Don't forget! the PISCeS #eDNA conference is coming up. Abstracts and registration are open.
#academicsky #environmentalDNA π§ͺ
www.uoguelph.ca/cbs/events/2...
@profbatgirl
Molecular Ecologist, Field Biologist at York University Ontario, wildlife photographer, bat biologist, mum, eDNA from the air www.yorku.ca/professor/eclare/ Host of the BioAudio teaching podcast bioaudio.buzzsprout.com/2234324
Don't forget! the PISCeS #eDNA conference is coming up. Abstracts and registration are open.
#academicsky #environmentalDNA π§ͺ
www.uoguelph.ca/cbs/events/2...
The impacts of human activity on national #biodiversity patterns - air quality grids become biodiversity monitoring systems. Amazing work by wonderful collaborators and Post Doc Orianne Tournayre #eDNA #environmentalDNA #WomeninStem #academicsky π§ͺ nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A fantastic experience working with the CBC as they produced a documentary for "The Nature of Things" on our annual large field research trip to study #bats. Now available to stream on CBC Gem or YouTube. Tune in for "Empire of bats" #WomeninSTEM, #academicSky π§ͺ youtu.be/GhWKT2gUcks?...
Tree in fall colour red
Itβs the colourful time of year
Disgusting inappropriate and nonsensicle comments on my post to π§ͺ. Comments hidden and account blocked. Keep an eye outβ¦.
Rainbow over a building
Amazing full ark rainbow over campus today at sunrise π§ͺ
How about some #eDNA, bird biology and a murder mystery by Steve Burrows? A book i consulted on is now out - it's got our airborne #eDNA it in (watch for the cameo...) #WomeninSTEM #AcademicSKY π§ͺ here's to my true partner in crime @jlittlefair.bsky.social - our research is now a plot point π€£
Oh yeah. Letβs not even talk about that complexity!
Several of my very clever students even sent me papers called "co-evolution of sperm and egg" etc. by people who clearly dismissed the standard definition. I'm with my students on this one. Broaden the definition....
Why would we consider reciprocal compensatory mutations anything other than co-evolution. Why focus on "two species" in our definition? I've asked a number of other evolutionary biologists and I'm getting a surprising look of ... well... yeah maybe our definition in the text is out of date...
Hi π§ͺ Every text defines co-evolution as "reciprocal genomic changes between two species". Clever students in my class wrote about co-evolution of interacting genes, X and Y chromosomes, mt and nuc DNA. I agree with them this is co-evolution. Why do texts say "two species"? #academicSKY #womeninSTEM
Hardcore mosquito protection for field work! #WomenInStem #AcademicSKY π§ͺ
A new #beeDNA paper from the lab. Innovative Airborne DNA Approach for Monitoring Honey Bee Foraging and Health - Pepinelli - 2025 - Environmental DNA - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#eDNA #environmentalDNA #bee #WomenInStem #AcademicSKY π§ͺ
New paper from the lab onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Describes the extreme stress of the Lake Xochimilco ecosystem of Mexico. #eDNA #biodiversity #AcademicSky π§ͺ
And then we surveyed a country.....
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#biodiversity #WomenInStem #AcademicSKY π§ͺ
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/g...
My grad student and post doc, featured on NPR
π§ͺ #WomenInSTEM #scisky #biosky #academicsky
Sheep frog. A small frog with a back which mimics a dead leaf.
A handsome sheep frog - looks like a good leaf mimic out in our field site.
π§ͺ #WomenInSTEM #scisky #biosky #academicsky
Hahaha!
Neotropical porcupine
Walking back from our field location at night we ran into this lovely neotropical porcupine
π§ͺ #WomenInSTEM #scisky #biosky #academicsky
Scorpion.
Field work! #WomenInSTEM #academicsky π§ͺ #scisky #biosky
Scorpion under black light
Found this friend in our field lab. Sitting in someoneβs N95 mask.
Stunning under black light
#WomenInSTEM #academicsky π§ͺ #scisky #biosky
Ever wonder how we date ancient events (or ever need to explain it to your class?) Today on the BioAudio Podcast we're talking about dating (the ancient kind). It's Fossils, Rocks and Radioactive Clocks! #WomenInSTEM #academicsky π§ͺ #scisky #biosky www.buzzsprout.com/2234324/epis...
Love it! Iβll have to use that!
All right biology students following along here... this week we are learning about isolating barriers and speciation. Start with this podcast made with a former student from my class - just like you! #academicsky #WomeninSTEM π§ͺ www.buzzsprout.com/2234324/epis...
Ok Students who follow me... a reminder - you should have listened to Darwin's evidence for natural selection on BioAudio for Friday. www.buzzsprout.com/2234324/epis...
#womeninSTEM #AcademicSky π§ͺ
And for my older listeners I have 3 new recordings I'm editing now! new content on the way.
I have one written. Waiting on a friend to record it, heβs traveling. Or would you like to help?
Ok Students in my class that are on here... You should have already listened to last week's podcast episode on the life of Darwin. Here www.buzzsprout.com/2234324/epis... #womeninstem #academicsky π§ͺ
Slows down submissions I guessβ¦.