Sarah Saxton Strassberg
@chrysospalax.bsky.social
Paleontologist and evolutionary biologist studying burrowing mammals 🦡🐿️🦔
PhD candidate at UChicago. 2D and fiber artist, creative writer, amateur ocarinist.
PhD candidate at UChicago. 2D and fiber artist, creative writer, amateur ocarinist.
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Hi everyone! Quick intro - I’m an evolutionary biologist and paleontologist broadly interested in functional morphology, extinction, and convergent evolution, especially in digging mammals. When I’m not studying or prepping bones, I’m usually writing, painting, crocheting, or playing the ocarina!
“Someone’s calling me” -> boring, mundane, probably spam anyway
“I’m being hailed” -> cool, mysterious, sounds like you’re on Star Trek
“I’m being hailed” -> cool, mysterious, sounds like you’re on Star Trek
March 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“Someone’s calling me” -> boring, mundane, probably spam anyway
“I’m being hailed” -> cool, mysterious, sounds like you’re on Star Trek
“I’m being hailed” -> cool, mysterious, sounds like you’re on Star Trek
Reposted by Sarah Saxton Strassberg
🦟 Did you know the CDC was originally created in 1946 to help eradicate malaria in the U.S.?
A quick 🧵 on how they accomplished this mission & eliminated malaria by 1951
A quick 🧵 on how they accomplished this mission & eliminated malaria by 1951
March 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🦟 Did you know the CDC was originally created in 1946 to help eradicate malaria in the U.S.?
A quick 🧵 on how they accomplished this mission & eliminated malaria by 1951
A quick 🧵 on how they accomplished this mission & eliminated malaria by 1951
Reposted by Sarah Saxton Strassberg
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Happy #ReverseTheRedDay! RtR is an international coalition of scientists, advocates, and partners dedicated to halting extinctions, reversing declines shown on the IUCN Red List, and restoring populations. 🧵⬇️ for more info and how you can help! #WeAreSSC
February 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Happy #ReverseTheRedDay! RtR is an international coalition of scientists, advocates, and partners dedicated to halting extinctions, reversing declines shown on the IUCN Red List, and restoring populations. 🧵⬇️ for more info and how you can help! #WeAreSSC
ShrimplySafe: the world’s only crustacean-owned home security company 🦐
January 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
ShrimplySafe: the world’s only crustacean-owned home security company 🦐
Ah yes, Google Scholar, just what I wanted
January 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Ah yes, Google Scholar, just what I wanted
Reposted by Sarah Saxton Strassberg
So, you want to be a palaeontologist and study prehistoric life, but don't know where to start?
Maybe you worry you're not good enough? That you can't do field work? Or you can't afford it?
Let me take you through different options for making it in the field 👇(🧵)
Maybe you worry you're not good enough? That you can't do field work? Or you can't afford it?
Let me take you through different options for making it in the field 👇(🧵)
January 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
So, you want to be a palaeontologist and study prehistoric life, but don't know where to start?
Maybe you worry you're not good enough? That you can't do field work? Or you can't afford it?
Let me take you through different options for making it in the field 👇(🧵)
Maybe you worry you're not good enough? That you can't do field work? Or you can't afford it?
Let me take you through different options for making it in the field 👇(🧵)
Reposted by Sarah Saxton Strassberg
Our latest paper is out today: Oldest Gorgonopsian synapsid suggest therapsids may have originated in equatorial regions. Out in @NatureComms with several colleagues:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 17, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Our latest paper is out today: Oldest Gorgonopsian synapsid suggest therapsids may have originated in equatorial regions. Out in @NatureComms with several colleagues:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hi everyone! Quick intro - I’m an evolutionary biologist and paleontologist broadly interested in functional morphology, extinction, and convergent evolution, especially in digging mammals. When I’m not studying or prepping bones, I’m usually writing, painting, crocheting, or playing the ocarina!
December 30, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Hi everyone! Quick intro - I’m an evolutionary biologist and paleontologist broadly interested in functional morphology, extinction, and convergent evolution, especially in digging mammals. When I’m not studying or prepping bones, I’m usually writing, painting, crocheting, or playing the ocarina!