elsewhere with same user name. proteomics, cellular decision-making, and biogeochemical cycles. assist prof @usc_meb. Also a yoga teacher. Your best is enough.
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I am hiring a research/technical specialist/manager to help us make the most out of new LC-MS instrumentation at USC! Please share the word and write me for more details. usc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en…...
What does it really mean to be in nutrient colimitation? We demonstrate a distinct growth phenotype and that (co)limitation can (and should!) be quantified. The result of many late afternoon chats with @Michael_Manhart.
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
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The inaugural Alma Dal Co School on Collective Behavior will be in Venice (Sep 29-Oct 4, 2025). This unique school honors Alma (1989-2022), whose brilliant work bridging physics and microbiology revealed how metabolic interactions structure microbial communities. @Alma_DalCo 1/12
The science supply chain is so ridiculous. You can do your best on sustainability in the lab and then VWR sends you stir bars each in a huge, double walled cardboard box. 🙃
I'm back with another non-academic Mom In Science update: she's with her poster at another conference, this time invited! She's thinking about writing it up as a manuscript; that would be so awesome.
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New KITP Program! #MICROECO26
Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments
Dates: 5/18/26-6/18/26
kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/mic…
Update: Mom's poster made the conference website and we're all really excited about it. I'll also point out that her poster is about reducing C-section infections by sending patients home with a cleanser that works but is nice enough that they enjoy using it as self-care. Go mom!
I am so proud of my mom who has been an RN for 40 years, went back for a masters in her 50s, started doing research, and is presenting a poster at a conference for the first time today. I hope I also keep doing new things when I am 62!
Proteocean Lab is in the clean room today prepping for field incubations to minimize contamination by trace metals! It’s like entering a dance club - years can go by but I still got it 🍾
I highly recommend doing a postdoc in the MSE group!
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I think that microbes experience nutrient limitation in a continuous way, but experiments aren't usually designed to capture that. Thoughts (and massive concept map) from @Michael_Manhart and I in the Microbial Systems and Synthetic Biology themed issue: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
It's been a month since ASMS - which talks have stuck with you/should I watch before the recordings disappear in September?
What makes a sticky bacterium sticky? Turns out, it can just be one enzyme. The moral of this study was: sequence your freezer stocks!
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p.s. the non clumping strain was an absolute nightmare for proteomics, which caused a quarter year stress cycle that ultimately ended up in the sequencing venture and me finally signing up for yoga teacher training. Hah!
I took (and later TA'd) Susan's environmental policy class at MIT. She had one consistent message - humans are good at solving problems, and we can solve this one. This was important for me to hear as a young scientist. I have her new book on order!
From @guardian: Atmospheric chemist Susan Solomon talks about fixing the hole in the ozone layer and the lessons we can take from it to address the climate crisis, a major theme in her new book Solvable.
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