Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Coastal Microbial Ecologist & Biogeochemist interested in how we change the environment, one microbe at a time | Views my own | She/her 🏳️🌈🌊🌱🧬
http://ashley.bulseco.org
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Our college is hiring a new TT faculty in Aquatic Ecotoxicology. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about working in the college or living in St. Pete, FL (spoiler, I love it here :)) jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/676280/t...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Did you know that less than 0.5% of philanthropic giving goes to Native Americans. Here are Native-led places you can donate this #GivingTuesday.🧵
- Today’s cozy cabin vibes combine the calm of snowy seclusion with the chaos of proposal writing. ‘Tis the season! 🌲❄️
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.EPA accused of misleading public about ongoing production of harmful PFAS www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/epa-...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.On this 19th day of #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth we’re highlighting #Yup’ik agricultural specialist Elias Kelly’s memoir about life in #Alaska. #nativeamericanheritagemonth #alaskanative #yupik #indigenous #books #booksky #writer #author #native #nativeamerican verastarbard.com/2025/11/19/t...
- The Coastal MicroEco Lab had a blast at the CERF @cerfscience.bsky.social conference! Congrats to lab members Camille and Marley for superb posters and THANKS to panelists/participants of collab sesh with @ellewoodsofmyco.bsky.social) focused on integrating microbes into restoration efforts 🌎🦠🧬
- Today’s win so far is when the barista handed me my chai latte and told me to “enjoy,” I refrained from saying, “you too.” 🥇
- Fall views in the salt marsh = some of my favorite field work days 🍁🌱🧬
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.🚨GRFP DEADLINE ALERT!🚨 I missed this in my original solicitation read-through, so FYI 📣LETTERS ARE DUE BEFORE PROPOSALS📣 this year! "Reference letters are due Friday, November 7 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)." www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
- Sometimes #academicmom life is writing a proposal narrative draft on your phone with two kids sitting in your lap while watching Bluey on a Friday night.
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Pro-tip for faculty who are more trusting than me: any time anyone tells me to do something verbally, I always send an email to them right after saying "For my memory, just to recap our conversation a few minutes ago, you asked me to do X. Please let me know if I misunderstood." Paper👏trail👏ALWAYS!👏
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.2026 OCB Activity Proposal Solicitation now open until Oct 24 - spread the word! www.us-ocb.org/science-supp... @nacp-carbon.bsky.social @usclivar.bsky.social @ccspo.bsky.social @solas-ipo.bsky.social 🌊
- At #ESA2025? Ideas on how to expand above and belowground community datasets? Check out: SS 10 "Time is of the Essence: Toward Meeting the Pressing Need for Paired Long-Term Sampling of Above- and Belowground Communities." BCC 338 Mon 10:30-11:30. We will discuss practical ideas & form a network!
- If you missed today’s session, want to learn more, or just get in touch, check out our working group website: francis-chaves.github.io/Above-Belowg...
- Exciting news, our SPARC proposal has been funded! Our project brings together experts across disciplines and will explore above-belowground coupling/synchrony. Big thanks to @uslter.bsky.social! lternet.edu/stories/thre... 🌱🦠📉🌎 #LTER #SPARC #plants #microbes #SynthesisScience #TeamScience
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Protect Trans Scientists. cowritten with a lot of amazing people (I tagged those I could find but there are so many more incredible folks) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @thepunkscientist.bsky.social @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social @bfrancescol.bsky.social @drsueishaq.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️ toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Are you a recent PhD (or soon to be PhD) from outside Canada looking to do a postdoc in Quebec? Get in touch if you are excited about microbes, evolution, ecology, genomics (or all of the above!) and I'd be happy to help develop a project together! www.mcgill.ca/gps/funding/...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.For non-scientists: the funding rate is somewhere between 7% to ~25% (rare) for NIH or NSF grants, depending on where you are applying. Grants are reviewed by a panel of peers who read the grants, score them, then debate the ratings for 1-2 days to rank them. It is INCREDIBLY competitive already.
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.I hadn't seen anything about USDA NIFA/AFRI in the FY26 request so I looked it up. Does this just get rid of Hatch Act funding for land grants? Am I reading that right?
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.I’m not going to retweet that NOAA propaganda post about deep sea mining. Instead, I’ll tell you that I don’t know a single NOAA scientist who would promote deep sea mining in this way, because the available science we have does not justify exploitation of deep sea habitats for minerals.
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Yes! Another foundation stepping up to meet the moment. I’ve been waiting to hear more news like this.
