Chris MacQuarrie
@cmacquar.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Entomologist, Ecologist, Researcher with NRCan Canadian Forest Service , and a (lapsed) Curler. Occasional climate scientist.
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JOBS IN BIOLOGY: I'm giving a lecture on careers in biology next week for our students. I'd love to hear your perspective on the 3 most important things that you think impress potential employers? #biologyjobs #careers
January 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM
JOBS IN BIOLOGY: I'm giving a lecture on careers in biology next week for our students. I'd love to hear your perspective on the 3 most important things that you think impress potential employers? #biologyjobs #careers
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Go, Grace! That's my graduate student!!!
Meet our 2025 awardees! Graduate fellowship awardee Grace Forthaus from Grand Valley State University received a Research Seed award for “Unraveling the invasion: genomic insights into the spread and adaptation of hemlock woolly adelgid in eastern North America.” #MSGCNASA #WeAreNASAMI
December 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Go, Grace! That's my graduate student!!!
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It's official - my new book is officially published today! If you mentor science students who write - grad or undergrad - you're the reason we wrote this. Mentoring/teaching writing is hard; but we can make it easier!
It’s publication day! “Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences”
Ok, we’re seriously excited – not for tonight’s fireworks, but because after several years of work, our new book is officially published today! That’s right – Teaching and Mentoring Writers i…
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December 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It's official - my new book is officially published today! If you mentor science students who write - grad or undergrad - you're the reason we wrote this. Mentoring/teaching writing is hard; but we can make it easier!
Chubby Checker is still alive?!?
December 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Chubby Checker is still alive?!?
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Rounding out 2025 with exciting news… I’m honoured to join the 2026–2030 Landsat Science Team! A full-circle moment for me after starting my career using Landsat for fire monitoring. #EOChat #GISChat
Announcement from USGS + NASA here: www.usgs.gov/landsat-miss...
Announcement from USGS + NASA here: www.usgs.gov/landsat-miss...
New Landsat Science Team Announced
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with NASA, has named the new Landsat Science Team that will support the world’s longest-running Earth observation mission for a planned 2026-2030 term.
www.usgs.gov
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Rounding out 2025 with exciting news… I’m honoured to join the 2026–2030 Landsat Science Team! A full-circle moment for me after starting my career using Landsat for fire monitoring. #EOChat #GISChat
Announcement from USGS + NASA here: www.usgs.gov/landsat-miss...
Announcement from USGS + NASA here: www.usgs.gov/landsat-miss...
As a Canadian reading this:
December 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
As a Canadian reading this:
This is the only right answer
December 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This is the only right answer
Rearing insects in captivity is difficult at the best of time but reading this article immediately reminded me of the Screamapillar episode of the Simpsons
December 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Rearing insects in captivity is difficult at the best of time but reading this article immediately reminded me of the Screamapillar episode of the Simpsons
Make a Bond movie academic:
From Russia With Love: Invasive properties of Russian Olive in North America
From Russia With Love: Invasive properties of Russian Olive in North America
make a Bond movie academic:
Die Another Day: Life-history trade-offs and the evolution of aging and senescence
Die Another Day: Life-history trade-offs and the evolution of aging and senescence
make a Bond movie academic:
Casino Royale: The Political Economy of Capitalism & Global Finance, by Susan Strange
Casino Royale: The Political Economy of Capitalism & Global Finance, by Susan Strange
December 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Make a Bond movie academic:
From Russia With Love: Invasive properties of Russian Olive in North America
From Russia With Love: Invasive properties of Russian Olive in North America
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🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share!
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
Launch of new Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards
As announced in Budget 2025 -
nserc-crsng.canada.ca
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share!
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...
As a Canadian I feel like this is cultural appropriation...
"The year was 2025
(How I wish I was in Ogden now)
A letter of marque came from the Prez
To the crappiest bass boat I'd ever seen...
God damn them all! I was told
We'd cruise the seas for migrant drugs
We'd fire no guns, miss no meals
Now I'm a broken man in SLC
The last of Mike Lee's privateers"
(How I wish I was in Ogden now)
A letter of marque came from the Prez
To the crappiest bass boat I'd ever seen...
God damn them all! I was told
We'd cruise the seas for migrant drugs
We'd fire no guns, miss no meals
Now I'm a broken man in SLC
The last of Mike Lee's privateers"
Apparently this is not the onion: www.lee.senate.gov/2025/12/patr...
December 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
As a Canadian I feel like this is cultural appropriation...
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
December 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
Just because you can do something in cowplot doesn't mean you should....
Wow this is a seriously serious supplementary figure from @cellpress.bsky.social today. Panels A through UU.
