maaccchavez.bsky.social
Postdoc fellow at Treviño's Lab. PhD in molecular evolution Writer of fictions and poetry
👤 Joined on 25 November 2024
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@maaccchavez.bsky.socialNot surprising to see this for anyone who has worked on them but…good lord what a mess lol. And this is mostly just sampling Europe and Costa Rica, the huge Australian fauna hasn’t even been started on in these phylogenies. 🧪
Show PostA compilation of my bird illustrations from my book "A Field Guide to Cape Cod," Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd 🧪🐡🌿🌎🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #extinct #CapeCod
Show PostA study published in Nature finds that microplastics can generate reactive oxygen species at their surfaces in water, challenging the idea that they are simply passive particles and revealing a potential mechanism for biological damage. 🧪
Show PostRe #Evolution Many think the primary evidence for it is a fossil record that could have been scattered abt by God. By now the primary evidence is that you can see it in action, e.g., in a virology lab or a computer simulation. You can't properly experience that & also deny. (exc flat-earthers) 🧪
Show PostHad a great time giving a lecture on mammalian evolution at Cal Poly. I decided to prepare an interactive activity where students had to reconstruct a museum infographic, and I loved seeing how involved they were! 🧪
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