what's up my natty scientists? let's talk about our fields and our research.
im also an evolutionary bio researcher (specifically phylogenetic comparative models, but I dabble in pop gen, ornithology and herpetology) so I'll answer evolution questions too
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Any good resources for analytical/org chemistry? No idea what I'm doing in this course
Currently finishing up my paper on behavioural plasticity (and it's evolutionary constraints) in the male guppy. Submit for publication in the next week or so.
any reason it's only the male guppy (also, species)? what was the trait you were observing? lemme hear your spiel
I'm a postdoc working with invasive insects that target agricultural crops. My academic background is focused on ecology and I have extensive experience with field work, quantitative methods, and R programming.
How many jobs are in phylogenetics?
I am working on a mathematical model of a disease, and have to give a talk to an audience of physicians.
How much math do doctors know? Should I go into some details of the model, or just gloss over them and focus on the results?
Give the details as appropriate. What kind of model are you using? Something like an SIR model can be easily explained without going into too much detail.
It's not about the spread of disease, it's about the inflammatory mechanisms that determine a disease. It's a system of PDEs. Do doctors evem know what a PDE is?
I suspect some do, but I wouldn't be surprised if you can see some glazing over if you begin to get into the details. I'd focus my discussion of the model on the parameters that will most interest them in order to make it as relevant/engaging a discussion as possible.