Maggie Sogin
I ❤️ microbes | ocean lover | climber | Assistant Professor @ UC Merced researching symbiosis and the environment
Website: www.soginlab.com
- Writing proposals (for NSF) in 2025:
- Reposted by Maggie SoginThis conference on EcoFABs looks awesome! Registration ends soon! eco-fab.org/ecofab-2025-... Some awesome speakers, including: @maggiesogin.bsky.social @elizabethshank.bsky.social @jackgilbertt.bsky.social
- Reposted by Maggie SoginStarted a starter pack for the presenters and attendees of the 2025 Animal-Microbe Symbiosis Gordon Research Conference. Let me know if I should add (or remove) you! go.bsky.app/Pnzz1R9at://did:plc:qpm2agf5ej3xe233jktonelw/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lrqnrhfvq52m
- Reposted by Maggie Sogin👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿
- 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
- Overheard last night at dinner: “My daughter can’t go to HS bc she isn’t vaccinated- it’s ridiculous bc everyone else is vaccinated so there is no chance of her getting sick” 🤦♀️
- Reposted by Maggie SoginDo not treat this as fait accompli. We are winning in courts and public opinion. Nominees are being withdrawn. Congress is shook. Musk is leaving. Organize. Call. Appeal. Sue. Keep the pressure on your bosses. Do the same for trans and immigrant rights, public health, and more. Solidarity forever.
- Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Maggie SoginYES! These NIH cuts to training grants are especially harmful at lower research active universities. SJSU had our U-RISE program (which we've had since 1988) cut, leaving students w 4 days notice of no stipend and cutting off an important way to get the research experience needed for PhD programs.
- Two undergrads in my lab were URISE scholars. One is graduating, but the other was counting on the funds to support her tuition next year (as well as a paycheck). Accepting any recommendations for fellowships she can apply for. She is hispanic if that helps and interested in viral ecology.
- Folks, while much of the attention is on Harvard and Columbia's response to the Trump/Musk/RFK Jr. administration, I'd like to point out how #NIH terminations and funding cuts go far beyond this war with the nations' elite universities. 🧵🧪
- Bitter sweet emotions for the two current and one former trainees in my lab who received honorable mentions this year...
- The NSF's flagship fellowship program typically gives offers to 2,000+ young scientists. This year, in the face of looming budget cuts, that number was halved: only 1,000 received an offer. Our story on what that means for the science talent pipeline: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Maggie Sogin🧪 NSF GRFP update! New graduate NSF fellowships will likely be announced this week for the GRFP (see bottom of 🧵 for why). First off, I'm *very* glad to hear of those going forward, given the otherwise bleak year so far for graduate training. Some observations... 1/12
- Reposted by Maggie SoginExcited about microbiomes and want to study them at the single-cell level? Join our team to pioneer research using microfluidics paired with automated timelapse microscopy. We're hiring motivated postdocs to push the boundaries of microbial ecology! Apply now: apply.interfolio.com/165601
- If you know undergrads who are still looking for a summer research opportunity (esp with the cancellation of so many REUs) - Our NSF BII INSITE is still taking applications for our summer internship program.
- Excited to work alongside the JGI and members of the User community!
- Welcome the new members of our User Executive Committee! They include: @sundymaurice.bsky.social @rebecca-s.bsky.social @maggiesogin.bsky.social @drksolomon.bsky.social 🖥️🧬 @axelvisel.bsky.social @kristenobacter.bsky.social @gilbertjacka.bsky.social @hyphaltip.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
- Reposted by Maggie SoginStand up for Science 🧪💪
- Quote post with a picture you took in a National Park. Yosemite National Park Fall 2024
- Reposted by Maggie Sogin🤿 HIRING POSTDOC 🤿 🌊 We are hiring a full time postdoc in ecological oceanography (2 yr) at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Seeking excellent candidates w/ experience in coral reef ecology & oceanography to develop research projects in Hawai'i & Okinawa, Japan. ID# 225109 www.rcuh.com/work/careers/
- Reposted by Maggie SoginUpon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
- Reposted by Maggie SoginThe GEOMAR seagrass team is hiring. Time to make coastal restoration long-term sustainable. A fully funded 4-yr PhD position on eelgrass seascape genomics in the Baltic Sea, further details see here www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... @geomarkiel.bsky.social DM me for inquiries
- Reposted by Maggie SoginWe are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.
