Off to #SICB2026! Come check out the work from my lab: Sun at 11am (202)- My talk about the evolution of amphibian sperm Tues poster session - two posters about green frog sperm performance in egg water presented by my awesome students! See you there! 🐸 ⚫〰️

Our first TEMs of frog sperm rolling in! This species of Chiromantis has a flagellum with two axonemes surrounded by microtubles. Frogs are so weird! 🐸

A side quest/future project of mine is to figure out what the axial fiber in amphibian sperm tails is made of. Maybe the same material that makes up the fibrous sheath of mammal sperm? These SEMs show an intact cell and one where the cell membrane is lost revealing the protein structure of the fiber

IOB co-author Maxwell Girard is a Masters Student at the University of Helsinki. His research focused on identifying trade offs within the traits involved in sexual selection. He's excited to present his results, along with his co-authors, in IOB: doi.org/10.1093/iob/... #biology #amphibians

IOB "These results suggest that males must make complex investments in suites of sexual traits to maximize fitness in the face of energetic trade-offs..." Relationships between Pre- & Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green #Frogs Girard et al doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

Another highlight of Max and Charlotte's project! 🐸

This is the first paper to originate from my lab and include Hamilton undergraduates! So proud of the hard work they put into this paper 🐸

Thrilled to be at the @nhm.org collecting testis from frogs this week. We are hopeful that these museum specimens will allow us to look at the ultrastructure of sperm in a diverse set of frogs with different fertilization modes (pictured is a foam nesting flying frog with giant balls!)

Utica turning up for #NoKings!

New amphibian gifts to add to my menagerie

The first batch of wall of famers! ⚪〰️

The male green frogs just started calling tonight. Where did I find the females? Sitting in the grass, avoiding them 😅

Congratulations seniors! So proud of all of you! 🐸 #hamiltoncollege2025

Celebrating six months 🥳

Our goal is to have 1000 SUFS Teach Ins across the US, by 9/30. *GASP* 😮 We know, it's a big goal. If you've received tax dollars for your science, you have a responsibility to inform *your* community what is at stake: public health, the economy, innovation, and America's global leadership.

Racist and sexist roots in the cancellation of NSF grants under Trump: Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without

Developing a new course with a friend in Sociology to combine our knowledge about sex and gender from biological and sociological perspectives. If you teach a course like this I would love to hear from you!

I can't beat @lizardmichele.bsky.social description of this new paper, so I won't try! 😅

New paper alert! 🦎 Lizard sperm come in many varieties. Is that due to testicular properties? Only yes, we concluded With phylogeny included Because sperm and testes evolve neutrally. See the full story w @arielkahrl.bsky.social, Hannah Hall, Bela Carson in Biol J Linn Soc: doi.org/10.1093/biol...

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

We had a fabulous turnout for our mentoring villages at @sicb.bsky.social this year! Thanks so much to all of the mentees who came out, and to the mentors who volunteered their time to give insight and advice. It does indeed take a village!

ISO advice for video monitoring! I am looking to buy some cameras to monitor salamanders in a dark room without disturbing them. I am considering security cameras with IR, but would potentially like cameras that would allow me to be more flexible (e.g. not need wifi for recording). TIA!

Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03 TheRiseRegistry.org

My latest with @sciam.bsky.social "Politics, Not Biology, Is Driving Legal Efforts to Classify Sex". Please do read the linked Executive Orders and HS statements that this piece is in response to. I am hoping of a better dialogue on this... www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Another way to put this: Musk and his twerps have exposed us to pandemics, broken science, stolen all your data, endangered the U.S. payments system, threatened air traffic control, and cut off HIV medication to 20m people in order to save ::checks notes:: 2/10th of a percent of the federal budget.

If you are looking for a 1 year position to build your teaching skills, please consider applying for this 1yr VAP! Our dept and students are great, and you will have resources to continue research if you choose. Please help share widely. Deadline is Feb 24th!

I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council

Please share!

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What. The. Actual. Fuck.

Russ Vought devised these illegal holds on funding for disaster relief, medical research, student aid, child care, nutrition, and foreign assistance, as well as purges of the federal workforce. If confirmed as OMB Director he’ll keep this up for four years. The Senate should reject his nomination.

NYT reporting mass immigrant ICE raids have begun in Chicago. I'm an immigrant & Chicago based human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, actions to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate. No paywall. Please share widely. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...

I was waiting and hoping, but it looks like the programs I was going to aim for are gone. Hopefully temporarily.

Here is a photo of a trans non-binary biologist (me) holding a bird (Eastern Towhee) that is likely a bilateral gynandromorph-- a fusion of cells with female-type chromosomes and cells with male-type chromosomes in one bird! Biological sex and human gender diversity is real and wonderful ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

Sooooo if this whole "biological sex" EO is really happening, biologists are going to make as much noise about it as possible, right? Professional societies, universities, individual research groups? It's really incumbent on us (that's a "biologists us" here) to make a BIG FUCKING STINK

Walz 2028

Tell me you are teaching a new prep without telling me you are teaching a new prep

Filling this out in the hopes that I never have to hear another TikTok or Bluey in public again. If you can afford a phone then you can afford headphones.

Why writing over zoom is so effective! @lizardmichele.bsky.social

Eleven quick tips for properly handling tabular data doi.org/10.1371/jour...

So proud of these two! They did an amazing job with both of their presentations and built their (and my!) network. I think they might be hooked on #SICB2025

Thank you #SICB2025 for an amazing meeting! Every year I am always impressed by the amazing science and the inclusive community. Bonus: the new and old friendships and collaborations made. Can't wait for #SICB2026 in Portland! 🐸

#SICB2025 Need more frog sperm in your life? My lab has two presentations today! 10am, Huey Award - Examining relationships between pre- and postcopulatory traits in male green frogs Poster session (P2-187) - From pond to proteome: comparing sperm and egg jelly proteomes of anurans See you there!

#SICB2025 Do you like frogs? Wanna see some cool SEM images of sperm? Come to my talk today at 2:30 in Salon 2-3! Title: Evolution of diverse reproductive strategies and sperm morophology in tropical frogs. The other talks in my session (Evolution and diversification) look rad too! See you there!

Hi #SICB2025 -goers! The SICB PUI Action group has worked hard to put together programming for this year's meeting. If you are PUI-curious, please check us out. We have buttons!

Hi #SICB2025! Happy New Year! The PUI Action group has worked hard to develop events/ programming for the meeting to help build our community and provide mentorship. See all of the events in the comments below! Some require pre-registration!

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random. Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

Friends, plz repost and share! We are hiring a lab technician with exp in mol biology and general lab management. BS or MS degree and good org skills are required. Deadline Feb 1, 2025. We are a welcoming and equitable lab community. Details at link below. 🐸🐢🐍🦎 zamudiolab.org/2024/12/18/k...

I'm going on sabbatical next year and hamilton college is hiring a VAP to replace me! This person will teach Vertebrate Physiology (lect+lab), Intro bio, and an upper-level course in their area of expertise. Details in the link! apply.interfolio.com/160780?fbcli...

📣 📣 📣 Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...