Sarah Knutie
@sarahknutie.bsky.social
Minnesotan - UConn Disease EcoEvo Associate Professor - Birds & Ectos - #FirstGen - #Galapagos - #BlackLivesMatter - she/her🏳️🌈
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Sarah Knutie
@sarahknutie.bsky.social
· Jun 25
National Geographic Live: Discovering the Galapagos - The Lincoln Center
The Galapagos sparked our understanding of evolution and adaptation 175 years ago. Now, with disease ecologist and National Geographic
www.lctix.com
My 2026 opening National Geographic Live show has been announced! 🎫
On 03/13/2026, find me at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, CO, where I'll be talking about one of my favorite places in the world, Galapagos Islands! 💚🐢🐧🦎🏝️🪹
www.lctix.com/shows-ticket...
On 03/13/2026, find me at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, CO, where I'll be talking about one of my favorite places in the world, Galapagos Islands! 💚🐢🐧🦎🏝️🪹
www.lctix.com/shows-ticket...
If the link below doesn't work for OA, try this one! It should be available until December and then goes behind a paywall.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lwve5Eb1x...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lwve5Eb1x...
October 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
If the link below doesn't work for OA, try this one! It should be available until December and then goes behind a paywall.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lwve5Eb1x...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lwve5Eb1x...
I haven’t been on social media much but I wanted to share the limited OS link to our new review in Trends in Parasitology.
Net positive effects of early-life parasitism on wild animal host fitness
@ashley-love.bsky.social
The link will work until Decembet!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Net positive effects of early-life parasitism on wild animal host fitness
@ashley-love.bsky.social
The link will work until Decembet!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Net positive effects of early-life parasitism on wild animal host fitness
Early-life parasitism can negatively impact the health of wild animal hosts. However, parasitism can also positively influence host physiology, behavi…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I haven’t been on social media much but I wanted to share the limited OS link to our new review in Trends in Parasitology.
Net positive effects of early-life parasitism on wild animal host fitness
@ashley-love.bsky.social
The link will work until Decembet!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Net positive effects of early-life parasitism on wild animal host fitness
@ashley-love.bsky.social
The link will work until Decembet!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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If you're a scientist who's had to cut or cancel your field season because of US budget cuts, DM me for an oped I'm working on.
June 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
If you're a scientist who's had to cut or cancel your field season because of US budget cuts, DM me for an oped I'm working on.
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HUD has been touring the building for months. NSF says nothing…”nothing to see here”.
I’m quite sick of gaslighting, bullying, and lack of respect for science and academia. It’s getting harder and harder to take.
I’m quite sick of gaslighting, bullying, and lack of respect for science and academia. It’s getting harder and harder to take.
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
HUD has been touring the building for months. NSF says nothing…”nothing to see here”.
I’m quite sick of gaslighting, bullying, and lack of respect for science and academia. It’s getting harder and harder to take.
I’m quite sick of gaslighting, bullying, and lack of respect for science and academia. It’s getting harder and harder to take.
My 2026 opening National Geographic Live show has been announced! 🎫
On 03/13/2026, find me at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, CO, where I'll be talking about one of my favorite places in the world, Galapagos Islands! 💚🐢🐧🦎🏝️🪹
www.lctix.com/shows-ticket...
On 03/13/2026, find me at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, CO, where I'll be talking about one of my favorite places in the world, Galapagos Islands! 💚🐢🐧🦎🏝️🪹
www.lctix.com/shows-ticket...
National Geographic Live: Discovering the Galapagos - The Lincoln Center
The Galapagos sparked our understanding of evolution and adaptation 175 years ago. Now, with disease ecologist and National Geographic
www.lctix.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
My 2026 opening National Geographic Live show has been announced! 🎫
On 03/13/2026, find me at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, CO, where I'll be talking about one of my favorite places in the world, Galapagos Islands! 💚🐢🐧🦎🏝️🪹
www.lctix.com/shows-ticket...
On 03/13/2026, find me at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, CO, where I'll be talking about one of my favorite places in the world, Galapagos Islands! 💚🐢🐧🦎🏝️🪹
www.lctix.com/shows-ticket...
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Anyone heard anything new about NSF PRFB? 👀
February 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Anyone heard anything new about NSF PRFB? 👀
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I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values
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This arrest is the latest in an alarming pattern to stifle civil liberties.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
Tufts PhD student on visa arrested by immigration authorities, school says
Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish national, according to her lawyer, Mahsa Khanbabai.
abcnews.go.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This arrest is the latest in an alarming pattern to stifle civil liberties.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process.
This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.
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Interested in other approaches to measuring selection on gene expression?
The incomparable John Kelly and I have written a perspective piece describing why one might want to measure selection on gene expression, and exploring a few ways one might use to do it.
