Tamara Stawicki, PhD

@tamarastawicki

I study hair cells & cilia genes in zebrafish and disappear into the woods in my free time. Views are my own and do not represent those of my employer.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· 8d

Will do it. Also speaking of those mitts while that photo doesn’t really show it she’s actually polydactyl so they are indeed quite large

A photo of a dilute calico polydactyl cat sitting on a couch

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· 9d

It’s someone’s 17th birthday today

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Jul 8

Not a bad view to sit and drink some tea looking at

A city scape with water and mountains in the background

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Jun 14

And because one can never get enough of mountain laurels some photos as well

A trail with multiple mountain laurels in bloom around it

A zoomed in photo of mountain laurel blooms with a slight pinkish color

A zoomed in view of white mountain laurel blooms

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Jun 14

It’s mountain laurel season! Fun fact mountain laurel is the Pennsylvania state flower.

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Jun 5

If anyone is looking for an ant community to invest in my patio has you covered! I do appreciate the joy it brings the birds.

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· May 23

Got to wear my new regalia for the first time. With an added accessory. Admittedly would take 50 and raining over 90+ and baking sun for graduation day any day.

A person wearing academic regalia and a clear poncho

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· May 21

Pennsylvania native species day seems a good day to share some more pictures of some of the #nativeplants in my yard

Trumpet honeysuckle. Red slender flowers on a vine

Maple leaf viburnum. Small white flowers

Alumroot. Green leaves some with white coloring

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· May 19

But hey the dire wolf thing did allow for this proud teaching moment in the fall.

Responses to a question of whether scientist brought the dire wolf back from extinction. 100% of respondents correctly said no.

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· May 2

I wrote a letter to the editor to my local paper (the Morning Call) about speaking out for public lands, and it got published!!! If you'd like to speak out for Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument @protectwildutah.bsky.social has some great resources here: suwa.org/actions-you-...

Speak out to protect the planet
In April we celebrated the planet with Earth Day and Arbor Day; in the same month we also saw continued attacks on our public lands. The Senate voted to use the Congressional Review Act to overturn a mining ban in the area outside of Boundary Waters National Recreation Area. This follows a vote in the House in January along the same lines. The ban was put in place when environmental studies showed mining would cause irreparable harm to the area and a public comment period with approximately 98% of comments being in favor of the ban.

Using the CRA in this way was unprecedented, with Sen. David McCormick and Rep. Ryan Mackenzie both voting yes. A similar bill exists to overturn the management plan for Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.

However we are still seeing the power of speaking out. The National Recreation Area in the Delaware Water Gap is the result of people speaking out against a proposed dam. On Earth Day, it was announced that a bill that would have weakened the Endangered Species Act was pulled. We must continue to speak out to protect our planet and open spaces in this country for generations to come.

— Tamara Stawicki, Easton

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Apr 22

Earth day also seems a good day to share some photos of some of the April blooming #nativeplants in my yard.

Low bush blueberry. Small white bell shaped flowers on a leafy branch

Virginia bluebells. Blue bell shaped flowers

Foam flower. Small white flowers sticking up from leaves.

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Apr 20

Got my protect Grand Staircase letters and photos ready to go! Also watched the April Sierra Club action hour and called my House Rep to tell them to vote no on HR 1897 www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Ur.... I have really enjoyed the SC action hours and wish a science advocacy group did something similar

Three letter to senators/house reps and a photo collage with photos of Grand Staircase Escalante Nation Monument.

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Apr 17

Its also worth noting they are not done. A bill has already been introduced to do the same in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, a place I had the privilege of visiting when in Utah a couple years back.(6/7)

Red rocks in the background with greenery in the foreground

A waterfall. I'll admit I was prepared to be disappointed when told we were hiking to see a waterfall in the desert, but this was spectacular.

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Apr 13

Realized I had been given bad intel when I started hearing crackling…Thankfully was able to safely cut across to the old AT and make it down. Anywhere there is a reason PA is under a burn ban and yes it does apply to campfires…

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Apr 13

Today’s important life lesson when calling the authorities to figure out how to get off the mountain that has caught on fire during your hike make sure they have up to date trail maps so when you tell them you are on the AT they know that’s leading you straight towards the fire and not safely down

A mountain ridgetop with smoke in the distance

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Mar 20

Didn’t have anything ready to present at MARZ this year but did get to see my former student Amanda presenting her work from her new lab

A woman smiling and standing next to a poster

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Mar 18

But you all my efforts have finally paid off and today work begun on an installing a minisplit that will be on our backup generator in my fish room!!!!! With hopefully the rest of the stuff I want on backup (fridge, freezer, incubator, etc) being put on this summer.

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Mar 4

Got my tenure gift from the college. No more rentals!

A photo of the woman in regalia’s back showing the hood

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Feb 26

Con confirm, first rise was when her IBD was diagnosed and we started her on steroids, second when her hyperthyroidism was diagnosed and started her on methimazole. And yes I collect and graph data on my cat's weight.

A graph showing a cats weight steadily declining then all of a sudden rising, it then declines again and rises again.

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Feb 16

Then once I got back to the Ecuadorian mainland I took a daytrip to Cotapaxi. Which was also amazing. We even got to take a little hike up the volcano. But that altitude (hike went from 15,200 to a little over 16,000') with no acclimation period, was not joke.

A large mountain (technically a volacno) with a glacier on top

Grasslands in the foreground and a mountain in the background

Wild horses grazing in front of a mountain

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Feb 16

And it wasn't all about the wildlife there was amazing scenery as well. Anyway highly recommend going. It truly is a magical place and somehow managed to exceed my pretty expectations

A peninsula with a hill surrounded by blue water with more hills in the background

A lake surrounded by hills with ocean beyond it

Red rocky land with cactii and some water

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Feb 16

And it wasn't just the islands themselves teaming with life but the water between them as well

A fish with a cool blue pattern in water

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Feb 16

And said wildlife just went about its life not the least bit concerned by us

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Feb 16

They were absolutely teaming with wildlife. It was a very oooooh this is what nature should be like moment

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Feb 16

About a month ago (it took me that long to sort through the pictures) I got to cross the Galapagos Islands off the bucket list.

An iguana hanging out on treat branches on the ground

Tamara Stawicki, PhD@tamarastawicki· Feb 13

I was in the room where it happened. Great talk on the importance of being true to your authentic self in your room. Teacher in me also appreciated the shoutout to process in your writing and importance of good mentors .