Tanya Strydom
@tanyadoesscience.bsky.social
🇿🇦 | postdoc | food web weaver 🕸 (now with bonus 🦖) | fancy maths 🧮 | part-time doodler 🎨 | warm beverage fan ☕️ | she/they 💬 | 🏠 https://tanyadoesscience.com
Thanks @gracielle.science ☺️☺️☺️ I'm in my Gen-Z science comm era 🧬💻🦄
January 22, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Thanks @gracielle.science ☺️☺️☺️ I'm in my Gen-Z science comm era 🧬💻🦄
Shoutout time 📣: Big love to my co-authors @dralexdunhill.bsky.social , Jennifer Dunne, @ctrlalttim.com and @beckerhopper.bsky.social. Couldn’t have done it without you. 🙌💖
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Shoutout time 📣: Big love to my co-authors @dralexdunhill.bsky.social , Jennifer Dunne, @ctrlalttim.com and @beckerhopper.bsky.social. Couldn’t have done it without you. 🙌💖
Bottom line: Networks are picky, assumptions are queen, and our framework is a cheat code. 🫡
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Bottom line: Networks are picky, assumptions are queen, and our framework is a cheat code. 🫡
4️⃣ A unified framework improves application and progress:
We built something of a 'network GPS' 🗺️🕸️ to help pick the right network for the right question. This keeps everyone from getting lost in the jungle of misinterpretation 🌳😵💫 and makes progress actually progress 📈🚀.
We built something of a 'network GPS' 🗺️🕸️ to help pick the right network for the right question. This keeps everyone from getting lost in the jungle of misinterpretation 🌳😵💫 and makes progress actually progress 📈🚀.
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
4️⃣ A unified framework improves application and progress:
We built something of a 'network GPS' 🗺️🕸️ to help pick the right network for the right question. This keeps everyone from getting lost in the jungle of misinterpretation 🌳😵💫 and makes progress actually progress 📈🚀.
We built something of a 'network GPS' 🗺️🕸️ to help pick the right network for the right question. This keeps everyone from getting lost in the jungle of misinterpretation 🌳😵💫 and makes progress actually progress 📈🚀.
3️⃣ Explicit assumptions are essential for evaluation:
If you don’t know what assumptions went into making your network, you’re basically guessing 🎲❌🌱. Spell them out ✍️📝 so your analysis isn’t just chaos in disguise ⚡🕸️.
If you don’t know what assumptions went into making your network, you’re basically guessing 🎲❌🌱. Spell them out ✍️📝 so your analysis isn’t just chaos in disguise ⚡🕸️.
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
3️⃣ Explicit assumptions are essential for evaluation:
If you don’t know what assumptions went into making your network, you’re basically guessing 🎲❌🌱. Spell them out ✍️📝 so your analysis isn’t just chaos in disguise ⚡🕸️.
If you don’t know what assumptions went into making your network, you’re basically guessing 🎲❌🌱. Spell them out ✍️📝 so your analysis isn’t just chaos in disguise ⚡🕸️.
2️⃣ Network representations are not interchangeable:
There’s no one-size-fits-all 🤷♀️🧢. Your favorite network might be great for unicorns 🦄 but terrible for horses 🐴. Pick your network like you pick your Netflix shows 🍿📺—what you’re actually trying to watch.
There’s no one-size-fits-all 🤷♀️🧢. Your favorite network might be great for unicorns 🦄 but terrible for horses 🐴. Pick your network like you pick your Netflix shows 🍿📺—what you’re actually trying to watch.
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
2️⃣ Network representations are not interchangeable:
There’s no one-size-fits-all 🤷♀️🧢. Your favorite network might be great for unicorns 🦄 but terrible for horses 🐴. Pick your network like you pick your Netflix shows 🍿📺—what you’re actually trying to watch.
There’s no one-size-fits-all 🤷♀️🧢. Your favorite network might be great for unicorns 🦄 but terrible for horses 🐴. Pick your network like you pick your Netflix shows 🍿📺—what you’re actually trying to watch.
1️⃣ Network representations encode different processes:
Different networks = different vibes. Some networks are about who eats who 🍴🦌🦅, some are about who hangs out with whom 🫂🌿. Knowing the network’s 'personality' is key to asking the right questions 🧠✨.
