Amy Robinson-Junker

Animal welfare scientist, utter nerd, giant marshmallow. Profanity possible (likely). She/her. Midwestern expat in the SF Bay area. Opinions are my own.

[Amy Robinson-Junker @amylynnrj]

I've decided to split out the professional and personal accounts here! Here you'll be continue to find animal welfare, behavior, research, and academic social justice. Want snark, geekery, NSFW humor, and board games too? Follow @Sonja1023

[Clare Collins 🇺🇦 @clarecollins21]

On a (not at all) lighter note:
12-year-old has been selected by school for free Brass instrument lessons and instrument loan. So she has now been sent home with a Euphonium, and 2 whole lessons under her belt. JUST BEFORE WE SOCIALLY ISOLATE FOR MONTHS. FUCKS SAKE...

[Brookfield Zoo Chicago @brookfield_zoo]

Brookfield Zoo may be closed to the public but the daily care and feeding of our animals will never change. If you're interested in helping support the animals at Brookfield Zoo while we're closed, you can make a donation to our Annual Fund. https://t.co/q06GPfkopG.

[Barry Waite @barry_d_waite]

Conference Call bingo! Anyone playing this week? "Can you hear me?" #workingfromhome #SocialDistanacing

[Amy Robinson-Junker @amylynnrj]

I'm impressed that the predatory conferences are still emailing me during a pandemic.

[Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire]

Tonight we're making a grocery run for a coworker of Mom's who has COPD and is afraid to leave her home. She started crying when we offered. She has no money and is so scared.

[Jeffrey Wright 🥜 @jfreewright]

Watch a man's soul escape his body.

[Amy Robinson-Junker @amylynnrj]

@MARspidermonkey Congratulations! Milwaukee is a lovely city!

[Amy Robinson-Junker @amylynnrj]

@HoxInSocks Awwww, thanks for the recommend! I really appreciate it!

[Amy Robinson-Junker @amylynnrj]

Hi all! Laboratory animal behavior and welfare specialist here, looking for work in the Bay Area. Good with academia or industry, in vivo dosing, data collection and analysis, and manuscript prep. Also open to IACUC administration positions.

Please feel free to share!

[Sampson the Service Dog @sampson_dog]

Ppl ask can they pet/ask to pet a SD. The answer is no. I am working. 1 day Mom logged how many X's she was stopped. In 3hrs we were stopped 17x's @ ~ 1.25min per stop. 9hr day = 51 interruptions & ~1 hr of time lost. Each person thought they were the 1st to ask. #TuesdayThoughts

[Amy Robinson-Junker @amylynnrj]

@estarianne @HoxInSocks Continuing to think out loud, I suspect that reliably cued/warned aversives are less dread-inducing than unpredictable ones. Just from my own experiences with chronic pain, the unpredictable knee pain is way worse than the predictable pain for me!

[Amy Robinson-Junker @amylynnrj]

@estarianne @HoxInSocks Just thinking out loud here, I wonder if work that shows that predictably aversive events are less stressful are actually evaluating fear, rather than dread.

[Laura Huenneke Ecological Voter @LFHuenneke]

Exactly the take we are using in promoting posters as the deadline approaches for abstracts for @ESA_org #ESA2020

[Kaeli Swift, Ph.D. @corvidresearch]

Challenge accepted.

So cowbirds are nest parasites which means they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. Ask her if she knows how those host-raised cowbirds learn to cowbird as opposed to act like the host. A: young cowbirds sneak out at night to hang w/ other cowbirds.

[Dr Holly Vickery @SkylarkHolly]

Super interesting new goaty research!!
And a great summary thread...
@GoatsThatStare always giving me scicomm inspiration!

[Amy Robinson-Junker @amylynnrj]

Congratulations to my amazing labmate @meg_laughalot on her outstanding dissertation defense this morning!

[Amy Robinson-Junker @amylynnrj]

@SuburbanKoala Oh, very nice! Especially since we do both at our institution.

[Amy Robinson-Junker @amylynnrj]

I'm giving a talk soon to laypeople about how animal research works. What questions do you folks hear that it might be helpful for me to answer?

Current plan: talk about people involved, regulatory requirements, standards of care, research outcomes. What am I missing?

[Amy Robinson-Junker @amylynnrj]

@HoxInSocks lol Like I could give a talk without talking about ethology...

[Amy Robinson-Junker @amylynnrj]

@may_gun Oh, I like that! Thank you!