Paul Carini
@uncultured.carinilab.com
Systems Microbial Ecologist | Design Thinker | F1 & IndyCar fan. Metalhead. Studying microbes in Desert Soil and nearshore Marine Sediments.
Blog: uncultured.carinilab.com
Web: CariniLab.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-carini/
Blog: uncultured.carinilab.com
Web: CariniLab.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-carini/
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Paul Carini
@uncultured.carinilab.com
· Jun 8
Doctoral Program Personal Statements
While cleaning up some old folders on my computer, I came across my Personal Statement that I submitted with my application to grad schools in 2007.
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Guess I'm just "dicking around" because all these other platforms are inaccessible to me (deafblind, hello). Y'all know where to find me, though. ✌️
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Guess I'm just "dicking around" because all these other platforms are inaccessible to me (deafblind, hello). Y'all know where to find me, though. ✌️
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The new Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) Program page is posted. Please contact us at BIOEDGE@nsf.gov if you have questions. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Enabling Discovery Through Genomics (EDGE)
www.nsf.gov
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The new Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) Program page is posted. Please contact us at BIOEDGE@nsf.gov if you have questions. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
I really don't like complaining, but does anyone else feel like the burden of universities having reduced budgets is slowly being placed on them? For me, it's now no TA support, responsible for compiling my own budget reports, frozen university funds (going on 2 years), etc. ?
December 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I really don't like complaining, but does anyone else feel like the burden of universities having reduced budgets is slowly being placed on them? For me, it's now no TA support, responsible for compiling my own budget reports, frozen university funds (going on 2 years), etc. ?
Bummed Piastri didn't with the F1 WDC, but also very happy for Lando Norris. Great guy and good fro F1. Can't wait for next year!
December 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Bummed Piastri didn't with the F1 WDC, but also very happy for Lando Norris. Great guy and good fro F1. Can't wait for next year!
Well this sucks.
Tattoo ink can accumulate in the lymph nodes, where it can induce a prominent and long-term inflammatory response, according to a study in mice. Tattoo ink at injection sites can also modulate immune responses to vaccines in mice. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/meuU50XCZjN
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Well this sucks.
Fresh off their R&R HOF induction, all I can think of is the White Stripes:
"I'm gonna fight 'em off, a seven tentacle arm-y couldn't hold me back"
Sorry not sorry
"I'm gonna fight 'em off, a seven tentacle arm-y couldn't hold me back"
Sorry not sorry
Fresh from the deep—a rarely seen giant in Monterey Bay. 🤩
Last month, MBARI Senior Scientist Steven Haddock and the Biodiversity & Biooptics Team spotted a seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) holding a crimson helmet jelly (Periphylla periphylla). Learn more: www.mbari.org/animal/seven...
Last month, MBARI Senior Scientist Steven Haddock and the Biodiversity & Biooptics Team spotted a seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) holding a crimson helmet jelly (Periphylla periphylla). Learn more: www.mbari.org/animal/seven...
Seven-arm octopus • Animals of the Deep • MBARI
The seven-arm octopus is a rarely seen deep-sea giant who feeds on gelatinous animals.
www.mbari.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Fresh off their R&R HOF induction, all I can think of is the White Stripes:
"I'm gonna fight 'em off, a seven tentacle arm-y couldn't hold me back"
Sorry not sorry
"I'm gonna fight 'em off, a seven tentacle arm-y couldn't hold me back"
Sorry not sorry
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And ‘Searching for the Asgards’ the movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgmE...
Collaboration for Understanding | Searching for the Asgards
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
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December 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
And ‘Searching for the Asgards’ the movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgmE...
