Dr. Julie Teresa Shapiro 🟣🦇🐈⬛🐀
@JulieTheBatgirl
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Research scientist (Chargée de recherche) @Anses_fr 🇫🇷 All things animal disease, epidemiology & surveillance. Fan of #bats , #cats & #scicomm 🇺🇸 🇭🇺 🇪🇺✡️
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When the
#stats
discussion gets so heated that even your
#cat
is stressed 🥴
#AcademicChatter
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#AltAc
Twitter is such an important resource. But
#industry
really dominates the conversation & I would love to hear more from my fellow
#government
scientists🙋🏻♀️ Show yourselves! 😂 And tell us something about your job 👇
#AcademicChatter
#ECRchat
#phdchat
#ScienceTwitter
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Me: I'm so excited my analysis worked, look at the clusters!
Husband: So... you get paid to make colored circles
Me: They are NOT just colored circles, I made them using a hierarchical clustering algorithm, and each one indicates -
H: Ok, ok I believe you!
#AcademicChatter
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Back when I still did fieldwork I noticed that some captured
#bats
were really calm and others wanted to destroy me. I developed a scale to quantify this aggressiveness. Now published in the latest issue of
@BarbastellaJ
!🥳
#BatResearch
#BehavioralEcology
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After a 3 year drought on first-author papers:
"Dear Dr. Shapiro,
I am pleased to inform you that your paper has been accepted for publication."
What a good way to start the week!
#MondayMorning
#MondayMotivation
#phdchat
#ecrchat
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Just catching up on the weekend twitter drama.
Honestly, if this (satirical) headline offends you, it's probably because it hits too close to the truth.
As a Jew, I fully condemn the Hamas terrorist attacks but they don't justify killing 1000's of Palestinian civilians & children
Dying Gazans Criticized For Not Using Last Words To Condemn Hamas
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I mean once you have a permanent job, sure. But the stress of being on short-term contracts and never knowing if your current position will be your last one tends to eat away at the satisfaction/passion of even those who love their research.
Complain all you want, Twitter. I’m an academic and it’s the best job in the world.
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How about being elevated to "has a permanent job" status.
With U.S. students lagging in science, should scientists be elevated to celebrity status?
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@CatWorkers
Xippie has been helping me whenever I work from home from the time she was just a wee kitten and I was trying to finish my dissertation.
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Find a way to pay undergrads working for/with you. At the end of my PhD I used money left on a grant to pay an undergrad intern for the summer. Also hire undergrads who are enthusiastic but don't yet have field-specific experience, esp if they have worked other, more general jobs
Have you had success in promoting inclusion, equity or diversity in
#STEM
? Let us know what's worked in the thread or at our googledoc!
#inclusiveSTEM
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The lesser woolly bat (Kerivoula lanosa) is one of the more ridiculous
#bats
I've caught. This tiny,
#fluffy
insectivore weighs ~4 g. Found across sub-Saharan Africa, not much is known about it. Look at that tongue!
#derp
#baturday
#31BatsofHalloween
#BatAppreciationMonth
#smol
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@BiologyCarly
Also no one ever says "you need to be good at writing to do science" (which I resent just a teeny bit as someone who's biggest strength is in writing) and I think most of us spend a lot more time writing than doing actual math-math.
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I was going to wait until I'd finished a full week but OMG, I LOVE my new job! Amazing colleagues, super cool projects, tons of academic freedom.
Oh and did I mention the 9 weeks paid vacation? (Yup you read that right, NINE WEEKS paid vacation 🤯)
#AcademicChatter
#ECRchat
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@CatsOfYore
So true, we should all be so thankful that cats decided to come into our lives 🥺
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blep, but make it a lesser woolly bat who needs to get its bangs trimmed
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Paper accepted! 🥳
Great way to the start the week! Soon I'll have proof that I got something done during my
#postdoc
😂
#AcademicChatter
#phdchat
#MondayMotivation
#MondayMood
#ECRchat
#postdoclife
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To whoever thought up the "Reject and Resubmit" journal status - What is wrong with you???
Just say "Major revisions."
#PeerReview
#AcademicChatter
#AcWri
#phdchat
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Got the first paper rejection of my
#postdoc
today. My tolerance has definitely gone up over the past few years. It definitely doesn't feel good but now I can manage to just shrug up until rejection 4 or 5.
