Justine Debelius
@jwoodelius.bsky.social
Looking for stories in words and data and occasionally poop. Human gut microbiomes and weirdness.
The typos and opinions are my own and not that of my employer.
She/Her.
Current: JHU. Past: KI, UCSD, CU Boulder
The typos and opinions are my own and not that of my employer.
She/Her.
Current: JHU. Past: KI, UCSD, CU Boulder
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Justine Debelius
@jwoodelius.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Hi Friends (new and old)! I'm Justine, Im a reseracher with Johns Hopkins. I use comp. methods to study the human microbiome; 👶 ➡️🧑🦳. I like big data sets and finding limits on methods. I mostly use QIIME 2 and 🐍.
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Remembering the time I could see the aurora from my front porch in Tacoma.
July 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Remembering the time I could see the aurora from my front porch in Tacoma.
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Kenny Ortega did not make these choices *accidentally*. And so, this book is a love letter to Newsies and all its fans, but it is also a book that grapples with all of those complexities and all of the problems and questions of representation that come with them. 13/16
July 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Kenny Ortega did not make these choices *accidentally*. And so, this book is a love letter to Newsies and all its fans, but it is also a book that grapples with all of those complexities and all of the problems and questions of representation that come with them. 13/16
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The world is terrible in so many ways right now, and I am trying to stay focused on what I can control and what brings me joy. While I have promoted the #Newsies book on here, it occurs to me that I haven't really talked about why I love this film and show, and there are so many reasons! 🧵 1/16
July 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The world is terrible in so many ways right now, and I am trying to stay focused on what I can control and what brings me joy. While I have promoted the #Newsies book on here, it occurs to me that I haven't really talked about why I love this film and show, and there are so many reasons! 🧵 1/16
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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As a quick reminder for #DisabilityPrideMonth, double spacing is an accessibility issue.
Reasonable margins are an accessibility issue.
Your dyslexic friends want to read your manuscripts, proposals, ads, proofs, and documentation. Please make it easy by adding white space
Reasonable margins are an accessibility issue.
Your dyslexic friends want to read your manuscripts, proposals, ads, proofs, and documentation. Please make it easy by adding white space
July 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
As a quick reminder for #DisabilityPrideMonth, double spacing is an accessibility issue.
Reasonable margins are an accessibility issue.
Your dyslexic friends want to read your manuscripts, proposals, ads, proofs, and documentation. Please make it easy by adding white space
Reasonable margins are an accessibility issue.
Your dyslexic friends want to read your manuscripts, proposals, ads, proofs, and documentation. Please make it easy by adding white space
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Important update to understanding of the systems around us FOR IDAHOANS.
These are Idaho-specific LAWS. This is very important information for specific people, ONES IN IDAHO.
If that's you: the bathroom restrictions and speech and campus protest restrictions may apply! Stay informed, Idaho!
These are Idaho-specific LAWS. This is very important information for specific people, ONES IN IDAHO.
If that's you: the bathroom restrictions and speech and campus protest restrictions may apply! Stay informed, Idaho!
Several new laws went into effect on July 1. We break down your rights under these new laws in the fact sheets below.
HB 264: www.acluidaho.org/en/anti-tran...
HB 41: www.acluidaho.org/en/flag-cens...
SB 1198: www.acluidaho.org/en/idahos-ne...
HB 240: www.acluidaho.org/en/campus-sp...
HB 264: www.acluidaho.org/en/anti-tran...
HB 41: www.acluidaho.org/en/flag-cens...
SB 1198: www.acluidaho.org/en/idahos-ne...
HB 240: www.acluidaho.org/en/campus-sp...
July 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Important update to understanding of the systems around us FOR IDAHOANS.
These are Idaho-specific LAWS. This is very important information for specific people, ONES IN IDAHO.
If that's you: the bathroom restrictions and speech and campus protest restrictions may apply! Stay informed, Idaho!
These are Idaho-specific LAWS. This is very important information for specific people, ONES IN IDAHO.
If that's you: the bathroom restrictions and speech and campus protest restrictions may apply! Stay informed, Idaho!
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It bears repeating that the new paper showing that the U.S. has significantly higher rates of pediatric deaths than similar countries demonstrates that these deaths are primarily caused by:
Firearms
Motor vehicle crashes
Substance use
Homicide
And are driven by:
Economic and racial disparity
Firearms
Motor vehicle crashes
Substance use
Homicide
And are driven by:
Economic and racial disparity
Trends in US Children’s Mortality, Chronic Conditions, Obesity, Functional Status, and Symptoms
This study aims to determine how US children’s health has been changing from 2007 to 2023 using multiple data collection methods and a comprehensive set of health indicators.
jamanetwork.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It bears repeating that the new paper showing that the U.S. has significantly higher rates of pediatric deaths than similar countries demonstrates that these deaths are primarily caused by:
Firearms
Motor vehicle crashes
Substance use
Homicide
And are driven by:
Economic and racial disparity
Firearms
Motor vehicle crashes
Substance use
Homicide
And are driven by:
Economic and racial disparity
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A Lost Generation of Researchers: Cuts to the nation’s science funding are forcing future scholars to delay graduate study, continue it abroad, or forgo it entirely. @mzahneis.bsky.social reports www.chronicle.com/article/a-lo...
How Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Are Derailing Young Scholars’ Careers
Budding academics are delaying their graduate studies, continuing them abroad, or forgoing them entirely.
www.chronicle.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A Lost Generation of Researchers: Cuts to the nation’s science funding are forcing future scholars to delay graduate study, continue it abroad, or forgo it entirely. @mzahneis.bsky.social reports www.chronicle.com/article/a-lo...
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I am extremely pro vaccine. (It is horrible that I have to say this, but welcome to our reality).
Vaccines are responsible for a substantial portion of our greatly reduced child mortality.
But don't forget about sanitation. Clean water is also a huge freaking deal.
Vaccines are responsible for a substantial portion of our greatly reduced child mortality.
But don't forget about sanitation. Clean water is also a huge freaking deal.
July 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I am extremely pro vaccine. (It is horrible that I have to say this, but welcome to our reality).
Vaccines are responsible for a substantial portion of our greatly reduced child mortality.
But don't forget about sanitation. Clean water is also a huge freaking deal.
Vaccines are responsible for a substantial portion of our greatly reduced child mortality.
But don't forget about sanitation. Clean water is also a huge freaking deal.
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Very excited to have this work out by @jeromics.bsky.social ! Please check it out.
I think my favorite story from the supplement is how impactful normalization can be in this context.
bsky.app/profile/jero...
I think my favorite story from the supplement is how impactful normalization can be in this context.
bsky.app/profile/jero...
July 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Very excited to have this work out by @jeromics.bsky.social ! Please check it out.
I think my favorite story from the supplement is how impactful normalization can be in this context.
bsky.app/profile/jero...
I think my favorite story from the supplement is how impactful normalization can be in this context.
bsky.app/profile/jero...
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For ESIs dealing with grants being rescinded: if an investigator’s 1st substantial independent research award is terminated within the first 3 years of the project period (not due to scientific misconduct ) they can request the reinstatement of ESI status
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
July 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
For ESIs dealing with grants being rescinded: if an investigator’s 1st substantial independent research award is terminated within the first 3 years of the project period (not due to scientific misconduct ) they can request the reinstatement of ESI status
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
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If you are in these districts or know anyone who might be, call these reps. Tell them to vote NO on a bill that will:
* Deny insurance to millions
* Cause thousands of preventable deaths
* Reinforce and expand the fascist regime of deportation and camps
* Deny insurance to millions
* Cause thousands of preventable deaths
* Reinforce and expand the fascist regime of deportation and camps
July 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you are in these districts or know anyone who might be, call these reps. Tell them to vote NO on a bill that will:
* Deny insurance to millions
* Cause thousands of preventable deaths
* Reinforce and expand the fascist regime of deportation and camps
* Deny insurance to millions
* Cause thousands of preventable deaths
* Reinforce and expand the fascist regime of deportation and camps
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🧪 RFK Jr.'s HHS, citing "junk science" and cost, has canceled federal agencies' subscriptions to Springer Nature journals. This impacts scientists at NIH, NASA, USDA, and DOE, limiting access to critical research and publishing opportunities.
#MedSky #AcademicSky
#MedSky #AcademicSky
RFK Jr.’s health department calls Nature “junk science,” cancels subscriptions
The move comes after RFK Jr. called top medical journals “corrupt.”…
arstechnica.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🧪 RFK Jr.'s HHS, citing "junk science" and cost, has canceled federal agencies' subscriptions to Springer Nature journals. This impacts scientists at NIH, NASA, USDA, and DOE, limiting access to critical research and publishing opportunities.
#MedSky #AcademicSky
#MedSky #AcademicSky
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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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“Mark Salazar, a PhD candidate in Poulin’s lab, first saw a disposable vape pod when he was visiting a friend… He brought the pod back to the lab at UC Davis & tested its vapor for metal concentrations.
“When I first saw the lead concentrations, they were so high I thought our instrument was broken”
“When I first saw the lead concentrations, they were so high I thought our instrument was broken”
Disposable E-Cigarettes More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes
They may look like travel shampoo bottles and smell like bubblegum, but after a few hundred puffs, some disposable, electronic cigarettes and vape pods release higher amounts of toxic metals than olde...
www.ucdavis.edu
June 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“Mark Salazar, a PhD candidate in Poulin’s lab, first saw a disposable vape pod when he was visiting a friend… He brought the pod back to the lab at UC Davis & tested its vapor for metal concentrations.
