Anna Bryson :)
@anna-bryson.bsky.social
Doctoral Researcher | Microbial Geneticist | All things bacteria :)
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This one is going into my teaching. #microsky #foodsafety
September 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This one is going into my teaching. #microsky #foodsafety
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Defending science means defending gender-affirming care! This post highlights why both science and bodily autonomy are inseparable. Written by @skruberk.bsky.social
www.ascb.org/society-news... #outinstem #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #queerinstem #cellbio #cellbiology #ascb
www.ascb.org/society-news... #outinstem #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #queerinstem #cellbio #cellbiology #ascb
Why Should We Care? (Part 2): On the Growing Interdependence of Science and Our Right to Bodily Autonomy - ASCB
In the last few decades, the scientific establishment has made lengthy strides to ensure representation of LGBTQ+ individuals in research and academia. Queer people belong in science, and many of us a...
www.ascb.org
August 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Defending science means defending gender-affirming care! This post highlights why both science and bodily autonomy are inseparable. Written by @skruberk.bsky.social
www.ascb.org/society-news... #outinstem #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #queerinstem #cellbio #cellbiology #ascb
www.ascb.org/society-news... #outinstem #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #queerinstem #cellbio #cellbiology #ascb
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In our new work we ask: Can end-users make a platform’s ML models fairer?
Firm-side fair learning often reduces accuracy, discouraging firms from using it. But if a platform relies on user data, can minority users collectively change the data to induce fairness?
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Firm-side fair learning often reduces accuracy, discouraging firms from using it. But if a platform relies on user data, can minority users collectively change the data to induce fairness?
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August 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
In our new work we ask: Can end-users make a platform’s ML models fairer?
Firm-side fair learning often reduces accuracy, discouraging firms from using it. But if a platform relies on user data, can minority users collectively change the data to induce fairness?
(1/4)
Firm-side fair learning often reduces accuracy, discouraging firms from using it. But if a platform relies on user data, can minority users collectively change the data to induce fairness?
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BREAKING: Andrew Cuomo has Conceded the Democratic primary for NYC Mayor to Zohran Mamdani.
Congrats
Congrats
June 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
BREAKING: Andrew Cuomo has Conceded the Democratic primary for NYC Mayor to Zohran Mamdani.
Congrats
Congrats
Hey #MicroSky and #MicrobiomeSky - can y'all share any papers/reviews/texts you know of about bacterial metabolism/synthesis of B vitamins, and their effects on bacterial physiology (more specifically on anaerobes and/or gut bacteria)? Thanks! 😁🦠
June 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Hey #MicroSky and #MicrobiomeSky - can y'all share any papers/reviews/texts you know of about bacterial metabolism/synthesis of B vitamins, and their effects on bacterial physiology (more specifically on anaerobes and/or gut bacteria)? Thanks! 😁🦠
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So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill. www.wired.com/story/what-t...
What Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Do to the Human Body
So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill.
www.wired.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill. www.wired.com/story/what-t...
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Not a doctor. Not a scientist. No. A longtime heroin addict and current steroid enthusiast who perjured himself in confirmation hearings in order to pursue a twisted agenda that will kill more Americans than Osama Bin Laden.
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Not a doctor. Not a scientist. No. A longtime heroin addict and current steroid enthusiast who perjured himself in confirmation hearings in order to pursue a twisted agenda that will kill more Americans than Osama Bin Laden.
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If you were in charge, what petty law would you enact?
Me: GPS systems must show the avg MPH of a trip - and be snarky about it.
"You spent nearly an hour commuting at 16 MPH. Congratulations! You wasted billions on this car-centric infrastructure so you could travel at the speed of a bicycle" 🚲
Me: GPS systems must show the avg MPH of a trip - and be snarky about it.
"You spent nearly an hour commuting at 16 MPH. Congratulations! You wasted billions on this car-centric infrastructure so you could travel at the speed of a bicycle" 🚲
June 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If you were in charge, what petty law would you enact?
Me: GPS systems must show the avg MPH of a trip - and be snarky about it.
"You spent nearly an hour commuting at 16 MPH. Congratulations! You wasted billions on this car-centric infrastructure so you could travel at the speed of a bicycle" 🚲
Me: GPS systems must show the avg MPH of a trip - and be snarky about it.
