Went on a quick trip to Pinnacles National Park to sample their feral honeybees to check if they are infected with viruses that could be putting the parks 400+ species of native bees at risk 🐝🦠
UC Berkeley IB #PostCardsFromTheField
I am interested in studying the presence of Tetrodotoxin (TTX) in Atelopus from the northern Andes and identifying the source of this potent neurotoxin (my hypothesis: TTX-producing bacteria). As part of my methodology,I took a lot of swabs in the field #postcardsfromthefield 1/n
#PostcardsFromTheField We took 150 students to Frahn's Farm (Monarto) last month, to set up permanent transects for biodiversity surveys for Bio·R Australia's restoration project. At the same time, the students learned about ecological sampling techniques. #Ecology
My last day hanging out with the mangroves in Darwin. This is East Point and the stunning elevated board walk. #postcardsfromthefield
Headed to the field tomorrow to catch both honey and native bees (like this bumble 🐝 foraging on some lupine) in the Tahoe National Forest! Wish me luck as I brave the heat wave 😤UC Berkeley IB #PostcardsFromTheField
Michigan EARTH Long and learned hike up the Permian Guadalupe Mountains today! #postcardsfromthefield #earth436
Deploying #WetFeetproject warming chambers this week with Emily Geoghegan Chuck Hyde Morrissey Lab GTM Research Reserve @NSF_BIO #Postcardsfromthefield #nsffunded #mangrovesmarching
Dr Adam Simon at GSA 2018 presenting Brian Konecke's and YoungJae Kim's recent work on sulfur states in apatite and implications for oxybarometers and lunar fluids!
#geochem #simonlab #postcardsfromthefield #BriansgoingtoNASA ! #MichiganEarth
Last week I toured 8 mudflats along the California coast looking for populations of the sea slug, Alderia willowi.
This was as part of other research in Dr Caroline Williams and UC Berkeley IB via #PostCardsFromTheField .
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#CHI #WackyWednesday ~ Half moon rising! 😂 #ASHI #PostcardsfromtheField #HomeInspection #RealEstate #InspectRVA photo cred: Mike Miller and Jim Katen, AMI, Portland, OR
#CHI #WackyWednesday ~ Use mild detergent! 🤣🤣 #ASHI #PostcardsfromtheField #HomeInspection #RealEstate #InspectRVA photo cred: Matthew Jaeck, HSH Property Inspection, Hartford, WI
#CHI #WackyWednesday ~ And why didn’t you test ALL the outlets? 😳 #ASHI #PostcardsfromtheField #HomeInspection #RealEstate #InspectRVA photo cred: James Brock, Boston Home Inspectors, South Boston, MA
✍🏾 In our latest #PostcardsfromtheField story, Research Associate Ryan D’Souza shares a snapshot of his visit to Tumkur, Karnataka. Ryan was in the field to learn more about how women entrepreneurs in rural areas manage their business records.