Liam Sullivan
@liamlikesbugs.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at University of Arizona.
I like bugs and microbes. Entomologist with a big love of symbiosis.
I like bugs and microbes. Entomologist with a big love of symbiosis.
Make a move will you!
July 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Make a move will you!
Reposted by Liam Sullivan
This bill would essentially codify ICE as the GOP's secret police www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces bill making it illegal to 'dox' federal law enforcement
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduced a bill criminalizing "doxxing" federal law enforcement, naming Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell as the impetus.
www.tennessean.com
June 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This bill would essentially codify ICE as the GOP's secret police www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
After years of teasing the chemical ecologists about staring for hours at Y-tubes...it's my turn.
#scisky #entomology
#scisky #entomology
June 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
After years of teasing the chemical ecologists about staring for hours at Y-tubes...it's my turn.
#scisky #entomology
#scisky #entomology
Reposted by Liam Sullivan
Smithsonian (Not normal Fed) is hiring an IPM Entomologist to manage the pest control programs for the National Zoo in Washington DC.
Salary Range: $84,601 - $109,975 per year
#entomology
Salary Range: $84,601 - $109,975 per year
#entomology
Entomologist
<p>The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located in Park Management, Natio...
www.usajobs.gov
May 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Smithsonian (Not normal Fed) is hiring an IPM Entomologist to manage the pest control programs for the National Zoo in Washington DC.
Salary Range: $84,601 - $109,975 per year
#entomology
Salary Range: $84,601 - $109,975 per year
#entomology
Finally out! My first manuscript in the books.
#scisky #symbiosis #entomology
academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...
#scisky #symbiosis #entomology
academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...
Acquisition of an obligate environmental symbiont may be limited in the arboreal environment
Abstract. Many eukaryotic organisms have environmentally acquired microbial symbionts. In animals, microbes commonly occupy the gut and may supply critical
academic.oup.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Finally out! My first manuscript in the books.
#scisky #symbiosis #entomology
academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...
#scisky #symbiosis #entomology
academic.oup.com/femsec/advan...
Excited to share that @bibekbugs.bsky.social and I will be hosting a member symposium at #EntSoc25 in Portland, Oregon titled "Inside and Out: proposal, Inside and Out: Roles of Environmental and Gut Symbioses"
Looking forward to seeing folks in Portland!
Looking forward to seeing folks in Portland!
April 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Excited to share that @bibekbugs.bsky.social and I will be hosting a member symposium at #EntSoc25 in Portland, Oregon titled "Inside and Out: proposal, Inside and Out: Roles of Environmental and Gut Symbioses"
Looking forward to seeing folks in Portland!
Looking forward to seeing folks in Portland!
Doesn't this feel even more real right now. Now add that as early career scientists (at least in the US), the foundations of our funding system are pulverized and we fear for our own safety and the safety of our colleagues.
Studies of researchers globally suggest there is a mental-health crisis in academia
https://go.nature.com/3RNAbmZ
https://go.nature.com/3RNAbmZ
A mental-health crisis plagues PhDs — these evidence-led initiatives offer help
Communities of researchers worldwide are taking on the toxic research cultures that drive poor psychological health among academics.
go.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Doesn't this feel even more real right now. Now add that as early career scientists (at least in the US), the foundations of our funding system are pulverized and we fear for our own safety and the safety of our colleagues.
If you were curious about your ancestry or health markers (even if the results are a bit dubious), probably a good time to delete your data...
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
23andMe files for bankruptcy protection
The company said that it will now attempt to sell itself under the supervision of a court.
bbc.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If you were curious about your ancestry or health markers (even if the results are a bit dubious), probably a good time to delete your data...
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
Ya, ya...this seems like nothing could go wrong
rfk jr's attitude toward anyone or thing that gets sick is "if he dies, he dies."
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread (Gift Article)
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ya, ya...this seems like nothing could go wrong