"You spent nearly an hour commuting at 16 MPH. Congratulations! You wasted billions on this car-centric infrastructure so you could travel at the speed of a bicycle" 🚲
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We tried deep-sea mining in U.S. waters already -- back in 1970 -- off the South Carolina coast.
Scientists returned to the undersea site in 2023 to see what it looked liked now. One told me: "It's like they were there yesterday."
My story: pulitzercenter.org/stories/pull...
#deepseamining
Scientists returned to the undersea site in 2023 to see what it looked liked now. One told me: "It's like they were there yesterday."
My story: pulitzercenter.org/stories/pull...
#deepseamining
Pulled From the Deep: Scientists Found a ‘Lost’ Deep-Sea Mining Site off the SC Coast. What Secrets Does It Hold?
Foul weather rained down as Chris Garside looked out across Charleston Harbor’s choppy waters. The British oceanographer needed to get offshore, quickly. A local fisherman stood ready to ferry him...
pulitzercenter.org
April 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We tried deep-sea mining in U.S. waters already -- back in 1970 -- off the South Carolina coast.
Scientists returned to the undersea site in 2023 to see what it looked liked now. One told me: "It's like they were there yesterday."
My story: pulitzercenter.org/stories/pull...
#deepseamining
Scientists returned to the undersea site in 2023 to see what it looked liked now. One told me: "It's like they were there yesterday."
My story: pulitzercenter.org/stories/pull...
#deepseamining
Love to see a meeb shoutout, and it's a very fun read. I miss culturing Acanthamoeba - doubt they miss me though, given I cultured Simkania negevensis in THEM the second they got confluent🫠
@amoebadiscovery.bsky.social made an iteresting interview with me about #heliozoa and #centrohelids - I think these organisms are really important, understudied and gorgeous 😍 Also lots other intresting reading and beatiful pictures! #protistsonsky link: tinyurl.com/adiscovery1
April 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Love to see a meeb shoutout, and it's a very fun read. I miss culturing Acanthamoeba - doubt they miss me though, given I cultured Simkania negevensis in THEM the second they got confluent🫠
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In collaboration with Andrew Lang and Alison Buchan, we just published a review on the complex and sometimes convoluted interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements.
#phage #plasmid #evolution #bacteria #plasmidbiology #MGE
In collaboration with Andrew Lang and Alison Buchan, we just published a review on the complex and sometimes convoluted interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements.
#phage #plasmid #evolution #bacteria #plasmidbiology #MGE
Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Lang and colleagues present an overview of the current knowledge landscape regarding mobile genetic elements in bacteria, with a focus on their evolutionary relationships and interacti...
www.nature.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In collaboration with Andrew Lang and Alison Buchan, we just published a review on the complex and sometimes convoluted interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements.
#phage #plasmid #evolution #bacteria #plasmidbiology #MGE
In collaboration with Andrew Lang and Alison Buchan, we just published a review on the complex and sometimes convoluted interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements.
#phage #plasmid #evolution #bacteria #plasmidbiology #MGE
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Important research investigating politics and misinformation: used 32M tweets from politicians in 26 countries, spanning 6 years and several election periods. Radical-right populism was the STRONGEST determinant of those who spread misinformation.
When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries - Petter Törnberg, Juliana Chueri, 2025
The spread of misinformation has emerged as a global concern. Academic attention has recently shifted to emphasize the role of political elites as drivers of mi...
journals.sagepub.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Important research investigating politics and misinformation: used 32M tweets from politicians in 26 countries, spanning 6 years and several election periods. Radical-right populism was the STRONGEST determinant of those who spread misinformation.
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Total NIH funding cuts by state. This can be helpful when talking to your representatives
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Funding cuts by state
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February 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Total NIH funding cuts by state. This can be helpful when talking to your representatives
www.datawrapper.de/_/Y0Pnk/
www.datawrapper.de/_/Y0Pnk/
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Happy Black History Month!
February 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Happy Black History Month!
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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“The water samples were taken between June 2021 and October 2022, according to the FDA.” This is today’s FDA… and it’s going to get worse.
Tom's of Maine toothpaste made with bacteria-contaminated water, says FDA
The FDA warned consumers that Tom's Simply White Clean Mint toothpaste contained a bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can cause blood and lung infections.
abcnews.go.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:39 PM
“The water samples were taken between June 2021 and October 2022, according to the FDA.” This is today’s FDA… and it’s going to get worse.