Katie Marshall
@kemarshall.bsky.social
Associate Professor, UBC. She/her on Musqueam territory. Managed to get a full-time job in professional bug-freezing.
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On Oct 1 the Standing Committee on Science and Research passed an egregious motion calling for the disclosure of disaggregated data for research applications to federal granting council from 2020-2025. On Oct 20 they amended the timeframe to 2000-2025.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
On Oct 1 the Standing Committee on Science and Research passed an egregious motion calling for the disclosure of disaggregated data for research applications to federal granting council from 2020-2025. On Oct 20 they amended the timeframe to 2000-2025.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
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Want to fend off wasps? Buy a fake wasp nest and hang it near where you want to spend time outside, says @kemarshall.bsky.social
via @chatelainemag.bsky.social
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What You Can Do To Make Wasps Less Annoying - Chatelaine
Yes, your first inclination may be to kill them. But they actually do serve a purpose.
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September 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Want to fend off wasps? Buy a fake wasp nest and hang it near where you want to spend time outside, says @kemarshall.bsky.social
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“That ability to sting is really a defensive mechanism in this cruel world. Imagine there’s this giant that’s like 100 times bigger than you, and it’s swatting you.”
@kemarshall.bsky.social helps @thewalrus.ca
see the world through the eyes of a wasp
@kemarshall.bsky.social helps @thewalrus.ca
see the world through the eyes of a wasp
They sting. They swarm. They spoil our picnics. But what if the insect we most hate to encounter outdoors is also one of nature’s unsung heroes? Here, The Walrus contributing writer @arnokopecky.bsky.social makes the case for the wasp. thewalrus.ca/in-defence-of-wa...
September 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“That ability to sting is really a defensive mechanism in this cruel world. Imagine there’s this giant that’s like 100 times bigger than you, and it’s swatting you.”
@kemarshall.bsky.social helps @thewalrus.ca
see the world through the eyes of a wasp
@kemarshall.bsky.social helps @thewalrus.ca
see the world through the eyes of a wasp
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Ctr for Biodiv Genomics (Guelph) is hiring 10 entomologists (mostly post-docs) to help improve identifications on barcoded material: 2-yr appts, salary range CAD $62,500-$70,000. graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral...
See posting for specific taxonomic gps preferred.
See posting for specific taxonomic gps preferred.
Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists (10 positions) | Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca
August 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Ctr for Biodiv Genomics (Guelph) is hiring 10 entomologists (mostly post-docs) to help improve identifications on barcoded material: 2-yr appts, salary range CAD $62,500-$70,000. graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral...
See posting for specific taxonomic gps preferred.
See posting for specific taxonomic gps preferred.
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I spoke with Kari Jordan and Erin Becker of The Carpentries about why they declined a $1.5M NSF grant intended to expand data science training. Their decision highlights the growing intersection of #science, #DEI, and federal policy.
Read the full story on Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Read the full story on Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Nonprofit Refuses $1.5M Science Grant Due To New Federal DEI Rules
A coding nonprofit turned down a $1.5M NSF grant after new DEI restrictions, highlighting the clash between federal policy and scientific community values.
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August 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I spoke with Kari Jordan and Erin Becker of The Carpentries about why they declined a $1.5M NSF grant intended to expand data science training. Their decision highlights the growing intersection of #science, #DEI, and federal policy.
Read the full story on Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Read the full story on Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
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My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships.
This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.
Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.
Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
August 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships.
This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.
Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.
Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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August 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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@canjzoology.bsky.social is seeking #ECRs to join its editorial board as Associate Editors! Gain hands-on experience with #peerreview, contribute to journal development, and connect with leaders in the field.
Apply by Aug 15 ▶️ buff.ly/QGdDC1k
#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪 #AcWri #PHDSky #ScholComms
Apply by Aug 15 ▶️ buff.ly/QGdDC1k
#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪 #AcWri #PHDSky #ScholComms
August 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
@canjzoology.bsky.social is seeking #ECRs to join its editorial board as Associate Editors! Gain hands-on experience with #peerreview, contribute to journal development, and connect with leaders in the field.
