Miriam Markum (Dr. M)
@microbialgrrl.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Teaching at UC Davis. Hypermicrobiophile (impossible to pick a favorite!) and learning enthusiast. Opinions are my own and updated with new data. she/her/hers
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If anyone is hiring a technician, I’ve got a great candidate. I wish I could hire her myself! She’s got the grit, she knows how to hustle, and she does publication quality work. Lots of molecular biology, protein, and cell culture experience. Please DM me if you are interested.
October 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
If anyone is hiring a technician, I’ve got a great candidate. I wish I could hire her myself! She’s got the grit, she knows how to hustle, and she does publication quality work. Lots of molecular biology, protein, and cell culture experience. Please DM me if you are interested.
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🌊🌊JOB ALERT!! Are you an ice sheet modeler looking for a postdoc that does not rely on federal funding? Come join our research team at University of Wisconsin-Madison to study the physical and human dynamics of sea-level rise. www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...
Job ad for postdoctoral research in ice sheet modeling | Andrea Dutton
🌊 🌊 JOB ALERT!! Looking for a postdoc that does not rely on federal funding?? Looking to live in a city that is routinely ranked as one of the best cities to live in across the entire U.S.? Come jo...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🌊🌊JOB ALERT!! Are you an ice sheet modeler looking for a postdoc that does not rely on federal funding? Come join our research team at University of Wisconsin-Madison to study the physical and human dynamics of sea-level rise. www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...
This is an amazing tool. It not only shows improvement is possible 💪 when there is a will 👨🏽🤝👨🏻 👑 but also how desperately some parts of the world need their leaders to focus on reducing pollution (eg look at Qatar’s level 🤯 )
🚨Our new paper introduces the #AirQualityStripes – a visual tool to show how outdoor air pollution (PM2.5) has changed in 🌍 cities since 1850. Inspired by the iconic #WarmingStripes. Led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
🔗 airqualitystripes.info
📄 doi.org/10.5194/gc-8...
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🔗 airqualitystripes.info
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October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is an amazing tool. It not only shows improvement is possible 💪 when there is a will 👨🏽🤝👨🏻 👑 but also how desperately some parts of the world need their leaders to focus on reducing pollution (eg look at Qatar’s level 🤯 )
Yes, just let me read it!
I do not want the video. I will never watch the video. I usually won’t even give the video the effort of complaint.
I just want to read the news story. Give me the text. This would be my Ted Talk but that would be text too.
I just want to read the news story. Give me the text. This would be my Ted Talk but that would be text too.
September 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yes, just let me read it!
The literal highs and lows of this striking topo map are a welcome reprieve from the highs and lows of our political map
Topographical 3D map of North and Central America: the Alaska Range, with Denali (6,190 m) is the highestpoint, the lowest point is Death Valley (-86 m).
September 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The literal highs and lows of this striking topo map are a welcome reprieve from the highs and lows of our political map
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation
The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
asm.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
People aren’t vaccinating their pets either?!
I’m very relieved to be vaccinated against rabies
(following a bat 🦇 exposure) but now need to figure out how to get my kids vaxxed, too….
I’m very relieved to be vaccinated against rabies
(following a bat 🦇 exposure) but now need to figure out how to get my kids vaxxed, too….
The absolute worst is vets who deny rabies shots to pets because they say "it's too hard for a little pet to handle"
A painful death is too hard to handle, a poke with a needle is not.
A painful death is too hard to handle, a poke with a needle is not.
Meanwhile... www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
September 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
People aren’t vaccinating their pets either?!
I’m very relieved to be vaccinated against rabies
(following a bat 🦇 exposure) but now need to figure out how to get my kids vaxxed, too….
I’m very relieved to be vaccinated against rabies
(following a bat 🦇 exposure) but now need to figure out how to get my kids vaxxed, too….
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Will's detailed thread about using Claude Code as a coding assistant parallels my experience using ChatGPT o.3 and o.4 as a proof assistant.
Not sure how many scientists here have tried Claude Code or similar command line coding assistants. I had a complicated family property tax problem that was best solved by a brute force Monte Carlo simulation approach, so I spent a few days coding up and analyzing a model with Claude Code.
August 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Will's detailed thread about using Claude Code as a coding assistant parallels my experience using ChatGPT o.3 and o.4 as a proof assistant.
I’ve always wished humans purred 🐈
August 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I’ve always wished humans purred 🐈
Listening to Pete B in this interview makes me simultaneously happy (he’s obviously a rationale, capable, articulate person…more of these, plz! 🙏🏼) and sad (because he is not involved in the decision making ⚖️)
youtu.be/HaIP0BvF1TU?...
