Maria Thaker @MacrophysLab

Maria Thaker, at CES, Indian Institute of Science. Lizards, Physiology, Behaviour, Colour, Urbanisation, Movement Ecology, Nutrition. mariathaker.weebly.com Bangalore, India Joined February 2020

Tweets

172
Followers

1K
Following

230
Likes

370

Barrett Klein @pupating

a year ago

Visualizing Science! I'm holding a series of free, online workshops, thanks to Johns Hopkins University. All are welcome! I plan to have fun with Danielle VanBrabant, Damond Kyllo, and Amey Zhang to introduce visualization topics and challenges. No art experience is necessary.

20 507 2K 186K 980

Download Image

Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai

a year ago

Never let academia get in the way of your creativity. Students: organize your own brainstorming sessions, journal clubs and informal presentations, as most programs won't do it for you!

2 50 374 25K 39

Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana

a year ago

Excited about this @SSAR2024 symposium on “ Global Perspectives on the Frontiers of Herpetology” sites.lsa.umich.edu/ummz-ssar2024/…, which is starting with a plenary lecture by @kartik_shanker #ssar2024

1 5 43 4K 2

Download Image

ICTS @ictstifr

a year ago

Join us for "Kaapi with Kuriosity" talk with @abi_vanak @atree_org as he uncovers the hidden lives of lesser-known species in our open natural habitats. 30 June, Sun 4 PM @JNPlanetarium, Bengaluru More info: icts.res.in/outreach/kaapi…

1 9 23 2K 3

Download Image

Maheshwer Peri @maheshperi

a year ago

Recently, a student asked me why they have to learn trigonometry which doesn’t have real life applicability. My response wasn’t convincing. Here is Stanford alumni, Hamza Alsamrae, a math major, who responds as it should be…

117 2K 8K 383K 2K

Download Image

Maria Thaker @MacrophysLab

a year ago

It's getting harder and harder to ignore climate change. @AvichalTatu leads an incredible project in our lab showing that the spiny tailed lizards in the Thar desert have great strategies for thermoregulation but it may not be enough in the near future. journals.biologists.com/bio/article/13…

2 15 63 4K 12

Evolutionary Biomechanics Laboratory @EvoBiomech

a year ago

New paper, hot off the press 🥳! Larger animals have longer limbs and are stronger-so why are the fastest runners of intermediate size? It's all to do with physical constraints on muscle, the prime mover. Collab w/ @cclemente4, @TaylorJMDick and P Bishop. doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

2 66 277 42K 66

Download Image

Duke Evolutionary Anthropology @EvAnthDuke

2 years ago

Say hello to #oVertTCN, a 6-year effort to create 3D reconstructions of vertebrate specimens and make them freely available online. Led by @FloridaMuseum, along with @MorphoSource and collabs across 18 institutions. Story (and amazing video): floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scient…

0 15 61 11K 7

Download Image

ATREE @atree_org

2 years ago

A new study by researchers from ATREE, Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) published in Evolutionary Ecology looks into the stunning iris pattern of frogs and toads.

1 13 52 3K 5

Download Video

Maria Thaker @MacrophysLab

2 years ago

Have you ever gazed in the eyes of a frog? They are mesmerising! But why evolve so much variation? We explore the ecology and evolution of iris pattern variation in our newest paper in Evolutionary Ecology: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

2 13 70 3K 7

Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai

2 years ago

Real science: 1. Is not correlated with the amount of funding 2. Progresses slowly, usually taking many years 3. Leads to more questions than it answers 4. Advances when we disengage & in improvisational discussions 5. Is too important a thing to be done in a non-playful way

14 87 473 48K 57

Mike Logan @EvoLoganLab

2 years ago

Are you a thermal biologist? In this new study led by @kalujevic, we show that 3D-printed models produce accurate estimates of operative temperature and represent a more viable and reproducible alternative to copper electroforming. 1/n sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

7 17 52 5K 5

Alejandra Ramirez @MA_Ramirez_

2 years ago

Women in Evolutionary Biology 🤩 We are happy to announce a workshop featuring scientific talks on Evolutionary Biology and discussion sessions on topics relevant to women in science! 🗓️ 14 - 16 May 2024 📍@MPI_EvolBio Everyone is welcome! Apply here: rb.gy/fnudrj

1 42 123 12K 13

Download Image

Anna Clemens, PhD @scientistswrite

2 years ago

As an academic writing coach, here are the 9 mistakes I see PhD and grad students make when writing scientific papers. A thread 🧵 as long tweet: #1: Thinking it’s laziness when you are procrastinating on your paper 🦥 Most PhD students procrastinate writing their paper (aka…

21 325 1K 325K 1K

Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai

2 years ago

The seminar is as crucial for a scientist as the gallery opening is for an artist. Here are some tips accumulated from my circle of friends..

3 40 163 31K 149

Download Image

Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai

2 years ago

Real mentoring in science is not limited to discussing just the objective parts - experiments & analyses - but extends deep into the subjective: figuring out why we are interested in a problem, what we like about an approach, and how the project gets us all fired up for science.

2 11 50 6K 4

Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi

2 years ago

Editor reaching out to reviewers before the holiday season

20 181 1K 218K 49

BiasWatchIndia @biaswatchindia

2 years ago

"The eight highest-ranked institutions in the India National Institutional Research Framework 2022 rankings had fewer female faculty members than average, with a median of around 10%." nature.com/articles/d4158… Thank you for the feature @dyanilewis !

1 18 43 17K 3

Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai

2 years ago

Daniel Dennett just published "I've Been Thinking"! In it he discusses his process of “tillosophy”: when you realize you're stuck, deliberately switch to a less intellectually demanding activity (like tilling a field on a farm), as this actually helps move the thinking forward.