What do you call the phase of the PhD where stuff actually starts to work? #phdchat #postdoc

I remain puzzled as to why some continue to trot out that academia is not the "real world". I have endless responsibilities, deadlines, expectations, and work long hours. This is my "real world" & I hope that my efforts over a long career contribute to improving the "real world" of others. 🧪

👀Notable context in times when medical research funding is being destroyed. And Funding for the police state increases. 🩺 🧪

Collecting cascades frogs today was awesome at Mt. St. Helens

@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social 'it is the scent the speaks first of love'

Did some field excursions with the local #mosquito control district here in WA looking for evidence of resistance; we collected thousands of Culex larvae despite only having 4 precipitation events this summer - how? all of them were likely there directly from watering lawns and at home car washes

TAKE ACTION to write in opposition to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. This legislation would bring devastating and irreversible consequences in the health of our nations forests scbnorthamerica.org/wp-content/u... Phone & email your representatives TODAY!

Just a bonkers life history - I've seen this variation of sexual parasitism, but across species? Wild to see just the male genetic material becoming cloned 🧪 #evobio

Living organisms are assumed to produce same-species offspring. A study in Nature reports a shift from this norm in Messor ibericus, an ant that lays individuals from two distinct species. go.nature.com/3V68MP0 🧪

Watching the excellent Ken Burns prohibition and temperance documentary on PBS (go support your local station!!) while ironically (?) drinking a beer #pbs #sundayfunday

Paddle camping on Hood Canal - realizing that it's essentially a lake #pnw

Happy Friday! My morning has consisted of missing one bus, getting on a second bus that went the wrong direction and now I'm 45 min late to the lab - all because I wanted to buy donuts for the group How's your morning going ☺️🌄

Do I write up a grant proposal that *likely won't* be funded but that would be awesome? Or do I write up the 'translatable' proposal with 'real world' action items that is kinda lame? #phdchat 🧪

From 2020 to 2022 COVID vaccines prevented over 18.5 million hospitalizations, 3.2 million deaths and saved the US $1.15 trillion. mRNA vaccines and treatments are being developed for diabetes, HIV, cancer, and more. Imagine how many more lives we could save if we don't defund science.

Some camping highlights from this week up at Naka Creek on Vancouver Island

Me after editing my manuscript resubmission #PhDlife🧪

Some shots from field work in BC, Canada from the past week #phdlife #plankton

I'll be at the #goodtrouble protest tomorrow in Vancouver Join one in your local area! mobilize.us/s/Ltw128

I am ashamed to be american our country, wrested from thee Sweet freedom, liberty sold line-item yachts and jail emporiums I am ashamed to be american land of the incarcerated, home of the depraved Yet America continues and I must be a part of her story Today I am ashamed Tomorrow builds anew

Yikes

Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran... Then call your reps office

Summer vibes today: Taking a nap under Sycamore trees in the Brooklyn Botanical garden

Grad students from @wsuvancouver.bsky.social have been displaced by a fire and have lost everything in their Vancouver apartment If you're able, please consider donating gofund.me/b91fd435

It's been hard for early career biologists looking for postdocs, so I created a Google Sheet where we can all compile fellowships/job boards/postdoc opportunities in one place. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! If you're a PI looking for postdocs, you can add to the 4th tab! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

A short sojourn into the woods #laterpost

🧪2. After analysis and accounting for confounding factors, her study found “no association between SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and an increased risk of miscarriage.”

Signed! actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...

NATIONAL GUARD GO AWAY! ICE OUT OF LA! ✊ ICE OUT OF MA! Tuesday, June 10th at 6pm @ MA State House #FreedomNotFascism #ICEoutofLA

So: 👉🏻Student research can make impactful scientific contributions 👉🏻These findings and shared experiments build a community of teachers and young researchers 👉🏻Research experiences can have positive, long-lasting impacts on attitudes towards science 🚨EvolvingSTEM has reached >7500 students to date

🚨New Paper!🚨 Are trait correlations altered in response to urbanization? #evolution🧪 academic.oup.com/icb/advance-... @ryanamartin.bsky.social and I conducted a metaanalysis to answer this and found: 1. betwn urban and rural pops, trait correlations differed in field-measured populations ... 1/4🧵

If you have the means, please help this vital resource. Any contribution will help sustain @flybase.bsky.social during this difficult time. Thanks for your consideration 🙏 #ThatsHowWeShoal 🔗 to donate: www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

It's out there now! Ch.1 of the PhD work as a preprint

Stand up for science! Sign an open letter of support! actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...

The 'BBbill' "highlights a truism: In the United States, racism has always gone hand in hand with the concentration of wealth among the very richest people" #budget

Quick camping trip to Lake Cushman in the Olympics! Got to see a cool geological formation at the Mira Mounds on the way home too!

Before May 19th, contact your reps to REJECT the language change of 'harm' in the Endangered Species Act; share out and use this draft language to help your message (see link) #ESA 🧪🌍 scbnorthamerica.org/wp-content/u...

Check out a virtual / interactive website to tour our new Life Sciences building at WSU-Vancouver - designed by an awesome team of undergrads! 🧪 @wsuvancouver.bsky.social dtc-wsuv.org/projects/sci...

New kit who dis 🧪

My comment: "Habitat loss and limits on insecticide use must be included as direct harm to species survival. Without this language the ESA cannot do what it's legal purpose is supposed to do" www.regulations.gov/document/FWS...

Calling all scientists! There's less than one week left to boost support to protect endangered species' habitat safeguards in the Endangered Species Act. Sign on to the scientists' open sign-on letter here and please share: biodiv.us/4mojih5

Katie’s amazing and an incredibly thoughtful scientist. The MSC is a collaborative and vibrant academic community. Living in the North Shore of Boston is awesome. A postdoc in Katie’s lab helped change the path of my career for the better. This is a dream postdoc.

Join us in the evolution tri-societies Week of Action for NSF! Call/write congress, engage with colleagues, friends and family about the importance of NSF funding! Scan the QR code on the attached image for instructions and scripts. We must make noise! Pls RT!!!! #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF

Cool to see this out! Was a great talk at SICB back in January!

Job opportunity! Excited to share that we have an opening for a research technician position to help with our research on phenological shifts & species interactions in amphibian communities. (please help spread the word!) More details here: emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

#MayDay Strong: let's start this month off with high energy people!

TODAY: If you're out marching for May Day, know your rights. You can also drop by our table at Congress Square Park in Portland to meet some of our staff, learn about our work, and find helpful resources! See all of our Know Your Rights information at ACLUMaine.org/KnowYourRights

Thanks to @murray.senate.gov for visiting our lab space and seeing how investing in research in SW Washington is critical for training a high tech workforce and solving 21st century challenges

For my WA friends and network: write your local reps to keep research funding up and running; one of the best investments we can make!

Also these news have been presented without a paper! They said the paper is coming but every time you see news like these published before the paper is a major red flag! So, to reiterate: NO THOSE WHITE WOLVES PRESENTED YESTERDAY ARE NOT DIRE WOLVES. They are at best just transgenic Gray Wolves