Sara Beck, Ph.D.
@realsarabeck.bsky.social
Asst. Professor @ University of British Columbia in environmental engineering, researching water disinfection and water reuse 🦠🧬🧪|www.becklabubc.com | Former @NASA flight controller | Endurance Athlete | 🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦
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New York City is expected to welcome 400,000 fewer tourists this year than it did in 2024, a decline primarily driven by negative sentiment toward the United States among foreign travelers who have reconsidered their vacations.
New York City Predicted Record Tourism. Then Came Trump.
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
New York City is expected to welcome 400,000 fewer tourists this year than it did in 2024, a decline primarily driven by negative sentiment toward the United States among foreign travelers who have reconsidered their vacations.
For those attending #BCWWA2025 in Victoria this week, look forward to seeing you!
I'll be presenting our rainwater disinfection research for Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi on Tuesday afternoon (3:30 pm) in the Small Water and Wastewater Systems session (Lecture Theatre).
I'll be presenting our rainwater disinfection research for Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi on Tuesday afternoon (3:30 pm) in the Small Water and Wastewater Systems session (Lecture Theatre).
April 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For those attending #BCWWA2025 in Victoria this week, look forward to seeing you!
I'll be presenting our rainwater disinfection research for Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi on Tuesday afternoon (3:30 pm) in the Small Water and Wastewater Systems session (Lecture Theatre).
I'll be presenting our rainwater disinfection research for Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi on Tuesday afternoon (3:30 pm) in the Small Water and Wastewater Systems session (Lecture Theatre).
2025!
2024 UNC Water &Health Conference waterinstitute.unc.edu/our-work/unc... seeking proposals:
Rural water supply &sustainability
WASH:
-healthcare facilities
-humanitarian settings
Drinking water quality
Climate change & adaptation
Hand hygiene & behavior change
Sanitation
Wastewater surveillance..
Rural water supply &sustainability
WASH:
-healthcare facilities
-humanitarian settings
Drinking water quality
Climate change & adaptation
Hand hygiene & behavior change
Sanitation
Wastewater surveillance..
2024 UNC Water and Health Conference
Join the 2024 UNC Water and Health Conference to connect with global WaSH experts, explore innovations, and contribute to water security. Register now!
waterinstitute.unc.edu
March 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
2025!
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Apply now: Eawag Postdoctoral Fellowship 📢💪
The Eawag postdoctoral fellowship is designed for outstanding early-career researchers with innovative ideas
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/about-us/...
The Eawag postdoctoral fellowship is designed for outstanding early-career researchers with innovative ideas
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/about-us/...
March 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Apply now: Eawag Postdoctoral Fellowship 📢💪
The Eawag postdoctoral fellowship is designed for outstanding early-career researchers with innovative ideas
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/about-us/...
The Eawag postdoctoral fellowship is designed for outstanding early-career researchers with innovative ideas
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/about-us/...
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WATCH: “This is a tragedy for the free world. But first and foremost a tragedy for the United States.”
This 8 minute speech by French Senator Claude Malhuret on Trump siding with Putin and what it means for the world is worth your time.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DG9Lj0F...
This 8 minute speech by French Senator Claude Malhuret on Trump siding with Putin and what it means for the world is worth your time.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DG9Lj0F...
March 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
WATCH: “This is a tragedy for the free world. But first and foremost a tragedy for the United States.”
This 8 minute speech by French Senator Claude Malhuret on Trump siding with Putin and what it means for the world is worth your time.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DG9Lj0F...
This 8 minute speech by French Senator Claude Malhuret on Trump siding with Putin and what it means for the world is worth your time.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DG9Lj0F...
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Yesterday was the darkest day of my professional life so far. Many of NSF’s best and brightest people fired indiscriminately. The terms of their firing cruel. My colleagues matter, they are valued and they make a difference. I have no words. www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce
NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.
www.npr.org
February 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Yesterday was the darkest day of my professional life so far. Many of NSF’s best and brightest people fired indiscriminately. The terms of their firing cruel. My colleagues matter, they are valued and they make a difference. I have no words. www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
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“The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up.” Some federal employees, both in public and behind closed doors, are resisting Elon Musk’s orders using whatever means they have. nyti.ms/3D4V7T2
February 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
“The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up.” Some federal employees, both in public and behind closed doors, are resisting Elon Musk’s orders using whatever means they have. nyti.ms/3D4V7T2
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“Your work is your rebellion”
From reddit: a letter from a postdoc who survived the Bolsonaro years. This is helpful framing for how to science in this administration. 🧪
www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...
www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...
