Raafay Ali

Early early early career researcher in #comparative (#molecular) #physiology.

[Journal of Experimental Biology @J_Exp_Biol]

. @dillon_chung reports on Erich Eberts and @WelchLab_UTSC recent @eLife paper showing that hummingbirds are able to reduce their metabolism to stock up on fuel to ensure that they can maximize their energy stores for migration
https://t.co/H0s5VbTx53

[SICB @SICB_]

In honor of Women's History month, meet some of the inspiring women of SICB! https://t.co/LZs8zrdzgd

[Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz]

Herpetology groups: Stop saying snek

Ornithology groups: Here is our official position on the difference between a birb and a borb

[Corina Newsome, M.Sc. @hood_naturalist]

I just cried tears of joy watching the skyline lights go off in my city to save migrating birds. Proud of you, Philly.

“The brightest light over center city will, again, be the moon”

https://t.co/Pv24uRGv31

[Heath MacMillan @heathmacmillan]

🪲PLEASE RT🪲I’m so excited!! A 3-year fully-funded (~$52K CAD/yr + benefits) postdoc on the integrative thermal biology of mountain pine beetles is open in the MacMillan Lab @CarletonBiology (Ottawa, 🇨🇦). Full ad: https://t.co/wzxrCWgLQi. DM or email me for more info!

[Sid Seixeiro @Sid_Seixeiro]

Ford government just voted down a bill that would provide people in Ontario paid sick days. During a pandemic. They voted it down. Again. Like...that happened.

[Dr. Bella, tired and wired @LittleLeapers_]

Uncanny.

[Raafay Ali @Raafay]

@AAElbassiouny Congrats so much!!

[Jody Vance @jodyvance]

Share this.

[Darwin Shikra Sodhi @darwin_sodhi]

Officially taking a leave of absence from my PhD starting in the summer to take care of my mother and take some time to reflect what I want from my life. I write this tweet to normalize taking a break from doing graduate school while in graduate school.

[Dan Riskin @riskindan]

Bat people - I have a sci-comm opportunity that is built around pollination. If you're a grad student working on bats that pollinate, or just really into them, DM me and I'll flip you some info. It pays a small honorarium. Please retweet.

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

The nucleus acts as a pacemaker for the mitotic cell cycle. Follow up question: what is the advantage for a cell to have the nucleus initiate mitosis? https://t.co/UDcYdViJSd

[Erik Schneider @erikmschneider]

The Trump administration’s Migratory Bird Treaty Act legal opinion is officially gone.

[Raafay Ali @Raafay]

@SecondRatMom I never considered the mess... Omg think of what libraries would be like!

[Raafay Ali @Raafay]

@ali_mn_aljamri My manager is more like a domordinate 😞

[Raafay Ali @Raafay]

@SecondRatMom If only all books came with the animal that they were about...

[Anusha Shankar @nushiamme]

Excited to be starting as a columnist for @ccmagazineindia!!

[University of Toronto Scarborough @UTSC]

how it started how it's going