The #DireWolf is the talk of the town right now! But what exactly were these Ice Age predators? Alf Museum curator and dire wolf researcher explains! #FossilFriday

Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.

🚨This week, many Columbia scientists lost grants that funded over half their annual income. Others will no longer be able to do research that helps treat thousands of sick patients across the US. "It hurts," they told me. My story for @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Devastating to hear from disappointed undergrads about all the summer programs being cut. NSF, NIH, and the complete cancelation of Mosaics in Science national park internship program focused on broadening participation. NSF REUs were crucial to my start in science www.science.org/content/arti...

Remarkable thread offering guidance to current and prospective NSF grantees about how to navigate the times ahead — from an NSF program officer who was fired in yesterday's DOGE purge (!)

Please repost this government led survey to get this into every fired government employees hands! 🧪 democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

The National Science Foundation fired 168 workers today. The NSF was established by Congress to promote science, advance public health and contribute to the national defense. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Heartbreaking news… Tonight, many of our friends were let go, and tomorrow, even more will follow. Word is that all probationary employees at NPS will be let go. 😭

NIH doesn’t just support infectious disease research—it drives breakthroughs in cancer, childhood diseases, heart disease, diabetes & more. Thanks to NIH, we have: 💉 Cancer immunotherapy ❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins 🩸 Insulin for diabetes Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.

Welcome, Dr. Jones, to the University of Washington as our 34rd President.

New, NSF-supported research: Emergent network properties link phenotypic modules to ecomorphological divergence in carnivoran mammals doi.org/10.1016/j.is... Also, check out the beautiful original artwork made by one of the co-authors for this study:

🚨 FINALLY OUT IN @Nature. A tour de force effort. 🦇 10 new bat genomes, excess of immune gene adaptations, species specific adaptations in ISG15, and anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity of bat ISG15. @hillermich.bsky.social @batresearch.bsky.social #LZCI #Bat1K www.nature.com/articles/s41...

IOB now in issue ! The Carnivoran #Adaptive Landscape Reveals Trade-offs among Functional Traits in the Skull, Appendicular, and Axial #Skeleton Chris J Law, L J Hlusko, Z J Tseng doi.org/10.1093/iob/... #science #fossils #analysis #carnivores #ecology #topology #locomotor #mammalian

One of the most important things you can do today is your science. Knowing calculus/physics/genetics/chemistry etc. makes you rare and the world will need you to rebuild tomorrow. Practice your skills and pass them on. Keep the flame alive. 💚🌱🧪

The NIH Is literally prohibited by law from commenting on the new NIH restrictions. The NIH can't fight this fight for you. Scientists who want to help people, this has to be your fight.

Morning session, Coal Oil Point. (If anyone knows who was out there on the morning of Saturday 18th, it would be cool to get it to them.)

New paper! A long-ignored type of cartilage cells characterized by large lipid vacuoles is found in several mammalian structures (including #bat 🦇 ears) and may impart them with functional biomechanical properties: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New 🌱🦇 paper!!👇

🚨😷🧪 NEW: A growing body of evidence shows that pandemics, biodiversity loss, and climate change are part of a broader polycrisis - but there are no simple solutions. A sweeping overview of "Pathogens and planetary change" for the first issue of @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social, out now 🔓 rdcu.be/d6lHl

I guess I hadn't posted this yet and didn't even know it had come out-- I was interviewed for (and co-wrote w/Daniel Rabosky) a Trends in Ecology & Evolution "TrendsTalk" article on "Disability in ecology and evolution" -- www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... #DisabledInSTEM #academicchatter #academia

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I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

Congratulations to Kory Evans @sternarchella.bsky.social, winner of this year’s @J_Exp_Biol sponsored Carl Gans Award at #SICB2025. His #biomechanics research examines the role of modularity in the evolution of the #fish skull. Don't miss his talk: 7 Jan at 13:30 in Marquis D Please repost

Check out our new #bat #skull evolutionary #biomechanics paper, led by @fountainscholar.bsky.social and her Masters student Delaney Gilley! 🤩👇

🌟 POSTDOC ALERT! 🌟 I’m hiring a #postdoc to study #Birdsong #Biomechanics at the Muséum in Paris (@mnhn.fr) 🔧 Key Skills: - #Bioacoustics - Aero-acoustic modelling (COMSOL) 📅 Start: March 2024 (or earlier) I'll be at #SICB2025 – come chat or email me for details!

