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Amanda Markee

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phd candidate @RGGSatAMNH studying arthropod silks 🕷️🐛🕸️ | NSF graduate research fellow | (she/her) | 🇵🇭 🏳️‍🌈 | views are my own

 New York, USA
Joined April 2019
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Anna Eichert@anna_eichert30 Jul 2024
So so proud of my REU students for how hard they've worked this summer studying Arctic stonefly population genetics and how they may respond to warming temperatures! Thank you to @Toolik's TUNDRA Award for providing funding to collect Alaskan stoneflies used in this project! ✨
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Congratulations to @ScottVEdwards1 on receiving the SSB Presidents' Award for Lifetime Achievement this morning! Scott, thank you for all you have done to make our Society and our field better. #Evol2024
SSB President Corrie Moreau, Past President David Baum, and President-Elect Jessica Ware presenting the SSB Presidents' Award for Lifetime Achievement to Scott Edwards.

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En route to Montréal for #Evol2024! Excited to share my work on the evolution and development of turtle ant polymorphisms this Monday at 9:30am during Phenotypic Plasticity I, in room 519AB 🐜🧬
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Our work on caddisfly phylogenetics is out today in @RSocPublishing Proc B! I started this work as a wee PhD student, and I am really pleased to have it out. Thank you to all of my co-authors who were so patient and helpful.
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Museums are for everyone! Members of AMNH PRIDE, a resource group for LGBTQ+ individuals and allies within the Museum community, are participating in the NYC Pride March today! Happy Pride to all.
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On #TransDayOfVisibility, ESA celebrates contributions of transgender scientists to entomology and affirms our commitment to a safe, welcoming professional community. #EntoDEI Learn more in this 2023 Q&A w/ a trans entomologist in Communications Biology: nature.com/articles/s42003-0…
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A quick share of our new preprint on the phylogeny of caddisflies before I tune out for the holidays. I’ve worked on this off and on for the last decade so I’m excited for it to finally see the light of day as a preprint! biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor…
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I just found out (through a desk-reject) that Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution no longer considers most papers based on Sanger sequences (only genomic datasets). It is quite ironic that countries that hold most of the biodiversity will be unable to publish in this journal...
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Please consider donating to support the funeral costs of our recent graduate, Dr. David Olabiyi @citrusbugs gofund.me/5d862cce
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Tonight at #Hymathon2023 I'm defending the honor of Apoid wasps at the newly minted Hymenoptera Showdown! I know best is subjective, but we are talking Apoid wasps here... Many thanks to the organizers! And to the amazing photos from iNat, only those with * are my own
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Amanda Markee retweeted
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RGGS at AMNH@RGGSatAMNH30 Nov 2023
REMINDER: Fall 2024 Comparative Biology PhD Program and Graduate Fellowships Program at American Museum of Natural History Application Now Available! Deadline: December 15, 2023 amnh.org/research/richard-gi…
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Repetitive elements across insects!
John Sproul (@John_S_Sproul) profile pictureJohn Sproul@John_S_Sproul8 Nov 2023
I'm excited to share our paper on repetitive elements in hundreds of insects just out in @genomeresearch 😀 genome.org/cgi/doi/10.1101/g…
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#EntSoc23 #entomology #bugs
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All 11 Universities in Gaza have been bombed by Israel. This number surpassed 10 yesterday, when Israel targeted and bombed Al-Azhar University. In total, 19 higher education orgs have suspended educational processes in Gaza depriving 88,000+ students their right to education.
Birzeit University (@BirzeitU) profile pictureBirzeit University@BirzeitU4 Nov 2023
The Israeli occupation bombs and destroys Al-Azhar University in Al-Mughraqa in Gaza, continuing its war crimes against humanity. The Israeli occupation's hatred targets everything in Gaza; school, universities, hospitals, churches, mosques, and organizations all being bombed.
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Academics should be screaming right now, especially those who call themselves decolonial thinkers. The bombing of universities is a deliberate act to destroy the future of any Palestinians who survive the genocide. It is a deliberate act to force them to move elsewhere if they
Tamanisha J John (@TamanishaJohn) profile pictureTamanisha J John@TamanishaJohn5 Nov 2023
All 11 Universities in Gaza have been bombed by Israel. This number surpassed 10 yesterday, when Israel targeted and bombed Al-Azhar University. In total, 19 higher education orgs have suspended educational processes in Gaza depriving 88,000+ students their right to education.
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woohoo!!! gooooo Brittney 🥰😍🥳 – at Fort Washington, MD
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Entomological Collections Network (@EntCollNet) profile pictureEntomological Collections Network@EntCollNet4 Nov 2023
Brittney Hahn (@entoenthusiast) takes us on a journey now, from the @AMNH collections to the brand new exhibits in the Gilder Center Insectarium. Discover more or plan a visit here: amnh.org/exhibitions/permane…  #ECN2023
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As a fun little bird fact, the yellow rumped warbler is one of the NA species whose plumage varies drastically with location. I drew the “Audubon” subspecies, while the original card has the “Myrtle” subspecies. (If there’s ever a split, I wonder which one will come out on top!)
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Emily V Griffith 🦋 e-v-griffith (@e_v_griffith) profile pictureEmily V Griffith 🦋 e-v-griffith@e_v_griffith3 Nov 2023
So excited to see my yellow-rumped warbler illustration as an official part of Wingspan 🥹🥹
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Daily reminder! come see cool talks this sunday if you're at #Entsoc23 – at Charlottesville, VA
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Just a reminder that the Islamic University of Gaza has been destroyed. Staff members have been killed. Its website is offline. Genocide is not only the murder of people but also the erasure of their institutions. European academia has been completely silent about this crime.
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Media coverage: "The ruins of what was the Islamic University of Gaza, levelled to the ground by aerial Israeli bombardment."
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Oct 15-21 📌 Black in Natural History Museums Week Celebrate with @BlackInNHMs or #BlackinNHMs, or visit our Museum for a FREE gallery exhibit: 🖼️ Start in our central gallery and walk our exhibits to discover more Black scientists and naturalists. 🔗 floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibi…
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