Marianne Porter
@marianneporter.bsky.social
sharks, science, swimming, spines
Phew! It has been a busy week at #JMIH2025. I gave a talk on mako vertebral column mechanics, attended a board meeting, a speed networking event, and repped a committee for the meritorious teaching award. Thanks to everyone for making it an amazing meeting.
July 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Phew! It has been a busy week at #JMIH2025. I gave a talk on mako vertebral column mechanics, attended a board meeting, a speed networking event, and repped a committee for the meritorious teaching award. Thanks to everyone for making it an amazing meeting.
Reposted by Marianne Porter
Have you checked out the candidates for Program Officer elect?
The program officer helps with the programming for the entire meeting and helps to drive the vision for the society.
Read about them & be sure to vote!
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The program officer helps with the programming for the entire meeting and helps to drive the vision for the society.
Read about them & be sure to vote!
sicb.burkclients.com/elections/20...
sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=...
June 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Have you checked out the candidates for Program Officer elect?
The program officer helps with the programming for the entire meeting and helps to drive the vision for the society.
Read about them & be sure to vote!
sicb.burkclients.com/elections/20...
sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=...
The program officer helps with the programming for the entire meeting and helps to drive the vision for the society.
Read about them & be sure to vote!
sicb.burkclients.com/elections/20...
sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=...
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It's that time of year!
Read about the Members at Large Candidates and be sure to vote.
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@sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social
@sicb-dab.bsky.social
@sicb-spdac.bsky.social
@sicb-dedb.bsky.social
@sicb-pui.bsky.social
Read about the Members at Large Candidates and be sure to vote.
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@sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social
@sicb-dab.bsky.social
@sicb-spdac.bsky.social
@sicb-dedb.bsky.social
@sicb-pui.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It's that time of year!
Read about the Members at Large Candidates and be sure to vote.
sicb.burkclients.com/elections/20...
sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=...
@sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social
@sicb-dab.bsky.social
@sicb-spdac.bsky.social
@sicb-dedb.bsky.social
@sicb-pui.bsky.social
Read about the Members at Large Candidates and be sure to vote.
sicb.burkclients.com/elections/20...
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@sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social
@sicb-dab.bsky.social
@sicb-spdac.bsky.social
@sicb-dedb.bsky.social
@sicb-pui.bsky.social
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Check your email or see sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=...
to see our latest newsletter and meet some of the team
@marianneporter.bsky.social
@shwilliams.bsky.social
@jcsplants.bsky.social & more!
to see our latest newsletter and meet some of the team
@marianneporter.bsky.social
@shwilliams.bsky.social
@jcsplants.bsky.social & more!
May 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Check your email or see sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=...
to see our latest newsletter and meet some of the team
@marianneporter.bsky.social
@shwilliams.bsky.social
@jcsplants.bsky.social & more!
to see our latest newsletter and meet some of the team
@marianneporter.bsky.social
@shwilliams.bsky.social
@jcsplants.bsky.social & more!
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Here's part two of my series with @brettfavaro.bsky.social on tips for speaking to journalists as a scientist, this week focusing on things every scientist should know about how interviews work (and do not work). Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪#SciComm
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪#SciComm
Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 2, mechanics of the interview
By David Shiffman and Brett Favaro. Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness o…
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March 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Here's part two of my series with @brettfavaro.bsky.social on tips for speaking to journalists as a scientist, this week focusing on things every scientist should know about how interviews work (and do not work). Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪#SciComm
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪#SciComm
Assistant professors in Organismal Biology and Systems Biology needed!
FAU is hiring two assistant professors, applications are due April 30th. Please find the ads here:
fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/de...
(Req 19892)
and here:
fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/de...
(Req 19893)
FAU is hiring two assistant professors, applications are due April 30th. Please find the ads here:
fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/de...
(Req 19892)
and here:
fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/de...
(Req 19893)
Assistant Professor, Organismal Biology
Apply now to join FAU on its race to excellence. For more information on everything FAU has to offer, please visit www.fau.edu/jobs. Note: Current FAU employees must apply as an internal applicant by ...
fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Assistant professors in Organismal Biology and Systems Biology needed!
FAU is hiring two assistant professors, applications are due April 30th. Please find the ads here:
fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/de...
(Req 19892)
and here:
fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/de...
(Req 19893)
FAU is hiring two assistant professors, applications are due April 30th. Please find the ads here:
fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/de...
(Req 19892)
and here:
fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/de...
(Req 19893)
Sitting at home catching up on email looking at palm trees and I get the auto reply from @kmkocot.bsky.social who is off doing amazing #IcyInvert research in Antartica. Send me a penguin picture, please!
