Emma Scales
@emmascales.bsky.social
PhD student at 🌽LL studying molecular bases of fungal symbiosis with bacteria 🍄🦠🧫🤓
Science communication & science advocacy 💚🌱
Co-founder #McClintockLetters initiative
Co-Pres @cornellasap.bsky.social
Founding member @snapcoalition.bsky.social
Science communication & science advocacy 💚🌱
Co-founder #McClintockLetters initiative
Co-Pres @cornellasap.bsky.social
Founding member @snapcoalition.bsky.social
Northern Lights through the clouds!!! Could actually see the glowing colors - hopefully more tonight!!
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Northern Lights through the clouds!!! Could actually see the glowing colors - hopefully more tonight!!
An excerpt from my remarks to the annual gathering of Cornell trustees & alumni from Oct. 23 as part of a plenary panel “Research at risk”. I stand by what I said. Cornell continues to fail its researchers. In light of this week’s news, I’m afraid the timing of this event was too convenient. (1/🧵)
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
An excerpt from my remarks to the annual gathering of Cornell trustees & alumni from Oct. 23 as part of a plenary panel “Research at risk”. I stand by what I said. Cornell continues to fail its researchers. In light of this week’s news, I’m afraid the timing of this event was too convenient. (1/🧵)
Skyline cleanse feat. the newly-fledged green heron babies that have been hanging out in town 💚 #birbs they still have cute lil fuzzies on their heads!
August 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Skyline cleanse feat. the newly-fledged green heron babies that have been hanging out in town 💚 #birbs they still have cute lil fuzzies on their heads!
Without DAPI channel:
July 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Without DAPI channel:
Happy #FluorescenceFriday !!! Pt 2: fungal hyphae challenged with various oxidative stressors; nucleic acids - yellow, ROS - magenta feat. bubbles induced by H2O2 from earlier imaging experiments when I had no idea what I was doing :)
July 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday !!! Pt 2: fungal hyphae challenged with various oxidative stressors; nucleic acids - yellow, ROS - magenta feat. bubbles induced by H2O2 from earlier imaging experiments when I had no idea what I was doing :)
Happy #FluorescenceFriday !!! First up: nuclei (cyan) and nucleic acids (yellow) just zooming through fungal hyphae!! In fungi there are thousands of nuclei per "cell" and they just zoom around!!! I honestly don’t know how they’re even alive they’re just so weird! This is pretty close to real time.
July 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday !!! First up: nuclei (cyan) and nucleic acids (yellow) just zooming through fungal hyphae!! In fungi there are thousands of nuclei per "cell" and they just zoom around!!! I honestly don’t know how they’re even alive they’re just so weird! This is pretty close to real time.
Been getting ads like this pretty much every time I open any social media. When every other country with a scientific enterprise is beyond eager to recruit those you are actively rejecting...... maybe that's a sign you rejected a highly valuable group of people ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
June 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Been getting ads like this pretty much every time I open any social media. When every other country with a scientific enterprise is beyond eager to recruit those you are actively rejecting...... maybe that's a sign you rejected a highly valuable group of people ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If you want to make an impact regarding the infuriating most recently proposed budgets for the NIH and NSF, write a McClintock Letter. Join us for the LAST workshop to learn how to take this conversation out of the scientist echo chamber here on BlueSky!!!
June 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If you want to make an impact regarding the infuriating most recently proposed budgets for the NIH and NSF, write a McClintock Letter. Join us for the LAST workshop to learn how to take this conversation out of the scientist echo chamber here on BlueSky!!!
Suuupperr rare and hardy barnacle goose spotted in Oswego, NY!! Native range is Greenland / Scandinavia, so this little guy had a long, cold, probably confusing, journey to the shores of Lake Ontario :) I know there’s some central NY ornithologists who would love this - help me find them!!
May 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Suuupperr rare and hardy barnacle goose spotted in Oswego, NY!! Native range is Greenland / Scandinavia, so this little guy had a long, cold, probably confusing, journey to the shores of Lake Ontario :) I know there’s some central NY ornithologists who would love this - help me find them!!
Hey #DefendResearch team @lschiff.bsky.social @alicemeadows.bsky.social @camitchell.bsky.social @rouhiroo.bsky.social @funsizesuze.bsky.social , let’s maximize impact by banding together with the McClintock Letters initiative! Encourage scientists writing op-Ed’s to sign up to be included!
