Kris Crandell
@kriscran.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer (Assoc Prof) at Bangor Uni. Biomechanics, locomotion, aerodynamics, birds! runner, rock climber, mom, immigrant (🇺🇸 in 🏴). she/her
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Kris Crandell
@kriscran.bsky.social
· Mar 12
Thrilled to share that my second child was born in January happy and healthy. Maternity leave is flying by and I’m so grateful for this chance to embrace my children at this tiny stage of their lives.
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In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…
June 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…
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LOOKING BACK in IBIS
Evaluation of tag attachment techniques for plunge-diving terns | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Ruben C. Fijn et al | #ornithology 🪶
Evaluation of tag attachment techniques for plunge-diving terns | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Ruben C. Fijn et al | #ornithology 🪶
June 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
LOOKING BACK in IBIS
Evaluation of tag attachment techniques for plunge-diving terns | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Ruben C. Fijn et al | #ornithology 🪶
Evaluation of tag attachment techniques for plunge-diving terns | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Ruben C. Fijn et al | #ornithology 🪶
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🧪 PRACTICAL tip for NSF PIs with terminated grants:
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
a man wearing glasses and a green and white shirt looks at the camera
Alt: A man wearing glasses and a green and white shirt looks at the camera
media.tenor.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🧪 PRACTICAL tip for NSF PIs with terminated grants:
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
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Heard from a former (undergrad) student who just defended her PhD. Students: tell your old profs about your successes and achievements. It's not bragging, and we love to hear about it. It's one of the best parts of being an educator.
#academicsky
#academicsky
April 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Heard from a former (undergrad) student who just defended her PhD. Students: tell your old profs about your successes and achievements. It's not bragging, and we love to hear about it. It's one of the best parts of being an educator.
#academicsky
#academicsky
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Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival.
www.ourhealthroi.com
www.ourhealthroi.com
Our Health ROI
Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.
www.ourhealthroi.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival.
www.ourhealthroi.com
www.ourhealthroi.com
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🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
April 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
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“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
US Applicant Week
www.grad.ubc.ca
April 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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Chilling report from Brown University.
Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.
Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.
Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
Brown University advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel
One week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including green card holders and permanent residents, to postpone international travel in a campus-wide email sent on Sunda...
www.browndailyherald.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Chilling report from Brown University.
Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.
Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.
Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
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It actually exists! A few copies of my new book just arrived. Nice to see it in person, finally.
If you've ever wondered about the ecology or evolution of an invasive population, this one's for you. #evobio 🌏 #bioinvasions #ecoevo
If you've ever wondered about the ecology or evolution of an invasive population, this one's for you. #evobio 🌏 #bioinvasions #ecoevo
March 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
It actually exists! A few copies of my new book just arrived. Nice to see it in person, finally.
If you've ever wondered about the ecology or evolution of an invasive population, this one's for you. #evobio 🌏 #bioinvasions #ecoevo
If you've ever wondered about the ecology or evolution of an invasive population, this one's for you. #evobio 🌏 #bioinvasions #ecoevo
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And so it begins — NIH is planning to terminate active grants that no longer meet the agency's "priorities".
Grants that were already approved for funding through peer review.
The pursuit of knowledge should be apolitical, inclusive, and forward-thinking.
🧪 #PeerReview #DefendResearch
Grants that were already approved for funding through peer review.
The pursuit of knowledge should be apolitical, inclusive, and forward-thinking.
🧪 #PeerReview #DefendResearch
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
And so it begins — NIH is planning to terminate active grants that no longer meet the agency's "priorities".
Grants that were already approved for funding through peer review.
The pursuit of knowledge should be apolitical, inclusive, and forward-thinking.
🧪 #PeerReview #DefendResearch
Grants that were already approved for funding through peer review.
The pursuit of knowledge should be apolitical, inclusive, and forward-thinking.
🧪 #PeerReview #DefendResearch
Thrilled to share that my second child was born in January happy and healthy. Maternity leave is flying by and I’m so grateful for this chance to embrace my children at this tiny stage of their lives.
March 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Thrilled to share that my second child was born in January happy and healthy. Maternity leave is flying by and I’m so grateful for this chance to embrace my children at this tiny stage of their lives.
Reposted by Kris Crandell
People have no idea how scary this is. XDR-TB is virtually untreatable.
Even if you don’t care about others should you support combating infectious disease elsewhere.
Pathogens know no borders nor care about your beliefs.
🧪🦠
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Even if you don’t care about others should you support combating infectious disease elsewhere.
Pathogens know no borders nor care about your beliefs.
🧪🦠
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
USAid cuts could create untreatable TB bug ‘resistant to everything we have’
Projects to detect, treat and research new ways to fight TB among those disrupted by sudden funding freeze
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
People have no idea how scary this is. XDR-TB is virtually untreatable.
