Erica Marie Hartmann
@ericamhartmann
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Microbiologist dabbling in environmental engineering, public health, and the microbiology & chemistry of the built environment. Any pronouns.
Evanston, IL
Joined May 2012
Professor @ericamhartmann spoke with the BBC, emphasizing that while toothbrushes and showerheads harbor a rich diversity of bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—there's no need for heightened concern or excessive cleaning. @cee_nwu
https://t.co/G24w4Vm9nl
bbc.com
Bacteria from our toilets, the cold sore virus and thrush-causing yeast can thrive on our toothbrushes. But there are ways to keep your toothbrush a little cleaner.
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Our research on phage communities in household-related biofilms has been highlighted in the @hudsonalpha Biotechnology Discoveries and Applications 2025 Guidebook. Check it out on page 10!
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🚨New Crofts lab paper🚨 Functional metagenomic libraries let us study bacterial genes 🧫🧬 from microbiomes💩, even if they've never been annotated with a function before 📒. However, these libraries often require more metagenomic DNA than is available from some samples.
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Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human health.
nature.com
Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human health.
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Science communication has never been more essential. Grateful to @BioRender for making it easier and hoping to get a boost for grants 🤞 #BioRenderForGrants
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A study led by @FSMGlobalHealth’s @egonozer identified a new fungal infection spreading in Pakistan. The international collaboration was launched by a @BuffettInst Global Working Group grant led by @MehreenArshadMD & @ericamhartmann, who are co-authors. https://t.co/FA3dZdcF5H
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Postdoc seekers—into microbes, corals & biotech? Erica Hartmann (@ericamhartmann, Northwestern) & I (Shedd) are looking to support a candidate for the Walder Biota Award. Check the link & get in touch! https://t.co/dd1H7dViOE
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Looking for a postdoc? Like microbes and corals? Want to expand understanding of symbiosis while developing new biotech? Join me and Shayle Matsuda at Shedd! We want to support a candidate for a Walder Biota Award. Check the link & contact me for details https://t.co/GDa6oiz3eY
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Science funding represents a tiny fraction of our federal budget but has a massive boost to our economy. The repercussions of cutting this funding are very real, both in terms of lost knowledge and innovation, an in terms of human suffering.
science.org
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
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To remain a beacon of progress, the U.S. must support scientists, not silence them. Today, at “The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants,” we are learning from scientists about their canceled projects & the impact on American science. #StandUpForScience
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Federal funding is being cut in so many ways, having so many awful impacts. We need sustained funding to create new drugs and technologies and train the workforce for these vitally important industries. https://t.co/ILG2hVZTXM
chicagobusiness.com
Scientists at Illinois universities are worried federal cuts will set back research innovation in treatment and cure of diseases.
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Front page of the Wall Street Journal today 👀 Restore scientific funding, protect American innovation. “The scientists pay for it, and eventually then the U.S. people pay for it, because research isn’t getting done.” https://t.co/eOTGjvIOhZ
wsj.com
The federal government froze the university’s research funding. It hasn’t offered the school a way to get it back.
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🚀 From curious student to synthetic biology leader — @NUSynBio's Ashty Karim, PhD, shares how embracing the unexpected led him to his dream faculty role at @NorthwesternEng. Full story ➡️ https://t.co/6jmPsm5921
#SyntheticBiology #STEMCareers #FacultySpotlight #ScienceJourney
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The formidable Weitao Shuai is representing us at the @AEESProfs meeting tomorrow at 9:30. Go check her out! https://t.co/3v62lFW7jV
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This is no way to run the greatest research enterprise in human history. Truly, the US is shooting itself in the foot. I spoke about it with The Hill Rising. @thehill
https://t.co/GPhZ4iLJ4V
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Recent actions by the US federal government have me really concerned about our future leadership in innovation. I wrote about it here: https://t.co/GbKUF6OOpd
thehill.com
Without consistent funding and a welcoming environment full of potential collaborators, there is a dwindling space here for me and so many immigrants and descendants of immigrants who worked so har…
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In reaction to federal attempts to curb antisemitism, several Jewish NU professors said the Trump administration is using antisemitism to justify broader punishments against universities. – Reported by @carlottaang76
dailynorthwestern.com
For legal studies Prof. Shana Bernstein, part of being Jewish is a shared belief across religious, ethnic and political divides in the importance of debate, inquiry and disagreement. However, the...
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For the last 8 years, I have used this op-ed in my intro biology class for engineers as an example of both the power of science and the necessity to talk about science. Science matters just as much today as it did 8 years ago.
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