Zach Popkin-Hall
@zachpopkin-hall.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Associate at UNC Chapel Hill.
Malaria and mosquito genomics
Malaria and mosquito genomics
I am thrilled to announce that in spite of the absolutely dire academic landscape, I have finally escaped trainee limbo! Starting in August, I will be the newest Assistant Professor of Biology at Western Connecticut State University. I can't wait to start this next stage of my career!
June 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I am thrilled to announce that in spite of the absolutely dire academic landscape, I have finally escaped trainee limbo! Starting in August, I will be the newest Assistant Professor of Biology at Western Connecticut State University. I can't wait to start this next stage of my career!
Apparently this article in American Scientist that I was interviewed for came out two months ago! I only found out today. Anyway, cool study that was fun to be asked about.
www.americanscientist.org/article/mosq...
www.americanscientist.org/article/mosq...
Mosquitoes’ Hothouse Potential
A warmer climate may not limit the habitat range of these disease vectors.
www.americanscientist.org
April 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Apparently this article in American Scientist that I was interviewed for came out two months ago! I only found out today. Anyway, cool study that was fun to be asked about.
www.americanscientist.org/article/mosq...
www.americanscientist.org/article/mosq...
Almost five years after I graduated, the second paper from my dissertation has just been published in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Ecology and Evolution! More data points on the potential genetic drivers of vertebrate host preference in the Anopheles gambiae complex 🦟 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Molecular evolution of gustatory receptors in the Anopheles gambiae complex - BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background Mosquitoes in the Anopheles (An.) gambiae species complex are major vectors of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. One reason for this is the high anthropophily of the constituent species An. co...
link.springer.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Almost five years after I graduated, the second paper from my dissertation has just been published in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Ecology and Evolution! More data points on the potential genetic drivers of vertebrate host preference in the Anopheles gambiae complex 🦟 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
PubMed and the whole NCBI infrastructure are still down as of this morning. Not great to say the least
March 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
PubMed and the whole NCBI infrastructure are still down as of this morning. Not great to say the least
Graphic design is my passion. If you happen to be at ICPvR in Puducherry, you can see this charming graphic on the final slide of my talk.
January 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Graphic design is my passion. If you happen to be at ICPvR in Puducherry, you can see this charming graphic on the final slide of my talk.
Here is an email I sent to my university office of postdoctoral affairs if this is useful for anybody.
January 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Here is an email I sent to my university office of postdoctoral affairs if this is useful for anybody.
This is outrageous. Would strongly encourage all of us to ask our universities how they plan to protect our salaries (already for those on NSF fellowships, preemptively for those of us with NIH funding).
It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.
January 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is outrageous. Would strongly encourage all of us to ask our universities how they plan to protect our salaries (already for those on NSF fellowships, preemptively for those of us with NIH funding).