Kendra Turk-Kubo
@kendraturkkubo.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography @ UCSC studying marine nitrogen fixation and microbial ecology, thalassophile & diazotrophphile, mama in STEM, views are my own
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Come be my colleague at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. We're hiring an assistant professor in Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling. 🌊
Career Opportunities at the University of Hawai'i | University of Hawai'i
www.schooljobs.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Come be my colleague at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. We're hiring an assistant professor in Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling. 🌊
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On behalf of the Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, we are excited to invite applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling at the rank of assistant professor. www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa... position number 0082726
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
On behalf of the Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, we are excited to invite applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling at the rank of assistant professor. www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa... position number 0082726
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Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
docs.google.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨
Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.
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Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.
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DOE climate report response form
We are collecting names to assemble a writing team to respond to the DOE climate working group report. If you'd like to contribute, enter your info below. At this point, there is no guarantee what we'll do (if anything), but we want to keep our options open by collecting names. If you have any further questions, feel free to email me.
We are primarily looking for Ph.D. scientists at universities or government labs in appropriate fields. I realize that this will exclude some qualified people and I apologize, but we felt this was necessary for a variety of reasons.
forms.gle
July 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨
Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.
forms.gle/BL9xUAfRxA...
Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.
forms.gle/BL9xUAfRxA...
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Has anyone heard whether the NSF GRFP program will have a competition this year? I teach a class for 1st year grad students where this is a major assignment, and need to rehaul my syllabus if they’ve destroyed this program… which, I will add, will be devastating to thousands of rising student stars!
July 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Has anyone heard whether the NSF GRFP program will have a competition this year? I teach a class for 1st year grad students where this is a major assignment, and need to rehaul my syllabus if they’ve destroyed this program… which, I will add, will be devastating to thousands of rising student stars!
I’m thrilled to be selected as a Simons Early Career Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution! I will be digging into the mystery of nitrogen fixation our own back yard - the Monterey Bay and CA coast. I’m filled with gratitude - thank you @simonsfoundation.org for this opportunity!
Congratulations to our six new 2025 Simons Early Career Investigators in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution! See full list: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/07/01/a... #science @systemsecology.bsky.social @daniel-petras.bsky.social @kendraturkkubo.bsky.social
Announcing the 2025 Simons Early Career Investigators in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution
The Simons Foundation and Simons Foundation International have named six scientists as 2025 Simons Early Career Investigators in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution. The two-year awards are intend...
www.simonsfoundation.org
July 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I’m thrilled to be selected as a Simons Early Career Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution! I will be digging into the mystery of nitrogen fixation our own back yard - the Monterey Bay and CA coast. I’m filled with gratitude - thank you @simonsfoundation.org for this opportunity!
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Earth system models are plagued by uncertainties in the response of microbes to climate change. We leveraged metabolic insights from genome scale models when coupled to an ocean model in this new exciting work 🌊
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Unveiling the link between phytoplankton molecular physiology and biogeochemical cycling via genome-scale modeling
A genome-enabled ESM built on genomic data assesses physiological acclimation and biogeochemical effects through nutrient stress.
www.science.org
June 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Earth system models are plagued by uncertainties in the response of microbes to climate change. We leveraged metabolic insights from genome scale models when coupled to an ocean model in this new exciting work 🌊
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit.
This cannot be allowed to happen.
This cannot be allowed to happen.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit.
This cannot be allowed to happen.
This cannot be allowed to happen.
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So true. US universities are top notch, and magnets for talent that strengthen the US economy, *because* the US made a policy decision to invest in research.
What the gov’t really does is run a competition to let university scientists compete for grant funding to do research that helps society.
What the gov’t really does is run a competition to let university scientists compete for grant funding to do research that helps society.
Actually, flip the headline. It's really "How the Federal Government Became so Dependent on Universities."
These competitively awarded, peer reviewed research grants produce tremendous returns on investment. New tech, health, science that benefit all people & businesses in the USA & world.
These competitively awarded, peer reviewed research grants produce tremendous returns on investment. New tech, health, science that benefit all people & businesses in the USA & world.
April 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
So true. US universities are top notch, and magnets for talent that strengthen the US economy, *because* the US made a policy decision to invest in research.
What the gov’t really does is run a competition to let university scientists compete for grant funding to do research that helps society.
What the gov’t really does is run a competition to let university scientists compete for grant funding to do research that helps society.
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🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
April 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
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NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov
Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov
Notice of Changes
Notices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products.
www.nesdis.noaa.gov
April 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov
Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov
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We're hiring for a bioinformatics lead at the OceanOmics Centre! L7, come work with all of the cool genomics data!
