Valerie C. Virta

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

@frogwranglers @jbwallingford This is SO COOL!!!

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

@borailmuseum Oh good I was looking for more Chessie’s Herbal Tea & couldn’t find it. It’s my favorite!

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

Wild fire in DC tonight 🔥

[DC Fire and EMS Department @dcfireems]

Update 3 Alarm equivalent fire. Most visible fire knocked down. Still hitting pockets of fire with a variety of outside streams, including 7 aerial devices. No injuries reported. Now Approximately 25 units & 125 personnel on scene. #DCsBravest

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

Happy National Mule Day!

[C&O Canal Trust @CanalTrust]

Happy National Mule Day!
Mules are a mix between a donkey and a horse.
Mules cannot reproduce.
All of the current C&O Canal mules are female.
A team of 2-3 mules could pull a canal boat at a speed of 2-3 miles per hour.
In the 1830s, a mule cost between $125-150.
📸: Grant-Suttie

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

Too adorable! 🐆

[National Zoo @NationalZoo]

🐆🥰 Cheetah cuddle party! Meet the newest members of our Zoo family, born 9/12 at our Front Royal, Virginia, campus. Mother Echo is doing an amazing job caring for her cubs—3 boys + 2 girls—and the newborns appear strong, active, vocal and well-fed. 📽️: https://t.co/LJJ65zIB0D.

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

@SocDevBio Is there a swag store? Still enjoying some of the lovely designs I got before the last Chicago meeting (from 2020)

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

We need to make the ice cream trail part of our C&O Canal journey! 🥰

[C&O Canal Trust @CanalTrust]

Is there anything better than an ice cream treat in a Canal Town after a visit to the @COcanalNPS on a hot summer day? 🍨🍦 Check out the C&O Canal Ice Cream Trail: https://t.co/aNQAqMryEk! #candocanal #icecreamtrail #icecream

📷: Trust Staff

[Ceri Weber @ceri_weber]

Here’s a clip of the woman who confronted the panel. I deeply admire her courage.

“It is nothing compared to the systematic and structural discrimination have to face, especially in the stem fields”

[@parichylab.bsky.social @parichylab]

This is quite a good piece on the need to review papers sensibly, with an eye towards fostering careers of junior scientists, and making sure dev bio can sustain itself. https://t.co/xca1RHhqQz

[Wunder Garten @WundergartenDC]

The Barbie Parties at Wunder Garten! We are partnering with @CapitalPrideDC, @GiantFood, @wbpictures, and more! You do not want to miss out.

[Matthew Cappucci @MatthewCappucci]

TRIPLE rainbow over the Washington Monument!? 🌈

Not quite — this was a REMARKABLE supernumerary bow — the best I have ever seen, or even seen a photo of!

It’s an interference process that results in multiple bands of extra colors inside the primary arc. @fox5dc @capitalweather

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

Check out this workshop!

[Fernando Bruno, MD, MPH, FASTMH @realdoctorbruno]

Join @nih_nhlbi on Nov. 14-15 for a virtual workshop that focuses on advancing the science of community-engaged #HealthDisparities research. Topics: lessons learned from @nihceal, new research methods & the value of #CommunityEngagement partners. Register: https://t.co/4iClBbXouR

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

Writing postcards ⁦@ToVoters⁩ for Ohio Supreme Court candidates! #PostcardsToVoters #TurnOhioBlue

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

⁦@Marypostcards⁩ ⁦@ToVoters⁩ #JeffForChoice

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

@RogersLabUCD @labonnelab These are both great!

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

@mjbellecourt I’m sorry to hear this! I hope you heal soon, I second the bandaid suggestion.

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

❤️ spiralian cleavage! ❤️

[Dr. Billie J. Swalla 🧬 @EvoDevoDiva]

Beautiful nemertean embryos in our last week ⁦@MarineBiol_FHL⁩ #EvoDevoEmbryo ⁦@UW⁩ From fertilization to gastrulation in one day, 2, 4, 8 cell and a blastula embryo shown here. Two polar bodies and gorgeous spiral cleavage!! Just waiting for gastrulation………

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

@MayorBowser @marycheh @CMRobertWhiteDC

[Sanctuary DMV @SanctuaryDMV]

The first of 3 buses expected tonight has arrived. And like the last three months mutual aid is here to greet them. DC government is nowhere in sight.

We will be live tweeting intake today with staggered phone zaps. Please follow along and take action: https://t.co/taMQJYPE2Y

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

@AAAS_STPF getting it done! Go @kate_mkg!

[Dr. Kate Gallagher 💜🤍🖤🏳️‍🌈 @kate_mkg]

Hey all, check out this blog I co-authored for #PollinatorWeek!

[Valerie C. Virta @ZbrafishEvodevo]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman with a large cat must be in want of help making the bed. 😂