Emily Josephs

@emjo.bsky.social

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Plant evolutionary genetics. She/her. East Lansing, Michigan.

A purple crocus
A plot showing aerial views of 5 locations within cities. One of them (NY63) appears to be in the median of a busy road.
A speaker on the steps of the Michigan capitol
A woman giving a talk with a slide that says "how can organisms respond to change? Adapt, move, die". Another woman in the front row wears a blouse with skulls on it.
A booth with the sign "MSU herbarium" in a sunny garden. A woman behind the booth helps another woman and a child do a craft with dried flowers. There is a herbarium specimen on display.
A large statue of a blue horse with glowing red eyes
Eleiezer and Derek standing in front of a scientific poster
A big rock painted "land of the free? Home of the brave?"
About 8 purple iris flowers growing against green leaves
Four smiling scientists in graduation robes.
A cartoon of three kids in a trench coat from Bojack Horseman
A conference poster session on the floor of a basketball arena
Miles giving his defense talk in front of a slide with pictures of plants and the text "why is there so much variation within species?"
A group of protestors in front of the Michigan State Capitol
Two ornate buildings and the partially frozen Chicago River.
Yellow monkeyflowers growing in a seep!!!!!
A gif of Ina garten pouring a bottle of vodka into a pitcher
A small plant with 6 small leaves
Ina Garden pouring a large cosmo
Ina Garten taking a sip of a giant cosmo
Two scientists smiling in front of a lake on a sunny day.
Three flats of arabidopsis plants in a growth chamber.
A Duolingo screen that reads "he's a complete loser" in English and Yiddish
A halloween diorama of a plant graveyard with little tombstones for deceased plants.
An "I voted" sticker with a werewolf on it.
An agricultural field with two different types of plots
A check list of tasks for submitting a tenure packet with all the tasks checked off
A book cover with text "A tale of heat and rain by Asia Hightower" and with drawings of a sun and a castle.
"Pranking does take time and energy, but some scientists stress that it’s worth the small dent in productivity because of the positive benefits of humour and play — including offsetting the intensity of academic careers. Increasingly, early-career researchers face a demoralizing duo of stagnating wages and poor job prospects. Pranking, researchers say, serves as a pressure-release valve that keeps people invested in the work they’re doing. “Doing something silly with your lab, whether that’s pulling a prank or going out to karaoke, lets you remember that there’s joy in the work,” Tomaszewski says."