Aurora Toennisson
@tatoennisson.bsky.social
Plant Pathology Postdoc. Interests: Plant Biology, Microbiology,
Entomology, Space biology, Gardening, Ham radio, & Makin' things. Writes at http://biologistsgarden.net and http://sproutsinspace.blog
Entomology, Space biology, Gardening, Ham radio, & Makin' things. Writes at http://biologistsgarden.net and http://sproutsinspace.blog
Very excited to get to update my signature today!
August 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Very excited to get to update my signature today!
Another monarch sighting!
August 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Another monarch sighting!
Do these stats look reasonable?
August 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Do these stats look reasonable?
So for folks who have published in open access journals, what a reasonable vs unreasonable publication fee? They all seem super expensive to me.
July 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
So for folks who have published in open access journals, what a reasonable vs unreasonable publication fee? They all seem super expensive to me.
How I imagine I'm going to feel when all my revisions are done, lol.
July 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
How I imagine I'm going to feel when all my revisions are done, lol.
Defense presentation: Done! 😅
Orals: Unconditionally passed! 🙌
Thanks to all the support of my lab mates, committee, friends, and family!
Orals: Unconditionally passed! 🙌
Thanks to all the support of my lab mates, committee, friends, and family!
July 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Defense presentation: Done! 😅
Orals: Unconditionally passed! 🙌
Thanks to all the support of my lab mates, committee, friends, and family!
Orals: Unconditionally passed! 🙌
Thanks to all the support of my lab mates, committee, friends, and family!
Current state of my upcoming talk:
July 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Current state of my upcoming talk:
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1) it’s true!!
2) I know many of you, like me, desperately wish for a house/yard for this but ✨ you can container garden native plants ✨ if sun ever touches your apt patio/porch/area outside your door that people will begrudgingly accept you using OR guerrilla garden nearby disturbed land patches
2) I know many of you, like me, desperately wish for a house/yard for this but ✨ you can container garden native plants ✨ if sun ever touches your apt patio/porch/area outside your door that people will begrudgingly accept you using OR guerrilla garden nearby disturbed land patches
Honestly one of the best reasons I can give you to plant native plants right now is that everything fucking sucks & a lot of it feels (or is) totally out of our control (depending on who you are). One thing most people can do is plant a plant and then look at bees happily sipping on it.
June 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
1) it’s true!!
2) I know many of you, like me, desperately wish for a house/yard for this but ✨ you can container garden native plants ✨ if sun ever touches your apt patio/porch/area outside your door that people will begrudgingly accept you using OR guerrilla garden nearby disturbed land patches
2) I know many of you, like me, desperately wish for a house/yard for this but ✨ you can container garden native plants ✨ if sun ever touches your apt patio/porch/area outside your door that people will begrudgingly accept you using OR guerrilla garden nearby disturbed land patches
WE HAVE A MONARCH CATERPILLAR ON OUR MILKWEED!
May 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
WE HAVE A MONARCH CATERPILLAR ON OUR MILKWEED!
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Not sure who made this but thank you because I laughed so much
April 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Not sure who made this but thank you because I laughed so much
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Lots of people on my feed are concerned about the destruction of NOAA by the Trump administration and Elon Musk, but much of what I’ve seen people post about is the national weather service. That’s vital, but NOAA does so much more than that!
My latest, for @ucsusa.bsky.social
🧪🌎🦑🐠
My latest, for @ucsusa.bsky.social
🧪🌎🦑🐠
Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service)
Far too much of the media coverage supporting NOAA only mentions one of many things they do: here are 10 more.
blog.ucs.org
April 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Lots of people on my feed are concerned about the destruction of NOAA by the Trump administration and Elon Musk, but much of what I’ve seen people post about is the national weather service. That’s vital, but NOAA does so much more than that!
My latest, for @ucsusa.bsky.social
🧪🌎🦑🐠
My latest, for @ucsusa.bsky.social
🧪🌎🦑🐠
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"Postdoctoral Position in AbioticStress Tolerance at University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=Nebraska_4-30-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=Nebraska_4-30-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
May 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"Postdoctoral Position in AbioticStress Tolerance at University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=Nebraska_4-30-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=Nebraska_4-30-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
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Harmful algal blooms are preceded by a predictable and quantifiable shift in the oceanic microbiome www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊
Harmful algal blooms are preceded by a predictable and quantifiable shift in the oceanic microbiome - Nature Communications
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) pose negative worldwide impacts that could be minimized through the development of a forecasting tool. Quantitative analysis of peptides produced by a coastal microbiome pr...
www.nature.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Harmful algal blooms are preceded by a predictable and quantifiable shift in the oceanic microbiome www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊
Maybe someone just got the wrong memo and though the Declaration of Independence was a to do list and the Constitution a list of complaints? Can someone in Congress correct this mistake?
