Residents in the beautiful, but extreme, Santa Cruz Mountains have lived through historic fires, climate-change charged storms & weeks-long power outages.

Now, insurers are dropping out of the area & pushing people to the edge.

My latest: shorturl.at/jlnx7 San Francisco Chronicle

Glad to see this in The New York Times and glad this scientist found a solution that works for her. The dilemma is real, and unfortunately taking kids into the field is not an option for many of us. We need to keep thinking creatively about how to support (and retain) moms in the field.

HOW COOL IS THIS? For the FIRST time in ONE BILLION years, two lifeforms have truly merged into one organism. In a new study, researchers report that a nitrogen-fixing organelle has been identified in a marine alga. Meet the Nitroplast! Let’s talk about that! 🧵⬇️

Move over mitochondria, a new organelle called the nitroplast is here.

In a new Science study, researchers report that a nitrogen-fixing organelle has been identified in a marine alga.

Learn more ⬇️
📄: scim.ag/6DL
#SciencePerspective : scim.ag/6DM

🦠Our colleague Ramon Massana has published a nice perspective in Science Magazine about a nitrogen-fixing organelle, or “nitroplast” identified in a marine microalga.

🙌 The discovery sheds light on the evolutionary transition from endosymbiont to organelle. Follow the thread 🧵⤵️

Move over mitochondria, a new organelle called the nitroplast is here.

In a new Science study, researchers report that a nitrogen-fixing organelle has been identified in a marine alga.

Learn more ⬇️
📄: scim.ag/6BE
#SciencePerspective : scim.ag/6BF

Thus is huge.

An algae with a nitrogen-fixing organelle.

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

A nitrogen-fixing organelle, or “nitroplast,” has been identified in a marine alga. This discovery sheds light on the evolutionary transition from endosymbiont to organelle.

Learn more this week in Science: scim.ag/6yX

Happy to have both of these papers out on the UCYN-A nitroplast organelle!

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

kendraturk Esther Mak Tyler Coale Fran Cornejo Kei Inomura valentina loconte

Wow - euk nitrogen fixation? I thought that was a prok-only trick… 🤯. The “nitroplast” exists! What an incredible discovery by an all-star team Tyler Coale kendraturk Jon Zehr Isaac Cheung among others. Rewriting textbooks y’all - SO COOL

See also related paper: cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Job Alert: At CEOAS - Oregon State we're looking for a new faculty member in ocean/climate science. jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/152158

Pls RT: My Department is hiring!

The call is purposefully broad to attract great candidates in any area of Biology. However we’d esp welcome applicants with expertise in Microbiology.

I’m happy to answer ?’s abt life in PR & the UPR system in general! uprm.edu/empleos/en/202…

Our paper on microbial mortality (or not) by filter feeders is out! Sutherland Lab Portland State Research PSU Biology eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

We are hiring a microbiology lab tech! Please check out the post for a lab tech, reach out to me with questions, please share! jobs.hrc.pdx.edu/postings/44411