Greg Pask

A winter firefly on our glass door

First one of my little buddies emerging…

It’s winter firefly season yall!

I now have to add a major caveat when I discuss the discovery of olfactory receptors in class. At least I can still focus on Linda Buck!

Macro photo of a brown stink bug in face view on a leaf, guarding a tightly-clustered bunch of eggs that are shaped and colored exactly like a full tray of dark beer with foam on top.

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

A very badass insect!

a lightning bug has the most comically gigantic eyes (but it's a picture, they just look like that) and words next to their face say "A wall?? 4 me??: with little hearts on either side of their face. and the skype a scientist logo on the bottom right

Yo Philly, I'm scheming again.

I spent the morning with our board member who runs point on grants. We're submitting proposals for a fall project that will require 3 walls with at least 10x10ft of space in Philly.

The mural theme: Philly Bugs.

Have a wall? Tell me here 👇
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You’re rocking a Primo so you would pass in my book!

AI researchers rationalize the damage they're doing by invoking inevitability - that "powerful tranquilizer of the conscience," as ELIZA's inventor put it. But "if we don't change course, many people's closest confidant may soon be a computer" and "human connection will be]...reshaped beyond […]

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Students shouldn’t squander years of their life, stumbling about to see what jobs accidentally present themselves that maybe they won’t hate. —Peter Hostrawser growbeyondgrades.org/blog/tell-me...

Would love to get more biologists willing to volunteer and speak with my students. Please consider signing up!

Great, thank you!

Absolutely love Skype a Scientist (got my first Spring session as a scientist tomorrow morning!), but I do feel like this is not a match for the call here. A college class and a 1-on-1 interview. But I guess it could be a nice collaboration for the future, I may look into asking Sarah. Thanks!

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My intro biology course has an "Interview a Biologist" project where students connect with a wide range of biologists using cell/molecular tools.

If you are willing to speak with a student for ~30 minutes on Zoom, please fill out this form: forms.gle/BCjJPgURsgSr...

Amen, just taught a gene-editing and ethics course and we unfortunately had to discuss this guy and these awful ambitions 😫

Ryan! We just checked the first issue out and sang the song at the same time. But alas, there’s a typo at the end of the song (no more “where there’s a city crime-torn”).

In the immortal words of Galactus, “the fate of your world now rests in your hands!”

*Also, super exciting news!!!

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Wolverine, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Thanos: There's one hero that's beaten them all-and now she's got her own ongoing series! (Not that she's bragging.) That's right, you asked for it, you got it, it's ...

Squirrel Girl is back - in Webtoon form! Marvel has reformatted our earliest adventures with Doreen, Nancy, Tippy-Toe and everyone else for online reading and is releasing 'em all for free on Webtoon! ENJOY

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In this video, I learned that our new butterfly species is a larval grass flinger!!!

Look at that poo fly!

They're growing (and admittedly having a good time too!)

Pop-up museum with specimens?

I admit that it took me an embarrassingly long time to refold the zine during your SICB talk 🥴

Today marked a new era for the lab!

We're beginning our butterfly phase, rearing our own Squinting Bush Brown butterflies! Look at those adorable eggies!!!

Thanks so much Matthew, we had a blast!

So excited to have @matthewcobb.bsky.social join our Hacking Inheritance class today to discuss gene-editing, including the science, the history, and the ethics!

Highly recommend this book for all those interested in diving into this topic!

Thank you soooo much!

Thanks for coming!

Thanks so much! And yes, I can share with you Jess! And always happy to talk further.

Looking forward to our #SICB2026 session on Technology, Games, and Play in Biology Education tomorrow at 8am in Oregon 203! So many amazing talks and people lined up!

My talk at 8:45am on CYOA fun in an organismal biology class!

When you surprise each other with exactly the same shirt on Christmas 🤣

@rosemarymosco.com, Bloodcheep is the gift that keeps on giving all year long!

Boxing up the NSF at Eisenhower Av for the forced relocation. Boxes have “Details Matter” signage.

NSF

- Forced reorg

- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)

- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)

I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃

Image of Cephalotes varians workers and a soldier nestled in their twig nest. Image via https://stevenwang.smugmug.com/Ants/List-of-Genera/Cephalotes/i-CjXZ3b9

Thrilled to share that @corriemoreau.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Evolution, digging into the varied ways that extreme worker plasticity impacts genome evolution in turtle ants!

Paper 📃: doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Image 📸: Steven Wang, tinyurl.com/2rbjbyjh

Thank you! 😊