Charles Nye 🐳

PhD student @osufwcs CCGL 🐋 • Marine eDNA & conservation genetics 🧬 • Views are my own • He/Him • Art: @thepaintpaddock • #BLM • 🇵🇭🇺🇸

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

Posted this to my Instagram but felt like it needs to be documented more than once. Stop releasing balloons. Thanks.

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

@heavenlyvievv They always get me in that final minute.

[Jack Stack @JackStack9]

If anyone knows of postdocs or teaching positions in paleontology, phylogenetics, evolutionary biology, or Earth science in general please do let me know. Aiming to defend in the spring and very much on the job hunt.

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

I’m excited to scale this analysis once the bugs are worked out and THEN can be sent to pasture (the cluster) for the big numbers.

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

The joys of modeling: waiting on your local machine for each run because troubleshooting on a laptop is faster than constant 2FA access for the computing cluster.

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

@KeithMHernandez Congrats!!!

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

Rather disappointed by the amount of genAI figures I saw from today’s talks.

There are alternatives. Obviously, not everyone has the budget to hire an artist, but stock images, photos and figures taken/made by yourself or colleagues, and a myriad of other options do exist.

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

Gel has to sit in an ethidium bromide bath for 20 minutes—just long enough for a day in Stardew Valley...

[FishSounds @fishsoundsweb]

✨We are excited to present FishSounds 2.2!✨ Check out our new List View under the Visualize tab—we hope you enjoy this new way to explore the species on our website (in addition to the existing map and tree views!). The update also includes a few minor bug fixes.

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

@acayan_pepper This is how I feel about Coldplay lol

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

First first-authorship 🥳

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

I noticed my portfolio was lacking "big" pieces, so I spent a little under a month chipping away at this!

[Charles Nye 🦕 @thepaintpaddock]

"The Consequences of My Actions."
Two Torvosaurus brothers tried their luck on some big Morrison Formation game. Unfortunately, this is more of a cautionary tale than a David vs. Goliath situation.

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

I don’t have a “top 5” favorite list of dinosaurs, but I do have a top 2.
1. Brachiosaurus
2. Stegosaurus
It’s always a joy to draw either, but stegosaurus is so distinctly *strange*. There’s no organism alive today that looks quite like this one.

[Charles Nye 🦕 @thepaintpaddock]

Claimed by a 1912 printing of the Washington Post as the "Most Grotesque Animal," #Stegosaurus has since become one of the most recognizable and beloved of all dinosaurs. It's certainly a favorite of mine!

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

Rock and roll, baby. #SACNAS #NDiSTEM

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

@whitetipRose @WhySharksMatter This isn’t marine biology-exclusive, but given the difficulties of getting to certain study systems or applying certain tech, this felt pertinent.

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

@whitetipRose @WhySharksMatter Funded. Research. Opportunities.
Not all marine biology career paths are academia-centric, but there are few better ways to present students with choices than experiences or internships that have a stipend and other financial support.

[Charles Nye 🦕 @thepaintpaddock]

With all the hype around #Perucetus, I felt it was important to emphasize that the story of oceanic gigantism is a tale as old as geologic time. #Shonisaurus and other giant ichthyosaurs are estimated to have weighed ~80 tonnes in life.

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

You know, conduct is a pretty important part of being a professional in any field.

At least, that’s what I’ve been taught.

[Amanda S. Kahn @AmandaSKahn]

Why do many marine herbivores prefer to eat fleshy algae over #coralline algae? It's not due to differences in #caloric content, as previously thought! Congrats to @habanereo (Haupt lab, @CMEP_csumb & invert ecology lab, @MLMLmarinesci) on publishing this @MEPS_IR article.

[Charles Nye 🐳 @CNyeScienceGuy]

Before whales were a thing, mosasaurs and other large marine reptiles ruled the seas 🦎🌊

[Charles Nye 🦕 @thepaintpaddock]

Broke some art block yesterday with a Mosasaurus! 🦎🌊

[Dóra Székely @dodoszekely]

📢🐋🧬I’m looking for a job. I have a #PhD in #eDNA and #marinemammals, fluent in the related #field/ #laboratory workflow and #metabarcoding pipelines. Based in Denmark so I’m opened to #local, #remote/#hybrid options and will consider relocating if the position fits. RT pls :)