, and property."
Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In 2006, we determined that climate change would drive "consistent shifts in Santa Ana events from earlier to later in the season" and said this "may significantly increase the extent of CA coastal areas burned by wildfires, loss of life, and property."
Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
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It’s official: The Microbiology Society is on Bluesky!
January 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It’s official: The Microbiology Society is on Bluesky!
Delighted to have managed a quick trip underground for some start-of-the-quarter field work. Between looming government shut downs, administrative hurdles, winter weather, etc. we had all the contingencies, yet science prevailed!
January 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Delighted to have managed a quick trip underground for some start-of-the-quarter field work. Between looming government shut downs, administrative hurdles, winter weather, etc. we had all the contingencies, yet science prevailed!
Who doesn’t need a salamander phylogeny honestly?
Do you need a salamander phylogeny? You're in luck! We put together the largest salamander phylogeny to date based on molecular markers and used more fossil calibrations than any other currently available trees. 765 salamander species! Check it out!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A time-calibrated salamander phylogeny including 765 species and 503 genes
Recent time-calibrated amphibian phylogenies agree on the family-level relationships among extant salamanders but had disparate sampling regimes and i…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Who doesn’t need a salamander phylogeny honestly?
Professor life tail: proposal deadline to sponsor, Jan 15; proposal deadline to submitting institution, Jan 9; Northwestern wants “5 business days to review” which goes to Jan 1; but that’s a holiday so Dec20th….
a man with long hair and a beard is holding a cup and the word dude is on the bottom
ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is holding a cup and the word dude is on the bottom
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December 19, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Professor life tail: proposal deadline to sponsor, Jan 15; proposal deadline to submitting institution, Jan 9; Northwestern wants “5 business days to review” which goes to Jan 1; but that’s a holiday so Dec20th….
This is a neat paper!
Census of Deep Life is the largest compendium of subsurface microbiological samples sequenced together to-date. We found some pretty cool microbial trends across major provinces of Earth's subsurface. Nice job pulling this together, @emilruff.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
A global comparison of surface and subsurface microbiomes reveals large-scale biodiversity gradients, and a marine-terrestrial divide
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December 19, 2024 at 2:39 PM
This is a neat paper!
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Now hiring! Looking for PhD student for May 2025 semester investigating terrestrial and aquatic microbial biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and pollutant mobilisation in the Canadian north.
Deadline to apply January 20, 2025
More details here: www.envmicrobio.uoguelph.ca/interested-i...
Deadline to apply January 20, 2025
More details here: www.envmicrobio.uoguelph.ca/interested-i...
Join the Team – Goordial Environmental Microbiology Laboratory
www.envmicrobio.uoguelph.ca
December 18, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Now hiring! Looking for PhD student for May 2025 semester investigating terrestrial and aquatic microbial biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and pollutant mobilisation in the Canadian north.
Deadline to apply January 20, 2025
More details here: www.envmicrobio.uoguelph.ca/interested-i...
Deadline to apply January 20, 2025
More details here: www.envmicrobio.uoguelph.ca/interested-i...
Just a couple science queens celebrating their collective 90th birthday together! @yarrowaxford.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Just a couple science queens celebrating their collective 90th birthday together! @yarrowaxford.bsky.social
For those of you who have had a great scientific mentor. What was the most important thing they did to help facilitate your growth as a scientist? Full disclosure, I am crowd sourcing opinions for a thing that I am writing
December 2, 2024 at 9:04 PM
For those of you who have had a great scientific mentor. What was the most important thing they did to help facilitate your growth as a scientist? Full disclosure, I am crowd sourcing opinions for a thing that I am writing
Thankful for food and family, and science, but not today
November 29, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Thankful for food and family, and science, but not today
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An excellent opportunity to work in a great lab on an exciting topic!
I'm looking for a new grad student interested in microbiology of ancient groundwaters, a fascinating journey into an enigmatic environment with opportunities for fundamental discovery and relevance to groundwater remediation. Contact me if you like fieldwork, mesocosm experiments and metagenomics.
November 27, 2024 at 6:14 PM
An excellent opportunity to work in a great lab on an exciting topic!
Come work with us! We are hiring a teach track faculty member in the department of Earth, Environmental, and planetary sciences. Needs GIS skills but otherwise broad: www.earth.northwestern.edu/about/facult...
Faculty Search: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences - Northwestern University
www.earth.northwestern.edu
November 25, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Come work with us! We are hiring a teach track faculty member in the department of Earth, Environmental, and planetary sciences. Needs GIS skills but otherwise broad: www.earth.northwestern.edu/about/facult...
I hear that science Twitter has shown back up here? Gonna try to check back in here more often and post more Osburn lab content!
November 25, 2024 at 3:32 PM
I hear that science Twitter has shown back up here? Gonna try to check back in here more often and post more Osburn lab content!
This culture grows glitter, my work here is done
February 17, 2024 at 12:47 AM
This culture grows glitter, my work here is done
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Yesterday we lost a great friend of geobiology, Jan Amend. His sudden passing is quite a shock, but as many of us remember, Jan always seemed to be living life to the fullest. He was a wonderful colleague and a supportive mentor. My heart goes out to everyone impacted, especially his family.
Just got awful news. Life is short. Take care of yourself and love each other.
Will share news when family is ready and it’s released.
Will share news when family is ready and it’s released.
February 2, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Yesterday we lost a great friend of geobiology, Jan Amend. His sudden passing is quite a shock, but as many of us remember, Jan always seemed to be living life to the fullest. He was a wonderful colleague and a supportive mentor. My heart goes out to everyone impacted, especially his family.