Even if you don’t care about others should you support combating infectious disease elsewhere.
Pathogens know no borders nor care about your beliefs.
🧪🦠
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Even if you don’t care about others should you support combating infectious disease elsewhere.
Pathogens know no borders nor care about your beliefs.
🧪🦠
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Just out of the oven! Today @migueldlm.bsky.social just published his first paper related to his PhD thesis! BFEX is a new Blender tool for making FEA more accessible for biologists and paleontologists! All using open and free software 😱
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
BFEX: A Toolbox for Finite Element Analysis With Fossils and Blender
We introduce BFEX, a Blender add-on for building Finite Elements Analysis for Fossils software. This approach streamlines the process of creating and visualizing FE models.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Just out of the oven! Today @migueldlm.bsky.social just published his first paper related to his PhD thesis! BFEX is a new Blender tool for making FEA more accessible for biologists and paleontologists! All using open and free software 😱
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Our paper is out, and it is distressing.
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century
Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...
www.science.org
March 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Our paper is out, and it is distressing.
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
March 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
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Helmeted hornbills are known for their violent head-butting—but how does their skull withstand the impact? Unlike other birds their craniofacial joint is massively reinforced locking into place like a puzzle. New study reveals a skull built not to flex but to endure
Schindler et al buff.ly/7FJjheJ
Schindler et al buff.ly/7FJjheJ
March 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Helmeted hornbills are known for their violent head-butting—but how does their skull withstand the impact? Unlike other birds their craniofacial joint is massively reinforced locking into place like a puzzle. New study reveals a skull built not to flex but to endure
Schindler et al buff.ly/7FJjheJ
Schindler et al buff.ly/7FJjheJ
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Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
www.ucsusa.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
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Congratulations to my @fieldpalaeo.bsky.social labmates Grace Burton and Juan Benito on their new paper about air space volumes in the hollow bones of birds! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Part of an entire special issue on the avian respiratory system! 🪶🧪 (📷Burton et al.)
February 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Congratulations to my @fieldpalaeo.bsky.social labmates Grace Burton and Juan Benito on their new paper about air space volumes in the hollow bones of birds! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Part of an entire special issue on the avian respiratory system! 🪶🧪 (📷Burton et al.)
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With the US Antarctic program in limbo, scientists say foreign countries are "actively recruiting" their colleagues & students.
"People have been coming [to the US] to do science my whole life. Now people are going the other way.”
Make America Great Again! www.wired.com/story/doge-a...
"People have been coming [to the US] to do science my whole life. Now people are going the other way.”
Make America Great Again! www.wired.com/story/doge-a...
DOGE’s Chaos Reaches Antarctica
Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend not only important research but the continent’s delicate geopolitics.
www.wired.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
With the US Antarctic program in limbo, scientists say foreign countries are "actively recruiting" their colleagues & students.
"People have been coming [to the US] to do science my whole life. Now people are going the other way.”
Make America Great Again! www.wired.com/story/doge-a...
"People have been coming [to the US] to do science my whole life. Now people are going the other way.”
Make America Great Again! www.wired.com/story/doge-a...
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🚨 COOL BIRD JOB ALERT! 🚨
@cornellbirds.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to run their research and student training program at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, focusing on Black-throated Blue Warblers and Ovenbirds. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29599
@cornellbirds.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to run their research and student training program at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, focusing on Black-throated Blue Warblers and Ovenbirds. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29599
Cornell University, Lab of Ornithology
Job #AJO29599, WDR-00050928 Research Associate, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
academicjobsonline.org
February 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🚨 COOL BIRD JOB ALERT! 🚨
@cornellbirds.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to run their research and student training program at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, focusing on Black-throated Blue Warblers and Ovenbirds. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29599
@cornellbirds.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to run their research and student training program at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, focusing on Black-throated Blue Warblers and Ovenbirds. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29599
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I am searching for a PhD candidate interested in investigating how knowledge of thermal physiology and ecology of wild pollinators can help promote biodiversity conservation 🐝 Dynamic thermal team at @biologylu.bsky.social. Apply by March 20 👇 I would appreciate a re-post!
Exiting opportunity: Doctoral student to promote sustainable management of natural resources, pollinators & biodiversity through experiments based around bees in the climate change-pollination nexus – @cyanistesnord.bsky.social
Please apply no later than 20 march!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Please apply no later than 20 march!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
February 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I am searching for a PhD candidate interested in investigating how knowledge of thermal physiology and ecology of wild pollinators can help promote biodiversity conservation 🐝 Dynamic thermal team at @biologylu.bsky.social. Apply by March 20 👇 I would appreciate a re-post!