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Rachael Kramp
@rayinscience.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh. Studying how the microbiome influences infection dynamics. Catch me in the woods finding toads or netting guppies 🎣
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4/4 But please don't stop with social media.

The NSF union letter has some great messaging tips for making calls & media outreach too (see below).

And don't underestimate the importance of engaging your local communities and media, esp representatives.

The time for action is RIGHT NOW!!
May 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Check out our exciting new paper!
February 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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New paper out in @animalecology.bsky.social led by the awesome Izabelle Weiler and @rayinscience.bsky.social on how parental infection affects offspring quantity and quality. Spoiler: previously infected fathers had more offspring but mothers' had more resistant offspring doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Sex‐dependent effects of infection on guppy reproductive fitness and offspring parasite resistance
We infected offspring of guppy, Poecilia reticulata, pairs in which either the father or the mother had previously been infected. We found that, in accordance with parental investment theory, fathers...
doi.org
February 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Long layover on my way back to CT meant I had time to visit my favorite used bookstore in Anchorage, Tidal wave, and grab dinner and boba tea with former undergrad in my lab, now PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh, Rachael Kramp @rayinscience.bsky.social
July 6, 2024 at 2:51 AM
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Infection affects guppy reproductive fitness and offspring parasite resistance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.29.564622v1
Infection affects guppy reproductive fitness and offspring parasite resistance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.29.564622v1
Infection imposes energetic costs on hosts. Hosts typically respond by shifting resources, potential
www.biorxiv.org
November 2, 2023 at 3:32 AM