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Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · 6d

The UNIDE Student Advisory Board (SAB) is now recruiting for 2025. Undergraduate and graduate students in ecology or environmental science fields are eligible to apply.
This paid, remote opportunity ($1000 stipend) runs Nov–June, 2–4 hrs/month! unidecology.org/sab-applicat...

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Holly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social · 4d

🚨GRFP DEADLINE ALERT!🚨 I missed this in my original solicitation read-through, so FYI 📣LETTERS ARE DUE BEFORE PROPOSALS📣 this year!

"Reference letters are due Friday, November 7 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)."

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · 6d

The UNIDE Student Advisory Board (SAB) is now recruiting for 2025. Undergraduate and graduate students in ecology or environmental science fields are eligible to apply.
This paid, remote opportunity ($1000 stipend) runs Nov–June, 2–4 hrs/month! unidecology.org/sab-applicat...

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Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · 6d

📣 🧪 Update: #GRFP petition went to #NSF and OSTP (w/ the growing* comments list) yesterday.

We are now working to get these impacts in front of Congress, so PLEASE keep signing/sharing the petition!

*nearly 900!

@danielbolnick.bsky.social @joshuasweitz.bsky.social @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social

Lauren Kuehne @omfishient.bsky.social · 8d

🧪 Were you one of the many thousands of STEM students (and mentors) impacted by the sudden change in #NSF #GRFP eligibility last week?

We created a petition to NSF leadership and Congress to reverse the changes - please sign and share your stories here!!

laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

laurenkuehne.github.io

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 22d

it only tuesday 🫩

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Jonathan Huie, PhD @jmhuie.bsky.social · Aug 28

Excited to share the first paper from my PhD!

We looked at what traits help Aneides salamanders excel at climbing using museum specimens, CT scans, SEM, and more! No claws or toe pads, so how do they do it? In short, with long limbs, big feet and grippy toes! 🦎🧪

DM for PDF

doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Phylogeny of Aneides and Plethodon with animal photos

Phylomorphospace showing body shape variation

Morphospace of toe bones and box lots showing estimated gripping force

Representative SEM images of salamander feet

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Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · Aug 22

We made a video for UNIDE! Go check it out www.instagram.com/share/BASSx9...

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Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · Aug 13

Does anybody know of any fellowships for students in EEB?

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World Association of Copepodologists @copepodology.bsky.social · Aug 11

The 5th International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda was undoubtably a major success! We couldn’t have asked for better hosts at CEMACS, Malaysia. We miss you already!

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Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · Aug 9

Just completed the 5th International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda in Malaysia! Gained hands-on skills in copepod taxonomy, field collection, specimen dissection, and parasite data analysis plus presented my Lepeophtheirus ID key project.

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Calle Börstell @cborstell.bsky.social · Jul 13

"Data and code available upon request" is the academic equivalent of "Please ask staff about allergens".

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Jul 15

Artists of bluesky!

@skypeascientist.bsky.social & Willimantic Public Art are collabing on a community mural in Willimantic, CT in spring.

We're looking for Eastern CT artists who'd like to work on the project! The artist will be selected *by the community*.

Apply here: forms.gle/2tjJmdXcF6wy...

A picture of an electrical box with an extremely rad skateboarding frog with curved letters on top that say willimantic. It is... extremely rad. The words superimposed over the image say "Calling all Eastern CT artists" We're making a biodiversity mural in willimantic

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Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · Jul 9

Just gave my first presentation as a PhD student!
I shared my work on developing an interactive identification key for Lepeophtheirus, a genus of parasitic copepods and brought along a 3D printed model to bring these tiny parasites to life.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Jun 25

NONE in Life science?! NONE?!

Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Jun 25

The 500 additional GRFPs NSF awarded were not very evenly distributed across fields, it seems.
www.science.org/content/arti...

Plot showing skewed distribution toward comp science and applied physics

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Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · Jun 13

Big things coming up! I’ll be presenting at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists and heading to Malaysia for the 5th International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda 🎉🪱🦐

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Rob Heathcote @rjpheathcote.bsky.social · Jun 13

🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...

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Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · May 19

Does anybody have any experience 3D modeling? I have some questions

Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · May 19

Nice model!!!

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · May 18

In addition to my keynote address at the upcoming Society for Scholarly Publishing conference, I will be speaking on a panel about new innovations in the field of science communication.

(That makes 3 talks on 3 different topics in 3 days, and a total of 7 in May and June).

#SciComm 🧪

Title slide introducing me and the other panelists

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Nature @nature.com · May 17

📢 Calling PhD students 📢 we want to hear from you!

Help shape the future of PhD education. Take our survey to tell us all about your experiences

https://go.nature.com/42ZB3vq

PhD students in STEM: Nature wants to hear from you

Nature - Buried in lab work or drowning in data? Take a break and help shape the future of PhD education.

go.nature.com

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Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · May 12

First attempt at 3D printing a copepod!

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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · May 5

If you are a person who cares about the future of science in the US, please take actions this week to #SaveNSF. @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social are leading a week of action - here is a Media Support Tool from the societies docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧪🧑‍🔬🧬🖥️🦑

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Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · May 12

First attempt at 3D printing a copepod!

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