See our (@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & my) #ScienceUnderSiege book event last month at the legendary DC bookstore @politicsprose.bsky.social courtesy of #CSPAN #BookTV: www.c-span.org/program/book...

Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social (It’s also our kid’s birthday)

New from me: After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Before today, the strongest storm to make landfall in Jamaica was category 4 Hurricane Gilbert in 1988 with sustained winds of ~130mph. Category 5 #HurricaneMelissa is sustaining winds at 175mph. The wind is far from the only danger, but that difference is staggering. (1/2)

Amidst a government shutdown in which the White House has proposed slashing federal support of science by billions of dollars, our #SCIMaP team continues to assess the impact of research cuts on communities nationwide. Learn more about our efforts: scienceimpacts.org With more to come... a 🧵

Five years since this wonderful pup chose us!

MSc by Res opportunity - developing behavioural indicators to inform killer whale conservation with @exeter.ac.uk @whaleresearch.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social People from underrepresented groups in marine science encouraged to apply. Deadline 19Dec www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Happy World Phage Day! Tiny viruses have mighty roles, shaping our environment and life on Earth. Phages maintain microbial community stability, impact primary production, nutrient cycle and pathogen virulence. We can also use phages in phage therapy to combat bacterial infections. #PhageSky

📣We will be back soon for a new series! 🎉 Our first speaker will be Chris Klausmeier @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social on Tuesday 21 October: ⭐Microbial cross-feeding coexistence and collapse, spatial patterns and population cycles⭐ As ever, free for all to join! Link+details: iite.info/seminar/

Best consideration deadline, Friday Oct 10: #SCIMaP (scienceimacts.org) seeks to hire a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist at U-Maryland to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research. umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

New job 🚨: Our #SCIMaP (scienceimpacts.org) team is searching for a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research. Application review starts Oct 10: umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

We are excited to announce a special issue call on Open Source Software and Code in Mathematical Biology, open until 1st March 2026. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... Taylor and Francis are currently supporting a 100% waiver for all submissions.

📣We're Hiring!📣 Come join us as a marine micro lab tech in sunny Santa Barbara! A great position for a 2-year post-bacc or starting point for a long-term technician position. Apply by 9 October for full consideration, and please share widely! careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucsb/EMP...

Maryland is losing federal jobs faster than any other state. When should we start worrying?

When we build the greatest stereotype engine the world has ever seen we should not be surprised when it reproduces bias

Job Alert! Looking for a PhD student and a postdoc in quantitative ecology Deets here: resiliencelab.github.io/join/

Meet The Banner Montgomery newsroom buff.ly/nDRBXpG

Three Associate Professor (or Professor) positions available at Oxford Biology. Come be my colleague! www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/we-a...

Our paper on US contact patterns is now published in The Lancet Digital Health! doi.org/10.1016/j.la... Thanks to my brilliant coauthors @zsusswein.bsky.social, @vcolizza.bsky.social, & @bansallab.bsky.social for their help with this project. Read on for an overview of our findings... 🧵

9 former directors of the CDC penned an op-ed stating that what Robert F. Kennedy has done to the nation's public health system is "unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Hey are you looking for a postdoc focusing on microbial ecology/bioinformatics? Hit me up - it’s not my lab but trying to help someone else staff their lab. If you have a student about to defend, this could be a great chance to get a ton of papers.

Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊

Excited to announce a search for an Associate or Full Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling at Penn State's Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics. Details at link and below. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

An exemplar of data-driven journalism meeting the moment. 👇

A technology that played a key part in saving millions of lives during the pandemic should be celebrated. Yet in the US, research into mRNA vaccines is being cut. While sadly not unexpected, it’s irresponsible as we argue in our editorial this week 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What's the projected impact of the White House's proposed NIH cuts for FY2026 in your community? Ask the @scienceimpacts.org bot 🤖

As see in the few examples in this thread, the #SCIMaP team has released an interactive bluesky bot. You can ask for scorecards in a variety of ways: Just send a zip (98105) or state (South Carolina) or district (MD-04)

mRNA is about much more than #COVID. It's the frontline of America’s defense against #pandemics and #biothreats. Turning away now would leave us unprepared and vulnerable. My essay in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...