Check out our new #OA paper, part of EJLS' special issue "A Global Perspective on Adaptive Radiation"! With @aigverte.bsky.social & Marco Mello, we review the intrinsic & extrinsic factors potentially underlying the phyllostomid adaptive radiation 🦇https://doi.org/10.1093/evolinnean/kzae032

Applications for the 2025 Ranges Imaging Mini Awards are due on Jan. 8th! This is a great funding opportunity for trait-based projects that rely on high resolution imaging. Focus on Western North American #mammals Learn More: ranges-network.org/awards/ 2024 recipients: ranges-network.org/2024awards/

I started a "Bat Network" starter pack - please let me know if you want to be added. I've tried to find the "bat people" on Bluesky but I think I'm missing some! Or they need to migrate over here! (maybe they are hibernating). DM for adds or subtractions. go.bsky.app/2t1aJW2

Are you interested in learning about how engineering and physics can be applied to study the motions of #plants, #invertebrates, and #animals? Here's a non-exhaustive list of Comparative Biomechanists to get started! 🦋 🐟 🦎 🌿 🧪 go.bsky.app/HvHFgvB Apologies for any that I may have been missed.

We sat down with Mammalogy Curator @sesantana.bsky.social to ask her about the cutest bats we’ve ever seen.

If you're unsure you could ever like #bats, just watch the clip below 😉 (& learn more about these winged cotton balls here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondura...)

Job alert! Two Full-time Assistant Teaching Professor positions in our Department (UW Biology). Come join us! Please share: apply.interfolio.com/147513

I wanted to share our most recent paper looking at the emission, and potential function, of vocalizarions associted with food in disc-winged bats. Such a great collaboration with the awesome Rachel Page, from the Smithsonian Bat Lab.

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I’m thrilled to see the science community growing and thriving here! My intro: I’m an Integrative Biology Prof and Mammal Curator who studies the phenotypic evolution, ecomorphology, biomechanics and behavioral ecology of mammals, particularly #bats 🦇, to understand their diversification 🧪

Ranges is pleased to announce the second call for the Ranges Imaging Mini-Awards! The goal of these awards is to support imaging of Western North American #mammal specimens for research. Deadline is 01/08/2015. More info 👇 https://ranges-network.org/awards/

In the past ~20 years, #microCT scanning has truly revolutionized the way we study #bat morphology and biomechanics. Check out what our lab has been up to recently in this interview @vaibhchhaya and I did for...

A celebration of bat research, academic connections, cultural experiences, good food, and sunshine — what more could you ask for? NASBR2024 🦇Guadalajara🇲🇽 was such a blast! See you next time!

PSA re:@ScienceMagazine's author demographic form: Hispanic/Latino is not a race. You can do better. https://www.latinoisnotarace.info/resources/combining-the-race-and-ethnicity-question-is-actually-going-backwards-as-a-country

🚨New 🦇🌱 paper in early view @iobopen – We characterize ecological interactions between short-tailed fruit #bats and Piper plants across habitats, and report variation in bat foraging that could be associated with differences in fruit scent composition:...

🚨New 🦇 paper!🚨. We report that island size and dietary niche breadth strongly influence patterns of species richness and the prevalence of #bat species across the San Juan islands in WA State @Mammalogists. https://tinyurl.com/349sv5hh

Happy end of the academic year and congratulations to all the grads! Our lab had a potluck featuring dishes from each of our cultures and/or nationalities 🇻🇪 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇳🇬 🇨🇴 🇮🇳 🇱🇰 🇨🇳 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿➕ — the most delicious lab tradition yet!

Time flies when you’re having a fun and productive time with colleagues!! Day 2 and 3 of the @GlobalBatNet meeting have been an incredible opportunity to further connect with colleagues and brainstorm new vision and actionable projects for our #bat networks and research areas.

Day 1 of the @GlobalBatNet meeting is a wrap! Super excited to learn more about the progress made across networks and so many exciting working groups. The future of integrative bat research is bright! 🤩🦇

In a world where news about human misery and tragedy live alongside a showcase of unnecessary opulence, sometimes a third (orthogonal) axis is what we need to get through the day. So, I give you the thread *nobody* asked for: #MetGala2024 looks as #bats

🚨New🦇 paper🚨 Postnatal ontogeny of nasal turbinals in the Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus - #OpenAccess in the North American Journal of Bat Research https://eaglehill.us/NABRonline/access-pages/005-Smith-accesspage.shtml#OpenAccess📷Brock Fenton & Sherri Fenton

🚨New paper alert🚨 – We demonstrate how phyllostomid bats radiated via an early burst, a pattern that is only apparent in traits linked to diet: The hierarchical radiation of phyllostomid bats as revealed by adaptive molar morphology...

The @burkemuseum’s 2024 Members Behind-the-Scenes night is a wrap! At the mammal collection, visitors learned about turbinal bones, chipmunk biogeography, effects of climate change on mammals, and much more from @vaibhchhaya, @DonavanJac33870 and @edubguerra. Until next time!

Houses, plazas, roads and canals…part of a large city in the heart of the Amazon where thousands of people lived for hundreds of years! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67940671

Our Department (@UWBiology) is searching for two Assistant Teaching Professors in the area of Biology broadly! Ad here: https://apply.interfolio.com/130337, application deadline is February 22nd.