Victoria Farrar
@vsfarrar.bsky.social
NSF postdoctoral fellow @ UIUC • studying the parental brain in 🕊️ & 🐟 • UC Davis alum • toddler wrangler 🤠• very into books and bikes
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Today Feb 1st is #NationalAxolotlDay 🎉💙
Critically Endangered, #Axolotls once inhabited interconnected wetlands and lakes in the Mexican highlands. Spanish settlers drained the waterways destroying their habitat which is now Mexico City.
#AnimalDayCal #SciArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #AnimalArt
Critically Endangered, #Axolotls once inhabited interconnected wetlands and lakes in the Mexican highlands. Spanish settlers drained the waterways destroying their habitat which is now Mexico City.
#AnimalDayCal #SciArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #AnimalArt
February 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Today Feb 1st is #NationalAxolotlDay 🎉💙
Critically Endangered, #Axolotls once inhabited interconnected wetlands and lakes in the Mexican highlands. Spanish settlers drained the waterways destroying their habitat which is now Mexico City.
#AnimalDayCal #SciArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #AnimalArt
Critically Endangered, #Axolotls once inhabited interconnected wetlands and lakes in the Mexican highlands. Spanish settlers drained the waterways destroying their habitat which is now Mexico City.
#AnimalDayCal #SciArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #AnimalArt
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It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
January 31, 2026 at 9:22 PM
It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
Kidneys make more than pee- in stickleback fish, they make sticky glue! Dads use glue to build nests and protect eggs from microbes.(And look like dogs scooting doing it 🤣)
But some stickles have lost parental care, do they still need glue? 🐟
Come to my #SICB2026 poster (P024) today to find out!
But some stickles have lost parental care, do they still need glue? 🐟
Come to my #SICB2026 poster (P024) today to find out!
January 5, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Kidneys make more than pee- in stickleback fish, they make sticky glue! Dads use glue to build nests and protect eggs from microbes.(And look like dogs scooting doing it 🤣)
But some stickles have lost parental care, do they still need glue? 🐟
Come to my #SICB2026 poster (P024) today to find out!
But some stickles have lost parental care, do they still need glue? 🐟
Come to my #SICB2026 poster (P024) today to find out!
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Are you interested in SciComm and attending the SICB meetings in Portland? Check out the Multi-Media Science Communication Workshop! #SICB2026
Hosts Marty and Cam will be there to talk about the podcast and will have some Big Biology merch to give away! 🌟🎧
Hosts Marty and Cam will be there to talk about the podcast and will have some Big Biology merch to give away! 🌟🎧
January 5, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Are you interested in SciComm and attending the SICB meetings in Portland? Check out the Multi-Media Science Communication Workshop! #SICB2026
Hosts Marty and Cam will be there to talk about the podcast and will have some Big Biology merch to give away! 🌟🎧
Hosts Marty and Cam will be there to talk about the podcast and will have some Big Biology merch to give away! 🌟🎧
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For anyone attending #SICB2026, I'll be giving my talk, "Punk Rock Scicomm" tomorrow morning at 9:15 in Oregon 203.
I'll have plenty of MILF zines for anyone looking for inspiration on how to connect people with actionable information in unconventional ways 😈
I'll have plenty of MILF zines for anyone looking for inspiration on how to connect people with actionable information in unconventional ways 😈
January 3, 2026 at 11:58 PM
For anyone attending #SICB2026, I'll be giving my talk, "Punk Rock Scicomm" tomorrow morning at 9:15 in Oregon 203.
