Dr Caragh Whitehead
@cwhitehead.bsky.social
Busy mother of two trying to balance life while working as a Research Technician in Plant Biology (CNAP) at University of York.
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I would like to partner with meteorologists that fit with my vibe to give a national weather forecast on my platform every week. Is this doable? Do you all have any recommendations?
March 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I would like to partner with meteorologists that fit with my vibe to give a national weather forecast on my platform every week. Is this doable? Do you all have any recommendations?
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Hello Bluesky! We're excited to be here!
The 2025 Festival will take place from 31 May to 13 June under the theme of 'Making Waves'.
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The 2025 Festival will take place from 31 May to 13 June under the theme of 'Making Waves'.
Sign up to our mailing list to find out more!
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March 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Hello Bluesky! We're excited to be here!
The 2025 Festival will take place from 31 May to 13 June under the theme of 'Making Waves'.
Sign up to our mailing list to find out more!
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The 2025 Festival will take place from 31 May to 13 June under the theme of 'Making Waves'.
Sign up to our mailing list to find out more!
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Once upon a time, in the late 1800s, people in Japan got really into breeding mice.
Coloured mice. Patterned mice. Even mice that danced.
They became known as Japanese Fancy Mice, and that caught the attention of researchers in Europe and America, who imported them for study.
2/n
Coloured mice. Patterned mice. Even mice that danced.
They became known as Japanese Fancy Mice, and that caught the attention of researchers in Europe and America, who imported them for study.
2/n
March 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Once upon a time, in the late 1800s, people in Japan got really into breeding mice.
Coloured mice. Patterned mice. Even mice that danced.
They became known as Japanese Fancy Mice, and that caught the attention of researchers in Europe and America, who imported them for study.
2/n
Coloured mice. Patterned mice. Even mice that danced.
They became known as Japanese Fancy Mice, and that caught the attention of researchers in Europe and America, who imported them for study.
2/n
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Hello BlueSky! We are Psychout, the student run-magazine from the Psychology Department at the University of York. Please follow us as we need new friends after migrating from Twitter 🙂 See our back issues here: www.york.ac.uk/psychology/n...
Psychout Student Magazine - Psychology, University of York
www.york.ac.uk
February 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hello BlueSky! We are Psychout, the student run-magazine from the Psychology Department at the University of York. Please follow us as we need new friends after migrating from Twitter 🙂 See our back issues here: www.york.ac.uk/psychology/n...
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🧵Spotted on a Midday Walk on an Isolated Beach in Aotearoa New Zealand:
In the distance, two grey-haired people get off their bikes, shuck their clothes by a driftwood log and scamper into the surf naked, their laughter ringing over the water. Gulls calling overhead. (1)*
In the distance, two grey-haired people get off their bikes, shuck their clothes by a driftwood log and scamper into the surf naked, their laughter ringing over the water. Gulls calling overhead. (1)*
February 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🧵Spotted on a Midday Walk on an Isolated Beach in Aotearoa New Zealand:
In the distance, two grey-haired people get off their bikes, shuck their clothes by a driftwood log and scamper into the surf naked, their laughter ringing over the water. Gulls calling overhead. (1)*
In the distance, two grey-haired people get off their bikes, shuck their clothes by a driftwood log and scamper into the surf naked, their laughter ringing over the water. Gulls calling overhead. (1)*
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Do you own a very lovely dolly?
Were you in the library last week?
Has your lovely dolly been much quieter than usual these last few days?
If you can answer YES to all three questions then we might have your dolly and she really wants to go home!
Collect from the main desk.
Were you in the library last week?
Has your lovely dolly been much quieter than usual these last few days?
If you can answer YES to all three questions then we might have your dolly and she really wants to go home!
Collect from the main desk.
February 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Do you own a very lovely dolly?
Were you in the library last week?
Has your lovely dolly been much quieter than usual these last few days?
If you can answer YES to all three questions then we might have your dolly and she really wants to go home!
Collect from the main desk.
Were you in the library last week?
Has your lovely dolly been much quieter than usual these last few days?
If you can answer YES to all three questions then we might have your dolly and she really wants to go home!
Collect from the main desk.
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If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
January 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
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Scientists -- I'm looking to talk to researchers about how all this uncertainty around paused grant reviews and a potentially massive freeze on federal funding is affecting you and your research plans. DM, email or reach out on signal.
January 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Scientists -- I'm looking to talk to researchers about how all this uncertainty around paused grant reviews and a potentially massive freeze on federal funding is affecting you and your research plans. DM, email or reach out on signal.
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Please circulate this great opportunity to do a PhD at Kew Gardens and the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity at York! The student will look at the history of marginalised individuals who made knowledge about fungi in the early 20th century.
LCAB PhD studentships - Currently recruiting
Women and biodiversity: gender and the making of the Kew Fungarium, 1900-1950
sites.google.com
October 18, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Please circulate this great opportunity to do a PhD at Kew Gardens and the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity at York! The student will look at the history of marginalised individuals who made knowledge about fungi in the early 20th century.
I feel for all American scientists. It must be such a worrying time.
