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Tessa Solomon-Lane
@tksolomonlane.bsky.social
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(She/her) Professor. Scientist. Educator. Public engager. Interested in social behavior, behavioral developmental, and regulation by brain and hormones. PUI lab. Views own. 🐠🧠🧪🌈
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I wear my DC statehood T all the time!! I love it and love to rep my hometown while living so far away.
DC flag on a black background (a T-shirt). It says “statehood.”
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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They're too small for that, in my experience. We can use tiny tattoos (last a couple weeks) or fishing line barbell "piercings." At the earliest life stage, there's not enough muscle to inject anything into. Even the needles for elastomer are too big. But I'm always interested in what others do!
Two tagged juvenile African cichlid fish on a white background with a 1mm scale bar. The upper fish has a blue loop tag through the dorsal muscle. The lower fish has a blue barbell through the dorsal muscle.
March 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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If you see this, quote with a bridge from your gallery.

A bridge along the Shimanami Kaido cycling route in Japan. 🚲
A bridge stretching between islands. A row of picnic tables in the foreground. The islands are green and covered in vegetation.
January 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Adding to the fall colors, also from Japan!
A ginkgo tree with bright yellow leaves in fall. Seen in Japan.
January 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky
#20day
#bookchallenge

Day 8: The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
Two bookshelves joining to make a corner. The books are in shades of blue with no writing on the spines. A bare light bulb is on and hangs from the top. There's a small door on one shelf, the size and shape of a book that was turned to face forward. There's a compass open on top of the other shelf. "The Cartographers" spans both bookshelves, seemingly turning the corner the shelves make in the middle. A white circle reads "Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalist."
December 20, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky
#20day
#bookchallenge

Day 7: The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
The cover has muted blues, whites, and light browns. There are outlines of 3 faces looking upwards, overlaying with each other like mountains in the distance. The foreground is a rising yellow sun. There is a silver circle reading "National Book Award Finalist" and a gold circle reading "One of the New York Times notable books of the year."
December 18, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky

#20day

#bookchallenge

Day 6: Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional by @isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social
Yellow cover with a black border. The center is a yellow hand with fingers crossed. The bottom border has a thin red outline of flames.
December 17, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky

#20day

#bookchallenge

Day 5: Grave Reservations by @cheriepriest.com
Close up of a white woman's face, and in her red sunglasses you can see a police car and an outline of a body. She has navy blue hair, red lips, and a teal-blue shirt. The style is more minimalist with blocks of color rather than realistic drawing. "Grave Reservations" is written in blocky yellow text. "Cherie Priest" is written in thinner white all caps.
December 16, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky #20day #bookchallenge

Day 4: Sea of Tranquility by @emilymandel.bsky.social
The cover of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel has a rising white moon on the horizon. The sky is dark blue. The scene has trees in the background and some in a path into the foreground. There is also open grassy field. The overall effect is matte / speckled.
December 15, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky #20day #bookchallenge

Day 3: Still Life by Sarah Winman
The background of the book cover looks like Italian tile. The center tiles are white, and the border has blue leaves, lines, and curlycues with orange fruits dotted occasionally in the border. There is an orange and blue macaw parrot in the middle. A gold circle shows it is a Good Morning America book club book.
December 12, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky #20day #bookchallenge

Day 2: This is How you Lose the Time War by @amalelmohtar.com and @maxgladstone.bsky.social
A light blue cover with the title "This is how you lose the time war." There's a red bird (right side up cardinal) and a blue bird (upside down Ultramarine Flycatcher). The birds' feet are touching, and their images are fragmented but recognizable. A yellow circle says "Winner of the 2020 Hugo and Nebula awards for best novella"
December 11, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky #20day #bookchallenge

Day 1: Long Division by Kiese Laymon
Book cover for Long Division by Kiese Laymon. Black bacground with blue and green leaves, part of an orange keyboard (upside down), and other colorful geometric lines and shapes. There is a silver circle reading "NAACP Image Award Winner." It is blurbed by author Jesmyn Ward "Smart and funny and sharp..I loved it."
December 9, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.
A hibiscus flower - yellow on the petal edges, pink petals, deep red center with bright orange pollen.
November 16, 2024 at 6:31 AM
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Advertise your account with just one image.
Three very small juvenile cichlid fish on white gravel. Two are looking at the camera. One is turned to a 3/4 view looking away.
October 20, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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If you see this, post something pink!
Pink orchids in a greenhouse.
October 20, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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These colors!! Taken at Hillwood in DC. Beautiful time to visit family and remember what east coast fall feels like.
Deep purple orchid in a greenhouse. Pink dahlia outside in the sunshine. Orange orchid in a greenhouse.
October 20, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.
A photo of a lush green forest next to a sandy beach. The sky is blue-grey. Taken on the coast of Spain.
August 31, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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Adorable troublemaker. Another fav - she loves sleeping on the blanket of her in space 😂🪐
A brown and white kitty sleeping curled up on a blanket with her image featured. The blanket has a purple / red / orange background.
August 19, 2024 at 6:38 AM
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My sister’s cat Lyra while I (attempt) to eat breakfast. She is very long and surprisingly strong!
A long kitty reaches up towards a bowl of Cheerios.
August 19, 2024 at 6:29 AM
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Thanks for the rec! Also led me to this gem 👖😂
Side view of the hip of someone wearing grey pants. Hanging from the belt loop is a small orange carabiner holding a key ring attached to tiny workwear pants. The tiny pants can hold tiny tools. Side view of the hip of someone wearing grey pants. Their hands are adjusting a small orange carabiner attached to a belt loop. On the attached key-ring is a pair of tiny workwear pants with a tire pressure gauge in one leg and a blue mechanical pencil in the other.
January 13, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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The job ad for a research technician will go up later this spring. For more info about our lab: TessaSolomonLane.com
January 5, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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In addition to #ugrad research and developing #CURE labs, I will continue to work with the outstanding Scripps College Academy STEAM program and develop / support professional development at regional conferences #SoCAB (Animal Behavior Society) and #SWOB @sicbjournals.bsky.social
January 5, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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The CAREER also integrates #research with #teaching and broader impacts. Being a #NewPI during the pandemic was a huge hurdle for building community. I felt cut off from participating or contributing, especially beyond my academic institutions.
January 5, 2024 at 10:57 PM
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Our work will focus on the influential elements of early-life social experience that have long-term effects on #behavior, #hormones, and #brain. In looking at social experiences in detail, we aim to learn how the social world shapes individual development 🐠 #neuroskyence
January 5, 2024 at 10:57 PM
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I’m honored to share that my lab has received a NSF CAREER award! Thank you to the ugrad researchers who helped develop these ideas and carried out this work in person, virtually, and hybrid. I am thankful for the faculty support (Scripps, Pitzer, & CMC) and from the Hofmann Lab. 🧪 🧠 🐠 #neuroskyence
January 5, 2024 at 10:56 PM