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Really interesting NBER working paper with a really depressing result: state minimum wage increases lead to 7% fewer undergrad research assistants hired ➡️ 7% drop in doctorates ➡️ 2% drop in careers in the life sciences. (The structural problem is on the funder side IMO) www.nber.org/papers/w34244
Exposure to Science and Scientific Careers: Evidence from Minimum Wage Increases and University Lab Employment
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
October 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Really interesting NBER working paper with a really depressing result: state minimum wage increases lead to 7% fewer undergrad research assistants hired ➡️ 7% drop in doctorates ➡️ 2% drop in careers in the life sciences. (The structural problem is on the funder side IMO) www.nber.org/papers/w34244
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ICYMI: My paper on submicron or small particle sorting (FACS) is published in Current Protocols in Cytometry ✅️📝
The full text is linked conveniently at the shared site plus more info about which samples and applications you can use this for.
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The full text is linked conveniently at the shared site plus more info about which samples and applications you can use this for.
www.tumblr.com/jamietijerin...
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · My paper, "Preparation of Cuvette-Based Sorters for Sorting Submicron Microbial Cells and Viruses from Environmental and Biological Samples," has been published in Current Protocol…
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September 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
ICYMI: My paper on submicron or small particle sorting (FACS) is published in Current Protocols in Cytometry ✅️📝
The full text is linked conveniently at the shared site plus more info about which samples and applications you can use this for.
www.tumblr.com/jamietijerin...
The full text is linked conveniently at the shared site plus more info about which samples and applications you can use this for.
www.tumblr.com/jamietijerin...
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UCLA Health ended an NDM-1 Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak by tracing it to an ICU sink biofilm via whole-genome sequencing, then eliminating it with targeted disinfection, plumbing changes, and staff education—showcasing the power of diverse IPC measures.
#AMR
www.newswise.com/articles/the...
#AMR
www.newswise.com/articles/the...
These Techniques Stopped the Outbreak of an Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in a SoCal Hospital | Newswise
Researchers detected Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common hospital-acquired bacterium, often found in moist environments. But this strain carried a gene called New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1), an en...
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August 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
UCLA Health ended an NDM-1 Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak by tracing it to an ICU sink biofilm via whole-genome sequencing, then eliminating it with targeted disinfection, plumbing changes, and staff education—showcasing the power of diverse IPC measures.
#AMR
www.newswise.com/articles/the...
#AMR
www.newswise.com/articles/the...
I'm happy to share an original paper on submicron sorting from the Caltech Flow Cytometry Facility in Current Protocols in Cytometry.
Congrats to all my co-authors! I hope for this to be a useful resource for other researchers!
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Congrats to all my co-authors! I hope for this to be a useful resource for other researchers!
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Preparation of Cuvette‐Based Sorters for Sorting Submicron Microbial Cells and Viruses from Environmental and Biological Samples
This protocol set focuses on the preparation of the BD FACSAria II/III/Fusion, a cuvette-based cell sorting system commonly found in shared resource settings, to sort submicron samples, including but...
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'm happy to share an original paper on submicron sorting from the Caltech Flow Cytometry Facility in Current Protocols in Cytometry.
Congrats to all my co-authors! I hope for this to be a useful resource for other researchers!
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Congrats to all my co-authors! I hope for this to be a useful resource for other researchers!
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Honored to help transform C/Perill into a giant scientific art installation "L’arquitectura de la vida" during @eseb2025.bsky.social + Barcelona’s Festa Major de Gràcia 🎉🧬
Talks, workshops & recycled-material art w/ neighbors #44Perill, scientists & @lcatmon.bsky.social science+community in action!
Talks, workshops & recycled-material art w/ neighbors #44Perill, scientists & @lcatmon.bsky.social science+community in action!
August 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Honored to help transform C/Perill into a giant scientific art installation "L’arquitectura de la vida" during @eseb2025.bsky.social + Barcelona’s Festa Major de Gràcia 🎉🧬
Talks, workshops & recycled-material art w/ neighbors #44Perill, scientists & @lcatmon.bsky.social science+community in action!