My most-used bluesky words in 2025 were: 1. "congrats" (25×) 2. "research" (17×) 3. "paper" (15×) 4. "soil" (13×) 5. "those" (13×)
Pretty fun app that compiles your usage into a report here: anisota.net/harvest
Pretty fun app that compiles your usage into a report here: anisota.net/harvest
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My most-used bluesky words in 2025 were: 1. "congrats" (25×) 2. "research" (17×) 3. "paper" (15×) 4. "soil" (13×) 5. "those" (13×)
Pretty fun app that compiles your usage into a report here: anisota.net/harvest
Pretty fun app that compiles your usage into a report here: anisota.net/harvest
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A new experiment in Science using an AI-powered browser extension to reorder feeds on X/Twitter shows that even small changes in exposure to hostile political content can measurably influence feelings toward opposing political parties—within days of X exposure. https://scim.ag/44uqZLa
Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization
Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used thi...
scim.ag
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A new experiment in Science using an AI-powered browser extension to reorder feeds on X/Twitter shows that even small changes in exposure to hostile political content can measurably influence feelings toward opposing political parties—within days of X exposure. https://scim.ag/44uqZLa
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I am recruiting graduate students for Fall 2026! The Microbial Ecosystems Lab @hot-mes-asu.bsky.social at ASU studies microbial interactions, spatial ecology, and imaging-driven microbiome science. If you love microbes, microfluidics, or single-cell analysis, let’s talk! www.microbialeco.systems
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I am recruiting graduate students for Fall 2026! The Microbial Ecosystems Lab @hot-mes-asu.bsky.social at ASU studies microbial interactions, spatial ecology, and imaging-driven microbiome science. If you love microbes, microfluidics, or single-cell analysis, let’s talk! www.microbialeco.systems
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Dynamic protrusions mediate unique crawling motility in Asgard Archaea (Promethearchaeota) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.30.690169v1
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Dynamic protrusions mediate unique crawling motility in Asgard Archaea (Promethearchaeota) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.30.690169v1
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December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's been 8 years for us, but I can confirm moving still sucks.
Even though it's a local move (~1 mile), we still have to pack everything and relocate it!
Even though it's a local move (~1 mile), we still have to pack everything and relocate it!
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's been 8 years for us, but I can confirm moving still sucks.
Even though it's a local move (~1 mile), we still have to pack everything and relocate it!
Even though it's a local move (~1 mile), we still have to pack everything and relocate it!
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Happy International Mens Day!
If you are a teen, find a role model that exemplifies the honorable virtues of masculinity and strive toward compassion.
If you are an adult, strive to be a pillar of your community...but also go get a colonoscopy and check your prostate please.
If you are a teen, find a role model that exemplifies the honorable virtues of masculinity and strive toward compassion.
If you are an adult, strive to be a pillar of your community...but also go get a colonoscopy and check your prostate please.
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Happy International Mens Day!
If you are a teen, find a role model that exemplifies the honorable virtues of masculinity and strive toward compassion.
If you are an adult, strive to be a pillar of your community...but also go get a colonoscopy and check your prostate please.
If you are a teen, find a role model that exemplifies the honorable virtues of masculinity and strive toward compassion.
If you are an adult, strive to be a pillar of your community...but also go get a colonoscopy and check your prostate please.
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Hey folks, we (the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University) are looking for an Assistant Teaching Professor in microbiology and immunology. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested, or check it out if you are interested yourself!
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November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hey folks, we (the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University) are looking for an Assistant Teaching Professor in microbiology and immunology. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested, or check it out if you are interested yourself!
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I feel this. A big part of my professional growth over the last few years has been the realization that I will not live to carry out the vast majority of my ideas. As a result, I'm much more open with sharing them than ever before.
Science is like this too 🧪
I am not aware of a single author who has a shortage of book ideas. Words, yes. Ways to make the ideas become a book, yes. But I've never met an author who doesn't have ideas just raining down all the damn time.
November 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I feel this. A big part of my professional growth over the last few years has been the realization that I will not live to carry out the vast majority of my ideas. As a result, I'm much more open with sharing them than ever before.
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Map of seafloor where we are diving to sample sediments today.
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Map of seafloor where we are diving to sample sediments today.
