Patterson Scholar Curator of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences. National Geographic Young Explorer. I like frogs. A lot. she/her
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2 Jan 2025
First lab publication of 2025: Diversification in #Guadeloupe #endemic #frogs along the slopes of an active volcano 🏝️🐸🧬🌋 #openaccess academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/…
ALT Phylogeny of Guadeloupe's endemic Eleutherodactylus (E. barlagnei and E. pinchoni)
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20 Dec 2024
Funded #PhD opportunity to join the #frogvision team! Open to all nationalities, application deadline 20 Jan 🐸👀🧬
trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/div…
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16 Dec 2024
Big congrats to @phoreignature on a successful defense of her masters on population genomic structure in five #endemic species of #anoles across the Anguilla, Barbuda, and St. Kitts island banks in the Lesser Antilles 🤗🦎🏝️🧬 super proud of all her hard work! #Islands2030
ALT Ayanna Browne poses with her graduate committee (Dr. Lauren Esposito, Dr. Rayna Bell and Dr. Michael Yuan). A slide from her seminar presentation is in the background with an illustration of two anole species and the expected results of her analyses: 1. individuals will be grouped by island 2. anoles on islands in closer proximity to one another will be more genetically similar.
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16 Jul 2024
Still trying to process that this happened and deeply concerned about what the future of science at the Academy will look like.
15 Jul 2024
Leadership of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) has imposed a 5% cut to the organization’s 600-plus workforce, with a disproportionately greater impact on CAS’s science division. scim.ag/7Fs
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8 May 2024
A short film about our work with the iconic pumpkin toadlets (and other frogs) in Brazil led by @Becker_Lab #AmphibianWeek
8 May 2024
Recent field experiments focused on a tiny, charismatic frog in southeastern Brazil are beginning to shed light on a disease that has decimated amphibian populations around the world. Watch our new short film from @katieggarrett here: bit.ly/3QBP5gi
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4 Apr 2024
Our new paper in @MolBioEvol investigates the evolution of frog visual pigment genes (opsins) across species inhabiting diverse light environments. w/ @RaynaCBell @geckofujita @jeff_streicher and many others contributing to an international effort! academic.oup.com/mbe/article…
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28 Aug 2023
I along with 95% of #AssociateEditors have now #Resigned from @jbiogeography. Unfortunately, there was no genuine invitation from @WileyGlobal to discuss #BetterPublishing journalofbiogeographynews.or…
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28 Aug 2023
I am disappointed in this outcome and am joining a #Boycott of @jbiogeography as an author, editor, and reviewer, and encourage others to do the same until @WileyGlobal adopts principles for #BetterPublishing
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2 Aug 2023
I and 85% of @jbiogeography #AssociateEditors continue #WorkStoppage because @WileyGlobal has not reprioritized access & journal quality over profit, maintaining barriers to equity and publication - particularly for #ECRs and peers from the #GlobalSouth #BetterPublishing
29 Jun 2023
I, along with 85% of #JBI AEs, am on a work stoppage as #AssociateEditor of @jbiogeography because @WileyGlobal prioritizes profit over access & journal quality, creating barriers to equity and publication - particularly for #ECRs and peers from the #GlobalSouth #BetterPublishing
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Rayna Bell retweeted
27 Jun 2023
👏 With thanks to our episode one contributors:
@_lipuppy12 - Climate activist
@laurafayeten - Climate expert and former NASA scientist
@docspalding - Marine scientist with @nature_org and mangrove expert
@antarcticglacie - Glaciologist
@im_coasts - Professor of Geography
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29 Jun 2023
I, along with 85% of #JBI AEs, am on a work stoppage as #AssociateEditor of @jbiogeography because @WileyGlobal prioritizes profit over access & journal quality, creating barriers to equity and publication - particularly for #ECRs and peers from the #GlobalSouth #BetterPublishing
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29 Jun 2023
We also emphasize support for authors, which is why we will continue to handle existing manuscripts in review at JBI, but not accept any new articles to handle during the work stoppage. Our concerns align with the Editor-in-Chief who recently resigned journalofbiogeographynews.or…
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11 May 2023
Come work with us @calacademy! The Center for Comparative Genomics is hiring a Lab Tech 🧬Desired start is June 1st!
californiaacademyofsciences.…
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8 May 2023
During @calacademy Party After Dark I had the opportunity to chat with two incredible humans @_lipuppy12 @KoloMarie who are leading the fight against climate change in their island homes 🇲🇬🇲🇭 The first part of the convo didn't get recorded, but tune in to learn how to be an ally
ALT Climate activists Selina Leem (Marshall Islands) and Marie Christina Kolo (Madagascar) in conversation with Dr. Rayna Bell (California Academy of Sciences, USA)
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8 May 2023
and support communities on the front lines of climate change bit.ly/42hNgJ9 #Islands2030
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15 Apr 2023
Huge thanks @sfexaminer for hyping our @TheWebbyAwards nomination! Humans, Claude's secretly v. competitive & says your vote would be delicious — find voting link at end of article, & don't forget to confirm yours via email once submitted so it counts! bit.ly/3KYBSvs
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3 Apr 2023
Excited to be invited and looking forward to hearing from this inspiring lineup of speakers! 🧬 🐸👀.🌱.🏙️🐦.🦎.🔥🪰.🍎🍇🪰.🌊🌱🪰.🪲.🌊🕷️.🦋.🎨🪰.🐞
29 Mar 2023
Welcome to this free-of-charge conference in Paris w/ top speakers in evolutionary biology & ecology on May 22-23!
iege.sciencesconf.org/
Speakers: @pandolfatto @pbeldade @RaynaCBell @MajdaHolcova @AnneCharmantier V. Colot @nathalie_feiner T. Flatt @e_immonen @AbdouKhila ...
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9 Jan 2023
We are hiring a postdoc to bring together collaborators from 3 California institutions and barcode every insect species in the state! californiaacademyofsciences.…
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