Jill Oberski, PhD
Postdoc @sgn.one (🇩🇪) : Entomology / 🐜 myrmecology / 🧬 phylogenomics / 🌎 biogeography / 📚 teaching / 🏛️ museums. Passionate about #SciComm, #AcademicMentalHealth, and diversifying STEM. 🧠 ♿️ 🏳️🌈 (she/her) 🔜 Asst Prof, Hope College!
- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDWe told our life-size giant squid friend that the museum's whale is a nice, safe, baleen whale, so I think they are just about ready to join the exhibit Sneak preview for Marvelous Mollusks, scheduled to open at the Museum of the Earth on 5/30.
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- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDWhat's up #InverteFest, I've been embroidering a mollusc alphabet on and off since 2018, and I haven't shared them on bsky yet, so here we go - A is for Argonauta, Aporrhais, Aplysia and Architeuthis!
- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDBefore my trip to Anilao earlier this year, seeing an argonaut was pretty high on my bucket list. And on my second blackwater dive... voila! This is a female (the males are tiny). Argonauta sp., maybe A. hians but I really have no idea. 🦑 #Invertebrates #Blackwater
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- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDExclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
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- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDI keep seeing heartbreaking stories about people who spend years in grad school, apply to jobs, and only then learn that their dream job needs a skill they didn’t learn during grad school. Looking at job ads *now*, years before you’re applying, can help identify skills to develop. 🧪🌎🦑🐠
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- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDBack to book pitching, so here I am caring about the # of followers I have 🤦♀️ HELLO! I'm a 🦑 scientist on a mission to get people to take action to protect earth's biodiversity. Alongside others, I use street art, zines, photography, collabs, & more to encourage action. Tell ur friends 😅
- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhD🧪Hello! are you a scientist who started your PhD in 2020 and are now wrapping up? I want to know how your life is and how you're feeling about your prospects in 2025 for a story in @nature.com. DM me or find me on Signal at aheidt.16. Tell yo friends! (Also seeking international sources.)
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- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDWe shouldn’t use amount of funding as a standard for tenure, especially now, and we should clearly communicate that as written policy. Blog post: brianomeara.info/posts/fundin... #AcademicSky
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- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDResearch from @smnstuttgart.bsky.social shows #LLM #AI chatbots reflect typical human biases about insects: - Bees/butterflies good, wasps bad - 'Bees' restricted to honeybees, 'wasps' to yellowjackets, underplaying masses of vital species onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... #bugsky #scicomm
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- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDAbsolutely nobody asked for this but I reformatted my animal yeetability thread into printable poster & zine files. Introducing, the "Pocket Guide to Responsible & Sustainable Animal YEETING" featuring a revamped rating system. Download links below.
- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDHappy #Invertefest! Celebrate invertebrate biodiversity 🐛💕
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- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDHi #InverteFest! Curious about that spider you saw? Check out my field guide to USA+CAN spiders! I wrote it to be super accessible & its only $10! 📘 bookshop.org/p/books/spid... 🕷 Want to learn what makes it so great? Watch my interview w/ @travismcenery.bsky.social! youtu.be/BczBmRasoiE?...
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- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDoSTEM's 2025 Scholarship Program is offering $183k in scholarships for LGBTQ+ students in STEM. 41 scholarships ($2,500-$5,000) available for community college, undergrad, and grad students. Applications open April 14, 2025 - May 18, 2025, 11:59 PM EDT. Learn more at bit.ly/oSTEM-Scholarship
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- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDGiven that habitat loss is demonstrably the single biggest threat to endangered species, this move effectively ends protection for most species, and a lot of things will go extinct.
- Reposted by Jill Oberski, PhDHas anyone else caught on to this?
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