Dante concluded his 3-month participation in a study at the vet school looking at the effects of a supplement on dog microbiomes! Excited to see what they find.
Diana Muñoz
@munozbird.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Ecology: CRISPR-based eDNA assays and condor microbiomes Art sometimes.
Big new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper - we show for the first time that plastics affects seabirds at the POPULATION level. Plastic ingested as a chick reduces recruitment of birds to the breeding population. And the story is pretty grim. 🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
I always learn so much about bluebirds from Carlos!
Genomic Variation Lab at UC Davis@gvl-ucd.bsky.social · 5d agoCarlos Esperanza, one of our PhD students, shared his research on Western Bluebird population structure at the American Ornithological Society (AOS) Annual Meeting in Massachusetts last week! Great job, Carlos!
I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...
The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab
Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...
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My colleague Grace is passionate about keeping the Lake Tahoe ecosystem healthy! Consider pitching in to her research on using #eDNA to keep invasive mussels out.
Andrea Schreier@andrea-schreier.bsky.social · 2w agoDo you like Lake Tahoe? Do you dislike invasive mollusks? If so, and to learn more, check out my PhD student Grace Rosburg-Francot's crowdfunding campaign to support her research developing eDNA methods for AIS surveillance and management in Lake Tahoe! experiment.com/projects/how...
You know you're at an amphibian and reptile disease conference when they have a biosecurity station set up! So important with inter- state and national travel #GARD2026
Davis has endangered vernal pool tadpole shrimp IN the city limits and, of course, it would prefer not to. So I wrote a thing. davisite.org/2026/05/26/d...
Davis needs to do better at protecting its sensitive and endangered species
There is still a chance to preserve and restore habitats to help native species recover, including at Village Farms By Kathryn Calderala Environmentalism – Still a dirty word for some. A category D…
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Thank you, @maxlambert.bsky.social and colleagues for this letter to federal scientists 🫶 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Federal scientists, a great American invention: a letter to our federal colleagues
Click on the article title to read more.
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Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it. www.nature.com/articles/d41... h/t @maartenp.bsky.social
Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI
Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it.
nature.com
Logger head shrike today, hawking up a pellet! As I took vid!
Young condor 1262 launches himself from the ground to the top of the observation blind at Pinnacles, my second home. Note the sound as he lands! Also, this window is one-way glass: I can see him but he doesn’t see me inside.
New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
One of our PhD students, Carlos Esperanza, recently visited Doodad Ranch to collect a genetic sample for his Western Bluebird population genetics project!
GVL Visits Doodad Ranch!
3/27/2026 Graduate students Diana Munoz, Anderson Tate, and Carlos Esperanza spent the day at Doodad Ranch in Elverta, California with two main goals: obtain a genetic sample of a Western bluebird, an...
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My awesome labmates made me a crochet replica of my dog and a polymer clay jalapeño bagel charm (prey item of my dog from the counter) to go with it 🥹
Strong recommendation to teaching faculty to just say no to this stuff, even if you are AI curious/enthusiastic. This is meant to reduce faculty autonomy and capture human labor with automation. You're selling out your future self and the profession as a whole. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
Canvas Unrolls AI Teaching Agent
The new AI agent aims to save faculty time on “low-value tasks,” but stops short of fully automating grading. But some experts worry that the rise of agentic AI could lead to a dead classroom, where c...
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Only 2 days left to order this beautiful design on your favorite type of shirt! By buying the shirt you will be helping us with all our projects including the #PoisonFreeBelize project and our free on-site education programs! #Birds #Raptors #bsnm 🪶 Link ➡️ www.bonfire.com/belize-rapto...
We have been taking night bike rides near the river where we have encountered numerous cute lil guys (California Toads).
Luis Alvarez, an undergraduate in the BioInnovation Group at UC Davis, wrote this article highlighting some of our work!
How CRISPR and Biotechnology Can Revolutionize Conservation
Contemporary conservation management faces a variety of challenges. One of those challenges being the ability to identify species accurately when visual identification is unreliable. Conservation team...
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I have found an AI* agent that is as helpful to my workflow as the more conventionally used ones. Subscription costs** are reasonable as well. * Avian Intelligence ** Bag of feed
Have encountered this a disappointing number of times
Terry McGlynn@hormiga.bsky.social · 6mo agoHey fellow scientists, I'm just letting you know that if you're promoting something with some junky AI image, I'm not gonna click. You've got a workshop, a conference, a new paper? Just not gonna bother. You want a bespoke image? Hire an illustrator.
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
Convinced my lab to join Bluesky! Give us a follow for updates on our work 🤗
Genomic Variation Lab at UC Davis@gvl-ucd.bsky.social · 9mo agoHi Bluesky! We are the Genomic Variation Laboratory based at UC Davis. Our current projects include: 🧬 CRISPR-based SHERLOCK assays for eDNA detection 🧬 Metabarcoding to detect animal and plant diversity in predator diets and ecosystems 🧬 Population genetics of fishes and more!
