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Fun personal fact, I'm born mid 70s & got measles as a toddler. Do not recommend and neither do my parents who had to watch me fight it.

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Reminder @irorotanshi.bsky.social and other are putting together a special issue of the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society @linneansociety.bsky.social titled 'Mobilizing Natural History Collection in the Global South' Details available here: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/p...

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Dr. Ernest Harris earned his PhD in #entomology after already having a vibrant in a career researching the impact of Mediterranean #fruit #fly on crops. academic.oup.com/ae/article/6... #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

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Dr. Betty W. Harris is from Louisiana, and earned her MSc and PhD in chemistry. Dr. Harris went on to invent methods to detect explosives! She also developed a chemistry merit badge for the Girl Scouts! www.black-inventor.com/dr-betty-har... #28DaysOfBlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

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#TransRightsAreHumanRights! Everyday, always and forever

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Dr. Samuel Milton Nabrit earned a BSc from Morehouse College and a PhD from Brown Universiry studying #marine #biology! His thesis work focused on fins and regeneration in #fish. #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth www.tshaonline.org/handbook/ent...

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Dr. Willie Hobbs Moore was born in Atlantic City NJ, and went on to study protein spectroscopy and work on polymers. She was the African American woman to earn a PhD in physics! www.blackpast.org/african-amer... #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

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Dear CBC, Today’s show needs to be cancelled Wrong choices were made O’Leary is not a legitimate voice on Canadian sovereignty He tried to sell Canada and profit from it Pause this conversation, make better choices #Checkup #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦 #Never51

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Dr. St. Elmo Brady earned an MSc and PhD in #chemistry from the University of Illinois. He studied divalent oxygen atoms, and later went on to research #infrared #spectroscopy and organic acids. #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth www.sciencehistory.org/education/sc...

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Nominate your favourite invertebrate here (and with a link to the article about Doug's research, back in 2021) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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"It is absurd to mindlessly decimate the workforce that has led the world in science over the past 75 years, and to willingly give up excellent scientists and talent," Beyer wrote. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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Dr. Edward Bouchet was from Connecticut, the first African American to earn a PhD in #Physics (in 1876!). His thesis focused on refraction (“On Measuring #Refractive Indices”). #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth www.tgs.northwestern.edu/diversity/re...

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📢 Initiated at the last @entcollnet.bsky.social annual meeting, this topical collection welcomes contributions about #specimens curated for #public #education & awareness. ⌛️ 31 March 2025 👌 No #APCs 🤗 Open to anyone, including non-members! #entomology #ento #scicomm #scholcomm #openaccess

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A 9th #entomology #StarterPack is 1/2 full. Check out and follow! go.bsky.app/Lo456Qj Who have I missed? Nominate widely and supportively! 🧪 You can also pin this list 1000+ entomologists from all 9 starter packs - bsky.app/profile/did:... 🐜🪲🪰🦋🕸️🕷️🐛🐝🐞🦗🪳🦟🦂

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Dr. Charles Drew studied transfusions and blood storage, earning an Masters of Surgery and MD from McGill university in Montreal and a PhD from Columbia University . www.invent.org/inductees/ch... #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

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Dr. Mack Gipson Jr studied #geology and #soils. www.augustachronicle.com/story/lifest... #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

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SSE is pleased to offer free virtual #Evol2025 registration to all SSE members residing in 152 countries and territories around the world including India, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Sign up for your free registration code today! https://buff.ly/4hK08PZ @evolmtg.bsky.social

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A reminder that backswimmers are cool bugs that eat mosquitoes 😁

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Dr. Lonnie N Standifer earned a PhD in #entomology and went on to study #bees, Hymenoptera! In particular, Dr. Standifer advanced our knowledge about chemicals that are toxic to bees, honeybee #toxicology. #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth academic.oup.com/ae/article/4...

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Dr. Emmett Chapelle earned a PhD in #biochemistry. He pioneered the use of #luciferase and #luciferin (which in fireflies leads to flashing light signals) to detect life…. #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth www.phillytrib.com/special_sect...

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Dr. Rudolf Fisher earned an MSc and then an MD, studying the use of energy like X-rays for medical treatment, #radiology. news.brown.edu/articles/201... #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

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Congratulations to my postdoc Dr. Laura Gonzalez, and our #NSF #REU students Elizabeth Carlson and Lillian Davis on this new publication! #Hemiptera rdcu.be/d92tE

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Louis R. Purnell became well known as a #Tuskegee Airman during WWII, before earning his Bachelors and working at the Smithsonian as a Museum Specialist of #invertebrate #paleontology and #paleobotany #collections. siarchives.si.edu/history/feat.... #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

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New paper Denialism campaigns are growing in attempts to discredit science, scientists, and the scientific process generally. Biodiversity loss denial is a new phenomenon that needs our attention. -With @alexanderlees.bsky.social + Eliza Grames! #CommSky 🧪🌏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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George Washington Carver earned a PhD after being raised by parents who were enslaved. He studied #botany and best practices for #agriculture. www.invent.org/inductees/ge... #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

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Congratulations to my student Aaron Goodman on this new paper on Somatochlora #dragonfly #systematics! @paulbfrandsen.bsky.social @abbottnature.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

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Trans people have always existed and always will

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Alice Ball was an African American chemist who earned her MSc in chemistry. She worked on a method to treat leprosy (Hansen’s disease). scientificwomen.net/women/ball-a... #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

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Our fabulous Vice President @waspwoman.bsky.social talking to entomologists in Ghana about us! We hope some of you are able to join our other Ghanaian members as part of our fantastic global community! 🇬🇭

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The DSA Annual Meeting will be held in Idaho! Join us for this amazing event that will offer tour of the Boise environs and ID larval workshop. Registration open until June 15 Find more: www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/boise2025

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Dr. Roger Airliner Young earned her PhD in 1940. Dr. Young studied #marine #biology and was the first African American woman to publish on #zoology in Science in 1924! marinesanctuary.org/blog/celebra... #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

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Finally got to see army #ants this year! Well, at least tropical army ants. They were marching along a trail to move the colony. Impressive and scary, especially if you happen to be a critter nearby. #Formicidae: #Eciton hamatum Costa Rica (August)

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Nominations are open for the 2025 Molecular Ecology Prize! Nominate scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of molecular ecology with a 250-word statement & candidate CV sent to committee chair Kay Hodgins by April 11 Details: www.molecularecologist.com/2025/02/11/n...

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www.theguardian.com/environment/... Bombylius major - dark-edged bee fly - you know it makes sense @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

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