Aaron Alcala, PhD

🧬 Geneticist |
🎥 Science Communicator & Educator |
👨🏻‍🔬 @uga_genetics alum

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

After 100+ attempts to photograph this little lizard, I'm proud to say my image of our albino hatchling made the cover of @CellReports today! Our paper led by @LizEyeSciGal on gene editing in lizards is out! Go #TeamLizard!

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

@scicomm_jc Hi! Your DMs are closed, how can I learn more about the opportunity?

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

@BailWeatherbee Congrats Dr. Bailey!

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

"It truly takes a village to complete a PhD. I am sincerely thankful for all the people below, who helped me overcome the emotional turmoil a PhD causes."

I'm still in recovery😅

[Jennifer Polk, PhD (she, her) @FromPhDtoLife]

First sentence of my PhD dissertation acknowledgments: "Dissertations are researched and written alone, but they are not entirely solitary endeavours."

What's yours?

[Science Careers @ScienceCareers]

“Many of us face the perception that the more time a scientist spends popularizing science, the less scientifically accomplished they are,” this physicist writes. #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter https://t.co/1QaLmx6x2H

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

@theADHDacademic 🖖

[Academic Chatter™ @AcademicChatter]

Universities need to do more to prepare PhD graduates for careers outside of academia.

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

@fungalpals Congrats!!!

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

@Ella_Maru My photo of the world's first gene-edited reptile! Our lab established CRISPR-mediated gene editing in the brown anole lizard a few years ago. This albino hatchling carries mutations in the tyrosinase gene.

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

For anyone interested in RNA-seq & ChIP-seq analyses, I FINALLY made a GitHub with all the tools/scripts used in my dissertation. Includes how I made heatmaps, volcano plots, gene set enrichment analyses, and more. #bioinformatics #genomics

Check it out: https://t.co/BgdQBc8MxV

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

Hoping these links remain after I upload to the dissertation database😐

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

Weird flex but something I'm proud of is making my dissertation PDF have a clickable Table of Contents AND bookmarks for easy navigation (assuming anyone wants to read it 😅) #accessibility #AcademicChatter

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

@BrittanyTTruong @AAASMassMedia @journalsentinel @Artingerlab @SocDevBio That's awesome! Congrats!!!

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm a science communicator📸and geneticist🧬

Check out my work in scientific writing, video production, photography, and graphic design. I am graduating in a month and looking for work! #scicomm

https://t.co/ruV1AMeFXM

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

@BrittanyTTruong @Artingerlab @CUHMGGP @CUAnschutzGS Congrats!

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

@BailWeatherbee Congrats Bailey!

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

@kendallbclay @Bonfire Just ordered!

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

@AnthonyGeneva Thank you Anthony!

[UGA Genetics @uga_genetics]

Congrats to our newest PhD, Dr. Aaron Alcala! Here @AaronEvoDevo is with his advisor Doug Menke @dbmenke. Aaron will pursue a career in SciComm. Congrats, Dr. Alcala, we are so proud of you!!

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

Today's the day!

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

I'm defending on Monday, March 27th at 2:00pm EDT! Come learn about limbs, genitals, and gene regulation!

Register for the Zoom webinar here: https://t.co/3P8qoFqN5l

[Aaron Alcala, PhD @AaronEvoDevo]

I'm defending on Monday, March 27th at 2:00pm EDT! Come learn about limbs, genitals, and gene regulation!

Register for the Zoom webinar here: https://t.co/3P8qoFqN5l