HiFi, HiC, Illumina, a PromethION, it's all there. Sequence *all* of the marine vertebrates!
#bioinformatics
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
HiFi, HiC, Illumina, a PromethION, it's all there. Sequence *all* of the marine vertebrates!
#bioinformatics
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
Prospective staff : Jobs at UWA : IN DEVELOPMENT
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au
March 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
We're hiring for a bioinformatics lead at the OceanOmics Centre! L7, come work with all of the cool genomics data!
HiFi, HiC, Illumina, a PromethION, it's all there. Sequence *all* of the marine vertebrates!
#bioinformatics
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
HiFi, HiC, Illumina, a PromethION, it's all there. Sequence *all* of the marine vertebrates!
#bioinformatics
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...
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Bernie Sanders: "If you do nothing, you sit back and say, 'it's gonna be terrible.' And that's right. A shutdown will be terrible. But our job is to put the onus on the Republican president, the Republican House, the Republican Senate, the people who control the govt"
March 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Bernie Sanders: "If you do nothing, you sit back and say, 'it's gonna be terrible.' And that's right. A shutdown will be terrible. But our job is to put the onus on the Republican president, the Republican House, the Republican Senate, the people who control the govt"
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Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
www.ucsusa.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
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This is mindblowing disruption. This new US executive order orders an immediate review of all *existing* federal grants & contracts & also freezes all federal credit cards. The federal gov funds a huge amount of science & it will all stop while this plays out.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
February 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is mindblowing disruption. This new US executive order orders an immediate review of all *existing* federal grants & contracts & also freezes all federal credit cards. The federal gov funds a huge amount of science & it will all stop while this plays out.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Congrats @marbenavides.bsky.social !!!
Congratulations to NOC's Dr Mar Benavides (@marbenavides.bsky.social), who has been awarded the the Yentsch-Schindler Early Career Award by @aslo.org! 🏅
Find out more about the award here 👉 www.aslo.org/aslo-awards/...
Find out more about the award here 👉 www.aslo.org/aslo-awards/...
February 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Congrats @marbenavides.bsky.social !!!
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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What the shit
"For FY26 we are told about plans to reduce the NSF budget by 50%-75% - such reduction will mean no new awards for at least a year, elimination of divisions, merging of programs."
nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
"For FY26 we are told about plans to reduce the NSF budget by 50%-75% - such reduction will mean no new awards for at least a year, elimination of divisions, merging of programs."
nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
The National Science Foundation - this is not business as usual
The National Science Foundation was created 75 years ago, at the behest of Vannevar Bush , who put together the famed study, Science, The E...
nanoscale.blogspot.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
What the shit
"For FY26 we are told about plans to reduce the NSF budget by 50%-75% - such reduction will mean no new awards for at least a year, elimination of divisions, merging of programs."
nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
"For FY26 we are told about plans to reduce the NSF budget by 50%-75% - such reduction will mean no new awards for at least a year, elimination of divisions, merging of programs."
nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
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What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.
February 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.
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It's a cyanobacteria on the outside, fungus on the inside.
Well, sort of. The fungus lives in the extracellular sheath produced by the Cyanobacteria, and therefore are not really true endophytes. But the cyanos do create the external structure.
Well, sort of. The fungus lives in the extracellular sheath produced by the Cyanobacteria, and therefore are not really true endophytes. But the cyanos do create the external structure.
February 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's a cyanobacteria on the outside, fungus on the inside.
Well, sort of. The fungus lives in the extracellular sheath produced by the Cyanobacteria, and therefore are not really true endophytes. But the cyanos do create the external structure.
Well, sort of. The fungus lives in the extracellular sheath produced by the Cyanobacteria, and therefore are not really true endophytes. But the cyanos do create the external structure.
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If you care about science & higher ed in America right now, your world has changed.
We have been forced into a battle we didn’t choose.
Whatever our titles, our jobs now also includes emergency response, psychological first aid, organizing & many other things we weren’t trained in
We have been forced into a battle we didn’t choose.
Whatever our titles, our jobs now also includes emergency response, psychological first aid, organizing & many other things we weren’t trained in
February 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If you care about science & higher ed in America right now, your world has changed.
We have been forced into a battle we didn’t choose.
Whatever our titles, our jobs now also includes emergency response, psychological first aid, organizing & many other things we weren’t trained in
We have been forced into a battle we didn’t choose.
Whatever our titles, our jobs now also includes emergency response, psychological first aid, organizing & many other things we weren’t trained in
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When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
February 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?