Dr. Mo Kaze
@mokrobial.bsky.social
Former NASA space microbe scientist, current dork, dog friend.
“Bacteria obsessed weirdo.”
“Rambunctiously curious.”
I 💜 'omics, gen, meta, transcript, and c.
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“Bacteria obsessed weirdo.”
“Rambunctiously curious.”
I 💜 'omics, gen, meta, transcript, and c.
🚀🦠🧪🧫🔬🏳️🌈🏴☠️🖤 OT7️⃣
I won an award for excellence. Lololololol
August 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I won an award for excellence. Lololololol
Cleaned out my desk. Getting the lab ready for decommission. 💔
August 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Cleaned out my desk. Getting the lab ready for decommission. 💔
My division has been laid off from NASA. I’m really proud of building a lab from scratch and starting up a great project. I’m heartbroken.
I think I’ll take some time off to travel for a bit before planning what’s next. I really hoped this was going to be my last job.
I think I’ll take some time off to travel for a bit before planning what’s next. I really hoped this was going to be my last job.
August 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My division has been laid off from NASA. I’m really proud of building a lab from scratch and starting up a great project. I’m heartbroken.
I think I’ll take some time off to travel for a bit before planning what’s next. I really hoped this was going to be my last job.
I think I’ll take some time off to travel for a bit before planning what’s next. I really hoped this was going to be my last job.
Lil waffles doing a snooze.
June 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Lil waffles doing a snooze.
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LAST CALL to apply to the 2025 Gordon Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology "Bridging Scales to Unveil the Power of Environmental Microbiology"! We are filling up quickly. www.grc.org/applied-and-...
2025 Applied and Environmental Microbiology Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology will be held in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
April 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
LAST CALL to apply to the 2025 Gordon Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology "Bridging Scales to Unveil the Power of Environmental Microbiology"! We are filling up quickly. www.grc.org/applied-and-...
Travel wasn’t approved in time for ASM Microbe so my abstract was withdrawn. Beyond disappointed rn.
April 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Travel wasn’t approved in time for ASM Microbe so my abstract was withdrawn. Beyond disappointed rn.
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We are hiring a postdoctoral scholar to join us in the sometime in the next ~6 months. oliveriolab.org with a focus on microbial eukaryotes in extreme environments.
Please email w/CV if you'd like to chat. Official ad soon.
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #ProtistsOnSky
Please email w/CV if you'd like to chat. Official ad soon.
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #ProtistsOnSky
March 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We are hiring a postdoctoral scholar to join us in the sometime in the next ~6 months. oliveriolab.org with a focus on microbial eukaryotes in extreme environments.
Please email w/CV if you'd like to chat. Official ad soon.
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #ProtistsOnSky
Please email w/CV if you'd like to chat. Official ad soon.
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #ProtistsOnSky
Thank you all for the kind DMs. So far my job at NASA is ok. Of course, things change daily and the budget CR in March will likely have some serious consequences. For now tho I’m keeping my head down with the space microbes. 💜
February 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Thank you all for the kind DMs. So far my job at NASA is ok. Of course, things change daily and the budget CR in March will likely have some serious consequences. For now tho I’m keeping my head down with the space microbes. 💜
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An opportunity to work at an amazing place with amazing people! 🦠
“GeneLab is seeking a #Bioinformatics #ProgramDeveloper to drive research with #omics data from space biology experiments. Develop workflows and analyze data critical to human space exploration.
🔗 Apply now: tinyurl.com/8psb8uwn “
“GeneLab is seeking a #Bioinformatics #ProgramDeveloper to drive research with #omics data from space biology experiments. Develop workflows and analyze data critical to human space exploration.
🔗 Apply now: tinyurl.com/8psb8uwn “
December 18, 2024 at 10:18 AM
An opportunity to work at an amazing place with amazing people! 🦠
“GeneLab is seeking a #Bioinformatics #ProgramDeveloper to drive research with #omics data from space biology experiments. Develop workflows and analyze data critical to human space exploration.