The incomparable John Kelly and I have written a perspective piece describing why one might want to measure selection on gene expression, and exploring a few ways one might use to do it.
March 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Interested in other approaches to measuring selection on gene expression?
The incomparable John Kelly and I have written a perspective piece describing why one might want to measure selection on gene expression, and exploring a few ways one might use to do it.
The incomparable John Kelly and I have written a perspective piece describing why one might want to measure selection on gene expression, and exploring a few ways one might use to do it.
✨My Nat Geo Live journey begins soon!✨
First, we will be traveling the Islands on a Lindblad Nat Geo Boat! Open my start packer with me! 🎁
www.tiktok.com/@knutie_taki...
First, we will be traveling the Islands on a Lindblad Nat Geo Boat! Open my start packer with me! 🎁
www.tiktok.com/@knutie_taki...
First step: prepare for the Lindblad Nat Geo Cruise of the Galapagos Islands with the travel kit! #Galapagos #GalapagosIslands #Professor #UConn #Evolution #Darwin #NatGeo #NatGeoLive #NuttyProfessor ...
TikTok video by knutie_taking_flight
www.tiktok.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
✨My Nat Geo Live journey begins soon!✨
First, we will be traveling the Islands on a Lindblad Nat Geo Boat! Open my start packer with me! 🎁
www.tiktok.com/@knutie_taki...
First, we will be traveling the Islands on a Lindblad Nat Geo Boat! Open my start packer with me! 🎁
www.tiktok.com/@knutie_taki...
I was offered the opportunity by 🚨 Nat Geo Live 🚨 to help them create a film about the Galapagos Islands! 🇪🇨
I've created a TikTok account to take you on the journey with me!
Check out my first video + learn how to pronounce my name 😜
www.tiktok.com/@knutie_taki...
I've created a TikTok account to take you on the journey with me!
Check out my first video + learn how to pronounce my name 😜
www.tiktok.com/@knutie_taki...
Hello from Professor Nuttie! 😜 #Galapagos #GalapagosIslands #Professor #UConn #Evolution #PhD #Darwin #NatGeo #NatGeoLive #NuttyProfessor #Birds #Notthatkindofdoctor #Nature
TikTok video by knutie_taking_flight
www.tiktok.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I was offered the opportunity by 🚨 Nat Geo Live 🚨 to help them create a film about the Galapagos Islands! 🇪🇨
I've created a TikTok account to take you on the journey with me!
Check out my first video + learn how to pronounce my name 😜
www.tiktok.com/@knutie_taki...
I've created a TikTok account to take you on the journey with me!
Check out my first video + learn how to pronounce my name 😜
www.tiktok.com/@knutie_taki...
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It's #NeurodivergentCelebrationWeek !
SICB is eagerly anticipating 2026's
#Disabled & #Neurodivergent Perception, Community, & Identity in the #Biosciences
with
@taorminalepore.bsky.social
@sarahknutie.bsky.social
Brooke Fitzwater (@)oceanfilly & read @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social post
SICB is eagerly anticipating 2026's
#Disabled & #Neurodivergent Perception, Community, & Identity in the #Biosciences
with
@taorminalepore.bsky.social
@sarahknutie.bsky.social
Brooke Fitzwater (@)oceanfilly & read @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social post
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It's #NeurodivergentCelebrationWeek !
SICB is eagerly anticipating 2026's
#Disabled & #Neurodivergent Perception, Community, & Identity in the #Biosciences
with
@taorminalepore.bsky.social
@sarahknutie.bsky.social
Brooke Fitzwater (@)oceanfilly & read @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social post
SICB is eagerly anticipating 2026's
#Disabled & #Neurodivergent Perception, Community, & Identity in the #Biosciences
with
@taorminalepore.bsky.social
@sarahknutie.bsky.social
Brooke Fitzwater (@)oceanfilly & read @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social post
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SICB journals helps celebrate
#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek !
See ICB co author
@sarahknutie.bsky.social 's blog
#Neurodiversity in #Academia
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2024/07/30/n...
& ICB publication
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& be sure to follow Sarah 👍
#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek !
See ICB co author
@sarahknutie.bsky.social 's blog
#Neurodiversity in #Academia
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2024/07/30/n...
& ICB publication
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& be sure to follow Sarah 👍
March 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
SICB journals helps celebrate
#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek !
See ICB co author
@sarahknutie.bsky.social 's blog
#Neurodiversity in #Academia
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2024/07/30/n...
& ICB publication
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& be sure to follow Sarah 👍
#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek !
See ICB co author
@sarahknutie.bsky.social 's blog
#Neurodiversity in #Academia
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2024/07/30/n...
