Mary O'Connor
@mioconnor
Associate Professor UBC, marine ecology, especially in seagrass; metabolic ecology, even limnology. Dachshund lover, mother, passionate about brussels sprouts.
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And a final note: All abortions are needed abortions. You shouldn’t have to be sick or dying or prove you have a “good reason.” Not wanting to be pregnant is all the reason you need. #AbortionIsHealthcare #AbortionIsEssential
If you're also looking for ways to dissociate from everything, check out the IBioS University of British Columbia webpage! This group of scholars aims to find solutions to some of the most pressing environmental issues today and I can't wait to leave the US to join in this effort ibios.ubc.ca
JOB ALERT! TT #FacultyPosition #PlantPhysiology Come join our amazing #Biology dept UBC Okanagan FOS UBCO at UBC's campus in the beautiful #OkanaganValley BC. job ad here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfacul…. Pls RT & share widely. Apply by Sept 30.
Prof Esther Turnhout 🦄🌎💚🌼 giving an amazing opening lecture at the #WBF2022 on how #biodiversity #research has to change itself.
We need for more co-production,acknowledging power imbalances.
She also highlights the illusion of neutrality and risks injustices.
World Biodiversity Forum #wbf
The idea that we can have single metrics or indicators is an illusion, when the 'measure' gets tied to incentives, it becomes corrupted.
We need a plurality of measurements of nature
-- Prof Esther Turnhout 🦄🌎💚🌼
World Biodiversity Forum #wbf2022
Is #biodiversity science an obstacle to societal transformation by perpetuating the status quo in how we build and apply knowledge?
asks excellent plenary speaker Prof Esther Turnhout 🦄🌎💚🌼
Esther calls on us to be epistemically disobedient ontologically pluralistic #wbf2022
New paper alert in Ecology led by AR : #biodiversity increases not only foundation sp biomass, but habitat for inverts, whose diversity ALSO increases their biomass = propagation of BEF through coastal food webs. #OpenAccess here: doi.org/10.1002/ecy.37…
Deadline to register is July 2 2022, but the sooner the better!
Please spread the word to your labs -- Mary O'Connor Sean Michaletz Brian J Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social Van Savage @UNMPaleoecology Jessica Blois @anntate Chris Klausmeier | chrisklausmeier.bsky.social Elena Litchman Elizabeth Borer lauren buckley Seth Rudman @ClayCressler
Support your local Gordon Research Conferences (so they don't disappear)!
Missing the Oceans GRC & still want to come to an awesome biology GRC this summer in New Hampshire?
Come join us @ the Unifying Ecology GRC! Register soon!
grc.org/unifying-ecolo…
Organized by Angelica L. Gonzalez DeLongLab