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.PANGAEA is working to rescue data from the US! Many datasets - e.g. from NOAA - are being decommissioned in May. PANGAEA has opened its archive to safeguard these valuable resources. "If you become aware of any endangered datasets, please don't hesitate to contact us. We ❤️ data!" www.pangaea.de
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.🧪 Our Terminated NSF Grant Tracker is live 🧪 🔴 114 NSF grants listed so far 🔴 Cancelled grants focused on → Training scientists → Misinformation → AI → Climate change Credit to @noamross.net for all the work to build this & to all PIs who submitted their info. Link: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.This is evil and awful and trans people everywhere deserve better than what's happening right now. And I think it's impossible to overtstate the pivotal role that JK Rowling played in mainstreaming hateful and false ideas about trans people. Every dollar you give her goes toward efforts like this.
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Shout out to the tenured and emeritus faculty who are speaking up on here, at rallies, in calls and emails to legislators, in board meetings, in meetings with funders, so that us non-tenured folks don't risk our careers to speak out against *waves hands wildly* all of this
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.BREAKING:The National Science Foundation (NSF) has put a cork in its grantmaking pipeline after billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) set up shop at the agency this week. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
- Interested in what we can learn from microbes in coastal restoration efforts? Submit an abstract to our session for @cerfscience.bsky.social in Nov: "Microscopic to Mighty: Harnessing Microbial Ecology for Restoration Success", co-led by the fabulous @ellewoodsofmyco.bsky.social! #CERF2025
- CERF 2025 Registration is NOW OPEN! Join us November 9–13, 2025, in Richmond, Virginia for an incredible opportunity to connect, learn, and grow with fellow coastal and estuarine science professionals. #CERF2025 🔗 Secure your spot today at conference.cerf.science
- Scientific session not enough? Be sure to check out our *collab session* "Microbes in coastal restoration: Networks bridging science, policy, and practice" that provides a space for networking and idea sharing about incorporating microbial information into restoration practices! #CERF2025
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.There are days in life that shake you. I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University & academic career... 1/🧵
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.OSU is hiring! Come work at CEOAS - Open rank faculty position and director of the Oregon State Stable Isotope Laboratory. My network is small on Bluesky, please share widely! Reach out if you have questions about living in Corvallis or about CEOAS specifically. jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/165...
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This is a devastating list - Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Free to print posters for the Stand Up for Science Protest Hi everyone, I am not in the US at the moment and I am sad to miss the Stand Up for Science demonstration on March 7th! I hope you will go, and it make it easier for you, I made some easy-to-print signs! I made 7 different poster designs,…
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- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.For context, the funding being terminated is 50% of Maine Sea Grant's budget. Cutting $4.5 million won't make a drop in the overall federal budget, but will decimate the program. Maine Sea Grant, like all Sea Grant programs, exists to serve the American people. The return on investment is huge.
- My REU in 2011 helped me understand I had a path in research. Since then, I’ve had the privilege of mentoring several REU’s, many of whom have gone onto grad school or scientific careers. The gutting of these programs will have a devastating impact for many years. www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Proud to be part of this awesome team! Thanks to @balachaudhary.bsky.social and @khadlily.bsky.social, unstoppable forces in EcoEvo 💜💜 @wocineeb.bsky.social has done a lot for me and other POC in EcoEvo so please help us protect groups like this www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Nice review on connecting marine biogeochemistry models with -omics: Microbial Ecology to Ocean Carbon Cycling: From Genomes to Numerical Models doi.org/10.1146/annu...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.I am looking for a summer undergraduate intern to help out with harmful algal bloom monitoring in coastal GA! Fully funded internship and housing is available. Pls help spread the word! www.skio.uga.edu/undergraduat... #habs #REU #aquaticecology #internship #oceanography
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.If anyone else, like me, is on the lookout for #microbiome #postdoc positions, check out this custom feed I made. Any posts within the last 7 days mentioning both "microbiome" and "postdoc" will populate in the feed. bsky.app/profile/did:... #AcademicSky #PostDocJobs #Microsky
- Frantically finding a new (and safe) daycare for my two kids in the midst of a childcare shortage because of a carbon monoxide emergency was certainly NOT something I planned for... Please, please - make it stop.
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.This is an attack on US science. NSF staff provide critical support for scientific infrastructure and global excellence. These are valuable dedicated public servants. Please contact your reps, write letters, make noise! Are there any plans for rallies at NSF headquarters? Journalists: COVER THIS!
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.I am done being sad about anti-DEI measures & am solidly back in the succeeding-by-spite mode. It got me through undergrad, & grad school, & my postdoc & my first asst prof position. Want me to jump through hoops for funding? Fine. I'll jump over the hoops & teach the next gen how to do it too.
