@saralilplants
Open Science Coordinator 👐🏾 | PhD in plant trait ecology @ Oxford Uni 🌱 | Editorial Board @plantperspectives.bsky.social 🌿 | Founder & Filmmaker 🎥 | 💚 Fabaceae, Crinoids, Outreach | AuDHD | She/her. Own views saralilmiddleton.com
Probably a reach here but I'm looking for someone (early career maybe) who would be willing to mentor me as I navigate the post-PhD life. I feel lost on a lot of things and would be grateful to bounce ideas and experiences with someone who's been through a couple of years post-PhD. 😭
The Academic Wheel of Privilege showing the 24 socio-cultural identities. The 24 socio-cultural identity types span six sectors: health and wellbeing, society, culture and communication, gender and sexuality, education and career, living arrangements and lastly childhood and development. These identity types are shown as circles connected to three concentric rings (outer, middle and inner) of “identity” circles with increasing privilege as you go towards the centre.
Out now!
The Academic Wheel of Privilege 🎡
We developed a framework & app to guide authorship teams in making equitable and thoughtful authorship decisions.
@saralilplants.bsky.social, @justinsulik.bsky.social, Bethan Iley, Mahmoud Elsherif, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social
🔗 osf.io/preprints/me...
This has been many years in the making. We wanted to do it right—not simply get it done.
Our goal was to contribute, however modestly, to an academia that genuinely strives for inclusivity.
May the AWoP—small as the step may be—help move academia toward greater inclusion. 🤝🫂🌈🍉🏳️⚧️✊⚖️♿🦮🌐
It's been a long journey to this point but very rewarding. Check out the app I built to support it---it was fun working out how to make this static image into something dynamic/interactive (though still room for improvement, especially accessibility). academic-privilege-2177e04480f1.herokuapp.com
After 4+ years of work the Academic Wheel of Privilege is out!
One of the most complex projects I’ve led! Deeply grateful to coauthors Justin, Bethan, Mahmoud, Flavio and 30+ expert reviewers for their care, time and dedication in developing this framework.
🔗 osf.io/preprints/me...
#AcademicSky 🧪
✨️Preprint: Awareness & Use of Open Research Practices: An International Survey of Researchers Across Disciplines
📝We surveyed >3,000 researchers (45 countries; 24 disciplines)
📌We show variation in open research adoption across regions, disciplines, methodology, & career level🌎
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A Purple toothwort flower in grass.
Purple toothwort in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social. #WildflowerHour
A dense patch of white form violets.
Bumped into some lovely violets on one of my walks earlier in the week. #WildflowerHour
Great thread!
As someone who develops training materials and makes infographics, I love the messy middle between initial brain dump and final product.
I personally don't use GenAI tools to fast track this process. I tried it out in the early days out of curiosity and it was a joyless experience.
A glass terrarium setting on a piece of wood and inside the glass there are two diff selaginella species, one very red one very green
Top view of the terrarium
Perks of teaching intro plant biology, my office now is packed with a variety of plants! Please appreciate my Selaginella terrarium muhahahaha #ib103 #plantjoy #iamabotanist
Me at the beach holding out an ammonite fossil about 7 cm across with septa visible as wavy grey stripes.
Nice septa on show in this ~190 million year old ammonite I found it Whitby, North Yorkshire.
#FossilFriday #Paleontology
A collection of 8 ammonites fossils lined up in size order on my waterproof trousers.
The autistic urge to line up our fossil finds while waiting for the train back home 😂 @geologyjohnson.bsky.social
Nice bunch of ammonites that are about 200 million years old (Redcar Mudstone, Siliceous Shales).
#FossilFriday #Paleontology
@saralilplants.bsky.social your faves in the news. This is a carboniferous crinoid columnal that has been eroded in a pleasing way.
Geology shirts are back online. Only two designs available atm with more on the way. I'm looking into prints of my tiny fossils, nice rocks, and natural history art too. If you could share that would be super appreciated! geology-johnson-shop.fourthwall.com
How do we know our research results are REAL? We replicate them! Most folks agree but lament on how hard it is to publish these replications.
My dearest gentle reader, lament no more! Delighted to unveil: Replication Studies, a new section of Behavioral Ecology 1/
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
Bringing this back up for the International Day of Women in Science, and yes, I consider scientific art, as part of scientific process and communication 🫰
So excited to have been accepted to write this piece. Thanks to all who have entertained my ramblings over the years and have encouraged me in my passion for #ecophysiology and #evolution 🙏
#IAmABotanist 🌱
Gorse bush on a cliff top with a view of the sea and grey sky.
Always nice to see gorse by the sea 💛💚
#WildflowerHour
Close up of a primrose in flower on a vegetated bank with bracken.
Saw my first primrose this week!
#WildflowerHour
A patch of snowdrops on a grassy bank overlooking a bay. There are two small boats on the grassy bank too.
Snowdrops out in abundance this week around the Whitby area 🤍💚
Found these snowdrops at Runswick Bay on a very wet and windy day (surprised camera got them in focus)!
#WildflowerHour
Well spotted! It's a crinoid (sea lily) ossicle!
a circular hard enamel pin that says "It's Dr actually" in dark metal text on a white enamel background. It is also shown glowing in the dark
it's dr actually pins in nonbinary, trans, agender, genderqueer, genderfluid, bigender, intersex, lgbtq, lesbian, black, white, hot pink, purple, dark green, light green, light blue, and light pink colours
Very excited to announce the new pin in my "It's Dr, Actually" collection: Glow in the dark!! 😍🧪
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About 195 million years old!
Ooh nice find, pinging @geologyjohnson.bsky.social who may be able to help you identify it!
Someone holding a slab of Staithes sandstone (grey colour) slightly larger than a hand with many fossils including oysters, scallops and crinoid ossicle.
A lovely find today with @geologyjohnson.bsky.social at Robin Hoods Bay.
Lots going on here in this Staithes sandstone including: scallop, oyster, and a cute little crinoid ossicle 🤩
#FossilFriday #Paleontology #Geology #Fossil
An excited young black woman in out door clothing holding a fossil crinoid stem, and stood in front of a sea cliff.
A gloved hand holding a well preserved crinoid stem fossil.
An excited young black woman in out door clothing holding a fossil crinoid stem, and stood in front of a sea cliff.
A gloved hand holding a well preserved crinoid stem fossil.
Have you ever seen any one as pleased as @saralilplants.bsky.social finding some crinoids? Probably not. #FossilFriday #geology #paleontology #fossils #crinoids #jurassic #RobinHoodsBay
Photo of yellow and grey sandstone slab with three toed dinosaur footprint fossils
Photo of yellow and grey sandstone slab with red worm-like trace fossils
Photo of yellow and grey sandstone slab with black worm-like trace fossils
Photo of yellow and grey sandstone slab with three toed dinosaur footprint fossils
The world is on fire so please enjoy these nice middle #jurassic trace #fossils. @ichnologist.bsky.social one for you! #geology #paleontology #dinosaur
Went to check on the little patch of colt's-foot in Whitby and it's back 💛
Photo by @geologyjohnson.bsky.social
I suspect that one of the reasons behind the widespread adoption of generative AI by faculty is that it gives people the illusion that they can still do the things they knew how to do as a postdoc. Gen AI is used as a poor substitute to maintaining core skills.
Great to work with our friends at @metoffice.gov.uk @climatecentreuk.bsky.social & @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social to spread the word about how climate change is impacting plant flowering times.
Huge thanks to everyone who took part in #NewYearPlantHunt & collected vital data!
#CitizenScience
#NYPH