Looking for an amazing #PhD opportunity to study #evolution or #ecology or both at the same time? Follow this thread to choose your own adventure and meet my fantastic colleagues in EEPB at Washington University in St. Louis @WUSTLdbbs
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Do you like your evolution to be fast
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏆" title="Trophäe" aria-label="Emoji: Trophäe">? Do you marvel at the colors
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐠" title="Tropischer Fisch" aria-label="Emoji: Tropischer Fisch"> in nature, and wonder why they are so colorful? Want to travel to Trinidad
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Do you like your evolution to be fast
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏆" title="Trophäe" aria-label="Emoji: Trophäe">? Are you interested in
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐠" title="Tropischer Fisch" aria-label="Emoji: Tropischer Fisch"> fish love lives
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💞" title="Drehende Herzen" aria-label="Emoji: Drehende Herzen"> or risk of predation
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☠️" title="Totenkopf" aria-label="Emoji: Totenkopf">? Do terms like "nutrient stoichiometry" and "stable isotopes" make *your* heart race
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Or are you dazzled by the colors
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌈" title="Regenbogen" aria-label="Emoji: Regenbogen"> of animals in nature, but prefer those animals to be flying? And want to study how those animals evolve? Great! If moths
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🕊️" title="Friedens-Taube" aria-label="Emoji: Friedens-Taube">are more you type, contact Carlos Botero.
Are you interested in #evolution over longer timescales
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌏" title="Asien-Australien auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Asien-Australien auf dem Globus">puzzles by combining different types of data
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💻" title="Computer" aria-label="Emoji: Computer">? Then contact @landismj!
Perhaps you& #39;re only interested in studying #evolution of lizard
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☀️" title="Sonne mit Strahlen" aria-label="Emoji: Sonne mit Strahlen">, or withstand hurricane-force winds
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Come join a great group of people (who happen to be scientists) in unlocking the mysteries
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌎" title="Amerika auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Amerika auf dem Globus">. There are plenty of EEPB grad students here on Twitter who I& #39;m *sure* will be happy to answer your questions, too! Maybe some will even chime in here...
Also, 1st year PhD students in our program do lab rotations before affiliating with a thesis lab. So if you are having a hard time deciding among the above adventures, fear not!