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Sarah Whorley, Ph.D.

@dralgaegirl.bsky.social

Professor of Biology/Ecology and #TriBeta advisor doing #SLACScience. I focus on understanding how human activities affect freshwater algal biochemistry. Gardener, hiker, baker, dog/cat mom. RP ≠ endorsement.

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OMG DANNY ELFMAN WAS HERE!!!!

08.03.2026 03:03 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yes, the bright purple is definitely in honor of Elfman (also his favorite color)

08.03.2026 00:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New addition to the percussion section - The Springs

08.03.2026 00:22 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We do clean up good.

08.03.2026 00:19 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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There are no fewer than 3 xylophone-like instruments on stage. Elfman does love his percussion section .

08.03.2026 00:17 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
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It was cold and rainy, but we did it! #SUFS! Thanks to @mikefeigin.bsky.social for organizing the Buffalo gathering.

07.03.2026 20:29 — 👍 26    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

🧪🧬🦠🔬🥼🧪

07.03.2026 13:00 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Ready! #SUFS #Buffalo

07.03.2026 13:00 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I think the sentiment might be lost in thr jargon of that one

07.03.2026 02:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Draft poster, thoughts?

07.03.2026 02:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

While I agree, this is a Science rally...so slightly off topic.

07.03.2026 02:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Job Opening: Data Scientist – Grant Witness Grant Witness seeks a data scientist for a full-time position on our team tracking changes to U.S. federal grantmaking. We are also hiring for part-time/contract positions. Join us!

Grant Witness is hiring! We're seeking a full-time data scientist to join our team building data resources to support journalism, litigation, and activism protecting science, public health, and the rule of law. grant-witness.us/apply.html #rstats

06.03.2026 21:14 — 👍 114    🔁 82    💬 1    📌 7
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Call_Long Island 2027[16].docx The American Society of Naturalists Proposals for Symposia at the ASN stand-alone meeting in Long Island 2027 Due April 30, 2026 The American Society of Naturalists will be holding an East Coast m...

The American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social
will be holding our next meeting in Glen Cove, New York on 8-12 January 2027!

Have an idea for a special symposium? We want to hear it!
#ecology #evolution #behavior 🧪 #popgen 🧬
Applications due Apr 30: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

06.03.2026 19:24 — 👍 23    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 1

Woohoo!

07.03.2026 00:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a crowd of people holding signs including one that says save the kids ALT: a crowd of people holding signs including one that says save the kids

I need some good pithy poster ideas for the #SUFS rally tomorrow. Gimme your best shots!

06.03.2026 18:49 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 6    📌 0

THIS IS TOMORROW! IT'S HAPPENING! #SUFS #Buffalo

06.03.2026 16:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Buffalo Stand Up for Science speaker announcement: Buffalo Common Councilman Mitch Nowakowski, a strong advocate for a diverse and healthy city! (Mitch didn’t speak last year so here’s a great shot of Dr Sarah Whorley!)
@dralgaegirl.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social

06.03.2026 15:41 — 👍 32    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1

Buffalo Stand Up for Science speaker announcement: Dr Joyce Ohm! Meet the star of a recent Super Bowl commercial, a department chair, great scientist, and fantastic mentor! (I can’t find a picture of her speaking last year, so here’s Ethan.)
@epigenohmics.bsky.social
@standupforscience.bsky.social

06.03.2026 14:26 — 👍 14    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 1
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Tomorrow we will Stand Up for Science in Buffalo! Saturday, 1PM, Niagara Square! I’ll highlight speakers throughout the day, starting with Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz! Bring your friends! Bonus picture of @markpoloncarz.bsky.social from last year’s rally!
@standupforscience.bsky.social

06.03.2026 12:23 — 👍 33    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1

I teach a segment on conservation genetics in my molecular ecology class. My favorite moment is when my students realize that Colossal is just a bunch of conservation grifters. Technically, these guys would make more money by MORE species going extinct.

06.03.2026 12:34 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks. One of life's truisms is "it's always something"

06.03.2026 12:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Yankee Vandal Vintage - Customer Survey Hey there! 👋 I'm Jen Woronow, Co-founder of Yankee Vandal Vintage, and I need YOUR help. I'm conducting research to understand what vintage shoppers actually want (vs. what I think you want 😅). This...

My wife is conducting research for a workshop about those of you who like to thrift/shop for vintage clothing. She needs to get 100 people in her dataset, and I would appreciate it if you would take 5 minutes to fill our her survey! Pass it on to your friends who love vintage!
tinyurl.com/22vczxe6

05.03.2026 23:23 — 👍 30    🔁 35    💬 0    📌 3
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a cartoon mouse is sitting on a wooden shelf . ALT: a cartoon mouse is sitting on a wooden shelf .

..aaaaaand our roof is now leaking. If this repair eats out bathroom renovation money, I'm gonna be really upset.

06.03.2026 02:31 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Approximately 25 laminated lemur playing cards researched and designed by my high school students in preparation for their game "adapt, survive, or die" tomorrow. Each one focuses on one of the 108 lemur species and includes facts about their adaptations and niche

Approximately 25 laminated lemur playing cards researched and designed by my high school students in preparation for their game "adapt, survive, or die" tomorrow. Each one focuses on one of the 108 lemur species and includes facts about their adaptations and niche

Lemur trading cards researched and designed by my students - tomorrow we play "Adapt, Survive, or Die"

05.03.2026 23:47 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Amy Goldberg, PhD - Join The Goldberg lab is moving to UCLA summer 2025, and recruiting postdocs and graduate students. We are a computational lab with occasional wet lab or field collaborators. We will be located in the Depa...

The Goldberg lab at UCLA is hiring one or more postdocs. Flexible start date.

We develop methods to study population genetics of humans, our primate relatives, and our pathogens.

www.goldberglab.org/join

05.03.2026 21:10 — 👍 23    🔁 24    💬 1    📌 0

Hopefully the worst holds off until after the #SUFS rally. Bring your rain gear!

05.03.2026 18:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Making sure my samples are vaccinated.

Just kidding, solvents dissolve plastic pipette tips so all reagents need to be added with glass/metal, so old school it is.

05.03.2026 16:26 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And Buffalo! 🧪🌎Join us at 1pm in Niagara Square!

05.03.2026 15:31 — 👍 29    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0

That's so awesome! I love seeing how hard we're all working for a better environment and a better WNY!

05.03.2026 14:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I think for most people they are too divorced from the functions of the world around them. Modernity has muted our interactions with nature.

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