Janet E. Hill, PhD
@hilllabsask.bsky.social
(she/her) Studying microbes & microbiomes at U of Saskatchewan
co-Editor in Chief ISME Communications
Posts by @saskajanet.bsky.social (who posts about birds)
co-Editor in Chief ISME Communications
Posts by @saskajanet.bsky.social (who posts about birds)
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhD
My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Excited to share this work with you for two reasons: it's Divanthika's first paper (🥳) and it's pretty cool. Transformation of Gardnerella vaginalis with a Bifidobacterium-Escherichia coli shuttle vector plasmid #microsky | journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Transformation of Gardnerella vaginalis with a Bifidobacterium-Escherichia coli shuttle vector plasmid | Microbiology Spectrum
The healthy human vaginal microbiome is mainly dominated by Lactobacillus spp. An imbalance or shift in this population can lead to a gynecological disorder
known as bacterial vaginosis (BV). In BV, t...
journals.asm.org
April 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Excited to share this work with you for two reasons: it's Divanthika's first paper (🥳) and it's pretty cool. Transformation of Gardnerella vaginalis with a Bifidobacterium-Escherichia coli shuttle vector plasmid #microsky | journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhD
A year ago, I was tasked with creating a timeline for @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social and we came across this amazing example of a way to keep track of a group with a long history.
We now have a record of our history going back to 2011, and I hope that this can stay alive and continuously updated as well!
We now have a record of our history going back to 2011, and I hope that this can stay alive and continuously updated as well!
March 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A year ago, I was tasked with creating a timeline for @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social and we came across this amazing example of a way to keep track of a group with a long history.
We now have a record of our history going back to 2011, and I hope that this can stay alive and continuously updated as well!
We now have a record of our history going back to 2011, and I hope that this can stay alive and continuously updated as well!
I think my university has a Department of Moving Snow Around. Every day piles of snow disappear in one place and appear in another
February 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I think my university has a Department of Moving Snow Around. Every day piles of snow disappear in one place and appear in another
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhD
February 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This was such a fun project and I love it when we can see an immediate application of our work 🐄🧬 #microsky #diagnostics #veterinarydiagnostics wcvmtoday.usask.ca/articles/202...
New genomic sequencing diagnostic tool targets reproductive failure in cattle herds - WCVM Today - Western College of Veterinary Medicine
A collaboration between researchers at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) and Prairie Diagnostic Services Inc. (PDS) has resulted in the creation of an innovative genomic sequencing too...
wcvmtoday.usask.ca
February 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This was such a fun project and I love it when we can see an immediate application of our work 🐄🧬 #microsky #diagnostics #veterinarydiagnostics wcvmtoday.usask.ca/articles/202...
I've been an ASM member and supporter for >20 yrs and that is about to end. There are so many other choices internationally. I'll put my membership $ and publication fees, and donate my volunteer reviewer time to societies that prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion
Edited for brevity: I expect the professional society that I have supported with national & regional membership dues, conference fees for myself and mentees, journal publication fees, & my time as an editor and reviewer, to support widely held values & to advocate on behalf of ALL microbiologists, 🧵
February 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I've been an ASM member and supporter for >20 yrs and that is about to end. There are so many other choices internationally. I'll put my membership $ and publication fees, and donate my volunteer reviewer time to societies that prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhD
My letter to ASM leaders that I sent is too long to be posted here, so I'm going to post highlights in case anyone else needs information for their letter. 🧵
@asm.org this better not be anticipatory obedience. I have 5 lab members planning on going to ASM microbe this year. I will absolutely pivot to another meeting if ASM gives in to anti-DEI efforts.
@vscooper.micropopbio.org and @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social while downloading scientist spotlights for teaching from the site; ASM has also scrubbed the entire IDEAA page including resources on LGBTQ+ scientists at asm.org/IDEAA/resources/pride-month
February 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
My letter to ASM leaders that I sent is too long to be posted here, so I'm going to post highlights in case anyone else needs information for their letter. 🧵
Setting the tone for the office:
🧪Science is cool (especially microbiology)
🧑🎓Grad school is cool
🪶Birds are cool
❤️Everyone is welcome here
🧪Science is cool (especially microbiology)
🧑🎓Grad school is cool
🪶Birds are cool
❤️Everyone is welcome here
January 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Setting the tone for the office:
🧪Science is cool (especially microbiology)
🧑🎓Grad school is cool
🪶Birds are cool
❤️Everyone is welcome here
🧪Science is cool (especially microbiology)
🧑🎓Grad school is cool
🪶Birds are cool
❤️Everyone is welcome here
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhD
Our paper describing a new STH species Trichuris incognita which is resistant to albendazole-ivermectin combination therapy is out in Emerging Infectious Diseases wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/... Great work Abhinaya Venkatesan & collaborators @jsoghigian.bsky.social , Jennifer Keiser and team.
