“If you have flu-like symptoms… this is the time to seek medical attention.” At a news conference, @cmyusefsalaam.bsky.social spoke about the Legionnaires’ disease cluster in Central Harlem.

Although 500 new NSF GRFPs were added in June, the total number of fellowships in 2025 remains ~500 fewer than in 2024. Some fields—like CS and Physics—still saw net increases in total awards. But others, including Life Sciences & Psychology, have taken hits of 50% or more compared to last year.

Check out our new open access review paper in ES&T on ways to unify drinking water opportunistic pathogen and disinfection byproduct research. Excited for this to be my first paper as a corresponding. Shout out to our amazing co-authors! @lutraskin.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

I'm delighted to share a useful FREE web-based app portal of powerful bioinformatics tools for microbial genomes and shotgun microbiome sequences! It's called Micromics and is built by Middle Author Bioinformatics, led by co-founder @ironark.bsky.social omix.midauthorbio.com

On hidden protist diversity (unfortunately the data is not available yet) #protistsonsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Sending much love and solidarity to all the public health workers who have been inexplicably fired from government agencies today. The world is far less safe as a result.

“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house." Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded. www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...

I can confirm that PRFB fellows aren’t being paid and are locked out of requesting funds. Hoping this gets resolved quickly for all of those struggling as a result.

To expand on this, right now ~200 postdoc fellows directly funded by NSF are locked out of their salary &research funds right before the first of the month. No doubt other NSF funded grads &postdocs are affected as well. All requests for funds put in before the freeze are slowly being cancelled

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers. See what changes are in store for your county. By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith

Breaking News: The EPA banned two solvents found in everyday products and used in dry cleaning that can cause cancer and other serious diseases.

I hope I'm wrong, but in a meeting earlier today I remarked to Seema Lakdawala, who's quoted in the article, and Anice Lowen that H5N1 feels like a slow-moving train wreck.

The deadline for abstract submissions to #mewe11 is two weeks from now (Dec 15). Click on "Call for papers". Early registration is also live. Click on "Registration". Register early and save $$. Visa letter needed? Complete registration & submit your abstract first. mewe11.ce.gatech.edu

Let me know if you would like to be added to the Environmental Engineers (Water) starter pack! go.bsky.app/RxwzD7c

Engineers add tremendous value in all areas of global health and medical care. They are unsung heroes of global health www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

Check out our new pre-print on NTM in drinking water systems! @lutraskin.bsky.social

Interested in drinking water flow cytometry? Check out our new studying evaluating near real-time FCM for disinfection system monitoring! @lutraskin.bsky.social 🧪 #MicroSky

I wrote an op-ed for the NYT about what reporting on long COVID has meant to me—how I approached it, the impact it had, and how it taught me to be a better journalist. This piece is sort of a manifesto for a journalism grounded in compassion, rigor, and care. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...

I am actively recruiting students for my lab at UMass Dartmouth! Are you interested in a project on actin, amoebae, cell migration, and/or pathogenesis? Send me an email & apply to the Integrative Biology PhD program by Jan 15! Please RT More info: katrinavelle.wixsite.com/science

Looking to recruit 3 grad researchers. (1) Drinking water micro-ecology, (2) Nitrogen micro (specifically comammox), and (3) Algal micro + imaging. as Spring 2024 & late as Fall 2024. if you know someone creative + motivated + interested in these topics - would appreciate u sharing this with them.

Dear researchers interested in the fascinating world of protists (microbial eukaryotes). I have created a feed for us to interact here. Please tag posts with #ProtistsOnSky and follow the feed. No sign-up needed!

Hey Y'all! The Black Microbiologists Association is now on Blue Sky and can be found @blackinmicro.bsky.social still working on making the account look like we actually use it 😅. Please follow for up to date Black In Micro Week News !

My dreams have come true 🧬 🧫

We are recruiting two postdocs at the University of Michigan with expertise in anaerobic biotechnology research, sociotechnical education, and community-led circular economy social structures and infrastructure facilities. Job posting at

Good morning! Right now is a great time to order your four free COVID tests from the US government: www.covid.gov/tests

Hi Bluesky! I’m a postdoc and NSF PRFB fellow at UT studying drinking water microbial communities and opportunistic pathogens. And I’ll be on the job market this year! Looking forward to connecting 🧫🧬