Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe
@adrianabriscoe.bsky.social
🦋 #Vision #science| #butterfly wrangler | Distinguished Professor | #Guggenheim | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | NAS | Words: NPR, PBS, ConversationUS | Macondista | Interested in #history | Latina in #STEM
Lab website: www.visiongene.org
Lab website: www.visiongene.org
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I'm a biologist. Here's why I wrote about U.S. history (1929-1939)
I was one of those Mexican American elementary school children in California who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s not knowing about the deportation or forced expulsion of 350,000-500,000 people of Mexic...
communities.springernature.com
I wrote my first blog about why I felt that writing about my family's experiences with the mass deportation of people of Mexican descent during the Great Depression was more important than the National Science Foundation grant I was writing last summer. communities.springernature.com/posts/i-m-a-...
A lovely uplifting story about restoring the ancient floating gardens (chinampas) of Xochimilco Tenochtitlan Mexico City news.mongabay.com/video/2025/1...
Saving Mexico City’s ancient floating farms
This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and Mongabay. MEXICO CITY, Mexico — After years of working abroad in marine conservation, Cassandra Garduño returned home to find the chinamp...
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February 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
A lovely uplifting story about restoring the ancient floating gardens (chinampas) of Xochimilco Tenochtitlan Mexico City news.mongabay.com/video/2025/1...
"The total is the third lowest tally since the count began in 1997"
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Plunging monarch butterfly tallies may be ‘new normal’
Plunging monarch butterfly tallies may be ‘new normal’
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February 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
"The total is the third lowest tally since the count began in 1997"
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Calling all knitters!
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A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant commu...
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February 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Calling all knitters!
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Help needed -- Black History Month Wikipedia mini-project.
Awhile ago, I proposed a Wikipedia page for an Af-Am poet named Otto Bohanan. The collab. worked & the page is up!
This Feb., I'd like to propose two Wikipedia pages for early 20th C. Af-Am writers: Edward Silvera and Azalia E. Martin.
Awhile ago, I proposed a Wikipedia page for an Af-Am poet named Otto Bohanan. The collab. worked & the page is up!
This Feb., I'd like to propose two Wikipedia pages for early 20th C. Af-Am writers: Edward Silvera and Azalia E. Martin.
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Help needed -- Black History Month Wikipedia mini-project.
Awhile ago, I proposed a Wikipedia page for an Af-Am poet named Otto Bohanan. The collab. worked & the page is up!
This Feb., I'd like to propose two Wikipedia pages for early 20th C. Af-Am writers: Edward Silvera and Azalia E. Martin.
Awhile ago, I proposed a Wikipedia page for an Af-Am poet named Otto Bohanan. The collab. worked & the page is up!
This Feb., I'd like to propose two Wikipedia pages for early 20th C. Af-Am writers: Edward Silvera and Azalia E. Martin.
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512-million-year-old marine fossils highlight life and death at the Cambrian explosion’s close. https://scim.ag/4t6j94X
A motley crew of fossils illuminates an ancient, mysterious extinction event
512-million-year-old marine fossils highlight life and death at the Cambrian explosion’s close
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February 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
512-million-year-old marine fossils highlight life and death at the Cambrian explosion’s close. https://scim.ag/4t6j94X
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How do librarians decide which peer-reviewed biomedical journals are worth subscribing to?
Genuine question from a journal editor who’s realizing this is a huge blind spot.
Genuine question from a journal editor who’s realizing this is a huge blind spot.
February 2, 2026 at 2:18 AM
How do librarians decide which peer-reviewed biomedical journals are worth subscribing to?
Genuine question from a journal editor who’s realizing this is a huge blind spot.
Genuine question from a journal editor who’s realizing this is a huge blind spot.
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Conversation with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social coming this morning on @kqedforum.bsky.social
Can't wait
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
#WhenTreesTestify
Can't wait
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
#WhenTreesTestify
‘When Trees Testify’ They Tell the Story of Black American History | KQED
We talk to Montgomery and hear from you: What’s a tree with special significance to your history?
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January 20, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Conversation with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social coming this morning on @kqedforum.bsky.social
Can't wait
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
#WhenTreesTestify
Can't wait
www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
#WhenTreesTestify
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Chromosome-scale #genomes from newly sequenced spiders & the whip scorpion, the genetic basis of spinneret emergence in spiders & the complex history & functional importance of arachnid genome #evolution www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #biodiversity #genomics
An ancient genome duplication event drives the development and evolution of spinnerets in spiders
A genome duplication event during the Silurian played a crucial role in the evolutionary emergence of spinnerets in spiders.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Chromosome-scale #genomes from newly sequenced spiders & the whip scorpion, the genetic basis of spinneret emergence in spiders & the complex history & functional importance of arachnid genome #evolution www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #biodiversity #genomics
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MIT engineers design structures that compute with heat news.mit.edu/2026/mit-eng...
By leveraging excess heat instead of electricity, microscopic silicon structures could enable more energy-efficient thermal sensing and signal processing
By leveraging excess heat instead of electricity, microscopic silicon structures could enable more energy-efficient thermal sensing and signal processing
MIT engineers design structures that compute with heat
MIT researchers designed silicon structures that can perform computations in an electronic device using excess heat instead of electricity, potentially enabling more energy-efficient devices.
