An illustration of Margo following an octopus in Dreams of a Scientist: Lessons from the Sea
For our last day of @scifri.bsky.social #cephalopodweek we are sharing our first page reveal for our book, Dreams of a Scientist: Lessons from the Sea.
We’re combining science and art into double-sided cards featuring local scientists and leaving them at local coffee shops and breweries. Want to be featured or nominate a scientist? Fill out this interest survey by Sept 28th: forms.gle/CsTDjisunDMo...
For day 3 of @scifri.bsky.social #cephalopodweek we are featuring Horst Obenhaus, a friend and scientist studying octopus sleep at @mblscience.bsky.social!
Octopus Video credit to Horst🐙💤
#dreamsofascientist #scientiststory #marinescience #octopus #science
We kicked off @scifri.bsky.social #cephalopodweek yesterday with @invertebabe.bsky.social! We will be sharing ceph scientist stories all week, but first: who are our cephalopods, and why study them?
Excited to see @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social and I’s seltzers at the @researchamerica.bsky.social National Health Research Forum next week!
@sciforgood.bsky.social ‘s pilot sites (11 sites across the country) are working hard to make this happen in their local communities!
Our Made in Your Community project has been co-created by @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social and @bridgetsquidget.bsky.social , who is also one of the illustrators behind the double-sided cards.
You can learn more about our initiative on our website: www.dreamsofascientist.com/made-in-your...
ICYMI: Three animal groups have vision sharp enough to detect objects—vertebrates, arthropods and cephalopods—but only the first two have been studied. A lab in Oregon is changing that.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroethology
www.thetransmitter.org/vision/cepha...
We all miss you, come visit!!
A public mural of fish and flowers
A scale model of the planets with the Colorado mountains in the background
A flyer to a SCOPE virtual panel on creating murals and models for the public
How do you connect people in the city to the sea, or people in the mountains to space? And how do you engage them both in science?
Come hear how @skypeascientist.bsky.social and Jimmy Negus used large scale art to do exact that this Friday (05/9) at 9am PST!
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
A scientist showing a middle school student E. coli. growing on afar plates
Two scientists showing students zebrafish swimming under a microscope
Looking for ideas on how to introduce elementary and middle schoolers to different scientific model organisms?
Tune into our SCOPE panel this Thursday 10 PST to learn how Edward Chen teamed up with libraries to show students swimming zebrafish and growing E. coli.
Sign up: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
"The grant was created by the first Trump administration to foster a new generation of diverse scientists in biomedical research, then defunded in the second Trump administration's ongoing purge of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs."
www.wxxinews.org/2025-04-28/a...
Here's a database from UCLA on Non-NIH funding opportunities ranging from grad students to faculty from a wide range of biological and medical disciplines: biofund.healthsciences.ucla.edu/crt-funding/...
A flyer for the SCOPE virtual panel on Teaming up with Libraries to Inspire the Next Generation.
Do you want to share your science with your community, but don't know where to start?
Then mark your calendars for the next SCOPE panel! We will be talking with Edward and Margot about how they teamed up with libraries to inspire the next generation.
See you on zoom May 1st at 10am PST/1pm EST.
if you are a federal health worker who was laid off today and you'd be interested in sharing your story with Defector, please reach out! I would love to hear from you.
email: simbler at defector dot com. signal: simbler.88
A flyer for the MBL's 2025 Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis course, which will run July 24 to August 26, 2025. Applications are now due March 31, and financial assistance is available. The image also includes the hashtag #ScienceStartsHere, a logo for the MBL, and a picture of a cephalopod
A flyer for the MBL's 2025 Visual Neuroscience course, which will run from August 1 to 16, 2025. Applications are now due April 1, and financial assistance is available. The image also includes the hashtag #ScienceStartsHere and a logo for the MBL.
Course updates! ⚠️ Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis is REOPENING applications (deadline March 31), and Visual Neuroscience is EXTENDING applications (deadline April 1).
Flyers below ⤵️ Read more and apply here: bit.ly/4acDH2V
#ScienceStartsHere
I had the best time chatting with Sabrina Imbler (@sabs.bsky.social), an incredible science writer and author, and Angelique (@vangeliqueallen.bsky.social), a scientist and passionate science communicator making her podcast debut! 🎙️
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
Do you want to get hands-on training in visual neuroscience techniques? @traceofpink.bsky.social and I will be teaching students how to record from the octopus visual system, as seen in this video, at the @mblscience.bsky.social vision course!
Apply by this Wednesday: join.mbl.edu/register/?id...
Ever thought about sharing your research creatively? 🎨🍻
Join @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social & me (@science-scope.bsky.social) for a Scientific Beer Label Workshop on April 6, 12–3 PM at Steel String Brewery (Carrboro, NC)!
Space is limited! Register by March 31!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Interested in vision? Want to spend 2 summer weeks on my favorite little science island? Apply to the MBL vision course!!!!!
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
and follow @standupforscience.bsky.social to stay up to date!
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE is happening in Oregon!!
Learn more here: standupforscience2025.org/salem-or/
Check out the children's #sciencebook that I am writing!! Our mission is for every kid and parent to feel empowered by active scientists to turn curiosity into discovery
Sharing this message feels more important now than ever
Preorders are available now: www.dreamsofascientist.com/shop
A flyer for the SCOPE virtual panel, sharing that Sydney Floryanzia and Gillian McNeil will be talking about games that spark scientific interest via zoom on February 26th
We are super excited to hear from @neurochemequeen.bsky.social and @g-fmcn.bsky.social about how they are using card games to spark scientific interest and conversations!! Can't wait to see you all on zoom next Wednesday the 26th
If you are here, then welcome to our community! We are excited to have you and to create space where everyone feels supported in science no matter their identity, appearance, or background.
These are three women in science who are putting their all into making this project come to life!...
Two weeks ago we wrote about why things had been relatively quiet from science activists
Things are changing — two separate protests are being planned, one by @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social and one by @standupforscience.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...
No worries if you couldn't make it to our first panel with @jpflores.bsky.social and @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social on Highlighting Scientists through a podcast and children's book. We record all of our virtual panels, and you can watch the first one here: www.youtube.com/@scope-science
Are you a scientist interested in science communication but don’t know where to start? Ever wonder how a graduate student has time for outreach projects?
Check out SCOPE! An org @vangeliqueallen.bsky.social and I created! First panel on creating children’s books and podcasts is today at 1pm ET 😊🧪
