Jakeb Watts
@jakebnwatts.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at UKY Biology, host of @tspapod.bsky.social, Dr. Pepper enthusiast. Speciation, evolution, hybridization, postzygotic reproductive isolation. Sawflies are cool. Hanover College ‘21. Eastern Illinois University ‘23. 🏳️🌈 He/Him
Looking to build your #Evol2026 schedule for Wednesday June 24th??? Well come check out my first talk as a PhD Candidate in the Hybridization II session in room 25A at 4:15 where I discuss mating behaviors and success in haploid hybrid males of Neodiprion sawflies!
June 22, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Looking to build your #Evol2026 schedule for Wednesday June 24th??? Well come check out my first talk as a PhD Candidate in the Hybridization II session in room 25A at 4:15 where I discuss mating behaviors and success in haploid hybrid males of Neodiprion sawflies!
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I'm heading to #PAG33!
Come see me at poster P027 - Jan 12th, 3-4:30pm to learn about a field-tested new methodology for creating low-cost and lighting fast species identification PCR assays!
github.com/RDRidenbaugh...
Come see me at poster P027 - Jan 12th, 3-4:30pm to learn about a field-tested new methodology for creating low-cost and lighting fast species identification PCR assays!
github.com/RDRidenbaugh...
January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I'm heading to #PAG33!
Come see me at poster P027 - Jan 12th, 3-4:30pm to learn about a field-tested new methodology for creating low-cost and lighting fast species identification PCR assays!
github.com/RDRidenbaugh...
Come see me at poster P027 - Jan 12th, 3-4:30pm to learn about a field-tested new methodology for creating low-cost and lighting fast species identification PCR assays!
github.com/RDRidenbaugh...
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Extremely grateful to have presented the first half of my first project on darter sex chromosomes at #Evol2025 - stay tuned for the preprint coming soon!!
June 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Extremely grateful to have presented the first half of my first project on darter sex chromosomes at #Evol2025 - stay tuned for the preprint coming soon!!
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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Focusing on the small wins: first data points from this semester’s CURE course! Students are using a PCR assay to ID male sawflies collected on different pines. This is a perfect gel- all positive controls had bands, neg control didn’t, and all 4 unknowns worked. Yay! (W/ @jakebnwatts.bsky.social)
January 31, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Focusing on the small wins: first data points from this semester’s CURE course! Students are using a PCR assay to ID male sawflies collected on different pines. This is a perfect gel- all positive controls had bands, neg control didn’t, and all 4 unknowns worked. Yay! (W/ @jakebnwatts.bsky.social)
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NSF PRFB POSTDOCS:
Pull the remainder of this funding cycle’s stipend, all remaining research funds, and all remaining travel funds (if you have them). Do it before 5PM today. Per instructions from multiple NSF POs.
If you’re not already on the PRFB slack, DM me and I’ll send you an invite
Pull the remainder of this funding cycle’s stipend, all remaining research funds, and all remaining travel funds (if you have them). Do it before 5PM today. Per instructions from multiple NSF POs.
If you’re not already on the PRFB slack, DM me and I’ll send you an invite
January 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NSF PRFB POSTDOCS:
Pull the remainder of this funding cycle’s stipend, all remaining research funds, and all remaining travel funds (if you have them). Do it before 5PM today. Per instructions from multiple NSF POs.
If you’re not already on the PRFB slack, DM me and I’ll send you an invite
Pull the remainder of this funding cycle’s stipend, all remaining research funds, and all remaining travel funds (if you have them). Do it before 5PM today. Per instructions from multiple NSF POs.
If you’re not already on the PRFB slack, DM me and I’ll send you an invite
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I slayed I fear
A very important discussion at today’s lab meeting
October 25, 2024 at 4:39 PM
I slayed I fear
I wish Fall me could live up to Summer me’s timeline of what Fall me would have accomplished lol
October 22, 2024 at 12:28 PM
I wish Fall me could live up to Summer me’s timeline of what Fall me would have accomplished lol
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Excited to announce the mid-season premiere of @tspapod.bsky.social along with other important dates for the remainder of season 2B! Looking forward to some awesome months ahead!
January 14, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Excited to announce the mid-season premiere of @tspapod.bsky.social along with other important dates for the remainder of season 2B! Looking forward to some awesome months ahead!
A student asked me if I really spelled my name this way or if it’s just for attention. I…
January 12, 2024 at 3:20 PM
A student asked me if I really spelled my name this way or if it’s just for attention. I…
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend.
November 18, 2023 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend.
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I guess we're here now! If you're in the market for a new podcast where you get to listen to the lives and stories of current and past academics each week...LOOK NO FURTHER!! We're available wherever you get your podcasts and at: thesemiprofessionalacademicpodcast.buzzsprout.com
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Academia and education consists of many different types of people and personalities. Join me every Friday as I interview a new guest to discover more about the lives, tales, stories, heartbreaks, an...
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November 11, 2023 at 9:57 PM
I guess we're here now! If you're in the market for a new podcast where you get to listen to the lives and stories of current and past academics each week...LOOK NO FURTHER!! We're available wherever you get your podcasts and at: thesemiprofessionalacademicpodcast.buzzsprout.com