Sami
@samirahsaurus.bsky.social
she/her | 🏳️🌈 | PhD candidate studying the conservation genetics of the European Otter 🦦 🐾
South East Technological University 🇮🇪
*due to an intense mind fog, all thoughts have been grounded until further notice*
South East Technological University 🇮🇪
*due to an intense mind fog, all thoughts have been grounded until further notice*
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Took some time to start the day chilling and watching the sky change through the sunrise colour palette gradients.
We’ve got rain for next seven or so days 🌧️
We’ve got rain for next seven or so days 🌧️
March 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Took some time to start the day chilling and watching the sky change through the sunrise colour palette gradients.
We’ve got rain for next seven or so days 🌧️
We’ve got rain for next seven or so days 🌧️
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If anyone happens to need it this week for...reasons...this is the best graphic on the complexity of human sex determination I've ever seen. I use it in an undergrad course on gene regulatory mechanisms. Shoutout to @unamandita.bsky.social!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...
Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination
A host of factors figure into whether someone is female, male or somewhere in between
www.scientificamerican.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If anyone happens to need it this week for...reasons...this is the best graphic on the complexity of human sex determination I've ever seen. I use it in an undergrad course on gene regulatory mechanisms. Shoutout to @unamandita.bsky.social!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/beyo...
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THIS, so much. If you are an academic in any position of authority, then you have power to help change the 'more = better' narrative. When you write person specs, when you evaluate job/grant/fellowship applications, when you praise people in private convos... /1
Everyone criticizes the “publish or perish” culture. But I have yet to hear someone praise a researcher with few pubs or not accept that more pubs = better.
If we hate that aspect of the culture that much, let’s change it! Like us. Like next time you see job applicants being discussed
If we hate that aspect of the culture that much, let’s change it! Like us. Like next time you see job applicants being discussed
January 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
THIS, so much. If you are an academic in any position of authority, then you have power to help change the 'more = better' narrative. When you write person specs, when you evaluate job/grant/fellowship applications, when you praise people in private convos... /1
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Palaeotragus sp.
Another one done for the project! Now it's going back to the dissertation.........
Anyway, scarce remains of an extinct giraffid have been found in Portugal, though in 2022 a new study suggests it might have been a Sivatheriinae giraffid rather than Palaeotragus.
#SciArt #paleoart
Another one done for the project! Now it's going back to the dissertation.........
Anyway, scarce remains of an extinct giraffid have been found in Portugal, though in 2022 a new study suggests it might have been a Sivatheriinae giraffid rather than Palaeotragus.
#SciArt #paleoart
January 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines 🦭
The modelled reductions in presence can be used as avoidance rates in collision risk models to predict the impacts of future turbine arrays 📊 🌏 🧪
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The modelled reductions in presence can be used as avoidance rates in collision risk models to predict the impacts of future turbine arrays 📊 🌏 🧪
🔗
buff.ly
January 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines 🦭
The modelled reductions in presence can be used as avoidance rates in collision risk models to predict the impacts of future turbine arrays 📊 🌏 🧪
🔗
The modelled reductions in presence can be used as avoidance rates in collision risk models to predict the impacts of future turbine arrays 📊 🌏 🧪
🔗
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“Restrictions ... should be matched with new financial responsibilities for chemical companies to pay a nature restoration levy to contribute to UK environmental recovery & international nature finance.” - CEO at @wclnews.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #PFAS
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #PFAS
Otters among UK wildlife carrying toxic ‘forever chemicals’, analysis shows
Some wildlife species have accumulated many times more than safe amount of PFAS in their tissue and organs
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“Restrictions ... should be matched with new financial responsibilities for chemical companies to pay a nature restoration levy to contribute to UK environmental recovery & international nature finance.” - CEO at @wclnews.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #PFAS
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #PFAS
Almost 2.5 years into my PhD and I've only seen otters in person a grand total of (1) time. (excluding camera traps, of course) but they're there! I have proof! 🦦🦦🦦
November 27, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Almost 2.5 years into my PhD and I've only seen otters in person a grand total of (1) time. (excluding camera traps, of course) but they're there! I have proof! 🦦🦦🦦
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That time I drew raccoons for an exclusive print for the people that crowdfunded the Jam bookshop launch
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November 25, 2024 at 7:27 PM
That time I drew raccoons for an exclusive print for the people that crowdfunded the Jam bookshop launch
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Just got the Redshirts audiobook on audible! Looking forward to reading it once I wrestle through the draft of my lit review. As a little treat.
