NERD club, for the uninitiated, is a weekly meeting of the Networks in Ecology/Evolution Research Cluster Dynamic of the School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin. We present and discuss our research and also general aspects of academia such as science communication, job hunting and using twitter. The members include interns, PhD students, postdocs and both junior and senior faculty, so it’s always full of interesting research and heated debate! Essentially, it’s my favourite hour of the week, so as it’s the festive season and I’m in a festive mood, I decided to write a Christmas song for NERD club.
It’s to the tune of the 12 Days of Christmas. It’s also not very good, but I had time to fill on the train…
“On the 1st day of Christmas the NERD club gave to me…
parasites in a fractal stomach
On the 2nd day of Christmas the NERD club gave to me…
curious bluetits
and parasites in a fractal stomach
On the 3rd day of Christmas the NERD club gave to me…
debates about twitter
curious bluetits
and parasites in a fractal stomach
[And so on until]
On the 12th day of Christmas the NERD club gave to me…
a million chocolate fingers
specialist pollinators
ecological stability
mixed effects models
test tubes full of glitter
cryptic flowerpeckers
bats living longer
poisoned honey-bees
news on seminars
debates about twitter
curious bluetits
and parasites in a fractal stomach!”
Merry Christmas everyone! See you in the New Year (provided I survive the hippos – see Keith’s hippo-critical post last week).
Natalie Cooper
@nhcooper123
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