Ph.D. | U of Washington | marine biologist | #seastars | #LGBTQ + | she/her | percussionist | #BlackandSTEM Pronouns: she/her
Seattle, Washington
Joined October 2016
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My name is Mo and I'm a marine biologist. To kick of #BlackBirdersWeek, here I am being #BlackAFinSTEM underwater! One of my favorite places to be. #BlackInNature
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We're #hiring a supervisory biologist to join our @SERCinvasions lab! Help lead a team of marine biologists studying coastal ecosystems across the U.S., from Chesapeake Bay to San Francisco. Apply by Aug. 14 on #USAJOBS. Details at serc.si.edu/get-involved/job…
ALT Young woman wearing a red life jacket and yellow hard hat sits on a boat, holding up a clear plastic container with a water sample. The city shoreline stretches out in the background behind her.
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⏲️1 month to apply for #GEODUC program at @UW. Want to kickstart your journey in #marinescience with a 10-day immersive experience in the middle of the Salish Sea?
🚢Practice quantitative skills
🔬Design your own experiment
🐋Meet your community
⤵️Apply
environment.uw.edu/geoduc
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My autistic brain loves to plan out entire conversations before socialising. It can be tiring, but it comforts me. I like to prepare for every eventuality, so I map out every conversational path in mind, like I’m creating and repeatedly playing a “choose your own adventure” game.
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I didn’t meet a black physician until I was in college, but now son gets to see one everyday. #Classof2023
Abdoulie Njai, MD, MPH 👨🏿⚕️
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One of my oldest comics is going around. A gentle attempt to poke fun at English common names.
ALT A chart titled "animals with misleading names". There are eight animals with labels. Electric eel: not an eel. Mountain goat: not a goat. Maned wolf: not a wolf. King cobra: Not a cobra. Also, snakes are typically self-governing. Peacock mantis shrimp: Not a peacock. Not a mantis. Also, not a shrimp. Horny toad: Not a toad. Only thinks of you as a friend. Mayfly: Active through the spring and summer. Eastern kingbird: Found in the West. Many birds do not recognize its authority.
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Them: "You're a marine biologist?"
Me: "Correct"!
Them: "I always wanted to be a marine biologist! But then I learned they don't make any money."
Me: ".....also correct" 😑
Marine biologists everywhere, how often is this how people greet you? 😂 I'd say a solid 30% at least – at Pacifica, CA
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Still accepting applications!
ICYMI: I’m recruiting a post doc to develop user support tools for marine resource management in Long Island Sound: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/…
Quantitative and/or GIS skills a must. Find me @BenthicEcology #BEM2023 or matassa.lab.UConn.edu
What an INCREDIBLE game to watch!! My two favorite teams playing each other - an absolute nail biter. Grubauer was an absolute BEAST. Sensational!
#SEAKRAKEN ADVANCE!!!
AND THEY SAID IT COULDN’T BE DONE 😏
ALT final score graphic with image of oliver bjorkstrand celly score was 2-1, rkaken
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I'm thrilled to announce that I am recruiting a postdoc: apply.interfolio.com/121895 Please apply and share broadly!
A 390ft rocket (the height of a building ~40 stories) just did a series of summersaults through the air. I know it wasn't supposed to, but that was pretty wild to watch. #SpaceX #Starship #StarshipLaunch
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I am in Target. I am trying to buy a photo album. I asked where they might be. Worker did not know what a photo album was. I said it was a place to keep pictures. He sent me to the tech aisle. He assumed I wanted memory to store more pictures on my phone. I am 1 billion years old
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The translation doesn't do it justice.
如果有来生 (If there is a next life) 我还是会选择和你报税，开洗衣店 (I'd still choose to do taxes & run a laundry with you)
It's not a regretful supposition of what could've been, but a wistful invitation to spend the next life together
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Last-minute opening in our Marine Sciences seminar series (March 3, virtual or in-person). I would love to host an ECR marine ecologist! @Official_BWEEMS, or @WiMSnetwork ?? DM me if you're interested and available (please self promote!)!
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Need an up-to-date #TreeofLife for teaching/conferences/wall paper? Talented PhD student @BasileBeaud drew a schematic consensus ToL from the most recently published phylogenies. Hope this is useful! Downloadable version in the thread👇
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So many interesting things here: the reminder that plants and animals diverged at the very base of Eukarya. Seeing Eukarya surrounded by Archaeal relatives. There are so many cells we've sequenced but never seen (I'm assuming that's what the DNA strands mean).
Need an up-to-date #TreeofLife for teaching/conferences/wall paper? Talented PhD student @BasileBeaud drew a schematic consensus ToL from the most recently published phylogenies. Hope this is useful! Downloadable version in the thread👇