Casey terHorst
banner
ecoevolab.bsky.social
Casey terHorst
@ecoevolab.bsky.social
Biology Prof at Cal State Northridge. Pro- species diversity, genetic diversity, and diversity in STEM #BLM #TransLives he/him🏳️‍🌈
But also into non-academic things (TV and Broadway)
Task on HBO was crazy intense. Sooo many emotions. And only partly because 60 year old Mark Ruffalo is the sexiest version of Ruffalo
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social
ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!
2. ASN Early Career Investigator awards are now open for application. Self-nominations okay! Due Jan 5
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Applications for the 2026 ASN Early Career Investigator Award
<p>Nominations/Applications for the 2026 Early Career Investigator Award are <strong>due January 5, 2026</strong></p><br/>
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social
ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!

3. The ASN Distinguished Naturalist award is for a mid career investigator (<= 20 years from PhD). Go here to nominate someone: nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Nominations for the Distinguished Naturalist Award
<p>The ASN Distinguished Naturalist Award is given to an active investigator in mid-career who has made significant contributions to the knowledge of a particular ecosystem or group of organisms. Nom...
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for announcements, please share widely!!!

3. The ASN Conceptual Unification of Biological Sciences award is for a late career investigator www.amnat.org/announcement...
Nominations for the ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences
<p>The Conceptual Unification award is given annually and honors a senior but active investigator who is making fundamental contributions to the Society&#39;s goals in promoting the conceptual unifica...
www.amnat.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for a minute for a string of announcements, please share widely!!!

1. Student research awards are open for applications, to fund research expenses for 10 graduate students ($2000 each)
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Student Research Award
<p>The ASN Student Research Awards support research by student members that advances the goals of the society: the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Each award consists of a ...
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We saw Paranormal Activity at Ahmanson and assumed we might be leaving at intermission. It was great! Scary and entertaining. It's left me thinking about why despite movie success, there aren't more scary things on stage?
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
There's a non-zero chance Pete Hegseth believes the world was black and white until the 1950s
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
YOU GUYS. Come work with me! Holden Forests & Gardens is hiring! 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
BIG: FBI spied on Signal group chat of immigration activists CourtWatch, classifying them as violent terrorist extremists for quietly sitting in on court cases, as revealed in intel bulletin we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Dang, that it is lineup of badass folks!
Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
I hadnt seen this particular take on this story till now. A minimalist apology. Not impressed.
nationalnews.co.uk/news/shamed-...
Shamed Scientist Apologises For The First Time About The Academic Scandal That Destroyed His Career And Shocked The World
An ecologist who shot to fame after discovering that spiders have human-like personalities has made an emotional apology after being
nationalnews.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Please apply to join the Diversity Committee of the American Society of Naturalists!
www.amnat.org/announcement...
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
Have thoughts for a special symposium at the Virtual Evolution meeting (May 20-22, 2026)? The @asn-amnat.bsky.social is looking for proposals! Click here to pitch your idea or find out more: www.amnat.org/announcement... #Evol2026
Call for Symposium Proposals for Evolution 2026
<p><strong>Due January 15, 2026:</strong> The ASN invites proposals for a special symposium at Evolution 2026! Have an idea? We want to hear it!</p><br/>
www.amnat.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
They put new phones in our offices and for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to make an outgoing call. I've tried all the buttons. Talk about imposter syndrome...
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
This is a reminder that @asn-amnat.bsky.social publishes abstracts in both English and your native language, using your native alphabet. You can see and read those online. Here is a screenshot of a great example. Love seeing this in my favorite journal.
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
Dear grad students: please stop second-guessing whether your email sounds good, this is what the richest people on earth are sending each other.

you can stop sweating over whether to sign off with "sincerely" or "best".
genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I am excited to hear about people's elevator mishaps at #WSN2025. Cuz I have no doubt they're coming!
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Environmental Scientist position available with the City of San Diego #WSN2025
www.sandiego.gov/public-utili...
Ocean Monitoring | City of San Diego Official Website
www.sandiego.gov
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Listening to a student down the hall yell at a guy for not voting yesterday because he didn't think it was important. Get him, girl
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
See a bunch of you at #WSN2025 in San Diego tomorrow!!
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Reposted by Casey terHorst
You forgot the best part.
FM: They even gave us dinner!
Me: We do like to feed people
FM: I've noticed that. When I go to a republican meeting, everyone buys their own meal
Me: ... this analogy feels a little too on the nose
November 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
In positive news, a family member who voted for Trump three times went to a progressive political meeting in their small town last week just to check it out
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is excellent!
We dressed up as r and k selection for Halloween. Something you can do if the party you’re going to is the EEB grad party.
November 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM