Emily Casanova, PhD

Scientist, zebra, #ActuallyAutistic, #genetics #evolution #NeanderthalDNA #EhlersDanlos -- Asst Prof/Basic Scientist @ St. Louis University. Tweets = mine.

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

Our newest paper announcing the discovery that some #Neanderthal DNA appears to be playing important roles in autism - https://t.co/DZnuRSz2Hr #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic 🧬🧬🧬

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

Snagged from #Substack

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

@elonmusk Fun Fact: None of that negates what Europeans did to native people and anyone who states/implies it does (like you’re clearly doing with this picture) is trying to justify horrific acts of racism and genocide. You’re making it ABUNDANTLY clear how truly racist you are.

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

Our newest article in #Bioessays exploring the relationship between #Neandertal DNA and #autism. Enjoy! https://t.co/YJqg7DUzkR #anthropology #paleoanthropology #paleogenomics #genetics #evolution

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

@Davey_F_Wright Especially if it’s in the… FIELD Museum! Sorry! Had to. 😂😂😂

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

Ancient genomes give insight into 160,000 years of East Asian population dynamics and biological adaptation https://t.co/uWED25CwJ5

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

@Kam1kazie @DiscussingFilm One might hope an actual PRESIDENT might hold himself to higher standards.

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

@Twi_Swastideep @DiscussingFilm Not me. And not a bunch of us. We’re being held hostage…

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

@broadwaybabyto @KatieKlocksin We also need to stop using labels that are based on criteria of exclusion rather than inclusion, which is just bad diagnostics. “We’ve ruled out this other stuff? Well, she must just be crazy!” Lazy medicine.

[Andrej Spiridonov @AndrejSpiridon4]

Interesting meta-scientific take on the development of theories, as exemplified by the case of paleontology in the Modern Synthesis and the specific Late Turkana mollusk study of the punctuated equilibria.
https://t.co/XalFsL5CxQ

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

@Starbucks, come to the table & work out a fair deal for your workers! I'm going thru refresher withdrawals!!! 😭 But more importantly, this is a workers' rights issue: Stop cheating them of benefits by rigging scheduling. Sincerely, A Pissed Off Patron. 😠

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

@juliet_turner6 PhD for women: A great way to keep assholes at bay. 😂

On a more serious note, this guy’s anti-intellectualism speaks MOUNTAINS about his own insecurities!

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

@SCEMS1 @krassenstein I suspect because they’re people from both sides of the aisle listed on there.

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

@HugoBoss69007 @krassenstein I’m ready to see whoever is listed in those files jailed. This shouldn’t be about party affiliations.

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

While not a slam dunk, this study shows it’s mathematically possible: Neandertals may have simply been assimilated. https://t.co/kqLb5AZs5E

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Our humanity is best fulfilled when we exist and live together, when we succeed in experiencing authentic, informal bonds with the people around us. If we close in on ourselves, we risk growing sick with loneliness, or even narcissism, which leads us to care for others only out of self-interest. #GeneralAudience

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

@harryjsisson Let them eat cake!

[Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @Davey_F_Wright]

🚨New paper out in Palaeontology! Check it out if you're interested morphological evolution, fossil phylogenetics, and macroevolution

"Assessing the impact of character evolution models on phylogenetic and macroevolutionary inferences from fossil data"

https://t.co/2tybKkd8G7

[Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids 🦆🧬 @Jente_O]

Your daily Avian Hybrids story!

A genomic continuum from feral to wild Red Junglefowl in Singapore
https://t.co/UIAHbP736E

#ornithology

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

maternal-fetal PIEZO1 incompatibility as a barrier to Neanderthal-modern human admixture (preprint) https://t.co/nemYN9FQgp

[Emily Casanova, PhD @EmLyWill]

@OdedRechavi My faves: Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust; Jeff Buckley’s Grace; Phantom of the Opera (1987, original Broadway cast); Glenn Gould’s The Goldberg Variations; Empire Records soundtrack; Little Shop of Horrors soundtrack; and Music from the Adventures of Pete & Pete. 🎶