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Microbial Childhood Collaboratory / Zsuzsa Millei
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Interdisciplinary group of researchers and artists, led by Zsuzsa Millei. Interested in microbes and biososcial perspective. Website: https://research.tuni.fi/ecepp/microbial-childhood-collaboratory-mcc
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We co-edited this book as MnemoZIN, a collective name for Zsuzsa Millei, Iveta Silova, and Nelli Piattoeva. Writing together is our method—and our refusal of academic individualism. Inspired by Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory & Daughter of Gaia

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November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Child bodies coexist with microbial life, how can child studies and education grapple with that? journals.uvic.ca/index.php/jc... @gronroos.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social @katepahl.bsky.social@criticalchildhood.bsky.social @deborahyoudell.bsky.social@timgitzen.bsky.social
Child Ecologies in a Microbial World: A New Imperative for Childhood Studies | Journal of Childhood Studies
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September 20, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Childhood memories as research data! @phoebegilpin.bsky.social @katepahl.bsky.social @psayoungpol.bsky.social @memorystudies.bsky.social @mervikaukko.bsky.social @karenpashby.bsky.social @eecera.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social @fohn.bsky.social @coldwarpod.bsky.social
isilova.bsky.social Iveta Silova @isilova.bsky.social · Sep 16
What can Cold War childhood memories teach us about living in the Anthropocene and its uncertain futures? 🌍✨
(An)Archive: Childhood, Memory, and the Cold War by Mnemo ZIN is out now! Join the online launch Oct 1st at 8am MST! RSVP & Register 👇
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(An)archive: From Cold War Childhoods to the Anthropocene
Mnemo ZIN
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September 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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September 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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@phoebegilpin.bsky.social @childhoodjourn.bsky.social @criticalchildhood.bsky.social @journalces.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social @suomenkuvalehti.fi @tampereurban.bsky.social @naturebased.bsky.social @poisedrg.bsky.social @naturebased.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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On ollut ilo tehdä yhteistyötä tässä prokektissa!

Lue lisää 👉 @microbial-child.bsky.social

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Mikrobien kohtaaminen voi muuttaa ajattelua – tutkimus yhdisti tieteen ja taiteen | Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisö
Tampereen yliopiston taiteilijoiden Erika Aallon ja Eva Bublan luoma monialainen taideteos ”Making Kin with Microbes” vei lapset ja perheet mikrobien maailmaan lasten taidefestivaali Hippaloilla. T...
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September 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Prochlorococcus, a marine bacterium that is only 0.5–0.7 micrometers wide, produces more oxygen than all tropical rainforests combined.

Every tiny organism plays a key role in our planet's health.

On #WorldOceanDay, see how UNEP works to #SaveOurOcean: bit.ly/3Qk34aI
A microscopic image showing several green, circular to oval-shaped cells of the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. The cells have a layered appearance and are viewed under an electron microscope. Clusters of smaller dark dots, likely bacteria or cellular fragments, appear near the larger cells.
June 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Planetary Politics RT at #BISA2025 is packed, in teeny weenie room. Problematising of concepts of ownership, epistemology, 'dehumanisation' and so much more. This discussion is proving a smasher! With @flusterbird @anthonyburke‬ @ckweatherill @cameronharrington ‬ @hannahhughes @bisa-ecpwg
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June 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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🌀 What if education isn’t saving the world—
…but scripting its collapse?

In our new article, we ask whether global calls for “more education” are reinforcing the very systems driving ecological collapse.

