David Kikuchi
biologist: warningsignal.org
- googles weird billionaires who fund math
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- Reposted by David KikuchiThrilled that @shreyadimri.bsky.social & I will be part of #LoveMethods26! We'll present on "How to avoid common problems in #SystematicReviews & #MetaAnalyses" 📅 Jan 19–23, 2026 | FREE | All online Everyone's invited to join the entire week of workshops! 🔗 excelscior.uc.pt/love-methods...
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- Reposted by David KikuchiI know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
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- Reposted by David KikuchiPublication alert! ✨ Our recent paper in Ecology & Evolution addresses how to make conferences more inclusive. We collected observational and experimental data during Q&A sessions at the Behaviour 2023 congress hosted by Bielefeld University, and circulated a survey among conference attendees [1/4]
- Reposted by David KikuchiHow can we reform science? I have some ideas. But I am not sure you’ll like them, because they don’t promise much. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...
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- Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
- Suggestion box: can we extend pro-bono membership in our scientific societies to folks who have lost their government or academic positions recently? @sse-evolution.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social @animbehsociety.bsky.social
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- Reposted by David Kikuchi😍 Thank you, Maja, for the wonderful summary of our research. I would like to add that this is not all—another batch of crazy bird scarecrows will be coming soon. Stay tuned 🤩🪶🦅🧪 @ckecz.bsky.social #BirdCognition #Ornithology
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- Reposted by David KikuchiIdentical twins, but only one has multiple sclerosis (MS): A new study of 81 twin pairs helped to identify gut bacteria that trigger the disease. Find out more: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2025-05... Scientific publication: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social 🧪
- Reposted by David Kikuchi$500 million is… less than 1.25% of the NIH’s 2024 budget. When I say there is no capacity to absorb the shock, I mean it.
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- Reposted by David KikuchiTyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.
- Reposted by David KikuchiHoward University is now a R1 university, the first HBCU with a research one designation. H-U definitely knows!
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- Reposted by David KikuchiExciting News! 🎉 Behaviour 2025 symposia are finalized! 🌍🐾 Join thought-provoking discussions on behaviour variation, evolution, neuroethology, comparative research & AI. Visit our website for details & plan your trip to Kolkata for an unforgettable experience! ✨
- Just donated to the AP
- Reposted by David KikuchiI hope you will all join me in expressing your thanks to the NIH and NSF staff who are working in an impossibly difficult and chaotic environment to keep science going in our country.
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- Reposted by David KikuchiDo not, I repeat, DO NOT CRASH OUT. Folks are relying on you to be overstimulated, overwhelmed, & overcome so you won't resist. Take breaks, Take a breath, Be intentional with how you spend your time. Be effective with how you spend your energy. Support each other Rest, live, & fight another day.
- Reposted by David KikuchiMake them tell you, specifically, what you're not allowed to do. Don't make changes you guess that they want. Don't offer them a menu of things that you infer they might be telling you not to do. Do the work you proposed, and received funding to do, unless instructed otherwise in specific detail.
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- Reposted by David KikuchiWhat are systematic reviews and meta-analyses? And why are they essential in ecology and evolution? 🌿📊 Discover it in our course with @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social & Shreya Dimri "Meta-Analysis in R," Feb. 10-13! Learn to apply & interpret methods in R 🚀 www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
- Reposted by David Kikuchi"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by David KikuchiPlease share! I am hiring a postdoc in Evolutionary Development to join our lab 🧪 🥼 🧬 recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01855 initial reviews begin Jan 31st (to be adjusted in the ad)
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- Reposted by David Kikuchi🧪Why does warning signal variability persist in #aposematic species? Our new @sse-evolution.bsky.social paper explores this using data from 64,741 🤯 A.plantaginis, raised over 25 generations. Spoiler: no evidence that life-history traits constrain warning colours! academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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- Almost like asking altruistic behavior of individuals is not the answer to public goods problems... "The fundamental problem...is that what is good for science is not necessarily good for the individual scientists" journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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- Question for the hive mind: what kind of lab fridge/freezer should I get for my everyday driver (not -80)? Does it matter?
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We made a tree of all birds! Preprint is up, comments are welcome. - 😂
- Reposted by David KikuchiCormac McCarthy reminds us of the essence of what it is to do Science...
- Reposted by David KikuchiCreative arts fellowship to explore wildfire at the HJ Andrews LTER @uslter.bsky.social. Stipend and residency offered. Apply by 3 May. 🧪🌾🔥🌎 prax.oregonstate.edu/residencies/...
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