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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · 11d

Teaching at @icelabumu.bsky.social Camp (multidisciplinary research proposal workshop for early career researchers) last week. One night planned electrical work in the town of Granö afforded us rare dark skies. Here you see three students enjoying the light show. Amazing. #northernlights #photosky

Three people sit at the end of a pier and watch a northern lights display over a river.

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Sep 5

A fascinating lecture on terraforming ecosystems! You can find it online here: www.umu.se/en/icelab/ne...
It was very rewarding to organize @icelabumu.bsky.social's first public lecture - it certainly won't be the last!
#complexsystems #sciencecommunication #bioengineering

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IceLab @icelabumu.bsky.social · Aug 6

NOW SEEKING POSTDOCS - the 6th call for IceLab Multidisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellows funded by Kempestiftelserna is open! Apply now for 3 fellowships with six exciting research projects to choose from: www.umu.se/en/work-with...
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social #postdoc #scisky #postdocfellows

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · May 27

Are you an early career researcher who wants to learn what it takes to collaborate across boundaries and launch interdisciplinary projects that get funded? Join me, @grocherros.bsky.social + @mrosvall.bsky.social in @icelabumu.bsky.social CAMP in September!
#PhDSky #SciSky #PhDCourse #Complexity 🦋

IceLab @icelabumu.bsky.social · May 27

IceLab Camp: FREE #TRAINING for #PhD students and #Postdocs eager to explore science across boundaries! Learn how to ask questions, craft interdisciplinary research proposals & have fun doing it.
September 23–26 near Umeå
Apply by June 9 www.umu.se/en/icelab/ca...
#complexsystems #complexityschool

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · Apr 15

Simple neuroscience-based hack for anxiety:
🌿go & be in a place with plants & trees for 15 mins
🌳You'll inhale plant oils(phytoncides) from foliage
📉your stress hormone(cortisol) will drop significantly

Many of our brain pathways evolved to motivate us to forage for plants-they're still very active

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Apr 16

Oh my goodness. I thought I was watching a moose resting but it was an eagle feeding on a dead moose!!

Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Apr 16

I can hear birds chirping, ducks calling, and there is a wispy lichen floating in the breeze. So chill.

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Apr 16

Woohoo just spotted my first moose! Two in the forest, 'Entrén' camera. Not quite as exciting as when I have seen them in the forest at night while walking the dog (read: slightly scary)... but there they are! Tune in! www.svtplay.se/video/8PBnMx...

Den stora älgvandringen – Idag 00:00

I flera tusen år har älgarna vandrat samma leder för att ta sig till sommarens rika betesmarker. Följ årets vandring, som är den sjunde säsongen då vi får se älgarna vandra i rutan och på SVT Play.

www.svtplay.se

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Apr 16

Need a break from bad news? Work? Take a breather and enjoy the best Slow TV Sweden has to offer - watch moose migrate live. Check it out! #älgvandringen

Jesper Enbom @jesperenbom.bsky.social · Apr 15

Fin text i Guardian om Den stora Älgvandringen. Kul de även låter medieforskare kommentera slow television. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Millions tune in for three-week live stream of Sweden’s moose migration

Slow TV is attracting viewers with hits such as a knitting marathon, burning firewood and swimming salmon

www.theguardian.com

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Apr 16

Did you know that a tree's sense of the length of a day has a genetic component - and that that can be tweaked to extend its growing season? No? Neither did I until I chatted with Bertold Mariën and @treesandgrowth.bsky.social about their work. Read: www.umu.se/en/news/adju...

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Mar 27

Stepping away into nature helps with the overwhelm, whether it's your job, hectic family life, the news. I'm so lucky to live in a place where stepping into nature looks like this.
Last night at a lake near Umeå.
#auroraborealis #lifeinUmeå #viltroxf16mm18z #northernlights #photography #photosky

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Mar 1

When things are too busy and the world seems to be burning down...take a break. Seriously work is non-stop, the news is 💩 and I had no time for this ice dip and sauna session. There's never time though - so I just took the time. First time I dipped my head. I needed this.. #isvak #umeå

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Feb 21

Movies you've watched more than six times, gifs only.

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Jeremy BOO! Yoder 🎃💀🕷️ @jbyoder.org · Feb 20

So I did this today: banged out a couple hundred words of a pitch while managing lab, sent it to the opinion page editor at the newspaper my parents still somehow get in print, and got back a "yes" in, I absolutely kid you not, under 15 minutes

CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · Feb 18

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠

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Science Homecoming

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Feb 20

So sorry to hear this. It's a travesty, Eric and I are reeling over here. 😣

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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · Feb 19

Huh, this was quoted in the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · Feb 19

Inside the lobby at NSF…

A table of books with a sign that says “each one of these books represents critical knowledge lost that would have driven US innovation and bolstered American security. 168 books and counting.

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Feb 18

Listened to this this morning on John Oliver. It's in my head. The power of music and poetry and humor to process hard things is awesome. Everyone should sing this at protests...

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · Feb 18

John Oliver played the Hostile Government Takeover and I'm not not saying you could leave it on your legislators voice mails

youtu.be/9rgHC9P7FjI

🙃 (Hostile Government Takeover song from TikTok)

YouTube video by A Gift From Todd

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Feb 14

Our double waffle maker at work for my fika week! Doesn't look super appetizing here but they are nice and crunchy and thin. Which are your favorite waffles - Swedish, Belgian (Liege or Brussels), or the American style? I'm team crunchy all the way. Even better with #västerbottenost + #hjörtronsylt

IceLab @icelabumu.bsky.social · Feb 14

#FridayFika and @gabbybeans.bsky.social and Hugo Harlin served up Valentine's waffles and some fikabröd in IceLab this afternoon. Nice and crunchy, with raspberry jam and strawberries. Love to all the #science and #waffle lovers out there!

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Feb 12

This was a super interesting write-up and I remember when the arsenic story broke!

Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Feb 11

Send me a message; I can give you my friends' email address if you would like to share directly with her.

Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Feb 11

Thanks for the pointers and suggestions, keep them coming! The reason this is about Alabama is just the appeal to this one personal connection in a way that might change a couple of Republican minds - my friend and I are well aware that this is a national problem (and one of many issues, sadly).

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Feb 11

oh, both, for sure!

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Feb 10

@altnih4science.bsky.social maybe you have stories to share?

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Gabrielle Beans @gabbybeans.bsky.social · Feb 10

A friend of mine has a personal contact with Alabama representatives and will send a personal message regarding #NIH #indirect funding cuts. She is looking for personal stories of the effects of science funding cuts on individual people, particularly if they are in Alabama! Share, I'll pass them.

an older man with a beard and mustache says tell me everything

ALT: an older man with a beard and mustache says tell me everything

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