#redshirts #audible #audiobook
#redshirts #audible #audiobook
I AM EVERYWHERE
AND AFFORDABLY PRICED FOR THE HOLIDAYS
AND AFFORDABLY PRICED FOR THE HOLIDAYS
[P] WILL NO ONE RID ME OF THIS TURBULENT AUTHOR
(specifically, @scalzi.com while I’m trying to do some Xmas shopping)
(specifically, @scalzi.com while I’m trying to do some Xmas shopping)
November 25, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Just got the Redshirts audiobook on audible! Looking forward to reading it once I wrestle through the draft of my lit review. As a little treat.
#redshirts #audible #audiobook
#redshirts #audible #audiobook
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I AM EVERYWHERE
AND AFFORDABLY PRICED FOR THE HOLIDAYS
AND AFFORDABLY PRICED FOR THE HOLIDAYS
[P] WILL NO ONE RID ME OF THIS TURBULENT AUTHOR
(specifically, @scalzi.com while I’m trying to do some Xmas shopping)
(specifically, @scalzi.com while I’m trying to do some Xmas shopping)
November 24, 2024 at 11:11 PM
I AM EVERYWHERE
AND AFFORDABLY PRICED FOR THE HOLIDAYS
AND AFFORDABLY PRICED FOR THE HOLIDAYS
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It has taken me over a year, but I finally have been able to move from my old desk facing the wall to a desk next to the window
I can now longingly stare out the window wondering when my husband will return from the war
Ecstatic x.
I can now longingly stare out the window wondering when my husband will return from the war
Ecstatic x.
November 25, 2024 at 11:27 AM
It has taken me over a year, but I finally have been able to move from my old desk facing the wall to a desk next to the window
I can now longingly stare out the window wondering when my husband will return from the war
Ecstatic x.
I can now longingly stare out the window wondering when my husband will return from the war
Ecstatic x.
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The final chapter of my PhD thesis is finally out! Led by the brilliant Irina Velsko, we investigated if we can study past migrations in Oceania using #aDNA from archaeological dental calculus: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Exploring the potential of dental calculus to shed light on past human migrations in Oceania - Nature Communications
Preservation of oral microbiome ancient DNA from Oceania is much better than human ancient DNA. The authors leverage this to demonstrate that oral microbial community composition in Oceania is not onl...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2024 at 12:20 PM
The final chapter of my PhD thesis is finally out! Led by the brilliant Irina Velsko, we investigated if we can study past migrations in Oceania using #aDNA from archaeological dental calculus: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Your reminder that many of the muscles, nerves and bones you use to hear and talk with correspond to gill structures in fish. 🧪 #evolution #paleontology
November 24, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Your reminder that many of the muscles, nerves and bones you use to hear and talk with correspond to gill structures in fish. 🧪 #evolution #paleontology
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My superpower is I can tell whenever the coffee cups in a tv show are empty. Law & Order hasn’t seen a wet cup in 30 years.
November 25, 2024 at 1:35 AM
My superpower is I can tell whenever the coffee cups in a tv show are empty. Law & Order hasn’t seen a wet cup in 30 years.
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"The genomic secrets to how the muskox mastered living on the edge" - The story...
www1.bio.ku.dk/english/news...
www1.bio.ku.dk/english/news...
The genomic secrets to how the muskox mastered living on the edge
At the end of the last Ice Age, many iconic species became extinct - including the steppe bison, the woolly rhinoceros, the Irish elk, and the dire wolf. However, one Ice Age relict, perfectly adapted...
www1.bio.ku.dk
November 22, 2023 at 7:08 AM
"The genomic secrets to how the muskox mastered living on the edge" - The story...
www1.bio.ku.dk/english/news...
www1.bio.ku.dk/english/news...
