Christopher Olson
@christopherrolson.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Physiology at Midwestern University | Neuro 🧠 |Ornithologist 🦉 | Grand Canyon enthusiast | Natural History | All things Arizona 📸
This is an exciting lineup of speakers for the AZPS in October
Arizona Physiological Society@azphysiology.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are delighted to announce our 2026 Keynote Speakers: 🧬Dr. Bridget Barker, AZPS Distinguished Investigator 🔬Dr. Katharina Schimmel, Innovator in Physiology Research 🌡️Dr. Michael Angilletta, Innovator in Physiology Education #AZPS2026 #Physiology #Science #🧪
Save the date! Arizona Physiological Society's Annual Meeting is happening October 23rd to 24th! Hosted by Midwestern University! #AZPS2026 #Physiology #Science #🧪 www.azps.life
A sun halo that showed up over the desert sky earlier this week. Fine ice crystals in the cirrus clouds create this phenomenon. These cliffs are of the La Barge Box in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona.
Get your goth on with the Funereal Duskywing. These I photographed recently in Arizona’s Agua Fria National Monument #butterfly #goth #lepidoptera
There is a vigil in 45 minutes. I am still feeling sick from tear gas and not going. But at 7pm CST, whoever you are and where ever you are. Go to your street corner. Light a candle. If you are someone who prays, pray. Shine a light for Minnesota!🕯
As of today we have a new record low snowpack for the Upper Colorado River basin for late January.
Andrew Cuomo: taxpayers should pay for $60 million in legal bills for my sexual harassment allegations Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries
📣 Registration is still open for the AZPS Conference, happening tomorrow Oct 17–18! Don’t miss a great weekend of physiology, networking, and distinguished keynote talks. 🔗 View the full program + register now: www.azps.life/2025-meeting #AZPS2025 #Physiology
Whether it's Republicans assaulting their wives or Democrats liking negative tweets about their friends at the Free Press, both sides have done things to hurt people who are close to them.
Welcome to Bluesky: Weird Al is on here but you sometimes don’t immediately get told that. That’s most of the important information.
Could it be Wind Scorpion Wednesday already? After the rains in Arizona there are lots of creepy crawlers out. #solifugae #sunspider #windscorpion
Dear funding agencies, I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development. Sincerely, Looking for basic research grants.
📢 Join us for the Arizona Physiological Society Meeting – Oct 17–18, 2025 in Phoenix! It’s not too late to submit late-breaking abstracts – due October 10. Share your research & connect with the AZ physiology community! 🔗 www.azps.life
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I came across this petroglyph yesterday in an undisclosed canyon in Arizona. Those feet make me think grizzly bear. What do you think?
Say hello and good day to the Fire-tailed Scoliid Wasp, Triscolia ardens. Found in the Agua Fria NM, Arizona.
Our enemies are cowards, and we are going to defeat them. 🪶
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