#phdlife
#phdchat
#AcademicChatter
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It's official - I'm really excited to announce that we'll be moving to Israel this fall! I received a postdoctoral fellowship to work with Shai Pilosof at
@bengurionu
in Be'er Sheva.
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Today in
#OverlyHonestMethods
:
We ran this model because the reviewer insisted on it and this paper has been rejected so many times, I shrugged and added it.
#phdchat
#FridayFeeling
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@academic_exit
Not one bit, I LOVE my job. As a government scientist I still get to do research, apply for grants (but with much less pressure), supervise grad students, and give guest lectures while doing research that directly advances OneHealth.
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@CatsOfYore
What about the price of getting the photo taken? The formal / planned pictures make me think of how much they must have loved their cats. Puts my hundreds (ok probably thousands) of pictures of Xippie into perspective (as totally reasonable of course 😹).
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@CatsOfYore
Ugh for even asking "do they make sensible pets?" NO! Why can't humans just appreciate what we can have. No one needs a creature any wilder than a domestic cat as a pet!
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@CarlyAnneYork
Going to add bats -- the moms fly around all night carrying a baby that can weigh up to 1/3 mom's body weight!
(Sorry for not wearing gloves, this picture is 12 years old!)
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Really important point. The *ancestor* of
#COVID19
may have come from bats but COVID19 DID NOT directly infect people from bats. You won't catch COVID19 from a
#bat
. Disease transmission from wildlife to humans is often VERY complex; we may never know the exact chain of events.
Props to the Chiroptera Conservation and Information Network of South Asia for this graphic 🏆
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@nytimes
Seems like it might be time to break this one out again. Although yay I guess for UC postdocs getting some improvements.
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I'm very excited this paper is finally published. A major group effort!
We found that
#Ebola
spillover to humans occurs where
#bat
diversity is high & anthropogenic disturbance is low
#MondayMotivation
#ecology
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TL;DR: I thought I had to stay in
#academia
to do the kind of
#research
I love and it turns out that wasn't true at all.
Also, government
#science
jobs are awesome.
#AcademicChatter
#AltAc
#AltAcChats
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@500womensci
@TuckerCarlson
@sisterSTEM
@MeTooSTEM
@ScientistFemale
I'm Julie and I'm an ecologist who studies antibiotic resistance, bats, parasites, bacteria and viruses. I use science to improve human health, conserve wildlife, and leave the world a little better than I found it. I'm also an
#UnapologeticallyFeministScientist
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@DrWendyRocks
Oh the horror of shoulders when you live and work where it's hot as balls all the time.
How about we just blindfold the men if they're so easily distracted? Problem solved
#ModestAcademic
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Trying to figure out my own R code six months later.
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@CatsOfYore
Same. Cats are so perfect, why cover up that perfection with costumes? 😿 (That they almost always hate!)
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When the paper you've been *submitting* to journals for FIVE YEARS is finally accepted.
Turns out 9th time was the charm.
#MondayMorning
#MondayMotivation
#AcademicChatter
#phdchat
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@KaushikLab
Yesterday I was introduced as Julie but the other guy (granted, older and a professor) was introduced as Dr. I was a little shy about it, but I gently said, "Oh, if we're using titles, then it's Dr. Julie." It was barely even awkward and everyone was good-natured about it.
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Another thing that bothers me about this is many grad students get their own funding. I had an NSFGRFP, then dept funding, and raised the money for my field AND labwork. And I know I'm not the only one. Also whose dept isn't giving tuition waivers???
#AcademicChatter
#PhDChat
How much does a graduate student cost per year?
Salary: $35,793
Benefits + Tuition: $26,463
Supplies: $12,000
Travel: $3,000
Overhead: $42,491
Total: $119,747
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@PeretzLange
The Topic doesn't have to be super narrow though -- my One True Passion was "bats" and I went in a lot of different directions -- landscape ecology, acoustics, disease ecology, modeling... Being passionate about what you're researching can help get you through the rough patches.
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Suffice to say none of the authors are actually ecologists. I never, ever say anyone else's field of research is "easy." Nothing is easy!
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New Rule: If you go >60 seconds over your allotted presentation time, you are banned from oral presentations for 5 years.
It shows a lack of preparation and is disrespectful of other presenters and the audience 😠
#AcademicChatter
#AcademicTwitter
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I'll go first! I'm a research scientist
@Anses_fr
, the French National Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health and Safety, where I research animal disease surveillance and how to improve it, along with statistical / modeling support for various projects as needed.