May 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Hey #DefendResearch team @lschiff.bsky.social @alicemeadows.bsky.social @camitchell.bsky.social @rouhiroo.bsky.social @funsizesuze.bsky.social , let’s maximize impact by banding together with the McClintock Letters initiative! Encourage scientists writing op-Ed’s to sign up to be included!
Thinking about a comment I saw on LinkedIn as so much is lost across the scientific community. This is a communication problem. When the taxpayer is not made aware of where funding goes, politicians are free to fill in the gap with whatever benefits them. Let’s fix this tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
May 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Thinking about a comment I saw on LinkedIn as so much is lost across the scientific community. This is a communication problem. When the taxpayer is not made aware of where funding goes, politicians are free to fill in the gap with whatever benefits them. Let’s fix this tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
I didn't know this was a thing but I'm glad it is #FluorescenceFriday !! 🍄🔬🤩 Here's some mold hyphae stained with DAPI nuclear stain (cyan) and an ROS indicator (magenta), two with the addition of some moderately overexposed SYTO9 as a counterstain (yellow) - assay is still in development lol
May 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I didn't know this was a thing but I'm glad it is #FluorescenceFriday !! 🍄🔬🤩 Here's some mold hyphae stained with DAPI nuclear stain (cyan) and an ROS indicator (magenta), two with the addition of some moderately overexposed SYTO9 as a counterstain (yellow) - assay is still in development lol
If you followed me because you're jazzed about the McClintock Letters, and you didn't sign up to write one yet, why not?! Share with people who do not otherwise interact with science why your research is important & why it's worth protecting! We must work to repair trust and address misinformation.
May 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If you followed me because you're jazzed about the McClintock Letters, and you didn't sign up to write one yet, why not?! Share with people who do not otherwise interact with science why your research is important & why it's worth protecting! We must work to repair trust and address misinformation.
Newt / salamander feed cleanse :)
May 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Newt / salamander feed cleanse :)
I’m so sorry :( just wanted to make you aware of an opportunity to make your voice heard as part of a collective movement
April 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I’m so sorry :( just wanted to make you aware of an opportunity to make your voice heard as part of a collective movement
Happy Earth Day!
ATTN: fellow scientists!! In defense of science and to increase opportunities for public awareness of the amazing, impactful research being done across the United States, please consider participating in the McClintock Letters initiative :) blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
ATTN: fellow scientists!! In defense of science and to increase opportunities for public awareness of the amazing, impactful research being done across the United States, please consider participating in the McClintock Letters initiative :) blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
April 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Happy Earth Day!
ATTN: fellow scientists!! In defense of science and to increase opportunities for public awareness of the amazing, impactful research being done across the United States, please consider participating in the McClintock Letters initiative :) blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
ATTN: fellow scientists!! In defense of science and to increase opportunities for public awareness of the amazing, impactful research being done across the United States, please consider participating in the McClintock Letters initiative :) blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
Did “chalk talks” with my students this week in the introductory bio lab I’m teaching. This was, for many of them, their first time presenting and justifying an original experimental design 🤓🧪🔬 it was pretty cool to guide them toward such an important skill :)
March 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Did “chalk talks” with my students this week in the introductory bio lab I’m teaching. This was, for many of them, their first time presenting and justifying an original experimental design 🤓🧪🔬 it was pretty cool to guide them toward such an important skill :)
Thank you so much for having me @ecfg172025.bsky.social and thank you to the judges for the honor of being recognized with a poster award!!! #ecfg17
March 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Thank you so much for having me @ecfg172025.bsky.social and thank you to the judges for the honor of being recognized with a poster award!!! #ecfg17
Some great talks at @ecfg172025.bsky.social !! Happy to be here and to learn what’s going on in the field
March 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Some great talks at @ecfg172025.bsky.social !! Happy to be here and to learn what’s going on in the field
Had a great turnout for our unofficial @standupforscience.bsky.social rally at Cornell last week hosted by @cornellasap.bsky.social and @sipsadvocacy.bsky.social !! Thank you to everyone who came & keep up the fight!
March 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Had a great turnout for our unofficial @standupforscience.bsky.social rally at Cornell last week hosted by @cornellasap.bsky.social and @sipsadvocacy.bsky.social !! Thank you to everyone who came & keep up the fight!