@behrenskristen
she/her | postdoctoral fellow of fisheries bioinformatics @ UMich | coregonine genomics and cichlid sex chromosomes | bioinformatician π€π©Άπ€π My views are my own. https://kristenbehrens.weebly.com/
Two dinosaurs and and the Stand Up For Science Duck mascot stand at the D.C. National Day of Action rally. The dinosaurs have signs reading "Don't let good science go extinct" and "Science saves lives"
The dinos are out for science!! Are you??? Join us in Washington D.C. on the National Mall!!!
Info here! : fight2win.standupforscience.net/DC-March/
For those interested, Research Investigator role available in Pediatric Hematology at University of Michigan Medicine, within the zebrafish-friendly lab of @clot1.bsky.social! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
The US army corps of engineers is considering, right now, what would be the largest destruction of coral reefs in US history. To make a port slightly bigger.
People know this, right?
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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I think this is a great argument, beautifully constructed
Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social, Corbin Jones & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social geeked out about #BChromosomes w/ Patrick Ferree from @scrippscollege.bsky.social about his @plosbiology.org paper on female meiotic drag in Nasonia: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
An illustration showing the Atlantic off the Ring of Kerry.
Looking into the ocean #sciart
The bitterest pill about AI cheating for me is that AI'ed assignments take much longer to grade than honest assignments because they turn grading into an investigation.
So when the student spends less time, I spend more. Fun!
Virginia proposes a law to teach facts in schools
Watercolor painting of a Copper Band Butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus. These fish form long-term monogamous pairs. Iβm painting one reef fish per day for 100 days with the hope of building a community. Itβs about how art becomes connection. If you love the ocean, curiosity is enough. π
100 Days of Reef Fish
Beautiful Reef Fish 3/10: Copper Band Butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus. These fish form long-term monogamous pairs.
Thanks again, Uncle Scotter, @dinosaucerous.bsky.social for the suggestion.
#sciart #marinelife #coralreefs #dothe100daysproject
I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...
Our paper is out in @Science! The Atlantic silverside spans Earth's steepest latitudinal gradient in coastal sea-surface temperature. Despite high gene flow, populations show clinal genetic variation in multiple locally adapted traits. doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#GreatLakesWeek: At the Michigan Chapter of the
@amfisheriessoc.bsky.social Conf, #CIGLRβs Maddie Tomczak shared her research tracking Alewife larvae in L. Michigan. Using long-term monitoring, she studied when larvae appear, peak & taper off, helping manage this key prey species for salmon.
No two Paratilapia have the same spot pattern, like finger prints, the size, color and distribution of blotches is unique to the individual. The pattern changes with age. Paratilapia is the least understood genus in the cichlid world, posing a steep learning curve but so rewarding to see fully grown
Just part of all the attacks on federal workers and their unions.
And remember a whole bunch are likely to lose their protections next week when the list of who becomes schedule F is released.
π Happy #GreatLakesDay! The #GreatLakes hold ~20% of the worldβs surface freshwater & support millions of people & ecosystems. Cheers to the lakes that connect us all! π Learn more about our collaborative #science & partners around the region: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/resources/fa...
1. In an incredible public outpouring of support, trans girl scouts on our girl scout cookie list have sold over 330,000 boxes of cookies.
Parents report to us that they are in tears from the support.
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I have so many examples of students questioning whether I know enough about a topic to teach it. I asked in faculty meeting "who has been questioned whether they are qualified to teach a class?" The women raised their hands, the men didn't. It's definitely rooted in sexism and racism.
A planned constitutional amendment by State Rep. Jimmie Wilson hopes to force state universities to follow local zoning laws.
Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM
I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
Thatβs my cohort-mate!!!! π₯³
This is interesting, triploid salmon have larger cells and inferior physiology than diploids. Lower aerobic scope, lower CTmax, higher Pcrit...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
βFishβ can be both singular (one individual) and plural (multiple individuals of the same species.) βFishesβ is multiple species.
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Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.
This looks neat, actually does a formal analysis of what I've suspected for a long time -- ΞK is an odd way to decide number of pops. H/T @biologyjoe87.bsky.social for the paper. (Personally I think K=0) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
FISH JOB ALERT! NOAA Fisheries is looking to hire four stock assessment biologists. These positions can be located at any of our Fishery Science Centers from Seattle to Miami to Woods Hole. Applications are due by March 10!
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more...
Dark, shallow underwater scene showing three Astraspis, yellow, finless, jawless fish with armored head swimming to the right, surrounded by some algae and rocks. 3D artwork.
Murky underwater scene with two Eriptychius, dark brownish, finless, jawless fish facing each other, half buried in the soft sediment, with rocks in the background. 3D artwork.
Top view of a shallow marine environment with Eriptychius and Astraspis, two different species of jawless fishes, loitering around the soft sediment and rocks. 3D artwork.
Look at my fesh
#Art #SciArt
They look amazing!!!
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When someone says βScientists do not want you to knowβ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They canβt shut up about what they found out and want you to know.
Postdoc in evolutionary genetics with @mbhufford.bsky.social isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...