Sofia Hauck

Sofia Hauck

@shauck.bsky.social

Data scientist working with patient data (previously railways & farming); genomics PhD from Oxford Zoology; science enthusiast, cycling advocate, illustration fan and keen traveller. 🇧🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺

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Merry #Crustmas to all who celebrate! Hoping you are firmly attached to people you love, are able to scoop up large amounts of food, and can hide in an impervious shell when the social situation requires it ❤️

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Replying to @k-hermit.com

Those beautiful blue, blueberry-like things are sensory organs that detect light, like eyes.

I once had the bizarre experience of being stuffed into a little airport bus so that we could do one full loop of the plane before boarding. The Innsbruck staff insisted this was “Easyjet policy”: there should always be a bridge or a bus. Innsbruck was gorgeous enough to almost make up for it.

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com

I hate the little airport bus with my life, I'm here to go whoosh through the sky, not to suffer through the indignity of driving around the tarmac in a shoddy vehicle

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WE HAVE A NEW WORLD RECORD SHE DID IT 5 jours, 11 heures, 14 minutes Bravo Sarah Ruggins. 👏👏👏 #LEJOGLE #JOGLEJOG #worldrecord #sarahruggins

Albert Lechat@albertlechat.bsky.social

Ce matin, à 9h00, Sarah Ruggins a quitté l'extrémité nord 🇬🇧, à vélo, pour tenter de battre le record de l'A/R Nord-Sud de l'Ile: 2.700km L'actuel record est de 5 jours, 18 heures, 3 minutes Pour le battre elle devra rouler entre 500 & 600km par jour. www.lejogle.org 1/

That line makes my blood boil every time. They do mean me! I have to fill out the same paperwork. I call the same Home Office phone number. There is only one environment and they made it hostile! It’s my consulate that’s full of “we’ll pay for your flights home if you just leave” flyers.

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com

"oh but they don't mean you" - sure, yeah, because I have a job and I'm physically fit, yeah? what if I were to become one of those immigrants who has to be on the dole? what if I end up disabled for whatever reason? what if I end up having a ton of kids with another immigrant? what if? what if?

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This time-lapse captures 17 hours of axonal growth from a chicken dorsal root ganglion explant, visualized through the actin cytoskeleton using live confocal imaging. I just submitted this video to the Nikon Small World in Motion competition. Today is the last day to upload yours! 😉 🧪

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Pioneering entomologist & scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian was born #OTD in 1647. In 1699 Merian set off on the first-ever purely scientific expedition to the Dutch colony of Suriname, where she documented intricate plant-insect interactions with beautiful artwork and clarity. (📸BHL)

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An amazing bit of news on its own, but this is also a story about how long-running programmes are critical for science. We would never know wild birds get to be 70+ if we hadn’t tagged and followed Wisdom over the decades, even though we couldn’t have known in 1956 that this would be the benefit.

Martin George@jannerbirder.bsky.social

Wisdom the Laysan Albatross is the oldest known wild bird and she recently laid a new egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii. The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December. #Seabirds www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...

The map of London cycle parking spots (with photos!) on the website of @stolenride.bsky.social is one of the handiest things on the internet. I’m constantly surprised how many solid racks there are within 50m of where I’m going but around a corner I’d have never checked. Great stuff!

I’ve been loving #Nudivember! Spotting nudis has always been my favourite part of diving, and this is a great second-hand thrill. Something about how beautifully alien they are that makes you remember how weird and wonderful nature is every time you see one, even in photos.

Bugz n Slugz@moistmacro.bsky.social

I just found a few more photos of today’s #Nudivember slug. These are from the end of 2018 in the UAE. For some reason I always found these tricky to shoot - normally at the base of whip coral in a high current area. #Nudibranch #MarineLife #Inverts

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