Different networks = different vibes. Some networks are about who eats who 🍴🦌🦅, some are about who hangs out with whom 🫂🌿. Knowing the network’s 'personality' is key to asking the right questions 🧠✨.
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
1️⃣ Network representations encode different processes:
Different networks = different vibes. Some networks are about who eats who 🍴🦌🦅, some are about who hangs out with whom 🫂🌿. Knowing the network’s 'personality' is key to asking the right questions 🧠✨.
Different networks = different vibes. Some networks are about who eats who 🍴🦌🦅, some are about who hangs out with whom 🫂🌿. Knowing the network’s 'personality' is key to asking the right questions 🧠✨.
Preprint alert 🚨 (yes, I still go online, shocker)
Scaling from Metawebs to Realised Webs: A Hierarchical Approach to Network Ecology
TL;DR: Networks are like… weirdly finicky and if you want your network analysis to not be a sad chaos, check this preprint: [https://doi.org/10.32942/X2JW8K] 🏠💻
Scaling from Metawebs to Realised Webs: A Hierarchical Approach to Network Ecology
TL;DR: Networks are like… weirdly finicky and if you want your network analysis to not be a sad chaos, check this preprint: [https://doi.org/10.32942/X2JW8K] 🏠💻
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Preprint alert 🚨 (yes, I still go online, shocker)
Scaling from Metawebs to Realised Webs: A Hierarchical Approach to Network Ecology
TL;DR: Networks are like… weirdly finicky and if you want your network analysis to not be a sad chaos, check this preprint: [https://doi.org/10.32942/X2JW8K] 🏠💻
Scaling from Metawebs to Realised Webs: A Hierarchical Approach to Network Ecology
TL;DR: Networks are like… weirdly finicky and if you want your network analysis to not be a sad chaos, check this preprint: [https://doi.org/10.32942/X2JW8K] 🏠💻
It should be illegal to have cool science brainwave moments after 16:00 on a Friday - if only to try and keep the work-life balance somewhat respectable
December 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It should be illegal to have cool science brainwave moments after 16:00 on a Friday - if only to try and keep the work-life balance somewhat respectable
Peak vibes, no cap 🔥
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Peak vibes, no cap 🔥
@hadley.nz , you’re so real for this 😭🙌
Lowkey spent my whole day glowin’ up my code with the new `genzplyr` pack — it’s giving ✨clean syntax✨ fr.
hadley.github.io/genzplyr/ind...
Lowkey spent my whole day glowin’ up my code with the new `genzplyr` pack — it’s giving ✨clean syntax✨ fr.
hadley.github.io/genzplyr/ind...
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
`genzplyr` is an alternative syntax for `dplyr` that replaces boring old function names with GenZ slang. Your data wrangling is about to hit different.
hadley.github.io
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
@hadley.nz , you’re so real for this 😭🙌
Lowkey spent my whole day glowin’ up my code with the new `genzplyr` pack — it’s giving ✨clean syntax✨ fr.
hadley.github.io/genzplyr/ind...
Lowkey spent my whole day glowin’ up my code with the new `genzplyr` pack — it’s giving ✨clean syntax✨ fr.
hadley.github.io/genzplyr/ind...
Reposted by Tanya Strydom
Happy to announce the next edition of the @sortee.bsky.social Workshop & Webinar series on October 27 at 16:00UTC, ‘The Risks and Rewards of Large Language Models in (open) Scientific Research’ with @tanyadoesscience.bsky.social !! Sign up here:
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SORTEE Webinar: The Risks and Rewards of Large Language Models in (Open) Scientific Research
SORTEE Workshop & Webinar Series
events.humanitix.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Happy to announce the next edition of the @sortee.bsky.social Workshop & Webinar series on October 27 at 16:00UTC, ‘The Risks and Rewards of Large Language Models in (open) Scientific Research’ with @tanyadoesscience.bsky.social !! Sign up here:
events.humanitix.com/sortee-webin...
events.humanitix.com/sortee-webin...
