Day 2 of #SciArt : Insects in the Anthropocene * I did not harm any of these insects - they were all already dead. *

Officially metamorphosed into a PhD Candidate! Feeling smarter and dumber than ever 🙃🙂 and grateful for all the support from my friends and mentors

Preprint of my first, first-authored paper is out!

In the talk, I explain how my lab uses economic frameworks to make predictions about how fungi move resources to increase their trade gains with plant roots. As in paper link below, we use biological ‘market theory’ to understand these transactions cell.com/current-biolog…

I think this is my new favorite example of AI not “understanding” meaning/context.

Hallow's Eve hive helmet! One of my colonies of honey bees spent seven weeks building comb on a recycled bicycle helmet. I just needed to add protective wings to make this battle-ready. (For students of Hymenoptera out there, don't fear! I added hamuli.)

"In a way, biology is a science of individuality" Quanta reminded me of this v cool paper that came out a couple of years ago -- A first principles formalization of individuality that offers a very general framework for thinking about biological units

We go live tonight!

Bird feeding frenzy captured aboard the Falkor (too) #GalapagosVents Schmidt Ocean

More moments from life aboard the R/V Falkor (too) Schmidt Ocean #GalapagosVents

"We are here to dive on three known hydrothermal fields. These fields were discovered nearly 17 years ago and we will be some of the first researchers to bring back a whole set of samples." Check out Week One Video for #GalapagosVents youtu.be/CyUTT1a7yrc?si…

it's finally out!