🔗 Apply now: tinyurl.com/8psb8uwn “
“GeneLab is seeking a #Bioinformatics #ProgramDeveloper to drive research with #omics data from space biology experiments. Develop workflows and analyze data critical to human space exploration.
🔗 Apply now: tinyurl.com/8psb8uwn “
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Interested in discovering new viruses from soil that may be affecting global carbon sequestration? Apply for a PhD position with me at Aarhus University in Flakkebjerg! Our group is very international, supportive and friendly. Applications due by February 1st 2025.
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
Discovery and physiology of soil viruses
phd.tech.au.dk
December 3, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Interested in discovering new viruses from soil that may be affecting global carbon sequestration? Apply for a PhD position with me at Aarhus University in Flakkebjerg! Our group is very international, supportive and friendly. Applications due by February 1st 2025.
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
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Microbiome FacultyJob at UC Davis in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (one of the departments where I reside ...)
See recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06847
See recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06847
recruit.ucdavis.edu
November 20, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Microbiome FacultyJob at UC Davis in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (one of the departments where I reside ...)
See recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06847
See recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06847
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Crazy stuff in PNAS
dental plaque bacterium 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘪 can divide into an unprecedented 14 daughter cells at once—then each daughter cell starts growing immediately in a rare process called multiple fission, achieving 0.5 mm per day of expansion
www.snexplores.org/article/bact...
dental plaque bacterium 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘪 can divide into an unprecedented 14 daughter cells at once—then each daughter cell starts growing immediately in a rare process called multiple fission, achieving 0.5 mm per day of expansion
www.snexplores.org/article/bact...
These mouth bacteria use a new type of cell division to make 14 cells at once
The newfound strategy seen in C. matruchotii might help oral bacteria recover lost territory after each eviction by toothbrushing.
www.snexplores.org
November 22, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Crazy stuff in PNAS
dental plaque bacterium 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘪 can divide into an unprecedented 14 daughter cells at once—then each daughter cell starts growing immediately in a rare process called multiple fission, achieving 0.5 mm per day of expansion
www.snexplores.org/article/bact...
dental plaque bacterium 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘪 can divide into an unprecedented 14 daughter cells at once—then each daughter cell starts growing immediately in a rare process called multiple fission, achieving 0.5 mm per day of expansion
www.snexplores.org/article/bact...
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🚨Please share🚨
I’m hiring a PhD student to start Sep 2025 on an exciting project on fungal pathogens🍄🟫, soil health and microbiomes, together with dr. Filipa Cox and @knightjar.bsky.social
If you have any good candidates, please let them contact me directly.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
I’m hiring a PhD student to start Sep 2025 on an exciting project on fungal pathogens🍄🟫, soil health and microbiomes, together with dr. Filipa Cox and @knightjar.bsky.social
If you have any good candidates, please let them contact me directly.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:24 PM
🚨Please share🚨
I’m hiring a PhD student to start Sep 2025 on an exciting project on fungal pathogens🍄🟫, soil health and microbiomes, together with dr. Filipa Cox and @knightjar.bsky.social
If you have any good candidates, please let them contact me directly.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
I’m hiring a PhD student to start Sep 2025 on an exciting project on fungal pathogens🍄🟫, soil health and microbiomes, together with dr. Filipa Cox and @knightjar.bsky.social
If you have any good candidates, please let them contact me directly.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Hi new followers! Im a microbiologist at NASA and I love BTS and dogs. I post about all 3 things :)
Here’s my one eyed rescue dog Waffles!
Here’s my one eyed rescue dog Waffles!
November 25, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Hi new followers! Im a microbiologist at NASA and I love BTS and dogs. I post about all 3 things :)
Here’s my one eyed rescue dog Waffles!
Here’s my one eyed rescue dog Waffles!
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🎓 PhD (2) & Postdoc (1) positions @ University of Idaho, starting Spring 2025!