March 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Sitting at home catching up on email looking at palm trees and I get the auto reply from @kmkocot.bsky.social who is off doing amazing #IcyInvert research in Antartica. Send me a penguin picture, please!
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Help SICB member @jmhuie.bsky.social celebrate his defense! You've got this, Jonathan!
& see his phenomenal photos & work via
jonathanhuie.com
#herpetology #science #morphology #biomechanics #adaptations #Phd
& see his phenomenal photos & work via
jonathanhuie.com
#herpetology #science #morphology #biomechanics #adaptations #Phd
March 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Help SICB member @jmhuie.bsky.social celebrate his defense! You've got this, Jonathan!
& see his phenomenal photos & work via
jonathanhuie.com
#herpetology #science #morphology #biomechanics #adaptations #Phd
& see his phenomenal photos & work via
jonathanhuie.com
#herpetology #science #morphology #biomechanics #adaptations #Phd
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🐠🧪🎓 New position alert: I am looking for a full-time research technician to work on my NSF CAREER project. Perks:
✅ SCUBA-based fieldwork in Belize 🤿
✅ Chemistry labwork 🧪
✅ Lots of fish and fun(ctions) 🐠📈😀
Deadline: Feb 21st
utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...
Please share widely.
✅ SCUBA-based fieldwork in Belize 🤿
✅ Chemistry labwork 🧪
✅ Lots of fish and fun(ctions) 🐠📈😀
Deadline: Feb 21st
utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...
Please share widely.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🐠🧪🎓 New position alert: I am looking for a full-time research technician to work on my NSF CAREER project. Perks:
✅ SCUBA-based fieldwork in Belize 🤿
✅ Chemistry labwork 🧪
✅ Lots of fish and fun(ctions) 🐠📈😀
Deadline: Feb 21st
utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...
Please share widely.
✅ SCUBA-based fieldwork in Belize 🤿
✅ Chemistry labwork 🧪
✅ Lots of fish and fun(ctions) 🐠📈😀
Deadline: Feb 21st
utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...
Please share widely.
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
Reposted by Marianne Porter
Without congressional approval or constitutional authority, the richest man in the world has taken over payroll of the US government.
How is this not a coup?
How is this not a coup?
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Without congressional approval or constitutional authority, the richest man in the world has taken over payroll of the US government.
How is this not a coup?
How is this not a coup?
Reposted by Marianne Porter
National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders : Shots - Health News : NPR
🚨This is extremely bad 🚨
🚨This is extremely bad 🚨
National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders
The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
buff.ly
January 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders : Shots - Health News : NPR
🚨This is extremely bad 🚨
🚨This is extremely bad 🚨
Reposted by Marianne Porter
The National Science Foundation cancelled over 60 grant review panels today, effectively grinding funding of new projects to a halt.
The so-far indefinite pause comes as NSF grapples with the impact Trump's executive orders will have on their grantmaking process.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
The so-far indefinite pause comes as NSF grapples with the impact Trump's executive orders will have on their grantmaking process.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders
The National Science Foundation has cancelled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
www.npr.org
January 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The National Science Foundation cancelled over 60 grant review panels today, effectively grinding funding of new projects to a halt.
The so-far indefinite pause comes as NSF grapples with the impact Trump's executive orders will have on their grantmaking process.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
The so-far indefinite pause comes as NSF grapples with the impact Trump's executive orders will have on their grantmaking process.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Reposted by Marianne Porter
Whether you get voicemail or staff, be polite and brief:
- This is [name] from [city], zip code [NN]
- I'm an [NSF/NIH] supported researcher
- I'm very concerned about disruptions to grant review and research at NSF and NIH
- NSF and NIH help fund [students, research benefits, health security ...]
- This is [name] from [city], zip code [NN]
- I'm an [NSF/NIH] supported researcher
- I'm very concerned about disruptions to grant review and research at NSF and NIH
- NSF and NIH help fund [students, research benefits, health security ...]
January 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Whether you get voicemail or staff, be polite and brief:
- This is [name] from [city], zip code [NN]
- I'm an [NSF/NIH] supported researcher
- I'm very concerned about disruptions to grant review and research at NSF and NIH
- NSF and NIH help fund [students, research benefits, health security ...]
- This is [name] from [city], zip code [NN]
- I'm an [NSF/NIH] supported researcher
- I'm very concerned about disruptions to grant review and research at NSF and NIH
- NSF and NIH help fund [students, research benefits, health security ...]
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If you want to go deep I'd suggest jotting down specifics on that last talking point about how grant funding supports education and scientific discovery at your institution or in your community, but it really doesn't have to be a lot — the signal that their constituents are worried is the key
January 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
If you want to go deep I'd suggest jotting down specifics on that last talking point about how grant funding supports education and scientific discovery at your institution or in your community, but it really doesn't have to be a lot — the signal that their constituents are worried is the key
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Reiterating my call to fellow federally-funded scientists: Call your reps, tell them how this hurts science and everything good that comes from science
(Also non-scientists, and scientists without federal funding! But the more of us who can directly speak to the impacts of these freezes the better)
(Also non-scientists, and scientists without federal funding! But the more of us who can directly speak to the impacts of these freezes the better)
The National Science Foundation cancelled over 60 grant review panels today, effectively grinding funding of new projects to a halt.
The so-far indefinite pause comes as NSF grapples with the impact Trump's executive orders will have on their grantmaking process.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
The so-far indefinite pause comes as NSF grapples with the impact Trump's executive orders will have on their grantmaking process.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders
The National Science Foundation has cancelled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Reiterating my call to fellow federally-funded scientists: Call your reps, tell them how this hurts science and everything good that comes from science
(Also non-scientists, and scientists without federal funding! But the more of us who can directly speak to the impacts of these freezes the better)
(Also non-scientists, and scientists without federal funding! But the more of us who can directly speak to the impacts of these freezes the better)
Reposted by Marianne Porter
The U.S. has one of the best scientific research ecosystems in the world. Freezing NSF panels is how you dismantle that. Slowly, painfully, and catastrophically. Science is not a luxury—it’s our backbone
January 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The U.S. has one of the best scientific research ecosystems in the world. Freezing NSF panels is how you dismantle that. Slowly, painfully, and catastrophically. Science is not a luxury—it’s our backbone
Reposted by Marianne Porter
Yeay @altmetric.com you have formally made Bluesky a good space for academics.
December 3, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Yeay @altmetric.com you have formally made Bluesky a good space for academics.
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📣 📣 📣 Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2024-25
docs.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:48 PM
📣 📣 📣 Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Hi @sicb-dedb.bsky.social @sicb-dab.bsky.social please remember our #SICBElections close tonight. Please vote! sicb.burkclients.com/elections/20...
June 21, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Hi @sicb-dedb.bsky.social @sicb-dab.bsky.social please remember our #SICBElections close tonight. Please vote! sicb.burkclients.com/elections/20...
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Reminder to new users here:
Greenland sharks, which can live to be over 400 years old and aren’t considered reproductively mature adults until they’re in their 160s, eat polar bears.
🧪🦑🐡🦈
Greenland sharks, which can live to be over 400 years old and aren’t considered reproductively mature adults until they’re in their 160s, eat polar bears.
🧪🦑🐡🦈
February 7, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Reminder to new users here:
Greenland sharks, which can live to be over 400 years old and aren’t considered reproductively mature adults until they’re in their 160s, eat polar bears.
🧪🦑🐡🦈
Greenland sharks, which can live to be over 400 years old and aren’t considered reproductively mature adults until they’re in their 160s, eat polar bears.
🧪🦑🐡🦈
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Bluesky isn't great at threading, so I'm using my favorite article from the last month as a chance to re-up the thread:
A good joint is built to last: archaeologists uncover evidence for the earliest structural use of wood. 🧪
www.southernfriedscience.com/a-good-joint...
A good joint is built to last: archaeologists uncover evidence for the earliest structural use of wood. 🧪
www.southernfriedscience.com/a-good-joint...
February 6, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Bluesky isn't great at threading, so I'm using my favorite article from the last month as a chance to re-up the thread:
A good joint is built to last: archaeologists uncover evidence for the earliest structural use of wood. 🧪
www.southernfriedscience.com/a-good-joint...
A good joint is built to last: archaeologists uncover evidence for the earliest structural use of wood. 🧪
www.southernfriedscience.com/a-good-joint...
Reposted by Marianne Porter
Want to know some scientists to follow? Check out the replies to my post below
Science on Bluesky is growing rapidly!
Science friends, introduce yourselves below and I’ll share! Who are you? What do you work on? Where are you based?
I’ll go first. I’m David, and I study sharks and their conservation. I’m based in the Washington, DC area.
🧪🦑🌎🦈🐡
Science friends, introduce yourselves below and I’ll share! Who are you? What do you work on? Where are you based?
I’ll go first. I’m David, and I study sharks and their conservation. I’m based in the Washington, DC area.
🧪🦑🌎🦈🐡
February 6, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Want to know some scientists to follow? Check out the replies to my post below