@kefisher.bsky.social
Ag research entomologist at CAES — insect movement and spatial ecology informs integrated conservation and pest management strategies. My tweets, my views.
Corn team monitoring sweet corn for corn ear worm and European corn borer resistance
13.08.2024 22:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YAY!!!! My postdoc work is accepted for publication!!!!
12.08.2024 23:37 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@entsocamerica.bsky.social
I'm hiring again! My lab is looking for a postdoc to study bumblebee nesting, foraging, and overwintering habitat needs with genetic analyses and radio telemetry tracking. -- We can't wait to have you join us!!!
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Today I took my lab for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Peabody museum! We got to see the wonderful collections and spend the work day doing something different and fun. Go Fisher Lab! 🎣🎣
10.07.2024 22:34 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Check out the newest episode of the CAES station podcast! I’m interviewed in the middle.
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I FINALLY submitted the manuscript that describes my postdoc work. Fingers crossed for a speedy and kind review process!
02.04.2024 19:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Oh hey, lady! Feels a little early, my friend.
26.03.2024 16:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Two graduate students were shot and injured while attending a scientific conference. If you are able, please consider donating and/or sharing this post.
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Spent the day at the CT state capital participating in Ag Day. Great conversations about monarch butterfly and pollinator conservation.
20.03.2024 19:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Entomologists with beekeeping experience: Please apply for the CT State Apiary Inspector! BS level with no residency requirement. Fantastic promotion potential for a MS. Very stable, great benefits, annual increases, union protections, and a great place to work!
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Monarch numbers are down to 0.9 hectares overwintering in Mexico. That’s the second lowest population estimate over the last 30 years of monitoring.
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All models are wrong. Some models are useful.
09.01.2024 18:38 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thanks!!!
09.01.2024 00:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That would be SO COOL!!!
07.01.2024 19:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Will do!
07.01.2024 19:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That would be fantastic!!!
07.01.2024 19:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you!!!! She’d be over the moon to meet a geologist
07.01.2024 00:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Right now she likes collecting rocks… not much more detail than that.
06.01.2024 20:57 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Yes, I used to participate as a scientist myself. Was thinking of something less formal. Just an encouraging note.
06.01.2024 20:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0My 8yo niece loves rocks and told me she wants to be a geologist when she grows up! Any experts out there want to inspire a young scientist? A “penpal” letter would be really cool!!!
06.01.2024 01:32 — 👍 18 🔁 11 💬 7 📌 3Happy to chat about this opportunity with anyone interested.
04.01.2024 15:36 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for Summer 2024 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES, BIOLOGY at the American Museum of Natural History. Application Deadline: January 31st 2024 www.amnh.org/research/ric...
03.01.2024 00:23 — 👍 105 🔁 136 💬 0 📌 2We can chat, if you’d like.
31.12.2023 17:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0CAES is hiring an assistant scientist II (equivalent to assistant professor, but 100% research) in the area of modeling and data analysis for vector-borne diseases.
Come join my department!
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
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I’m hiring a postdoc to focus on bumblebee habitat suitability and space use in CT. Let’s do some genetics, radio telemetry, and spatial modeling together!
**please spread far and wide**
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
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