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Cheyenne McKinley @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I went to my first @neuroethology.org conference and it was a blast! I had the honor of serving as chair and the first speaker of the Rhythms and Homeostatic Control session. Thanks to everyone who came to the session and to all the science friends I made! 🩷 #ICN2026

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Cheyenne McKinley @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I went to a paint your own pottery place and now have the best cup ever. A Sip-ridinid cup as @stoilovamarina.bsky.social expertly suggested.

A glazed ceramic espresso cup with black speckled glaze as a background, a white and grey moon on the cup behind a cypridinid ostracod crustacean

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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The functions of bioluminescence are many. Marine creatures use it to lure prey, startle predators, court mates, and disguise their silhouettes. Some even seem to use it to exact revenge. Just one of the topics discussed in our latest episode, w/ Dr. Sönke Johnsen! Listen: disi.org/the-sparklin...

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Todd Oakley @ostratodd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🧵 Here is a time-lapse video of bioluminescent ostracods that we used as data in a just-posted preprint. What's going on?

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Cheyenne McKinley @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Inspiring presidential talk from @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social this morning at #evol2026. I'm left feeling hopeful about the future of our scientific community and even more in love with insects! 🪲

A slide from the presidential presentation that says: "in one generation we can 1. Establish and codified policies for ethics & equity 2. Increase the systematics literacy worldwide 3. Grow our community to reflect the diversity of human experience 4. Disrupt misinformation channels by sharing our knowledge and expertise 5. Protect biodiversity & our collections". Text is rainbow colored

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Alix Weasel @alixwzl.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

That's me in the coral That's me on the sandbank, being a crustacean Trying to keep up with you And I don't know if I can do it Oh no, I've pinched too much I haven't pinched enough

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Cheyenne McKinley @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Welcome to the crustacean crew entomologists! 🦐🪲

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Cory Berger @caberger.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Repping the Oakley Lab to #StandUpForScience in Santa Barbara!!

3 people holding signs saying "Science Not Fascism," "Invest in science, invest in our future," and "I left my lab for this"

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Cheyenne McKinley @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Today we #standupforscience🔬 I almost didn't go to this because I felt so overwhelmed by all of the causes we need to fight for now. If you're feeling this way too, know that anything you do to fight is a win. You cannot do all the good the world needs, but the world needs all the good you can do.

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George Matsumoto @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 PAID INTERNSHIPS! California State University (CSU) students interested in marine, ocean, and coastal STEM are invited to apply for the 2025 CSU COAST Summer Internship Program. 20 internships available Head to bit.ly/COASTInterns2025 to apply by 2/26/25!

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COAST Student Internships Summer 2025 | CSU

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

- 10,000 research grants flagged for review by NSF Program Directors - Reviews due by 5 p.m. today - They flag grants with "broadening participation" language, foreign aid, climate science, domestic energy, and "discriminatory programs including illegal DEI"

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Charikleia Karageorgiou (Clio) @evobioclio.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Join us at the Gordon Research Seminar on Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics in Tuscany, co-chaired by @jcbnunez.bsky.social and me. If you’d like to present your research and be considered for a talk, make sure to submit your application before April 6th! www.grc.org/ecological-a...

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Cheyenne McKinley @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

This was SUCH a fun workshop and something I'm looking forward to getting involved with in the future!

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Chris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Annual Bucknell SICB meet-up/reunion at #SICB2025. Always great to hear what our alums are up to!!! #PUI #STEMeducation #raybucknell

Group of 18 current and former Bucknell University students/faculty attending the SICB conference.

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Greg Pask @gregpask.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Tomorrow night! Sign up and come by if you want to explore a creative approach to bringing your science outside the typical venues!

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Cheyenne McKinley @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

As an evolutionary biologist, #Arcane lover, and regrettably a League of Legends player, I had to update the letter board at my desk.

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Nicholas Per Huffeldt @nphuffeldt.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Interested in chronobiology and biological rhythm research? Here’s some folks to follow! Want to be added? Reply here go.bsky.app/Sw8L4aS 🧪 🌍 🦑 #EvoBio

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Emily Lau, PhD @emilylau.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

And the cake was made by my amazing lab mate @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social!! It also features a little bioluminescent toadfish

Cake with decorative bioluminescent animals (brittle star and toadfish)

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Steve Haddock @stevehaddock.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

It only took 20+ years, but the "Mystery Mollusc" paper came out this week. It is a swimming nudibranch that gallops in slow motion through the deep water-column. To top it off, it is bioluminescent, and we were able to film its glow with our special low-light camera.🦑🧪 www.mbari.org/news/mbari-r...

