Kathleen Dorrestein
@kdorrestein.bsky.social
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It’s not every day one gets to publish an article with NASA astronauts. This journey started in 2019 and withe the goal to understand the microbial and chemical make-up of the space station. We had lots of experience with analysis from swabs on earth.
The #InternationalSpaceStation is overly sterile; making it “dirtier” could improve astronaut health, microbiologists say. cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Learn more in @cp-cell.bsky.social
@pieterdorrestein.bsky.social, Rob Knight
Learn more in @cp-cell.bsky.social
@pieterdorrestein.bsky.social, Rob Knight
The International Space Station has a unique and extreme microbial and chemical environment driven by use patterns
With long-term space travel and extraterrestrial habitation becoming feasible, understanding
how space environmental exposures, microbial communities, and molecular profiles differ
from Earth is cruci...
cell.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It’s not every day one gets to publish an article with NASA astronauts. This journey started in 2019 and withe the goal to understand the microbial and chemical make-up of the space station. We had lots of experience with analysis from swabs on earth.
Reposted by Kathleen Dorrestein
The majority of people who responded to a poll in Nature say they’re now using Bluesky. They’re using it to connect with other scientists, keep up to date with other research or researchers, and promote their own research. 🧪
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
go.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The majority of people who responded to a poll in Nature say they’re now using Bluesky. They’re using it to connect with other scientists, keep up to date with other research or researchers, and promote their own research. 🧪
Reposted by Kathleen Dorrestein
"As of today, it looks as though Donald Trump is in the process of freezing federally-funded cancer research in the United States," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"As of today, it looks as though Donald Trump is in the process of freezing federally-funded cancer research in the United States," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social
Reposted by Kathleen Dorrestein
NEW! Warming temperatures could make crops like chickpeas, soybeans, okra, oranges & durum wheat viable in the UK by 2080 🍊🫘.
Climate change is already impacting farming. Our study shows how crop suitability might change in the future.
Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/scient...
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Climate change is already impacting farming. Our study shows how crop suitability might change in the future.
Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/scient...
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Scientists predict what will be top of the crops by 2080 due to climate change
A new study led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) predicts that future warmer temperatures in this country would be suitable for a variety of produce such as oranges, chickpeas and okra...
www.ceh.ac.uk
January 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
NEW! Warming temperatures could make crops like chickpeas, soybeans, okra, oranges & durum wheat viable in the UK by 2080 🍊🫘.
Climate change is already impacting farming. Our study shows how crop suitability might change in the future.
Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/scient...
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Climate change is already impacting farming. Our study shows how crop suitability might change in the future.
Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/scient...
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Banana harvest with @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social
January 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Banana harvest with @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social
May the year ahead be even more fruitful than the year past. Happy New Year Everyone!
January 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
May the year ahead be even more fruitful than the year past. Happy New Year Everyone!
Reposted by Kathleen Dorrestein
UC accounted for 4.4 percent of the world’s most frequently cited researchers — more than any other university or university system in the United States — according to @clarivate.com’s 2024 Highly Cited Researchers list 🙌 💙 💛 www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-high...
UC leads the nation in highly influential scientists and researchers
UC’s 289 faculty and scientists on Clarivate’s 2024 list of Highly Cited Researchers make the university the most highly cited institution in North America.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu
December 6, 2024 at 6:40 PM
UC accounted for 4.4 percent of the world’s most frequently cited researchers — more than any other university or university system in the United States — according to @clarivate.com’s 2024 Highly Cited Researchers list 🙌 💙 💛 www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-high...
Reposted by Kathleen Dorrestein
Restoring soil is something that can be done at the scale of a garden, a park, a field, a farm, up to a country…
What are You doing for soil?
Happy World Soil Day!
What are You doing for soil?
Happy World Soil Day!
December 5, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Restoring soil is something that can be done at the scale of a garden, a park, a field, a farm, up to a country…
What are You doing for soil?
Happy World Soil Day!
What are You doing for soil?
Happy World Soil Day!
Reposted by Kathleen Dorrestein
The CMMC is hosting a reverse metabolomics workshop. The foundation of these papers www.nature.com/articles/s41..., www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... and www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... - here searched @gnps2.bsky.social only now @metabolights.bsky.social and @metabolomics workbench as well. #metabolome
December 3, 2024 at 8:16 PM
The CMMC is hosting a reverse metabolomics workshop. The foundation of these papers www.nature.com/articles/s41..., www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... and www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... - here searched @gnps2.bsky.social only now @metabolights.bsky.social and @metabolomics workbench as well. #metabolome
Exiting twitter and hoping for bluer skies
a woman is crying and says there is still hope
ALT: a woman is crying and says there is still hope
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Exiting twitter and hoping for bluer skies