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February 1, 2026 at 2:35 PM
MIT engineers design structures that compute with heat news.mit.edu/2026/mit-eng...
By leveraging excess heat instead of electricity, microscopic silicon structures could enable more energy-efficient thermal sensing and signal processing
By leveraging excess heat instead of electricity, microscopic silicon structures could enable more energy-efficient thermal sensing and signal processing
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Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology url: academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology
Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R
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February 1, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology url: academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
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We’re #hiring a #postdoc @ucriverside.bsky.social 🌿
Work on cis-regulatory evolution, gene family diversification, and cell-type-specific climate responses using single-cell and comparative genomics - kenchanmanelab.com/research/
Deadline: Feb 5, 2026
Apply: aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF02058
Work on cis-regulatory evolution, gene family diversification, and cell-type-specific climate responses using single-cell and comparative genomics - kenchanmanelab.com/research/
Deadline: Feb 5, 2026
Apply: aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF02058
February 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM
We’re #hiring a #postdoc @ucriverside.bsky.social 🌿
Work on cis-regulatory evolution, gene family diversification, and cell-type-specific climate responses using single-cell and comparative genomics - kenchanmanelab.com/research/
Deadline: Feb 5, 2026
Apply: aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF02058
Work on cis-regulatory evolution, gene family diversification, and cell-type-specific climate responses using single-cell and comparative genomics - kenchanmanelab.com/research/
Deadline: Feb 5, 2026
Apply: aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF02058
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Just a friendly reminder everyone, it is now “community science”, not “citizen science”, no matter what country you’re in.
#communityscience
#communityscience
February 1, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Just a friendly reminder everyone, it is now “community science”, not “citizen science”, no matter what country you’re in.
#communityscience
#communityscience
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Some truly horrifying ones in there as well
February 1, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Some truly horrifying ones in there as well
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For those of us who were grad students at Harvard in the 1990s it’s interesting to read Marc Hauser’s correspondence with JE, through the lens of Hauser’s subsequent departure from Harvard bc of scientific misconduct.
January 31, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
Lots of correspondence between Robert Trivers and Jeffrey Epstein mentioning money and a predatory view of women 🤮https://www.justice.gov/epstein
January 31, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Lots of correspondence between Robert Trivers and Jeffrey Epstein mentioning money and a predatory view of women 🤮https://www.justice.gov/epstein
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On Tuesday I made a video explaining to people why it's important that they read this book, which is a Black-ass love note to trees and the power of reckoning with history. #BookSky
Earrings by Crystal Galindo
Pillows by Shanequa Gay
Earrings by Crystal Galindo
Pillows by Shanequa Gay
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
On Tuesday I made a video explaining to people why it's important that they read this book, which is a Black-ass love note to trees and the power of reckoning with history. #BookSky
Earrings by Crystal Galindo
Pillows by Shanequa Gay
Earrings by Crystal Galindo
Pillows by Shanequa Gay
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Science friends, this week's briefing is squarely in your wheelhouse.
Please read & share the 🧵. Even better, dig into the briefing unbreaking.org/blog/this-we... & follow the reporters we rely on like @aniloza.bsky.social @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @amymaxmen.bsky.social
Please read & share the 🧵. Even better, dig into the briefing unbreaking.org/blog/this-we... & follow the reporters we rely on like @aniloza.bsky.social @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @amymaxmen.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Science friends, this week's briefing is squarely in your wheelhouse.
Please read & share the 🧵. Even better, dig into the briefing unbreaking.org/blog/this-we... & follow the reporters we rely on like @aniloza.bsky.social @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @amymaxmen.bsky.social
Please read & share the 🧵. Even better, dig into the briefing unbreaking.org/blog/this-we... & follow the reporters we rely on like @aniloza.bsky.social @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @amymaxmen.bsky.social
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Very excited to share that my first first-author pre-print is out today! Many thanks go out to all of our collaborators, especially those who helped with the fieldwork in Peru - it really wouldn't have been possible without you! 🦋
Evolution of Reproductive Plasticity in a Seasonal Tropical Environment https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.20.700078v1
January 23, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Very excited to share that my first first-author pre-print is out today! Many thanks go out to all of our collaborators, especially those who helped with the fieldwork in Peru - it really wouldn't have been possible without you! 🦋
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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West Coast monarch butterfly populations hit historic low. This may be the 'new normal'
West Coast monarch butterfly populations hit historic low. This may be the 'new normal'
The latest count of western monarch butterfly populations is the third-lowest yet, after 2024 and 2020.
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January 30, 2026 at 2:05 PM
West Coast monarch butterfly populations hit historic low. This may be the 'new normal'
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I had to cobble together a parenting practice that felt authentic to me (I found surprisingly few resources) but this from @chanda.blacksky.app about how to approach mentoring without transferring trauma was invaluable
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medium.com/@chanda/trau...
Traumatized Mentoring & STEM
Becoming a mentor when you’ve been traumatized requires careful consideration.
medium.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I had to cobble together a parenting practice that felt authentic to me (I found surprisingly few resources) but this from @chanda.blacksky.app about how to approach mentoring without transferring trauma was invaluable
medium.com/@chanda/trau...
medium.com/@chanda/trau...