Our December #newsletter is out! We’re still looking for Science Distilled #volunteers. We hope to see you Thursday! davissciencesays.ucdavis.edu/news/december-…

Paper out Nature Communications , John Taylor , Ling Xu, Mary Madera , Devin Coleman-Derr, Berkeley Plant & Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley Fungal community assembly in drought-stressed sorghum shows stochasticity, selection, and universal ecological… disq.us/t/3l231sq

It's time to sign up for Skype A Scientist! It's a program where they pair scientists with classrooms, so the kids can talk to a real-life scientist. I did it in grad school, and now I try to share and donate to their programming as much as I can. skypeascientist.com

Channeling this energy this week. Me troubleshooting fancy new equipment = octopus opening jar

Been brainstorming & waiting to host a Posters in the Park event for years, so I’m stoked that as part of SciSays leadership we are making it happen! Stayed tuned for details! #outreach #scicomm shoutout.wix.com/so/10MxEA4u0?c…

Dad's in ER with Transient Global Amnesia (short lived, likely safe, but scary). Sent an #EltonJohn deep track he recently told me he likes, to his surprise. Memory's coming back. Was it the song? No, but it's fun to think it could have been. #powerofmusic #greyseal

Join us at Dunloe Brewery tonight for our fundraiser! Open until 9, stop by any time. 🍻

#DEB263 Great out-of-my-field talk from Dr. Tina Jeoh cifar #futurefood conference about new "CoCo Process" of preserving bioactive compounds in dehydrated microcapsules for shelf-stability and scalability. Potential for drug delivery, microbiome work, etc. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#DEB263 Live oral polio vaccines are given to quickly halt outbreak transmission abroad, but can mutate and cause the disease in small number of cases. Injections don't run this risk, but cost more. Medicine isn't perfect, but is saving the masses. polioeradication.org/news-post/caug…

Quick #scicomm read. Lessons learned: Don't argue with beliefs. Listen. Learn what people really think. "A willingness to show vulnerability...that we science folks are willing to listen and receive criticism, boosts credibility...". Thanks @plantaximena nature.com/articles/d4158…

Why #scicomm matters: Just re-explained to my fairly science-literate mom that organic farmers can use pesticides & only certain types are banned. She felt the nomenclature was misleading. Yes & no; the rhetoric is just very confusing on all sides.

I usually view my twice weekly #physicaltherapy appts as healthy mental breaks from research...until they start scraping up my scar tissue with a glorified butter knife

Our March #newsletter is out now! Coming up is our #bookclub, storytelling workshop, and UC Davis Picnic Day 2020! davissciencesays.ucdavis.edu/news/march-new…

It’s trivia night with @CapSciComm! The Plant H8rs are ready to rumble💪🌱 Mary Madera Elli Cryan Amber Flores

Whenever I ask other grad students how they're doing with #COVID19, the most common response is about lack of productivity. A global pandemic is NOT normal. It's OK if you're not productive. It's OK if you're just making it through each day. Prioritize your wellness. #phdchat

It says a lot about academia's toxic culture if the immediate response to "how are you?" during a pandemic is related to research productivity. #justsaying #AcademicTwitter

I don’t know who this is, but he’s made my day.

#virtualhangout We had a cake #bakeoff challenge via zoom! Amber was our judge but we all win because now we all have cake. Except Anna I guess who apparently hates cake?