Michael Kinnison

Professor of Evolutionary Applications

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

Well…the time has come. I made myself a promise of what would be my line in the sand regarding Twitter signaling open season for misinformation and hate. It was crossed. So long, and thanks for all the fish!

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

Ha! I wrote that over 20 years ago! And I am still absolutely stunned that someone used it for an actual job cover letter.

[Andrew Hendry @EcoEvoEvoEco]

My favorite example of being plagiarized is when @EvoAppsLab wrote a joke cover letter for faculty job applications, which was then used by someone on an actual job application.

Here is the hilarious letter:

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

@JacquelynGill @MagazineofMaine That would be a strange editorial removal because it wouldn’t be very effective. Anyone who is apt to be triggered by a mention of climate change would have long ago been sensitized to treat ‘sea level rise’ as a surrogate. The only one fooled would be search engines…

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

Congrats to Vaughn Holmes (and team) on his first thesis pub evaluating optimal eDNA detection of anadromous rainbow smelt. Great example of eDNA for monitoring a tough-to-encounter species. @MaineEPSCoR @wellsreserve https://t.co/HEIZF2cAws

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

@ReservoirWebs So that’s what the M stands for in STEM education! I was way off...

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

I’m excited to host this eDNA session with Alison Watts @estuaryDNA We’d especially welcome some abstracts from agencies, NGOs, or industry putting eDNA into fisheries practice!

[Estuary eDNA @estuaryDNA]

Please consider submitting an abstract to our session eDNA to Track and Monitor Fish #eDNA at the AFS NED/SNEC Joint Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Meeting. Submissions due October 7. #eDNA, https://t.co/day8aj1tN8

[Estuary eDNA @estuaryDNA]

Please consider submitting an abstract to our session eDNA to Track and Monitor Fish #eDNA at the AFS NED/SNEC Joint Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Meeting. Submissions due October 7. #eDNA, https://t.co/day8aj1tN8

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

Need to organize your mountains of eDNA data and metadata? Check out this open-source eDNA data management system by the Maine-eDNA EPSCoR team! ⁦Now published in Bioinformatics. @MaineEPSCoR⁩ #NSFfunded #Bioinformatics https://t.co/80fBljkavs

[Alejandro Trujillo @AlejandroT_G]

It is my pleasure to announce that our #eDNA guidelines for protocol and test development are now available! I would like to acknowledge the gargantuan effort of all people involved in creating them (over 150!!). You can also find them at @SeDNASociety https://t.co/hdTTweWJsA

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

@JacquelynGill That’s really interesting about the single digits for deniers. Any chance you can point me to a source on that as I would like to cite it? No big deal if you don’t have one at hand.

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

Hidden DNA is revealing secrets of animals’ lives - National Geographic https://t.co/95r87Ex7rH

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

Congratulations to lab member Greg LeClair for receiving a 2022 Brookie Award for his founding, coordination, analysis and publication of “Amphibian Big Night”.

Society Notebook: Young environmentalists honored with Brookie Awards https://t.co/DthVbgUPxb

[Nathan B Furey @NBFurey]

So excited to work with @EvoAppsLab and @ReservoirWebs on this Arctic charr project!

See https://t.co/i8Kg2L9SRF for PhD opportunities!

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

Excited for this new @NSF ORCC project with @NBFurey and @ReservoirWebs! 20+ year mark-recapture dataset, high resolution tracking, food webs, and genomics of Arctic charr at warm range edge. We are recruiting grad students: https://t.co/hoFLnMmc7x

https://t.co/c85H0JMZqt

[UNH Research @unhresearch]

Maine lakes are the southern end of Arctic charr habitat, putting the valued fish at risk for the effects of climate change. With @NSF funding, @NBFurey of @COLSA_UNH and @UMaine prof @EvoAppsLab
will lead a study on its feeding habits. #NSFfunded https://t.co/1cmIh0nlCW

[Dr. CA Murphy @ReservoirWebs]

Please spread the word! We are recruiting PhD students to work with #fish and #limnology as part of an excellent collaborative team on Maine lakes. The field sites are as beautiful as the photos suggest ❤️ @AFS_Students @sfs_src @aslo_opps

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

@JacquelynGill You’ve lost the true spirit of shark week. Jaws died so that we would all be afraid to go in the water.

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

We’re looking forward to a dynamic and diverse applicant pool that is excited by team science. Arctic charr have a special place in my heart, as evidenced by the 20 year mark-recapture, trait, and genetics dataset we’ve collected and committed as part of this team effort.

[Nathan B Furey @NBFurey]

PhD opps! @ReservoirWebs @EvoAppsLab and I are looking for 2 PhD students at UMaine!

Projects focused on Arctic charr in Maine (acoustic telemetry + diet), and their lake food webs. More details on the grant forthcoming.

Interested? https://t.co/8DZNZHvZYK

PC: @The_FinReaper

[Taylor Wilcox @theednaguy]

This was a fun perspective to write on #eDNA population genomics with @MadsRJ https://t.co/tuMmtGvNG7

[Michael Kinnison @EvoAppsLab]

The bug in a teacup—monitoring arthropod–plant associations with environmental DNA from dried plant material | Biology Letters https://t.co/qbfdL6vDoz