Matthew Hale

UVA Postdoc doing all things endocrinology... and wildlife photography.

[Parrott Lab @lab_parrott]

New paper in @EHPonline! Former @UGASREL and @UGAEcology student @HaleOnScience reports that aspects of an ovarian disorder found in alligators from a contaminated lake can be overwhelmingly recapitulated by embryonic estrogen treatment. Check it out! https://t.co/U8MAmm4APv

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

@LauraKojima Can confirm. “Whip” is an awfully weird term to describe a spiky battering ram..

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

@TcGuillette OKAY, look. With the benefit of time and no longer being a terrified first year, if @gavinnaylor hadn’t gotten the day wrong on our meeting, I never would have fled in absolute panic and left the bill for Lou 😂

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

@mkhammer @Testudinidude Or time warp to literally right now where you can stop glorifying killing an animal for literally no better reason than “snake bad”

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

@ceri_weber Tweets fail to capture how enthusiastic my “yes” is to this question.

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

Some unsettling confusion for your afternoon: 1.) Catholic Church received PPP loans for small business relief; and 2.) loans were used in dioceses that were in financial distress due to... (**wait for it**) settlements paid to victims of clergy sex abuse. https://t.co/98X2ofyYhe

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

@afrosuchia @TcGuillette Hey, you know they say that there’s no accounting for taste. But talent? I think that speaks for itself 😂😘

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

@TcGuillette Sundays are also for Harry Potter-themed socks. Facts.

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

Sundays are better with snakes! Gorgeous (and calm) male black rat snake.

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

Doing a little Thursday lizard care and this is on the cricket box. Do you think we should tell them that women fish?

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

Another gator embryo! (stage 20)
Big thanks to @benparrott for providing us the gator specimens!

[Trends in Ecology & Evolution @Trends_Ecol_Evo]

Out today -- @benparrott & Emily Bertucci discuss how epigenetic aging clocks can contribute to understanding life history evolution https://t.co/yY3jxSf3QX

[Douglas Menke @dbmenke]

Amazingly @arasys2 found that she can generate F0 hatchlings with bi-allelic mutations. We can finally explore the rich biology of gene function in reptiles.

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

@AbsLawson @JuniorCSG Thanks for the shoutout!

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

@CrocResCoal @JuniorCSG Probably the abnormal "dorsal fin" scute(?).

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

It is a uncomfortable 78° in Athens. While the frogs are happy with that, I am not.

[Abby Lawson @AbsLawson]

Been getting several q's about alligator handling safety, so thought I'd share more "behind the scenes" photos and facts in this thread 1/n https://t.co/PofHrJ34xm

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

@AbsLawson And through the magic of perspective, he looks even bigger

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

@am_anatiala check and mate.

[Matthew Hale @HaleOnScience]

@am_anatiala true, but it's way more difficult to drink beer during a talk