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Pete Buttigieg says Democrats can’t go back to status quo after Trump | Morning Edition
YouTube video by NPR
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August 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Listening to Pete B in this interview makes me simultaneously happy (he’s obviously a rationale, capable, articulate person…more of these, plz! 🙏🏼) and sad (because he is not involved in the decision making ⚖️)
youtu.be/HaIP0BvF1TU?...
youtu.be/HaIP0BvF1TU?...
This is an excellent demo!
Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.
July 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This is an excellent demo!
Now I love bagpipes even more!
July 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Now I love bagpipes even more!
Fern Canyon is the most beautiful place I’ve yet been on the planet 🤩
July 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Fern Canyon is the most beautiful place I’ve yet been on the planet 🤩
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New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions.
Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...
Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...
Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity for an Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions has arisen at the John Innes Centre. To read the full job description for this role…
www.jic.ac.uk
July 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions.
Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...
Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...
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This #DisabilityPride month, we celebrate the contributions of scientists with disabilities to microbiology. Scientists with disabilities enrich STEM with diverse insights, enhance innovation & broaden the research agenda. Explore our resources! asm.social/2vZ
July 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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I’ve been a fan of large-print books since I was a teen (I can read so much faster!) but the scale of these gorgeous books by Audubon is next level! 🤩 📚
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July 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I’ve been a fan of large-print books since I was a teen (I can read so much faster!) but the scale of these gorgeous books by Audubon is next level! 🤩 📚
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This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.
September 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM
This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.
Maybe time for @barackobama.bsky.social to return the favor for @stephencolbert.bsky.social?
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Stephen Helps President Obama Polish His Résumé
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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July 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Maybe time for @barackobama.bsky.social to return the favor for @stephencolbert.bsky.social?
youtu.be/aRQLU3IwNYs?...
youtu.be/aRQLU3IwNYs?...
Pics from last weekend’d hike in Marin. I can’t wait to visit with even more tall friends in Redwood NP next week! 🥾🌲
July 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Pics from last weekend’d hike in Marin. I can’t wait to visit with even more tall friends in Redwood NP next week! 🥾🌲
🤩. Check out this excellent paper that found non-abx meds impact the microbiota and can make us more vulnerable to gut pathogens. 🦠 🧫 🐁
Unexpected side-effect: how common medications clear the way for pathogens
CMFI's @lisamaierlab.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social show in @nature.com: many non-antibiotics weaken the natural protective function of the intestine.
Press release: www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/news-even...
CMFI's @lisamaierlab.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social show in @nature.com: many non-antibiotics weaken the natural protective function of the intestine.
Press release: www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/news-even...
July 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🤩. Check out this excellent paper that found non-abx meds impact the microbiota and can make us more vulnerable to gut pathogens. 🦠 🧫 🐁
This article provides a useful framework and questions to help educators navigate their thinking and pedagogical decision-making relating to the adoption of gen AI as a tool and/or potential harm for themselves and their students.
er.educause.edu/articles/202...
er.educause.edu/articles/202...
Mapping a Multidimensional Framework for GenAI in Education
Prompting careful dialogue through incisive questions can help chart a course through the ongoing storm of artificial intelligence.
er.educause.edu
July 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This article provides a useful framework and questions to help educators navigate their thinking and pedagogical decision-making relating to the adoption of gen AI as a tool and/or potential harm for themselves and their students.
er.educause.edu/articles/202...
er.educause.edu/articles/202...
An excellent reflection on our grant review process
i wrote an essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social about what it feels like to serve on an NIH grant review panel (study section) right now
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
Fear and loathing on study section: Reviewing grant proposals while the system is burning
As grants are canceled, delayed and subject to general uncertainty, participating in study sections can feel futile. But it’s more important than ever.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
An excellent reflection on our grant review process
Science is magic!
Colored droplets in corn syrup seemingly blended together can be returned to their original state by reversing the direction of mixing, a form of laminar flow called "Stokes flow".
Credit: UNM Physics & Astronomy
Credit: UNM Physics & Astronomy
July 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Science is magic!
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NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%.
#NASADidThat
#NASADidThat
July 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%.
#NASADidThat
#NASADidThat
Fashion with living microbes! 🦠 😻
She also did a dress made of bioluminescent algae. wwd.com/runway/fall-...
July 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Fashion with living microbes! 🦠 😻