Apply by Aug 15 ▶️ buff.ly/QGdDC1k
#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪 #AcWri #PHDSky #ScholComms
Apply by Aug 15 ▶️ buff.ly/QGdDC1k
#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪 #AcWri #PHDSky #ScholComms
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There’s been a burst of science news in the past few days—the science-stopping kind. 1/6 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
There’s been a burst of science news in the past few days—the science-stopping kind. 1/6 🧵
US scientific chaos is having ripple effects in Canada too: www.cbc.ca/news/science...
U.S. science funding uncertainty reshapes grad school choices for Canadians | CBC News
Thousands of Canadians go to the U.S. for graduate school every year. Now, uncertainty around science funding — from cuts and freezes announced by the Trump administration — mean some U.S. universitie...
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June 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
US scientific chaos is having ripple effects in Canada too: www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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New paper from us describing the detection and delimitation of emerald ash borer in Vancouver, Canada.
www.reabic.net/journals/bir... (first article)
#Bioinvasions
1/6
www.reabic.net/journals/bir... (first article)
#Bioinvasions
1/6
June 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New paper from us describing the detection and delimitation of emerald ash borer in Vancouver, Canada.
www.reabic.net/journals/bir... (first article)
#Bioinvasions
1/6
www.reabic.net/journals/bir... (first article)
#Bioinvasions
1/6
Newborns go through extraordinary change during the 1st year of life & now @jesslli.bsky.social @zoology.ubc.ca reveals the metabolic changes experienced by 13-lined ground squirrels, which prioritise development during weaning and a growth spurt @ 30days
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June 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@jexpbiol.bsky.social ECR spotlight of @science.ubc.ca PhD Candidate @jesslli.bsky.social talking about life as a graduate student: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
ECR Spotlight – Jessica Li
ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career res...
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June 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
@jexpbiol.bsky.social ECR spotlight of @science.ubc.ca PhD Candidate @jesslli.bsky.social talking about life as a graduate student: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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#MetabolismMondays
Meet @karinburg.bsky.social, #newPI at @cupress.bsky.social, alumni from @fascinatingpupa.bsky.social and @kemarshall.bsky.social - talking about metabolic adaptation in unique models like #butterflies and #budworms.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #evodevo
Meet @karinburg.bsky.social, #newPI at @cupress.bsky.social, alumni from @fascinatingpupa.bsky.social and @kemarshall.bsky.social - talking about metabolic adaptation in unique models like #butterflies and #budworms.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #evodevo
The Season's Script: Tales of Metabolic adaptation #MetabolismMondays - the Node
All the world's a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism Dr. Karin van der Burg, faculty,
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June 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
#MetabolismMondays
Meet @karinburg.bsky.social, #newPI at @cupress.bsky.social, alumni from @fascinatingpupa.bsky.social and @kemarshall.bsky.social - talking about metabolic adaptation in unique models like #butterflies and #budworms.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #evodevo
Meet @karinburg.bsky.social, #newPI at @cupress.bsky.social, alumni from @fascinatingpupa.bsky.social and @kemarshall.bsky.social - talking about metabolic adaptation in unique models like #butterflies and #budworms.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #evodevo
So cool to see Jess' very first paper out!!! She did so much work on this and found that scaling in baby ground squirrels does not work at ALL like you'd expect.
It's published! Drs @kemarshall.bsky.social, Bill Milsom measured baby squirrels and found dynamic and asynchronous changes in their growth rates and metabolism. Read about it here:
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Dynamic and asynchronous ontogenetic changes in growth and metabolic rate in thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)
Highlighted Article: Mass and metabolic rate of thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) iteratively measured from birth to adulthood show multiple distinct and asynchronous change...
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June 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
So cool to see Jess' very first paper out!!! She did so much work on this and found that scaling in baby ground squirrels does not work at ALL like you'd expect.
Had a wonderful time at McGill Department of Biology today! Thank you Ehab Abouheif for being a wonderful host!
April 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Had a wonderful time at McGill Department of Biology today! Thank you Ehab Abouheif for being a wonderful host!
My heart goes out to the family and friends of Rahul Ranwa. What a tragedy. www.nsnews.com/highlights/w...
'Worst fears': International student drowns off Vancouver's Wreck Beach
Rahul Ranwa had yelled for help after struggling to swim in the ocean. He was found dead the next day.
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April 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My heart goes out to the family and friends of Rahul Ranwa. What a tragedy. www.nsnews.com/highlights/w...
The @bccla.bsky.social has said everything that is need to be said about that awful anti-DEI lawsuit against UBC. "...their interpretation of “political” is ultimately self-defeating. Acknowledging that you are on unceded land is no more political than refusing to do so." bccla.org/2025/04/ubc-...
UBC Profs’ perverse interpretation of the University Act lays bare a hidden agenda - BC Civil Liberties Association
Universities are a crucial social space of free expression, exchange of ideas, and academic debate. Universities are not meant to be sanitized from political thought or discourse. The recent lawsuit ...
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April 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The @bccla.bsky.social has said everything that is need to be said about that awful anti-DEI lawsuit against UBC. "...their interpretation of “political” is ultimately self-defeating. Acknowledging that you are on unceded land is no more political than refusing to do so." bccla.org/2025/04/ubc-...
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Exciting news! Registration and abstract submission are now open! We look forward to hosting you in Vancouver: isepep10.ca
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Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, UBC
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April 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Exciting news! Registration and abstract submission are now open! We look forward to hosting you in Vancouver: isepep10.ca
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Please read this. 🧪
Science benefits humanity in countless ways. CSEE condemns the current U.S. administration’s efforts to dismantle science. Read our full statement in support of U.S. scientists and science here: tinyurl.com/ypamt7fy
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April 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Please read this. 🧪
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A flyer you can distribute on how to handle ICE if they come to your campus:
April 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A flyer you can distribute on how to handle ICE if they come to your campus:
Absolutely delighted to announce that the lab has been funded by NSERC DG for the next five years! DG are a team effort--an incredible group of hardworking students and postdocs, a supportive department and university, and generous mentors were all necessary for this result. Thank you to all!
April 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Absolutely delighted to announce that the lab has been funded by NSERC DG for the next five years! DG are a team effort--an incredible group of hardworking students and postdocs, a supportive department and university, and generous mentors were all necessary for this result. Thank you to all!
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Come join us at beautiful UBC! The King Lab is recruiting a Post-doc Fellow to develop mathematical theory on infectious disease evolution and emergence, together with Ben Ashby (SFU) #zoonoses #biodiversity www.zoology.ubc.ca/kinglab/join...
Join Us! | King Lab
Are you interested in joining the King Lab? More information here!
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March 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Come join us at beautiful UBC! The King Lab is recruiting a Post-doc Fellow to develop mathematical theory on infectious disease evolution and emergence, together with Ben Ashby (SFU) #zoonoses #biodiversity www.zoology.ubc.ca/kinglab/join...
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Thank you for sharing news of our initiative... we are an interdisciplinary team of researchers from U of Maryland, UPenn, and Georgia Tech + more whose aim is to communicate the impacts of federal cuts on science and health research nationwide. Full explainer thread here:
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March 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Thank you for sharing news of our initiative... we are an interdisciplinary team of researchers from U of Maryland, UPenn, and Georgia Tech + more whose aim is to communicate the impacts of federal cuts on science and health research nationwide. Full explainer thread here:
bsky.app/profile/josh...
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Do you find teaching and mentoring writing difficult, time-consuming, or both? Our new book (that's @bgmerkle.bsky.social and me) is what you need - and it's now available for pre-order! scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/t...
“Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences” is available for pre-order!
If you find mentoring and teaching writing difficult, mystifying, or time-consuming, here are two important things you should know: You’re not alone. In our experience, most scientists find teachin…
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March 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Do you find teaching and mentoring writing difficult, time-consuming, or both? Our new book (that's @bgmerkle.bsky.social and me) is what you need - and it's now available for pre-order! scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/t...