It's nice to have some data and maps to show what's been clear from the ground for decades. Our foundation FCAT fcat-ecuador.org recently purchased 164 ha of land in this area and built a field station for community-based conservation. Big plans to expand this

What does the academic job market look like? Do I need a CNS paper? (no) Do I need a K99? (no) How many applications? (>15) It’s peak application season & the Future PI Slack survey results are in! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Here's some key takeaways 1/6

A rare glimpse into the details of the life sciences academic job market - could be either comforting or terrifying depending on your perspective #AcademicTwitter #phdchat #postdoc

Our research group keeps growing every year! So lucky to be working with this amazing group of people! If you want to join us, our position to work in biodiversity informatics is still open (could be a postdoc or someone with a MSc or strong comp skills) zapatalab.org/join.html

I just finished reading >190 job apps, and I have some thoughts and suggestions for applicants. (Irene Newton should feel free to jump in, since she read the same ones)

(Thread) Here’s my new preprint, with Graham Coop, on genetic privacy in genealogy databases that allow user uploads. (1/n) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Very happy to see this work published from my time as a postdoc at UCLA Environment UCLA EEB Rising temperatures threaten valley oak growth, but using genomics may help us mitigate these negative consequences pnas.org/content/early/…

Ephemeral sunflecks- new favorite science term of the week that works just as well as a band name youtube.com/watch?v=v2zoou…

Please RT: We are looking for a motivated #postdoc to study #salamanders #microbiome #chytrid and #peptides in Appalachia and DC. @BrianGratwicke

When R imitates art #rstats #r #accidentalart #tidyverse

Hopefully we see more companies pledging (but most importantly following through) to go carbon neutral by 2050 like BP recently did - but is it all BS? Nice write-up on the subject by Emily Atkin heated.world/p/bp-claims-it…

#AhmaudArbery was murdered by two racist white men while jogging through a neighborhood, suspected of a crime because he was black. Still no charges against his murderers after 2 months. We shouldn't need a video to say this, but indict his murderers now.

20-year-old Justin Howell was critically injured by Austin police in protests after he was hit by a bean bag round, resulting in brain damage and a fractured skull. He remains in critical condition. #HisNameIsJustinHowell statesman.com/news/20200603/…

Real change requires protest to highlight a problem, and politics to implement practical solutions and laws. As I mentioned yesterday in our My Brother's Keeper Alliance town hall, there are several steps our mayors and elected officials can take right now:

"As a Guardian investigation demonstrated, the police shot dead 55 people in 24 years in England and Wales. There were more fatal police shootings in the first 24 days of 2015 in the U.S." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

#BlackinIvory is visiting my department as newly-hired faculty and being stopped by the police (off campus) because “the license plate looks newer than the car”. It also means being questioned about my size while they run the plates, because I look “a lot bigger” in the car

12 hours apart - let's have some faith in our research community, they have shown UP! Submit y'all, let's start the riot of EEB color 🎉🧬🧪🔬

Here's a petition for ICE to rescind their decision against F-1 students petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/allow… We should also push our universities to ask for the same.

It’s been 4 months since the article exposed sexual misconduct @STRI_Panama. I was shocked & hurt to find the field station bedroom where I was assaulted remains without a door to this day. They did, however, put up a new sign about safe work environment expectations 🤷‍♀️ [1/8].

The flooding in Pakistan is so bad that what looks like an entire new massive lake is now visible from space