April 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Maybe someone just got the wrong memo and though the Declaration of Independence was a to do list and the Constitution a list of complaints? Can someone in Congress correct this mistake?
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New article by @greenphilly.bsky.social covers some Philly area folks using social media for the greater good (Skype a Scientist is in there!)
Read all about it here greenphl.com/lifestyle/tu...
Read all about it here greenphl.com/lifestyle/tu...
Turning likes into local impact: How Philly-based creators use their platforms for good - Green Philly
In a world saturated with digital content, Philly-based creators are using their platforms to reconnect us with the environment — and inspire real-world action right in our own neighborhoods. In 2023,...
greenphl.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New article by @greenphilly.bsky.social covers some Philly area folks using social media for the greater good (Skype a Scientist is in there!)
Read all about it here greenphl.com/lifestyle/tu...
Read all about it here greenphl.com/lifestyle/tu...
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Nice writeup in @cenmag.bsky.social about WashU's bird flu sensor. Still looking for farming partners to help fund stress tests on the device! #AgSky #AvianFlu 🩺 🧪 It needs to holdup in the dirty dirty air found in animal housing. cen.acs.org/analytical-c...
Bird flu biosensor detects virus in less than 5 min
Surface modified with graphene oxide and Prussian blue enhances virus-detection capabilities
cen.acs.org
April 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Nice writeup in @cenmag.bsky.social about WashU's bird flu sensor. Still looking for farming partners to help fund stress tests on the device! #AgSky #AvianFlu 🩺 🧪 It needs to holdup in the dirty dirty air found in animal housing. cen.acs.org/analytical-c...
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Please enjoy part 3 of my series with @brettfavaro.bsky.social on speaking to journalists as a scientist. Today we focus on press releases, their role in the science-media ecosystem, and your role as a scientist in writing and approving them.
Please share.
🧪 #SciComm
Please share.
🧪 #SciComm
Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 3, the press release
Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness of a conservation threat and help buil…
www.southernfriedscience.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Please enjoy part 3 of my series with @brettfavaro.bsky.social on speaking to journalists as a scientist. Today we focus on press releases, their role in the science-media ecosystem, and your role as a scientist in writing and approving them.
Please share.
🧪 #SciComm
Please share.
🧪 #SciComm
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Here's part two of my series with @brettfavaro.bsky.social on tips for speaking to journalists as a scientist, this week focusing on things every scientist should know about how interviews work (and do not work). Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪#SciComm
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪#SciComm
Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 2, mechanics of the interview
By David Shiffman and Brett Favaro. Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness o…
www.southernfriedscience.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Here's part two of my series with @brettfavaro.bsky.social on tips for speaking to journalists as a scientist, this week focusing on things every scientist should know about how interviews work (and do not work). Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪#SciComm
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪#SciComm
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Please enjoy part 1 of a series of blog posts written by myself and @brettfavaro.bsky.social offering our advice on how scientists can effectively speak with jouranlists about our areas of expertise. Part 2 is coming next week.
Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪
Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪
Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 1
By David Shiffman and Brett Favaro. Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness of…
www.southernfriedscience.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Please enjoy part 1 of a series of blog posts written by myself and @brettfavaro.bsky.social offering our advice on how scientists can effectively speak with jouranlists about our areas of expertise. Part 2 is coming next week.
Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪
Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪
This satirical blog post I wrote is still so relevant and amusing. Lots of linguistic "Easter eggs" for the discerning reader, too. biologistsgarden.net/2018/03/27/c...
Controversy Abounds Over GMO Peeps
Researchers at E.B. State University announced this week that they developed a genetically modified peep just in time for the Easter holiday. “Our goal was to breed a peep that is better for …
biologistsgarden.net
April 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This satirical blog post I wrote is still so relevant and amusing. Lots of linguistic "Easter eggs" for the discerning reader, too. biologistsgarden.net/2018/03/27/c...
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Basic science FTW
March 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Basic science FTW
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Details on the science march in Raleigh!
Stand Up for Science 2025 - Raleigh, NC
Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org
www.eventbrite.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Details on the science march in Raleigh!
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The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.
March 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.
Are any of my NC colleagues participating in this?
SEE YOU IN ONE WEEK ☀️
March 7th, 2025! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org!
#standupforscience2025
March 7th, 2025! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org!
#standupforscience2025
March 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Are any of my NC colleagues participating in this?