Whoever decided to host the poster session in the Natural history museum you are my hero! 🤩
July 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Whoever decided to host the poster session in the Natural history museum you are my hero! 🤩
Cat croissants! 🐱🥐
July 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Cat croissants! 🐱🥐
Stickers placed = conference mode loading 🤓🤓🤓
Looking forward to learning about DINOSAURS!!!
Looking forward to learning about DINOSAURS!!!
July 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Stickers placed = conference mode loading 🤓🤓🤓
Looking forward to learning about DINOSAURS!!!
Looking forward to learning about DINOSAURS!!!
Best of both worlds? Start with the Smörgåstårta, followed by Fish n Chips (with mushy peas obvi), and round it out with the Prinsesstårta. Simple!
June 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Best of both worlds? Start with the Smörgåstårta, followed by Fish n Chips (with mushy peas obvi), and round it out with the Prinsesstårta. Simple!
They've done it again... This time with adding (unnecessary) visual detail to the zero commit days. Inconsolable 😭😭😭
I feel like GitHub has (very subtly) modified the gradient they use for ones contributions calendar... I am going to need 2-4 business days to come to terms with this…
June 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
They've done it again... This time with adding (unnecessary) visual detail to the zero commit days. Inconsolable 😭😭😭
“Back in time for tea and medals”
Celebrating the end of a fun fieldwork campaign the British way™
Celebrating the end of a fun fieldwork campaign the British way™
May 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
“Back in time for tea and medals”
Celebrating the end of a fun fieldwork campaign the British way™
Celebrating the end of a fun fieldwork campaign the British way™
I feel like GitHub has (very subtly) modified the gradient they use for ones contributions calendar... I am going to need 2-4 business days to come to terms with this…
March 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I feel like GitHub has (very subtly) modified the gradient they use for ones contributions calendar... I am going to need 2-4 business days to come to terms with this…
Reposted by Tanya Strydom
New paper! (arxiv.org/abs/2503.14093) I haven’t been this excited about one in a while, and I think the theory @mhab.bsky.social develops here will be a big step forward for the field. Why? Let me explain 🧵...
March 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New paper! (arxiv.org/abs/2503.14093) I haven’t been this excited about one in a while, and I think the theory @mhab.bsky.social develops here will be a big step forward for the field. Why? Let me explain 🧵...
I had a class of 4th graders and 10th graders! And yeah for sure! 🥰 Or they're asking 'big questions' and you're questioning why we as a field haven't thought of it yet!
February 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I had a class of 4th graders and 10th graders! And yeah for sure! 🥰 Or they're asking 'big questions' and you're questioning why we as a field haven't thought of it yet!
Thanks @gracielle.science for passively convincing me to register! xx
February 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Thanks @gracielle.science for passively convincing me to register! xx
I've just had two @skypeascientist.bsky.social sessions today, and honestly it might just be the most rewarding part of this job. 🥲 Highly recommended for anyone who has the bandwidth/time for some science outreach
February 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I've just had two @skypeascientist.bsky.social sessions today, and honestly it might just be the most rewarding part of this job. 🥲 Highly recommended for anyone who has the bandwidth/time for some science outreach
Reporting from the trenches - i.e., emerging after a battle trying to use excel formulas and conditional formatting... Why does it all have to be one line though??
February 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Reporting from the trenches - i.e., emerging after a battle trying to use excel formulas and conditional formatting... Why does it all have to be one line though??
Reposted by Tanya Strydom
Get simulating! #Biodiversity / #foodweb dynamics with #julialang. Classic bioenergetic model, consolidation of lots of add-ons & super fast.
Very happy to share this, a result of amazing collaborators and a rich history of model development.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Very happy to share this, a result of amazing collaborators and a rich history of model development.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
EcologicalNetworksDynamics.jl: A Julia package to simulate the temporal dynamics of complex ecological networks
Species interactions play a crucial role in shaping biodiversity, species coexistence, population dynamics, community stability and ecosystem functioning. Our understanding of the role of the dive...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Get simulating! #Biodiversity / #foodweb dynamics with #julialang. Classic bioenergetic model, consolidation of lots of add-ons & super fast.
Very happy to share this, a result of amazing collaborators and a rich history of model development.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Very happy to share this, a result of amazing collaborators and a rich history of model development.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...