Emily F. Watts

PhD | Evolutionary Biologist | Genomicist | Marathoner | Virginia Tech Alumna | Cat Enthusiast

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

Back from a long Twitter absence to share that a paper from my PhD was published in Herpetologica https://t.co/4qSeB7iPI5

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

@armadyllan This is the one I mean

[Fifty Shades of Whey @davenewworld_2]

Microplastics have officially been found in human breast milk for the first time in a new study that detected the contaminant in 75% of the samples tested after we also found microplastics inside the lungs and crossing the blood-brain barrier. This is our generation's lead paint.

[Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt]

The March Against Depicting Clowns As Creepy is still happening tonight at dusk at the edge of the woods near the abandoned lunatic asylum. The calliope we rented is out of tune but we plan to play it anyway.

[i can be your long lost pal @PallaviGunalan]

my therapist told me i was a perfectionist and i told her that can’t be true because if i was i would be more successful and then we just kind of sat in silence for a minute and pondered what i had said

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

People talk about how much they hate letting food expire as though there are tons of people who LOVE food waste

[Marissa Dyck @Dyck_ologist]

#Bobcats are back in #Ohio and our research shows they're here to stay (with proper management 🙂)!

My dissertation research for the #OUstudentExpo w/ @ohiodnr has focused on developing a population viability analysis #PVA for Ohio's bobcats.

@BobcatsDiscover @OUGradSenate

[Tyler Goerge @tgoerge1]

Look at this handsome fella! Turns out tree lizards (Urosaurus ornatus) are pretty personable! My research is focused on assessing behavioral variation in these guys and testing how rising temperatures might impact behavioral expression #OUStudentExpo @BobcatsDiscover

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

I also look at how gene flow between different groups may inhibit their ability to expand their small range using ddRAD data. I’ll have a few papers coming out this year answering these questions, so stay tuned!
#OUStudentExpo
@BobcatsDiscover

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

My dissertation work is on the Cumberland Plateau salamander, Plethodon kentucki. It’s a cute woodland salamander in what’s called the slimy salamander species complex. (Yes, they can get very slimy when scared)
#OUStudentExpo
@BobcatsDiscover

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

These salamanders have a very small range, living only in parts of Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, & Tennessee, but they are genetically very different! I am asking whether these differences make them different species
#OUStudentExpo
@BobcatsDiscover

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

Realizing I have absolutely no idea how to use twitter anymore…is this what it’s like to be old?

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

Re-downloaded the twitter app on my phone for the OU student expo tomorrow

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

@Its_Tricia_Yall We have a Casper and a Serta memory foam mattress, both of which came in boxes, and we love them both!

[Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick]

If that young man has Taylor’s scarf he should return it.

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

@Its_Tricia_Yall My thoughts exactly!

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

*gets robot vacuum to save time*
*spends whole time it's running following it around to watch interactions with cats*

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

@armadyllan He's just getting you back for that time you destroyed his hopes and dreams by beating him in the race.

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

@armadyllan If you're not counting the names on the side, I don't understand the question, and I refuse to answer it.

[Emily F. Watts @emilyfwatts]

@armadyllan I mean, if you're counting the names on the side, I did really well