- Reposted by Maggie Sogin📣 JOB ALERT📣 The Silbiger Lab is hiring a full time research tech @ University of Hawai’i at Mānoa to support research on intertidal ecology in Hawai’i & coral reef/coastal oceanography in Okinawa, Japan. RCUH ID: 225085 application link below. 1 year to start, but have several years of funding.
- The team science grant I'm a CO-PI on is on this list 🤢 www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
- Reposted by Maggie SoginSuper Bowl USAID Save Foreign Aid
- Reposted by Maggie SoginThis is how you do it. Thank you @sicbjournals.bsky.social Read their whole email to membership here mailchi.mp/sicb.org/sic...
- Reposted by Maggie SoginThe National Science foundation has just updated their FAQ to say they are complying with the court order and has restored access to funds and the ACM$ platform new.nsf.gov/executive-or...
- What it’s like being a PI right now…
- Reposted by Maggie SoginPlease repost! and Save the date for the 13th Annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop (April 18-20, 2025). More info at the registration page. REGISTRATION WILL OPEN SOON www.sachslab.com/symbiosis-20...
- Reposted by Maggie SoginSeems a good time to reiterate that trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
- In case you, like me, are in need of a doomscrolling break, my lab slack is finding out what kind of veggies we’d be: sophie006liu.github.io/vegetal/
- I’m a jalapeño!
- Brc-bio helped me get my foot in the door. It was the first grant to my lab and really helped encourage me to go for it. This is disheartening to say the least.
- Looks like the following programs in #NSF BIO have been 'archived': BRC-BIO - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... BIO-LEAPS - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... PRFB - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
- Reposted by Maggie SoginGentle reminder that if you truly value diversity in the workforce, top down executive orders may/will change implementation but it shouldn’t change your dedication to building the best possible team/group/cohort/generation of researchers
- UC Merceds new MedEd building is going to be surrounded by a mote.
- Reposted by Maggie SoginRecruiting NOW!
- I think all new assistant professors (and maybe all professors?) need a class in university and funding agency finances. I don't understand how money works at my institution! #AcademicSky
- Hey #Microbiome peps - has anyone generated ONT (10.4) data for full length 16s rRNA analysis and has a data analysis/OTU clustering pipeline they are happy with and are willing to share? TIA! #nanopore #MicrobiomeSky
- Reposted by Maggie SoginKelly Wrighton & colleagues out in Nature today "A functional #microbiome catalogue crowdsourced from North American rivers" www.nature.com/articles/s41... commentary: agsci.source.colostate.edu/researchers-... @csusoilcropsci.bsky.social on #environment #microsky 🧬 🦠🧪
- This ❤️
- 🙋♀️ We have an NSF award for a new mass spec ❤️ but the funds can’t be delivered until FY25… which is contingent on congress passing a spending bill. Anyone else gone through this? Did you get help from your institution to start the project? Or did you just have to wait for the funds? #academicsky
- Reposted by Maggie SoginThe Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Program at UC Merced is holding an informational webinar on Monday Nov 18 at 10 AM (Pacific). Links to register and apply: qsb.ucmerced.edu. QSB is a large umbrella program in all areas of Biology. Come join us!
- Reposted by Maggie SoginSome thoughts on this call to action: I am very optimistic on future applications of industrial and environmental microbiology for environmental remediation and sustainable bioproduction - it's a big interest of mine! - but some caveats to be realistic about: 1/n academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
- Reposted by Maggie SoginNSF makes you say who you got conflicts (coauthored) with. We (really just Jordan Matelsky) just built you a tool for that. Literally one click: bib.experiments.kordinglab.com/nsf-coa
- not sure why it took so long (ie after results were in) for me (and others) to abandon twitter - but this article captures the sentiment well. Also - I think - the loss of hope for the return to before times How Elon Musk stands to benefit from Trump's 2024 election www.npr.org/2024/11/07/n...
