Kyle MacLea @kmaclea

I study microbes (#Bacteria, #Phages) but love the whole #TreeOfLife @UofNH @UNHManchester associate professor #MicrobialGenomics #ScienceEd (he/him/his) MacLeaLab.org New Hampshire, USA Joined April 2010

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Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen

2 weeks ago

Vaccines are scientific miracles

World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO

2 weeks ago

Vaccines are scientific miracles

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Mark O. Martin @markowenmartin

3 weeks ago

Missing the late great Elio Schaechter who was an integral part of my microbiological journey. He always treated me with kindness and consideration, and as if my thoughts and opinions had merit. I will never live up to his example, but I will always remember and try to honor him.

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Neil Stone @DrNeilStone

4 weeks ago

Exciting new vaccine news from my country of birth Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿! RSV is a HORRIBLE virus especially for babies A new RSV vaccine given to pregnant women resulted in HUGE reduction in hospitalisations for their newborns Vaccines work! bbc.com/news/articles/…

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Aaron Fritschner @Fritschner

a month ago

Trump is planning to close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and the George Washington Carver Center, the headquarters and primary facilities of the Agricultural Research Service. A massive blow to agricultural research in the U.S. and farmers who depend on their work

Grace Yarrow @YarrowGrace

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Vipin M. Vashishtha @vipintukur

2 months ago

A common virus once thought harmless to humans might be linked to Parkinson's disease, a new study says. The germ, Human Pegivirus (HPgV), was found in half the autopsied brains of patients with Parkinson's, but not in any brains from healthy people. 1/

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Brian Allen @allenanalysis

2 months ago

🚨 NASA BLOODBATH: Over 2,000 senior officials at NASA just threw in the towel, not because they wanted to, but because Trump’s federal “downsizing” came swinging like a sledgehammer through America’s scientific backbone. From Artemis moon missions to Mars exploration, we’re now…

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Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande

2 months ago

This is a travesty and a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi. It lowers vaccine costs for the world, has vaccinated 1B children, and averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year -- and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.

POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope

2 months ago

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Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY

3 months ago

The NSF’s proposed FY26 budget request includes a staggering 50% reduction in funding. It’s alarming that leaders can’t- or won’t -grasp the long-term damage this will do to our research, innovation, and the future of America’s scientific workforce.

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naturepoker @naturepoker1

3 months ago

Alright fellas. Come one come all, #amateurbiology poster presentation at #asmicrobe on our first set of methylation screening results on Halococcus. Come ask about an exciting new finding I couldn't put on the poster! #archaea EEB 1147 @kmaclea @Archaeon_Alex

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Reagan Gomez @ReaganGomez

3 months ago

I’m seeing that this is irreversible. That the only way the country will get lands like this back is if the corps/countries/individuals who buy it, donate it back. Which will not happen. This is the largest public lands sell off in modern US history.

Hayden @the_transit_guy

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The Orchard Keeper @keeper_orchard

3 months ago

The chances of land this close to Grand Teton and Yellowstone NP being used for “affordable housing” are absolutely 0. This land will become the playground of fat cats who will exclude the average person like me and you from using these wild lands.

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KC NoDak Brim 🇺🇸 @brim006

3 months ago

Absolutely infuriating. 3 million acres of public land. Teddy is rolling over in his grave…

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Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen

3 months ago

Yesterday I spilled the tea on the new ACIP members to @TreedinDC @axios (link in reply). I'm willing to give non-overt anti-vaxxers a chance. But I know what Robert Malone, Martin Kulldorff, Retsef Levi, & Vicki Pebsworth are going to do & it will be catastrophic.

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naturepoker @naturepoker1

3 months ago

Our poster abstract for #ASMicrobe2025 is up! First bit of info from our warehouse lab led Haloarchaea study project. Session EEB-P-302 - EEB02 Saturday Microbial Evolution. Please feel free to come say hi 👋 #archaea #microbiology #sequencing abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20974/p…

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Jo Handelsman @jo44atWID

3 months ago

The administration’s proposal to convert scientist positions to Schedule F—political appointees—has enormous implications for the independence of program managers and institute directors. If you have comments about the proposed change, submit by June 7.

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Niko McCarty. @NikoMcCarty

4 months ago

Cable bacteria were discovered more than a decade ago, but I haven't seen a deep article on them yet. Last year, I visited Aarhus University in Denmark (where they were discovered) to learn more about them. So let me break down why I think these microbes are so fascinating...…

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Alexander Harris @dr_alexharris

5 months ago

Has the @nytimes or the @washingtonpost reported on this new NIH directive yet? It’s pretty astonishing grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/n…

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Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen

5 months ago

But here’s the best part: “the federal government demonized alternative treatments and disfavored narratives” That’s anti-vax for “actual experts correctly said we were wrong & hampered our ivermectin and supplement grifting and mass infection policy proposals”