Beatrice Downing

Question-driven ecologist, now with 40% more epidemiology.
Mostly retweets of r tips, jobs and mad animal behaviour.

[Beatrice Downing @beaCdowning]

Ideas about anything at CEC @StuBearhop ?

[Kari Soennichsen @KariSoennichsen]

Been waiting 1 year, 7 months and 2 days to be allowed back to Australia. All hope is gone. Anyone know ecologists in Europe that could use help with field work a few wks/mos, esp. herps or spatial/feeding eco? Dying to work & feel like I can actually DO something. Thanks🙏🦎🐍🐢

[Dr David Hamilton @davidghamilton1]

A peaceful scene of a wombat wombat-ing for #WombatWednesday

[Beatrice Downing @beaCdowning]

@HanaAyoob NICE guidelines, specifically
the evidence reports, might be a good place to find research on some of these. E.g. NICE guideline for chronic pain NG193

[Dr Rosanna C Barnard (she/her) @BarnardResearch]

It's been a busy few days/weeks/months modelling steps 2, 3 and 4 of the #roadmap out of lockdown in England, with my #ateam @_nickdavies @markjit and John Edmunds. A 🧵 on our latest work looking at #step4 🪜👩‍💻 and a #photodump of some nice things I saw along the way

[Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareem_carr]

I wrote a short thread on being a racial minority within math academia. I didn’t propose any changes to the status quo or solutions. Just pointed out why I think race is an issue in the context of my experiences. Here are some of the EXTREMELY racist responses I got back. 👇🏾

[Beatrice Downing @beaCdowning]

Forward rolls! The only exercise endorsed by pandas

[H1 Connect @H1Connect]

Why pandas love to roll in poo! This paper published by
@PNASNews reveals that wild #pandas roll in horse manure and use this unusual behavioral #adaptation as a means to stay warm. Recommended by Xin Zhou and Shiqi Luo at China Agricultural University https://t.co/HDsTPdUb9K

[H1 Connect @H1Connect]

Why pandas love to roll in poo! This paper published by
@PNASNews reveals that wild #pandas roll in horse manure and use this unusual behavioral #adaptation as a means to stay warm. Recommended by Xin Zhou and Shiqi Luo at China Agricultural University https://t.co/HDsTPdUb9K

[Beatrice Downing @beaCdowning]

@thebenkolb Wow. I give really bad presents. Obviously went in the 'to keep' pile though?

[Beatrice Downing @beaCdowning]

Right now, the biggest red flag of academic spam is that the conferences are still happening #StayHomeSaveLives

[Beatrice Downing @beaCdowning]

@PulpLibrarian Yet no clear place to store the knife *sighs*

[Beatrice Downing @beaCdowning]

Come one, come all! See @CT_Bergstrom take down misleading data viz, one plot at a time. ✨

[Beatrice Downing @beaCdowning]

@elakdawalla What worked for me: gameify your work. Log times in projects, use word count trackers/time trackers that provide small rewards of hitting targets. #WorkFromHome

[Dan Quintana @dsquintana]

My recent podcasting guide has lots of info on how to clean up and edit your audio vocal recordings, which might be useful for all the lecturers and professors who just found out they’re going to have to record audio lectures over the next few weeks... https://t.co/w0W7ImWhWf

[Beatrice Downing @beaCdowning]

Allocating care at crisis point

[Yascha Mounk @Yascha_Mounk]

The Italian College of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care just published the most extraordinary medical document I’ve ever seen.

To help people from Germany to America understand what we’re about to face, I am publishing translated extracts here.

[Thread.]

[Beatrice Downing @beaCdowning]

So #TIL that nuthatches sound like really excited guinea pigs https://t.co/65kvvmOEvr

[Beatrice Downing @beaCdowning]

Must now end all discussions of birth stories with this:

[Nigel Marven @Nigelmarven]

This is ASTONISHING! One of my friends in Costa Rica sent me this clip. A sloth birth at the top of a Cecropia tree, the new born doesn’t fall because of the umbilical cord! Congratulations to whoever caught this moment!

[Angela Fuller @Fuller_Lab]

PhD graduate student position @ Cornell University. Moose juvenile survival and parasitic threats. $37,300/year plus tuition and health insurance for 4.5 yrs. Come work with myself, Dr. @wildlifeDZeco and Dr. Jacqui Frair. Details here: https://t.co/fz7HFCbueA Please RT.

[Beatrice Downing @beaCdowning]

*Paid* #ecology #internship position. D/l soon!

[Claire Vincent @Claireevin]

Come work with me on Protected Area Management Effectiveness (PAME)! We are looking for a (paid) intern with an analytical mind and a keen eye for detail to join our Conserving Land and Seascapes programme @unepwcmc in Cambridge. 🌍

https://t.co/lSbz6m7oxA

[Beatrice Downing @beaCdowning]

Me: Makes plot with standard commands and sits back to bask in its beauty
@marcus_volz : Well, here's this little thing I put together

[Marcus Volz @marcus_volz]

#rstats #ggplot2 #mathart