Seen Johnson Museum of Art this weekend. “What if we memorialized ecological losses like we did battles?” 35 unique black-and-white photographs and 35 glass jars containing "genetic element sections that represent the entire forest for future generations to re-create the forest."

How’d I get so lucky to have met @BethanyZumwalde? A best friend who also gets the science-y parts of me, I couldn’t ask for more. Thank you for my science prayer candle, I’ll use it sparingly. 🕯️ 🧬 📊

Morning: get accredited to operate drones in Australia. Afternoon: look into small mammal ID of unidentified samples from Kenya. Evening: talk about how to poolplex samples for pop gen work on a widespread cactus. TLDL: I love the diversity of the research I’m apart of.

#JobAlert 🚨 I'm looking for #postdocs to join me Cornell Public Health Feat. animal ecology & infectious disease with field work, lab work & mathematical modeling - we do lots of #seabirds and #rodents, but also looking at other systems Please share and/or reach out online or EEID2023

Manuscript preprint outlining the impact of genetic markers on ex situ conservation is out here! doi.org/10.22541/au.16… We demonstrate that though differences exist between SNPs and microsatellites, both can provide reliable estimates of genetic representation ex situ.

Panel-style webinar on ecological countermeasures, prevention strategies & policy opportunities for preventing pandemics at the source #PublicHealth Moderated by @DavidQuammen, opening by Maria Van Kerkhove, and hosted by Raina Plowright from Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/overv…

A mind-blowing paper has come out today in nature In 2016, JC Venter Institute scientists trimmed a bacterial genome to its barest minimum required for life to synthesize what they called a "minimal genome" (science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…). Today, a group of scientists from

Attending #botany2023? Be sure to see Kaylee Rosenberger #hobanlab talk in the symposium July 26 on new tools for plant conservation! Simulating realistic pollen and the constraints of real seed collectors for improving ex situ conservation xcdsystem.com/botany/program…

Looking for a #postdocjobs in wildlife behavior and disease ecology? Join us to work with some cool critters! bats, guanacos, rodents... explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job/5…

Reminiscing about field work and being able to work with such a special oak species, 6 years ago!

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 A wonderful lab to work for and be apart of, I regularly miss working for Sean Hoban and working at the Morton Arboretum.

Paper alert! Despite some differences between SNPs and MSATs, we demonstrate both can provide reliable estimates of genetic representation ex situ. Important for botanic gardens and conservationists! With Sean Hoban @koticneutralDNA Emma Suzuki Spence onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ev…

Comparing ex situ conservation metrics in 2 oak species using microsats and SNPs showed that patterns are similar between markers. Support for plant collections and historic microsat data doi.org/10.1111/eva.13… by Austin Koontz Sean Hoban @koticneutralDNA Emma Suzuki Spence

Amazing work being done by Patrick Thompson of the Donald Davis Arboretum, to conserve the threatened oaks of the southeast. With a little shout out to the present and past work of MortonArboretum podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-…

I'm looking for TWO postdocs to join my lab Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine If you are interested in disease (re)-emergence, expansion & dynamics have a look at my lab: anabento.io & details of the positions here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27817 Reach out if you have any questions 🤓

How do genetic markers affect ex situ conservation? SNPs and microsatellites, while different, both provide reliable estimates of genetic representation for 2 rare endemic oak species. with Austin Koontz @koticneutralDNA Emma Suzuki Spence Sean Hoban doi.org/10.1111/eva.13…

Got to explore the New York area a little bit today, oh how I’ve missed field work.

Our lab at Cornell is hiring a postdoc to lead investigations of viral #zoonoses in #Bats and develop strategies for pandemic prevention. Background in #DiseaseEcology, #OneHealth, #EEID, or epidemiology. More details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28001