📖 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

#Unlearning #PlanetaryFutures #SDGs #MoreThanHuman
August 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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August 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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A child's mouth and hands interact with the invisible world of microbes as they explore the world. Science only but beginning to understand the deep and complex connections with childhood and microbes creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... @nessling.fi @isilova.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social
#48: Discover your microbial child (with Zsuzsa Millei) by Ferment Radio
Did you know your body is never truly sterile—even before you’re born? From semen and placenta to umbilical cord blood, your microbial journey begins early on. And it doesn’t stop there. The type of b...
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August 21, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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MISSING KINS www.tuni.fi/en/research/... - Guerilla poster campaign, 2025, various urban locations around Southern Finland @nessling.fi @cssmicrobes.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social @riikkahohti.bsky.social @tampere.fi @gronroos.bsky.social @microbesinfo.bsky.social @hatsunemicrobe.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Au revoir coastal #nuclear. It's only a matter of time.
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Coastlines in danger even if climate target met, scientists warn
The goal of limiting warming to 1.5C is too high to avoid continued sea-level rise, scientists warn.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year, ‘frightening’ data shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year, ‘frightening’ data shows
Burning, worsened by global heating, overtook farming and logging as biggest cause of destruction of tropical forests
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May 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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@phoebegilpin.bsky.social @katepahl.bsky.social @childhoodjourn.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social @criticalchildhood.bsky.social @microbeminded.bsky.social @earlychildhood.bsky.social @earlychildhoodedu.bsky.social @earlychildhoodireland.ie @tampere.fi @yle.naamio.social @flusterbird.bsky.social
microbial-child.bsky.social Microbial Childhood Collaboratory / Zsuzsa Millei @microbial-child.bsky.social · May 22
Biffe (bifidobacterium) said 'farewell' to children in Tahmela Daycare as our Microbial Childhood: Restor(y)ing Childhood Ecologies project is closing www.tuni.fi/en/research/... @isilova.bsky.social @nessling.fi @gronroos.bsky.social @riikkahohti.bsky.social @cssmicrobes.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Biffe (bifidobacterium) said 'farewell' to children in Tahmela Daycare as our Microbial Childhood: Restor(y)ing Childhood Ecologies project is closing www.tuni.fi/en/research/... @isilova.bsky.social @nessling.fi @gronroos.bsky.social @riikkahohti.bsky.social @cssmicrobes.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Heading to Hope and Resilience Conference at Jyväskylä University in Finland www.jyu.fi/en/events/ho.... 2 art workshop & 2 presentations @riikkahohti.bsky.social @pauliina-rautio.bsky.social @nessling.fi @cssmicrobes.bsky.social @gronroos.bsky.social @journalces.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Here are some nice mushrooms
A stick covered in circular splitgill mushrooms that look like the gunshot wounds in the terminator that can turn into liquid metal. This stick has been turned upside down so we can see the gills. All photos by me
April 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Increases in #vaccine-preventable #disease #outbreaks threaten years of progress ...

| #pathogens | #Immunization | #measles | #meningitis | #YellowFever | #diphtheria | #children | #kids | Via @who.int
Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises and funding cuts jeopardize progress and leave millions of children, adolescents and adults at…
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April 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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How do microbes taste? @phoebegilpin.bsky.social @criticalchildhood.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social @museumofchildhood.bsky.social @vimsfishmrg.bsky.social @multispeciesstudio.bsky.social @multispecies.bsky.social @pauliina-rautio.bsky.social @riikkahohti.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Red sauerkraut liquid drop on the paper... 'Look there is a microbe!' - What kind of microbes live in a daycare? See some explorations www.tuni.fi/en/news/what... @nessling.fi @gronroos.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @cssmicrobes.bsky.social @journalces.bsky.social @childhoodjourn.bsky.social
Brown paint drop on a sheet of paper looks fuzzy on the edges.
April 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Confocal micrograph of a blind cavefish embryo. Credit to Dr. Mónica Folgueira Otero & @stevewilsonfish.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
Confocal micrograph of a blind cavefish embryo at around five days post-fertilisation viewed from the side (lateral view). The cavefish Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus) has a seeing and a blind form; the latter lives in dark environments, and relies on other senses. with an antibody that targets a calcium binding protein (calretinin) shown in green, which highlights different neuronal types and their processes in the nervous system. The blind cavefish has specially adapted traits that its sighted relation (dwelling near the surface) does not. These include a greater number of sensory receptors and taste buds along its body; these taste buds are also more efficient than the equivalent cells in the seeing cavefish. The eyes are still present at this stage of development but they will degenerate naturally during the lifetime of the fish as they live in a dark environment where eyes are redundant. Adult cavefish are blind. 2011 Wellcome Image Award winner. Text taken from Wellcome Collection. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/sgtfn677
April 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Why #anthrax still haunts #Kenya’s #farmers and #vets ...

| #Bacillus | #bacteria | #pathogen | #contamination | Via nation .africa
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April 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Declining water levels in the Caspian Sea are set to have profound implications for biodiversity and people. 🧪🌍🦭🦩
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Toxic dust and stressed seals: What the shrinking Caspian Sea could mean for people and nature
An area larger than Iceland is likely to dry up, even if the climate ‘only’ warms up by 2C. Here’s what that means in the Central Asian region.View on euronews
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April 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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“If the news is to be believed, microbes are a scary thing.” But are they? Read more in our blog on our funder, the Maj and Tor Nessling foundation website. Wonderful support from nessling.fi/en/microbes-... @nessling.fi @gronroos.bsky.social @flusterbird.bsky.social @isilova.bsky.social
There is a lego person in a child's hand and the lego's head is upside-down pressed into agar in a Petri dish tasting for microbial growth
April 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM