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Kelly Diamond

@diamondkmg.bsky.social

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Assistant Prof at Rhodes College. Cat herder of the shape and scales lab. Likes to figure out why animals come in so many shapes and how those shapes allow animals to do all the things. Climbs rocks and hides in the forest when not on campus. .. more

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Kelly Diamond @diamondkmg.bsky.social · Dec 3

A little end of semester chaos! Bonus points if you can guess who all the ducks in this one are! More duck pun suggestions are welcome for the next round/ to add to this one!

A collage of ducks dressed as different characters with a banner that reads: my ducks may not be in a row, but at least they're having fun!

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Sandy Kawano, PhD @sandyk.bsky.social · Feb 20

🚨 Job alert! The University of Virginia's Blandy Experimental Farm is hiring a Director of preK-12 Education! The Director would advance understanding of the natural world via research, education and public outreach. 🧪🦎🌿🦋
Review of applications begin March 7: blandy.virginia.edu/job-opportun...

Job Opportunities | Blandy Experimental Farm

blandy.virginia.edu

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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · Feb 19

I am hiring a lab technician! If you know anyone who has experience with field studies, enjoys working with plants, and is a good communicator and hard worker, pls pass this along! The position is for one year with the possibility of renewal. Please re-skeet!

careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Research Lab Tech Lead - Baucom Lab | U-M Careers

careers.umich.edu

Kelly Diamond @diamondkmg.bsky.social · Feb 13

Postdoc alert!
Link to job post: jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
Post-doc working with Gorillas, Tigers, or Elephants (3 years, Memphis Zoo)
Application Deadline: April 1, 2025
Start Date: Aug 1,2025

Postdoc working with Gorillas, Tigers, or Elephants (3 years) | Natural Resources Job Board

jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu

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Simon J. Brandl @gobyone.bsky.social · Feb 11

🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗

fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...

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Cassandra Donatelli @cmdonatelli.bsky.social · Feb 11

Only 5 days left to submit an application to this summer's #REU - BLINKS program! We're excited to have so many awesome projects lined up 🎉
🦊🦀🪸🐠🌕🌱♻️🌏🌊🤖🐚☁️

Please pass this along and check out our website for project descriptions and application info: fhl.uw.edu/research/sum... @fishguy.bsky.social

Kelly Diamond @diamondkmg.bsky.social · Jan 31

Cool new paper alert: Dog skull shape challenges assumptions of performance specialization from selective breeding | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Dog skull shape challenges assumptions of performance specialization from selective breeding

Dog skull shape shows that human breeding effort has driven obvious shape changes but with no associated performance differences.

www.science.org

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jan 26

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them.

Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.

Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

Kelly Diamond @diamondkmg.bsky.social · Jan 24

We made the #RhodesCollege news page about presenting at #sicb2025!
news.rhodes.edu/stories/rhod...

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Jan 23

NIH and other federal health agencies have been instructed to cease external communications indefinitely. This means that grant programs—the money that funds life-saving university and hospital research—are currently in limbo. This includes VA research on veterans’ health.

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Jacob S. Harrison @jacobsharrison.bsky.social · Jan 22

Stay tuned for news about the next round of the in-situ Jungle Biomechanics Lab! This NSF program brings early-career researchers out to the Amazon Rainforest to learn how to do interdisciplinary research in the field! UGs to postdocs are welcome to apply! bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · Jan 16

Graduating college seniors - looking for a year long research experience? Apply for the RAMP program @uconn.bsky.social @uconnramp.bsky.social in genomics. Please RT

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · Jan 16

Are you a recent college grad with a passion for evolutionary biology? 🧬✨

🌟 Join LAGNiAppE 🌟
Develop skills, gain hands-on research experience, and connect with mentors in the exciting field of evolutionary biology.

🗓️ Deadline: March 16, 2025

🌐 Apply Now: etap.nsf.gov/award/732/op...

Kelly Diamond @diamondkmg.bsky.social · Jan 8

💯 agree!

Kelly Diamond @diamondkmg.bsky.social · Jan 8

Could not have been more excited to have such an amazing group of students presenting at this year's #sicb2025! See everyone next year in Portland!

The shape and scales lab members in front of the SICB 2025 sign in Atlanta, Georgia

Emily showing off her poster on goby fish vertebrae

Yihan in front of her salmonella poster

Kelly Diamond @diamondkmg.bsky.social · Jan 6

More #sicb2025 posters today!! 6 down 2 to go! Fishes and frogs!

