I've loosely been following this TransLink strike. The fact that they are asking for (and surely deserve) a top salary of 70k for operators, while the average postdoc in Canada makes 50k (most after graduating in debt) says a lot about how this system values the work we do...

"Greta Thunberg told to [go away and] study economics... " Well maybe Steven Mnuchin should study some climatology and ecology... theguardian.com/business/2020/…

Fluorescent salamanders! I love it! nature.com/articles/s4159…

The Gulf of Alaska isn't the worst place to be during a pandemic. No self quarantine required when it's just you, the crew and the ocean for a month. #GoA2020

I had a joke about biodiversity, but it's quickly disappearing...

Who needs caffeine when you got a presidential race...

Curious what salmon are up to during the winter? Tune in this week (Tues-Thurs) 5pm PST to find out: ohboy.ca/salmonconf2021

In 2019, after a mad 3 month dash developing with Ben Sutherland, I took the Oxford Nanopore minION onto the Year of the Salmon - North Pacific Gulf of Alaska expedition for genetic stock ID of coho at at sea. Could that have possibly worked? Now you can find out: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Passed the COVID test. Off we go on the shimada for the IYS expedition! Year of the Salmon - North Pacific