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@JortsTheCat
If this isn't a
#MondayMood
right here... Xippie hasn't even started but she can't even
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After a few experiences and making it to interview rounds for
#academic
(professor) jobs (a 🧵for another time), I realized I *really* didn't want to be a professor. All the pre-tenure profs I knew were miserable, I don't like teaching, and it felt like a Ponzi scheme (5/)
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I worked A LOT of weekends, probably most of them, during my PhD. I wish I hadn't. Apart from times it was unavoidable (deadlines, fitting in labwork in a high-demand space), it just made me tired, burned out, inefficient, and miserable.
#AcademicChatter
#phdchat
#phdlife
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The work-week in Israel starts on Sunday, makes me feel like I've gotten a head-start. I'll be working from (our new) home until our mandatory 2-week isolation is finished, with the help of my research assistant 😅
#MondayMorning
#AcademicsWithCats
#AcademicChatter
#CatsOfTwitter
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First
#postdoc
paper submitted! Now for the second hurdle: Will it get sent out for review???
#phdchat
#ECRchat
#AcademicChatter
#phdlife
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@PhDVoice
@PostdocVoice
Oh, cat for sure. Couldn't have finished my PhD (or two postdocs) without this furball, who we adopted during the last year of my PhD.
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@AcademicChatter
I think we have to constantly remind ourselves that most, if not all, people are slow at research too. But we usually only see the finished products of others, not all the rejected papers, failed experiments, data that never sees the light of day...
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After a 6 month delay due to
#COVID19
lockdowns, embassy closures & travel restrictions, I'm so excited to finally arrive in Israel to start my
@stem_program
#postdoc
@bengurionu
! Very grateful to my supervisor & uni staff who worked very hard to get us here.
#AcademicChatter
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Waiting for an accepted paper to be published online...
#AcademicChatter
#AcWri
#phdchat
#postdoclife
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@1NativeSoilNerd
Definitely! I have a section on my CV under "Professional Service" and list all the journals I've reviewed for. You can also keep track of your reviews using
@Publons
(I recently made an account).
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@manithegarcia
Thank you for sharing. Infuriating that you were treated that way. Thank you for making the future so much better for everyone, including your students!
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@PhDVoice
If you can finish your dissertation and defend it, you will be able to apply your skills to new topics / fields afterward. My PhD was on bat ecology but for my first postdoc I worked in a hospital modelling antibiotic resistance. (Still loved bats, just needed a change).
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@WeirdMedieval
Not quite as old but I screen-shotted this example from a
@JacksonGalaxy
video a little while back. So cute! 😻
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This is 100% me. 2 papers are under review and that only leaves... 10 that are started but not finished 😬
#FridayHumour
So easy to get tempted by that cool new idea. But more sensible (and more difficult) to finish the paper you should be working on now.
#PhDchat
#ECRchat
#postdoc
#gradschool
#PhDforum
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Well, I guess that's a wrap on my first
#postdoc
. Last night I hit submit on the resubmission of my paper and cleared off my desk. I'm excited for the next step (whenever
#COVID
ー19 lets me start) but it still feels a little sad and weird.
#AcademicChatter
#phdchat
#phdlife
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She looks born to wear that crown, what a natural 😅
Ahhh I can't believe I missed the final moments while doing groceries!
Fantastic showing from
#TeamSkyLion
the energy was exceptional! Hopefully the plight that this little sugared donut is facing has been highlighted throughout
#BWC2021
All hail the Hoary Bat!
🌍🦇🏆
#WBTC2
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After the long-expected demise of my Windows computer, I've taken the plunge and gotten my first Mac 😲 My supervisor promised I won't regret it. Luckily using the lab's desktop Mac has gotten me used to it. Looking forward to NOT needing a replacement in 3 years
#AcademicChatter
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Well this is just comically bad advice. There is plenty of important and foundational research that is much, much older than 5 years. I was especially pleased to cite both Hippocrates and Darwin in my last paper 😅
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Despite two days of frustration, I managed not to chuck my computer and now I have this beautiful
#network
😌
#Rstats
#AcademicChatter
#postdoclife
#phdchat
#networks
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@SamWPsychology
@AcademicChatter
I learned how to code in R and how to use statistics. (I didn't even know how to calculate a standard deviation before starting my PhD😅)
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@MrAkashTrivedi
@AcademicChatter
🙋🏻♀️My main discipline in undergrad was Romance Languages and Literature with a minor in biology. My PhD is in Ecology.
