Corrie Detweiler
@csdetweiler.bsky.social
Microbiologist researching anti-infectives, Prof at University of Colorado, Editor in Chief of #MMBR (Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews), an American Society of Microbiology (ASM; @asm.org).
Thoughtful questions.
We microbiologists ARE ASM.
@asm.org
@vscooper.micropopbio.org
@microgem.bsky.social
@gilbertjacka.bsky.social
@romneyintn.bsky.social
@abaumler.bsky.social
@blugenes.bsky.social
@chicascientifica.bsky.social
@ssclabquips.bsky.social
@goodrumviruslab.bsky.social
We microbiologists ARE ASM.
@asm.org
@vscooper.micropopbio.org
@microgem.bsky.social
@gilbertjacka.bsky.social
@romneyintn.bsky.social
@abaumler.bsky.social
@blugenes.bsky.social
@chicascientifica.bsky.social
@ssclabquips.bsky.social
@goodrumviruslab.bsky.social
I've grown increasingly upset about ASM's actions and the way this situation may have unfolded. Whose idea was this? Was there a meeting with ASM leadership and they flagged webpages to be taken down? Did they vote on this? Was this done unilaterally by a single person?
#MicroSky
#MicroSky
ASM has begun to respond: asm.org/Press-Releas...
We need to continue constructively criticizing but also supporting ASM and all other science-based institutions.
We need to continue constructively criticizing but also supporting ASM and all other science-based institutions.
February 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thoughtful questions.
We microbiologists ARE ASM.
@asm.org
@vscooper.micropopbio.org
@microgem.bsky.social
@gilbertjacka.bsky.social
@romneyintn.bsky.social
@abaumler.bsky.social
@blugenes.bsky.social
@chicascientifica.bsky.social
@ssclabquips.bsky.social
@goodrumviruslab.bsky.social
We microbiologists ARE ASM.
@asm.org
@vscooper.micropopbio.org
@microgem.bsky.social
@gilbertjacka.bsky.social
@romneyintn.bsky.social
@abaumler.bsky.social
@blugenes.bsky.social
@chicascientifica.bsky.social
@ssclabquips.bsky.social
@goodrumviruslab.bsky.social
ASM has begun to respond: asm.org/Press-Releas...
We need to continue constructively criticizing but also supporting ASM and all other science-based institutions.
We need to continue constructively criticizing but also supporting ASM and all other science-based institutions.
February 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
ASM has begun to respond: asm.org/Press-Releas...
We need to continue constructively criticizing but also supporting ASM and all other science-based institutions.
We need to continue constructively criticizing but also supporting ASM and all other science-based institutions.
Reposted by Corrie Detweiler
If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you
Reposted by Corrie Detweiler
Thank you, Vaughn.
The importance of leadership at ASM grows by the minute.
We are lucky to have Michele Swanson as our current President, Alex McAdam @amcadamclinmicro.bsky.social
as President Elect, and you on board for July 2026.
@asm.org
The importance of leadership at ASM grows by the minute.
We are lucky to have Michele Swanson as our current President, Alex McAdam @amcadamclinmicro.bsky.social
as President Elect, and you on board for July 2026.
@asm.org
I'm incredibly honored by this opportunity to serve as President-Elect of @asm.org starting this summer. Looking forward to working with the Board, ASM leadership ,and staff to help advance the microbial sciences. I'm also glad to share my Vision statement, please join us!
asm.org/Press-Releas...
asm.org/Press-Releas...
January 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Thank you, Vaughn.
The importance of leadership at ASM grows by the minute.
We are lucky to have Michele Swanson as our current President, Alex McAdam @amcadamclinmicro.bsky.social
as President Elect, and you on board for July 2026.
@asm.org
The importance of leadership at ASM grows by the minute.
We are lucky to have Michele Swanson as our current President, Alex McAdam @amcadamclinmicro.bsky.social
as President Elect, and you on board for July 2026.
@asm.org
Good to see the New York Times discussing the likelihood of polio, whooping cough and measles outbreaks.
January 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Good to see the New York Times discussing the likelihood of polio, whooping cough and measles outbreaks.
NPPB bound in the channel of TolC, below, prevents export of, among other things, the RtxA1 toxin, a virulence factor that rapidly kills host cells.
January 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
NPPB bound in the channel of TolC, below, prevents export of, among other things, the RtxA1 toxin, a virulence factor that rapidly kills host cells.
