Alicia Mastretta-Yanes
@aliciamstt.bsky.social
Scientist at Kew Gardens. Corazón en los volcanes de México. Here and there. Se habla de ciencia, ambientalismo y evolución. Cycling feminist.
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A golden opportunity for a motivated LMIC undergraduate. Please forward if you know someone relevant
a life changing opportunity made possible by the Nobel Prize funds awarded to John Sulston -- the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social runs the Sanger Prize scheme, open to an undergrad from any LMIC to spend 3 months here learning all about genomics. more details here www.sanger.ac.uk/about/study/...
December 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A golden opportunity for a motivated LMIC undergraduate. Please forward if you know someone relevant
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NEW: More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists on the ground in Brazil for U.N. climate talks.
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
NEW: More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists on the ground in Brazil for U.N. climate talks.
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
On how to promote more silos, egocentrism and less cooperation with a new index:
New metric “Scholar h-index (Sh-index)” accounts for a researcher’s position in author lists to give higher score for first or last authorship 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
www.nature.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
On how to promote more silos, egocentrism and less cooperation with a new index:
Brave new crazy world. Remember hybridisation can result in speciation
An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
September 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Brave new crazy world. Remember hybridisation can result in speciation
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"Her pioneering contributions launched two influential areas of biological sciences: bacterial cell biology and systems biology." @leslievosshall.bsky.social writes about Lucy Shapiro in @pnas.org
#LaskerAward #Lasker2025 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#LaskerAward #Lasker2025 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
September 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Her pioneering contributions launched two influential areas of biological sciences: bacterial cell biology and systems biology." @leslievosshall.bsky.social writes about Lucy Shapiro in @pnas.org
#LaskerAward #Lasker2025 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#LaskerAward #Lasker2025 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Xmas break objective: to update this account and properly exist here.
December 15, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Xmas break objective: to update this account and properly exist here.
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Growing wine grapes under solar panels can increase yields by 60%.
That seems like the definition of unalloyed good news
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
That seems like the definition of unalloyed good news
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
Agrivoltaics can increase grape yield by up to 60%
French agrivoltaics company Sun'Agri says that two of its facilities increased grape yields by 20% to 60% in 2024, compared to areas without solar panels. The PV modules helped regulate temperature fl...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Growing wine grapes under solar panels can increase yields by 60%.
That seems like the definition of unalloyed good news
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
That seems like the definition of unalloyed good news
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
Any suggestions @kjcharleswriter.com ?
Just moved to London. What modern (last 10 yrs ish) fiction or non fiction novel where things occur in London should I read first? +Points if things happen in the West or close to Kew
November 27, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Any suggestions @kjcharleswriter.com ?
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Just moved to London. What modern (last 10 yrs ish) fiction or non fiction novel where things occur in London should I read first? +Points if things happen in the West or close to Kew
November 26, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Just moved to London. What modern (last 10 yrs ish) fiction or non fiction novel where things occur in London should I read first? +Points if things happen in the West or close to Kew
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This is for all the UK science folks 🧪
If you're just starting your lab and need kit but can't afford brand new consider checking these guys out....
www.unigreenscheme.co.uk
If you're just starting your lab and need kit but can't afford brand new consider checking these guys out....
www.unigreenscheme.co.uk
UniGreenScheme - The Asset Resale Service for Universities
www.unigreenscheme.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 8:55 AM
This is for all the UK science folks 🧪
If you're just starting your lab and need kit but can't afford brand new consider checking these guys out....
www.unigreenscheme.co.uk
If you're just starting your lab and need kit but can't afford brand new consider checking these guys out....
www.unigreenscheme.co.uk
Just moved to London. What modern (last 10 yrs ish) fiction or non fiction novel where things occur in London should I read first? +Points if things happen in the West or close to Kew
November 26, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Just moved to London. What modern (last 10 yrs ish) fiction or non fiction novel where things occur in London should I read first? +Points if things happen in the West or close to Kew
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Meet one of our newest community members: the incredible @ellenstofan.bsky.social! She's a former NASA Chief Scientist who helped develop a long range plan to get humans to Mars; now Undersecretary for the Smithsonian, where she leads the charge for "Life on a Sustainable Planet." Here's her vision:
Our Shared Future: Life on a Sustainable Planet
YouTube video by Earth Optimism
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Meet one of our newest community members: the incredible @ellenstofan.bsky.social! She's a former NASA Chief Scientist who helped develop a long range plan to get humans to Mars; now Undersecretary for the Smithsonian, where she leads the charge for "Life on a Sustainable Planet." Here's her vision:
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Responses to natural selection can happen very fast, especially when there is already some variation for a trait. Even when the trait value is very rare, marked changes can happend across a few generations in species with large fecundity, like tree frogs (1000 eggs per clutch).
👇 #consgen
👇 #consgen
Here, a summary of our previous work revealing evolution in action in #Chornobyl frogs. 🧪 #EvoBio
theconversation.com/chernobyl-bl...
(and the paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)
theconversation.com/chernobyl-bl...
