Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
@rebeccacalisi.bsky.social
Wildlife biologist & UC Davis professor studying animal behavior, stress, reproduction & the mental health benefits of human-animal interactions.
She/Her/Ella🇲🇽🇵🇷
Book-WILD PRIDE https://linktr.ee/RebeccaCalisiRodriguez
Lab https://greencarelab.ucdavis.edu/
She/Her/Ella🇲🇽🇵🇷
Book-WILD PRIDE https://linktr.ee/RebeccaCalisiRodriguez
Lab https://greencarelab.ucdavis.edu/
Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
Please check out these amazing women! They are fantastic scientists, committed mentors, supportive friends and honestly super stars! 🤩@bradylabs.bsky.social @mydennis.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social
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2 First-Gen Scientists on Curiosity, Community and Discovery
Megan Dennis, associate professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, and Siobhan Brady, professor in the Department of Plant Biology and the Genome Center, are more than an just office neighbors ...
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January 28, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Please check out these amazing women! They are fantastic scientists, committed mentors, supportive friends and honestly super stars! 🤩@bradylabs.bsky.social @mydennis.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social
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Confusion is the ally of evasion, which shields power.
We resist it by speaking truthfully, sharing only what's verified,
& naming uncertainty when it exists.
Because clarity is the 1st requirement of accountability, the foundation of justice.
In choosing truth over confusion, we choose one another.
We resist it by speaking truthfully, sharing only what's verified,
& naming uncertainty when it exists.
Because clarity is the 1st requirement of accountability, the foundation of justice.
In choosing truth over confusion, we choose one another.
January 24, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Confusion is the ally of evasion, which shields power.
We resist it by speaking truthfully, sharing only what's verified,
& naming uncertainty when it exists.
Because clarity is the 1st requirement of accountability, the foundation of justice.
In choosing truth over confusion, we choose one another.
We resist it by speaking truthfully, sharing only what's verified,
& naming uncertainty when it exists.
Because clarity is the 1st requirement of accountability, the foundation of justice.
In choosing truth over confusion, we choose one another.
UC Davis cut its nationally ranked equestrian team. At the #1 ag & veterinary university. With a horse as its mascot.
You don't save an agricultural uni by hollowing out its relationship with animals.
Some costs are greater than line items.
Please sign the petition:
www.change.org/p/reinstate-...
You don't save an agricultural uni by hollowing out its relationship with animals.
Some costs are greater than line items.
Please sign the petition:
www.change.org/p/reinstate-...
Sign the Petition
Reinstate the UC Davis D1 NCEA equestrian team
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January 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
UC Davis cut its nationally ranked equestrian team. At the #1 ag & veterinary university. With a horse as its mascot.
You don't save an agricultural uni by hollowing out its relationship with animals.
Some costs are greater than line items.
Please sign the petition:
www.change.org/p/reinstate-...
You don't save an agricultural uni by hollowing out its relationship with animals.
Some costs are greater than line items.
Please sign the petition:
www.change.org/p/reinstate-...
A post on LinedIn by Dr. Yannick Veilleux, Associate Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and expert on vehicle ramming attacks.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:27 AM
A post on LinedIn by Dr. Yannick Veilleux, Associate Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and expert on vehicle ramming attacks.
Link to original post: www.linkedin.com/posts/yveill...
Link to original post: www.linkedin.com/posts/yveill...
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell, 1984
January 8, 2026 at 6:10 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell, 1984
Conference childcare only works if parents can actually access it.
Vivien Marx’s Daycare at Conferences blog brings the policy debate down to lived experience, with stories from academic parents (me included).
communities.springernature.com/posts/daycar...
Vivien Marx’s Daycare at Conferences blog brings the policy debate down to lived experience, with stories from academic parents (me included).
communities.springernature.com/posts/daycar...
Daycare at conferences
At scientific conferences, attendees can now find daycare, although it might be hard to find one with a pool slide. Much has changed in recent years but, alas, in some ways, it's still not quite addre...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Conference childcare only works if parents can actually access it.
Vivien Marx’s Daycare at Conferences blog brings the policy debate down to lived experience, with stories from academic parents (me included).
communities.springernature.com/posts/daycar...
Vivien Marx’s Daycare at Conferences blog brings the policy debate down to lived experience, with stories from academic parents (me included).
communities.springernature.com/posts/daycar...
When conferences provide childcare, science doesn’t “accommodate parents”. It retains talent.
Thanks Vivien Marx for including my voice in your @NatureMethods piece on conference childcare, access, & why affordability is still the choke point.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ParentsInSTEM
Thanks Vivien Marx for including my voice in your @NatureMethods piece on conference childcare, access, & why affordability is still the choke point.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ParentsInSTEM
Conference daycare
Nature Methods - Not all conferences offer childcare, but when they do, these scientists, who are also mothers, rejoice. The toys are pretty good, too.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
When conferences provide childcare, science doesn’t “accommodate parents”. It retains talent.
