#critteroftheweek
The eastern newt!!

#herpetology #science #labrat #newts #biology #gartersnakes

Terrodotoxin (TTX) is one of the most potent toxins in the world, but some organisms have evolved resistance in their voltage-gated sodium channels!

My research (free and accessible!) delves into how the skin microbiome varies with TTX concentration and how a fungal pathogen interact together.

Three body problem series by Cixin Liu!!

Whatchu know bout rollin’ down in the deep #fieldwork #science

Cropped photo of a Yellow-crowned Night Heron - a large wading bird with a bold black and white head, mostly gray body, and orange eyes, coming in for a landing over water that is reflecting dull greens and browns of the nearby pier. The bird is illuminated by golden hour light, lushly-feathered wings are curved out and forward on either side forming a dramatic arc around the bird’s neck and head.

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Yellow-crowned Night Heron coming in for a landing over the East River, Part II

Astoria NY, 7.27.25 🪶

Over the winter break I have successfully written eight chapters of my novel I've been thinking about for years. All it took was my lab mate excitedly telling me about their book and no small amount of mania to do it! #inspiration

They don't have to be "literary" people to support their child! Warms my heart to see supportive parents.

An incredible lineup this semester!

Policy can be blamed for making situations worse (i.e. water usage/rights, fire suppression, etc.), but sometimes the grim reality is that disasters do happen. Now we have to do anything we can to help those affected by the disasters.

This post might have single-handedly saved my writing enthusiasm.

#onyxstorm better not be another 600 pages of Xaden and Violet arguing about nonsense that any normal person wouldn't actually argue about.

Violet: you're the leader of a rebellion - share a secret.

Xaden: *shares a secret*

Violet: *literally endangers the rebellion*

Scientists knew global warming was an issue a hundred years ago… and the right wing still denies it’s existence.

Why are men's body soap so lame? Why can't I smell like an island paradise with coconut and flowers? Why they gotta be sandalwood and griphon tears??

Sundays are for reading, catching up on shows, and existential dread.

This album sounds like Kendrick rapping like someone rapping like Kendrick

Why he so slonky

Throwback to my summer backpacking in #YohoNationalPark in Canada. Missing the west right about now!

Snoqualmie is an absolutely gorgeous place!

People not trusting scientists is weird to me like, people really think I get paid by the government to lie? Brother, I'm begging for yall to listen to me talk about microbes and frogs.

#scientist #biology #microbiology

Illustrated image divided into four panels, each showing a head of a bat with a text label. Top left: little guy, a regular looking back with a dark face and light colored fur, top right: little guy deluxe, a bat with a mask and large ears alongside a bat with a leaf shaped nose, bottom left: what is even going on here, a visored bat with a large forehead next to a bat with a large, wrinkly nose, bottom right: o hi doggie, a fruit bat with its tongue sticking out.

Contrary to popular belief, there are only four kinds of bats.

This is officially my #CritterOfTheWeek! This is a #gecko I found in #Malaysia on a night herp survey

The Broken Lens: Antimicrobial Resistance in Humanitarian Settings MSF report on treating AMR in people caught in challenging humanitarian settings

Our recent report on #AntimicrobialResistance & the need for improved surveillance, testing, infection control, #antibiotic stewardship, funding & global commitments for #AMR solutions in humanitarian settings. #WAAW2024 #MedSky

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