Ben Americus

PhD student #Myxozoa
2022-23 Alaska Sea Grant Fellow

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

I just got back from a great science conference in Dillingham, Alaska. The guy playing the guitar (Eric Goddard) planned and ran the event, drove people around all week, then headlined the awards banquet.

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

Last month it was Lael Wilcox, this month it's Alexandra Elbakyan. Thank you @Radiolab for reporting on my heroes.

[Radiolab @Radiolab]

This is the story of one woman’s battle against a global network of academic journals that underlie published scientific research. Listen to the Library of Alexandra here: https://t.co/pQTUct4Ood

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

@elianna_edi Same, though I almost feel too well rested to be watching this. Inspiring me to go shuffle around on the snow.

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

Komaan Karel, Allez Aurélien, lets go John! Watching enthusiastically from Alaska. #BM100

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

@runlikeasalmon @MaryPeltola Someone tell Jim Jordan about Pink Salmon.

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

For my work here in Alaska, I read a lot of perspectives on hatcheries. This one by @HughMMitchell is insightful.

https://t.co/57G7pVHVjE

[Niko McCarty. @NikoMcCarty]

Bacteria replicate DNA at crazy speeds & accuracy. 💨

If DNA polymerase was a USPS truck, and each home was a single nucleotide:

This truck would deliver to every home in the U.S. in 65 hours. It would do this about 4 times without making a single mistake.

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

@Corbin13Isodope Wow! Looks nice there, I spent 4 nights one valley south. Freezing cold and night and burning hot during the day.

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

@SustainFishUW Seems like a useful program, but is it too late to change the acronym? #simp

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

@ChrisTeuscher I am enjoying these insights into the race. Thanks for sharing.

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

Tell me what @AyumuB was listening to when he dropped in on run 3. https://t.co/8XITAuFXN0

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

@evolriffs @NHM_Science @NHM_London @jfoox @Pacart @DorotheeHuchon @myxomars @YouTube Thanks for the commentary Ronald. The time series data has been an continuous source of fascination. I can't defend our usage of "phylogenetic intermediate".

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

@ChrisTeuscher @FastestKnown Go Christof!

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

first tomato of the year

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

FTOTY

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

Hard times but good decision making out of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. I collect river water for parasite detection, a small part of this process.

[AFS Fish Health Section @AFSFishHealth]

A historic management action out of California. Near the end of the article, our member Sascha Hallett weighs in on the decision.

https://t.co/r2IJoGbg3R

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

Cool and important work. I ❤️epigenomics.

[Maeva Leitwein @Maeva_Leitwein]

Check out our latest results: we found that early-life epimarks can persist in germ line cells of Coho salmon despite more than a year spent in the ocean https://t.co/RCyHayaPQn
@LaboBernatchez @_laporte_ @j_leluyer @eric_normandeau R.Withler @LouBernatchez
#epigenetic #salmon

[Zach Koehn @JZKoehn]

🙏for all the interest! This idea came from a hunch that fish & shellfish probably aren't going to satisfy the world' protein supply....

But they are PACKED with micronutrients and we wanted to see what their footprint might be from that perspective.

[Scott Hanselman 🌮 @shanselman]

This is AMAZING. How mRNA vaccines work. By @hotvickkrishna as seen on his TikTok https://t.co/jEZGvF5m3Z

[Ben Americus @LilB907]

Go Beavs!