Thanks Vivien Marx for including my voice in your @NatureMethods piece on conference childcare, access, & why affordability is still the choke point.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ParentsInSTEM
Thanks Vivien Marx for including my voice in your @NatureMethods piece on conference childcare, access, & why affordability is still the choke point.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ParentsInSTEM
“These are the spaces where you’re asked to do the educating while someone else holds the power to interpret your tone, where calm explanations are dismissed, and where empathy is promised but rarely practiced.”
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I Was The Black Woman In A Mostly White Office. Now I Fear White Liberals More Than Overt Racists.
"When I tried to respond, she raised her hand to stop me. My throat tightened. My shoulders rose."
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November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“These are the spaces where you’re asked to do the educating while someone else holds the power to interpret your tone, where calm explanations are dismissed, and where empathy is promised but rarely practiced.”
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Introducing #EcologicalMedicine.
If #OneHealth shows how life connects to avoid disaster, Eco Medicine shows what makes that life worth living.
With rising mental health challenges, naming this field gives us a compass, a vocabulary & a way to study how humans, communities & ecosystems thrive.
If #OneHealth shows how life connects to avoid disaster, Eco Medicine shows what makes that life worth living.
With rising mental health challenges, naming this field gives us a compass, a vocabulary & a way to study how humans, communities & ecosystems thrive.
New Field of Ecological Medicine Emphasizes Health Benefits of Connectedness
Ecological medicine is a new approach to health science that draws on a very old idea: connecting with each other, with animals and plants, and with the natural world fosters health and well-being for...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Introducing #EcologicalMedicine.
If #OneHealth shows how life connects to avoid disaster, Eco Medicine shows what makes that life worth living.
With rising mental health challenges, naming this field gives us a compass, a vocabulary & a way to study how humans, communities & ecosystems thrive.
If #OneHealth shows how life connects to avoid disaster, Eco Medicine shows what makes that life worth living.
With rising mental health challenges, naming this field gives us a compass, a vocabulary & a way to study how humans, communities & ecosystems thrive.
One more step backward, one more reminder that progress in academia is never linear. But take heart, familia. Nos quisieron enterrar, pero no sabían que éramos semillas.
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UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
One more step backward, one more reminder that progress in academia is never linear. But take heart, familia. Nos quisieron enterrar, pero no sabían que éramos semillas.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Just out in EcoHealth! Our international working group presents the first formal definition of **Ecological Medicine** uniting science, ecology, and Indigenous wisdom. It gives language and structure to what healers, farmers, & caretakers have always known: connection heals.
doi.org/10.1007/s103...
doi.org/10.1007/s103...
A Consensus Statement for Ecological Medicine: Moving Toward Connection-Based Medicine - EcoHealth
Mounting evidence across multiple disciplines supports the health benefits of connection to nature. Although this trend suggests that the human-nature relationship is integral to health, its importanc...
doi.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Just out in EcoHealth! Our international working group presents the first formal definition of **Ecological Medicine** uniting science, ecology, and Indigenous wisdom. It gives language and structure to what healers, farmers, & caretakers have always known: connection heals.
doi.org/10.1007/s103...
doi.org/10.1007/s103...
Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot
A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation
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A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation
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October 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot
A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation
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So many of us opened her books and found not only chimpanzees but an invitation to see with compassion & believe in a bridge between humans and the wild. Her legacy flows through rivers, forests, children planting trees, and every act of love for animals and one another.
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Jane Goodall, chimpanzee expert and animal rights campaigner, dies age 91 - follow live
The campaigner, a
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October 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So many of us opened her books and found not only chimpanzees but an invitation to see with compassion & believe in a bridge between humans and the wild. Her legacy flows through rivers, forests, children planting trees, and every act of love for animals and one another.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
Raise your hand if you’ve seen scientific misinformation (e.g., “Tylenol causes autism”). Keep it up if you countered it in real time. Not easy, right? You're not alone! Want to practice? Learn how in our latest paper, Speaking Science in a Fractured World.
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Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot
ABSTRACT. Scientific misinformation is a defining challenge of our time. As public trust in science declines and falsehoods spread faster than facts, the scientific community must rethink its role in ...
journals.biologists.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Raise your hand if you’ve seen scientific misinformation (e.g., “Tylenol causes autism”). Keep it up if you countered it in real time. Not easy, right? You're not alone! Want to practice? Learn how in our latest paper, Speaking Science in a Fractured World.
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
Effective and empathetic scientific communication is so critical right now. We had an interactive workshop at the #2025ICDB led by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social and Dr. Kevin Alicea-Torres and facilitated by @spiraldoc.bsky.social and myself- and we practiced this. Please check out our perspective!
