Kinsey Brock
@doc-brock.bsky.social
Artíst 🐸 Asst. Professor 🐊 Curator of Reptiles & Amphibians at San Diego State University 🦎 Wild 4 wallies 🦎 Eco-evo in new and ancient cities 🐍 www.kinseybrock.com 🐢
Γνῶθι σεαυτόν 🧿
Γνῶθι σεαυτόν 🧿
Pinned
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I'm teaching a grad level proposal writing class. Had planned to go in depth about how funding agencies are organized, how panels work, etc. Now it feels like I'll be saying a lot of "This is how it was, I'm not sure how it'll work going forward."
February 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I'm teaching a grad level proposal writing class. Had planned to go in depth about how funding agencies are organized, how panels work, etc. Now it feels like I'll be saying a lot of "This is how it was, I'm not sure how it'll work going forward."
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UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.”
www.insidehighered.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
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Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
Davis Summer Population Genomics Program
Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...
docs.google.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
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People have woken up to what Ring Door Bells are being used for.
Sit down and let me tell you about Alexa
Sit down and let me tell you about Alexa
February 10, 2026 at 7:07 PM
People have woken up to what Ring Door Bells are being used for.
Sit down and let me tell you about Alexa
Sit down and let me tell you about Alexa
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Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” 🧪
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” - Eos
Graduate students applying for NSF funding have had their applications returned without review—even though their proposed research appears to fall squarely within the fields of study outlined in the p...
eos.org
February 7, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” 🧪
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
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New round of NSF GRFP declines without review. If you were affected:
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at [email protected] so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
This is the link to the post: bsky.app/profile/noam...
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at [email protected] so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
This is the link to the post: bsky.app/profile/noam...
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
New round of NSF GRFP declines without review. If you were affected:
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at [email protected] so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
This is the link to the post: bsky.app/profile/noam...
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at [email protected] so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
This is the link to the post: bsky.app/profile/noam...
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Unveiling the urban colonization of the Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) across its distribution range using citizen science
peerj.com/articles/173...
peerj.com/articles/173...
January 25, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Unveiling the urban colonization of the Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) across its distribution range using citizen science
peerj.com/articles/173...
peerj.com/articles/173...
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Giant reptiles should take back ALL our cities. We obviously can't be trusted to run anything. Time to give the lizards a shot.
January 24, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Giant reptiles should take back ALL our cities. We obviously can't be trusted to run anything. Time to give the lizards a shot.
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Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi
¿La pintura rupestre más antigua de la humanidad?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
¿La pintura rupestre más antigua de la humanidad?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi - Nature
A hand stencil painted on a cave wall on a small island off the coast of Sulawesi more than 67,800 years ago suggests a very early occupation of Wallacea.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi
¿La pintura rupestre más antigua de la humanidad?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
¿La pintura rupestre más antigua de la humanidad?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Come celebrate International Darwin Day with us @sandiegostate.bsky.social! Deets in the flyer (designed by the awesome @doc-brock.bsky.social).
January 22, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Come celebrate International Darwin Day with us @sandiegostate.bsky.social! Deets in the flyer (designed by the awesome @doc-brock.bsky.social).
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Special Feature: Can we predict the future of evolution? In this review, Jackson et al. dig into genomic analyses of change over time to determine if and when evolution can be forecast using genomic methods.
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
January 21, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Special Feature: Can we predict the future of evolution? In this review, Jackson et al. dig into genomic analyses of change over time to determine if and when evolution can be forecast using genomic methods.
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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The NIH's MYF policy in 2025 resulted in 4000 fewer grants and fellowships that touched every area of biology and medicine; continuing it in 2026 would be disastrous for science, technology and health in the United States 🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 20, 2026 at 11:39 PM
The NIH's MYF policy in 2025 resulted in 4000 fewer grants and fellowships that touched every area of biology and medicine; continuing it in 2026 would be disastrous for science, technology and health in the United States 🧪
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Send them both to Mars 👋🏼
January 21, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Send them both to Mars 👋🏼
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A plea from an editor:
postdocs & grad students who want to review manuscripts, please (!) have an online presence with your current email. I try to solicit reviews from ECRs, but we all move a lot, and it's hard to know if we'll be able to reach you at the email address on your last paper 🧪🌍
postdocs & grad students who want to review manuscripts, please (!) have an online presence with your current email. I try to solicit reviews from ECRs, but we all move a lot, and it's hard to know if we'll be able to reach you at the email address on your last paper 🧪🌍
January 20, 2026 at 1:51 PM
A plea from an editor:
postdocs & grad students who want to review manuscripts, please (!) have an online presence with your current email. I try to solicit reviews from ECRs, but we all move a lot, and it's hard to know if we'll be able to reach you at the email address on your last paper 🧪🌍
postdocs & grad students who want to review manuscripts, please (!) have an online presence with your current email. I try to solicit reviews from ECRs, but we all move a lot, and it's hard to know if we'll be able to reach you at the email address on your last paper 🧪🌍
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Are you a grad student in Illinois or Indiana working on topics that could benefit #GreatLakes communities? The @ilinseagrant.bsky.social Graduate Scholars program provides funding to advance research as well as professional networking and development opportunities iiseagrant.org/its-time-to-...
