I am absolutely delighted to be joining the University of British Columbia next year as an Assistant Professor UBC Zoology. We will study social evolution in viruses.

Gotta say I'm tearing up listening to @CoreyWelch_STEM talking about his experiences and his DEIJ work to improve inclusivity in STEM. His point that folks who persist in the face of challenges and barriers are creative problem solvers and that we NEED that in STEM is... huge.

This is what I want to see AI used for, not to create yet another social media auto replier for marketing.

Masked for most of the meeting in Montreal, but got COVID anyway. I would say 90% of people were not masking. Evolution Meetings #Evol2024 SSE Evolution Students ESEB

My last conference as a postdoc 😊#evol2024 . Also, if you would like to be added to the John Edmonstone Slack channel for BIPOC scientists in Evolution, Ecology, and Systematic Biology, please send me a DM! The channel will open next week.

Well at #Evol2024 #Evolution2024 was fun, but I just tested positive for COVID. 🫠🫣🤧

So thankful for the opportunity to work with this amazing group of folks! My time at the Sevilleta LTER really inspired me 🥰

The August issue is live! shorturl.at/MHAUq Many thanks to @Bianca_T0 from Yaowu Yuan (袁耀武)’s lab for the stunning monkeyflower cover image. Their review showcases "unusual suspects" for the molecular basis of phenotypic variation. Check it out!

U.S. Olympians are using their trip to the Olympics to get the basic preventative healthcare they can’t afford to get in the U.S. We should be embarrassed that we’re the only industrialized country without universal healthcare — all because lobbyists pay off our politicians.

Hey #DisabledTwitter what have y'all done with owner trained service dogs for DOT paperwork on planes and for border crossing?

We're hiring here UBC Zoology in comparative physiology! Come be my colleague in a fantastic department! If you have any questions about the department, UBC, or Vancouver, please don't hesitate to ask. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28155 Please spread widely.

Save the date: the deadline for the 2024 GREG Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards will be October 15, 2024. These awards grant up to $3,500 to expand dissertation work. Full application details available soon. evolutionsociety.org/content/societ…

"being employed by a company is associated with a 28 percent lower risk, relative to being employed by a university" Academia, we are a community! We need to treat each other as such and build better infrastructure for mental health. At all levels 💕

My takeaway from #LoveIsBlind is that a lot more people say "ex-SPEAR-iment" than I previously thought

Get out and vote! Voting early was super easy in CT #Vote

If you need a distraction on the Election Day, you can read our newest paper Molecular Plant & Plant Communications - we found that #hornwort #Rubisco is wicked!! Absolutely fun collaboration with Zen Oh Laura Gunn funded by U.S. National Science Foundation Boyce Thompson Inst Cornell CALS cell.com/molecular-plan…

Today is Election Day. Millions of Americans will be going to the polls to show the world who we are and what we stand for. Find out where and when you can vote today at IWillVote.com. And once you do, I want to see your voting sticker. I’ll be sharing your posts

bro somebody PLEASE tell me how to read this, who tf is winning

For the first time in history, the United States has a sitting congressperson who is transgender. Congratulations to Sarah McBride, whose race was just called by MSNBC. She wins in a year where a historic amount of anti-trans ads were blared across TV screens in America.

Can you believe these roosting crows!!! 😍 #birds #crows #TheBirds #ILoveBirds #Birder #ThisIsWhatDreamsAreMadeOf