An incredibly important article and increasingly relevant in modern political climates. Thank you to @rogerslabucd.bsky.social and colleagues for writing this for @dev-journal.bsky.social
"Speaking up can feel like walking a tightrope strung between conflict and silence."
#TruthMatters
"Speaking up can feel like walking a tightrope strung between conflict and silence."
#TruthMatters
Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot
ABSTRACT. Scientific misinformation is a defining challenge of our time. As public trust in science declines and falsehoods spread faster than facts, the scientific community must rethink its role in ...
doi.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Effective and empathetic scientific communication is so critical right now. We had an interactive workshop at the #2025ICDB led by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social and Dr. Kevin Alicea-Torres and facilitated by @spiraldoc.bsky.social and myself- and we practiced this. Please check out our perspective!
The true test of free speech is not in defending the voices we welcome, but in refusing to silence the ones we fear. And in answering hate not with more hate but with the steady, unrelenting work of dismantling lies and building a society where every voice, every person, every community, is valued.
September 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The true test of free speech is not in defending the voices we welcome, but in refusing to silence the ones we fear. And in answering hate not with more hate but with the steady, unrelenting work of dismantling lies and building a society where every voice, every person, every community, is valued.
Perks of summer fieldwork in California: wildlife cameras for the data, grapes for the dinner table.
#CaliforniaBiologist
#CaliforniaBiologist
August 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Perks of summer fieldwork in California: wildlife cameras for the data, grapes for the dinner table.
#CaliforniaBiologist
#CaliforniaBiologist
Years ago, I lost a loved one in a flash flood in Texas. That kind of loss changes how you see everything that follows. So when I hear people casting blame or saying what they would’ve done differently, I feel compelled to speak.
July 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Years ago, I lost a loved one in a flash flood in Texas. That kind of loss changes how you see everything that follows. So when I hear people casting blame or saying what they would’ve done differently, I feel compelled to speak.
Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
¡Mi placer! So glad our improv + storytelling #scicomm workshops are helping scientists “connect over correct”. Real change doesn’t start with soapboxes - it starts with trust & empathy. Times have changed, and so should how we share science: *with* people, not *at* them. 🙌
@socdevbio.bsky.social
@socdevbio.bsky.social
⭐ Truth Matters: Strengthening Science Communication to Counter Misinformation ⭐ at the 20th International Congress for Developmental Biology @SocDevBio. @ Kevin Alicea-Torres @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social
Connect with people, be curious, ask questions, empathize! 🙏🏼 participants & speakers!
Connect with people, be curious, ask questions, empathize! 🙏🏼 participants & speakers!
June 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
¡Mi placer! So glad our improv + storytelling #scicomm workshops are helping scientists “connect over correct”. Real change doesn’t start with soapboxes - it starts with trust & empathy. Times have changed, and so should how we share science: *with* people, not *at* them. 🙌
@socdevbio.bsky.social
@socdevbio.bsky.social
University of Virginia’s president, James E. Ryan, resigning in the face of demands by the Trump administration that he step aside to help resolve a Justice Department inquiry into the school’s diversity, equity & inclusion efforts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
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University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
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June 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
University of Virginia’s president, James E. Ryan, resigning in the face of demands by the Trump administration that he step aside to help resolve a Justice Department inquiry into the school’s diversity, equity & inclusion efforts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
The University of Cincinnati shutters its DEI programs in response to a Republican-led change in Ohio law that banned such programs and threatened to withhold money from schools that fail to comply.
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'We're losing our home.' UC shutters DEI programs, departments in response to new Ohio law
The university will reassign staff, close its Women's Center and rename its African American Cultural and Resource Center, among other moves.
www.cincinnati.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The University of Cincinnati shutters its DEI programs in response to a Republican-led change in Ohio law that banned such programs and threatened to withhold money from schools that fail to comply.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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Reposted by Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez
Loved this workshop at #2025ICDB, where @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social & Kevin Alicea-Torres helped us understand that the best way to combat misinfo is to start with curiosity (instead of correction).💪 Thanks to @rogerslabucd.bsky.social & @spiraldoc.bsky.social for pushing us out of our comfort zones!
If you are at #2025ICDB please join us for Workshop #1: Truth Matters: Strengthening Science Communication to Counter Misinformation from 10:30-12:30 today. We will discuss common misinformation topics and ideas on how to better adapt in these conversations. @socdevbio.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Loved this workshop at #2025ICDB, where @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social & Kevin Alicea-Torres helped us understand that the best way to combat misinfo is to start with curiosity (instead of correction).💪 Thanks to @rogerslabucd.bsky.social & @spiraldoc.bsky.social for pushing us out of our comfort zones!
June 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM