Here's where we are at: federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old white man, a US citizen and ICU nurse at the VA who appears in multiple videos to have done absolutely nothing violent or even remotely illegal.
ICE killed a mother of 3 and and ICU nurse
Kristi Noem must be impeached. ICE must be abolished. Democrats in the Senate cannot fund DHS.
Trump has created a militarized police force accountable only to him. These agents need to leave our cities NOW.
Who in their right mind believes statements from the Department of Homeland Security?
Who believes anything Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller or Trump might say about what has just happened in Minneapolis?
They no longer have any credibility. That should be clear by now.
They lie like they breathe.
I will not be gaslit.
Federal agents executing US citizens in cold blood is unacceptable.
Don’t let the lies work for you. This needs to end. Now.
Photos of the 12 members of the ASLO ECC sharing holiday greetings and well-wishes for the new year
ASLO Early Career Committee wishes our global aquatic science community a joyful, restful holiday season. 💙
Looking for a supportive, international home for your research? Join ASLO and grow with us. aslo.org/membership-opt…
#ASLO_ECC #JoinASLO #ECR #AquaticSciences
We have a date for the free-to-attend #anvio workshop and ECR Symposium for 2026, and we look forward to meeting you at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany!
Please find more information on the venue, program, and the application form here, and spread the word 😇
anvio.org/workshops/20...
#SciComm early career folks, this is an excellent opportunity
Hoping to attend the #ASLO-SIL Meeting in Montreal next year but not sure if you can make it in-person? Check out the #ASLOECC hosted #AmplifyingVoices session and consider submitting!! @aslo.org
Call for Abstracts: The #ASLO_ECC invites #ECR to apply for the next "Amplifying Voices" webinar on interdisciplinary approaches to enhance understanding of aquatic systems. Share your work globally!
🗓️ Webinar: 20 Nov (10 AM / 6 PM EST)
Abstracts due Oct 20: www.aslo.org/amplifying-v...
#ASLO
#TEALSHIPS Expedition #2! @tolarchaeota.bsky.social is at the forefront of research of the critical habitats that span from the NC coastal shelf to the Gulf Stream, ~50 miles. 🌊 Gulfstream
🐙 collected samples from 1400m below
🔬interdisciplinary science - multi-institutes & programs
bit.ly/TolarTEAL
Tune in for our last (😭) APH session of this semester next WEDNESDAY, May 14th, at 10 AM EST / 4 PM CET!!! Check your email soon for the Zoom link or sign up to join our mailing list here: t.co/b17JFAaZQ6. Check out the exciting talks we have planned for you:
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Super fun times when you see a $4000 shipping charge on FedEx that turns out to be a tariff/customs surcharge (of close to 100% of the item's value...). Gotta love it. 🤬
Once in grad school my advisor said she liked pouring agar plates (for growing bacterial colonies), because it's relaxing. I think I must looked at her like she was crazy. Now, I completely understand.
Bradley Tolar, Christian Briseño-Avena, Winifred Johnson, Matthew McLean, and Ata Suanda on dock at the Cape Fear River.
Bradley Tolar, UNCW Biology & Marine Biology, is PI on a $1.5M Grant Award for Coastal Research to lead TEAL-SHIPS! Funding supports an interdisciplinary research initiative focused on coastal marine sciences. Co-PI's: Christian Briseño-Avena, Winifred Johnson, Matthew McLean, and Ata Suanda.
UNCW Team Won the Coastal Resilience Team Competition Funding Award from NC Sea Grant! $20,000 for a 2-year project, leading to more resilient habitats & communities on NC’s coastal plain. Christie shares, "Ghost forests offer a visually stark example of sea-level rise."
bit.ly/ResStudentTeam
You can’t stop what I believe in.
You can’t silence my community within or outside science.
You can’t keep us from persevering and continuing to make places better and more accessible.
You can’t make me change. I’m not going to stop. I dedicated my life to this, so buckle up.
There's a lot of organizations declaring "we're doing this based on legal advice about EOs" going around. As an administrator I always knew that advice is not a mandate. It takes a leader's directive to convert advice to action. Leaders need to be prepared to own that directive AND its consequences.
I was going to respond to the ASM press release after having my coffee, but this is such a better response. ASMs last email was Jan 30 and does not mention taking down IDEAA sites or spotlights on Black, Indigenous, or other underrepresented microbiologists, or anything about DEI. Disappointed.
So, I study microbial “community diversity” and that means I’ll get flagged. Didn’t think I’d end up in a career/country where my work got censored.
(We aren’t even going to get started on how this list and EOs are against my personal beliefs and how I run my lab and envision future science)
Image of five UNCW scientists smiling and posing after planning for the upcoming TEAL-SHIPS expedition on board the R/V Cape Hatteras at Cape Fear Community College. Left to Right: Matt McLean, Winn Johnson, Bradley Tolar, Christian Briseño-Avena, and Ata Suanda
And our photography folks really loved the "band photo" highlight in front of the #CapeHatteras #CFCC, but this is my favorite. Collaborate with folks you enjoy hanging out with :)
Selfishly, of course, my students and I can't wait to characterize the #microbialecology gradients from the #CapeFearRiver offshore, especially #nitrogen cycling #Archaea!
Excited to explore biological, chemical, and physical processes from our #NorthCarolina coast to the #GulfStream and how it changes over time. Updates and a future expedition blog here: uncw.edu/research/pro...
Some good news today: our #TEAL-SHIPS project is officially announced! Read more from #UNCW here: uncw.edu/news/2025/01...
Thanks to the #UNC System and our state for investing in interdisciplinary #MarineResearch including #biology #chemistry and #physics within the ocean.
I think fetch is finally going to happen in 2025
BIOS313 (Intro. microbiology) Students created “microbial wiki” pages on an organism of their choosing n presented their findings in a poster session. So proud of how awesome the students did n the effort n fun they had (thanks @tolarchaeota.bsky.social for the idea). #academicSky #newpi 🦠🌊🧬🧫🪸🧪
Yaaaaay!!!! So glad it worked out for you! Excited to peruse the pages (especially if you had any #Archaea entries - I only had one this year 🤣)
Even if it consumes a lot of time, one of my favorite parts being a #NewPI is working with students to refine their personal and research statements. Often these students under-sell or dilute their achievements, and it feels great to see their application truly shine for the next stage. #ProudMentor
Great article detailing the work of Colorado State Microbiome (CoSMic) Network Research Professor Mikayla Borton, #CoSMic Co-Director Kelly Wrighton, and collaborators.
In addition to the article below, check out the publication here in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#GRAM #Microbiome