Catching up on this important & personal piece by @celinegounder.com responding to attacks on science: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...

Do you love alpine plants, ancient DNA, and/or population genetics? My lab will be hiring a postdoc soon to be based at the University of Maine! We’re looking for someone who uses genetic tools and thinks like a community ecologist. Happy to chat at #ESA2025 if you’re interested.

Longer posts soon on recent exec orders that threaten the vitality of America's research capacity, but wanted to step back and highlight the release of in-depth analyses that directly confront the economic impacts of administration decisions building on viz at scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group. The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects. Please RT. Details 👇: shorturl.at/iiiOv

Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

📣 New preprint from the SCIMaP team! Across three studies, we show that communicating the economic impact of NIH funding cuts—especially with interactive quizzes and maps—decreases approval and motivates action to oppose the cuts, across the political spectrum. 🧵 1/8 osf.io/preprints/ps...

One of the strongest developments so far in my "all of the money that Republicans are pulling out of universities and science will eventually be used to soft-nationalize the AI industry as though it's critical cyberinfrastructure" theory

Modeling effects of population heterogeneity on disease spread. #OpenAccess in JTB, with Jeremy Harris , Esther Gallmeier, @beckettstephen.bsky.social and @joshuasweitz.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

Wow Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions ki.se/en/about-ki/...

Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Fellowship at @ihmeuw.bsky.social www.healthdata.org/gbd-fellowship

#SCIMaP estimates current & future economic losses in local communities across the US (counties & Congressional Districts). We explain our approach in a new preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... (w @joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social @cl10.bsky.social)

📢New job posting!📢 Are you excited by the idea of building global infrastructure to make pathogen sequencing more accessible, interpretable, and equitable? 🧑🏻‍💻🧬 My group at @swisstph.ch has an opening working with ARTIC2, @pathoplexus.org, & Loculus - read on! 1/5

Featured in @insidehighered.com, #SCIMAP analysis along with new @americanprogress.bsky.social report detailing impacts of terminated grant nationwide. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

No one should be using Generative AI to replace actual thinking, research, analysis, or writing… gizmodo.com/fdas-new-dru...

New paper joint with @phagepasteur.bsky.social (including joint experimental/modeling first authors Sophia Zborowsky and Jeremy Seurat) on in vivo phage therapy efficacy given immunomodulated animal hosts. Nat Comms: rdcu.be/euikl Accessible summary: cmns.umd.edu/news-events/...

Hi folks, we had a last minute cancellation at MBL STAMPS, the microbiome data analysis course in Woods Hole that runs from July 14th to July 24th. We can provide housing space for a woman. If you or anyone you know is interested, pls drop me an e-mail at [email protected]. Thx!

Midway through a full week, early career focused event at University of Maryland. Ever more excited for what could be in the study of phage dynamics across scales. Many thanks to all the lecturers, student/postdoc participants, lab instructors, and support. weitzgroup.umd.edu/workshops/

The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget. Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide. Interactive map and shareable report: scienceimpacts.org/fy26 a 🧵

Extreme heat warning again today, from 11a-9p. Expected highs are a bit hotter than Monday. DC forecast to reach 100+. Details in the forecast at cwg.live.

Fantastic new and thoughtful article by @drjudystone.bsky.social about what we can expect this week from the fraudulent ACIP committee that RFK Jr. installed. www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...

The White House's proposed FY26 budget would cut NIH funding by >40%. Our new #SCIMaP report projects the budget would lead to economic losses throughout the US with $10M+ lost in almost every House district. scienceimpacts.org/fy26 @joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social @cl10.bsky.social