Clare T 🏳️🌈
@claret-micro.bsky.social
Professor of Microbiology and Inclusive Practice. Editor-in-Chief #FEMSMicrobiolLett. Passionate advocate for equity, equality, diversity, and inclusion. Also likes cycling, cheese and my cat.
Fellow microbiologists - your voice definitely matters so please do fill out this important survey! 🦠
Help shape the future of microbiology in Europe. FEMS is conducting a survey to better understand the needs of microbiologists.
Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe.
Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX
Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe.
Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX
October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Fellow microbiologists - your voice definitely matters so please do fill out this important survey! 🦠
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🔬 Explore new career opportunities in microbiology! 🌱🧫
~ Professor: Join KU Leuven to focus on microbes in the food chain.
~ PhD: Join the "Laboratory of Plant-Microbe-Environment Interactions."
~ PhD: Fish microbiomes & health
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/vicIBQA
~ Professor: Join KU Leuven to focus on microbes in the food chain.
~ PhD: Join the "Laboratory of Plant-Microbe-Environment Interactions."
~ PhD: Fish microbiomes & health
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/vicIBQA
September 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🔬 Explore new career opportunities in microbiology! 🌱🧫
~ Professor: Join KU Leuven to focus on microbes in the food chain.
~ PhD: Join the "Laboratory of Plant-Microbe-Environment Interactions."
~ PhD: Fish microbiomes & health
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/vicIBQA
~ Professor: Join KU Leuven to focus on microbes in the food chain.
~ PhD: Join the "Laboratory of Plant-Microbe-Environment Interactions."
~ PhD: Fish microbiomes & health
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/vicIBQA
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Assistant Prof post in bacterial genomics @unibirmingham.bsky.social Come and join us!!
@imibirmingham.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
@imibirmingham.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Assistant Prof post in bacterial genomics @unibirmingham.bsky.social Come and join us!!
@imibirmingham.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
@imibirmingham.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Well, this is interesting, and I am the total opposite of the author! How about you #MicroSky?! www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
Microbiologist reveals how she avoids salmonella by never eating these foods
Picnic food and bagged salads are off the menu
www.independent.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Well, this is interesting, and I am the total opposite of the author! How about you #MicroSky?! www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...
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#FEMS2025 kicks off in just 2 days 🚀✨
Now is the perfect time to explore the FEMS MICRO app and start building your personalised onsite agenda 📅✅
Flag your favourite sessions ⭐️, identify must-see speakers 🎤, and plan your day 🗺️ to make the most of every moment ⏳
buff.ly/nN0DaPL
Now is the perfect time to explore the FEMS MICRO app and start building your personalised onsite agenda 📅✅
Flag your favourite sessions ⭐️, identify must-see speakers 🎤, and plan your day 🗺️ to make the most of every moment ⏳
buff.ly/nN0DaPL
July 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
#FEMS2025 kicks off in just 2 days 🚀✨
Now is the perfect time to explore the FEMS MICRO app and start building your personalised onsite agenda 📅✅
Flag your favourite sessions ⭐️, identify must-see speakers 🎤, and plan your day 🗺️ to make the most of every moment ⏳
buff.ly/nN0DaPL
Now is the perfect time to explore the FEMS MICRO app and start building your personalised onsite agenda 📅✅
Flag your favourite sessions ⭐️, identify must-see speakers 🎤, and plan your day 🗺️ to make the most of every moment ⏳
buff.ly/nN0DaPL
We are looking forward to good discussions and forming positive actions together!
FEMS MICRO is not just about science; it is about supporting those who drive it.
Don’t miss the session "Creating a Culture of Inclusion" with Clare Taylor and Beatrix Fahnert , which was designed to address the DEI hurdles microbiologists face today.
Register: buff.ly/6f7yHDV
Don’t miss the session "Creating a Culture of Inclusion" with Clare Taylor and Beatrix Fahnert , which was designed to address the DEI hurdles microbiologists face today.