“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
scim.ag
January 23, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I feel for all American scientists. It must be such a worrying time.
If you went to college/university
1. what was your career goal?
2. your initial major?
3. Did you change majors, and to what?
4. what do you do now?
1. Forensics
2. Psychology with Biology
3. Genetics (Human)
4. Research Technician in Plant Science.
1. what was your career goal?
2. your initial major?
3. Did you change majors, and to what?
4. what do you do now?
1. Forensics
2. Psychology with Biology
3. Genetics (Human)
4. Research Technician in Plant Science.
If you went to college
1. what was your career goal?
2. your initial major?
3. Did you change majors, and to what?
4. what do you do now?
1. Physics professor
2. Physics
3. I changed from a BS to a BA because Quantum Physics sucks.
4. Former physics teacher, currently unemployed fiber artist.
1. what was your career goal?
2. your initial major?
3. Did you change majors, and to what?
4. what do you do now?
1. Physics professor
2. Physics
3. I changed from a BS to a BA because Quantum Physics sucks.
4. Former physics teacher, currently unemployed fiber artist.
If you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
1. To be a composer/performer/oboist
2. Music
3. Finished music degree & did an MA in theatre 10y later
4. Multidisciplinary artist
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
1. To be a composer/performer/oboist
2. Music
3. Finished music degree & did an MA in theatre 10y later
4. Multidisciplinary artist
January 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
If you went to college/university
1. what was your career goal?
2. your initial major?
3. Did you change majors, and to what?
4. what do you do now?
1. Forensics
2. Psychology with Biology
3. Genetics (Human)
4. Research Technician in Plant Science.
1. what was your career goal?
2. your initial major?
3. Did you change majors, and to what?
4. what do you do now?
1. Forensics
2. Psychology with Biology
3. Genetics (Human)
4. Research Technician in Plant Science.
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Cover reveal! 🥳 Here’s the SIXTH book in our highly-illustrated series, launching next March,
‘Adventuremice: Mice, Camera, Action!’
Co-authored by Philip Reeve and me, designer: Katie Bennett at Kreative Cupboard, publisher: @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social 🐭
@philipreeve.bsky.social
#Adventuremice
‘Adventuremice: Mice, Camera, Action!’
Co-authored by Philip Reeve and me, designer: Katie Bennett at Kreative Cupboard, publisher: @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social 🐭
@philipreeve.bsky.social
#Adventuremice
October 23, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Cover reveal! 🥳 Here’s the SIXTH book in our highly-illustrated series, launching next March,
‘Adventuremice: Mice, Camera, Action!’
Co-authored by Philip Reeve and me, designer: Katie Bennett at Kreative Cupboard, publisher: @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social 🐭
@philipreeve.bsky.social
#Adventuremice
‘Adventuremice: Mice, Camera, Action!’
Co-authored by Philip Reeve and me, designer: Katie Bennett at Kreative Cupboard, publisher: @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social 🐭
@philipreeve.bsky.social
#Adventuremice
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If international people are keen to come to the UK then York would love to host them for a Newton Fellowship:
royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
We have brilliant centres for structural biology, chemical biology, parasitology, haematology, atmospheric science, and much more
royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
We have brilliant centres for structural biology, chemical biology, parasitology, haematology, atmospheric science, and much more
January 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If international people are keen to come to the UK then York would love to host them for a Newton Fellowship:
royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
We have brilliant centres for structural biology, chemical biology, parasitology, haematology, atmospheric science, and much more
royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
We have brilliant centres for structural biology, chemical biology, parasitology, haematology, atmospheric science, and much more
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Today's mystery object. Does anyone know what these are? We've picked up quite a few from the north coast of Cornwall in recent days. About 1½" deep and 1¼" in diameter.
January 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Today's mystery object. Does anyone know what these are? We've picked up quite a few from the north coast of Cornwall in recent days. About 1½" deep and 1¼" in diameter.
First plants sown of 2025. It was great to be back in the glasshouse after being stuck in front of a computer the past week.
January 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
First plants sown of 2025. It was great to be back in the glasshouse after being stuck in front of a computer the past week.
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“‘It’s very easy to assume that science is going to change organically towards equality — and what this study shows is that that’s not happening…It is an ‘important reminder for us that we need to stay vigilant in working towards equality in science’” @crsugimoto.bsky.social 🧪
#AcademicSky 👩🏽🔬
#AcademicSky 👩🏽🔬
Who’s quitting academia? Data reveal gender gaps in surprising fields
Even in scientific areas in which women are well represented, they are up to 40% more likely than men to leave research within 20 years.
www.nature.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“‘It’s very easy to assume that science is going to change organically towards equality — and what this study shows is that that’s not happening…It is an ‘important reminder for us that we need to stay vigilant in working towards equality in science’” @crsugimoto.bsky.social 🧪
#AcademicSky 👩🏽🔬
#AcademicSky 👩🏽🔬
What are some handcrafts you know and how did you learn?
1) knitting - my gran.
2) embroidery - my gran.
3) weaving - my mom.
5) tapestry - my mom
4) candelwicking - school.
4) sewing - my mom/school
5) cross stitch - school.
