Connor Christensen

UCR EEOB Grad Student in the Higham Lab

[Tim Higham @HighamLab]

A couple of nice snakes on our Herpetology field trip this week! California king snake and a red diamond rattlesnake at the Motte Rimrock Reserve. @UCRiverside @EeobUcr #fieldtrip #herpetology #snake @MarinaVollin

[Tim Higham @HighamLab]

Nice little article about our recent paper - Researchers document geckos violently shaking from side to side to immobilize their scorpion prey https://t.co/T6Xv4oJloD via @physorg_com @MalachiWhitford @EeobUcr @UCRCNAS @UCR_ScienceNews @FreymillerGrace

[Tim Higham @HighamLab]

Please RT! We are hiring! Assistant Professor in Comparative Biomechanics of Vertebrates! @SICB_ @SICB_DCB_DVM https://t.co/EeTFC0uiRa

[Tim Higham @HighamLab]

Check out our new paper documenting how banded geckos eat scorpions! Hint: They SHAKE! https://t.co/g4dMz4qrQ0 @UCRCNAS @UCR_ScienceNews @MalachiWhitford @FreymillerGrace #gecko @gecko_papers

[Tim Higham @HighamLab]

New paper with @thielen_marc and others at @UniFreiburg - How crested geckos land on surfaces of different incline. They don't modulate in-air kinematics, but do just fine landing on vertical smooth surfaces https://t.co/9DaXmFpyI8 @AvHStiftung @gecko_papers @UCR_ScienceNews

[Tim Higham @HighamLab]

New paper with Emily Naylor just came out in @FunEcology - combined lab and field measurements of high-speed substrate transitions in a Namibian day gecko - turns out they are pretty good! https://t.co/EhlhYogRpD @UCR_ScienceNews @GobabebRSH @DuneNinja @gecko_papers @EeobUcr

[Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP @gradydoctor]

1/
Wisdom

I was sitting bedside with a Grady elder one day. My arm elbow was propped on the bedside rail as I asked if she had any questions.

Her: “No, I’on’t think so.”
Me: *slow nod*

She raised an eyebrow.

Her: “Do YOU have you questions?”
Me: “Me?”

[Emily Taylor @snakeymama]

Are you ready for something AMAZING for Day #26 of #PitviperBeautyPageant? Behold this:

11 lb. female Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (that's a 13-gallon action packer!)

She dropped a 2 lb. 💩!

She had eaten an enormous 🐇!

📷 Mallory Harmel on Jekyll Island, Georgia

[Emily Taylor @snakeymama]

Wow.

California kingsnake eats Southern Pacific Rattlesnake in Cayucos, California.

Thanks for the 📷 Kelly DEV

[Dr. JP Lawrence @JPLawrencePhoto]

Snake biologists, lizard biologists, amphibian biologists, turtle biologists

[UCR Science News @UCR_ScienceNews]

#Geckos that lose their #tails are still deadly #predators @sciencefocus

https://t.co/CdaLPrwHkK @Mantis_Shrimp @HighamLab @UCRiverside @UCRCNAS

[Tim Higham @HighamLab]

Geckos might lose their tails, but not their dinner https://t.co/8xZyqrGHkA @MarinaVollin @EeobUcr @UCRCNAS #gecko @ICB_journal

[Halle Sullivan🏳️ @hallllee33]

I think I won at life 😅💕 @Disney

[Halle Sullivan🏳️ @hallllee33]

Future Mrs. Christensen has a nice ✨ring✨ to it 💕

[Tim Higham @HighamLab]

Well, I just sent a manuscript to co-authors 7 years after the data were collected! How many of you have projects like this? #NeverTooLate #ScienceTakesTime

[Maik Damm 🐍 @DammMaik]

My PhD: Shooting snake venoms into a vacuum to analyse them by their movement in an electro-magnetic field is awesome

but... testing tardigardes at 3218 km/h and looking at the impact survival rate to simulate their potential of space travel - THAT is another awesome level!

[Halle Sullivan🏳️ @hallllee33]

Got to walk with my bestfriend 💕🙏 @connor_d_c I love you #collegesweethearts

[Tim Higham @HighamLab]

Super excited to share the first publication from PhD student @MarinaVollin ! Tail autotomy alters prey capture performance and kinematics, but not success, in banded geckos https://t.co/mQPYsgNGne @EeobUcr @UCR_ScienceNews @UCRiverside @UCRCNAS @gecko_papers @ICB_journal @SICB_

[Dr. Brigette Monroy @Brigette_Monroy]

I am so honored and excited to have received the NSF PRFB fellowship! I just want to thank my support network and mentors for helping me with this opportunity!! 🎉👩🏽‍🔬 @RogersLabUCD @DanStarrUCDavis #NSFfunded