Talks, workshops & recycled-material art w/ neighbors #44Perill, scientists & @lcatmon.bsky.social science+community in action!
Reposted by Jamie C. Tijerina
#festamajordegràcia is concluded for @lcatmon.bsky.social it's been 1 more bucket list ✅️ to bring #evolution to one of the most important festivities of #Barcelona
Thanks #44Perill, @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social #eseb2025 @sesbe-org.bsky.social and for the support and trust! Activities Summary 👇
Thanks #44Perill, @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social #eseb2025 @sesbe-org.bsky.social and for the support and trust! Activities Summary 👇
August 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#festamajordegràcia is concluded for @lcatmon.bsky.social it's been 1 more bucket list ✅️ to bring #evolution to one of the most important festivities of #Barcelona
Thanks #44Perill, @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social #eseb2025 @sesbe-org.bsky.social and for the support and trust! Activities Summary 👇
Thanks #44Perill, @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social #eseb2025 @sesbe-org.bsky.social and for the support and trust! Activities Summary 👇
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Here's our new broad review on the extended mobility of plasmids, about all mechanisms driving and limiting their transfer. From conjugation to conduction, phage-plasmids to hitchers, molecular to evolutionary dynamics, ecology to biotech. The state of affairs. 1/9 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
July 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Here's our new broad review on the extended mobility of plasmids, about all mechanisms driving and limiting their transfer. From conjugation to conduction, phage-plasmids to hitchers, molecular to evolutionary dynamics, ecology to biotech. The state of affairs. 1/9 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Reposted by Jamie C. Tijerina
We (with Clement Coclet, not on Bsky) had the chance to work on a broad "state of viromics" review. We tried to use this to give an overview of how the field changed over the last ~ 15 years, and also what we think are some of the major remaining challenges. Full-text access at -> rdcu.be/excHt
July 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We (with Clement Coclet, not on Bsky) had the chance to work on a broad "state of viromics" review. We tried to use this to give an overview of how the field changed over the last ~ 15 years, and also what we think are some of the major remaining challenges. Full-text access at -> rdcu.be/excHt
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New pre-print from my group - project led by PhD student Michael Hoffert. We set out on a daunting mission to generate a 'periodic table' of bacterial diversity (1/6) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A periodic table of bacteria?: Mapping bacterial diversity in trait space
Bacterial diversity can be overwhelming. There is an ever-expanding number of bacterial taxa being discovered, but many of these taxa remain uncharacterized with unknown traits and environmental prefe...
www.biorxiv.org
July 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
New pre-print from my group - project led by PhD student Michael Hoffert. We set out on a daunting mission to generate a 'periodic table' of bacterial diversity (1/6) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Jamie C. Tijerina
New perspectives on bacterial chlorine resistance: Phages encoding chlorine resistance genes improve bacterial adaptation.
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123607
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40245807/
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123607
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40245807/
New perspectives on bacterial chlorine resistance: Phages encoding chlorine resistance genes improve bacterial adaptation - PubMed
Bacterial resistance to chlorine disinfectant reduces its effectiveness in killing pathogenic bacteria and poses a severe threat to environmental and health safety. The interaction between bacteria and phages is the most frequent biological activity in Earth's biosphere, but little is known about wh …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
New perspectives on bacterial chlorine resistance: Phages encoding chlorine resistance genes improve bacterial adaptation.
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123607
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40245807/
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123607
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40245807/
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I'm excited to announced that the version of record of this article is out in @elife.bsky.social. With the other first coauthor My Tran, we found that phage resistance cause reduced beta-lactam resistance and reduced virulence phenotypes in diverse MRSA strains.
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
Bacteriophage infection drives loss of β-lactam resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
In methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, evolution of bacteriophage resistance causes trade-offs that re-sensitize the bacteriato β-lactam antibiotics.
elifesciences.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'm excited to announced that the version of record of this article is out in @elife.bsky.social. With the other first coauthor My Tran, we found that phage resistance cause reduced beta-lactam resistance and reduced virulence phenotypes in diverse MRSA strains.
