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Jennifer Biddle

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Taking over the world one microbe at a time. Taking myself not too seriously.

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You really need to watch this whole clip. It's amazing.

11.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 841 πŸ” 267 πŸ’¬ 87 πŸ“Œ 10
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PhD position in Bioprocess Technology for the Malting and Brewing Industry (ref. BAP-2026-160)

PhD position in Bioprocess Technology for the Malting and Brewing Industry.

#science #career #jobs #sciencejobs #job #jobsearch
#phd #phdposition

www.science.hr/jobs/223294/...

11.03.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I used this in my undergrad class yesterday as an example of a job that requires a PhD.

11.03.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
11.03.2026 03:08 πŸ‘ 814 πŸ” 192 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

The first week of US's war with Iran cost $6 billion, almost the same as the entire annual budget funding all scientific research via NSF

10.03.2026 05:55 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Your regular reminder that a giraffe is more closely related to a humpback whale, than it is related to a lion.

10.03.2026 07:33 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*did when I was 20

09.03.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Saw a new eye doctor today. Nothing like finding out for the last two years I've basically had the wrong prescription. My last doctor made me think I was just aging very quickly and someday would lose my sight! I'm back to seeing (in contacts) like I need when I was 20. thank god.

09.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

you ever think how this is all because america elected a centre-left black president once, and the right never forgave the left for it

09.03.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 1317 πŸ” 196 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 18

Did we save the daylight?!?!

Because it’s black for bus stop this morning. Sigh.

09.03.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

Twerkers at the barbeque get priority parking 🫑

08.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 5636 πŸ” 1054 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 49

Courage is a muscle, you have to strengthen it! For that reason, this IWD, I encourage all women to practice saying the following phrases:

- β€œI won’t do that work without compensation.”
- β€œI’d like to discuss a higher salary.”
- β€œI’m still speaking.”
- β€œNo, Diet Pepsi is not okay instead.”

08.03.2026 23:54 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been waking up at 4:30AM all week so today I finally feel normal.

08.03.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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07.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 30534 πŸ” 7434 πŸ’¬ 492 πŸ“Œ 330
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Warning sign that US troops could be headed for Mideast deployment: report Trump administration officials have not ruled out sending U.S. troops to Iran

Warning sign that US troops could be headed for Mideast deployment: report

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

07.03.2026 00:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It looks like US combat troop deployment orders are about to come, inside source β€” All for the false β€œanointing” of Orange Palpatine and a dark fascist ideology that is as far from being β€œgodly” as possible.

Love your pets.

Get a coffee.

🫠

07.03.2026 03:01 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We live near an Air Force base.

Time to activate the village. There’s going to be a lot of families needing help.

07.03.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump has privately shown serious interest in U.S. ground troops in Iran The president’s private comments have not focused on a large-scale ground invasion of Iran, but rather on the idea of a small contingent of U.S. troops that would be used for specific strategic purposes, sources say.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump has privately shown serious interest in U.S. ground troops in Iran.

06.03.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 220 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 141

Shit shit shit.

My military friends are getting called for active deployment.

07.03.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Chart showing in many countries, people see their fellow citizens as morally good.

Chart showing in many countries, people see their fellow citizens as morally good.

We asked people around the world to rate the morality and ethics of others in their country.

The U.S. is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad than good. See our full morality report here: www.pewresearch.org/...

05.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 482 πŸ” 250 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 184

Remember! Applied and Environmental Microbiology solicits minireviews. And they are free to publish!

There's 2 more I want to write. Time in my career to summarize and rant.

05.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In my upper level class, we read a lot of primary literature since microbial ecology is moving so fast and the textbooks can't keep up.
Today I had the primary author of a paper join - I didn't tell the students - and they were shocked! It was so fun! I love when students can see authors as people.

05.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Wait til you see the next chapter - hopefully makes people think :)

05.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Jacob is defending his thesis later this month, and gotta say, there's nothing like going in with chapters already published!

Also props to our reviewers, you improved this and were super helpful!

This is also a product of our dept writing class! W's all around.

05.03.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Viruses in marine sediments: a review of their effect on biogeochemistry and microbial interactions | Applied and Environmental Microbiology In the ocean, viruses are known to mediate the carbon cycle, keeping dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the microbial loop and preventing its movement into secondary consumers (1). However, few direct ...

New paper out! We sat down and compiled all viral work in marine sediments. The water column has been getting a second look for viral interactions, its time for sediment to have the same!
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

05.03.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

It's not that AI is useless.

It's that AI is useful like asbestos was useful.

04.03.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 556 πŸ” 154 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 15
1 year since my date with Elmo !
1 year since my date with Elmo ! YouTube video by Amelia Dimoldenberg

I’m teaching our career prep seminar this year.

This is basically how class goes: youtube.com/shorts/B9Nit...

04.03.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good news: Scientists were wrong about how bad sea level rise is.

Bad news: It’s even worse than we thought.

04.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 463 πŸ” 188 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 12
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The inverted microbial loop stimulates mineralisation of sedimentary organic detritus Abstract. Respiration is a key process in the organic carbon cycle of marine sediments, the understanding of which is key to future management decisions which aim to maximise sediment carbon storage. ...

The inverted microbial loop stimulates mineralisation of sedimentary organic detritus bg.copernicus.org/articles/23/... #jcampubs 🌊

04.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My son is in JROTC. They’ve been told they cannot wear uniforms in public anymore.

All reaction to Iran. Kudos for protecting my kid but also what lesson are we teaching now? Run scared after you do war crimes?

04.03.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0