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🧬🐭🐴🐻Job Alert🐻🐴🐭🧬
We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers in DeepTime Palaeogenomics!
All positions are for 2 years (extension possible), & are fully funded both in terms of employment and project costs.
Deadline: 2 Dec 2024
Please RT!
Apply:
www.su.se/english/abou...
We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers in DeepTime Palaeogenomics!
All positions are for 2 years (extension possible), & are fully funded both in terms of employment and project costs.
Deadline: 2 Dec 2024
Please RT!
Apply:
www.su.se/english/abou...
November 13, 2024 at 10:19 AM
🧬🐭🐴🐻Job Alert🐻🐴🐭🧬
We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers in DeepTime Palaeogenomics!
All positions are for 2 years (extension possible), & are fully funded both in terms of employment and project costs.
Deadline: 2 Dec 2024
Please RT!
Apply:
www.su.se/english/abou...
We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers in DeepTime Palaeogenomics!
All positions are for 2 years (extension possible), & are fully funded both in terms of employment and project costs.
Deadline: 2 Dec 2024
Please RT!
Apply:
www.su.se/english/abou...
Lovely to find more people in the same field!
Let´s form a community of conservation geneticists here - I started with some people I know, but there are likely to be many more... I can happily add them to this list
go.bsky.app/VMqVSAi
go.bsky.app/VMqVSAi
November 25, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Lovely to find more people in the same field!
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Hello new followers, this is the last day to apply for my postdoc position on genomics of the ivory trade!
▪️ Open postdoc position ▪️ 🔎🧬🐘
I'm recruiting a postdoc to work with me on mapping the genomic legacy of the elephant ivory trade in Europe using ancient DNA.
Hosted by Lund University 🇸🇪 with Bengt Hansson
Please RT!
Info and apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
I'm recruiting a postdoc to work with me on mapping the genomic legacy of the elephant ivory trade in Europe using ancient DNA.
Hosted by Lund University 🇸🇪 with Bengt Hansson
Please RT!
Info and apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
November 25, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Hello new followers, this is the last day to apply for my postdoc position on genomics of the ivory trade!
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Delighted to be able to share the final part of our research into the laundering potential of the #ostional #turtle Egg Project. Here are the links for the two papers that detail our findings. If you just want a snapshot, please enjoy my infographic.
doi.org/10.1111/csp2... & doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
doi.org/10.1111/csp2... & doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
November 14, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Delighted to be able to share the final part of our research into the laundering potential of the #ostional #turtle Egg Project. Here are the links for the two papers that detail our findings. If you just want a snapshot, please enjoy my infographic.
doi.org/10.1111/csp2... & doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
doi.org/10.1111/csp2... & doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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Should you find a project you are passionate about? 100% But there will be days that things don’t go your way and reminding yourself of the points mentioned can make or break a bad day/week/month
November 25, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Should you find a project you are passionate about? 100% But there will be days that things don’t go your way and reminding yourself of the points mentioned can make or break a bad day/week/month
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I am offering a PhD opportunity at University of Edinburgh as part of the E5 DTP. CASE partner: Forest Research
On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Application deadline: 6th Jan. Please share with your network.
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Application deadline: 6th Jan. Please share with your network.
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
November 25, 2024 at 11:15 AM
I am offering a PhD opportunity at University of Edinburgh as part of the E5 DTP. CASE partner: Forest Research
On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Application deadline: 6th Jan. Please share with your network.
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Application deadline: 6th Jan. Please share with your network.
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
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A year into my PhD and, ngl, this blew my MIND. Solid advice
Pleased to have @mvonschantz.bsky.social as guest speaker at our group’s research day. Some wise advice here:
November 25, 2024 at 10:54 AM
A year into my PhD and, ngl, this blew my MIND. Solid advice
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Megalodon bite marks on whale bone. ⚒️
November 24, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Megalodon bite marks on whale bone. ⚒️