From the labrats community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the labrats community
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February 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“Your work is your rebellion”
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It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this:
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
NEW: In a further sign of turmoil at the NIH, Mike Lauer, who oversees the agency's $39 billion extramural budget that goes to research outside the NIH, has resigned effective tomorrow.
This comes after top NIH official Larry Tabak abruptly retired yesterday.
This comes after top NIH official Larry Tabak abruptly retired yesterday.
February 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this:
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
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White House budget proposal may slash NSF funding from 9 billion to 3 billion a year.
White House budget proposal could shatter the National Science Foundation
“This kind of cut would kill American science and boost China.”…
arstechnica.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
White House budget proposal may slash NSF funding from 9 billion to 3 billion a year.
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Biomedical research as we knew it in this country is cooked. The repercussions will be deep and long-lasting.
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Biomedical research as we knew it in this country is cooked. The repercussions will be deep and long-lasting.
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Lovely week to finish the year for the @mossi-lab.bsky.social lab. @aidanfoo.bsky.social doing fantastic work at his viva and Ana Pitol securing a lecturer position @lstmnews.bsky.social!
Huge congratulations to Dr @aidanfoo.bsky.social who passed his viva yesterday!
@mosquitomicrobe.bsky.social
@gemma-langridge.bsky.social
@mosquitomicrobe.bsky.social
@gemma-langridge.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Lovely week to finish the year for the @mossi-lab.bsky.social lab. @aidanfoo.bsky.social doing fantastic work at his viva and Ana Pitol securing a lecturer position @lstmnews.bsky.social!
Our lab was in the news this week with a news release on our rainwater project in Kenya and then Paul Nyangaresi's Mitacs Inclusive Innovator of the Year award. This article has a nice 1-min video about the project:
research.ubc.ca/two-ubc-rese...
research.ubc.ca/two-ubc-rese...
Two UBC researchers recognized with Mitacs Outstanding Innovation and Inclusive Innovator of the Year awards | UBC Research + Innovation
November 20, 2024Two UBC researchers have been awarded Innovation Awards by Mitacs, a national organization that works at the nexus of academia, government, and the public and private sectors to build...
research.ubc.ca
November 28, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Our lab was in the news this week with a news release on our rainwater project in Kenya and then Paul Nyangaresi's Mitacs Inclusive Innovator of the Year award. This article has a nice 1-min video about the project:
research.ubc.ca/two-ubc-rese...
research.ubc.ca/two-ubc-rese...
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There is a concerted effort underway to download and preserve as many federal geoscience data sets as possible.
The fact that this has to happen at all is a blistering warning of the massive threat posed to #science by the GOP and Trump.
The fact that this has to happen at all is a blistering warning of the massive threat posed to #science by the GOP and Trump.
November 23, 2024 at 9:31 PM
There is a concerted effort underway to download and preserve as many federal geoscience data sets as possible.
The fact that this has to happen at all is a blistering warning of the massive threat posed to #science by the GOP and Trump.
The fact that this has to happen at all is a blistering warning of the massive threat posed to #science by the GOP and Trump.
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Here is a great summary of genomic visualization tools: cmdcolin.github.io/awesome-geno...
awesome-genome-visualization
cmdcolin.github.io
November 22, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Here is a great summary of genomic visualization tools: cmdcolin.github.io/awesome-geno...
Proud to share our latest paper on monkeypox virus disinfection on high-touch surface materials by Ana K Pitol and @siobhanrich.bsky.social from the @mossi-lab.bsky.social in collaboration with @who-global.bsky.social
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Efficacy of Disinfectants for Monkeypox Virus Inactivation on High Touch Surface Materials in Low-Resource Settings
Disinfection efficacy tests were conducted on surface carriers inoculated with the monkeypox virus (MPXV) by applying six disinfectant solutions (and three controls) on six surfaces common in low-reso...
pubs.acs.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Proud to share our latest paper on monkeypox virus disinfection on high-touch surface materials by Ana K Pitol and @siobhanrich.bsky.social from the @mossi-lab.bsky.social in collaboration with @who-global.bsky.social
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Great work from Ana Pitol and @siobhanrich.bsky.social in collaboration with WHO and @realsarabeck.bsky.social for their work examining MPOX disinfection on different surfaces.
