Matthew A. Mulvey

Grey heron taking off from shallow water with wings up and water trailing from its legs.

Grey heron taking flight from the Saale river in Jena, Germany. Thanks to @mgblango.bsky.social and @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social for a fantastic visit with great science and wonderful birds.
🪶 #birds 🧬 🔬 🇩🇪

Two rows of people wearing active or outdoors clothing stand in a lush green forest. One person in the front row holds a map of the area.

Last week we enjoyed a lovely day of socialising and networking with the groups of @mgblango.bsky.social and @slavi-jan.bsky.social. We broke into teams for a scavenger hunt and visited a palace outside Weimar. We were even joined by special guest @mulveylab.bsky.social while he was visiting!

This was a blast. Thanks for including me!

Zoiks! That is a nice kingfisher shot!

Congrats Dr. O'Connor Matthews! Excellent defense!

@uofubiology.bsky.social‬ @utah.edu‬

Shimmery green humming bird with rusty tail and purple-ish wings on a branch, with attitude.

Rufous-tailed hummingbird, part deux.

#birds 🪶 #birdfreaks #costarica 🇨🇷 #hummingbird

Metallic green hummingbird with rusty clores tail on a branch, blinking with one foot scratching its throat.

Shy bird.

Rufous-tailed humming bird with the remnants of a spider on its beak.

#birds 🪶
#costarica #wildlife #canonr5

Black hawk on volcanic rock with Pacific ocean in background. Bird is all black, except for orange beak and legs.

Black Hawk at sunset on the Osa Peninsula
#birds 🪶 🇨🇷 🌅

Comprehensive mapping of the 5′ and 3′ untranslated regions of Aspergillus fumigatus reveals new insights into gene regulation In the twenty years since the first genome sequencing of Aspergillus fumigatus , the field has seen an explosion in both the number of sequenced genomes and our molecular understanding of this ubiquit...

We were frustrated with guessing RNA transcript boundaries, so we mapped the 5ʹ and 3ʹ ends of poly(A)-enriched RNAs in A. fumigatus mycelium. Hopefully our latest effort from Lukas Schrettenbrunner will serve as a tool for the community! 🧪 w/ @ewjwallace.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

'Baby's got blue eyes
Like a deep blue sea
On a blue blue day'
– Elton John

#insectsinflight #dragonfly #nature
Blue-eyed Darner

I did not know that such conferences existed. Seems like an asinine policy.

The surprising power of your nature photos Scott Loarie has a challenge for you: go outside and take a picture of a living thing. He introduces the global community of people building a living atlas of the natural world by sharing their nature...

Worth the ten minutes to learn a bit about @inaturalist.bsky.social if you don't already know it. 🧪🪶

www.ted.com/talks/scott_...

Looking for an excuse to move to Europe? Check out our latest RNA-centric hiring spree below...

Nice!

Bee-fly Mimic dining out in the Wasatch mountains.

#insects #utah #wildlife #flower

Nomad Bee contemplating life and the fate of science in America while perched on the stamina of a sticky geranium.

#insects #flower #macro

😆

Cool bird with red, red eyes

Spotted Towhee in need of some Visine.
🪶 #birds

White-faced Capuchin monkey hanging out in the treetops on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

“If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a monkey
Haven't you always wanted a monkey?” — Barenaked Ladies
#costarica
For the record, I actually would not buy a monkey and neither should you.

a bunch of fireworks are going off in the sky ALT: a bunch of fireworks are going off in the sky

Congrats @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social

I am honoured and delighted to join the #CIFAR family as an Azrieli Global Scholar.

Looking forward to working with this fantastic community to tackle complex global challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration!

cifar.ca/cifarnews/20...

Black bird with red rump on red flower

Male scarlet-rumped tanager hanging out in the Osa Peninsula.
🪶 #birds #costarica

Congrats to my daughter, Jade Lauren Mulvey, freshly minted M.D.
She is phenomenal!!!

It's an honor to announce the upcoming PhD thesis defense of Erica Hastings, who will present her work on #malaria parasites and the biophysics of hemozoin motion @uofubiochem.bsky.social ky.social @uofutahcihd.bsky.social
@parasitesrule.org

Profile of a Tropical Kingbird (yellow-ish belly with grey hear and dark eyes) perched on a grimy power line in Costa Rica

Tropical Kingbird, all wired up and ready to fly...
#birds 🪶
#costarica

Chestnut-sided Warbler perched on a branch in the Costa Rican jungle

Chestnut-sided Warbler chill in the Costa Rican jungle
🪶#birds

Trump's 2026 Budget Proposal Calls for $163 Billion in Cuts: Live Updates The president’s blueprint for the next fiscal year highlights his vision for Washington and is a dramatic retrenchment in the role and reach of the federal government.

Short-sighted and destructive to say the least 😡

Budget calls for deep cuts to public health programs and research

It calls NIH, the world’s premier biomedical research agency, “too big and unfocused,” and proposes to cut funding to $27 billion from $48 billion www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

The amazing Alexis Rousek defends today!!!

#UTISky @uofubiology.bsky.social
@uuhsresearch.bsky.social

California quail looking dapper on a fence post

California Quail looking for love. 💕
🪶
#birds #utahwildlife

Hi Jenny!