6) crocheting - self taught.
1) knitting - my gran.
2) embroidery - my gran.
3) weaving - my mom.
5) tapestry - my mom
4) candelwicking - school.
4) sewing - my mom/school
5) cross stitch - school.
6) crocheting - self taught.
What are some handcrafts you know and how did you learn?
1) embroidery - self taught
2) sewing - my mom taught me as a child and I took a pattern making class in my 20s
3) knitting - taught by a friend in university
4) cross stitch - taught by my sisters’ Ukrainian dance teacher when I was a teen
1) embroidery - self taught
2) sewing - my mom taught me as a child and I took a pattern making class in my 20s
3) knitting - taught by a friend in university
4) cross stitch - taught by my sisters’ Ukrainian dance teacher when I was a teen
What are some handcrafts you know and how did you learn?
1) knitting - self taught & craft stores
2) crochet - my mom
3) fiberglass - work
4) bobbin lace - internet community
1) knitting - self taught & craft stores
2) crochet - my mom
3) fiberglass - work
4) bobbin lace - internet community
December 30, 2024 at 7:46 AM
What are some handcrafts you know and how did you learn?
1) knitting - my gran.
2) embroidery - my gran.
3) weaving - my mom.
5) tapestry - my mom
4) candelwicking - school.
4) sewing - my mom/school
5) cross stitch - school.
6) crocheting - self taught.
1) knitting - my gran.
2) embroidery - my gran.
3) weaving - my mom.
5) tapestry - my mom
4) candelwicking - school.
4) sewing - my mom/school
5) cross stitch - school.
6) crocheting - self taught.
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Still a hill I will die on: unpaid internships are classist, and whilst you might *think* you are "helping students gain experience" all you are doing is widening the gap between those that can afford to and those that cannot.
December 15, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Still a hill I will die on: unpaid internships are classist, and whilst you might *think* you are "helping students gain experience" all you are doing is widening the gap between those that can afford to and those that cannot.
I hope there is a special place in hell for people who make their employees redundant just before Christmas. It's been about a month of rumours but my husband (and co-workers) heard today that they don't need to return on Monday. #merrychristmas
December 13, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I hope there is a special place in hell for people who make their employees redundant just before Christmas. It's been about a month of rumours but my husband (and co-workers) heard today that they don't need to return on Monday. #merrychristmas
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We are looking for a Lab Technician to join our team and become a member of a dynamic biomedical research lab at Dartmouth College, conducting experiments to address topics concerning meiotic and mitotic cell cycle regulation.
Job posting here: lnkd.in/eWWVANtQ
Job posting here: lnkd.in/eWWVANtQ
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
December 12, 2024 at 1:13 AM
We are looking for a Lab Technician to join our team and become a member of a dynamic biomedical research lab at Dartmouth College, conducting experiments to address topics concerning meiotic and mitotic cell cycle regulation.
Job posting here: lnkd.in/eWWVANtQ
Job posting here: lnkd.in/eWWVANtQ
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~32,000 yrs ago a ground squirrel in Siberia stashed some fruit in a burrow, which was later buried & frozen. In the 2000s scientists unearthed the fruit & cultivated its tissue
It grew into this: a Pleistocene ancestor of the narrow-leafed campion (Silene stenophylla)
📷/Study tinyurl.com/3esvztuv
It grew into this: a Pleistocene ancestor of the narrow-leafed campion (Silene stenophylla)
📷/Study tinyurl.com/3esvztuv
December 5, 2024 at 9:29 PM
~32,000 yrs ago a ground squirrel in Siberia stashed some fruit in a burrow, which was later buried & frozen. In the 2000s scientists unearthed the fruit & cultivated its tissue
It grew into this: a Pleistocene ancestor of the narrow-leafed campion (Silene stenophylla)
📷/Study tinyurl.com/3esvztuv
It grew into this: a Pleistocene ancestor of the narrow-leafed campion (Silene stenophylla)
📷/Study tinyurl.com/3esvztuv
A great way to spend an afternoon in winter is to visit the glasshouse to act like a bumblebee and do some pollinating 🐝
November 27, 2024 at 5:46 PM
A great way to spend an afternoon in winter is to visit the glasshouse to act like a bumblebee and do some pollinating 🐝
Post you from a different era
1996, school prom, Cape Town.
1996, school prom, Cape Town.
November 21, 2024 at 6:06 AM
Post you from a different era
1996, school prom, Cape Town.
1996, school prom, Cape Town.
Great to see a starter pack for the University of York. Unfortunately, not any Biology staff on it yet.
Talking of following, if you are a University of York person, you simply must check out our boxfresh starter pack. bsky.app/starter-pack...
And if you're staff at York and you're not in here (and you'd like to be) just let us know by reply or direct message. You shall be added forthwith.
And if you're staff at York and you're not in here (and you'd like to be) just let us know by reply or direct message. You shall be added forthwith.
November 20, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Great to see a starter pack for the University of York. Unfortunately, not any Biology staff on it yet.
Beautiful, if somewhat fresh, morning walk to work.
November 18, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Beautiful, if somewhat fresh, morning walk to work.