Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe
@adrianabriscoe.bsky.social
🦋 #Vision #science| #butterfly wrangler | Distinguished Professor | #Guggenheim | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | NAS | Words: NPR, PBS, ConversationUS | Macondista | Interested in #history | Latina in #STEM
Lab website: www.visiongene.org
Lab website: www.visiongene.org
My dad’s (Peter Briscoe’s) new book BETWEEN MEMORY AND OBLIVION. losangelesbookreview.com/review/betwe...
October 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My dad’s (Peter Briscoe’s) new book BETWEEN MEMORY AND OBLIVION. losangelesbookreview.com/review/betwe...
All ready with dad for the inaugural Riverside Book Fair! Excited to be supporting Riverside’s growing literary scene. Come join us! Riverside Main Library, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m, 3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA #bookloverscommunity #books 📚
October 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
All ready with dad for the inaugural Riverside Book Fair! Excited to be supporting Riverside’s growing literary scene. Come join us! Riverside Main Library, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m, 3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA #bookloverscommunity #books 📚
For #Hispanic Heritage Month this week I am honored to be speaking to the UC Agricultural and Natural Resources Outreach program and the Latinx & Friends Employee Resource Group about the 1930s deportation corrido written by my ancestor. ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-new...
September 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
For #Hispanic Heritage Month this week I am honored to be speaking to the UC Agricultural and Natural Resources Outreach program and the Latinx & Friends Employee Resource Group about the 1930s deportation corrido written by my ancestor. ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-new...
What an inspiration! Loved reading this.
September 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
What an inspiration! Loved reading this.
Carlos Cortés, my Chicano History professor, at 91 has published his first #noir #novel, SCOUTS' HONOR. After picking up a copy at his #book launch yesterday, I couldn't put it down and read it straight-through. Bravo Carlos for a terrific read! inlandia-institute.square.site/product/scou...
September 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Carlos Cortés, my Chicano History professor, at 91 has published his first #noir #novel, SCOUTS' HONOR. After picking up a copy at his #book launch yesterday, I couldn't put it down and read it straight-through. Bravo Carlos for a terrific read! inlandia-institute.square.site/product/scou...
August 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Happy International Day of the World's #Indigenous People! Excited to be celebrating with these folks in #SanDiego.
August 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Happy International Day of the World's #Indigenous People! Excited to be celebrating with these folks in #SanDiego.
Driving around doing #fieldwork recently, I very much enjoyed listening to Neil Shubin's book YOUR INNER FISH. With lessons for all humans interested in the origins of their body parts, I especially enjoyed getting glimpses into the work of #fossil preparers, #paleontologists and human anatomists.
August 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Driving around doing #fieldwork recently, I very much enjoyed listening to Neil Shubin's book YOUR INNER FISH. With lessons for all humans interested in the origins of their body parts, I especially enjoyed getting glimpses into the work of #fossil preparers, #paleontologists and human anatomists.
The Rocky Mountain Biological Lab in Gothic, Colorado is a very special place to do science. So happy to have spend much of the past week there going on hikes, catching butterflies, and seeing what people are working on.
August 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Rocky Mountain Biological Lab in Gothic, Colorado is a very special place to do science. So happy to have spend much of the past week there going on hikes, catching butterflies, and seeing what people are working on.
My first encounter with an ovipositing female Mormon cricket, Anabrus simplex, right in the middle of the path. She was too busy laying eggs to jump out of my way.
July 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My first encounter with an ovipositing female Mormon cricket, Anabrus simplex, right in the middle of the path. She was too busy laying eggs to jump out of my way.
More pretty things seen this week: Two-tailed #swallowtail Papilio multicaudatus. This one has been chomped on by birds.
July 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
More pretty things seen this week: Two-tailed #swallowtail Papilio multicaudatus. This one has been chomped on by birds.
Went for a walk in the woods with a dear friend to clear my head and saw this cutie: a black-notched bumble bee on a mariposa lily. Bumble bees always make me happy.
July 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Went for a walk in the woods with a dear friend to clear my head and saw this cutie: a black-notched bumble bee on a mariposa lily. Bumble bees always make me happy.
