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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · 3d

📖 DAY 3 related read: Ten simple rules for queer data collection and analysis by STEM researchers – The guidelines in an editorial featuring tips to make sex and gender data collection & reporting more inclusive.
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Ten simple rules for queer data collection and analysis by STEM researchers

Queer people are still underrepresented both as STEM researchers and participants, partially due to a dearth of accurate data on this demographic. The lack of consideration for queer identities in dat...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 29

ICYMI: I am offering a free online 2-hour crash course in how to write and publish a scientific paper, perfect for students and early career researchers about to write their first paper.

The world of scientific writing and publishing can be confusing, but I'm here to help!

🧪🌎🦑

I’m offering a free online crash course in scientific writing and publishing. Here’s how to join!

The world of scientific writing and pubilshing is complex and confusing, and it can be hard for early career scientists to master. But don’t worry! I am an experienced and award-winning scien…

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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · Aug 28

Your neuro skills go way beyond the bench 🧠💼
Join #BlackInNeuroAltCareers at #BINW25 to hear how scientists are thriving in AI, policy, health informatics & more.
🗓️ Sept 11 | 🕒 3–4PM ET
Register for this session and more at the link 👇🏽
tinyurl.com/BINW25

#5YearsOfBIN

Flyer for the Black In Neuro Conference for a Symposium on Wednesday, September 11, 3:00-4:00 PM ET. The background is a soft peach with vibrant geometric patterns in mustard yellow, coral, teal, and pink at the top border. A bold orange "#BlackInNeuroAlt-Careers Symposium" title is centered. The main text below reads the name of the keynote address: "Careers Beyond the Bench". Below that reads: "Scientific training is invaluable for building skills that help scientists excel in non-traditional careers beyond the traditional lab or research setting. It is especially crucial in the present moment for scientists to leverage their transferable skills to develop thriving careers and professional opportunities. In this symposium, panelists will highlight how their scientific background led them to their present careers in health informatics, emerging AI technology, and science policy in the nonprofit sector." In the center text reads "Hybrid Event. Register to attend on Zoom!"

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · Aug 21

I'm going to buy some of these but shipping is expensive. If you're also in the UK and would like an eel, frog, or crab fact advent calendar for $25 (to a good cause) plus an even split of the international postage and the price of a UK stamp and rigid envelope, let me know before the end of August.

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Aug 21

Last year we sold 5x more advent calendars than we have this August. Advent calendars are the biggest thing that keep the lights on at Skype a Scientist so this makes me a bit nervous!

These calendars are bright and cute and are full of really fun information about eels!

Get one here: EelFacts.net

Sarah holds up a brightly colored eel calendar with a moray, ribbon eel, splendid garden eels, and American and European eels, in front of some plants on the sidewalk

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · Aug 20

If you'd like to follow some other trans people who work with nature too, I made a helpful starter pack! It's not exclusively scientists and it's opt-in so let me know if you'd like to be added.

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Trans Legal Project @translegalproject.bsky.social · Aug 20

TW.
Needs to be widely shared with cisgender people, especially politicians. Utterly horrifying that Britain has come to this- that most of Britain is just looking the other way while a whole community is being eliminated from society because of lies and hatred. transactual.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Trans Actual's report entitled 'Trans Segregation in Practice. Experiences of trans segragation following the Supreme Court Ruling'.

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · Aug 18

With the new academic year not too far off, if any university folks in the UK have a student that might like an EDI related research project in ecology/conservation/zoology that would also make a nice paper, drop me a line

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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · Aug 18

📣 Calling all early career #neuroscientists!
@thetransmitter.bsky.social & Neuromatch are teaming up to better understand how to support #EarlyCareer Researchers. Whether you're a student, postdoc, or launching your career, we want to hear from you.
➡️ www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Aug 14

Those of us in STEM must vocally affirm that the humanities are our allies, and no department is expendable. Arguing we can survive by cutting whole disciplines isn’t just inhumane, it’s nonsensical. The humanities tell us why we’re here in the first place, and what to do about it! This isn’t hard!

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Aug 14

Oh good. We've reached the "I don't have to be faster than the bear, I only have to be less woke than you" stage of faculty solidarity. archive.is/wGNDr

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HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · Jul 31

Using the phrase "biologically female" is shamefully ignorant. Confused? Here's a great explainer by @nmbaran.bsky.social.

www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Jul 30

Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.

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Felix Baier @felixbaier.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨Very happy that my PhD work is now out in @nature.com!

We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️

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Tom Green (they/he) @animalsexpert.bsky.social · Jul 23

First ever paper is finally out!!!!

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Genotype and social environment influence female–female interactions in a non-social insect | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Factors shaping social interactions between females are understudied in non-social insects. We tested whether female–female investigation, aggression and same-sex sexual behaviour (SSB) are influenced by genotypic and environmental factors in the Hawaiian ...

