Nicole M. Baran, Ph.D.

@nmbaran.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor of Biology at Davidson College | Evolution & development of songbird social behavior, neuroendocrinology, & comparative genomics | STEMinist | Mostly here for the reading recommendations. (she/her) 🐦🧠🧬🌎🔬🌿🎺

Text exchange. Me: So, who'd y'all vote for? Followed by a Office meme of Steve Carrell looking curious/expectant. Reply: The progressives. Me: Hell yeah. Followed by the Severance meme of Irving/John Turturro saying 'Let's burn this place to the ground'.
Karyotype images of the chromosomes the third largest chromosome in the white-throated sparrow genome. The image shows that the chromosomes come in two forms, creating three possible gentypes. Adapted from Thorneycroft, 1975.
Butterfly meme when man labeled 'intro bio students' gesturing towards a butterfly labeled 'an example of phenotypic plasticity'. The bottom caption reads 'is this epigenetics?'
AIDS quilt panel with yellow background featuring a blue house, concrete lamp, an airstream RV, a Hundred Legends book, a photo and the words 'Don Ruddy '53-'92'.
Our dog Zora, a yellow mutt with big ears, drooling profusely while being asked if she wants some mango.
Scientist in a lab coat holds a sign saying 'Sex & gender are NOT binary! I'm a neuroendocrinology (ask me about it)
Puffy king cake covered in purple, yellow, and green sprinkles surrounded by Mardi Gras beads.
Map of the Gulf of Mexico labeled as the "Gulf of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, the event that led to the extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, including all non-avian dinosaurs, approximately 66 million years ago. The site of the impact, Chicxulub crater, is partially under the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico and its center is in the Gulf of Mexico.
Black eyed peas, collard greens, rice and cornbread. A Southern New Year's tradition!
Trippy screen print on a t-shirt for the band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. It includes a "lizard wizard" skeleton, but it is not anatomically accurate in any way... Bat-like wings, teeth, horns, bird feet with reversed fourth toe, forward facing knees, long velociraptor tail, open rib cage with no breastbone or keel.
Pink postcard on fridge that reads: 1. Feel good 2. Don't hurt 3. Have fun 4. Be nice 5. Try not to worry so much
Juvenile male ruby-throated hummingbird hovering next to a red feeder.