Aaron Alcala, PhD

After 100+ attempts to photograph this little lizard, I'm proud to say my image of our albino hatchling made the cover of @CellReports today! Our paper led by @LizEyeSciGal on gene editing in lizards is out! Go #TeamLizard!

@scicomm_jc Hi! Your DMs are closed, how can I learn more about the opportunity?

curriculum associated with the award. There are a lot of moving parts but this element is as important as any of them. There is a lot of room for creativity and potential for a longer term opportunity if things go well." DM if you want me to connect you #scicommjob

I don’t have time to get invovled with this cool project but may be you do: Are you a scicommer with social media/marketing strategy skills looking for a cool opportunity? Read this 👇🏻

@BailWeatherbee Congrats Dr. Bailey!

I was indeed ready #PhDone

"It truly takes a village to complete a PhD. I am sincerely thankful for all the people below, who helped me overcome the emotional turmoil a PhD causes." I'm still in recovery😅

“Many of us face the perception that the more time a scientist spends popularizing science, the less scientifically accomplished they are,” this physicist writes. #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter fal.cn/3yVE5

@theADHDacademic 🖖

Universities need to do more to prepare PhD graduates for careers outside of academia.

@fungalpals Congrats!!!

@Ella_Maru My photo of the world's first gene-edited reptile! Our lab established CRISPR-mediated gene editing in the brown anole lizard a few years ago. This albino hatchling carries mutations in the tyrosinase gene.

What is your figure/cover image you are most proud of? Post it in the comments with a short description and we will have a prize for the best figure and for the best cover! Deadline for submission is April 28. #sciart

For anyone interested in RNA-seq & ChIP-seq analyses, I FINALLY made a GitHub with all the tools/scripts used in my dissertation. Includes how I made heatmaps, volcano plots, gene set enrichment analyses, and more. #bioinformatics #genomics Check it out: github.com/gene-drive/Tbx…

Hoping these links remain after I upload to the dissertation database😐

Weird flex but something I'm proud of is making my dissertation PDF have a clickable Table of Contents AND bookmarks for easy navigation (assuming anyone wants to read it 😅) #accessibility #AcademicChatter

@BrittanyTTruong @AAASMassMedia @journalsentinel @Artingerlab @SocDevBio That's awesome! Congrats!!!

Happy to announce that I will be a @AAASMassMedia fellow! I’ll be spending the summer writing for @journalsentinel in Milwaukee, WI. I wouldn’t be here without the support of @Artingerlab and the @SocDevBio #scicomm internship! ✍🏼💕

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm a science communicator📸and geneticist🧬 Check out my work in scientific writing, video production, photography, and graphic design. I am graduating in a month and looking for work! #scicomm aaronalcala.myportfolio.com

@BrittanyTTruong @Artingerlab @CUHMGGP @CUAnschutzGS Congrats!

It was such an honor being part of the @Artingerlab! Thank you to everyone who has supported me on this journey 🥰🧬 @CUHMGGP @CUAnschutzGS #PhDone #devbio

@BailWeatherbee Congrats Bailey!

Submitted! Now back to revisions 😅

@kendallbclay @Bonfire Just ordered!

@AnthonyGeneva Thank you Anthony!

Congratulations Dr. Alcala!

Congrats to our newest PhD, Dr. Aaron Alcala! Here @AaronEvoDevo is with his advisor Doug Menke @dbmenke. Aaron will pursue a career in SciComm. Congrats, Dr. Alcala, we are so proud of you!!

Today's the day!

I'm defending on Monday, March 27th at 2:00pm EDT! Come learn about limbs, genitals, and gene regulation! Register for the Zoom webinar here: bit.ly/Alcala_PhD