@treeswallows
Assistant Prof at Colby College. Bird-chasing, microbe-wrangling, ecoimmunologist. Lover of aerial insectivores, host-associated microbial communities, liberal arts, undergrad research, and my pet cats and chickens.
Spring is arriving, but there's still snow in the forecast! How do late #winter storms affect our migratory #birds? Out now in @natecoevo.nature.com, we ask that Q with 25+yrs of #CitizenScience data and ~400 museum specimens collected after the 2021 Great TX Freeze: rdcu.be/e7aUy
#EcoEvo #evolution
1/ Remember when Ted Cruz went to Cancún as the Texas power grid failed? It wasn't just the people of TX left behind, it was also the wildlife. Out now @natecoevo.nature.com, our paper led by @mstager.bsky.social & @treeswallows.bsky.social documents how bad the storms were for birds.
rdcu.be/e7aUy
Join me at Colby College in beautiful Maine! Our Biology Dept. is hiring an Assistant Professor of #Immunology with a research program addressing fundamental immunology or #biomedical applications. Colby is a #SLAC #PUI with strong support for #undergraduate research! apply.interfolio.com/173466
Grateful for the bright spots in the darkness
a line of thunder-storm clouds bear down on a wide-open tallgrass prairie where a 2-track disappears into the distance.
Applied grassland ecologists! Consider applying for this job at K-State! Faculty position and director of 2 prairie research sites. (photo is one of my fave summer storms at one of the sites where I worked for many years)
careers.k-state.edu/jobs/profess...
New paper alert! #microbiome, #ants, #zombiefungus, #ColbyBiology, #WildSymbiosesLab
I'm here, people!! I totally didn't realize that Bluesky was a thing 🤦♀️ I have missed my online research community so much since the previous dumpster fire went down. I can't wait to reconnect with you all! #ecoimmunology #ornithology #birds #immunology #microbiome #microbes