I'll have plenty of MILF zines for anyone looking for inspiration on how to connect people with actionable information in unconventional ways 😈
I'll have plenty of MILF zines for anyone looking for inspiration on how to connect people with actionable information in unconventional ways 😈
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Please pass along - We've extended the CAMBIUM fellowship deadline to December 15! Our NSF NRT supports new grad students to harness biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Please pass along - We've extended the CAMBIUM fellowship deadline to December 15! Our NSF NRT supports new grad students to harness biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎
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ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
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My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
That's me! Join us on Friday with your own fluid to imbibe (coffee or tea, crop milk NOT recommended 🤢)
🧃☕️ BYOF Seminar | Fri Oct 24 @ 10 am EDT🥛🍹
Bring-Your-Own-Fluid + enjoy 7 min talks about social fluids:
🦈 Viviparity & matrotrophy • Daniel Hughes
🐦 Crop milk • Victoria Farrar
🦂 Sexual stings • Yuqi Reitsema-Wang
Email hello@socialtransfer.net for the Zoom link! 🔗
@socialtransfernet.bsky.social
Bring-Your-Own-Fluid + enjoy 7 min talks about social fluids:
🦈 Viviparity & matrotrophy • Daniel Hughes
🐦 Crop milk • Victoria Farrar
🦂 Sexual stings • Yuqi Reitsema-Wang
Email hello@socialtransfer.net for the Zoom link! 🔗
@socialtransfernet.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
That's me! Join us on Friday with your own fluid to imbibe (coffee or tea, crop milk NOT recommended 🤢)
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We are looking for a new postdoc to join our team! Details below. Please reach out if interested. share widely—Thanks!
October 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We are looking for a new postdoc to join our team! Details below. Please reach out if interested. share widely—Thanks!
ISN members, check out my labmate (Usan)'s cool ✨ spatial transcriptomics ✨ work at today's webinar!
The next Future of Neuroethology webinar is Oct 15th at 21:00 UTC!
October 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ISN members, check out my labmate (Usan)'s cool ✨ spatial transcriptomics ✨ work at today's webinar!
It will never cease to amaze me that there is a night river of birds flowing over the Midwest every spring and fall
Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration
September 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
It will never cease to amaze me that there is a night river of birds flowing over the Midwest every spring and fall
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I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂
September 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂
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The Senate appropriations committee has voiced its intent to ignore the request by President Donald Trump to slash the budgets of the National Science Foundation and NASA science programs. scim.ag/4nW7XWi
Senate spending panel would rescue NSF and NASA science funding
Its support for a flat budget is a sign of congressional resistance to drastic cuts Trump has proposed
scim.ag
July 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Senate appropriations committee has voiced its intent to ignore the request by President Donald Trump to slash the budgets of the National Science Foundation and NASA science programs. scim.ag/4nW7XWi
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You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
July 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
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Cowbird research highlighted in The NY Times! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/s... How Parasitic Cowbirds With No Parents Learns What Species They Are - The New York Times
How a Parasitic Bird With No Parents Learns What Species It Is
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Cowbird research highlighted in The NY Times! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/s... How Parasitic Cowbirds With No Parents Learns What Species They Are - The New York Times
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I wanted to try my hand at the fairly classic koi tattoo but with a personal twist. This one depicts a coelacanth which are lobe-finned fish known as "living fossils". They're relatives of our own fish ancestors prior to our lineage leaving the water. #art #coelacanth #tattoo #tetrapod #paleontology
July 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I wanted to try my hand at the fairly classic koi tattoo but with a personal twist. This one depicts a coelacanth which are lobe-finned fish known as "living fossils". They're relatives of our own fish ancestors prior to our lineage leaving the water. #art #coelacanth #tattoo #tetrapod #paleontology
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Tonight is #WorldFireflyDay!
🌌Visit a firefly-sighting site & get inspired by the light show!
💡Help your local fireflies by providing pesticide-free habitat & turning off outdoor lights at night!
🔎Join Firefly Atlas & track the species around you! ➡ fireflyatlas.org
Learn more ➡ xerces.org/fireflies
🌌Visit a firefly-sighting site & get inspired by the light show!
💡Help your local fireflies by providing pesticide-free habitat & turning off outdoor lights at night!
🔎Join Firefly Atlas & track the species around you! ➡ fireflyatlas.org
Learn more ➡ xerces.org/fireflies
July 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tonight is #WorldFireflyDay!