I get that Cell likes to minimize the number of supplementary figures. But is this really what is happening here?
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
I get that Cell likes to minimize the number of supplementary figures. But is this really what is happening here?
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Just because you can do something in cowplot doesn't mean you should....
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Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
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In my first Editorial as Associate Editor for @conphysjournal.bsky.social, we help combat this lack of training by providing some "tips and tricks" for writing constructive peer reviews, based on our collective experiences as editors for multiple scientific journals.
Tips and tricks for writing constructive peer reviews
Peer review has been the cornerstone of scientific inquiry for centuries and is considered the backbone of scientific quality and rigour (Spier, 2002). Des
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December 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
In my first Editorial as Associate Editor for @conphysjournal.bsky.social, we help combat this lack of training by providing some "tips and tricks" for writing constructive peer reviews, based on our collective experiences as editors for multiple scientific journals.
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Who wants to come to a bug conference on the east coast? Save the date for the Acadian Entomological Society's 2026 meeting, June 18-20, to be held right here in Antigonish @stfx-university.bsky.social @davidawde.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Who wants to come to a bug conference on the east coast? Save the date for the Acadian Entomological Society's 2026 meeting, June 18-20, to be held right here in Antigonish @stfx-university.bsky.social @davidawde.bsky.social
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The Fall newsletter is here! Check it out for info on society updates, events, and postings!
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#entomology #outreach #bugday #eso
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#entomology #outreach #bugday #eso
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Fall newsletter is here! Check it out for info on society updates, events, and postings!
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#entomology #outreach #bugday #eso
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#entomology #outreach #bugday #eso
If your response to a billion $ windfall is 'you're not spending it on the right thing' then, congratulations, you've already lost the argument in the court of public opinion. A better argument would be to figure out how to leverage your province/city to maximize how much of that billion it gets.
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If your response to a billion $ windfall is 'you're not spending it on the right thing' then, congratulations, you've already lost the argument in the court of public opinion. A better argument would be to figure out how to leverage your province/city to maximize how much of that billion it gets.
But that's not what the song's abou...oh FFS nevermind
Learning all kinds of historical facts on official passport bros dot com
December 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
But that's not what the song's abou...oh FFS nevermind
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Anyone interested in being the next polar bear biologist for Nunavut? Starting at $143,000/year including northern living allowance is not shabby though cost of living is truly insano up there. There is an opportunity for some work from home.
www.gov.nu.ca/en/jobs/wild...
www.gov.nu.ca/en/jobs/wild...
www.gov.nu.ca
December 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Anyone interested in being the next polar bear biologist for Nunavut? Starting at $143,000/year including northern living allowance is not shabby though cost of living is truly insano up there. There is an opportunity for some work from home.
www.gov.nu.ca/en/jobs/wild...
www.gov.nu.ca/en/jobs/wild...
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🧪 Qian [ agriculture.canada.ca 🍁] et al, 2024: Warmer future climate in Canada: implications for winter survival of perennial forage crops
TLDR? Risk from low temps without snow protection may decrease, BUT increased winter thaws / rainfall may elevate winter injury risk
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjps...
TLDR? Risk from low temps without snow protection may decrease, BUT increased winter thaws / rainfall may elevate winter injury risk
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjps...
Warmer future climate in Canada—implications for winter survival of perennial forage crops
Significant increase in wintertime air temperature, especially the reduced cold extremes under climate change, might be beneficial to the winter survival of perennial crops. However, climate warming c...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🧪 Qian [ agriculture.canada.ca 🍁] et al, 2024: Warmer future climate in Canada: implications for winter survival of perennial forage crops
TLDR? Risk from low temps without snow protection may decrease, BUT increased winter thaws / rainfall may elevate winter injury risk
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjps...
TLDR? Risk from low temps without snow protection may decrease, BUT increased winter thaws / rainfall may elevate winter injury risk
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjps...
I listened to this today and they mention Musk took the SAT and then went to Queens. Did Queens accept SAT scores in the 1990s?
Episode 47: Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson’s definitive biography poses the question: is it ok to be a pathetic, cruel, lying reactionary if it kind of helps you build cars?
Walter Isaacson’s definitive biography poses the question: is it ok to be a pathetic, cruel, lying reactionary if it kind of helps you build cars?
Elon Musk
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 12/09/2025 · 1h 28m
podcasts.apple.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I listened to this today and they mention Musk took the SAT and then went to Queens. Did Queens accept SAT scores in the 1990s?
I think you need to be an entomologist to fully appreciate this. So I guess political scientists are not social scientists, but just pretending to bee?
December 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I think you need to be an entomologist to fully appreciate this. So I guess political scientists are not social scientists, but just pretending to bee?