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Susanne Babl @susannebabl.bsky.social · Jul 22

Are you interested in bat vocalizations and the neural circuits that give rise to their emission?🦇🎶🧠
We reviewed the recent literature on neural activity underlying echolocation and communication calls across multiple bat species in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences:
doi.org/10.1111/nyas...

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Guus @guusontheinternet.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ik snap echt niet dat hier niet meer ophef over is. Hoe ons land niet alles op alles zet deze kinderen te helpen. #LongCovid

Onderschat de impact van niks doen niet, zowel in ziektebeeld en ernst, als dat dit zo’n onwijs belangrijke jaren zijn voor de ontwikkeling van een kind.

jim faas 🍀 @jimfaas.bsky.social · Jul 22

🟦 LongCovid 🟥 bij kinderen

🔲 off-label medicatie: behandeldilemma zo mogelijk nog groter dan bij volwassenen?
🔲 opmerkelijk artikel in AD vandaag

door Ellen van Gaalen met kinderarts Danilo Buonsenso

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · Jul 17

BREAKING 🧨

I'm now in possession of evidence confirming a second trans youth suicide, where the patient's data was NOT sent to NHS England, for inclusion in Appleby's flawed DHSC report "Review of suicides and gender
dysphoria at the Tavistock and
Portman NHS Foundation Trust:
independent report"

Review of suicides and gender dysphoria at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust: independent report

www.gov.uk

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Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · Jul 17

My newest paper: on surviving a career in #ecology while having a #disability (and how to make things better!!)

Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · Jul 17

#AdriftLab's newest article isn't about islands or plastics (well, maybe a little). It's about the challenges of being a scientist while having a #disability. Please take a moment to consider what your lab can do to make life a little more inclusive www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Disability in ecology and evolution

In this TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled in ecology and evolution. We a...

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Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · Jul 17

#AdriftLab's newest article isn't about islands or plastics (well, maybe a little). It's about the challenges of being a scientist while having a #disability. Please take a moment to consider what your lab can do to make life a little more inclusive www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Disability in ecology and evolution

In this TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled in ecology and evolution. We a...

www.cell.com

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · Jul 9

🚨This isn’t history. It’s a plan for our future.

Amnesty UK has exposed powerful & well-funded groups that are working to stop women, LGBTI+ people & children making decisions over our bodies, health & futures.

This matters to all of us as everyone’s rights are at risk.

Join us in exposing them.

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Bizarre Beasts @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social · Jul 7

New episode today! It may seem obvious why we picked this one... but trust us, its inner weirdness matches its outer weirdness. Learn all about the naked mole-rat youtu.be/zDmJJbn-1-s?...

Naked Mole-Rats (Heterocephalus glaber) with a lil illustration of a naked mole-rat munching on a radish

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Shaena Montanari @shaena.bsky.social · Jul 2

Are you a science journalist who loves neuroscience? There's an opening for you here! Happy to answer any questions.

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our award-winning news team is looking for an enthusiastic trade journalist to join our fast-paced newsroom in NYC. This is an excellent opportunity for a science journalist to develop a beat in the field of neuroscience. For more info, please visit: bit.ly/4nvAy4k

#neuroskyence

Reporter, The Transmitter

The Transmitter offers up-to-date news and analysis of the field of neuroscience and is dedicated to helping scientists at all career stages stay current and build connections. Our award-winning news ...

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · Jul 1

What we need now is a queer army*

I'm excited to announce my latest Pride pins: a whole crew of queer frogs 🐸 Please share them and check out the thread below to meet the gang 🧵

canopyrobin.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

*Army is the collective noun for a group of frogs

A group of enamel pins in the shape of frogs, clustered and sitting on tiny logs like they're part of a class photo. The frogs are coloured as nonbinary, bisexual, LGBTQ progress, trans, pansexual, lesbian, gay man, intersex, asexual, and aromantic pride colours

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Mel Ortiz-Alvarez @moadlc.bsky.social · Jun 30

Celebrating the last day of #pridemonth with a wrap-up of all the wonderful #scicomm activities I was able to do this month.

Take a gander over on #Substack if you are looking for inspiration in volunteering opportunities within science 🦠🔬

microbephd.substack.com/p/monthly-sc...

Monthly SciComm WrapUp: June 2025

A brief summary of what fun sci-comm things I did in the month of June!

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Hana Ayoob @hanaayoob.co.uk · Jun 26

Turned some feelings into some art. Think it actually helped a bit.

Drawn pie chart labelled ‘accessing healthcare’. The segments are:
50% bureaucracy to make Escher and Dante proud, 20% general gaslighting and dismissal, 10% try losing some weight, 10% focus on your mental health, 5% the tests were normal, 5% help and support. The segments have different colours and patterns.

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · Jun 25

If you've not already followed the cool trans nature experts in this starter pack, you're really missing out.

Also, it's Pride! Get some more trans voices on your timeline!

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