Register: buff.ly/6f7yHDV
June 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We are looking forward to good discussions and forming positive actions together!
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
April 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
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Postdocs! Level up your research at FEMS Summer School 2025 📣
🗓️ Dates: 2-10 September 2025
📍 Location: Metropol Resort Hotel Ohrid, North Macedonia
🔬 Focus: Harnessing microbial solutions in environmental research and One Health.
Apply by 18 April 2025, 23:59 CET buff.ly/zLA2RQg
🗓️ Dates: 2-10 September 2025
📍 Location: Metropol Resort Hotel Ohrid, North Macedonia
🔬 Focus: Harnessing microbial solutions in environmental research and One Health.
Apply by 18 April 2025, 23:59 CET buff.ly/zLA2RQg
April 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Postdocs! Level up your research at FEMS Summer School 2025 📣
🗓️ Dates: 2-10 September 2025
📍 Location: Metropol Resort Hotel Ohrid, North Macedonia
🔬 Focus: Harnessing microbial solutions in environmental research and One Health.
Apply by 18 April 2025, 23:59 CET buff.ly/zLA2RQg
🗓️ Dates: 2-10 September 2025
📍 Location: Metropol Resort Hotel Ohrid, North Macedonia
🔬 Focus: Harnessing microbial solutions in environmental research and One Health.
Apply by 18 April 2025, 23:59 CET buff.ly/zLA2RQg
Reposted by Clare T 🏳️🌈
Scientists are all around you!
36.8 million workers make up the STEM workforce (24% of the total civilian workforce in the US) in 2021. More than half don't have a Bachelor's degree.
YET 72% of the US can't name a living scientist!
Peeps, share your science!!
ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb2024...
36.8 million workers make up the STEM workforce (24% of the total civilian workforce in the US) in 2021. More than half don't have a Bachelor's degree.
YET 72% of the US can't name a living scientist!
Peeps, share your science!!
ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb2024...
The STEM Labor Force: Scientists, Engineers, and Skilled Technical Workers | NSF - National Science Foundation
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers make important contributions to improve the nation's living standards, economic growth, and global competitiveness. This report touches...
ncses.nsf.gov
March 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Scientists are all around you!
36.8 million workers make up the STEM workforce (24% of the total civilian workforce in the US) in 2021. More than half don't have a Bachelor's degree.
YET 72% of the US can't name a living scientist!
Peeps, share your science!!
ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb2024...
36.8 million workers make up the STEM workforce (24% of the total civilian workforce in the US) in 2021. More than half don't have a Bachelor's degree.
YET 72% of the US can't name a living scientist!
Peeps, share your science!!
ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb2024...
About to jump on our LGBTQ Zwifters Trans Day of Visibility @gozwift.bsky.social club ride to celebrate and support our wonderful trans community. We see you every day my friends.
March 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
About to jump on our LGBTQ Zwifters Trans Day of Visibility @gozwift.bsky.social club ride to celebrate and support our wonderful trans community. We see you every day my friends.
A "spate" of findings. Interesting interpretation!
A spate of research findings offer fresh evidence to the debate about whether peer reviewers should be paid for their time and expertise — a fraught topic that has provoked discussion among researchers
https://go.nature.com/3QVhFc6
https://go.nature.com/3QVhFc6
Publishers trial paying peer reviewers — what did they find?
Two journals embarked on efforts to compensate reviewers, with different results.
go.nature.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A "spate" of findings. Interesting interpretation!
Reposted by Clare T 🏳️🌈
Applications are now open for the FEMS Summer School for Postdocs 2025!
Thank you so much for the invitation, Tillmann and Joana. I'm really happy to be part of this great event! I can't wait to be there and mentor our fantastic ECRs.
#FEMS_SSPD_2025 #Mentorship #ECRs @femsmicro.bsky.social
Thank you so much for the invitation, Tillmann and Joana. I'm really happy to be part of this great event! I can't wait to be there and mentor our fantastic ECRs.
#FEMS_SSPD_2025 #Mentorship #ECRs @femsmicro.bsky.social
Microbiology Postdocs from all over Europe and the Globe!