It’s time to apply for the 2026 IISG Graduate Scholars Program - Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for our 2026 Graduate Scholars Program. The scholars program is designed to build a community of researchers and...
iiseagrant.org
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Are you a grad student in Illinois or Indiana working on topics that could benefit #GreatLakes communities? The @ilinseagrant.bsky.social Graduate Scholars program provides funding to advance research as well as professional networking and development opportunities iiseagrant.org/its-time-to-...
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Applications are now open for the 2026 Workshop on Molecular Evolution (MOLE)!
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
Claudia Solis-Lemus and I will be holding an informational session on Zoom next Wed (1/21) from 10:30-11:30 AM Central for those interested:
lsu.zoom.us/j/4968115684
Deadline to apply: 1/26
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
Claudia Solis-Lemus and I will be holding an informational session on Zoom next Wed (1/21) from 10:30-11:30 AM Central for those interested:
lsu.zoom.us/j/4968115684
Deadline to apply: 1/26
Workshop on Molecular Evolution | Marine Biological Laboratory
The workshop serves graduate students, postdocs, and established faculty from around the world seeking to apply the principles of molecular evolution to questions of anthropology, conservation genetic...
www.mbl.edu
January 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Applications are now open for the 2026 Workshop on Molecular Evolution (MOLE)!
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
Claudia Solis-Lemus and I will be holding an informational session on Zoom next Wed (1/21) from 10:30-11:30 AM Central for those interested:
lsu.zoom.us/j/4968115684
Deadline to apply: 1/26
www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
Claudia Solis-Lemus and I will be holding an informational session on Zoom next Wed (1/21) from 10:30-11:30 AM Central for those interested:
lsu.zoom.us/j/4968115684
Deadline to apply: 1/26
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The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.
We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
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Fantastic PhD opportunity available! “Leveraging citizen science data to reveal latent mechanisms regulating bird population dynamics in urbanised landscapes”. Part of the Leverhulme Doctoral Training Program in Ecological Data Science: ecological-data-science.github.io/projects.html. More below.
Ecological Data Science - Projects
ecological-data-science.github.io
January 16, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Fantastic PhD opportunity available! “Leveraging citizen science data to reveal latent mechanisms regulating bird population dynamics in urbanised landscapes”. Part of the Leverhulme Doctoral Training Program in Ecological Data Science: ecological-data-science.github.io/projects.html. More below.
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We want to know if you have, or had, a side hustle during your PhD studies. Take our survey here:
go.nature.com/49SpY2t
go.nature.com/49SpY2t
Take Nature’s poll: do you have a side hustle alongside your PhD studies?
More than half of Gen Z now have a side gig. Are researchers among those seeking a second income?
go.nature.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
We want to know if you have, or had, a side hustle during your PhD studies. Take our survey here:
go.nature.com/49SpY2t
go.nature.com/49SpY2t
I'm so proud of all the students in my lab. It is such a joy and privilege to work and learn with them. The world is harsh and crazy and they are often a bright spot I can bask in.
January 13, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I'm so proud of all the students in my lab. It is such a joy and privilege to work and learn with them. The world is harsh and crazy and they are often a bright spot I can bask in.
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“Scientific societies can support you and foster you through your whole career” - SSB President @trayc7.bsky.social opening the #ssb2026 meeting
Can’t join us today? Make sure your registration is up to date to keep up with SSB news and happenings
www.systbio.org
Can’t join us today? Make sure your registration is up to date to keep up with SSB news and happenings
www.systbio.org
Society of Systematic Biologists
A membership organization for anyone interested in the science of systematic biology.
www.systbio.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
“Scientific societies can support you and foster you through your whole career” - SSB President @trayc7.bsky.social opening the #ssb2026 meeting
Can’t join us today? Make sure your registration is up to date to keep up with SSB news and happenings
www.systbio.org
Can’t join us today? Make sure your registration is up to date to keep up with SSB news and happenings
www.systbio.org
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I'm gearing up to teach a non-majors "Evolution and Society" class for the first time. One unit will be on debunking myths and misconceptions about evolution. Which ones do I absolutely have to include?
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I'm gearing up to teach a non-majors "Evolution and Society" class for the first time. One unit will be on debunking myths and misconceptions about evolution. Which ones do I absolutely have to include?
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If you read one thing today, let it be this:
“An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good: Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness”
❤️💔
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
“An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good: Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness”
❤️💔
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good
Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness
www.harpersbazaar.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
If you read one thing today, let it be this:
“An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good: Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness”
❤️💔
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
“An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good: Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness”
❤️💔
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...