My long-horned, ground-dwelling Melissodes bees are back. They are nectar robbers! Drilling into this innocent primrose to steal nectar. That these adorable bees feel safe enough to nest in my tiny backyard brings me joy.
July 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My long-horned, ground-dwelling Melissodes bees are back. They are nectar robbers! Drilling into this innocent primrose to steal nectar. That these adorable bees feel safe enough to nest in my tiny backyard brings me joy.
This is a dream come true folks. The ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT: TEACHING PEOPLE'S HISTORY is featuring my article about the 1930s Mexican deportations on their website as a free resource for teachers. Please read and share. 🙏 www.zinnedproject.org/news/uncover...
July 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is a dream come true folks. The ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT: TEACHING PEOPLE'S HISTORY is featuring my article about the 1930s Mexican deportations on their website as a free resource for teachers. Please read and share. 🙏 www.zinnedproject.org/news/uncover...
My latest piece, translating and contextualizing a family #corrido about the #Mexican #repatriation (1929-1939) in Southern California, was a labor of ❤️. rdcu.be/ets5Y
June 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
My latest piece, translating and contextualizing a family #corrido about the #Mexican #repatriation (1929-1939) in Southern California, was a labor of ❤️. rdcu.be/ets5Y
Grateful to be part of the FASEB Biology and Chemistry of Vision meeting in Southbridge, Massachussetts this week listening to all of my colleagues' innovative translational medicine research on treatments for eye diseases.
June 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Grateful to be part of the FASEB Biology and Chemistry of Vision meeting in Southbridge, Massachussetts this week listening to all of my colleagues' innovative translational medicine research on treatments for eye diseases.
Had a wonderful visit to the collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County today. Thanks to Terry McGlynn, Allison Shultz and Megan Barkdull for all the fun. Happy to report that the LA streets I traversed to get there were clear of any signs of the National Guard or Marines.
June 14, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Had a wonderful visit to the collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County today. Thanks to Terry McGlynn, Allison Shultz and Megan Barkdull for all the fun. Happy to report that the LA streets I traversed to get there were clear of any signs of the National Guard or Marines.
Sharing a picture of cactus flowers blooming in my garden to whoever needs it.
June 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sharing a picture of cactus flowers blooming in my garden to whoever needs it.
Congratulations Andrew Dang! Newly-minted UCI PhD student. Thrilled at your accomplishments, especially your mastery of immunohistochemistry, and honored to be your advisor. Well-done, Andy! You will be greatly missed.
June 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Congratulations Andrew Dang! Newly-minted UCI PhD student. Thrilled at your accomplishments, especially your mastery of immunohistochemistry, and honored to be your advisor. Well-done, Andy! You will be greatly missed.
All NSF programs I have ever been funded through are being cut by 90%. How are we going to be able to train future students in biology/medicine? Nearly all the undergrads who have come through my lab now work in health-related fields. Call your senators. Your very health is at stake. #SaveNSF
May 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
All NSF programs I have ever been funded through are being cut by 90%. How are we going to be able to train future students in biology/medicine? Nearly all the undergrads who have come through my lab now work in health-related fields. Call your senators. Your very health is at stake. #SaveNSF
It was so much fun presenting a paper about my great great grandfather's corrido about the "Mexican repatriation" (1929-1939)at the Inland Empire People's History Conference at Cal State San Bernardino on Saturday. So many great questions from the audience!
May 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It was so much fun presenting a paper about my great great grandfather's corrido about the "Mexican repatriation" (1929-1939)at the Inland Empire People's History Conference at Cal State San Bernardino on Saturday. So many great questions from the audience!
Congratulations to all the new National Academy of Sciences members elected today in the evolutionary biology section: H. Fred Nijhout, Beth Shapiro, @jkpritch.bsky.social and Valeria Souza! @nationalacademies.org
April 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Congratulations to all the new National Academy of Sciences members elected today in the evolutionary biology section: H. Fred Nijhout, Beth Shapiro, @jkpritch.bsky.social and Valeria Souza! @nationalacademies.org