Soil microbial communities & ecosystem responses to environmental stressors. Interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities
Contact Mike Strickland (mstrickland@uidaho.edu) or Laurel Lynch (llynch@uidaho.edu) for details
Soil microbial communities & ecosystem responses to environmental stressors. Interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities
Contact Mike Strickland (mstrickland@uidaho.edu) or Laurel Lynch (llynch@uidaho.edu) for details
November 15, 2024 at 9:19 PM
🎓 PhD (2) & Postdoc (1) positions @ University of Idaho, starting Spring 2025!
Soil microbial communities & ecosystem responses to environmental stressors. Interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities
Contact Mike Strickland (mstrickland@uidaho.edu) or Laurel Lynch (llynch@uidaho.edu) for details
Soil microbial communities & ecosystem responses to environmental stressors. Interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities
Contact Mike Strickland (mstrickland@uidaho.edu) or Laurel Lynch (llynch@uidaho.edu) for details
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Do any of my bsky peeps have an example of a successful NSF workshop proposal they’d like to share?
October 18, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Do any of my bsky peeps have an example of a successful NSF workshop proposal they’d like to share?
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Do any of my followers have a culture of V. fischeri that they’d be willing to share with us? Ideally one with a closed published genome sequence.
October 18, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Do any of my followers have a culture of V. fischeri that they’d be willing to share with us? Ideally one with a closed published genome sequence.
Anyone have a ballpark cost for shipping a -80 freezer plugged in? Any help appreciated!!!
September 6, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Anyone have a ballpark cost for shipping a -80 freezer plugged in? Any help appreciated!!!
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The American Academy for Microbiology is currently accepting nominations for fellowship. Individuals are elected to fellowship based on their scientific excellence, originality and leadership. #DiversifyTheAcademy #microbiology #science #ASMicrobe asm.org/Academy/Crit...
Criteria for Election to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology | ASM.org
Criteria used by American Academy of Microbiology fellowship nomination reviewers to determine whether an individual is elected to the Academy.
asm.org
August 5, 2024 at 4:53 PM
The American Academy for Microbiology is currently accepting nominations for fellowship. Individuals are elected to fellowship based on their scientific excellence, originality and leadership. #DiversifyTheAcademy #microbiology #science #ASMicrobe asm.org/Academy/Crit...
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“In one incident, after landing 1,200 miles off target in 5 feet of snow, a cosmonaut of the Russian Voskhod 2 was attacked by wolves when he tried to exit the spacecraft.“
I like reading papers for my job.
I like reading papers for my job.
August 5, 2024 at 7:50 PM
“In one incident, after landing 1,200 miles off target in 5 feet of snow, a cosmonaut of the Russian Voskhod 2 was attacked by wolves when he tried to exit the spacecraft.“
I like reading papers for my job.
I like reading papers for my job.
Awesome. Building air con out until September. 🥵🥵😭
July 8, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Awesome. Building air con out until September. 🥵🥵😭
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A fully funded (3 year) PhD position is available in my group. The project will focus on analysing how synergistically interacting bacteria coevolve.
Join my vibrant group at @UniOsnabrueck.
Please RT
Deadline: 28.07.2024
More information👇
shorturl.at/5ZP7R
Join my vibrant group at @UniOsnabrueck.
Please RT
Deadline: 28.07.2024
More information👇
shorturl.at/5ZP7R
142 FB 5 Research Assistant (m/f/d) - Universität Osnabrück
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July 1, 2024 at 8:19 AM
A fully funded (3 year) PhD position is available in my group. The project will focus on analysing how synergistically interacting bacteria coevolve.
Join my vibrant group at @UniOsnabrueck.
Please RT
Deadline: 28.07.2024
More information👇
shorturl.at/5ZP7R
Join my vibrant group at @UniOsnabrueck.
Please RT
Deadline: 28.07.2024
More information👇
shorturl.at/5ZP7R
I know the autoclave won’t blow up
But like
Do I?
But like
Do I?
July 1, 2024 at 6:52 PM
I know the autoclave won’t blow up
But like
Do I?
But like
Do I?