Best part of the job is getting to work with these scientists University of Louisville Department of Biology @sophiaanner.bsky.social Shayna Rosenbloom Earl alyciarlackey.weebly.com/people.html

Check out MEECs logo made by UofL Biology’s very own phd student Morghan McCool! We’ve chosen crossing divides as this years theme, promoting inclusion & bridging interdisciplinary divides while giving a nod to Louisville’s many iconic bridges & rep as “the gateway to the south”

THE MOMENT WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR…. REGISTRATION & ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS ARE LIVE!! Check out our website (in our bio) for the links. We look forward to hanging out & sharing some cool science together 🥳

Make sure to register for MEEC! We will be hosting keynote speaker, Dr. Swanne Gordon to share her work on the evolution of diversity of color & behavior in nature! Make sure to check out our website link in bio for more information 🫶

No mention of Rosalind Franklin or her work?? Do better NPR

You have one more day! Get your abstracts in 🥳

First field season looking for spotted salamanders starting off well! Went out today and found some egg masses and a bonus fuzzy friend

Kentucky, I love you. All of you. Standing in solidarity.

So excited to see you all tomorrow! Make sure to come by Noble Funk Brewing tomorrow evening, all ages welcome! Dr Jonathan Bauer will be kicking off the weekend with his talk on prairie restoration ecology at 6pm! Come hang out, enjoy cool science & meet fellow MEEC folk! 🌼🍄

IN THE ROTUNDA: “WE STAND WITH JUSTIN!” - Rep. Justin Jones right after being expelled. #TennesseeThree

The #TennesseeThree are showing the Tennessee general assembly what it looks like to fight for something bigger than your own personal political ambitions.

Monitoring spotted salamanders and pond temperatures this year. Put the loggers in a few weeks ago. Since then, a spotted salamander laid eggs on one of the posts. Guess they approve of my research!

Did YEW know? There are multiple plants involved in the Kentucky Derby! Time is running out to sign up for this workshop focused on the botany surrounding the Run for the Roses. Get tickets and receive a mint plant for your julep>> yewdellgardens.org/event/the-bota…

New paper out😀 Guppy male mating tactics (courtship vs sneaking) impose costs on female foraging activities, and females that evolved with higher harassment are more sensitive to varying harassment levels. tinyurl.com/49vymfz6 with Elly Grant @swannegordon @lopezsepulcre

So proud of Rowan, Naomi, and Nick who all did an incredible job presenting on the research they have been doing in the Alycia Lackey lab at the Undergraduate Research Showcase. @sophiaanner.bsky.social and I have been so lucky to get to work with them over the past year!!

Hot off the presses! 📣 New paper on response to climate change in Rhagoletis flies and their wasp parasitoids doi.org/10.1111/ele.14… Three main takeaways 🧵

Members of my lab are presenting multiple works in progress on whether we can detect sexual selection in Rhagoletis flies & how larval salamanders respond to natural pond temperature variation Posters tonight & Sat @sophiaanner.bsky.social Shayna Rosenbloom Earl Rowan Ward #Evol2023

VERY proud of Rowan Ward for their first presentation at a national meeting!! #Evol2023 And ever impressed by the supportive mentoring from @sophiaanner.bsky.social It’s the people that make the science fun and exciting. . . . This is the photo you get when you say “Say Rhagoletis!!”

Had a great time in Albuquerque presenting my ongoing research at #Evol2023 Cheers to great science and exploring new places!

New paper! 2 x 2 x 3 design to disentangle the effects of evo history, social learning & predator cues in shaping whether male guppies court or sneak. w/ wonderful coauthors Swanne Gordon Andres LopezSepulcre @BruceCarlson75 Caleb Axelrod Elly Grant Shayna Rosenbloom Earl & those not here