I study how bacteria kill plants. Interested across biological scales: molecular 🧬, cellular🦠, organismal 🧫, ecological 🥀🌍, and evolutionary 🧬. Optimistic pessimist: The world is dark, so how can we slow the decline?
New Preprint 🥳 Here we wondered how phages that have been extensively studied in laboratory E. coli strains actually behave when they encounter a real pathogen such as O157:H7 strain...one with a far more complex cell surface & one of the most consequential foodborne pathogens in the United States.
Animated E. coli Bacteria DrawingAlt: Animated E. coli Bacteria Drawingstatic.klipy.com
Student visa is already one of the most highly restrictive/monitored visa type. When I was a student, my transcript and my address were all monitored. Student already have to be good academic standing throughout their study to keep the visa. Have to have a work permit to work after graduate.
9. By supporting universities, they support the human capital development that flows into the commercial sector and generates the growth and innovation that has been a massive boon for US commerce. This plan undercuts that role, with disastrous consequences that will ricochet for years to come.
There are a lot of very wrong things in the OSTP report, but this one is just silly for multiple reasons? The average tenure of an employee at unicorn tech and biotech startups in SF is just 2-4 years. www.inc.com/business-ins... (Maybe just a bit higher post 2022 slump?)
Here's the Average Tenure for Tech Workers in Silicon Valley's Top 15 CompaniesA new report shows that software and internet companies had the highest employee turnover in 2017, compared with other major industries.www.inc.comCarl T. Bergstrom15. I keep coming back to this line. It is willful misrepresentation of our federal funding agencies' mission beyond discovery: developing that R&D workforce (and a pipeline of ideas) that flow into the private sector so beloved to our author. We employ trainEES because trainING is what we do.
Microbiology professors/PIs, would you like to join the microPI slack? Microbiology is defined broadly. This is an open tent. Professor/PI is inclusive to teaching focused roles, or pure research PI roles like a National lab PI. Reply or DM me and I will send you a link.
This misunderstands the role of private vs. public R&D. Private R&D is great but is connected to R&D tax exemptions, & often doesn't spill out into the public domain. There's a notion we can ramp federal R&D spending down & be competitive. We can’t & we shouldn’t. www.whitehouse.gov/releases/202...
OSTP Director Releases Landmark Report and Recommendations for Renewing American Scientific DiscoveryWASHINGTON, DC – Today, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsioswww.whitehouse.gov
America's R1 universities educate ~8–9 million students (undergraduate + graduate) -> more than 1/3 of U.S. college students (vs. the ~0.6% of Ivies). Undermining this system threatens the institutions that train our workforce and drive scientific innovation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An American research crisis with real human consequencesIvy League universities have dominated recent news headlines, having become popular targets for critics of higher education. But the threats they face—cuts to federal research funding, assaults on aca...www.science.orgI learned about Epscore when I started my lab. I did not love knowing that the same grant from California is less likely to be funded than if it was submitted from a state with low research funding. However, I think grant funding should be geographically distributed across the US.
Dan GaristoInitial notes: There's a lot of emphasis on the GRFP (and similar funding mechanisms, such as CAREER awards) because of its ability to target high-performing individuals on the basis of merit—in contrast to institutions and diversity programs.
