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Paradyse Blackwood, Ph.D.

@paradyseb.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Fellow @ Univ of British Columbia studying marine host-parasite dynamics🧫🦠. Purdue EEB PhD🐸. Binghamton Neuroscience alum. #BlackinSTEM #1stGen paradyseblackwood.weebly.com

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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Applications are open for the 2026–27 Black In Neuro Mentorship Cohort! 🧠✨ Apply as a mentor or mentee for 1:1 matching, application support, professional development & a global neuro community. 📲 Scan the QR code to apply! #BlackInNeuro
Flyer for the Black In Neuro Mentorship Program announcing applications for the 2026–27 cohort. Participants can apply as mentors or mentees. Program benefits include 1:1 mentor matching, graduate/medical school application support, community, professional development workshops, and an honorarium. Two QR codes are provided: one for the mentor application and one for the mentee application. The flyer has a dark brown background with cream and gold accents and the Black In Neuro logo in the upper left. For questions, contact mentorship@blackinneuro.com
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...
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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab
Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...
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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
#Neuroracism highlights both historic and present racial inequalities relating to the brain. This year, we are sharing facts around disorders that are common in the Black community. We begin by placing neurological disorders in the wider context of worldwide disability. 🧵: 1/6
An infographic with different shades of pink. In the top right corner is the Black In Neuro logo. Centered is an elongated semi-circle with “neuroracism” titled along the curve. Below the text reads: Have you heard? NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS ARE THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AND LEADING CAUSE OF DISABILITY WORLDWIDE. Below this is an image of the map of earth and the text #BINW26.
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Jeremy Cohen @drjerbs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I'm joining Rutgers DEENR in a tenure-track faculty position this fall! I'll be recruiting a quantitative postdoc in climate change wildlife ecology (start fall 26 or jan 27) and PhD student doing bioacoustics to study avian responses to extreme weather (start fall 27). More- www.gcmelab.com/join-us
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Erin Sauer @sauerscientist.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I am recruiting a PhD student interested in the disease ecology of cavity nesting birds to start Fall 2027! Interested applicants can contact me by filling out the linked form. I will also be at ESA 2026 and am happy to meet! More info on my website: sauerlab.com Please share!
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KevinDKohl @kevindkohl.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
In a new pub with @asuddaby.bsky.social and @emilyahardison.bsky.social, we highlight small, standing water bodies (ponds) and their resident aquatic organisms (tadpoles) as powerful systems to understand host-microbe-environment interactions. 💧🐸🌾🦠 academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
Conceptual figure depicting various approaches to understand host-microbe interactions across environments. The figure contains 3 columns, with the first depicting observational field studies across land use gradients (skyscrapers to depict cities, and trees to depict natural landscapes). In the middle are mesocosm experiments in the field, or large pools of water that can artificially re-create ponds. In the final column are lab-based studies, where organisms are held in small tanks in the lab.
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BlackAFinSTEM @blackafinstem.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
It's DAY 4 of #BlackBirdersWeek and y'all today we're Resting on the Flyway! Take this opportunity to bird as a form of rest OR take a nap in general...you'll thank us later 😊 ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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BlackAFinSTEM @blackafinstem.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It's DAY 3 of #BlackBirdersWeek and we’re learning about Threats Along the Path of bird migration! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Paradyse Blackwood, Ph.D. @paradyseb.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Interested in learning more about sea star wasting disease? Come to my talk at #CSEE2026 tomorrow (Wed May 13th) at 9:25am eastern in the Marine Science 1 session in room BA-1240 🧫⭐️
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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
What are the biggest open questions in #microbiome and #symbiosis research? At #CSEE, we’re running a symposium on disturbance, adaptation, and the parasitism–mutualism continuum—and we want to foster discussion around these questions. Share your questions (& this post) ↓ forms.gle/huhvTgZCWVrS...
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Big questions in symbiosis and microbiome research
As organizers of the upcoming CSEE symposium “Microbial symbiosis: disturbance, adaptation, and the parasitism–mutualism continuum”, we want this to be more than just a series of talks—we want it to s...
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Andy Lee, PhD @andylee.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Very proud of this perspective that came out of some really interesting and difficult conversations with friends and colleagues! TLDR: how do scientists define sex? why does it matter?? #EcoEvo #Ecology #Evolution 🧪
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Paradyse Blackwood, Ph.D. @paradyseb.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Check out our new review in Molecular Ecology! Led by the amazing @jingdi.bsky.social!
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Andy Lee, PhD @andylee.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Paper accepted!!! Beyond honored to have worked with fellow queer ECRs (@madeline-eppley.bsky.social, @allydefduf.bsky.social and others not on bsky) to critically examine our field's relationship with the queer community, and how we can leverage Queer perspectives to conduct more accurate science!!
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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Happy Black History Month from #BlackInNeuro! 🧠🖤 This month (and every month), we celebrate Black brilliance in neuroscience. Take time to reflect, rest, and honor your wins — you deserve it. ✨
Illustration with a pink background and colorful bold script that reads: “Happy Black History Month.” At the top is the Black In Neuro logo featuring a stylized profile of a Black person with “Black In Neuro” written in their hair and a brain illustration. The design uses rich, warm colors and a soft gradient for a celebratory and uplifting feel.
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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
We're running out of time to stop a serious threat to the Endangered Species Act: proposed changes that would remove protections, make it harder to list new species, & let industry get away with damaging habitat. Strong public backlash CAN make a difference; join us today➡️ xerces.org/protect-the-esa
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Andy Lee, PhD @andylee.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Successfully added a few letters to my name last month!!! Truly could not have done this with our villages upon villages 🫶🏼
photo of Andy in front of his defense presentation
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Andy Lee, PhD @andylee.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I am still actively looking for postdoc positions — please lmk if you (or your friends and colleagues) need a hardworking postdoc with field, lab, and bioinformatic skills! I am broadly interested in evolution in the ocean, conservation and population genetics, and rapid evolution.
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Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 01/12/2025
If you run across a gen A.I. slop 🤖💩 diagram in an academic journal, I’d love to know about it! Please fill out this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes. #AcademicChatter
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Slop graphics in academic journals
Use this form to share graphics (e.g., figures, covers, graphical abstracts) made using generative A.I. that have appeared in academic journals. The plan is to compile these slop graphics in an ope...
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Dr. Earyn McGee @afroherper.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Don’t forget about the #FindThatLizard Scholarship!! Please share #science #scholarship #funding #herps #HERpers #lizards #snakes #frogs #salamanders #game #challenge #education
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Science Journal for Kids & Teens @sj4k.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
We’re excited to be collaborating with @skypeascientist.bsky.social for their free livestream on December 4th at 1 PM EST featuring researcher Andy Lee! Register here for your chance to talk with Andy about his research on sea snails & climate change: sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/les....
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Andy Lee, PhD @andylee.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
i’m defending my phd in a couple weeks!!!! lmk if you’d like an invite/link
Flyer for Andy’s defense. The title is: “Evolution in a changing ocean: genetic adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, and range expansion in the face of high gene flow”

