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In my limited poking around these pages are still down:...

In my limited poking around these pages are still down:

https://asm.org/IDEAA/Resources/Black-Microbiologists
https://asm.org/IDEAA/Resources/Asian-American-and-Pacific-Islanders
https://asm.org/IDEAA/Resources/Women-Microbiologists

>etc for all the IDEAA resources pages. however they are accessible from the internet archive. And perhaps reassuringly the many of articles they link to are up except:

https://asm.org/Articles/2024/September/Advancing-Lab-Equity-in-Latin-America
https://asm.org/Articles/2024/August/Leading-the-Change-Highlights-from-the-ToL-Scholar

It would be great to have an independent mirror to the articles and resources that these pages used to index

Meanwhile this link on the wayback machine yields a list of 148 results of articles that were previously categorized as DEI content. I'm...

Meanwhile this link on the wayback machine yields a list of 148 results of articles that were previously categorized as DEI content. I'm hoping every article on the list is still up but I can't see the URLs for more then the first 12
https://web.archive.org/web/20241205162923/https://asm.org/Browse-By-Topic/Diversity-Inclusion

It seems like the current strategy is to bury the pages without a official index. While this means the external links to these pages will (if everything is put back up) remain intact the lack of an official index creates discovery barriers

Feels bad to see news of ASM failing to hold the line for marginalized microbioloigstsAs reported...

Feels bad to see news of ASM failing to hold the line for marginalized microbioloigsts

As reported in:
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/trump-executive-order-american-society-for-microbiology-removes-dei-content/

The article on Chelsey Spriggs is back (as are links to the ABRCMS website as the article says) but the one on Juneteenth is still down.

The article gives official comment that ASM is trying to figure out how to put everything that is taken down back up, but they are unable to provide any clear action items.

Listening to a podcast (https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1270-youre-wrong-about-49764960/episode/balto-with-blair-braverman-156228634/) about...

Listening to a podcast (https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1270-youre-wrong-about-49764960/episode/balto-with-blair-braverman-156228634/) about #balto on the way back to #NYC from #Chicago. If one wanted to learn more about the #diphtheria #epidemic they mentioned you could look at references 1-4 on this wiki article (and/or read the wiki for a summary) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_serum_run_to_Nome

So until we officially announce our new season of shows (likely for early 2024) please stay tuned. We're looking forward to new...

So until we officially announce our new season of shows (likely for early 2024) please stay tuned. We're looking forward to new opportunities to nerd out big about all things small! 🦠

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Back from our summer break and plans for a new format 🧵We want to hear your reactions and #suggestions over the fediverse or by email...

Back from our summer break and plans for a new format 🧵

We want to hear your reactions and #suggestions over the fediverse or by email (microjc@biotechwithoutborders.org). As always you can add papers directly for us to consider using #Zotero (link in bio) or just follow along there with what we're reading. We're no longer keeping up with Twitter/X nor are we intersted in exploring other social media platforms (ie bsky, IG, Threads), but we are getting interested in #PeerTube and #Twitch.

Back from our summer break and plans for a new format 🧵We've been doing the same thing for some time with no planned end and the...

Back from our summer break and plans for a new format 🧵

We've been doing the same thing for some time with no planned end and the break let us close one chapter to start another. We're ready to experiment with our format to create something that folks can tune into selectively to expand their knowledge and share their enthusiasm and/or curiosity. We're still thinking about this as our fun side project that helps us keep up to date the literature and hope others will want to join in.

Back from our summer break and plans for a new format 🧵When we started our livestream show in depths of the #covid lockdowns we...

Back from our summer break and plans for a new format 🧵

When we started our livestream show in depths of the #covid lockdowns we didn't consider that one day our Sundays might be available to enjoy the company of friends and family in meatspace, or that we would be able to frolic in the urban landscapes of #London #NYC. We started with a need to know more about SARS-CoV-2, a desire to reboot an old #scicomm channel we enjoyed during grad school, and a mutual love and enthusiasm for microbiology.

Back from our summer break and plans for a new format 🧵So consider this a sort of re-#introduction (timed with scicomm.xyz's #upgrade...

Back from our summer break and plans for a new format 🧵

So consider this a sort of re-#introduction (timed with scicomm.xyz's #upgrade to 4.2.1!) to our #microbiology journal club. We haven't agreed on a final format yet, but we do agree that: we want to keep doing a #livestream, focus on producing more #graphics, have both a deep dive and a news overview, add a more general #review, produce in smaller batches that have a #theme tying shows together, and explore new #platforms.

Back from our summer break and plans for a new format 🧵I haven't posted about the #journal #articles I've been #reading and...