Myself and 2 collaborators in front of our poster on frog jumping at the SICB meeting

Lorenzo in front of his poster on why tiny fish have so much armor at the SICB meeting

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Kannon Pearson 🏳️‍⚧️ @taricha-rivularis.bsky.social · Jan 5

This is a link to an earlier version of the Gay Frogs Talk that I gave at SSAR this summer!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A7S...

Herpetology and queer internet culture

YouTube video by Kannon Pearson

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Kelly Diamond @diamondkmg.bsky.social · Jan 5

Excited to see the first 4 lab posters of the #sicb2025 meeting presented this afternoon! We had dogs, red pandas and meerkats today! Stay tuned for fishes, frogs, and yeast!

Malak presenting poster on Meerkat research

Zaha presenting research on red pandas

Stella presents poster on dog skulls

Sarah presented a poster on Meerkat behavior

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Amani Webber-Schultz @curlybiologist.bsky.social · Jan 4

Hey! If you’re a student at SICB and aren’t sure where to start with networking, here’s a quick guide I made for a previous conference that might be helpful 🫶🏾

Kelly Diamond @diamondkmg.bsky.social · Dec 28

Adding some new colors! #natureTattoo

Red snake tattoo

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Chris Clark @selasphorus1.bsky.social · Dec 9

POSTDOC announcement! I am hiring a postdoc to study owl flight biomechanics. I will be at SICB. Please email me for the full advertisement, screenshot below. Please retweet!

Ideal candidate has research experience with wild birds, 3D kinematics and acoustics.

#SICB2025

A screenshot of part of the advertisement, please email me at cclark@ucr.edu for the full advertisement

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Stacy Farina @stacyfarina.bsky.social · Dec 3

Are you interested in MS programs in ecology or evolution and want to be paid for it? Check out these fully funded programs (stipend + tuition is provided). It's been a looong time since I updated the list, so as always, check with the program for the latest info. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs

docs.google.com

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Katherine Corn 🌽 @kacorn.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's graduate school application season, so here's your reminder that nobody should pay for a graduate degree in #ecoevo !

Here's a list of fully funded ecology, evolution, & organismal biology Masters' programs (please share!)!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs

Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs List of Departments that have a fully-funded Masters program that includes Ecology, Evolution, or Organsimal Biology Background on this list: Some Masters progra...

docs.google.com

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Trevor Keenan @trevorkeenan.bsky.social · Dec 2

We have an open postdoc position in the Quantitative Ecosystem Dynamics lab at UC Berkeley: forms.gle/Nx1EHYiCv3yR...
in the areas of ecohydrology, land-atmosphere interactions, and global change ecology.

Please spread the word!

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Dr. Jaimi Gray @jaimiagray.bsky.social · Dec 2

#Education resource! Over the years I created this collection of colored skull #3Dmodels for teaching. They're available to download on MorphoSource & to view on Sketchfab. Because of recent changes to Sketchfab, I migrated them to my website: www.graysvertebrateanatomy.com/work/colorso... (1/3)

A screenshot of a website displaying 8 colored skull models of amphibians and reptiles, along with buttons that will allow the user to navigate to 3D models for each skull.

Reposted by Glyn Elwyn, Fernando T. Maestre, Franck Courchamp , and 8 more Glyn Elwyn, Fernando T. Maestre, Franck Courchamp, Juan Pablo, Brad R. Humphreys, Gary Polhill, Manuela Angelucci, Davide Dragone, Marina Della Giusta, Michael D. Bauer, Kelly Diamond

Science News @scinews.bsky.social · Nov 24

Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky

1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research

Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

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Meghie Rodrigues @meghier.bsky.social · Nov 26

Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...

docs.google.com

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Nicolas Di-Poi @nicolasdipoi.bsky.social · Nov 23

Do you use 3D imaging like CT or MRI for research, teaching, outreach, or art? Check out our new article featuring a detailed workflow for producing 3D cinematic renderings―from tissue-level to whole-organism details―with stunning realism! doi.org/10.1016/j.is... @helsinkiuni.bsky.social

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Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · Oct 23

I started gathering a list for REUs/Summer research opportunities for undergraduate students in Ecology/Conservation/Evolutionary Biology. Feel share to share with any undergraduate students who may be interested in participating in *PAID* research.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

REUs/Summer Research 2024 List (Ecology and Evolution)

docs.google.com