Got some great news today! We received funding from the UC ShipFunds program to conduct a research expedition next spring in the California Current Ecosystem examining the microbial and metabolic succession on particles as they sink out of the euphotic zone! #POP:ART

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

I came up on a surprisingly relevant line in Cervantes's Don Quixote today. "For the possessor of wealth is not made happy by possessing it, but by spending it. And not by spending it at he pleases but knowing how to spend it well." Seems some morals still need to be taught, even after 400 years

If you need some talking points to share with your elected officials, I wrote some here and got dozens of scientific professional societies to sign on

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Today @ucsandiego.bsky.social stood up and said academic freedom, fact-based governance, a diversity of thought and voice are cornerstones of our society. Today we stood up for science! #standupforscience2025

ASM encourages our members to advocate for their research and for the microbial sciences. On Friday, March 7, there will be a rally to #standupforscience2025 in Washington, D.C. and more than 30 other locations nationwide. For information and updates, visit: standupforscience2025.org?trk=feed-det...

Consider reading and (if you agree) signing this open letter to Congress requesting that they prevent the unlawful freezing of federal grants!

I'm stoked to share our work examining the molecular weight distribution of marine HMWDOM! #DissolvedOrganicMatter #NMR
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