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Efficacy of Disinfectants for Monkeypox Virus Inactivation on High Touch Surface Materials in Low-Resource Settings
Disinfection efficacy tests were conducted on surface carriers inoculated with the monkeypox virus (MPXV) by applying six disinfectant solutions (and three controls) on six surfaces common in low-reso...
pubs.acs.org
November 17, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Great work from Ana Pitol and @siobhanrich.bsky.social in collaboration with WHO and @realsarabeck.bsky.social for their work examining MPOX disinfection on different surfaces.
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Great article about our rainwater treatment project in Nyamesocho Village (southwest Kenya), in the home community of our postdoc, Dr. Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi. We used biosand filtration and UV LEDs to treat water for 365 students and staff:
news.ubc.ca/2024/11/ubc-...
news.ubc.ca/2024/11/ubc-...
UBC researcher brings clean water home to Kenyan school - UBC News
For Dr. Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi, a postdoctoral researcher at UBC’s faculty of applied science who led the project, it’s more than a professional achievement; it’s personal.
news.ubc.ca
November 13, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Great article about our rainwater treatment project in Nyamesocho Village (southwest Kenya), in the home community of our postdoc, Dr. Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi. We used biosand filtration and UV LEDs to treat water for 365 students and staff:
news.ubc.ca/2024/11/ubc-...
news.ubc.ca/2024/11/ubc-...
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I've had dengue. It was dintinctly unfun. If you needed another reason to do what you can to limit climate change, well this is a good excuse ...
www.npr.org/2024/10/22/n...
"LA is seeing cases of dengue, the range of which may be growing due to climate change"
www.npr.org/2024/10/22/n...
"LA is seeing cases of dengue, the range of which may be growing due to climate change"
www.npr.org
October 23, 2024 at 10:35 PM
I've had dengue. It was dintinctly unfun. If you needed another reason to do what you can to limit climate change, well this is a good excuse ...
www.npr.org/2024/10/22/n...
"LA is seeing cases of dengue, the range of which may be growing due to climate change"
www.npr.org/2024/10/22/n...
"LA is seeing cases of dengue, the range of which may be growing due to climate change"
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Fabulous and fascinating, using electron microscope images to make art. Gorgeous. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Tiny beauty: how I make scientific art from behind the microscope
Steve Gschmeissner images tiny creatures and viruses to show the public an unseen world
www.nature.com
June 21, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Fabulous and fascinating, using electron microscope images to make art. Gorgeous. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Happy to share our latest paper in Water Research:
Many studies have shown that applying UV-A before UV-C causes a synergistic effect; we traced that effect to damage to the transfer RNA, which plays a critical role in protein synthesis:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Many studies have shown that applying UV-A before UV-C causes a synergistic effect; we traced that effect to damage to the transfer RNA, which plays a critical role in protein synthesis:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 2, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Happy to share our latest paper in Water Research:
Many studies have shown that applying UV-A before UV-C causes a synergistic effect; we traced that effect to damage to the transfer RNA, which plays a critical role in protein synthesis:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Many studies have shown that applying UV-A before UV-C causes a synergistic effect; we traced that effect to damage to the transfer RNA, which plays a critical role in protein synthesis:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Where was this when I was an undergrad and had to refill tip boxes as my lab job?!?!??
Kids these days have all the cool toys.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx8f...
Kids these days have all the cool toys.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx8f...
3D printable pipette tip sorting device 'Elster' for 200 µL pipet tips
free download at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4268044version for 10 µL pipet tips here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4256563
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January 14, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Where was this when I was an undergrad and had to refill tip boxes as my lab job?!?!??
Kids these days have all the cool toys.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx8f...
Kids these days have all the cool toys.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx8f...
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We're #hiring! Apply today to come work with world-class freshwater scientists. We're seeking a postdoctoral associate to study molecular microbial #ecology in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Check it out! stroudcenter.org/jobs/postdoc...
Employment Opportunity: Postdoctoral Associate in Microbial Ecology
Stroud Water Research Center is searching for a postdoctoral associate to study molecular microbial ecology in aquatic and terrestrial environments.
stroudcenter.org
November 4, 2023 at 1:23 PM
We're #hiring! Apply today to come work with world-class freshwater scientists. We're seeking a postdoctoral associate to study molecular microbial #ecology in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Check it out! stroudcenter.org/jobs/postdoc...
Happy two-year anniversary of the Vancouver double rainbow! 🌈🌈 all the way.
November 4, 2023 at 6:17 PM
Happy two-year anniversary of the Vancouver double rainbow! 🌈🌈 all the way.