Trevor A. Branch

@trevorabranch.bsky.social

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Professor at Univ of Washington @uwsafs.bsky.social I run models and synthesize data, love R graphics, and do research on the status of marine fisheries, fishing quotas, and blue whales @bluewhalenews.bsky.social

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Mar 19

Sorting out the history of whaling pressure on five populations of blue whales in the Indian Ocean and SW Pacific. So many years of work went into this monumental collaboration with many many coauthors. So pleased to see this paper finally published.
doi.org/10.1111/mms....

Blue whale news @bluewhalenews.bsky.social · Mar 19

Published! Our huge effort to obtain catch series for each of five overlapping populations of pygmy blue whales. Big collaboration with 30+ coauthors using spatial patterns of blue whale song (unique to each population) to figure out where each resides 1/n

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 20h

I still vividly remember the first time I saw this (or something closely related), such a weird fungus.

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

Ah the beautiful five-side symmetry seen in all echinoderms! Wait, what?

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

Tom Lake on audiobook, narrated by Meryl Streep is another good one for a long car trip

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

Colloquially, it's the National LOTR (Lord of the Rings!)

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 4d

You know the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)? Venerable research institution, respected worldwide?

Trump has put an oil executive in charge of it & changed its name to the "National Laboratory of the Rockies."

It's so embarrassing being American these days.

News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Laboratory of the Rockies' | NREL

www.nrel.gov

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

Ha ha!

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

That made me laugh out loud!

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Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t resist posting another photo of Aseroe rubra (Anemone Stinkhorn). This was the largest specimen I found and nicely shows the remains of the ‘egg’ it emerged from. Surrey 4/12/25 #fungi #FungiFriends

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

Super disappointed that this scholgarship is not based on applicant's quantity and quality of gar puns.

Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 2d

SCHOLARSHIP ALERT!!!
Now accepting submissions for the Alligator Gar Technical Committee Scholarship!

The cash scholarship is being provided by @alligatorgar-afs.bsky.social a student to help cover cost for attending the 2026 Southern Division @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social meeting in New Orleans🐟

A $500 cash scholarship is being provided by the Alligator Gar Technical Committee to one undergrad or graduate student. This award is intended to help cover cost for registration and travel to the 2026 SDAFS meeting in New Orleans, LA (March 5-8), annual AFS membership dues, registration and other travel-related expenses.

This $500 scholarship will be awarded directly to the student and not to the student’s educational institution. A winner will be selected based on the quality of a submission containing the following items:

• Cover letter highlighting research interests
• Letter of recommendation
• Professional biography (CV)

This award is not just for those working on Alligator Gar, but also for those who are interested in research on any gar species. The scholarship recipient is expected to attend the 2026 SDAFS Alligator Gar Technical Committee meeting in New Orleans, where they will have the opportunity to meet and present their gar-related work to the committee.

Think $500 isn’t enough? Stretch your dollars farther by volunteering at the SDAFS meeting to get your hotel room and registration fees waived.

Please contact the Alligator Gar Committee for more details.

Deadline: December 30, 2025

To apply or if you have questions, please contact:
Matt Wegener (Chair-Alligator Gar Technical Committee)
Email: matt.wegener@myfwc.com

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

Or a much more realistic 0% to 2%.

Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Brendan Nyhan, Arthur Geßler , and 2 more Stephen M. Walt, Brendan Nyhan, Arthur Geßler, Trevor A. Branch, Richard M. Carpiano

The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 2d

“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 2d

Jeez, don't they know that a 5% cost of living increase is ludicrously unprecedented???

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 2d

... or the ipad, phone, backup phone, and burner phone.

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 2d

Is there a good R package for adding nice curvy lines like the red and purple ones, to a figure / map?

Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Trevor A. Branch

Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 2d

Just finished my last class of the semester🎉Reminded of how much I love teaching this academic writing class for grad students. We focus on improving our writing but also reducing anxiety and becoming a more consistent & productive writer

Some of the students favorite writing tips/learnings below:

Reposted by Trevor A. Branch

Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 2d

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 2d

We started building Verena in 2019. Three years into being an NSF Center, we are/were a preposterously productive research team; the open science organization for pandemic prevention; a training hub that was creating new paths into the field; and a community that means a lot to all of us. /2

A graduate student presents about H5N1 bird flu at NSF

Two professors stare and point at a whiteboard covered in notes and post-its

Reposted by Joshua S. Weitz, Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 2 more Joshua S. Weitz, Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Alan Richardson, Trevor A. Branch

Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday, we sent this message to the @viralemergence.org team, bringing a (hopefully temporary) end to our project three years into what started as a decade of planned work. /1

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share some sad news about the future of the Verena program.

As you know, in September, NSF delayed our annual payment indefinitely, and asked us to keep spending closer and closer to zero until they could “justify” another payment. We began to run out of funds at some universities this month, and will be fully spent out by late spring, so the goal was to get paid in December. We’ve been working with our program officer to make this happen, but sadly, we’ve learned we’re not getting an increment again, and there’s no clarity on when or how much we will be paid in the remainder of the grant (through September 1, 2027).

Because of this, the Executive Committee has made the difficult decision to essentially shut the BII down until / unless something changes. What that means is an indefinite end to all programs (e.g., seminar), training activities (integration workshops, trainee corner), and evaluation. On research, what’s able to continue will have to be navigated by each investigator; our goal is to work together to push out all the impactful science we’ve spent three years collecting and analyzing data for, but we also know that priorities may shift around to keep people employed.

If we’re lucky, Congress will pass a budget that lets us continue doing something like what we planned, and we’ll pick that back up when Zoe and Collin are back in April. Until then, Verena will continue to exist as a community where we can collaborate (and give and receive support!), and we’re working to find funding sources that can pick up from where the BII left off.

On a personal note: it’s been the privilege of a lifetime to work with all of you, and an unbelievably lucky thing to get to run an NSF center in my 20s. I’ve loved this project, and I hope it’s made as much of a difference in your lives as it has in mine.

In case I don’t see you later: happy holidays, be well, and so long and thanks for all the viruses.

Best,
Colin

Reposted by Trevor A. Branch, Orlando Schwery

Joel Corush @jcorush.bsky.social · 3d

I'm recruiting a Ph.D. student for Fall 2026.

Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes?

Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research.

#hybridization #minnows #mudskippers

Corush Lab

jcorush.github.io

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Science Magazine @science.org · 4d

"No one should be made to feel inferior or that they do not belong in science because of their origins." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/48JF6Pg

An illustration of a man standing in water that comes up to his neck surrounded by fish, with text: I dropped out of high school. Now, I’m living my dream as a fish scientist

Reposted by Dawn J. Wright, Trevor A. Branch

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 4d

News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Laboratory of the Rockies' | NREL

www.nrel.gov

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 4d

A telescope farm?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFNC...

Texas farm fights light pollution with telescope

YouTube video by CBS19

www.youtube.com

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 4d

In fisheries stock assessments it's pretty clear: do you use a model like Stock Synthesis that is designed to be general and has been used for dozens of different populations, or do you write your own model that can only be applied to the one population you need the assessment for ?

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 4d

I think you misunderstand. We will admit way fewer grads despite overwhelming demand from applicants and (in my dept) very high employment rates (>95%) after graduation

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 4d

There will be a massive decline in admissions here. And we have a very high employment rate from our grads managing fisheries in agencies around the world.

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 4d

... unless that conference is the SEC of course!

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 6d

Sigh... good luck in the playoffs! Hope you get a first round bye.

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah DeBoer is such a great coach... look at how he has lifted Alabama the last two years.

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 8d

Can Oregon still get to the championship after today's loss to the UW huskies?

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 8d

A true zoologist response!

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 9d

A 13-deep chain of quote-tweets!

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