Brittany Earl

freshwater fish ranger in the south island at @docgovtnz 🐟, former tadpole researcher with #UC_FERG 🐸

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[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

is this a tusked mayfly/ ichthybotus

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

i didnt want to share this initally because despite all the millions of drafts there was a huge typo in the abstract and i got disheartened even though it was fixed pretty quick. Its all good now though 🤓

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

Oh my paper is out btw and has been for some time. Invasive tadpoles in nz????? Read all about it!!

https://t.co/HhcXtmYYhW

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

@_emmagodfrey The timing is crazy - I think I got the job offer and the email of acceptance (upon some minor changes) on the same day!!

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

Very soon I'll be able to verify the "science" part of my @ because my first paper has been accepted and I've just been looking at the first proof pdf of it so it's really starting to look real 🤓🤓🤓🐸

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

@SimonDStewart_N Thank you! I'll definitely be sharing it, supposed to be out in about 3 months

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

And while I'm sharing news - I am sad to report I have left #UC_FERG, but super duper happy to report I have joined @docgovtnz, gone to Geraldine and am just starting out as their new "Ranger, Freshwater Pests and Migratory Fish". 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟 Exciting times!!!

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

@cabriana_earl @radionz oh no

[Academic Chatter™ @AcademicChatter]

The real measure of academic excellence is mastering the strategic use of conjunctive adverbs: "moreover", "however", "therefore", "hence", "thus", "furthermore", "accordingly", "consequently", and "henceforth".

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

@soph_kate11 It's intimidating right!!

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

Biked into work/uni on an e-bike for the first time and oh my god!!! So easy and it gives you stats on speed and 'carbon reduction' (??). Definitely did not miss the sweat, now all I have to do is get over my fear of biking in traffic (been biking off peak so far)

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

New pfp! Taken after a day electrofishing a stream in the Waimakariri catchment during the longish walk back to the car. For more details keep an eye on the UC Freshwater Ecology Research group facebook page, will post something there sooon perhaps 🐟🕵️

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

@_emmagodfrey sorry for spamming your notifs with all the likes (havent logged into this account for a bit) - congrats for getting published and all the interviews and communication work! super important and exciting to be able to communicate your results to all those audiences 🤩🤩🤩

[asia murphy phd (river to the sea) @am_anatiala]

i know its a joke around these parts but im skimming through a lot of old papers and so many of them really actually are "so we threw a whole bunch of salamanders in a box and when we opened it at the end of the day, two were missing, and this one threw them up"

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

how do scientists deal with anonymous peer review. back and forth with the same reviewer a couple times... very firm on their points but still kind... the mystery adds a certain romance I fear I may be in love. I fear they may read this. they may be in the room with me right now

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

@ktecollins glad you shared this - seeing all the comments on facebook about the snake sightings was a bit demoralising (I know one should never read facebook comments but it happens)

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

oh yeah me too but in reverse!! not every day you get a pair of frog scientist sisters 🥰🐸

[Cabriana Earl @cabriana_earl]

A very busy couple of days graduating with my BSc with First Class Honours, in Genetics (supervised by @Frog_squisher), then attending my sister's (@sciencebrit) graduation for her Master's in biology (with Distinction!!) So proud of us

[Dr Katie Collins @ktecollins]

.@sciencebrit on the invasion of Australian brown tree frog & it’s impact in pond ecosystems - having large impact on ecosystem processes in small ponds, esp at high densities #WaitiWaita

[Brittany Earl @sciencebrit]

@byondMyrtleRust @BioHeritageNZ is this anything? sorry its most likely too shaky and blurry to tell but i found this little red fly larva eating some kind of rust in my chch garden last year, just found the video