Chelsea Higgins

she/her
Studying evolution, genetics, and the immune system
iBio Masters Student @uiowa
Biology BS, Music BA, CCTS, EMT @uiowa
Opinions are my own

[Chelsea Higgins @chemay52]

@MCzinano was super helpful with my project, so I can confidently say that she's great!

[Maurine Neiman 🐌 @mneiman]

Biologist friends, my wonderful former laboratory intern and superstar @IowaWBB player @MCzinano is heading to Hungary to play basketball this fall. She would love to be connected with a lab group there and continue doing science. I would appreciate any connections! @TCzinano

[Chelsea Higgins @chemay52]

So cool!!

[Chelsea Higgins @chemay52]

I am thrilled to announce that after 2.5 years of work under the excellent guidance of @mneiman and @johnlogsdon, I have successfully defended my MS thesis! Thank you to everyone at @uiowabiology who has supported me. Next stop, @UBC!

[uiowabiology @uiowabiology]

Congratulations to iBio graduate student, Chelsea Higgins (@chemay52), on her successful thesis defense! Chelsea's mentors are @mneiman & @johnlogsdon. Best of luck to Chelsea at @UBC where she will join the @ZoologyUBC PhD program in Professor Kayla King's lab.

[Chelsea Higgins @chemay52]

I'm so grateful to have spent the last few years with this group!🐌

[Maurine Neiman 🐌 @mneiman]

Summer 2023 Neiman lab! I am so fortunate to get to work with such lovely people.❤️🐌 @UIowaResearch @uiowabiology

[Maurine Neiman 🐌 @mneiman]

Congratulations and best wishes to Neiman lab grads @chemay52, @BryanLGuevara, @MCzinano, @JosephJalinsky, @RenquistWren, Grace, Humu, Chase, and Josie! You’re amazing! 🦟🧫❤️🐌🏀 @IowaWBB @uiowabiology

[UBC Dept of Microbiology and Immunology @UBCMicroImmuno]

Welcome Professor Kayla King @kaylacking to the departments of @UBCMicroImmuno and @ZoologyUBC!

“After 17 years abroad, I am excited to bring my science home,” shares King.

Read more about her lab and research: https://t.co/ueq1UahxF5

[uiowabiology @uiowabiology]

We are excited to have @stepheniwright from @eebtoronto as our seminar speaker on Friday, 4/28! Dr. Wright's talk will be in the Biology Building East auditorium & via Zoom at 4pm CDT. Email [email protected] if interested in attending virtually. @mneiman is the faculty host.

[Maurine Neiman 🐌 @mneiman]

Fabulous merch team ⁦@ICEvolve⁩ 2023! Talks happening NOW in 100 Phillips Hall. Come see amazing publicly accessible seminars from ⁦⁦@natalatl⁩, ⁦@sexinnature⁩, & ⁦@KimTallBear⁩ (& buy some artist-designed merch to support ⁦⁦@ICEvolve⁩). @uiowa

[Maurine Neiman 🐌 @mneiman]

Interested in learning more about #preprints and publishing? The #ProcB Editorial Preprint Team is now recruiting #ECR to assess preprints for potential submission to Proceedings B. We are especially focused on increasing diversity in our membership... 🧵1/3

[Chelsea Higgins @chemay52]

@kaylacking @LinneanSociety Congratulations!!

[Chelsea Higgins @chemay52]

Very well deserved! Congrats, Kayla!

[uiowabiology @uiowabiology]

Our Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Student seminar speakers today (Monday, Oct 31) are Jacob Wells (@AnnaMalkova14 lab) & Chelsea Higgins (@mneiman/@johnlogsdon labs). The first seminar will begin at 4pm in Kollros Auditorium (Rm 101) in Biology Building East. Open to public.

[Maurine Neiman 🐌 @mneiman]

It’s such a joy to teach when working with creative and dynamic people like these @uiowabiology graduate & undergraduate students! Today we were digging into whether & to what extent variation in human behavior has a genetic basis, crime scene set and all. @chemay52 @tara_hicks_

[Chelsea Higgins @chemay52]

So excited to put these skills to the test in just a few months!

[Maurine Neiman 🐌 @mneiman]

Iowa-based practice for upcoming snail collections in New Zealand, fake snails and all (and real raw chicken breast 🤢)! @UIowaResearch @uiowabiology @IowaBioAcademy @chemay52 @b_ryanguev @brinajev

[Maurine Neiman 🐌 @mneiman]

We are so excited to finally host @RELenski at @uiowa after what feels like countless pandemic-related delays!!!

[Maurine Neiman 🐌 @mneiman]

It’s so gratifying to see a student-driven project, years of hard work, & data from hundreds of snail families out there, and with real potential to illuminate a destructive invasion! Great work @DonneCarina, @Carson_Kephart, @C_Adrian_Tucci, et al! @uiowabiology @UIowaResearch

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

Scientists studying weird organisms, I salute you

[Chelsea Higgins @chemay52]

Had a great time in Cleveland the past week! Presented the latest on my Masters project at #evol2022 and made some great connections. Can't wait for Albuquerque in 2023!!

[Maurine Neiman 🐌 @mneiman]

Is there a link between sex and the microbiota in aquatic animals? Find out in @chemay52's first paper, a team effort with the fabulous @kaylacking and @kieranbates20 🦠🦟🐌🐟🦞♥️ https://t.co/JRbLlCqJ6z

[Kieran Bates @kieranbates20]

#Sex is important yet overlooked in shaping the #microbiome of aquatic animals. Check out our new paper https://t.co/Y4ZYKBKoV3 @kaylacking @mneiman @chemay52 @HYDR_Springer