Had a great time at #Evol2023 and students from my lab NMTBiology did an awesome job presenting talks (Raymond Castillo and Andre Ortiz) and posters (MizOdumade, Evita Chee, Breana Silvis, and Sinaí Grijalva)! And we got an obligatory picture in front of the breaking bad guys

dw guys i finally found the typo in my script

Just submitted my thesis to the committee and grad office! I can't put into words how I feel rn, but I am super happy with how it turned out. Thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way:)

Congrats to Raymond Castillo for successfully defending his excellent MS thesis today! Keep your eye out for a soon-to-drop preprint discussing his R package that aids in characterizing loss-of-function alleles! Raymond will be moving on to Wash U, where he will pursue his PhD.

Today I successfully defended my thesis! What a wild ride its been, I'm a little sad to leave NMT but excited to see what's next. Thank you to everyone who has supported me, I couldn't have done it without you.

Finally getting settled in St. Louis and somehow didn't bring my driver's license during the move so uhhh yea

we don’t talk about how hard grad apps are — especially for folks from minoritized backgrounds the period of my life when i was applying to grad school was in every way harder than actual grad school

First couple weeks of PhD down and man what a rollercoaster Imposter syndrome at an all time high but we hanging in there

Check out this new preprint from cytonuclear lab MS student Andre Ortiz investigating gene flow between homoeologs in allotetraploid coffee! Comments welcome!

Is it really grad school if you don't have a breakdown at least once a week?

okay fine ill actually take the time to learn bash for real this time (also why does my school use docker)

ALSO WHY ARENT TAXES WITHELD FROM MANY GRAD STUDENTS PAY CHECKS, WE HAVE ENOUGH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

science 🧵 on my FIRST first-author paper :) doi.org/10.1111/mec.17… Using a powerful approach combing RNA-Seq and common gardens, we found genetic adaptation and population differentiation in Kellet's whelks

We're hiring in vertebrate functional biology! I've really enjoyed my time here- the department is welcoming, supportive, and intellectually diverse! Come be our colleague!! apply.interfolio.com/153439

Helping some students with their GRFP and I swear I'm having flashbacks of writing it and all the grad school applications at the same time.

Alright can it stop being hot I wanna wear my docks 🫠

Taught a lecture by myself today for bioinformatics! Hopefully the students could follow along :') I was stressed about prepping but i hope that the effort showed and it wasnt too much of a ramble.