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
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Viruses and bacteria jumping from animals to people became a real problem when humans started keeping livestock, according to a massive genomic analysis of ancient pathogens 🧪
Animal diseases leapt to humans when we started keeping livestock
When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.
www.nature.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Viruses and bacteria jumping from animals to people became a real problem when humans started keeping livestock, according to a massive genomic analysis of ancient pathogens 🧪
Reposted by Jamie C. Tijerina
🎉 Excited to share our new publication, out now in BioScience: “Health as an outcome and driver of human-wildlife interactions”
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
Huge thanks to @mhmurray.bsky.social for leading us, and to the rest of our amazing team!
@aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐾👣
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
Huge thanks to @mhmurray.bsky.social for leading us, and to the rest of our amazing team!
@aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐾👣
July 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
🎉 Excited to share our new publication, out now in BioScience: “Health as an outcome and driver of human-wildlife interactions”
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
Huge thanks to @mhmurray.bsky.social for leading us, and to the rest of our amazing team!
@aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐾👣
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs
Huge thanks to @mhmurray.bsky.social for leading us, and to the rest of our amazing team!
@aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐾👣
Reposted by Jamie C. Tijerina
'The myth of meritocracy in science collapses under the financial sacrifices expected at every career stage. From unpaid internships and self-funded conferences to underpaid graduate and postdoctoral positions, the hidden costs of ‘doing science’ are profound.'
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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
July 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
'The myth of meritocracy in science collapses under the financial sacrifices expected at every career stage. From unpaid internships and self-funded conferences to underpaid graduate and postdoctoral positions, the hidden costs of ‘doing science’ are profound.'
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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"In a laboratory-scale study, green roof mockups kept 97.5 percent of microplastic particles out of runoff"
#environment
#environment
An unexpected green roof benefit: purging urban rainfall of practically all microplastics
In a laboratory-scale study, green roof mockups kept 97.5 percent of microplastic particles out of runoff
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
July 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"In a laboratory-scale study, green roof mockups kept 97.5 percent of microplastic particles out of runoff"
#environment
#environment
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When road tripping, everyone becomes their inner 8-year old with 20 bucks burning a hole in their pocket.
Own it!
Own it!
Diet Coke, Cheetos Flaming Hot, & Peanut M&M’s is the only answer
July 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
When road tripping, everyone becomes their inner 8-year old with 20 bucks burning a hole in their pocket.
Own it!
Own it!
Reposted by Jamie C. Tijerina
www.nature.com/articles/s41... Our new paper on the risks and socio-demographic dimensions of antibiotic resistance in the human gut is now out in @natcomms.nature.com!
Variation and prognostic potential of the gut antibiotic resistome in the FINRISK 2002 cohort - Nature Communications
Here, in a representative cohort of 7,095 Finnish adults, the authors reveal that gut antibiotic resistance is shaped not only by antibiotic use but also by the microbiome, diet, lifestyle, household ...
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:30 AM
www.nature.com/articles/s41... Our new paper on the risks and socio-demographic dimensions of antibiotic resistance in the human gut is now out in @natcomms.nature.com!
Reposted by Jamie C. Tijerina
Rationalizing risk aversion in science: Why incentives to work hard clash with incentives to take risks: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Rationalizing risk aversion in science: Why incentives to work hard clash with incentives to take risks
Scientific research requires taking risks, so why does much funded scientific research play it safe? This study uses an economic contracting model to argue that this can be explained in part by the no...
dx.plos.org
July 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Rationalizing risk aversion in science: Why incentives to work hard clash with incentives to take risks: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Reposted by Jamie C. Tijerina
🦠🌿🐦🧪 How can biodiversity monitoring help global efforts in disease surveillance?
With ✨ fantastic ✨ colleagues from @viralemergence.org and the @geobon.org working group on One Health, we try to identify three key lessons for the future.
🧵 A short thread!
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
With ✨ fantastic ✨ colleagues from @viralemergence.org and the @geobon.org working group on One Health, we try to identify three key lessons for the future.
🧵 A short thread!
