Julie Maresca
@micromaresca.bsky.social
Microbiologist, micro-adventurer, micro-doodler. Too many projects, not enough time: phototrophy, built environment, some wastewater. 🚲🥾🧶🧪
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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Join us on Dec. 8 from 12-1 p.m. ET for a conversation with Nobel Laureate Dr. Katalin Karikó, where she’ll share insights from her memoir "Breaking Through: My Life in Science"—a story of resilience, discovery and revolutionizing medicine. Register now: asm.social/2HH
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Join us on Dec. 8 from 12-1 p.m. ET for a conversation with Nobel Laureate Dr. Katalin Karikó, where she’ll share insights from her memoir "Breaking Through: My Life in Science"—a story of resilience, discovery and revolutionizing medicine. Register now: asm.social/2HH
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🎙️ New Microbes and Us Podcast🔬
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
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In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🎙️ New Microbes and Us Podcast🔬
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
buff.ly/MkOmbBq
In our latest episode, we hear from the insightful Prof. Max Häggblom, as he shares his personal, inspiring journey—from his first student publication in a FEMS Journal in 1987 to becoming Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
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We celebrate Thanksgiving with a new issue of #AppEnvMicro in ASM Journals‼️
And, as appetizers, these fantastic articles I selected for the Spotlight section (see 🧵 in the comments below).
doi.org/10.1128/aem....
And, as appetizers, these fantastic articles I selected for the Spotlight section (see 🧵 in the comments below).
doi.org/10.1128/aem....
Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Compost is a valuable amendment for suppression of soil pathogens. Logo et al. (e01100-25) describe biomarkers of disease-suppressive composts, laying the groundwork for targeted
isolation and functio...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We celebrate Thanksgiving with a new issue of #AppEnvMicro in ASM Journals‼️
And, as appetizers, these fantastic articles I selected for the Spotlight section (see 🧵 in the comments below).
doi.org/10.1128/aem....
And, as appetizers, these fantastic articles I selected for the Spotlight section (see 🧵 in the comments below).
doi.org/10.1128/aem....
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We are hiring! If you're interested in exploring the #biogeography of #prokaryotes using #genomics and #metagenomics, are interested in biology and geographic information systems, and are passionate about #OpenScience, this is for you! New PhD and PostDoc positions in my lab at Aalborg University
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We are hiring! If you're interested in exploring the #biogeography of #prokaryotes using #genomics and #metagenomics, are interested in biology and geographic information systems, and are passionate about #OpenScience, this is for you! New PhD and PostDoc positions in my lab at Aalborg University
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Introducing ** Incendiamoeba **, a eukaryote that can live at temperatures well beyond what we thought possible. 63C!!
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Introducing ** Incendiamoeba **, a eukaryote that can live at temperatures well beyond what we thought possible. 63C!!
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
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We are hiring!! Biological Sciences as UNC Charlotte has a broad search for a new assistant professor.
Apps reviewed 12/15.
Please spread the word! 💚⛏️
#PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Apps reviewed 12/15.
Please spread the word! 💚⛏️
#PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Assistant Professor
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in the biological sciences or related fields.Candidates are expected to document expertise in their specialty by a record of postdoctoral training, peer reviewed publ...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We are hiring!! Biological Sciences as UNC Charlotte has a broad search for a new assistant professor.
Apps reviewed 12/15.
Please spread the word! 💚⛏️
#PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Apps reviewed 12/15.
Please spread the word! 💚⛏️
#PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
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I am looking for a PostDoc to join my group at Genentech to drive the development of proteomics technologies to fuel target and therapeutic discovery and development. Check out the link below!
careers.gene.com/us/en/job/20...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I am looking for a PostDoc to join my group at Genentech to drive the development of proteomics technologies to fuel target and therapeutic discovery and development. Check out the link below!
careers.gene.com/us/en/job/20...
careers.gene.com/us/en/job/20...
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The 2026 Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List (run by Arvind Ganesan and Todd N. Whittaker) has 88 research/teaching positions and 16 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemEjobs #chemchat #chemsky 🧪⚗️
AY25-26 Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List
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November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The 2026 Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List (run by Arvind Ganesan and Todd N. Whittaker) has 88 research/teaching positions and 16 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemEjobs #chemchat #chemsky 🧪⚗️
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The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 330 tenure-track positions and 47 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List
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November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 330 tenure-track positions and 47 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪
One of the best things about my new position is exactly this
This hits really close to home! I am all about being silly and bringing my two sides (serious scientist and ridiculous person) to work. Life is too short and too hard to save the fun for later. ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
One of the best things about my new position is exactly this
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Share your research to the Applied & Environmental Microbiology Meeting at ASM Microbe 2026.
Early Abstract Deadline: Dec. 2, 2 p.m. ET.
asm.social/2HP
Early Abstract Deadline: Dec. 2, 2 p.m. ET.
asm.social/2HP
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Share your research to the Applied & Environmental Microbiology Meeting at ASM Microbe 2026.
Early Abstract Deadline: Dec. 2, 2 p.m. ET.
asm.social/2HP
Early Abstract Deadline: Dec. 2, 2 p.m. ET.
asm.social/2HP
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Today's student Thank a Microbe post features Pseudomonas putida! Need to clean up oil spills and other toxic hydrocarbons? Call in P. putida.