Back from our summer break and plans for a new format 🧵

I haven't posted about the #journal #articles I've been #reading and honestly I've been reading less since our break. I hope at least our boosts are helpful in connecting you to cool #microbiology on the #fediverse. We got together last week to check-in and see what we wanted to do about #microbiojc. To our mutual delight we're still both interested in keeping it going, but we want to change up the format giving us something new to explore

As we mentioned at the end of our last news show, we're taking a break for the summer to enjoy the season and give us a moment to think...

As we mentioned at the end of our last news show, we're taking a break for the summer to enjoy the season and give us a moment to think about the format we've settled into. We hope to be back in the autumn with changes!

I'll still be surfing fedi from this account, boosting stuff, and hopefully writing some paper summaries (I'll post those to oneabstractaday[@]gup.pe)

As always: toot us paper suggestions (or just say hi), check out our zotero, and watch some old episodes if you want.

After taking a week off we're back with another news show. Join us today at 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST in the chat for highlights of the...

After taking a week off we're back with another news show. Join us today at 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST in the chat for highlights of the #phage #nucleus, #ultrasound puppet #bacteria, using a virus to splay #cats, directed #evolution of co-cultures, and more!

https://youtube.com/live/Cl1RltfY0Ro?feature=share

Organizers for #solsticeschool2023 are looking for #presenters. It's the #fediverse 's own #conference for anybody who has some...

Organizers for #solsticeschool2023 are looking for #presenters. It's the #fediverse 's own #conference for anybody who has some expertise they want to share. Talks are short with plenty of time for questions. We hope you want to contribute something so get your abstracts in before July 1st!

https://solsticeschool.scholar.social/2023/presenters/

You can see our archived talk titled:

The development and operation of an online #microbiology #journal club with internet friends

on last year's programme https://solsticeschool.scholar.social/2022/programme/

This paper was on the docket for our next episode because I was interested in what can be learned about uncultured bacteria with existing...

This paper was on the docket for our next episode because I was interested in what can be learned about uncultured bacteria with existing genomic datasets, but I'm going to switch it out for something else that has more experimental evidence.

Insights into the uncultured phylum OmnitrophotaOmnitrophota are studied via previously generated data. 346 metagenome-assembled genomes...

Insights into the uncultured phylum Omnitrophota

Omnitrophota are studied via previously generated data. 346 metagenome-assembled genomes show reduced #genome size yet complete #metabolism, with signatures of predatory/parasitic behaviour. 75 single-amplified genomes and MAGs from serially filtered cells suggest most are nano #bacteria (~0.2um). Quantitative stable-isotope probing profiles suggest some families are #predators.

@oneabstractaday #microbiology

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01319-1

Hi all we're swamped this week so although we have a good idea of the 10 papers we'll cover in our next show we have to skip this...

Hi all we're swamped this week so although we have a good idea of the 10 papers we'll cover in our next show we have to skip this week and resume on July 2nd.

Upcoming news show June 4th 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST join us in the chat!After taking some time off we're back with 10 papers that caught...

Upcoming news show June 4th 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST join us in the chat!

After taking some time off we're back with 10 papers that caught our attention.

We'll be looking at #CRISPR for an HIV cure (in mice 😅 ) and to remove #AMR plasmids, defective #SarsCoV2 genomes (what are they up to?), #spores hitchhike on motile #bacteria (thanks for the tip @STCmicrobeblog ), #cryoem of filamentous #phage, delivering #protein via extracellular contractile injection systems, and more!

https://youtube.com/live/cEcXKfdIrxk?feature=share

Hello all! If you didn't catch it in the last news show we're taking a short break and we'll be back on June 4th. In the...

Hello all! If you didn't catch it in the last news show we're taking a short break and we'll be back on June 4th. In the meantime, look through our old episodes and/or our zotero and let us know if you want us to do a deep dive on anything. As always toot us your suggestions for cool papers and we'll consider putting them on the docket.

See you in 3 weeks!

Upcoming news show April 30th 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST join us in the chat!We'll be covering #cyborg #algae for making #hydrogen, the...

Upcoming news show April 30th 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST join us in the chat!

We'll be covering #cyborg #algae for making #hydrogen, the effect of #fish poop on #coral, an enzyme used by #bacteria eating bacteria, #fungi compete with bacteria in #microfluidic mazes, and more!

@academicchatter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njv4vi4-9Po

Upcoming news show April 16th 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST join us in the chat!We'll be covering #nanotech motors for ramming into bacteria,...

Upcoming news show April 16th 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST join us in the chat!

We'll be covering #nanotech motors for ramming into bacteria, magnetized tumor-treating #bacteria, first-report of a plant #fungus causing human #infection, designer recombinase, bacterial #electric "cables", and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoKuaHCgGcQ