28 - Communicator & Zoologist from Brazil I think bugs are pretty cool
Madison, WI
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Starting the #DayoftheBadger 🦡 with a morning walk!
Had to pick Suki up to showcase the new @WisAlumni bandana
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Awesome research with very cool implications. Unfortunately, the comments are unsurprisingly filled with negative responses since "spiders are creepy"
I wonder how we could lessen these negative emotions that are immediately primed by seeing arachnids...
Researchers have turned dead spiders into necrobotic grippers capable of lifting items that weigh more than 100 times their own body weight.
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This was such an interesting article to write! It fascinated me that eDNA, a technology used mostly in wildlife management and ecology, was being used to locate the bodies of missing soldiers.
Huge shoutout to Charles Konsitzke and the whole @UWMIARIP team!
@UWMIARIP is using #eDNA to locate and identify missing-in-action soldiers from #WWII.
Read the story published in the latest @UWMadison_CGSI G&T newsletter and the unusual origin of the project at cgsi.wisc.edu/edna-analysis-…
Great article by @jilktweets reminds us that while climate crisis is a real problem that must be addressed, there is a growing list of reasons to be hopeful: "the severity of the problem and our capacity to address it are rising in parallel"
My latest for the @dailycardinal reviews the latest @IPCC_CH report and has a special focus on mitigation, with insights from report co-author and @UWMadison professor @GregNemet. Read on: dailycardinal.com/article/20…
#climate #solarenergy #energytransition
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#LSCSummer classes are a great tool for students who are double majoring and don't want to take 18 credits every semester.
Back in 2018, I took @UW_LSC 251 as a Summer class and it was a great way to fulfill requirements early and get some much-needed schedule flexibility!
Very cool! I thought it was super interesting how @DrLDWilliamson looked at medical distrust as an outcome rather than a moderator!
Interesting research by @DrLDWilliamson on medical #mistrust with organ donation has important implications for relations with news media and how Black Americans perceive discrimination in the news and apply this to their thoughts #uwlsc700 #scicomm
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This is an appreciation tweet to librarians, who somehow manage to find the obscure articles and scans I requested even when I provide minimal information.
Without them, society as a whole would certainly collapse.
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Great thread! A lot of media outlets are once again doing spiders dirty by consistently framing spiders as an issue and a danger, when in fact there is nothing to fear.
Ok. We need to talk about the media doing spiders dirty again. Strap in. We’re talking about these GIANT SPIDERS THAT ARE PARACHUTING IN & TAKING OVER THE USA!! *gasp*
Nonsense. Calm down. Here’s what’s up.🧵
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Thank you @matteofarinella for joining @_nan_li 's class today! It was great to hear about using #comics for #scicomm from someone with a lot of experience both as a scientist and as an artist!
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Ps: loved that drawing of you reading @scottmccloud 's Understanding Comics!
Deeply related to that image
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Hey, I'm in this!
Jokes aside, #UWLSC532 taught me not only how to design webpages, but also how to think about what users expect from a website and how to deliver that.
Great course by @3rhinomedia, highly recommend!
Last fall, the @UWArboretum reached out to #UWLSC532 for advice on updating their website. Read the full story, written by LSC's 2020-21 Lenore Landry Scholar @JoriSkalitzky, of how students applied the skills they learned in class to make suggestions! lsc.wisc.edu/2021/05/14/uw-a…
Also, if you wanna check how I put those skills to good use, check out my personal website, leobarolo.com
I'm flabbergasted by this sandwich company that is dropping all the right #scicomm takes
the irony of neil’s tweet is that by framing science itself as “true” he’s influencing people to be more skeptical of it in a time of unprecedented misinformation. science is an ever refining process to find truth, not a dogma. no matter his intent, this message isn’t helpful
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Thread with my notes on the @Morgridge_Inst webinar on "How to talk about vaccines (and find common ground)" with experts @brossardd of @UW_LSC, @AjayKSethi of @UWPopHealthSci, and Tess Ellens of
@PublicHealthMDC
Very relevant #scicomm discussion on #CovidVaccine
I'm watching this webinar! I'll use this thread to highlight some interesting points
Join us NOW! Please use this link (error in previous tweet): event.webinarjam.com/login/g…
"let's recognize uncertainty - the more people are vaccinated, the more we will understand about vaccines" @brossardd talks about how it's not the time to convince everyone to take the #CovidVaccine, referring to the public that is hesitant and wants to wait to be vaccinated
Have you ever looked at a graph and thought "DAMN that's sexy"?
Because I may have just uttered that out loud
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
After taking classes on web design, I decided to start from scratch and build my new website, leobarolo.com
If you want to know more about scientific comics or me, that's the place to go
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“When I tried to explain what I did in the lab to my friends, they all seemed so impressed, ‘blinded by science’. I don’t think it should be like that.”
@Nicky_lab_brat shows us how to use #manga to communicate science! Get out your pens and pencils! lifeology.io/the-manga-lab-b…