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Today's student Thank a Microbe post features Pseudomonas putida! Need to clean up oil spills and other toxic hydrocarbons? Call in P. putida.
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🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy and Department of Philosophy, McGill University
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November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
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UNCW's Dept of Chem and Biochem is looking for four (4!) new members this cycle including:
Asst Professor Analytical Chem
Asst Professor Physical Chem
Lecturer - Bio- and general Chem
Lecturer - General Chem
Our dept is a great place to work and Wilmington's a blast!
#ChemSky #ChemJobs
Links ⬇️
Asst Professor Analytical Chem
Asst Professor Physical Chem
Lecturer - Bio- and general Chem
Lecturer - General Chem
Our dept is a great place to work and Wilmington's a blast!
#ChemSky #ChemJobs
Links ⬇️
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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We have some great AEM sessions that need your exciting abstracts!
From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales.
Microbial Traits Driving Host Resilience in a Changing Climate.
Mechanistic Basis of Coexistence in Microbial Communities.
From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales.
Microbial Traits Driving Host Resilience in a Changing Climate.
Mechanistic Basis of Coexistence in Microbial Communities.
Early abstract submissions for ASM Microbe 2026—now 3 fully integrated meetings within 1 microbial world—are officially open. Submit by Dec. 2, 2 p.m. ET to elevate your research, spark new collaborations and join the conversations defining what’s next. asm.org/events/asm-m...
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
We have some great AEM sessions that need your exciting abstracts!
From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales.
Microbial Traits Driving Host Resilience in a Changing Climate.
Mechanistic Basis of Coexistence in Microbial Communities.
From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales.
Microbial Traits Driving Host Resilience in a Changing Climate.
Mechanistic Basis of Coexistence in Microbial Communities.
Oh hey congratulations @oliverio.bsky.social @rmshepherd.bsky.social @hbrappap.bsky.social on the awesome thermophilic amoeba story!
A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.24.690213v1
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Oh hey congratulations @oliverio.bsky.social @rmshepherd.bsky.social @hbrappap.bsky.social on the awesome thermophilic amoeba story!
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Some fantastic sessions being planned for ASM Microbe 2026, including "Long-term Dynamics of Environmental Microbiomes", and "Eco-evolutionary Dynamics of Phages and Their Roles in Horizontal Gene Transfer". Get your abstract(s) ready, and join us June 4–7, 2026 in D.C. ! asm.org/events/asm-m...
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Some fantastic sessions being planned for ASM Microbe 2026, including "Long-term Dynamics of Environmental Microbiomes", and "Eco-evolutionary Dynamics of Phages and Their Roles in Horizontal Gene Transfer". Get your abstract(s) ready, and join us June 4–7, 2026 in D.C. ! asm.org/events/asm-m...
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Time to start planning for ASM Microbe 2026! Among the amazing sessions announced (see link), Chris and I are thrilled to be convening “From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales”. We can’t wait to see you all there! More details coming soon!
Some fantastic sessions being planned for ASM Microbe 2026, including "Long-term Dynamics of Environmental Microbiomes", and "Eco-evolutionary Dynamics of Phages and Their Roles in Horizontal Gene Transfer". Get your abstract(s) ready, and join us June 4–7, 2026 in D.C. ! asm.org/events/asm-m...
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Time to start planning for ASM Microbe 2026! Among the amazing sessions announced (see link), Chris and I are thrilled to be convening “From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales”. We can’t wait to see you all there! More details coming soon!
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They grow bacteria on those hairy arms and then lick the bacteria off for a delightful snack, isn't that gross and cool?
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
They grow bacteria on those hairy arms and then lick the bacteria off for a delightful snack, isn't that gross and cool?
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Open faculty position (Assistant or Associate) in UW Medical Genetics. As you might expect, faculty often end up also interacting with Genome Sciences, so we're hoping for some great prospects! Note the clinical requirements for the position. apply.interfolio.com/176466
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November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Open faculty position (Assistant or Associate) in UW Medical Genetics. As you might expect, faculty often end up also interacting with Genome Sciences, so we're hoping for some great prospects! Note the clinical requirements for the position. apply.interfolio.com/176466
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Editor-In-Chief for FEMS Microbiology Reviews of @femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
#SocietyJournal #Microbiology #EditorInChief
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#SocietyJournal #Microbiology #EditorInChief
fems-microbiology.org/opportunitie...
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Editor-In-Chief for FEMS Microbiology Reviews of @femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
#SocietyJournal #Microbiology #EditorInChief
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#SocietyJournal #Microbiology #EditorInChief
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This...is exactly the kind of theory that has been needed for longer than a decade in microbiome-host evolution studies
Treating emergent traits of the microbiome like quantitative genetic traits of the host reveals how environmentally acquired symbionts can contribute to hosts' adaptation
Quantitative genetics of microbiome-mediated traits
Microbiomes, the complex communities of microorganisms associated with multicellular hosts, play a vital role in shaping host traits and fitness. But how d
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November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This...is exactly the kind of theory that has been needed for longer than a decade in microbiome-host evolution studies