Holy Cow!
ASM is posting on BlueSky!
ASM is posting on BlueSky!
#MicrobiologyMonday: The "robustness" of enterococci is tied to biofilm formation. The ability to study the genetic underpinnings of biofilms formed by enterococci & other bacteria has grown, which improves understanding of their form & function. Learn more in #MMBR: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
January 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Holy Cow!
ASM is posting on BlueSky!
ASM is posting on BlueSky!
No "A" or "B" for effort, but a "C" for effort is ok.
A very interesting article - the Spring semester begins in a few weeks and I'm looking forward to getting started with a new batch of students. Maybe a brief comment is in order.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/o...
Opinion | No, You Don’t Get an A for Effort
High marks reward excellence, not grit.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 11:48 PM
No "A" or "B" for effort, but a "C" for effort is ok.
Gene expression from the pLS20 conjugative plasmid is controlled by a mechanosensing signal transduction pathway responsive to flagella rotation, a strategy that may allow dissemination of the plasmid to remote destinations and infiltration of new niches.
Flagellar rotation facilitates the transfer of a bacterial conjugative plasmid
@embojournal.bsky.social from Sigal Ben Yehuda
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
@embojournal.bsky.social from Sigal Ben Yehuda
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
December 4, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Gene expression from the pLS20 conjugative plasmid is controlled by a mechanosensing signal transduction pathway responsive to flagella rotation, a strategy that may allow dissemination of the plasmid to remote destinations and infiltration of new niches.
Aurodox is a Streptomyces metabolite (linear polyketide) that interferes with Gram-negative bacterial infections of host cells. Roe et al. show Aurodox could work by reducing transcription across phylogenetically distinct Type Three Secretion Systems in E. coli, Salmonella, Yersinia and Vibrio spp.
New paper from the group. Very proud to share our recent work for the first time here on Bluesky- give me 50 likes and it’s a permanent move!🤣.
doi.org/10.1098/rsob...
doi.org/10.1098/rsob...
December 1, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Aurodox is a Streptomyces metabolite (linear polyketide) that interferes with Gram-negative bacterial infections of host cells. Roe et al. show Aurodox could work by reducing transcription across phylogenetically distinct Type Three Secretion Systems in E. coli, Salmonella, Yersinia and Vibrio spp.
"Science is more of a vocation than a regular daytime job. The secret to surviving a PhD is proactively avoiding common problems and learning to enjoy what you are doing. Nothing in life is worth doing without passion, and a career in science is an exemplary case."
Not a new paper, but still helps (1/2)
PhD survival guide @embopress.org
#PhD #PhDlife #academics #scisky #medsky
PhD survival guide @embopress.org
#PhD #PhDlife #academics #scisky #medsky
November 30, 2024 at 3:10 PM
"Science is more of a vocation than a regular daytime job. The secret to surviving a PhD is proactively avoiding common problems and learning to enjoy what you are doing. Nothing in life is worth doing without passion, and a career in science is an exemplary case."
Reposted by Corrie Detweiler
A new and very important study on the global evolutionary patterns of Yersinia pestis and its spread into Africa
#MicroSky, #IDSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#MicroSky, #IDSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 29, 2024 at 6:46 AM
A new and very important study on the global evolutionary patterns of Yersinia pestis and its spread into Africa
#MicroSky, #IDSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#MicroSky, #IDSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Bacterial rRNA modification profiles are rapidly altered in an antibiotic-specific manner.
@evamarianovoa.bsky.social
@evamarianovoa.bsky.social
Impressive work from lab of
@evamarianovoa.bsky.social
Scalable and reproducible workflow of native RNA nanopore sequencing + NanoConsensus analysis finds significant rRNA modification changes in response to antibiotic stress—genuinely novel concept for AMR research
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@evamarianovoa.bsky.social
Scalable and reproducible workflow of native RNA nanopore sequencing + NanoConsensus analysis finds significant rRNA modification changes in response to antibiotic stress—genuinely novel concept for AMR research
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 30, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Bacterial rRNA modification profiles are rapidly altered in an antibiotic-specific manner.
@evamarianovoa.bsky.social
@evamarianovoa.bsky.social
The golden check = $1,000/month of our membership dues poorly spent.
