The Biology Department at SHU is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor - come work with me and my awesome colleagues!!! 🌻🦠🦉
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Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...

None of this would have been possible without the over 1,700 community scientists that used SolarBird. From Mexico to Canada, those observations formed the foundation of this project and turned it into a continental-scale collaboration!

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As the Moon eclipsed the Sun on 8 April 2024, birds took note.

Merging community science, #MachineLearning, and a continent-wide natural experiment, researchers in Science reveal the immediate effects of light disruption on bird behavior. https://scim.ag/48oTmNO

I can’t think of a better reason to finally join Bluesky - my first first-authored paper is out! It being published in @science.org is surreal. This was a community effort in every sense, led by an incredible team with @rosvall-lab.bsky.social @mathcancer.bsky.social @juncowren.bsky.social

*All work done with proper permits, including a permit from the USGS Bird Banding Lab

A bluebird nestling on my hand, with two students studying other nestlings in the background

Three undergrads sitting outside, each holding a bluebird nestling in the hand.

Today we collected data from the last bluebirds in our experiment this summer. Look at this floofball! And look at this team of incredible undergrads studying the floofballs! 🤩

Brain transcriptomics of a social challenge and maternal aggression in incubating female tree swallows Aggressive behavior is ubiquitous across many contexts, including defense of territories, mates, and offspring. For decades, researchers have detailed…

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Yes, a much-needed cleanse. My first bird pub is out! Huge thanks to our amazing co-authors!
In incubating females, an intense social challenge did not significantly affect expression of any genes in two socially-sensitive brain regions! Instead, lots of genes were correlated with aggressiveness. 🦜🧠