🌌Visit a firefly-sighting site & get inspired by the light show!
💡Help your local fireflies by providing pesticide-free habitat & turning off outdoor lights at night!
🔎Join Firefly Atlas & track the species around you! ➡ fireflyatlas.org
Learn more ➡ xerces.org/fireflies
🌌Visit a firefly-sighting site & get inspired by the light show!
💡Help your local fireflies by providing pesticide-free habitat & turning off outdoor lights at night!
🔎Join Firefly Atlas & track the species around you! ➡ fireflyatlas.org
Learn more ➡ xerces.org/fireflies
I truly adore the chaotic energy of this graphical abstract. The MS Paint of it all! The tattooed buff ant pushing a buggy! In the era of Biorender/AI everything, this stands out more than ever. Bonus that the science looks cool too 😉
Now online! Neuropeptides specify and reprogram division of labor in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes
Neuropeptides specify and reprogram division of labor in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes
We identify specific neuropeptides mediating worker division of labor in the leafcutting ant A. cephalotes, finding two neuropeptides associated with characteristic behaviors of leafcutting and of brood care. This work underscores the essential function of neuropeptides in establishing complex ant social behavior and remarkable plasticity among individual behavioral types.
dlvr.it
June 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I truly adore the chaotic energy of this graphical abstract. The MS Paint of it all! The tattooed buff ant pushing a buggy! In the era of Biorender/AI everything, this stands out more than ever. Bonus that the science looks cool too 😉
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The good news: The Senate parliamentarian has ruled against the sell-off, meaning it's been removed from the budget bill.
The bad news: Sen. Mike Lee is vowing to continue his efforts to sell off vast tracts of America’s public lands.
We have to keep the pressure up. ➡️ biodiv.us/handsoffpubl...
The bad news: Sen. Mike Lee is vowing to continue his efforts to sell off vast tracts of America’s public lands.
We have to keep the pressure up. ➡️ biodiv.us/handsoffpubl...
June 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The good news: The Senate parliamentarian has ruled against the sell-off, meaning it's been removed from the budget bill.
The bad news: Sen. Mike Lee is vowing to continue his efforts to sell off vast tracts of America’s public lands.
We have to keep the pressure up. ➡️ biodiv.us/handsoffpubl...
The bad news: Sen. Mike Lee is vowing to continue his efforts to sell off vast tracts of America’s public lands.
We have to keep the pressure up. ➡️ biodiv.us/handsoffpubl...
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Based on some quick math, this alone could fund the NSF Plant Genome Research Program for ~4 years; the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, which was totally axed in the NSF budget request, for ~9 years; and ~ half the total NSF GRFP budget
BREAKING: The Pentagon said the deployment of National Guard members and Marines to protests over immigration raids in LA will cost $134 million.
Hegseth faces sharp questions from Congress on deploying troops to Los Angles and Pentagon chaos
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been quickly met with sharp questions and criticism by lawmakers who pressed him about his early moves to fire key military leaders and and purge diversity programs.
bit.ly
June 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Based on some quick math, this alone could fund the NSF Plant Genome Research Program for ~4 years; the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, which was totally axed in the NSF budget request, for ~9 years; and ~ half the total NSF GRFP budget
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🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Urbana-Champaign, it's time to celebrate science! 🔬🎓 Where curiosity meets innovation—#pint25 is coming on May 19-20-21! 🚀✨
Meet the team making it happen 👉 pintofscience.us/team/Urbana-...
Meet the team making it happen 👉 pintofscience.us/team/Urbana-...
March 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Urbana-Champaign, it's time to celebrate science! 🔬🎓 Where curiosity meets innovation—#pint25 is coming on May 19-20-21! 🚀✨
Meet the team making it happen 👉 pintofscience.us/team/Urbana-...
Meet the team making it happen 👉 pintofscience.us/team/Urbana-...