Amanda Moehring
Behavior genetics, speciation, neuroscience. Prof @WesternU. Interested in social justice, painting, nature. Pro offspring wrangler. Canerican she/her
- A slice of good news:
- I *do* count submitted as an article on a CV (just slightly less than published). Others on hiring and grants committees I’ve been on do, too. It means the work is final enough to be submitted, which is very different from “in preparation” (which could be “concepts of a plan“).
- A great resource to help you pick responsible journals to publish in.
- Responsible publication of your research! To help you do this @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article recently published in @jevbio.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
- Reposted by Amanda MoehringWonderful Ice Age art! Some 40,000 years ago, this tiny head of a cave lion was skilfully sculpted from mammoth ivory. It is one of the oldest known works of figurative art! 📷 by me #Archaeology
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- RAYVIOLIES omg
- Reposted by Amanda MoehringDr Glaucomflecken, an actual ophthalmologist, with helpful instructions for dealing with pepper spray to the face. youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...
- Reposted by Amanda MoehringAn important study maps how nerves control the Drosophila male reproductive tract, revealing two types of glutamatergic neurons that also release serotonin or octopamine. 🔗 buff.ly/3PV2YQW
- Cool new paper showing another case of ‘alternative meiosis’.
- A new extreme of meiotic evolution: ✔️ 𝗻𝗼 crossovers ✔️ 𝗻𝗼 gene conversion ✔️ 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 meiosis & fertility Sex mimics clonality without becoming asexual, in the holocentric multicellular eukaryote 𝘙𝘩𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘴. more about it: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- For those in Minnesota who need to see the love of those supporting you, this forum is the best of humanity.
- If you need something funny today, this news story is worth reading to the end.
- Reposted by Amanda MoehringI was today-years-old when I learned that bloodworms are the only animals that make their teeth out of copper: www.livescience.com/bloodworms-f...
- This study is really cool. Over and over we find that “this is the way things work” has the caveat of “except here it’s different…”
- (2/5) One year ago, we published a microPublication: “Cell-Type Specific Variation in X-Chromosome Dosage Compensation in Drosophila.” A short, peer-reviewed study showing X-chromosome regulation isn’t one-size-fits-all. doi.org/10.17912/mic...
- We got a new, large, squishy, comfortable couch … and this is where the cat wants to sit.
- Reposted by Amanda MoehringWow! Yay! The Senate just rejected Trump’s proposed science cuts, voting 82–15 to boost funding for NOAA, NASA, and the NSF. The bill already passed the House 397–28. Strong bipartisan support for science still exists.
- Reposted by Amanda MoehringWestern University is looking for a Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier 1 in Metabolomics. We are intent on building capacity in this system and the ideal candidate will help build infrastructure and mentor junior faculty. Please see the job ad at: uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
- A law banning most transgender care for anyone under 18 was recently passed in Alberta. Don’t let this unscientific US garbage make its way into Canada. There’s a formal petition for the Canadian government to block this ban. Please sign and share: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
- Reposted by Amanda MoehringWe've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
- Go get it now!!
- Reposted by Amanda MoehringRobert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
- Reposted by Amanda MoehringExperimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name. "These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
- Even if highly qualified, nobody wants an insufferable jerk for a colleague. Getting a job isn’t just qualifications, it’s also being someone other people want to work with.
- Reposted by Amanda MoehringI can't believe this still needs to be said (and more loudly): Trans rights are human rights.
- My dog is hilariously pathetic when she wants love. Sound on.
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- Reposted by Amanda MoehringA study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
- Amazing work from the folks in my lab on the impact of making the wrong proteins (mistranslation) and how it INCREASES female lifespan, even when combined with reproduction! Of note, the lead author, Luana Branco, did this work as an undergrad (!!). Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Amanda MoehringSchooling! One of those strangely fascinating fish behaviours that I love watching
- What is that hairy creature in the sea? 😱 Oh, it's just a bunch of fish going to school together 😸😋 #marinelife #fish #nature
- Reposted by Amanda MoehringTODAY! CSEE Members: Check your email for the Zoom link. See you soon!
- 🍃📣Upcoming CSEE Event! Join us online on Nov. 26th for a panel discussion Q&A on faculty positions. CSEE members will receive the link in their mailbox. (Event in English) #CSEE #online #paneldiscussion #eeb
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- The Republicans just passed a bill in the House that bans federal funding of anyone collaborating or co-authoring with Chinese scientists, and it’s retroactive to ban funding for anyone who has had collaborations in the past 5 years. This is insane. Call your reps. www.science.org/content/arti...
- A really good thread on adjusting your bsky filter settings, which you might not know are set to be fully on by default!
- Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
- With my first kid, in the US, I was entitled to zero days of maternity leave. Zero. Because I hadn’t been in my current postdoc position for a full year yet. When I had a kid in Canada I took a 6 month leave, and the only ‘feedback’ I got from my colleagues was “oh, you’re taking a short leave!”
- Are you f*ing kidding me @nytimes.com??
- Good job everyone - the 🇨🇦 Trucouncil data will stay aggregated and anonymized.
- There’s a (now retired) prof who I discovered had students in their genetics lab class sequence three ‘mystery genes’ from the STUDENTS OWN CHEEK SWAB and the three genes were all for SUSCEPTIBILITY TO MENTAL DISORDERS. I reported it, bc wtaf that’s wrong on so many levels.
- This is the prettiest cupcake I’ve ever had 😍
- This would be a huge breach of privacy. Contact your MPs, and/or sign the petition, linked in the thread.
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications: Applicant names, profiles, demographics Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
