A few weeks ago I was asked to write an obituary for my PhD mentor, Larry Young. He was the torchbearer for oxytocin research, a giant in our field. He had a gift for connecting people. His loss has been devastating for many of us.
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you know what else ruins a vibe? sexual assault

I say
Keep it light enough to travel
Keep it light enough to travel
Don't let it all unravel
Keep it light enough to travel
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Headed to DC to present at the workshop on Understanding the Biological Mechanisms Underlying the Health Consequences of Racism, Marginalization, and Discrimination - 2024 - NIDDK niddk.nih.gov/news/meetings-… via NIDDK Health Disparities UCLA Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Medicine at UCLA Health

My dad always joked that his birthday week was inauspicious - tax day, titanic sinking, lincoln shot, bay of pigs, etc. Perhaps it's no surprise that it's also the week he passed. Today's his 70th, and Wednesday marks two years without Bill Fucking Kimbel, PhD. Love you.

What does the gundi do for self defense? When frightened, it plays dead! Entering a trance-like state, this northern African rodent freezes, lays on its side, & stops breathing—sometimes holding its breath for a full minute. Scientists think 'playing possum' confuses predators.

When cubs are full sized, sometimes the only way to tell they are cubs is by the floofiness on their napes. It is a decent rule of thumb that less floof= older. The cub is standing in the 4th pic and the nape is good and floofy.

So excited for our new paper on gentrification effects on wildlife in PNASNews - a Urban Wildlife Information Network collab! Eastern cities show an increase in species richness w/ gentrification but western cities show a change in community composition instead! Both may result in social inequities.

No shade to high-replication low-reality researchers, for sure; yet experiments in real environments in nature are critical for assessing whether plausible mechanisms revealed in controlled experiments actually matter in the real world. (see the paper below) [4/8]

The saddest part of my job is seeing the ecosystem I love and live to protect dying in front of my eyes… The fourth global coral bleaching event has been confirmed. calacademy.org/press/releases…

great job if you like helping people with their science writing! I used to have this position, happy to answer questions: phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf03/ats/care…

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Can’t wait for this, Jeff VanderMeer! 🐊📚