@asm.org
@patschloss.bsky.social
@ASMSky
@asm.org
@patschloss.bsky.social
@ASMSky
November 29, 2024 at 7:08 PM
The golden check = $1,000/month of our membership dues poorly spent.
@asm.org
@patschloss.bsky.social
@ASMSky
@asm.org
@patschloss.bsky.social
@ASMSky
When will @asm.org will start posting?
Bluesky @bsky.app is probably the last chance for Scientists.
Post here to help the community survive!
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Post here to help the community survive!
@science.org @topscience.bsky.social @naturecomms.bsky.social @natureportfolio.bsky.social @scinews.bsky.social @natureelectron.bsky.social @natureenergy.bsky.social @science.org
November 29, 2024 at 3:34 PM
When will @asm.org will start posting?
Angry birds take flight and BlueSky emerges.
What are we thankful for today? For real, not sarcasm.
November 28, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Angry birds take flight and BlueSky emerges.
Reposted by Corrie Detweiler
I am taking care of our neighbor's cat for the holiday. Their door lock has been hard to open and wouldn't budge this morning. I remembered our mechanical engineer daughter's rules:
If it is moving and is not supposed to: Duct tape
If is supposed to move and isn't: WD40
Problem solved: Cat fed.
If it is moving and is not supposed to: Duct tape
If is supposed to move and isn't: WD40
Problem solved: Cat fed.
November 27, 2024 at 3:03 PM
I am taking care of our neighbor's cat for the holiday. Their door lock has been hard to open and wouldn't budge this morning. I remembered our mechanical engineer daughter's rules:
If it is moving and is not supposed to: Duct tape
If is supposed to move and isn't: WD40
Problem solved: Cat fed.
If it is moving and is not supposed to: Duct tape
If is supposed to move and isn't: WD40
Problem solved: Cat fed.
“When all of an indoor farm’s water systems are integrated, it makes it easy for a pathogen to spread and impossible to remove,” PitchBook agtech analyst Alex Frederick.
Phytophthora takes down an indoor farming company: pitchbook.com/news/article...
Wilted greens: How a leaf-eating pathogen, failed deals brought down Bowery Farming - PitchBook
A pathogen decimated crop yields at both of Bowery's farms, former employees said. They never fully recovered.
pitchbook.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:21 AM
“When all of an indoor farm’s water systems are integrated, it makes it easy for a pathogen to spread and impossible to remove,” PitchBook agtech analyst Alex Frederick.
November 24, 2024 at 10:08 PM
ASM @ASM.org Journal EICs active on BluSky:
#IAI @abaumler.bsky.social
#AEM @microgem.bsky.social
#mSystems @gilbertjacka.bsky.social
#MMBR @csdetweiler.bsky.social
#ASMSky
#IAI @abaumler.bsky.social
#AEM @microgem.bsky.social
#mSystems @gilbertjacka.bsky.social
#MMBR @csdetweiler.bsky.social
#ASMSky
@asm.org, will asmpress journals be joining as well?
November 24, 2024 at 1:33 AM
ASM @ASM.org Journal EICs active on BluSky:
#IAI @abaumler.bsky.social
#AEM @microgem.bsky.social
#mSystems @gilbertjacka.bsky.social
#MMBR @csdetweiler.bsky.social
#ASMSky
#IAI @abaumler.bsky.social
#AEM @microgem.bsky.social
#mSystems @gilbertjacka.bsky.social
#MMBR @csdetweiler.bsky.social
#ASMSky
Latest in MMBR, Kück and Pöggeler discuss STRIPAK studies in fungal systems, specifically, STRIPAK composition, assembly, cellular localization, and its regulatory role in autophagy and the morphology of fungal development. Hu STRIPAK contributes to tumor growth.
doi.org/10.1128/mmbr...
doi.org/10.1128/mmbr...
November 23, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Latest in MMBR, Kück and Pöggeler discuss STRIPAK studies in fungal systems, specifically, STRIPAK composition, assembly, cellular localization, and its regulatory role in autophagy and the morphology of fungal development. Hu STRIPAK contributes to tumor growth.
doi.org/10.1128/mmbr...
doi.org/10.1128/mmbr...
Reposted by Corrie Detweiler
I'll be sending out periodic reminders here that RFKs dietary practices led to him getting a brain worm.
November 19, 2024 at 9:31 PM
I'll be sending out periodic reminders here that RFKs dietary practices led to him getting a brain worm.
November 22, 2024 at 12:53 PM