Justin C Leavitt, PhD
@midlogphase.bsky.social
Interested in microbiology, bacteriophage research, sustainable agriculture.
Home is Southern Utah.
Home is Southern Utah.
Flood. Gunlock, Utah. October 10, 2025
YouTube video by Midlogphase
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October 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Great coverage from @sierramagazine.bsky.social on the budget reconciliation amendment that would authorize the sale of over 11,000 acres of public land in Utah.
SUWA Wildlands Director, Neal Clark is quoted.
Read the full article here: www.sierraclub.org/sierra/publi...
SUWA Wildlands Director, Neal Clark is quoted.
Read the full article here: www.sierraclub.org/sierra/publi...
Public Lands Sales on the Table as Congress Looks for Ways to Raise Revenue
Americans could be locked out of thousands of acres of public lands if this proposal is signed into law
www.sierraclub.org
May 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Great coverage from @sierramagazine.bsky.social on the budget reconciliation amendment that would authorize the sale of over 11,000 acres of public land in Utah.
SUWA Wildlands Director, Neal Clark is quoted.
Read the full article here: www.sierraclub.org/sierra/publi...
SUWA Wildlands Director, Neal Clark is quoted.
Read the full article here: www.sierraclub.org/sierra/publi...
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Are you interested in a postdoc in Germany on fungal pathogen biology, genomics, or antifungal resistance? My Uni (@uni-jena.de) is hosting a free two-day masterclass in June on preparing MSCA Postdoc Fellowships with it as host.
If you are interested in writing a fellowship with me, get in touch!
If you are interested in writing a fellowship with me, get in touch!
April 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Are you interested in a postdoc in Germany on fungal pathogen biology, genomics, or antifungal resistance? My Uni (@uni-jena.de) is hosting a free two-day masterclass in June on preparing MSCA Postdoc Fellowships with it as host.
If you are interested in writing a fellowship with me, get in touch!
If you are interested in writing a fellowship with me, get in touch!
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We are looking for a #postdoc to join the VEO Group @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de and build an experimental research line into the dynamics and functioning of microbial communities: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/1...
Postdoctoral Researcher experimental “Microverse-scale Viral and Microbial Ecology”
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March 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We are looking for a #postdoc to join the VEO Group @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de and build an experimental research line into the dynamics and functioning of microbial communities: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/1...
I keep seeing desert tortoises at higher and higher elevations. This guy was at nearly 4000 feet. #climatechange #nature
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Desert tortoise. Seen in Southern Utah at an elevation above 3700 feet.
YouTube video by Green Raccoon
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March 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I keep seeing desert tortoises at higher and higher elevations. This guy was at nearly 4000 feet. #climatechange #nature
youtube.com/shorts/IM-Me...
youtube.com/shorts/IM-Me...
Watching some ducks before getting to work. Pine Valley Reservoir, Utah USA, . #duck #birding
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Ducks having breakfast. #outdoors #birding #utah
YouTube video by Green Raccoon
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March 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Watching some ducks before getting to work. Pine Valley Reservoir, Utah USA, . #duck #birding
youtube.com/shorts/T8THk...
youtube.com/shorts/T8THk...
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Here is a recording of the St George crisis broadcast! youtube.com/watch?v=Lr3jZq…
Let's get all the help we can on this!
Here are ways you can get involved: tinyurl.com/28fhclxj
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Let's get all the help we can on this!
Here are ways you can get involved: tinyurl.com/28fhclxj
account.venmo.com/u/Dinosaur-AhT���
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Lr3jZq…
March 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Here is a recording of the St George crisis broadcast! youtube.com/watch?v=Lr3jZq…
Let's get all the help we can on this!
Here are ways you can get involved: tinyurl.com/28fhclxj
account.venmo.com/u/Dinosaur-AhT���
Let's get all the help we can on this!
Here are ways you can get involved: tinyurl.com/28fhclxj
account.venmo.com/u/Dinosaur-AhT���
I had some awesome cold brew in Kyoto. I’ve tried to figure out how to make it as good at home, but it is harder than it looks. #coffee #Japan #coldbrew
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Cold brew coffee. Kyoto, Japan. #coffee #Japan #Kyoto #coldbrew
YouTube video by Green Raccoon
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March 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I had some awesome cold brew in Kyoto. I’ve tried to figure out how to make it as good at home, but it is harder than it looks. #coffee #Japan #coldbrew
youtube.com/shorts/O6Ktr...
youtube.com/shorts/O6Ktr...
