McMahon Lab
@mcmahonlab
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Madison, WI
Joined September 2015
20 years of microbial sampling, reoccurring seasonal change, and long-term shifts from aquatic species invasions. Thrilled to see this out in @PNASNews 🎉 @quendi @TrexLab @riley_hale8 @JakeDeLake @mcmahonlab @WiscLimnology @UWMadisonCALS @NSF @USLTER
https://t.co/s2K511kDMr
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Invasive species impart abrupt changes on ecosystems, but their impacts on microbial communities are often overlooked. We paired a 20 y freshwater ...
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I am pleased to announce the release of our final report on Standardizing Methods for AMR Monitoring in Water Environments! Join our @WaterResearch Webcast Feb 21 @EMBARK_JPIAMR @ishi_keenum @VTcombatAMR @emilydgarner @HEARD_PIRE @IWAHQ
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I’m so frustrated with @UWMadison and the amount of salt they dump on campus and straight into Lake Mendota. Campus is a disgraceful salty mess every time it snows.
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Latest from me: Nearly every fish @EPA tested from the Great Lakes and U.S. rivers was tainted with a #PFAS forever chemical used for decades in Scotchgard stain-resistant fabrics, firefighting foam and food packaging manufactured by Minnesota-based 3M.
chicagotribune.com
Eating just one freshwater fish a year can dramatically increase the amount of toxic forever chemicals coursing through a person’s blood, according to a new study that reflects more than a ha…
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(1/3) A strong system will bring a multi-faceted weather event to Wisconsin tomorrow afternoon through Saturday. While our dry conditions will limit flash flooding, heavy rainfall in excess of 2", strong winds, and a potential brief window for a few weak tornadoes exists. #wiwx
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Ashley Shade is a mentor to many here at #GLBRC. In this #podcast episode, she shares the mentors she had as an undergrad @SusquehannaU, PhD student @UWMadisonMDTP, and postdoc @Yale, that helped her navigate academia as #womenInSTEM: https://t.co/jGBypdRdDq
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Be diligent and check your child's candy this year, just found an invasive silver carp shoved inside a Milky Way. No words.
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An isolation period of 5 days after Covid is totally inadequate for most people. New report from >63,000 people. Negative rapid tests are an essential guide https://t.co/M0P4nQLhCE
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A new airborne threat - fungi from wildfires - and Indoor filtration with HEPA or Corsi Rosenthal boxes can reduce indoor exposure @CorsIAQ @JimRosenthal4 @kprather88 @ChemDelphine
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Pathogens in soil are a danger to firefighters, but smoke may transport spores that cause valley fever and other infections into cities too.
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The No. 1 university in America for turning out current CEOs of Fortune 500 companies is not Harvard, not Stanford, not Notre Dame. It's Wisconsin. @UWMadison
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The No. 1 university in America for turning out current CEOs of Fortune 500 companies is not Harvard, not Stanford, not Notre Dame. It's Wisconsin.
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Academic tweeps: I need help again with productivity tools/strategies. I just can't lock into something that works long term. What system(s) do you use to keep on top of deadlines, tasks, projects, etc? Here is what I've tried:
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Love love love this one! My pleasure to share @mcmahonlab latest: "Signatures of Microbial Diversity at Multiple Scales of Resolution within Engineered Enrichment Communities" from @lizilla93 the manuscript MACHINE!
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Microbial community dynamics are dictated by both abiotic environmental conditions and biotic interactions. These communities consist of individual microorganisms across the continuum of phylogenetic...
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Excited to share that I’ve started @ArcadiaScience today as a Scientist working on computational pipelines! Looking forward to lots of fun science & creating open-source tools for the community!
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As you might have guessed, he rocked it!!!! Even the post talk celebration salmon agreed
Super excited to give my tenure seminar next week - Thursday, Sep 29 at 3:30 pm Central. If you are in Madison - please try and attend in person. Reception to follow. Zoom option may be available, DM/email me if interested.
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Excited to share this study! Another cautionary tale about blindly trusting published PCR primers. Kudos to the ever enthusiastic @ambermwhite16 and @lizilla93 for making it happen!!!
Expanded diversity of tfdA harboring bacteria across the natural and built environment https://t.co/INK4mtZKIk
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Congrats @ambermwhite16 for her successful PhD defense on her aquatic herbicide work!! Coadvised with @quendi. #phdone @UWMadisonCEE
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Recruiting grad student for Jan 2022 to study mercury methylation. Masters or PhD in Env Chemistry or EnvEng or Freshwater Sciences. I've been striking out for Fall admissions cuz I was too slow in recruiting. Plz pass along & LMK if u have any undergrads hoping to start in Jan!!
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Excited to announce the release of the Hg-MATE-Db: Hg-cycling Microorganisms in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems Database - a community effort that was led by @ericcapo12 @BigMicrobeBen & me https://t.co/53owehd3Rd (1/5)
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Excited to share our work on microbial mercury methylation now published in @mSystemsJ! @mcmahonlab
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