Michelle McCauley
@its-worm-time.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Fierst Lab @ FIU. Evolutionary biologist & professional worm torturer.
Post ESEB, I was finally able to cross something off my bucket list: attending La Tomatina, the tomato throwing festival! (It’s all tomato, dw.)
This is how I imagine C. elegans feel in OP50 btw
This is how I imagine C. elegans feel in OP50 btw
August 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Post ESEB, I was finally able to cross something off my bucket list: attending La Tomatina, the tomato throwing festival! (It’s all tomato, dw.)
This is how I imagine C. elegans feel in OP50 btw
This is how I imagine C. elegans feel in OP50 btw
In my defense, I DID read the instructions saying to go vertical… I just received them AFTER I printed the poster
August 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In my defense, I DID read the instructions saying to go vertical… I just received them AFTER I printed the poster
Wanna talk mating system evolution? Come find me at #ESEB2025! I have a poster tonight (session 1, poster 169) on how dispersal can favor self-fertilization! Then on Thursday I’m giving a talk on how outcrossing is favored under a combination of mutation and antagonistic coevolution (S51.10 - Sex).
August 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Wanna talk mating system evolution? Come find me at #ESEB2025! I have a poster tonight (session 1, poster 169) on how dispersal can favor self-fertilization! Then on Thursday I’m giving a talk on how outcrossing is favored under a combination of mutation and antagonistic coevolution (S51.10 - Sex).
What does a hypothesis developed in plants have to do with C. elegans? Why are C. elegans so good at selfing? Come by my poster 419B at #worm25 and find out!
June 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What does a hypothesis developed in plants have to do with C. elegans? Why are C. elegans so good at selfing? Come by my poster 419B at #worm25 and find out!
Fierst lab grad student and poster design wiz Tori Eggers (the famous TE) presenting on genome evolution and transposable elements (the less famous TE) at #worm25! Check her out at 473A! Go Tori!!
June 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Fierst lab grad student and poster design wiz Tori Eggers (the famous TE) presenting on genome evolution and transposable elements (the less famous TE) at #worm25! Check her out at 473A! Go Tori!!
Incredibly happy with my fabric scientific poster from @spoonflower-social.bsky.social! High quality and wrinkle/crease resistant and folds up easily for travel! Only drawback is we had to trim it. 😉 (Thank you, Sandra and Kim💕)
I’ll be presenting at the International Worm Meeting in Davis! #Worm25
I’ll be presenting at the International Worm Meeting in Davis! #Worm25
June 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Incredibly happy with my fabric scientific poster from @spoonflower-social.bsky.social! High quality and wrinkle/crease resistant and folds up easily for travel! Only drawback is we had to trim it. 😉 (Thank you, Sandra and Kim💕)
I’ll be presenting at the International Worm Meeting in Davis! #Worm25
I’ll be presenting at the International Worm Meeting in Davis! #Worm25
Evolution 2025: first time presenting this work and first talk as a postdoc! Can we experimentally show Red Queen dynamics underpin a coevolving host-parasite system as per theory? Time shift assays reveal a promising signal. 💃🏻👑
June 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Evolution 2025: first time presenting this work and first talk as a postdoc! Can we experimentally show Red Queen dynamics underpin a coevolving host-parasite system as per theory? Time shift assays reveal a promising signal. 💃🏻👑
So proud of undergrads Jess and Pooja for presenting their work at Evolution 2025! They looked at how diet and genetic background affect nematode survival against a common bacterial parasite.
June 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
So proud of undergrads Jess and Pooja for presenting their work at Evolution 2025! They looked at how diet and genetic background affect nematode survival against a common bacterial parasite.