Big Horn Sheep, Zion National Park
YouTube video by Green Raccoon
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March 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Microbiome functional gene pathways predict cognitive performance in older adults with Alzheimers disease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.06.641911v1
March 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Microbiome functional gene pathways predict cognitive performance in older adults with Alzheimers disease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.06.641911v1
Not what you would think it is. Actually has kind of cool scene with lions. #SilentFilm #silentcinema #silentbsky
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The Roman Orgy. Louis Feuillade, 1911.
YouTube video by Green Raccoon
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March 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Not what you would think it is. Actually has kind of cool scene with lions. #SilentFilm #silentcinema #silentbsky
youtu.be/MdzCSidc4xI?...
youtu.be/MdzCSidc4xI?...
Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, USA (at night during a full moon) is one of the trippiest places on earth.
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Walking the Moon Slots at night. Cathedral Gorge State Park.
YouTube video by Green Raccoon
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March 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, USA (at night during a full moon) is one of the trippiest places on earth.
youtube.com/shorts/AWTMQ...
youtube.com/shorts/AWTMQ...
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The Most Banned Books In The U.S.
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March 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The Most Banned Books In The U.S.
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The week's news in psychedelics: New bills in CT and VT, bills advance in AZ and MO, and a NV resolution; Oregon psilocybin center wins permit appeal; and A bad trip case study themicrodose.substack.com/p/new-bills-...
New bills in CT and VT, bills advance in AZ and MO, and a NV resolution; Oregon psilocybin center wins permit appeal; and A bad trip case study
Plus: Psychedelics advocates mount response to proposed amendments to Sentence Reform Act, and Hallucinogen hospitalizations and ER visits associated with higher mortality rates in Canada
themicrodose.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The week's news in psychedelics: New bills in CT and VT, bills advance in AZ and MO, and a NV resolution; Oregon psilocybin center wins permit appeal; and A bad trip case study themicrodose.substack.com/p/new-bills-...
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Dickson Despommier.
A brilliant scientist, storyteller, and friend, he shared his vast knowledge and infectious enthusiasm with all who listened.
We will miss him dearly. Our heartfelt condolences go out to all who knew and loved him.
#🧪
A brilliant scientist, storyteller, and friend, he shared his vast knowledge and infectious enthusiasm with all who listened.
We will miss him dearly. Our heartfelt condolences go out to all who knew and loved him.
#🧪
February 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Dickson Despommier.
A brilliant scientist, storyteller, and friend, he shared his vast knowledge and infectious enthusiasm with all who listened.
We will miss him dearly. Our heartfelt condolences go out to all who knew and loved him.
#🧪
A brilliant scientist, storyteller, and friend, he shared his vast knowledge and infectious enthusiasm with all who listened.
We will miss him dearly. Our heartfelt condolences go out to all who knew and loved him.
#🧪
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Interesting way to fatten a horse. The arsenic was presumably anti-parasitic?
From a the newspaper:
The Utah Pomologist, 1870.
From a the newspaper:
The Utah Pomologist, 1870.
February 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Interesting way to fatten a horse. The arsenic was presumably anti-parasitic?
From a the newspaper:
The Utah Pomologist, 1870.
From a the newspaper:
The Utah Pomologist, 1870.
Big horns, Zion National Park
July 15, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Big horns, Zion National Park
Peer review is (at best) a smell test for good/bad papers. Reviewers can be, and often are, fooled.
When I review a paper I ask 1) Does this have intellectual merit? 2) Is there anything obviously in error? I can’t guarantee a “perfect” review. I shouldn’t expect one from anyone else.
When I review a paper I ask 1) Does this have intellectual merit? 2) Is there anything obviously in error? I can’t guarantee a “perfect” review. I shouldn’t expect one from anyone else.
February 16, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Peer review is (at best) a smell test for good/bad papers. Reviewers can be, and often are, fooled.
When I review a paper I ask 1) Does this have intellectual merit? 2) Is there anything obviously in error? I can’t guarantee a “perfect” review. I shouldn’t expect one from anyone else.
When I review a paper I ask 1) Does this have intellectual merit? 2) Is there anything obviously in error? I can’t guarantee a “perfect” review. I shouldn’t expect one from anyone else.
I just watched this old film, and it hit me in a different way. Under 15 minutes, and possibly one of the biggest jumps forward in movie history.
youtu.be/OrlHfHmyTWU?...
youtu.be/OrlHfHmyTWU?...
January 26, 2024 at 8:21 PM
I just watched this old film, and it hit me in a different way. Under 15 minutes, and possibly one of the biggest jumps forward in movie history.
youtu.be/OrlHfHmyTWU?...
youtu.be/OrlHfHmyTWU?...
How one kind of virus “calls dibs” on a host cell, and excludes other viruses from infecting it. Fun times.
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January 23, 2024 at 6:14 PM
How one kind of virus “calls dibs” on a host cell, and excludes other viruses from infecting it. Fun times.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...