Alli Coffin
@acoffin.bsky.social
Scientist in the Translational Hearing Research Center @Creighton University, mentor, cat lover, athlete. Banner credit SteveSobie.
Co-Founder Associationofsciencecommunicators.org. Science without communication is silent. Make some noise!
Co-Founder Associationofsciencecommunicators.org. Science without communication is silent. Make some noise!
Reposted by Alli Coffin
Dear Journalists (and everyone),
Please, remember that we are in the "post-truth" era, and that "fact sheet" is a debatable description.
Yours truly,
1984
Please, remember that we are in the "post-truth" era, and that "fact sheet" is a debatable description.
Yours truly,
1984
February 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Dear Journalists (and everyone),
Please, remember that we are in the "post-truth" era, and that "fact sheet" is a debatable description.
Yours truly,
1984
Please, remember that we are in the "post-truth" era, and that "fact sheet" is a debatable description.
Yours truly,
1984
Sometimes its best to skip the political mayhem and just chill. Learning from this adorable axolotl!
Happy Sunday everyone! Wishing you a peaceful day. Please enjoy 40 seconds of this unnamed beauty and chillaxolotl.
February 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Sometimes its best to skip the political mayhem and just chill. Learning from this adorable axolotl!
Hey science and scicomm folks! What are you doing now to promote trust in science and positive science messaging? How are you using scicomm for good in these challenging times? Looking for real ideas, not snark, no matter how much snark is fitting right now!
February 13, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Hey science and scicomm folks! What are you doing now to promote trust in science and positive science messaging? How are you using scicomm for good in these challenging times? Looking for real ideas, not snark, no matter how much snark is fitting right now!
Reposted by Alli Coffin
If we totally fix the threat to coral reefs from sunscreen chemicals, but do not address climate change, we are going to lose coral reefs.
If we totally fix climate change but do not address sunscreen, coral reefs will thrive.
Sunscreen is simply not that big of a threat to coral reefs.
If we totally fix climate change but do not address sunscreen, coral reefs will thrive.
Sunscreen is simply not that big of a threat to coral reefs.
January 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If we totally fix the threat to coral reefs from sunscreen chemicals, but do not address climate change, we are going to lose coral reefs.
If we totally fix climate change but do not address sunscreen, coral reefs will thrive.
Sunscreen is simply not that big of a threat to coral reefs.
If we totally fix climate change but do not address sunscreen, coral reefs will thrive.
Sunscreen is simply not that big of a threat to coral reefs.
Science without communication is silent. Join us at SCIENCE TALK '25 to make some noise!
🚀 Early-bird registration for SCIENCE TALK ’25 🚀
✨ 4/3&4/2025 in Raleigh, NC and virtually 3/17-28!
Please secure accommodations early if attending in person. ASC will not issue refunds for changes to virtual attendance resulting from a lack of booked accommodations.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3VI8HBD
✨ 4/3&4/2025 in Raleigh, NC and virtually 3/17-28!
Please secure accommodations early if attending in person. ASC will not issue refunds for changes to virtual attendance resulting from a lack of booked accommodations.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3VI8HBD
January 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Science without communication is silent. Join us at SCIENCE TALK '25 to make some noise!
Reposted by Alli Coffin
Looking to enhance your timeline for 2025? Check out our Starter Pack of outstanding Group Leaders and Scientists from the #zebrafish community! #WomenInScience go.bsky.app/4BegEjv 🧪
January 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Looking to enhance your timeline for 2025? Check out our Starter Pack of outstanding Group Leaders and Scientists from the #zebrafish community! #WomenInScience go.bsky.app/4BegEjv 🧪
Thank you LAFD and all those risking your lives to fight the wildfires.
thank you LAFD, today illustrates why a great man once said “nobody ever made a song called ‘fuck the fire department’”
January 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Thank you LAFD and all those risking your lives to fight the wildfires.
Reposted by Alli Coffin
The Chi-Bin Chien and George Streisinger Award Nomination deadlines close on the last day of January (Friday 31st). Honor a colleague by nominating them for these prestigious awards! More information is available on the IZFS website: izfs.org/awards
Awards | IZFS - International Zebrafish Society
izfs.org
January 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Chi-Bin Chien and George Streisinger Award Nomination deadlines close on the last day of January (Friday 31st). Honor a colleague by nominating them for these prestigious awards! More information is available on the IZFS website: izfs.org/awards
Reposted by Alli Coffin
Happening TODAY! Science by the Slice | Unlocking Hidden Clues: How Censored Data Can Help Reveal the Secrets of Huntington Disease Progression with Dr. Tanya Garcia.
Free hybrid event! More info: https://buff.ly/4j3tHNi
Can't join online or in person? Follow along here, we'll be live-posting!
Free hybrid event! More info: https://buff.ly/4j3tHNi
Can't join online or in person? Follow along here, we'll be live-posting!
January 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Happening TODAY! Science by the Slice | Unlocking Hidden Clues: How Censored Data Can Help Reveal the Secrets of Huntington Disease Progression with Dr. Tanya Garcia.
Free hybrid event! More info: https://buff.ly/4j3tHNi
Can't join online or in person? Follow along here, we'll be live-posting!
Free hybrid event! More info: https://buff.ly/4j3tHNi
Can't join online or in person? Follow along here, we'll be live-posting!
The cochlea is so pretty!
Bellucci Postdoctoral Fellow Regina Gendzelevski Kelmann, PhD, recently returned from a trip to Dr. Tim Cox's laboratory at the University of Missouri Kansas City with these images of a Down syndrome mouse model.
January 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The cochlea is so pretty!
Reposted by Alli Coffin
SciPEP, a partnership by The Kavli Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, reveals fresh insights for communicating this vital area of research.
