Jennifer Bell

Assistant Professor at the University of Wyoming. All things soil (sometimes plant) microbial ecology. Over educated cat lady. She/her,

[Jennifer Bell @jmasterbell]

Check out my latest paper from my postdoc @MortonArboretum. We found that bison grazing and fire helped shape AMF communities @Nachusa. https://t.co/DND6BaZmJM

[Anna Landre ♿️ @annalandre]

Do you know a wheelchair user who works in a lab who'd be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users?

Please share far & wide! Interest form: https://t.co/ixrzMB8Z57

https://t.co/WvtmeI5hEr

[Jennifer Bell @jmasterbell]

Alright everyone, I finally got on Bluesky. Follow me at https://t.co/B1aysSFofp

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

Academic publisher Elsevier's profit margin compared to Apple, Google, and Microsoft

Apple: 28%
Google: 25%
Microsoft: 34%

Elsevier: 37% with a revenue of $3.9 billion.

Elsevier's payment to academic authors and reviewers: $0

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Journals: “we apologise for the 11 month delay in responding”

Also journals: “please return the proofs within 48 hours”

Also also journals: “your article will hopefully be made available online by 2026”

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Introduction: this article will redefine the disciple

Conclusion: look…the important thing is we all had fun

[Jennifer Bell @jmasterbell]

@MayoOnTheBrain This just happened to me too! We responded to the reviewers that we weren’t going to do that and then the paper was rejected 😂. I agree though it’s super sketchy and we were also surprised we were wrong! We talked a lot about why we could have been wrong in the discussion.

[Alan Rockefeller @AlanRockefeller]

The Ohio Mushroom DNA Lab is offering free DNA barcoding for any wild collected fungus, found anywhere in the world.

They need to be dried and packaged in ziplock snack sized bags, labeled with the iNaturalist observation #

https://t.co/xn3faQ9Grx

[Jennifer Bell @jmasterbell]

@ImperfectFunGuy @Bee_Bytes @kategscience @mpnelsen @FieldMuseum My lab mate found a bunch last week at Waterfall Glenn Forest Preserve. I think our plant pathologist found one on arb grounds. Message me if you’d like to visit the Morton Arboretum.

[Jennifer Bell @jmasterbell]

@NorrBaye Congratulations Norbaya!!!!

[Jennifer Bell @jmasterbell]

“Most bacteria lead lives of quiet desperation, so they sleep.” Same girl.

[Jennifer Bell @jmasterbell]

Sometimes I wonder if @MeghanMidgley regrets hiring me. I’m just trying to make community assembly easier to understand.

[Jennifer Bell @jmasterbell]

I just got back reviews on a paper where a reviewer said I didn’t pay close enough attention to Barber et al. (2023) but I suggest you didn’t sir, because if you had you would have seen I’m included in that et al. @BarberEcology #reviewer2

[Jennifer Bell @jmasterbell]

@bhjuarez @ChasingMicrobes Same here, I know I lost out on at least one job this way. I was their second choice and the person they went with had EIGHT more years of experience. How can I compete with that?

[Jennifer Bell @jmasterbell]

@DocHPJones I don’t know, she left out her petting the dog breaks so I don’t know if I trust this.

[Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel]

Oh you don’t like my paper? Trust me, there is no one on this earth who hates my paper more than I do.

[Jennifer Bell @jmasterbell]

@CFCamerer I’m still waiting to hear about a USDA postdoctoral fellowship I applied for in August. I’m now indelible for it because I got a permanent position but yeah, this budget uncertainty has screwed a whole cohort of postdocs out of funding.

[Soil Biodiversity @theGSBI]

Dear GSBI community: it is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Diana Wall, our scientific chair. This is a tremendous loss for our community. Please see our website for a longer tribute: https://t.co/D03OeGCrzw

And CSU's article here: https://t.co/MzKLlU7XXz

[Jennifer Bell @jmasterbell]

Well this is fun. Make your own here https://t.co/trhLlbuO5b