“When I first saw the lead concentrations, they were so high I thought our instrument was broken”
“When I first saw the lead concentrations, they were so high I thought our instrument was broken”
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health care is good for people
We just gave Senate Republicans a chance to backtrack on their insane $1 TRILLION cuts to Medicaid. Every single one of them voted no.
They are hell bent on cutting health care to help pay for tax cuts for billionaires. Unbelievable.
They are hell bent on cutting health care to help pay for tax cuts for billionaires. Unbelievable.
June 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
health care is good for people
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These NPG spinoff journals are out of control
June 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
These NPG spinoff journals are out of control
After by fourth (4th!) tour with @fullstorybaltimore.tours, a few observation (and backhanded apology).
1. Every tour I walk away with at least one gem of an observation that I continue to use in my day to day life. They may be silly, but they stick with us. (See: Ouija board 7-eleven; jay walking)
1. Every tour I walk away with at least one gem of an observation that I continue to use in my day to day life. They may be silly, but they stick with us. (See: Ouija board 7-eleven; jay walking)
June 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
After by fourth (4th!) tour with @fullstorybaltimore.tours, a few observation (and backhanded apology).
1. Every tour I walk away with at least one gem of an observation that I continue to use in my day to day life. They may be silly, but they stick with us. (See: Ouija board 7-eleven; jay walking)
1. Every tour I walk away with at least one gem of an observation that I continue to use in my day to day life. They may be silly, but they stick with us. (See: Ouija board 7-eleven; jay walking)
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Hi folks, we had a last minute cancellation at MBL STAMPS, the microbiome data analysis course in Woods Hole that runs from July 14th to July 24th. We can provide housing space for a woman. If you or anyone you know is interested, pls drop me an e-mail at ctbrown@ucdavis.edu. Thx!
June 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Hi folks, we had a last minute cancellation at MBL STAMPS, the microbiome data analysis course in Woods Hole that runs from July 14th to July 24th. We can provide housing space for a woman. If you or anyone you know is interested, pls drop me an e-mail at ctbrown@ucdavis.edu. Thx!
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Happy #WorldMicrobiomeDay! 🦠
If you are a starter in this field, as I was until recently, here are some highly recommended articles from @natmicrobiol.nature.com that may help you understand, plan, and even improve your microbiome studies - A starter pack you might say! 😊🧵
#MicrobiomeSky #MicroSky
If you are a starter in this field, as I was until recently, here are some highly recommended articles from @natmicrobiol.nature.com that may help you understand, plan, and even improve your microbiome studies - A starter pack you might say! 😊🧵
#MicrobiomeSky #MicroSky
June 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Happy #WorldMicrobiomeDay! 🦠
If you are a starter in this field, as I was until recently, here are some highly recommended articles from @natmicrobiol.nature.com that may help you understand, plan, and even improve your microbiome studies - A starter pack you might say! 😊🧵
#MicrobiomeSky #MicroSky
If you are a starter in this field, as I was until recently, here are some highly recommended articles from @natmicrobiol.nature.com that may help you understand, plan, and even improve your microbiome studies - A starter pack you might say! 😊🧵
#MicrobiomeSky #MicroSky
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The great @jimalwine.bsky.social and I on the absolute necessity of restoring the NIH's funding. www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/n...
Private sector, philanthropy can’t replace Trump administration science cuts
Weak plans that propose alternatives to NIH funding are giving false hope to researchers.
www.statnews.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The great @jimalwine.bsky.social and I on the absolute necessity of restoring the NIH's funding. www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/n...
I realized the first item is semi misleading. Sorry, I have ADHD, but I swear, its about measurement
Love bringing my sister to epi talks because then we have conversations about measurements and how there's a bias that things only exist if you can measure them...
Which lead to a whole digression about things like QOL and recovery and might also be related to insufficient disabled people in STEM 🧵
Which lead to a whole digression about things like QOL and recovery and might also be related to insufficient disabled people in STEM 🧵
June 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I realized the first item is semi misleading. Sorry, I have ADHD, but I swear, its about measurement
Love bringing my sister to epi talks because then we have conversations about measurements and how there's a bias that things only exist if you can measure them...
Which lead to a whole digression about things like QOL and recovery and might also be related to insufficient disabled people in STEM 🧵
Which lead to a whole digression about things like QOL and recovery and might also be related to insufficient disabled people in STEM 🧵
June 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Love bringing my sister to epi talks because then we have conversations about measurements and how there's a bias that things only exist if you can measure them...
Which lead to a whole digression about things like QOL and recovery and might also be related to insufficient disabled people in STEM 🧵
Which lead to a whole digression about things like QOL and recovery and might also be related to insufficient disabled people in STEM 🧵