The talk is on Friday 11/21 at noon Eastern. There is a zoom link available. 

The flyer has a whelk in the middle with ray’s coming from behind it.
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Paradyse Blackwood, Ph.D. @paradyseb.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
For my 1st post here, I’m excited to announce that the final chapter of my PhD is now published online with Freshwater Biology and it’s open access! Here, we examined how multiple environmental stressors interacted to impact disease dynamics in tadpoles. 🐸 1/3 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Temperature Variability and Salt Pollution Interact to Alter Subsequent Multi‐Parasite Susceptibility in Larval Amphibians
Wild populations face unprecedented pressure from an assortment of anthropogenic environmental changes and parasites. We sought to understand how host–parasite interactions are affected by the int...
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dr. ye$enia @yesenia.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
how it started vs how it’s going… logging in to share a quick life update: It’s, DR. Yesenia now 💅🧠🎓✨🏳️‍⚧️
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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
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Brian Leavell @bleavell.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 Variation in sexual signals and defensive strategies elicits receiver-dependent shifts in attractiveness *Open Access!* in @jexpbiol.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... w/ Dineilys Aparicio, Hoover Pantoja-Sánchez, Rachel Page, & @xebernal.bsky.social 🧵 Photo by Christian Ziegler
Fringe-lipped bat mid-flight, eavesdropping on the calls of male túngara frogs, which it uses to find its prey. Photo by Christian Ziegler.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 11/08/2025
Once abundant in California waters, the sunflower sea star was nearly wiped out by sea star wasting disease. The cause wasn't clear at first, but one culprit has been identified—a bacterium named Vibrio pectenicida. This finding may help scientists understand and control this disease.
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Andy Lee, PhD @andylee.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
my first first-author paper is (kinda*) on the cover of molecular ecology!!! *zoom in on the first picture in the second row **together with a bunch of cool gene expression studies really excited to dive into the special issue!! #Evolution #PopGen
Special Issue Cover of the journal Molecular Ecology. the cover photo is a collage of various organisms and figures from the issue. The special issue it titled: Ecology of Gene Expression
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Keith Trujillo @neurochicano.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV Great resource to connect early career folks with more senior scientists looking to hire postdocs! 🧪
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Andy Lee, PhD @andylee.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
New paper with @birdpicsandscience.bsky.social out TODAY!! We found that choosing "highly informative loci" (aka high fst loci) may bias results in common population genetic analyses onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Explainer thread to come! #PopGen #PopulationGenomics #Evolution
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‘Highly‐Informative’ Genetic Markers Can Bias Conclusions: Examples and General Solutions
High-grading bias is the overestimation power in a subset of loci caused by model overfitting. Using both empirical and simulated datasets, we show that high-grading bias can cause severe overestimat...
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Erin Sauer @sauerscientist.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I'm recruiting a 2-yr postdoc to start in October or November of 2025! I'm looking for applicants interested in exploring amphibian disease ecology as it relates to climate change. Strong quantitative skills preferred, interviews start late July. More info: erinsauer.com
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Erin L. Sauer, Ph.D.
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Erin Sauer @sauerscientist.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I am also recruiting a grad student to start Fall 2026. Grad school applications for Fall 2026 are due by Dec 2025. I am looking for applicants who are interested in projects exploring the disease ecology of amphibians and/or wild birds. I will be at ESA in August and am happy to meet!
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