Quinn McCallum
@ornithomancer.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist, Ornithologist, occasional illustrator.
PhD candidate at LSU. BSc Honours in Evolutionary Biology from UBC, BFA in Illustration from ECUAD. He/him
quinnmccallum.com
PhD candidate at LSU. BSc Honours in Evolutionary Biology from UBC, BFA in Illustration from ECUAD. He/him
quinnmccallum.com
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#AOSMembers: Join us at noon ET Monday (10/6) for a seminar: "The solar reflectance properties & structures of iridescence in Sturnidae & their potential biomimetic applications" w/ Samantha Rutledge, 2023 AOS Student research grant winner.
#AOS_SRGS
Register: americanornithology.org/professional...
#AOS_SRGS
Register: americanornithology.org/professional...
October 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#AOSMembers: Join us at noon ET Monday (10/6) for a seminar: "The solar reflectance properties & structures of iridescence in Sturnidae & their potential biomimetic applications" w/ Samantha Rutledge, 2023 AOS Student research grant winner.
#AOS_SRGS
Register: americanornithology.org/professional...
#AOS_SRGS
Register: americanornithology.org/professional...
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For anyone who wants to hear me chat about iridescence to a semi-captive audience, be sure to check it out 👇
#AOSMEMBERS: Join us at noon ET on Mondays through mid-December for our Fall 2025 Student Research Grant Seminar Series. Our lunchtime series highlights cutting-edge student research funded by the AOS! See the full lineup: americanornithology.org/professional...
#AOS_SRGS
#AOS_SRGS
September 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
For anyone who wants to hear me chat about iridescence to a semi-captive audience, be sure to check it out 👇
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Confused writing is usually a symptom of confused thinking. As we struggle to clarify writing, we clarify our thoughts. AI writing aids rob us of that struggle, leaving clean-looking text and thoughts still confused for lack of inspection. Writing is not just a product; it is a diagnostic tool.
September 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Confused writing is usually a symptom of confused thinking. As we struggle to clarify writing, we clarify our thoughts. AI writing aids rob us of that struggle, leaving clean-looking text and thoughts still confused for lack of inspection. Writing is not just a product; it is a diagnostic tool.
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🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.
Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation
👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org
Please share!
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.
Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation
👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org
Please share!
Moncrieff Lab | Bird Evolution
The Moncrieff Lab is a research lab based at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. Research in the lab involves museum specimens, fieldwork, and...
www.moncriefflab.org
August 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.
Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation
👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org
Please share!
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.
Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation
👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org
Please share!
Finally back home after #ESEB2025. I saw so many inspiring talk last week, and want to once again thank @jevbio.bsky.social for inviting me to speak in the Stearns Prize symposium
August 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Finally back home after #ESEB2025. I saw so many inspiring talk last week, and want to once again thank @jevbio.bsky.social for inviting me to speak in the Stearns Prize symposium
Thanks for sharing this Darren! For those who saw my talk and want to know more, there are plenty of details here that I had to cut for time
Congrats to Quinn McCallum for this well-deserved award!
Here's a link to Quinn's paper on which the award was based:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Here's a link to Quinn's paper on which the award was based:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Pronounced differentiation on the Z chromosome and parts of the autosomes in crowned sparrows contrasts with mitochondrial paraphyly: implications for speciation
Abstract. When a single species evolves into multiple descendent species, some parts of the genome can play a key role in the evolution of reproductive iso
doi.org
August 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Thanks for sharing this Darren! For those who saw my talk and want to know more, there are plenty of details here that I had to cut for time
I'm very excited (and a bit nervous) to talk all about the work I did on Zonotrichia sparrows with @darrenirwin.bsky.social at UBC tomorrow morning at 10:30 am in the JEB Stearns Prize Symposium at #ESEB2025!
August 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm very excited (and a bit nervous) to talk all about the work I did on Zonotrichia sparrows with @darrenirwin.bsky.social at UBC tomorrow morning at 10:30 am in the JEB Stearns Prize Symposium at #ESEB2025!
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Registration is now open for #SSB2026!
I'm so excited to see many of you here in Baton Rouge in January! We're going to hear great talks, discuss the immeasurable value of natural history collections, and continue to strengthen our scientific community.
ssb2026.github.io
@systbiol.bsky.social
I'm so excited to see many of you here in Baton Rouge in January! We're going to hear great talks, discuss the immeasurable value of natural history collections, and continue to strengthen our scientific community.
ssb2026.github.io
@systbiol.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Registration is now open for #SSB2026!
I'm so excited to see many of you here in Baton Rouge in January! We're going to hear great talks, discuss the immeasurable value of natural history collections, and continue to strengthen our scientific community.
ssb2026.github.io
@systbiol.bsky.social
I'm so excited to see many of you here in Baton Rouge in January! We're going to hear great talks, discuss the immeasurable value of natural history collections, and continue to strengthen our scientific community.
ssb2026.github.io
@systbiol.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who stopped by my poster to talk to me at #AOS2025 last night! If you're interested in learning a bit about the taxonomy of Conirostrum binghami (Aka, Giant Conebill, aka the world's coolest bird), my poster will be up until Friday at board 16
August 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Thanks to everyone who stopped by my poster to talk to me at #AOS2025 last night! If you're interested in learning a bit about the taxonomy of Conirostrum binghami (Aka, Giant Conebill, aka the world's coolest bird), my poster will be up until Friday at board 16
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I’m recruiting graduate students to join my lab at the University of New Orleans starting in January or September 2026!
