Had a nightmare that somebody called CPS on me about my chiton larvae. I’m not sure what that means… probably that I should sleep more? I PROMISE I JUST CLEANED THE BOWLS 🤣

We told our Marine Invertebrate Zoology course here at #FHL that we would be dissecting a squid as a class. We surprised them with the species. This beautiful animal washed ashore dead a few weeks ago on San Juan & #FHL was kind enough to freeze it until we covered cephalopods. ❤️🦑

Grocery shopping while covered in anoxic mud? Check. Washington State cherries are a required stop, but so are the hemichordates! Can’t wait to be back at #FHL!

Three of my students chose papers on snails for their latest write-up. Apparently presenting the romantic plight of Jeremy the snail is a great way to get students excited about snail evo-devo!

Dev Bio: I got a student to make a paper airplane during class. We are studying juxtacrine and paracrine signaling,and they had to figure out how to signal a “cell” of students across the room. Paracrine Falcon for the win!

This wallpaper at #SICB2025 looks like somebody had a chaotic agarose gel day? You all see it, right?

I left for #SICB2025 and missed the update…

When your new lab space came with a dried mascot, leave it to the grad students to make it #crustmas approved

Glow in the dark science is always a hit! Overheard a student say “look mom new genes!…wait bacteria are their own moms…”