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Wait, haven't we all been screaming about how messed up it is to evaluate (
#academic
) scientists almost exclusively via # papers and journal prestige? No one has time for "disruptive" science when you have to write grants non-stop & pump out God knows how many papers per year.
'Disruptive' science has plummeted — and no one knows why.
Research in the 2000s is much more likely to incrementally push science forward than to veer off in a new direction.
Check out my latest for
@Nature
with
@russellfunk
,
@dashunwang
,
@yian_yin
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My
#cat
has finally exhausted herself. Apparently she thought "working from home" meant "non-stop playing with me from home."
#AcademicsWithCats
#confinementjour2
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My cat be like, "i know a place" and then takes my place on the bed.
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Me: Ok, I've re-read my paper 10,000 times, figures are just right, cover letter is written, I'm ready to submit! Should be able to take care of this in an hour, two tops.
Journal Submission System:
#AcademicChatter
#AcWri
#phdchat
#phdlife
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@Amelia_Lindsey
tacos lyonnais 😋... perfect for when you don't want to have to eat for three days (even the vegetarian ones are usually pretty good!)
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Filthy has to be the LAST word that comes to mind when I see any of these
#cuties
#bat
#bats
#skypuppy
#fluffy
#cute
Somebody just commented saying that bats are "filthy animals" and, because we all know that bats are sky hobbits, I believe I can safely assume that the account belongs to none other than Gollum
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If you don't have kids, you should:
- Be spending 5 hours a day with your cat
- Have a strong bond with your cat
- Be working on 3-4 toys / pieces of furniture for your cat
- Spend as much time as possible with your cat
If you don’t have kids, you should:
- Be hitting the gym 5 times per week
- Have a strong social life
- Be working on 3-4 interesting hobbies
- Traveling as much as possible
You have all the time, there is no excuse
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How multilayer
#networks
help us understand
#plasmid
recombination & dispersal between animal hosts? 🧐 Check out our paper hot off the press in
@ISMEJournal
to find out! 🤓🦠🐄
@Chente1138
@shaipilo
@LabMizrahi
@stem_program
@LsBgu
@bengurionu
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What counts as a
#pathogen
? What is a
#virus
of "
#bat
origin"? What does serology tell us? Can the terms we use in
#DiseaseEcology
harm
#WildlifeConservation
efforts? If you've ever asked any of these questions check out our new
#OA
paper in
@VirusesMDPI
!
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"So let me get this straight - you abandon me at 8 for this thing called 'work', come back at 7, and *then* when you're finally home, you're going to get back on the computer? I don't think so!"
#CatsofTwitter
#AcademicsWithCats
#AltAcCats
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Anyways all of this is to say if your
#research
interests don't lend themselves to
#industry
or the private sector or don't produce things that make money, there are also exciting
#AltAc
jobs in government and I'm sure other sectors as well. (10/)
#AcademicChatter
#AltAcChats
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Trying to work up the courage to approach your academic idol at a conference.
#AcademicChatter
#PhdLife
#AcademicsWithCats
#CatsofTwitter
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@OpenAcademics
1) Currently researching the ecology of antibiotic resistance in hospitals 🦠🏥
2) 🇫🇷
3) The renaissance buildings in Vieux Lyon with their traboules (passageways) 👇
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I was so happy to join
@omdimbeyachad
in Beer Sheva today.
#StandingTogether
for peace.
#StandingTogether
against war.
The bombing of Gaza has to stop.
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So I guess this is how we're going to work today... 😒
#AcademicsWithCats
#AcademicChatter
#CatsofTwitter
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Yesterday my most-rejected paper finally got published after rejections from 8 different journals. Now I'm curious - what is the most rejections you've ever gotten on a single paper that eventually got published?
#phdchat
#AcademicChatter
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I'm very excited this paper is finally published. A major group effort!
We found that
#Ebola
spillover to humans occurs where
#bat
diversity is high & anthropogenic disturbance is low
#MondayMotivation
#ecology
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It's never good to have too many unfinished projects but I find it very helpful to have a few manuscripts at different stages. The ones that are almost there encourage me to keep going on those I'm just starting or if I'm frustrated with one I can work on another
#AcademicChatter
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