January 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Our paper describing a new STH species Trichuris incognita which is resistant to albendazole-ivermectin combination therapy is out in Emerging Infectious Diseases wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/... Great work Abhinaya Venkatesan & collaborators @jsoghigian.bsky.social , Jennifer Keiser and team.
Had to do some Canadian Common CV updates today and once again I am marvelling at the fact that I can satisfy the NSERC template and yet simultaneously anger the CIHR template. Apparently "student start date" is not a shared concept between the two 🤪
December 20, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Had to do some Canadian Common CV updates today and once again I am marvelling at the fact that I can satisfy the NSERC template and yet simultaneously anger the CIHR template. Apparently "student start date" is not a shared concept between the two 🤪
Final grades: submitted 🥳
December 13, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Final grades: submitted 🥳
Excited to see our latest development put into action in the diagnostic lab! Details in the Prairie Diagnostic Services November newsletter: www.pdsinc.ca/PDS/Assets/D...
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Targeted syndromic next-generation sequencing panel for simultaneous detection of pathogens associated with bovine reproductive failure | Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Bovine reproductive failure causes substantial economic losses to beef and milk producers, and infectious disease contributes significantly to this syndrome. Etiologic diagnosis is complicated since multiple pathogens can be involved and infections with ...
journals.asm.org
December 10, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Excited to see our latest development put into action in the diagnostic lab! Details in the Prairie Diagnostic Services November newsletter: www.pdsinc.ca/PDS/Assets/D...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhD
Targeted syndromic next-generation sequencing panel for simultaneous detection of pathogens associated with bovine reproductive failure https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.10.612295v1
Targeted syndromic next-generation sequencing panel for simultaneous detection of pathogens associated with bovine reproductive failure https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.10.612295v1
Bovine reproductive failure, which includes infertility, abortion, and stillbirth in cattle, leads t
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September 13, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Targeted syndromic next-generation sequencing panel for simultaneous detection of pathogens associated with bovine reproductive failure https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.10.612295v1
It me! 🤓 I'm on the list but lab homepage has changed to research-groups.usask.ca/hilllab/
October 3, 2024 at 1:24 AM
It me! 🤓 I'm on the list but lab homepage has changed to research-groups.usask.ca/hilllab/
Excited to share this preprint - diagnostic solution for detection of pathogens associated with bovine reproductive failure 🐮🦠🧬 t.co/9Z0LafCsCI
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.10.612295v1
t.co
October 3, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Excited to share this preprint - diagnostic solution for detection of pathogens associated with bovine reproductive failure 🐮🦠🧬 t.co/9Z0LafCsCI
Time for the annual update of my lab Gantt chart. If you haven't started one, I highly recommend. Students see themselves in the context of lab history and I get a very useful memory aid!
June 20, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Time for the annual update of my lab Gantt chart. If you haven't started one, I highly recommend. Students see themselves in the context of lab history and I get a very useful memory aid!
Reposted by Janet E. Hill, PhD
We have an early New Year present for you
🎁 the January #MVIF program with
Jennifer Wargo
Nikolay Oskolkov
Sondra Turjeman
Mireia Valles-Colomer
Full program with abstracts: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...
Registration: hopin.com/events/micro...
✨Happy holidays ✨
🎁 the January #MVIF program with
Jennifer Wargo
Nikolay Oskolkov
Sondra Turjeman
Mireia Valles-Colomer
Full program with abstracts: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...
Registration: hopin.com/events/micro...
✨Happy holidays ✨
December 21, 2023 at 12:26 PM
We have an early New Year present for you
🎁 the January #MVIF program with
Jennifer Wargo
Nikolay Oskolkov
Sondra Turjeman
Mireia Valles-Colomer
Full program with abstracts: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...
Registration: hopin.com/events/micro...
✨Happy holidays ✨
🎁 the January #MVIF program with
Jennifer Wargo
Nikolay Oskolkov
Sondra Turjeman
Mireia Valles-Colomer
Full program with abstracts: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...
Registration: hopin.com/events/micro...
✨Happy holidays ✨
She's back as a predatory publisher 🧛♀️
November 22, 2023 at 1:20 PM
She's back as a predatory publisher 🧛♀️
Excited to see a double-anonymous peer review option at Journal of Bacteriology. For now, it's an opt-in experiment: journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
September 26, 2023 at 7:48 PM
Excited to see a double-anonymous peer review option at Journal of Bacteriology. For now, it's an opt-in experiment: journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
Making an appearance at the September Microbiology International Virtual Forum. Join us! www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...
September 15, 2023 at 1:13 AM
Making an appearance at the September Microbiology International Virtual Forum. Join us! www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...
Well, here I am. Where are the microbes? 🤓
September 8, 2023 at 1:16 AM
Well, here I am. Where are the microbes? 🤓