If you're at #Evol2025 and curious about my research, come to my talk on Saturday at 11:30 AM in Macroevolution & Diversification II.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org
If you're at #Evol2025 and curious about my research, come to my talk on Saturday at 11:30 AM in Macroevolution & Diversification II.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org
June 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I’m recruiting graduate students to join my lab at the University of New Orleans starting in January or September 2026!
If you're at #Evol2025 and curious about my research, come to my talk on Saturday at 11:30 AM in Macroevolution & Diversification II.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org
If you're at #Evol2025 and curious about my research, come to my talk on Saturday at 11:30 AM in Macroevolution & Diversification II.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org
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More details coming soon, but mark your calendars ...
Breakout meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social The Society of Systematic Biologists - will be Jan 9-11 in Baton Rouge!
Topic is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'
@jembrown.bsky.social is primary host/organizer
ssb2026.github.io
Breakout meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social The Society of Systematic Biologists - will be Jan 9-11 in Baton Rouge!
Topic is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'
@jembrown.bsky.social is primary host/organizer
ssb2026.github.io
May 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
More details coming soon, but mark your calendars ...
Breakout meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social The Society of Systematic Biologists - will be Jan 9-11 in Baton Rouge!
Topic is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'
@jembrown.bsky.social is primary host/organizer
ssb2026.github.io
Breakout meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social The Society of Systematic Biologists - will be Jan 9-11 in Baton Rouge!
Topic is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'
@jembrown.bsky.social is primary host/organizer
ssb2026.github.io
Less than two weeks left to order one of the shirts I designed for this year's LSUMNS Big Day, featuring the most magnificent bird, Fregata magnificens!
lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Also please donate to our Big Day Fundraiser to support our Ornithology research! givelsu.org/bigday
lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Also please donate to our Big Day Fundraiser to support our Ornithology research! givelsu.org/bigday
May 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Less than two weeks left to order one of the shirts I designed for this year's LSUMNS Big Day, featuring the most magnificent bird, Fregata magnificens!
lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Also please donate to our Big Day Fundraiser to support our Ornithology research! givelsu.org/bigday
lsuornithology2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Also please donate to our Big Day Fundraiser to support our Ornithology research! givelsu.org/bigday
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My dissertation work would not have been possible without access to original species descriptions from the #BHL #ILOVEBHL
NEWS! The future of Biodiversity Heritage Library #BHL have your say and spread the word 📢📢 #ILOVEBHL
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...
A New Future for the Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. A global consortium of over 660 contributors, BHL has made more …
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Today four @lsumns.bsky.social Ornithology graduate students are treking across Louisiana trying to see as many bird species as possible for our annual Big Day Birdathon Fundraiser! Donate to support our research here: bbis32491p.sky.blackbaud.com/big-day-fund...
#ornithology #birding
#ornithology #birding
April 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Today four @lsumns.bsky.social Ornithology graduate students are treking across Louisiana trying to see as many bird species as possible for our annual Big Day Birdathon Fundraiser! Donate to support our research here: bbis32491p.sky.blackbaud.com/big-day-fund...
#ornithology #birding
#ornithology #birding
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Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.
April 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.
This morning I passed my general exam!! Thanks so much to my awesome committee for taking the time to talk about my project and how it relates to all aspects of evolution
April 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This morning I passed my general exam!! Thanks so much to my awesome committee for taking the time to talk about my project and how it relates to all aspects of evolution
This was a great event! Thanks to @lsulagniappe.bsky.social for organizing and @tropicalbotany.bsky.social for hosting. It's incredible how talented folks in our department are!
What an absolute joy to host art today! In the LSU herbarium! Celebrating our @lsulagniappe.bsky.social Scholars and other @lsubiosci.bsky.social members! So many talent artists among our ranks!!
If you need a good distraction- I recommend art and community.
If you need a good distraction- I recommend art and community.
February 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This was a great event! Thanks to @lsulagniappe.bsky.social for organizing and @tropicalbotany.bsky.social for hosting. It's incredible how talented folks in our department are!
Hello Blue Sky! I'm excited to connect with fellow biologists and those interested in evolution and birds on a platform not run by a fascist!
I haven't been very active on any social media these past couple of years, but what I'm seeing here looks promising.
I haven't been very active on any social media these past couple of years, but what I'm seeing here looks promising.
January 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Hello Blue Sky! I'm excited to connect with fellow biologists and those interested in evolution and birds on a platform not run by a fascist!
I haven't been very active on any social media these past couple of years, but what I'm seeing here looks promising.
I haven't been very active on any social media these past couple of years, but what I'm seeing here looks promising.