Wrote this piece because it seemed to me that plasticity is what's missing from the public discourse on transgenerational effects, read more here: Trauma is carried in your DNA. But science reveals a more complicated story theconversation.com/trauma-is-ca...

First edition of my newsletter: My pudding paradox or what to do when the world feels broken AF.

It started with Christmas pudding and ended in existential dread.

I wrote this for anyone overwhelmed right now!

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@taralync.bsky.social did her PhD here @monashbiol.bsky.social. She has been very open and honest about her challenges and this is a great article showcasing her achievements and struggles
monash.edu/science/news...

For the few I have on here, I've written a very personal piece on chronic illness that explores bias and the real reasons it is so difficult to get workplace accommodations and flexibility, read it here: taralync.medium.com/trust-me-im-...

Bleak, grim, terrible news is coming in fast these days. I'm sorry for all my academic folks in the US and others who rely on government funding and programs, as well as the many PhDs I know working for federal agencies. Destruction and chaos is the point, I know, and it extremely sucks.

Where can I scream into a void? (Is it here?) I’ve got to say, with everything going on, trying to find a job while managing my chronic illness, and trying to gauge what work I can do when I can no longer struggle through a 9-5 job, is exhausting! Add in constant medical appointments, etc. #burntout

Why is an old male reproductively doomed to fail? Is it poor sperm and seminal fluid, or do females not like him and his ejaculate?
doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by @krishsanghvi11.bsky.social, @taralync.bsky.social, et al.

Image: Krish Sangvi & Martin Jahn

Seminal fluid not sperm important for age-related fertility decline but it can be reversed 👇

bit.ly/4jnX79b

📽️Krish Sanghvi - Sperm swimming inside the female’s seminal receptacle in fruit fly females.

@krishsanghvi11.bsky.social, @taralync.bsky.social

Is low fecundity of old males a consequence of seminal fluid or sperm declines, or female post-mating responses? Our new paper in evolution letters finds some surprising answers!

academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

"Swift parrots in a forest being logged now.
Stunning images by Rob Blakers show these critically endangered birds within an active logging area in #Tasmania's Eastern Tiers.
#SwiftParrots are on the brink of extinction" ...
- Bob Brown Foundation
bobbrown.org.au
#EndNativeForestLogging
#Auspol

“This was a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver meaningful legislative reform and leave a long-term legacy for the protection of nature."

Watch the full interview: biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/stateme...

I know, I know, I'm always the one complaining about academia. But I do have to say that if we don't change the incentive structures in academia and really change the publish or perish culture--things like this will continue to happen (not at all to justify these actions but to understand them).

Earlier this year, I received news that fake peer reviews were allegedly being submitted impersonating me and approximately six others

I shared my story with Science to, hopefully, reduce the chance of this kind of breach happening again

www.science.org/content/arti...

My daughter @ElizaCharley.bsky.social has ME. Apheresis to filer microclots in 2022 was a game-changer. She’s been set back years with Cvd. Please consider supporting a GoFundMe for a new round of treatment. If you can’t please read the about her journey and get informed gofund.me/6f20766a