(and the paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)
Chernobyl black frogs reveal evolution in action
Research on Chernobyl frogs has shown that the ionising radiation caused by the accident triggered a process of natural selection among these animals.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Responses to natural selection can happen very fast, especially when there is already some variation for a trait. Even when the trait value is very rare, marked changes can happend across a few generations in species with large fecundity, like tree frogs (1000 eggs per clutch).
👇 #consgen
👇 #consgen
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people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
November 13, 2024 at 5:24 PM
people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
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With the LCIE we produced new maps on the distribution of large carnivores across Europe, also including updated population size estimates for each population, and in each country.
lciepub.nina.no/pdf/63867050...
lciepub.nina.no/pdf/63867050...
November 13, 2024 at 3:10 PM
With the LCIE we produced new maps on the distribution of large carnivores across Europe, also including updated population size estimates for each population, and in each country.
lciepub.nina.no/pdf/63867050...
lciepub.nina.no/pdf/63867050...
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The EU proposal to downlist wolves is premature and flawed, and should not be adopted, says the
@IUCN Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... (Pic: Ernesto Zvar)
@IUCN Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... (Pic: Ernesto Zvar)
November 12, 2024 at 8:55 PM
The EU proposal to downlist wolves is premature and flawed, and should not be adopted, says the
@IUCN Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... (Pic: Ernesto Zvar)
@IUCN Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... (Pic: Ernesto Zvar)
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People use alt text for many different reasons, but if you typically don't use it...
This is one account where you really should give it a listen, or you're missing out on so much joy 😂
This is one account where you really should give it a listen, or you're missing out on so much joy 😂
As if that weren't enough, in his popular 1695 travel guide to Italy, François Misson inflated these numbers!
He wrote that the citizens of Terracina sent Monte Casino 20,000 eels per year, in thanks to St. Benedict’s (apocryphal) intercession to break a Turkish siege. 2/2
He wrote that the citizens of Terracina sent Monte Casino 20,000 eels per year, in thanks to St. Benedict’s (apocryphal) intercession to break a Turkish siege. 2/2
October 24, 2024 at 3:24 PM
People use alt text for many different reasons, but if you typically don't use it...
This is one account where you really should give it a listen, or you're missing out on so much joy 😂
This is one account where you really should give it a listen, or you're missing out on so much joy 😂
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We used the Central Europan wolf monitoring database to calibrate molecular Ne estimating methods with Ne derived from life-history traits.
This shows the number of wolf packs is a good approximation of the effective size.
This shows the number of wolf packs is a good approximation of the effective size.
Estimating the Effective Size of European Wolf Populations
Molecular methods are routinely used to estimate the effective size of populations (Ne). However, underlying model assumptions are frequently violated to an unknown extent. Although simulations can d....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 24, 2024 at 3:16 PM
We used the Central Europan wolf monitoring database to calibrate molecular Ne estimating methods with Ne derived from life-history traits.
This shows the number of wolf packs is a good approximation of the effective size.
This shows the number of wolf packs is a good approximation of the effective size.
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FRIENDS, TODAY I AM DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO:
THE FLYTRAP
we are a collective of 10 feminist writers + artists building a worker-owned, reader-centered publication because we are ding-dang tired of tech bros and venture capitalists ruining feminist journalism
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we are a collective of 10 feminist writers + artists building a worker-owned, reader-centered publication because we are ding-dang tired of tech bros and venture capitalists ruining feminist journalism
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October 3, 2024 at 2:18 PM
FRIENDS, TODAY I AM DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO:
THE FLYTRAP
we are a collective of 10 feminist writers + artists building a worker-owned, reader-centered publication because we are ding-dang tired of tech bros and venture capitalists ruining feminist journalism
THE FLYTRAP
we are a collective of 10 feminist writers + artists building a worker-owned, reader-centered publication because we are ding-dang tired of tech bros and venture capitalists ruining feminist journalism
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2.027.078!
October 3, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2.027.078!
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My new TEDtalk, describing "Energy Earthshots" — projects designed to accelerate innovation in the fight against climate change, from nature-based solutions to new technologies — grounded in principles of environmental justice. @ENERGY @doescience www.ted.com/talks/asmere...
We actually have a shot at stopping the climate crisis
How is the US going to reach net zero by 2050? That's the question Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, director of the Office of Science for the US Department of Energy, is urgently trying to answer. She shares the...
www.ted.com
October 12, 2023 at 6:11 PM
My new TEDtalk, describing "Energy Earthshots" — projects designed to accelerate innovation in the fight against climate change, from nature-based solutions to new technologies — grounded in principles of environmental justice. @ENERGY @doescience www.ted.com/talks/asmere...
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This wonderful video is a love letter to the IPCC, as well as to the wonderful people in Hobart who have played an outsized role in providing climate clarity through its reports @antarctic.bsky.social @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
youtu.be/k8PEO02LYiM
youtu.be/k8PEO02LYiM
Protecting Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: the role of the IPCC...and Hobart
YouTube video by Australian Antarctic Program Partnership
youtu.be
September 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM
This wonderful video is a love letter to the IPCC, as well as to the wonderful people in Hobart who have played an outsized role in providing climate clarity through its reports @antarctic.bsky.social @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
youtu.be/k8PEO02LYiM
youtu.be/k8PEO02LYiM