Alexander L Davis
267 posts
@AlexLDavis_
@McKinsey consultant | @Duke PhD | Former @NDSEG Fellow
All are very welcome to create their own PhD project in my Duke Biology lab in in vision/signaling/camouflage/biophotonics/navigation. Stipend ($38,500 USD) is guaranteed for six years via TA/RA/fellowship. Current one-bedroom rent is ~$1600. DM me if interested. #scitwitter
So rewarding to see years of work led by Carlos Taboada and Jesse Delia in three labs (mine, @yaojj02, Lauren O’Connell) finally come to fruition. Short version: glassfrogs maintain transparency by hiding their red blood cells in their mirrored livers. nytimes.com/2022/12/22/sci…
big career news... I started at @AGU_Eos today as an associate editor! I'm so excited to join the vibrant science-writing community in DC :) reporters and researchers interested in earth and space sciences — pitch us! let's tell some stories together 🌍💫🔭
Colour signals and high-contrast backgrounds: a new #ProcB article investigates the influence of visual background on discrimination of signal-relevant colours in zebra finches ow.ly/9fHC50Jsm8N @AlexLDavis_ @MatthewZipple @DanaeM_Diaz @SteveNowickiDU @sonkelab
A third of all genetics papers published in Nature over a decade (and 20% across all journals) had errors due to the fact that many gene have names like SEPT2 (the official name of Septin 2), which were automatically coded as dates by Microsoft Excel. genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
🦀 Sand bubbler crabs live on sandy beaches in the tropical Indo-Pacific. They feed by filtering sand through their mouthparts, leaving behind balls of sand that are disintegrated by the incoming high tide.