🦠😎👍
Application for the FEMS SSPD 2025 “Harnessing microbial solutions in environmental research and One Health” is now open 👇
2 – 10 Sept 2025 on Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia
Co-Directors: Joana Falcao Salles and @luederslab.bsky.social
🦠😎👍
Application for the FEMS SSPD 2025 “Harnessing microbial solutions in environmental research and One Health” is now open 👇
2 – 10 Sept 2025 on Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia
Co-Directors: Joana Falcao Salles and @luederslab.bsky.social
FEMS Summer School for Postdocs 2025 - FEMS
Menu: Introduction – Applications – Programme This has been the most valuable and enjoyable scientific event I’ve attended so far. The atmosphere was incredible, with inspiring co-directors and mentor...
fems-microbiology.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Applications are now open for the FEMS Summer School for Postdocs 2025!
Thank you so much for the invitation, Tillmann and Joana. I'm really happy to be part of this great event! I can't wait to be there and mentor our fantastic ECRs.
#FEMS_SSPD_2025 #Mentorship #ECRs @femsmicro.bsky.social
Thank you so much for the invitation, Tillmann and Joana. I'm really happy to be part of this great event! I can't wait to be there and mentor our fantastic ECRs.
#FEMS_SSPD_2025 #Mentorship #ECRs @femsmicro.bsky.social
Wow, although not surprising.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Wow, although not surprising.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Good news #MicroSky! #FEMS2025 early bird registration is now open!
#Microbiology #Research #Science #MagnifyingMicrobialImpact #EcoInnovations #HealthHorizons #Biotechnology #EngagementandGrowth
#Microbiology #Research #Science #MagnifyingMicrobialImpact #EcoInnovations #HealthHorizons #Biotechnology #EngagementandGrowth
Early Bird Registration is now open! Join us in Milan for 4 days of research, discussions, and unparalleled networking opportunities. #FEMS2025
⚠️Please note: If you have submitted an abstract, we advise waiting for your notification before registering. buff.ly/NHDnYcP
⚠️Please note: If you have submitted an abstract, we advise waiting for your notification before registering. buff.ly/NHDnYcP
March 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Good news #MicroSky! #FEMS2025 early bird registration is now open!
#Microbiology #Research #Science #MagnifyingMicrobialImpact #EcoInnovations #HealthHorizons #Biotechnology #EngagementandGrowth
#Microbiology #Research #Science #MagnifyingMicrobialImpact #EcoInnovations #HealthHorizons #Biotechnology #EngagementandGrowth
Reposted by Clare T 🏳️🌈
#Phd alert! Want to do interdisciplinary research into #superbugs and their armour? We got the PhD for you in #Salgadolab @newcastleuni.bsky.social, co-supervisors Peter Chivers @durham-university.bsky.social & Agnieszka Bronowska (NUChemistry)! shorturl.at/agD5h
2 weeks left to apply! #MicroSky
2 weeks left to apply! #MicroSky
March 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
#Phd alert! Want to do interdisciplinary research into #superbugs and their armour? We got the PhD for you in #Salgadolab @newcastleuni.bsky.social, co-supervisors Peter Chivers @durham-university.bsky.social & Agnieszka Bronowska (NUChemistry)! shorturl.at/agD5h
2 weeks left to apply! #MicroSky
2 weeks left to apply! #MicroSky
Reposted by Clare T 🏳️🌈
Hear from our new Editor-in-Chief of #FEMSMicrobiolLett, Dr Clare Taylor, in our latest #MicrobesAndUs podcast episode:
buff.ly/xy1ghaD
On #IWD2025, we are excited to learn from her the vision being formed for the future of the journal.
#AccelerateAction #WomenInScience
buff.ly/xy1ghaD
On #IWD2025, we are excited to learn from her the vision being formed for the future of the journal.