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Since 1991, the NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) is dedicated to K-12 students & funds innovative STEM educational projects. It supports our EvolvingSTEM program that engages >1500 students/yr in authentic research. 🚨Its Program Announcement (PAR-23-137) is now GONE.😡 nihsepa.org
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.A reprieve, for now Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans apnews.com/article/dona...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Childhood vaccination rates began declining in the pandemic but haven't recovered. H/T to @patschloss.bsky.social who featured these plots in his newsletter. Article shows state-by-state trends, allowing outbreak risk forecasting www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Black and Asian Queer-owned Loyalty Books maintains a list of forthcoming queer and BIPOC authored books for you to preorder from them. Preorders support the store and the authors, and ensure you do get little surprises in the mail later! www.loyaltybookstores.com/preorders
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- Heavy day, heavy week. Here if anyone needs to talk it out. I got your back no matter what!
- Excited to be a part of a project led by friend and colleague Sophie Comer-Warner. We aim to disentangle complex drivers of biogeochemical cycling by generating in-depth characterization of dissolved organic matter and metabolite pools. Stay tuned! www.emsl.pnnl.gov/news/emsl-se...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.anyone have pictures of their recent poster using the #betterposter design? specifically related to eco evo or env sci? (looking for some examples to show future students!)
- Presented my research as part of the Postdoctoral Diversity and Innovation Scholar program at UNH. Humbled to be surrounded by such impressive human beings! 🦠🌊🌎
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Starterpack of WoC and non-binary PoC in EcoEvo. Specifically, those of us who are members of the #WoCinEEB slack community. I'll keep adding people in the next few days. Please let me know if I missed you! Happy to provide info on how to join our community 💜 Please share! 🙏🏽 go.bsky.app/9iCneeTat://did:plc:3tx3cq6r6fa5vksnufm6q6os/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lclui4ibg72r
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.If you're interested in trying out LLMs in #rstats but don't know where to begin, I've added a few two vignettes to elmer: elmer.tidyverse.org/articles/elm... and elmer.tidyverse.org/articles/pro...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.One week left to apply for this faculty position in marine ecology at UMass Boston! Take a look, and please let me know if you have any questions. Great department, great marine systems, great students! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us... 🧪🌍🌊
- Stoked to be a JGI CSP New Investigator recipient with co-PIs @bowenlab.bsky.social & Gregg Moore. We’ll look at the microbial response to tidal restoration flow in salt marshes jgi.doe.gov/announcement.... Grateful to be included alongside some amazing scientists! 🌎🧪
- We found that sediments from chronically N-enriched marshes demonstrated lower respiration rates and higher DNF:DNRA ratios in response to added nitrate. Check it out if you’re into microbes, marshes, C & N cycling, and lab-based experiments 🧪🌎🧬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.We're #hiring! Apply today to come work with world-class freshwater scientists. We're seeking a postdoctoral associate to study molecular microbial #ecology in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Check it out! stroudcenter.org/jobs/postdoc...
- This week, I made it into the field for the first time in YEARS and did so while 8 months pregnant! Plus, submitted a long overdue paper. I’m back! #SciSky🧪🌎
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Out online now: @bowenlab.bsky.social and colleagues (great cast of women and role models in the world of microbial biogeochemistry! ) review nitrogen cycling processes in salt #marshes and responses to #environmental change. #jcampubs 🧪 www.cell.com/trends/micro...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Hoping y'all can help me learn the Blue Sky ropes and also to amplify this postdoc opportunity! Come work with a great team on the meta'omics of methane production in tidal freshwater marshes at the PIE LTER! Based at MBL, but lots of fun with our group too. tinyurl.com/ycvrkpky #HiSciSky
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Microbes are collectively one of the biggest forces shaping Earth, and yet undergraduate #geology students typically receive little training in microbiology. My new open access textbook seeks to help. “Microbiology for Earth Scientists” is freely available here newprairiepress.org/ebooks/53/
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.UMaine is hiring a soil scientist! I'm not involved in this search, but feel free to reach out if you have questions about the area, the institution, etc. umaine.hiretouch.com/job-details?...
- Reposted by Ashley Bulseco, Ph.D.Come work with us in Microbiology at UMass Amherst! We're hiring a microbial immunologist. More info here --> careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u... Apply by the November 13, 2023 to ensure consideration! Learn more about us here: www.micro.umass.edu #microsky #jobs 🧪🦠🧫
- How are we finding COVID booster appointments for kiddos under 3? Nothing popping up for us on vaccines.gov and we're in between pediatricians due to a recent move.
- Another day, another (guy) doctor telling me to lay off the carbs. Dangerous words to say to a pregnant woman.
- Now that I’ve made the switch, I’ll share that after stepping away from academia for a few years to teach secondary, I’m back in the research world. I have thoughts about coming back, which I’ll share soon enough. I’m here if you’re looking for a microbial ecologist to collaborate with!