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
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Starting this week, I set aside one hour each week to meet ECRs outside my group who want to discuss career development, mentorship, or any non-technical professional questions.
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
ECR connection: Meet Meren when you need to
A means for ECRs to get advice from a senior scientist outside of their support network
merenlab.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Starting this week, I set aside one hour each week to meet ECRs outside my group who want to discuss career development, mentorship, or any non-technical professional questions.
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:
merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
Some really fantastic discussion in this live stream.
We just planned this canyon and now we are diving to explore and collect samples.
Watch live here - www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcea...
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
Watch live here - www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcea...
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Some really fantastic discussion in this live stream.
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It’s Friday: a new episode of #MattersMicrobial! This week, Dr. Julie Maresca joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss microbes and concrete and road salt! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord? @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound @microbe.tv
youtu.be/3JpbySeOO20?...
youtu.be/3JpbySeOO20?...
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It’s Friday: a new episode of #MattersMicrobial! This week, Dr. Julie Maresca joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss microbes and concrete and road salt! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord? @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound @microbe.tv
youtu.be/3JpbySeOO20?...
youtu.be/3JpbySeOO20?...
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Starting at 7pm Central I will be streaming from the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Uruguay!
Feel free to join and ask questions.
www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean
Feel free to join and ask questions.
www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean
Schmidt Ocean
Our Purpose: to excite interest and inform the wise stewardship of our planet.
Our Mission: Catalyze the discoveries needed to understand our ocean, sustain life, and ensure the health of our planet ...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Starting at 7pm Central I will be streaming from the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Uruguay!
Feel free to join and ask questions.
www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean
Feel free to join and ask questions.
www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean
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📣New preprint alert!
Check out this new preprint by Zhu et al. that quantifies and compares labile exometabolites from six axenic strains of marine phytoplankton 🌊 to identify key chemical currencies within the marine chemical-microbial network! 🧪🦠
Check out this new preprint by Zhu et al. that quantifies and compares labile exometabolites from six axenic strains of marine phytoplankton 🌊 to identify key chemical currencies within the marine chemical-microbial network! 🧪🦠
Super excited to be part of this beautiful effort led by @zhuyt0515.bsky.social and Hanna Anderson!
A true team effort to characterize diversity in phytoplankton-excreted metabolites and identify key chemical currencies within the ocean ecosystem and carbon cycle
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A true team effort to characterize diversity in phytoplankton-excreted metabolites and identify key chemical currencies within the ocean ecosystem and carbon cycle
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Characterization of Phytoplankton-Excreted Metabolites Mediating Carbon Flux through the Surface Ocean
The marine labile dissolved organic carbon (DOC) pool is a dynamic reservoir of thousands of molecules that cycles approximately one-quarter of Earth primary production within days to weeks. After exc...
www.biorxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
📣New preprint alert!
Check out this new preprint by Zhu et al. that quantifies and compares labile exometabolites from six axenic strains of marine phytoplankton 🌊 to identify key chemical currencies within the marine chemical-microbial network! 🧪🦠
Check out this new preprint by Zhu et al. that quantifies and compares labile exometabolites from six axenic strains of marine phytoplankton 🌊 to identify key chemical currencies within the marine chemical-microbial network! 🧪🦠
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Does anyone by any chance have a Ni-CODH database they could share it with me? Thanks!
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Does anyone by any chance have a Ni-CODH database they could share it with me? Thanks!
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I'm tasked with creating a career roadmap for our major (Biology), from enrollment to hire post grad. Does anyone have examples of ones they've done or find useful?
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'm tasked with creating a career roadmap for our major (Biology), from enrollment to hire post grad. Does anyone have examples of ones they've done or find useful?
So, so cool to see all these microbial culture focused people all in the same room (in-person or virtual) at the @jgi.doe.gov Cultivation Jamboree!
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
So, so cool to see all these microbial culture focused people all in the same room (in-person or virtual) at the @jgi.doe.gov Cultivation Jamboree!