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Beth P
@pickettphd.bsky.social
Geek by nature, nerd by profession, rabid reader by choice. Will dance if there's a beat. Will sing along if I know the words. She/her/hers.
I'm not sure whoever named it that has ever actually seen a tadpole. That's a sperm.
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Some of the portals asked me how long I have been an undergraduate instructor and how many students I have taught in that time.

18 years (every fall, spring, summer since fall 2007)

4,922 Census day enrollments total

Lowest semester= 18 (summer 2012)
Biggest = 336 (fall 2025)
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Folks in our field produce gorgeous images of organisms in their research: bsky.app/profile/socd...
🦑 Doryteuthis pealeii (Longfin squid)
A cephalopod superstar✨ With a massive, highly edited genome and a fragmented Hox cluster, D. pealeii helps reveal how squids evolved complex brains, rapid development, and unique body plans 📸 Image by Juliana Roscito #ModelMonday #DevBio
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🎉🎉🎉
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This just incited a need to rewatch With Honors.
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
🍀🤞🌠
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
🫂 Taking care of yourself is important.
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I also dress specifically to make getting through TSA checkpoints as easy as possible.
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I love them!
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Those ARE some beautiful buns!
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Yum!
November 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Wow.
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I did!!
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I'm starting it now!
November 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I did!
I even bought a "Romeo who?" t-shirt.
November 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM