Aurora Toennisson

Very excited to get to update my signature today!

Woohoo! Glad you landed a professor job!!!

Another monarch sighting!

Revised version:

Noted for revision, lol!

Do these stats look reasonable?

So for folks who have published in open access journals, what a reasonable vs unreasonable publication fee? They all seem super expensive to me.

How I imagine I'm going to feel when all my revisions are done, lol.

Defense presentation: Done! 😅
Orals: Unconditionally passed! 🙌

Thanks to all the support of my lab mates, committee, friends, and family!

Current state of my upcoming talk:

1) it’s true!!
2) I know many of you, like me, desperately wish for a house/yard for this but ✨ you can container garden native plants ✨ if sun ever touches your apt patio/porch/area outside your door that people will begrudgingly accept you using OR guerrilla garden nearby disturbed land patches

Great thread! Also, state and local native plant societies are great ways to find others to swap plants with!

WE HAVE A MONARCH CATERPILLAR ON OUR MILKWEED!

meme saying "they tariffed their own economy" with picture of ferengis in the Roswell DS9 episode, looking shocked

Not sure who made this but thank you because I laughed so much

Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service) Far too much of the media coverage supporting NOAA only mentions one of many things they do: here are 10 more.

Lots of people on my feed are concerned about the destruction of NOAA by the Trump administration and Elon Musk, but much of what I’ve seen people post about is the national weather service. That’s vital, but NOAA does so much more than that!

My latest, for @ucsusa.bsky.social

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"Postdoctoral Position in AbioticStress Tolerance at University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA"

Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=Nebraska_4-30-25.pdf

#PlantSciJobs

Harmful algal blooms are preceded by a predictable and quantifiable shift in the oceanic microbiome - Nature Communications Harmful algal blooms (HABs) pose negative worldwide impacts that could be minimized through the development of a forecasting tool. Quantitative analysis of peptides produced by a coastal microbiome pr...

Harmful algal blooms are preceded by a predictable and quantifiable shift in the oceanic microbiome www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

Maybe someone just got the wrong memo and though the Declaration of Independence was a to do list and the Constitution a list of complaints? Can someone in Congress correct this mistake?

Turning likes into local impact: How Philly-based creators use their platforms for good - Green Philly In a world saturated with digital content, Philly-based creators are using their platforms to reconnect us with the environment — and inspire real-world action right in our own neighborhoods. In 2023,...

New article by @greenphilly.bsky.social covers some Philly area folks using social media for the greater good (Skype a Scientist is in there!)

Read all about it here greenphl.com/lifestyle/tu...

Bird flu biosensor detects virus in less than 5 min Surface modified with graphene oxide and Prussian blue enhances virus-detection capabilities

Nice writeup in @cenmag.bsky.social about WashU's bird flu sensor. Still looking for farming partners to help fund stress tests on the device! #AgSky #AvianFlu 🩺 🧪 It needs to holdup in the dirty dirty air found in animal housing. cen.acs.org/analytical-c...

Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 3, the press release Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness of a conservation threat and help buil…

Please enjoy part 3 of my series with @brettfavaro.bsky.social on speaking to journalists as a scientist. Today we focus on press releases, their role in the science-media ecosystem, and your role as a scientist in writing and approving them.

Please share.

🧪 #SciComm

Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 2, mechanics of the interview By  David Shiffman and Brett Favaro. Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness o…

Here's part two of my series with @brettfavaro.bsky.social on tips for speaking to journalists as a scientist, this week focusing on things every scientist should know about how interviews work (and do not work). Please read and share!

www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪#SciComm

Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 1 By David Shiffman and Brett Favaro. Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness of…

Please enjoy part 1 of a series of blog posts written by myself and @brettfavaro.bsky.social offering our advice on how scientists can effectively speak with jouranlists about our areas of expertise. Part 2 is coming next week.

Please read and share!

www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪

Controversy Abounds Over GMO Peeps Researchers at E.B. State University announced this week that they developed a genetically modified peep just in time for the Easter holiday. “Our goal was to breed a peep that is better for …

This satirical blog post I wrote is still so relevant and amusing. Lots of linguistic "Easter eggs" for the discerning reader, too. biologistsgarden.net/2018/03/27/c...

Basic science FTW

Details on the science march in Raleigh!

NSF fact sheet

The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.

Are any of my NC colleagues participating in this?

So has *anyone* heard back about NSF Post-doctoral Research Fellowships in Biology? Mine is still listed as "pending". I'm trying to figure out if I haven't heard because I'm out of the running, or simply because the NSF is a hot mess right now.