#AccelerateAction #WomenInScience
March 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Hear from our new Editor-in-Chief of #FEMSMicrobiolLett, Dr Clare Taylor, in our latest #MicrobesAndUs podcast episode:
buff.ly/xy1ghaD
On #IWD2025, we are excited to learn from her the vision being formed for the future of the journal.
#AccelerateAction #WomenInScience
buff.ly/xy1ghaD
On #IWD2025, we are excited to learn from her the vision being formed for the future of the journal.
#AccelerateAction #WomenInScience
This is amazing! Witches tartan - created to memorialise those who suffered as a result of The Witchcraft Act 1563 to 1736 in Scotland. I look forward to replacing all my clothes with this!
www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetail...
www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetail...
Tartan Details - The Scottish Register of Tartans
The Scottish Register of Tartans is an online database of tartan designs, established by the Scottish Register of Tartans Act 2008 and administered by the National Records of Scotland.
www.tartanregister.gov.uk
March 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This is amazing! Witches tartan - created to memorialise those who suffered as a result of The Witchcraft Act 1563 to 1736 in Scotland. I look forward to replacing all my clothes with this!
www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetail...
www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetail...
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My editorial simultaneously published in all of @asm.org's journals addresses the ongoing effort by the administration to halt efforts to diversify science. It should be obvious from ASM Journals' efforts over the years, but we aren't fans journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
A call for healing and unity | mBio
Executive orders signed since 20 January 2025 aim to end programs intended to diversify the scientific workforce via equitable and inclusive practices and processes; cut federal funding for research and innovation; and stifle scientific communications. They represent a stunning reversal of policies that have been the bedrock of the U.S. scientific research enterprise and its leadership in the world, and therefore not surprisingly they have been met with a number of legal challenges. Some of the executive orders have been blocked by temporary restraining orders, and others are pending judicial review.
journals.asm.org
February 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My editorial simultaneously published in all of @asm.org's journals addresses the ongoing effort by the administration to halt efforts to diversify science. It should be obvious from ASM Journals' efforts over the years, but we aren't fans journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Caturday be like...
February 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Caturday be like...
Reposted by Clare T 🏳️🌈
Erasing our history won't erase us.
Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.
Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights. Later, the Q+ also disappeared.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Erasing our history won't erase us.
Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.
Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.
Reposted by Clare T 🏳️🌈
Ted Cruz released a spreadsheet of NSF grants found to be "questionable projects that promoted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda."
There are more planetary sci grants here then I expected. Are you here?
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
There are more planetary sci grants here then I expected. Are you here?
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database
www.commerce.senate.gov
February 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Ted Cruz released a spreadsheet of NSF grants found to be "questionable projects that promoted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda."
There are more planetary sci grants here then I expected. Are you here?
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
There are more planetary sci grants here then I expected. Are you here?
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
Reposted by Clare T 🏳️🌈
Latest blogpost on Musk/Royal Society debacle: deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seve... I look at the reasons that have been given for inaction, and find them wanting. @royalsociety.org
Seven reasons for keeping Elon Musk as a Fellow of the Royal Society
Last November, I wrote a blogpost explaining why I had resigned as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). In brief, over the summer a group ...
deevybee.blogspot.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Latest blogpost on Musk/Royal Society debacle: deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seve... I look at the reasons that have been given for inaction, and find them wanting. @royalsociety.org
I had the good fortune of being on a panel with Andrew for @voiceofyoungsci.bsky.social back in November, and we talked about the importance of integrity and being true to yourself. This is how to role model that. 👏🏻
I have resigned my Fellowship of the #RoyalSociety due to their Council's inability to act proportionately on #ElonMusk.
See fediscience.org/@A_J_Millar/...
See fediscience.org/@A_J_Millar/...
Andrew Millar (@A_J_Millar@fediscience.org)
Attached: 1 image · Content warning: #ElonMusk #RoyalSociety
fediscience.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I had the good fortune of being on a panel with Andrew for @voiceofyoungsci.bsky.social back in November, and we talked about the importance of integrity and being true to yourself. This is how to role model that. 👏🏻
