A UCPD spokesperson did not share more information about what prompted this shelter in place order, but said there had not been any reports of shots fired on campus

I’m absolutely over the moon to be a part of this incredible group - I can’t wait to start crafting science stories with WUNC!

Loquat season is here again!! Highly recommend looking out for these - people plant them everywhere as landscaping trees and they are DELICIOUS (on par with a really good nectarine imo)

Patents and monopolies make lifesaving insulin unaffordable for many, so Open Insulin community science labs in Oakland are taking production into their own hands. By Sophia Friesen with perspectives from Camila Hurtado, Max Ferrin, and James Robinson #Issue42 berkeleysciencereview.com/article/2022/0…

this seems downright arthurian

AAAS Mass Media Fellowship Sophia Friesen Learn more about tegus on a new season of the CREEP podcast from WUNC and @naturalsciences: wunc.org/season-two-tra… #MassMediaFellows #SciComm

It's peak blackberry season down at the marina! Relatedly, I just had the absolute honor of introducing several people to the entire concept of blackberries.

This is a super cool opportunity to try out audio #scicomm, and those of you on the science side of things may have more thoughts about policy than you know... want to talk COVID legislation? GMO crops? Climate justice? [your passion here]? Here's your shot.

happy #HagfishDay

Super excited to announce that I'll be starting my own research group at the University of Virginia in the Department of Biology! UVa Biology Opening January 2023! The Worley Lab will study regenerative growth and repatterning! And is currently recruiting!!!

Happy New Year! 🎆 Two preLights to kick off 2023. 2nd: urban-adapted mosquitoes may spread malaria to new regions as the Earth warms 🦟🌎 - an important (and alarming) #preprint from @SadieRyan, Dr. Cat Lippi and team. By Sophia Friesen Iswar Hariharan, ईश्वर हरिहर, ஹரிஹரன் ஈஸ்வரன் prelights.biologists.com/highlights/map…

It's not too late to write for the spring edition of the Berkeley Science Review! Whether you have a science story you can't wait to share, or are intrigued by one of the (many!) ideas on the linked list, we can't wait to see your pitch! docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Worley lab UVa Biology is looking to hire a lab tech 🔬🪰🧪 to study regeneration in Drosophila! Please check out the webpage (worleylab.org) and see the job postings if interested! (tech 1 and tech 2 levels) jobs.virginia.edu/jobs/R0044723?… jobs.virginia.edu/jobs/R0044726?…

As my first foray into scicomm, the BSR made a HUGE positive impact on my career trajectory - consider donating (or sharing!!) to support early-career communicators and get some incredible science stories in print!

Dev bio Twitter! Do you teach axis induction in amphibians? Check out my lesson plan describing an easy and effective activity to help students learn how fertilization + cortical rotation relate to the formation of the dorsal-ventral axis qubeshub.org/community/grou… Society for Developmental Biology (1/3)

So stoked to get my Very Official degree! The past six years have been a heck of a journey - and very much worth it. Thank you Iswar Iswar Hariharan, ईश्वर हरिहर, ஹரிஹரன் ஈஸ்வரன் !!

Curious what I've been working on all grad school? Come to my exit talk! My talk is from 12:30-1:10 May 18th, and there's a Zoom option. tinyurl.com/therps2023 | Password: TheRPs!

While writing this, I learned that planarians have been described as “almost immortal under the edge of the knife” – an ode to their remarkable regenerative abilities, and also an extremely metal quote for a tiny worm with googly eyes