This is the ideal eel body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

GET YOUR VIDEOS IN! We know you have random field videos laying around! SUMBIT THEM NOW!
Send in any Herp related videos by June 1st to compete in #HAFF at #SSAR2024 !
sites.lsa.umich.edu/ummz-ssar2024/…

Same problem different year.

Occupants at the University of Michigan U-M College of LSA Research Museums Center continue to watch drivers being trained, while being excluded from bus service.

Interested in analyzing and visualizing natural history collections data? The Smithsonian NMNH is looking to contract a Data Scientist to lead the development of tools aimed at better understanding institutional, taxonomic, spatial, and temporal biases. 1 year contract, DC or remote!

Just a casual slaying of a research talk by Natalie :) So proud of all her work!

It never occured to me that people call their parents for help during the PhD. I rarely called my parents even for emotional support cause I didn't want them to worry. Like who am I to complain about my privileged position as a PhD student when we prayed for me to get here. 😭

Painting fish today!

#sciart #scientificillustration

Black people are vastly underrepresented in marine science and the shipping industry. On my science podcast, I talk to the CEO of Black in Marine Science Dr. Tiara Moore, who is PI on $8 million dollars in grant funding to increase access and innovation in marine science.

Never realized how large jellynose fish is. Ijimaia loppei, 230 cm TL
Cr. Cruising with Dr. Fridtjof Nansen

Public Response Timeline to Duke University’s Decision to Divest its Herbarium
herbarium.duke.edu

'Time in the field provides an opportunity to define a space not only for the students, but also for myself.

It’s where I stand on the shoulders of my teachers to teach the next generation — where I share my interpretations and myself.'
nature.com/articles/d4158…

Heard you were talking shit about myctophids

We're hiring! <°°)))><
Interested in deep-sea fish and their eyes? In molecular evolution? We look for a PhD student to join our team in Prague. ERC funding for the single-cell transcriptomics. fishevo.com/erc-funded-phd… (postdocs wanted too, stay tuned). Happy for retweets!😍 thks

Interns to work with me and Michelle Thompson for reptile and amphibian surveys this summer are open!!!! Apply here fieldmuseum.hrmdirect.com/employment/job…

Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN) Supplemental Funding Opportunity new.nsf.gov/funding/opport…

For #fungifriday , we scanned some #herbarium specimens in the U-M Museum of Zoology microCT scanner. Here's my favorite, a 'zombie' carpenter ant infected with a species of #Ophiocordyceps . Left: 3D reconstruction, right: exit point of the fruiting body from the ant! UMich Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

✨ Anyone ✨ can learn how to find and interact with our #oVertTCN scans on MorphoSource. In less than 2 minutes! Just watch this video:

youtube.com/watch?v=SWMket…

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