& ICB publication
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& be sure to follow Sarah 👍
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This is absolutely devastating www.wired.com/story/nation...
National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues
Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.
www.wired.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is absolutely devastating www.wired.com/story/nation...
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I am reeling from the cuts at NSF- a close friend and colleague, who was an outstanding PO and absolute asset to the evolutionary biology community, was just fired. This is simply because he COULD be- he was still in the 2 year probationary period after changing jobs at NSF.
Goddamn it.
Goddamn it.
February 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I am reeling from the cuts at NSF- a close friend and colleague, who was an outstanding PO and absolute asset to the evolutionary biology community, was just fired. This is simply because he COULD be- he was still in the 2 year probationary period after changing jobs at NSF.
Goddamn it.
Goddamn it.
Reposted by Sarah Knutie
Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
February 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
Reposted by Sarah Knutie
Firings happening right now at the NSF.
February 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Firings happening right now at the NSF.
Peaceful morning vibes in the field. 🥰
February 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Peaceful morning vibes in the field. 🥰
Darwin's cotton (Gossypium darwinii) is only found in the Galapagos Islands (in other words, it's endemic!)
The flowers are in full bloom right now on San Cristobal 💚
The flowers are in full bloom right now on San Cristobal 💚
February 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Darwin's cotton (Gossypium darwinii) is only found in the Galapagos Islands (in other words, it's endemic!)
The flowers are in full bloom right now on San Cristobal 💚
The flowers are in full bloom right now on San Cristobal 💚
Beautiful first day at our natural site!
It’s still too dry for much breeding but we did find some nest builds! 🪺
Below👇 are two amazing Galapagueñas: Elizabeth Tituaña (field tech; left) and Isabela Vargas (Grad student; right) after we found our first nest!
It’s still too dry for much breeding but we did find some nest builds! 🪺
Below👇 are two amazing Galapagueñas: Elizabeth Tituaña (field tech; left) and Isabela Vargas (Grad student; right) after we found our first nest!
February 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Beautiful first day at our natural site!
It’s still too dry for much breeding but we did find some nest builds! 🪺
Below👇 are two amazing Galapagueñas: Elizabeth Tituaña (field tech; left) and Isabela Vargas (Grad student; right) after we found our first nest!
It’s still too dry for much breeding but we did find some nest builds! 🪺
Below👇 are two amazing Galapagueñas: Elizabeth Tituaña (field tech; left) and Isabela Vargas (Grad student; right) after we found our first nest!
Good morning! ☀️
February 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Good morning! ☀️
Back in the Galapagos for my 16th year of research! 💚
Fingers crossed for a great finch nesting season! 🐣
Fingers crossed for a great finch nesting season! 🐣
February 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Back in the Galapagos for my 16th year of research! 💚
Fingers crossed for a great finch nesting season! 🐣
Fingers crossed for a great finch nesting season! 🐣
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Taking a page from @seanhollowell.bsky.social ‘s book, I’m also posting something blue for my first Bluesky post.
Swallow-tailed Gulls in a Starlit Sky. Watercolor on cold-pressed paper.
Swallow-tailed Gulls in a Starlit Sky. Watercolor on cold-pressed paper.
January 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Taking a page from @seanhollowell.bsky.social ‘s book, I’m also posting something blue for my first Bluesky post.
Swallow-tailed Gulls in a Starlit Sky. Watercolor on cold-pressed paper.
Swallow-tailed Gulls in a Starlit Sky. Watercolor on cold-pressed paper.
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I need cis people to understand that I have a persistent fear that a student or (more likely) the parent of a student will decide that a trans person teaching a required course for their major violates their religious liberty or whatever. This is what being visibly trans in education is rn.
The "controversy" is literally just that a trans woman is an RA. That's it. That's what's got Utah politicians up in arms.
They want to make us unemployable and our existence next to (if not outright) illegal.
www.hjnews.com/news/local/u...
They want to make us unemployable and our existence next to (if not outright) illegal.
www.hjnews.com/news/local/u...
USU reviewing policy amidst controversy over transgender resident assistant
A Utah State University representative said the university is reviewing its policies and practices after social media posts about an alleged transgender resident assistant in USU’s Merrill Hall has sp...
www.hjnews.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I need cis people to understand that I have a persistent fear that a student or (more likely) the parent of a student will decide that a trans person teaching a required course for their major violates their religious liberty or whatever. This is what being visibly trans in education is rn.
Reposted by Sarah Knutie
New Research Highlight: citizen science observations shed light on how anthropogenic food sources influence wildlife disease - https://buff.ly/48C9ucE 🦠
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buff.ly
November 18, 2024 at 9:00 AM
New Research Highlight: citizen science observations shed light on how anthropogenic food sources influence wildlife disease - https://buff.ly/48C9ucE 🦠
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