Brianne Palmer
@briecology.bsky.social
Postdoc at Uni Bonn 🇩🇪 studying 🦠+🌿= fossil? | Previously PhD at SDSU and UCD studying biocrust 🦠+ 🔥= ☠️??
Cat mom | messy baker | hiker
Cat mom | messy baker | hiker
I am pleased to share a preprint of my work on the microbial communities inside the Cyanosphere of terrestrial Cyanobacteria. This has been a side project since 2020 and I’m happy to finally see it submitted.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I am pleased to share a preprint of my work on the microbial communities inside the Cyanosphere of terrestrial Cyanobacteria. This has been a side project since 2020 and I’m happy to finally see it submitted.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
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Reminder: the price of solar energy doesn't spike whenever there's a war somewhere.
June 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Reminder: the price of solar energy doesn't spike whenever there's a war somewhere.
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No words
May 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
No words
So disappointed to have left SDSU before @ologies.bsky.social came along but happy to hear two great professors featured in recent weeks (Hippos with Rebecca Lewison and Spiders with Marshal Hedin).
(Also now I know the parking situation has not improved since I left 3 years ago)
(Also now I know the parking situation has not improved since I left 3 years ago)
May 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So disappointed to have left SDSU before @ologies.bsky.social came along but happy to hear two great professors featured in recent weeks (Hippos with Rebecca Lewison and Spiders with Marshal Hedin).
(Also now I know the parking situation has not improved since I left 3 years ago)
(Also now I know the parking situation has not improved since I left 3 years ago)
If it takes 45 minutes to calm the baby for a nap, he should sleep for at least 45 minutes right??? Right!!???
He did not.
He did not.
May 15, 2025 at 8:41 AM
If it takes 45 minutes to calm the baby for a nap, he should sleep for at least 45 minutes right??? Right!!???
He did not.
He did not.
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Hey Bluesky!
In an effort to stay in Germany a bit longer, I’m applying for the Emmy Noether grant.
Does anyone have examples to share? Or any DFG grant examples?
In an effort to stay in Germany a bit longer, I’m applying for the Emmy Noether grant.
Does anyone have examples to share? Or any DFG grant examples?
April 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Hey Bluesky!
In an effort to stay in Germany a bit longer, I’m applying for the Emmy Noether grant.
Does anyone have examples to share? Or any DFG grant examples?
In an effort to stay in Germany a bit longer, I’m applying for the Emmy Noether grant.
Does anyone have examples to share? Or any DFG grant examples?
Hey Bluesky!
In an effort to stay in Germany a bit longer, I’m applying for the Emmy Noether grant.
Does anyone have examples to share? Or any DFG grant examples?
In an effort to stay in Germany a bit longer, I’m applying for the Emmy Noether grant.
Does anyone have examples to share? Or any DFG grant examples?
April 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Hey Bluesky!
In an effort to stay in Germany a bit longer, I’m applying for the Emmy Noether grant.
Does anyone have examples to share? Or any DFG grant examples?
In an effort to stay in Germany a bit longer, I’m applying for the Emmy Noether grant.
Does anyone have examples to share? Or any DFG grant examples?
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I've had several people comment to move to Europe instead. This rural Alaska town that is majority Native will likely have their clinic lab closed if the position isn't filled. This means a delay on getting test results as they would be sent to Anchorage, weather permitting. Plz delete those posts.
Are you a microbiologist looking to move to Alaska? There is an opening for a microbiologist in a clinical lab in Bethel. Only requires a BS. Please share with your networks, they really need to hire someone ASAP.
phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh01/ats/ca...
#AlaskaSky #Microjobs 🧪🦠🔬
phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh01/ats/ca...
#AlaskaSky #Microjobs 🧪🦠🔬
Hiring BS Microbiologist, Laboratory - Bethel
View job details and apply now
phh.tbe.taleo.net
March 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I've had several people comment to move to Europe instead. This rural Alaska town that is majority Native will likely have their clinic lab closed if the position isn't filled. This means a delay on getting test results as they would be sent to Anchorage, weather permitting. Plz delete those posts.
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Quick first read of results from the German elections for US followers: CDU/CSU come out on top, but it's still one of their weakest showings in postwar history. Somehow playing on the far right's turf seems to have (and I'd ask you to contain your shock) helped the far right!
February 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Quick first read of results from the German elections for US followers: CDU/CSU come out on top, but it's still one of their weakest showings in postwar history. Somehow playing on the far right's turf seems to have (and I'd ask you to contain your shock) helped the far right!
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There is a lot of misinformation going around about the mass firing of federal employees. If you were laid off, please share your story (anonymously) here: peopletrumpfired.com We aim to have thousands of stories, more than the media could hope to cover, publicly available in a neutral space.
People Trump Fired – A place for workers to speak.
peopletrumpfired.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There is a lot of misinformation going around about the mass firing of federal employees. If you were laid off, please share your story (anonymously) here: peopletrumpfired.com We aim to have thousands of stories, more than the media could hope to cover, publicly available in a neutral space.
I was able to see this during the year I lived in Davis. If you’re in the area, it’s worth the trip.
February 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I was able to see this during the year I lived in Davis. If you’re in the area, it’s worth the trip.
Feed cleanser!
There’s a lot of bad news on here but I’m happy to announce that the product I’ve been incubating for 40 weeks is ready for his next stage.
There’s a lot of bad news on here but I’m happy to announce that the product I’ve been incubating for 40 weeks is ready for his next stage.
February 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Feed cleanser!
There’s a lot of bad news on here but I’m happy to announce that the product I’ve been incubating for 40 weeks is ready for his next stage.
There’s a lot of bad news on here but I’m happy to announce that the product I’ve been incubating for 40 weeks is ready for his next stage.
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Calling all students & early career members of the @botsocamerica.bsky.social and ASPT! Apply for the public policy award to travel to D.C. to receive science communication & advocate for federal support of scientific research! botany.org/home/awards/...
BSA Public Policy Award
leading scientists and educators since 1893
botany.org
February 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Calling all students & early career members of the @botsocamerica.bsky.social and ASPT! Apply for the public policy award to travel to D.C. to receive science communication & advocate for federal support of scientific research! botany.org/home/awards/...
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“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
www.statnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
This thread is so important. We don’t talk about miscarriages enough or about how medical systems deal with them even though they happen with a quarter of pregnancies. Even though I’m about to give birth, I still think about my miscarriage daily.
I’m a big fan of sharing experiences so others feel less alone. TW: pregnancy loss.
I had a missed miscarriage 2 months ago. I was 10 weeks pregnant. I’d just seen feral heart activity 2 weeks prior, so the news that the fetal heart had stopped was a surprise, because I wasn’t bleeding. 1/n
I had a missed miscarriage 2 months ago. I was 10 weeks pregnant. I’d just seen feral heart activity 2 weeks prior, so the news that the fetal heart had stopped was a surprise, because I wasn’t bleeding. 1/n
January 31, 2025 at 6:35 AM
This thread is so important. We don’t talk about miscarriages enough or about how medical systems deal with them even though they happen with a quarter of pregnancies. Even though I’m about to give birth, I still think about my miscarriage daily.
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To update people on the NSF PRFB situation: despite the court challenge and rescinding the original memo, the NSF has continued to comply with the executive order. They have not communicated with us at all and our paychecks are still canceled indefinitely. I know people who cannot pay their rent.
January 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
To update people on the NSF PRFB situation: despite the court challenge and rescinding the original memo, the NSF has continued to comply with the executive order. They have not communicated with us at all and our paychecks are still canceled indefinitely. I know people who cannot pay their rent.
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My occasional reminder to folks on tenure and promotion committees that there will be a cohort of people whose early careers were defined entirely by the pandemic and *waves vaguely* this nonsense, and it *will* impact their productivity.
It can't not.
It can't not.
January 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
My occasional reminder to folks on tenure and promotion committees that there will be a cohort of people whose early careers were defined entirely by the pandemic and *waves vaguely* this nonsense, and it *will* impact their productivity.
It can't not.
It can't not.
Next week is *still* January
With all the insane news and “unprecedented” events this month plus being 9 months pregnant, this has been the longest month.
With all the insane news and “unprecedented” events this month plus being 9 months pregnant, this has been the longest month.
January 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Next week is *still* January
With all the insane news and “unprecedented” events this month plus being 9 months pregnant, this has been the longest month.
With all the insane news and “unprecedented” events this month plus being 9 months pregnant, this has been the longest month.
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Microbial methods matter: Identifying discrepancies between #microbiome denoising pipelines using a leaf #biofilm taphonomic dataset
New in #AppsPlantSci by @briecology.bsky.social, Karacic, Bierbaum & Gee
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #bioinformatics #taphonomy
New in #AppsPlantSci by @briecology.bsky.social, Karacic, Bierbaum & Gee
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #bioinformatics #taphonomy
January 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Microbial methods matter: Identifying discrepancies between #microbiome denoising pipelines using a leaf #biofilm taphonomic dataset
New in #AppsPlantSci by @briecology.bsky.social, Karacic, Bierbaum & Gee
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #bioinformatics #taphonomy
New in #AppsPlantSci by @briecology.bsky.social, Karacic, Bierbaum & Gee
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #bioinformatics #taphonomy
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Seeing my biggest platform destroyed, then watching many younger women in SciComm have *their* biggest platforms destroyed is weighing on me. I’ve rebuilt here. I know they can rebuild too. Having our delicate careers subject to billionaire whims has me wishing for a stability I don’t think exists.
January 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Seeing my biggest platform destroyed, then watching many younger women in SciComm have *their* biggest platforms destroyed is weighing on me. I’ve rebuilt here. I know they can rebuild too. Having our delicate careers subject to billionaire whims has me wishing for a stability I don’t think exists.
Just a heads-up for American TikTok users living abroad:
I also lost access and had to make a new account from Germany. It must know I made my original account while I was living in the US.
I also lost access and had to make a new account from Germany. It must know I made my original account while I was living in the US.
January 19, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Just a heads-up for American TikTok users living abroad:
I also lost access and had to make a new account from Germany. It must know I made my original account while I was living in the US.
I also lost access and had to make a new account from Germany. It must know I made my original account while I was living in the US.
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