Explore their guide: "Insights and Practical Considerations for Communicating Basic Science." https://bit.ly/3Pgr8tC
Explore their guide: "Insights and Practical Considerations for Communicating Basic Science." https://bit.ly/3Pgr8tC
January 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
SciPEP, a partnership by The Kavli Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, reveals fresh insights for communicating this vital area of research.
Explore their guide: "Insights and Practical Considerations for Communicating Basic Science." https://bit.ly/3Pgr8tC
Explore their guide: "Insights and Practical Considerations for Communicating Basic Science." https://bit.ly/3Pgr8tC
I love apples...and climate change is impacting their production, particularly in Washington State. Alarming new study from my friend and colleague Deepti Singh.
🍎New paper on compounding climate risks to high-value tree fruit production in the U.S, led by graduate student Shawn Preston. We examine climate metrics specific to the phenology of apples 🍎 but findings are relevant for similar tree fruit.
doi.org/10.1088/1748... via @IOPenvironment
doi.org/10.1088/1748... via @IOPenvironment
January 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I love apples...and climate change is impacting their production, particularly in Washington State. Alarming new study from my friend and colleague Deepti Singh.
Register now for Science Talk '25...and book your hotel room right away! Turns out there are multiple event in Raleigh that week and rooms may be harder to find if you wait until March. Stick to that New Year's resolution and plan ahead:)
🚀 Early-bird registration for SCIENCE TALK ’25 🚀
✨ 4/3&4/2025 in Raleigh, NC and virtually 3/17-28!
Please secure accommodations early if attending in person. ASC will not issue refunds for changes to virtual attendance resulting from a lack of booked accommodations.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3VI8HBD
✨ 4/3&4/2025 in Raleigh, NC and virtually 3/17-28!
Please secure accommodations early if attending in person. ASC will not issue refunds for changes to virtual attendance resulting from a lack of booked accommodations.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3VI8HBD
December 20, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Register now for Science Talk '25...and book your hotel room right away! Turns out there are multiple event in Raleigh that week and rooms may be harder to find if you wait until March. Stick to that New Year's resolution and plan ahead:)
Great All Things Considered story about hearing regeneration in #zebrafish! Great research by Ksenia Gnedeva at USC and her team. It's the last story, but all 3 are worth a listen. www.npr.org/2024/12/12/n...
This week in science: fish healing hearing, loneliness cures, and Conan the Bacterium
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Kwong and Jessica Yung about hearing regeneration in fish and lizards, cures for the loneliness epidemic, and the secrets of a radiation-resistant microorganism.
www.npr.org
December 20, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Great All Things Considered story about hearing regeneration in #zebrafish! Great research by Ksenia Gnedeva at USC and her team. It's the last story, but all 3 are worth a listen. www.npr.org/2024/12/12/n...
Pineapple for the win! Who knew they had so many chromosomes? But fish are the real winners here due to the whole genome duplication during their evolution.
A list of the number of chromosomes of ten different organisms…
Fruit fly = 8
Housefly = 12
Snail = 24
Frog = 26
American badger = 32
Red fox = 34
Cat = 38
Dolphin = 44
Human = 46
Pineapple = 50
* I, for one, welcome our future pineapple overlords
Fruit fly = 8
Housefly = 12
Snail = 24
Frog = 26
American badger = 32
Red fox = 34
Cat = 38
Dolphin = 44
Human = 46
Pineapple = 50
* I, for one, welcome our future pineapple overlords
December 19, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Pineapple for the win! Who knew they had so many chromosomes? But fish are the real winners here due to the whole genome duplication during their evolution.
Reposted by Alli Coffin
🚀 Early-bird registration for SCIENCE TALK ’25 is OPEN! 🚀
✨ Join us April 3-4 in Raleigh, NC & virtually March 17-28!
🎤 Panels, workshops & open mic for all SciComm pros
🗣️ Health Behaviors Panel
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🎭 Storytelling & Improv
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✨ Join us April 3-4 in Raleigh, NC & virtually March 17-28!
🎤 Panels, workshops & open mic for all SciComm pros
🗣️ Health Behaviors Panel
🖋️ Writing Workshop
🎭 Storytelling & Improv
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December 17, 2024 at 6:00 PM
🚀 Early-bird registration for SCIENCE TALK ’25 is OPEN! 🚀
✨ Join us April 3-4 in Raleigh, NC & virtually March 17-28!
🎤 Panels, workshops & open mic for all SciComm pros
🗣️ Health Behaviors Panel
🖋️ Writing Workshop
🎭 Storytelling & Improv
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/3VI8HBD
✨ Join us April 3-4 in Raleigh, NC & virtually March 17-28!
🎤 Panels, workshops & open mic for all SciComm pros
🗣️ Health Behaviors Panel
🖋️ Writing Workshop
🎭 Storytelling & Improv
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/3VI8HBD
I just read this article in the @chronicle.com about how academia could deal with abusive mentors. The author suggests nuance; separating the person from the scholarship (where possible). Thoughts? For academics, how do your departments deal with problem mentors? www.chronicle.com/article/what...
What Do We Do With Monstrous Mentors?
It’s time for a reckoning.
www.chronicle.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:38 PM
I just read this article in the @chronicle.com about how academia could deal with abusive mentors. The author suggests nuance; separating the person from the scholarship (where possible). Thoughts? For academics, how do your departments deal with problem mentors? www.chronicle.com/article/what...
I finally made it to Bluesky! Excited to (re)connect with the scientific and scicomm communities and meet new people.
December 15, 2024 at 11:09 PM
I finally made it to Bluesky! Excited to (re)connect with the scientific and scicomm communities and meet new people.