ngl I killed this shit

bay area earthquake twitter time to tweet

Really nice to see this one finally out :-) microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… A glimpse into phage diversity and activity across seasons in East River watershed soils thanks to the analysis of paired metagenome and metatranscriptome. Congrats Clément Coclet ! 😊

hello I am back from the dead to announce that the 2023 hank card signup form is now open: forms.gle/eMNdofwsWF5fZA… I'll probably put in the printing order next week, so sign up soon if you want one, thanks!

Dr Maureen Berg *happy hank noises*

Super happy to be in Atlanta for #ASMicrobe. If you are here and want to discuss anything phage, metagenomes, etc, my DM are open or you will find me at many EEB sessions, especially Friday at 1:45 for one dedicated to AMGs 👀👀 (EEB-IDS-010)

#ASMicrobe Calling all phage people in the attendance (we really need some sort of phage signal, or at least an emoji...) - AMG session happening this afternoon at 1:45 in B304 ! See you there ☺️

My postdoc, Heejung Cho, is presenting today at #ASMMicrobe2024! Come check out her poster at EEB-1148! :)

Dr. Jonelle T Basso 🇹🇹 Joint Genome Institute bringing phages to the bacteria-plant (interaction) party in the rhizosphere 🥳 #ASMicrobe

Remember - You should register to VEGA24 now because it will be a really nice meeting and because if you wait too long, you won't get the early-bird rate.. We also still have plenty of space for short talk that will be selected from abstracts, so get these ready !

Sad to see that despite my 5000+ emails Parafilm stretching still isn't an event at the Olympics 😞😞

Happy Noodlococcus Day to all those who celebrate 🍜🦠 On this day in 2019, we discovered this noodle-y colony contaminating an old plate, leading to the creation of ContamClub 🧫✨

Thanks (again) everyone 😊, and many thanks to ASM ! To me, it is also a recognition of the entire viral ecogenomics field, and I feel very (very) lucky to work alongside brillant, supportive, kind, and overall just awesome scientists 🥰.

If you work with metagenomes (or metatranscriptomes), would like to explore what viruses/phages are in your datasets, but don't know where to start, we have (an) MVP for you now \o/ Really happy to see this one published, and also welcoming feedback/suggestion of improvement!

Twinkle twinkle little bugs

Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab

I went on WBUR today to talk about the grant terminations and the importance of basic medical research wbur.org/news/2025/05/1…