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Biodiversity science and biosurveillance are fellow travelers
The failure to meet the Aichi targets to alleviate global biodiversity decline (Nature 2020) was a wake-up call to the biodiversity monitoring community (T
academic.oup.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🦠🌿🐦🧪 How can biodiversity monitoring help global efforts in disease surveillance?
With ✨ fantastic ✨ colleagues from @viralemergence.org and the @geobon.org working group on One Health, we try to identify three key lessons for the future.
🧵 A short thread!
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
With ✨ fantastic ✨ colleagues from @viralemergence.org and the @geobon.org working group on One Health, we try to identify three key lessons for the future.
🧵 A short thread!
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Reposted by Jamie C. Tijerina
Our paper demonstrating that within-species warfare interactions are ecologically important on human skin is now published in Nature Micro! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Our paper demonstrating that within-species warfare interactions are ecologically important on human skin is now published in Nature Micro! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Jamie C. Tijerina
🦠 On #WorldMicrobiomeDay, explore how IOI is using microbiome science to tackle antimicrobial resistance:
👶Neonatal gut studies
🦟 Flies as AMR reservoirs
🏥 Hospital surface microbiota
🧫 Polymicrobial wound infections
🔬 Metagenomics
Learn more ➡️ ow.ly/uzB350WgC7j
👶Neonatal gut studies
🦟 Flies as AMR reservoirs
🏥 Hospital surface microbiota
🧫 Polymicrobial wound infections
🔬 Metagenomics
Learn more ➡️ ow.ly/uzB350WgC7j
June 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🦠 On #WorldMicrobiomeDay, explore how IOI is using microbiome science to tackle antimicrobial resistance:
👶Neonatal gut studies
🦟 Flies as AMR reservoirs
🏥 Hospital surface microbiota
🧫 Polymicrobial wound infections
🔬 Metagenomics
Learn more ➡️ ow.ly/uzB350WgC7j
👶Neonatal gut studies
🦟 Flies as AMR reservoirs
🏥 Hospital surface microbiota
🧫 Polymicrobial wound infections
🔬 Metagenomics
Learn more ➡️ ow.ly/uzB350WgC7j
Reposted by Jamie C. Tijerina
Thrilled to share our article in
📰 Read “The effect of geopolitical flux on antimicrobial resistance” in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📰 Read “The effect of geopolitical flux on antimicrobial resistance” in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The effect of geopolitical flux on antimicrobial resistance
Nature Medicine - The effect of geopolitical flux on antimicrobial resistance
www.nature.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Thrilled to share our article in
📰 Read “The effect of geopolitical flux on antimicrobial resistance” in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📰 Read “The effect of geopolitical flux on antimicrobial resistance” in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Jamie C. Tijerina
When things add up: environmental structure and microbial interactions drive antibiotic-resistance plasmid evolution.
New paper from the lab, and the third chapter of Lars Zandbergen’s thesis!
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
New paper from the lab, and the third chapter of Lars Zandbergen’s thesis!
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
When things add up: environmental structure and microbial interactions drive antibiotic-resistance plasmid evolution
Antimicrobial resistance is recognized as a major global health threat. Pathogens can rapidly evolve resistance which diminishes the impact of antimicrobial treatments. The presence of other microbes ...
www.biorxiv.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
When things add up: environmental structure and microbial interactions drive antibiotic-resistance plasmid evolution.
New paper from the lab, and the third chapter of Lars Zandbergen’s thesis!
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
New paper from the lab, and the third chapter of Lars Zandbergen’s thesis!
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
This was a great session!
Those attending #ASMicrobe, hope to see you at our Plenary Session:
“Biology across scales: From Discovery to Mechanism”
SUNDAY, June 22
8:15-10:15am
Concourse Hall
@heran.bsky.social @laahrs.bsky.social @delafuentelab.bsky.social
“Biology across scales: From Discovery to Mechanism”
SUNDAY, June 22
8:15-10:15am
Concourse Hall
@heran.bsky.social @laahrs.bsky.social @delafuentelab.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This was a great session!