- Reposted by Maggie SoginEndorse this outstanding essay by @hormiga.bsky.social written in 2016, republished here: TLDR: 1. Keep up our research. 2. Teach critical thinking. 3. Advocate publicly for evidence-based decision making. 4. Build diverse and inclusive academic communities open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
- At least it felt good to deactivate my twitter account (finally).
- Reposted by Maggie SoginMy incredibly brilliant and kind colleague is searching for a funded 1) master's student and 2) postdoc in microbial ecology at Cal Poly Humboldt (Northern California). Catalina is an incredible mentor and her projects are super cool:
- POV: you run a research lab, currently breastfeeding, and forgot the milkbags 😳
- Anyone going to #LAMG2024 next week and want to find some rock climbs during the afternoon break? Send me a DM!
- Reposted by Maggie SoginJust under 2 weeks left to submit an abstract for an oral presentation at the always amazing Lake Arrowhead Microbial Genomics meeting #LAMG2024. Registration will open soon as well. Thanks for your patience as we navigate a new registration portal. See www.lamg.info/abstracts
- We have an open position in studying the metabolomics of the marine rhizosphere @ucmerced.bsky.social Come work with me, @phylogenomics.bsky.social Jay Stachowicz, and Gina Chaput on a #NSF funded project: chemical ecology of seagrass-microbe interactions! Apply @ aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF01758
- I think this seedling is a little confused…
- Reposted by Maggie SoginReviewing papers is the sort of thing we’re not really taught, but learn by intuition, reviews we receive (good, bad, and ugly), and the philosophy we develop over time. I'm thinking through mine - here are some components. What would you add?
- Reposted by Maggie SoginIf you can't fit things into your schedule, then you don't have control over your own priorities. How to reclaim your purpose in being a scientist if you can't find time to do what you want to do?🧪
- cool cool cool - our roof is getting replaced this week, hopefully in time for the biggest storm to hit CA in the last three years. 🫣 Adulting is hard.
- Reposted by Maggie SoginPlease Repost! Registration is OPEN for the 12th annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop at the SNRI! April 19-21, 2024 FREE For presenting students and postdocs! KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kabir Peay, Stanford University mykophile.stanford.edu Registration page: snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbios...
- Reposted by Maggie SoginHello Blue sky! The Brown Lab is hiring a junior specialist to help with DNA extractions and fieldwork around Bodega Bay! Position is based at the Bodega Marine Lab! More info: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06215
- I started my lab almost three years ago and never would have thought I'd be working with so many awesome students and colleagues today! Can't wait to see what comes next! Happy holidays from the Sogin Lab!
- Happy Monday! Today (1) my mentee, Caro Zielder defended her PhD @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social (2) my first PhD student Diane Brache-Smith passed her quals UCMerced and (3) Sophia Macvittie and I submitted our first paper from the lab!
- If you know of any graduating seniors who are planning to apply to UC Merced for grad school this cycle, I have three application fee waivers that I'm happy to pass along! HMU!
- Just delivered my favorite lecture of the semester which involved talking with my undergrads what types of careers they are most passionate about pursing. Leaving me with all the feels ❤️
- We chatted about how to figure out WHAT you need to do to get that career, identifying and contacting mentors with expertise in that field, and even identified some CONCRETE actions they could take today to set them up for success.
- I love it when my students come to class excited about what they are doing so much so that they can dream big about their childhood dreams and shift their career trajectories from what they thought they needed to do here at UC Merced.
- Reposted by Maggie SoginI'm looking to hire a postdoc in coral genomics - $66k/yr plus benefits - follow link for more info - review of apps begins Nov 10 usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
- Reposted by Maggie Sogin📢 EEB folks: Advertise your programs or open postbac, technician, and grad student positions to SACNAS attendees! forms.gle/NWixJBxvjNk8... SSE, ASN, and SSB will have a booth at the conference and will share these opportunities with attendees. #ecoevo #botany
