This open access textbook provides the background needed to correctly use, interpret and understand statistics and statistical data in diverse settings. ➡directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.… #AcademicTwitter #PhD #Bioinformatics #neuroscience #phdchat #postdoc #Statistics #OpenAccess

Scientists have discovered a new kind of synapse in the tiny hairs on the surface of neurons. New study Cell, led by the Clapham Lab & Shu-Hsien Sheu, finds these primary cilia could play a key role in how cells communicate long-term changes. janelia.org/news/janelia-s…

A few years ago I got obsessed with mantis shrimp and wanted to make an origami model of one. The structure of the crease pattern (the rough layout, anyway) came to me in a dream. I woke up at 3 am, started drawing in my sketchbook and by sunrise I had the pattern ready. 😵‍💫

BIG NEWS: In a couple weeks, I'll be joining @biobus and their New England Team as a Community Scientist-- in other words, I get to live out my #SciComm and #SciEd dreams and maybe become a real-life Ms. Frizzle 🚌

Looking for a #paid #scicomm #internship for this coming winter? Check out ours at Broad Institute: broad.io/scicommintern We're accepting applications through 10/31. #sciencecommunications #paidinternship

Exciting news for the Fisher lab today: Our first NIH grant from NIH Common Fund New Innovator Award #NIHHighRisk - Stay tuned for the great science these awesome scientists are doing! nih.gov/news-events/ne…

Such big congrats to Alice 💛💛💛

I am hiring a research scientist (starting salary $98k) in Boston to explore EEG connectivity/microstates, preprocessing methods/software, and largescale longitudinal developmental studies. Hoping for longterm collaborator! pls email: [email protected] & pls RT!

A new species of multicellular bacteria found in a cave is giving us clues about how multicellular organisms arise. elifesciences.org/articles/83296…

😭 Not the UC Provost claiming that postdocs and grad students are only "part-time" workers. 😭😭😭 #FairUCNow

Lecturing on color vision today. The photographer in me always has to talk about the first color photo. Produced in 1861 by Thomas Sutton for James C. Maxwell, based on the three color additive method. A tartan coloured ribbon was photographed through red, green, and blue filters

Ah Coralliocaris; pretty sure I posted this #shrimp last year as well, but who doesn't love these? 🦐 This is C. sandyi, named after the late Sandy Bruce - did you know these species have two pistol claws? 🔫🔫 #25shrimpsofCrustmas #Crustmas 📸: Adriano Morettin

🧠🐒🐐🦘🦙🦌🐷🐻‍❄️🦫🦁🐑🐇🐈🦔🐕🦇🦭🦥🦓We’ve been diving into the mesmerising anatomical diversity and evolution of cerebellar folding across 56 mammalian species with Roberto Toro [email protected] r3rt0.bsky.social Nicolas Traut Dr. Alexandra A. de Sousa Sofie Valk biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Check it out in a short thread 🔽

My first paper with the Bruns lab is now out!

OET is excited to announce the educators selected early this year to join our upcoming #NautilusLive expedition season as #ScienceCommunicationFellows representing communities across the United States, #AmericanSamoa, #Guam, and #Palau. bit.ly/3TGplBn

How excited am I to be a #ScienceCommunicationFellow with #NautilusLive? So excited that I am very briefly back on Twitter 😅🦐🌊