End-on view of the "mystery mollusc" Bathydevius caudactylus, as described in Robison and Haddock (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104414

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Matthew Sinton 🏳️‍🌈 @mcsinton.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Are you #LGBTQ+ & studying/working in science, tech, engineering, or maths (or related fields!)? Well now there’s a feed for our community where you can introduce yourself, share your work, or events/resources! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #LGBTQSTEM

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Cheyenne McKinley @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now: - waitress - fast food - ice cream scooper - janitor - baker - cake decorator - customer service rep at a call center - production line worker in a factory - barista - grocery store clerk - biopharmaceutical Scientist

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Michael Landis @landismj.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Hello to all the evolutionary biologists that just joined in the past 2-3 weeks! Connect with your people through the Evolutionary Biology feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... It tracks posts with #evosky #evolsky #evolution #evobio #phylo #popgen #ecoevo #evodevo #molevol #paleobio #systematics

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Paulyn Cartwright @pcart.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Still learning new platform. Here is the link to the write up of our new post-bacc program .

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Building tomorrow’s scientific workforce

KU training program focused on climate change, biodiversity

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Cheyenne McKinley @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

Anyone else keep accidentally signing off emails with "Bet" instead of "Best"? 😅

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

Hey everybody! The CDC has a bridge program to get people no or reduced-cost COVID vaccines if you don’t have insurance (or have shitty insurance). Open to everyone 18 and older! www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pro...

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Bridge Access Program | CDCCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC twenty four seven. Saving...

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 16/09/2023

there’s been some crustacean congestion in New England

Reddit: “Found the culprit for today’s pike traffic,” and it’s a giant lobster on a trailer parked beside the freeway

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Matt Joro @dungeonglitch.com · 21/08/2023

You would never do this. Warn your friends to never do this. Never ever. The best ppl warn everybody.

Once again, I DO NOT recommend students go to libgen (dot) rs and download books for their upcoming courses. I am NOT advocating for getting and sharing free pdfs of required texts. DON'T DO IT.

Avoid them as much as possible, the links go:
libgen.is
pk1lib.org
ethos.bl.uk/SearchResults...
sabaq.pk
sci-hub.se
archive.org
lej4learning.com.pk
pdfdrive.com

You also definitely don't want to be installing the unpaywall.org chrome extension. After all, who needs a super handy #openaccess tool that allows you, with a click of a button, to access any closed article?

I also HATE this website archive.org, i do not recommend!! Definitely don't use email generators to "borrow books from there
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Cheyenne McKinley @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

🦙 Animal #47 🐡 I figured it out in 16 guesses! 🟨🟥🟥🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 12.5 metazooa.com #metazooa

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Cheyenne McKinley @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

This Firefly Friday, I'm thinking about the female California Pink Glow Worm I got to see this summer. Contrary to popular belief, fireflies do exist on the west Coast! (I was too excited and forgot to take photos, so this one is from the Xerces Society)

A beautiful female California pink glow worm It resembles a hot pink beetle larvae with a bright green/yellow glow from its light organ on its last segments

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Cheyenne McKinley @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

🦔 Animal #45 🐊 I figured it out in 9 guesses! 🟥🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟨🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 9 metazooa.com #metazooa

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Cheyenne McKinley @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

Hello!👋 I want to know how bioluminescent animals know when to glow. 💡 Right now I study the evolution of biological rhythms in bioluminescent Caribbean ostracods. Previously, I've studied the evolution of femme fatale fireflies. Only time can tell what I'll do next! ⏰

Femme fatale firefly female (Photuris sp.) eating a smaller male firefly (Photinus sp.). The prey firefly is glowing. The fireflies are on a paper towel on a marble countertop

Photo of me underwater, wearing a snorkel mask, snorkel in my mouth, a bathing suit, and pink split fins putting up double peace signs because I only know one pose. I am over a Caribbean coral reef.

A male ostracod (Photeros sp.) With a photoshopped top hat and Rolex sea-dweller watch

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