Chris Balakrishnan

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Program Director at NSF, Ornitho-behavioro-genomic-ologist, Nerd Nite Founder
are people already familiar with this story about hard-boiled eggs or did i just stumble upon an absolute gem of a cautionary tale about algorithmic perfection? (annals of the history of computing, january 1983, volume 5, issue 1)
Updated preprint "Neurogenomic landscape of status-dependent cooperative behavior " by Peri Bolton and co. #bird #brain
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.05.510848v2
FAQs on the Safe and Inclusive (SAI) working environmental plan: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23071/nsf23071.jsp #NSF #NSFDEB
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Regarding Preparation and Submission of Plans for Safe and Inclusive (SAI) Working Environments under the BIO/GEO Pilot (nsf23071) | NSF - National Science Foundation

A male White-collared Manakin (Manacus candei) posing for me at Tapir Valley.

#birdsofmastodon #birds #birdphotography #costarica

A great opportunity for post-baccalaurate research experience at UConn doing evolutionary genomics. Please retoot!
Periodic reminder that career-life balance supplements are a thing! https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21021/nsf21021.jsp
Dear Colleague Letter: Career-Life Balance (CLB) Supplemental Funding Requests (nsf21021) | NSF - National Science Foundation

Coming up in 9 min: https://debblog.nsfbio.com/office-hours/ discussing - "Understanding NSF policies and procedures that shape your funding opportunities" - including the new safe and inclusive plans for fieldwork #NSF
Office Hours

DEBrief

A bit last minute since we got on https://ecoevo.social/ yesterday...but!

⚠️ There's just one weekend left to apply to become our (& NCEAS) Community Engagement Officer!

Make links across networks, work with cutting edge science, and connect people and ideas.

UCSB is AA/EOE, incl. disability/vets. $70-80K! Due 3/13.

https://lternet.edu/opportunities/nceas-lter-community-engagement-officer/

Announcing the first in-person SLiM Workshop since the start of the COVID pandemic! It will be held June 16–20, 2023, in Albuquerque at the University of New Mexico. That's immediately before the Evolution 2023 conference. For more information, including information about how to register, please see https://groups.google.com/g/slim-announce/c/RVZi9WH-OqE. The more publicity the better; please share this, tweet it, toot it, or whatever you do. Thanks!
Workshop at UNM in Albuquerque, NM, June 16-20, 2023

My book MOST DELICIOUS POISON @lbsparkbooks will be out in Oct '23! I explore where many chemicals we use come from and how the contours of my life and the last 500 years of history were shaped by an insatiable desire for nature's toxins. Pre-order here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/noah-whiteman/most-delicious-poison/9780316386579/
Most Delicious Poison

An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature’s toxins and why we are attracted—and addicted—to them, in this “magisterial, fas...

Hachette Book Group