Bridget Vincent

Hi all! I'm Bridget, a Ph.D. student studying squid photophore evolution and artist creating (mostly) cephalopod sketches and paintings. 🦑🐙 Website: tinyurl.com/BAVincent Patreon: patreon.com/bridgetavincent IG: instagram.com/bavincent.art #VisibleWomen #sciart #scicomm

New paper out! 🚨 We show that vampire bats use amino acids from a recent blood meal to fuel RUNNING - a rare mode of locomotion in bats ideal for stalking prey. I’d worry less about your neck and more about your ankles! 🧛🏻‍♂️ @WelchLab_UTSC @RSocPublishing royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

@DannaStaaf She's on bluesky! And Cara for good measure since this one is a favorite of mine ❤️

@BridgetSquidget Are you gonna post this on bsky? It might help #TeamStrawberry pull ahead! (plus it's awesome and everyone should see it)

Team strawberry squid!!! 🦑❤️

@SerpenIllus I had the same problem but once I tried posting from the browser it worked. Not a permanent solution but at least it's a workaround until they update the app

So I can’t post anything on Cara! Every time I try to post it tells me an unexpected error occurred 🥲

Fluorescence patterns and diversity of hydrozoans from Bocas del Toro, Panama | Ciencias Marinas cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cmar…

During our project work @stri_panama taxonomy course, we found that hydrozoans show diverse fluorescence patterns that can vary across life stage and species🪼Happy to see our little study out @BridgetSquidget @beroe @chipotlau @alexandeleon_ doi.org/10.7773/cm.y20…

Whale watching fun on this beautiful day with #Embryo23 We saw lots of them showcasing their tails.. nd saw lil ones playing also🐋🐳 🤩🤩 Happy ending to this week.. it's been supa fun getting to spend time with some amazing folks 🤩😃

The last few weeks I’ve been learning about the most fascinating animals #Meduzoa #Ctenophora in a STRI course by @thuesen_v @beroe @MPMiglietta & O. Oliveira together with an amazing bunch of international students. During the course we IDed >65 species of jellies & polyps!

Excited to be presenting my work at #Evol22 tomorrow! Drop by the parallel/convergent session at 4:30 to hear about squid bioluminescence.

Congrats to Dr. @ReptileRhett for defending his PhD today!

The original Jurassic Park was a feminist masterpiece

Between this and the recent Nature/Science stories on grad student stipends, I really hope academia as a whole wakes up and takes a good long hard look in the mirror. Your best scientists are all leaving…this is a clear message. Overworked. Underpaid. Mentally exhausted… 🧵

LOOK AT THE BABIES

Starfish blastula labeled with probes for DNA and microtubules 🧵

Congrats to @Sea__ram and @StoilovaMarina! Aquatic inverts for the win! 😍

Salaries for PhD students in the biological sciences fall well below the basic cost of living at almost every institution and department in the US, according to crowdsourced data go.nature.com/3GcrZ9e

UPDATE: 😍Thanks to all for retweeting, thanks to @UCBerkeley Entomology for sleuthing, and thanks to @dfallik for putting me in touch with the amazing Dr. Vernard Lewis, who was so generous with his time. I got to say thank you. We’ve planned to have lunch. Thanks Twitter! ❤️

"The point labels are pretty much 'pointless'" - @ReptileRhett Thanks for all the submissions, we are now at 151 entries from 133 Universities. Click the link for info: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/BiologyP…

The first-ever UCSB EEMB undergraduate research symposium was a huge success! I’m so proud of the amazing work done by the undergrad researchers and grateful to the rest of the (grad student led) planning committee; never underestimate the power of passionate grad students!🔬📊

After months of planning, the first EEMB Undergraduate Research Symposium finally happened today! It was such a success and couldn't have happened without some amazing undergraduates, volunteers, and fellow committee members. My heart is so full. 💛