#momademia — Public Fediverse posts

PS: I’m extra excited because it’s the first time I’m conferencing without kids in… don’t know… many years.

And I have… feelings. So many feelings.

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Day 2 of my writing retreat. All non-parenting colleagues look exhausted. No idea what they did last night. By contrast, colleagues with small children at home (including myself) look like they are on vacation. Best night I had in years. Also, amazing science! 🤩

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RE: https://ecoevo.social/@KorinnaAllhoff/113645648783404193

Same procedure as last year?
Same procedure as EVERY year, Korinna.
Oof.

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PS: As it turns out, I did pack enough diapers and pacifiers and toys and baby food. It all went well. I think my little coworker had a lot of fun during the last days. If anyone wants to hear more about conferencing with a little one, then please DM me for more info! I would be more than happy to share my experiences!

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The program for the #GFÖ2025 / @gfoe conference is finally online! I'm very happy to see a whole session on species interactions and interaction networks! So exciting! 🤩

Btw, I'll attend together with my little coworker and my whole group. Who else is coming? We would love to talk about #Momademia, #TheoreticalEcology, #EcologcialNetworks and #EcoEvoFeedback! 😊

https://www.gfoe-conference.de/WEBS/GFOe2025.pages.download/Detailed-Program.pdf

1. the whole trip was only possible because we have the best grandma, who met us in Osnabrück for two days of babysitting. The world needs more grandparents. Many, many more!

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My little #coworker and me got invited to the university of #Osnabrück, as guest speakers for the Maryam Mirzakhani Lecture. We are both very excited, because it’s our first trip by train! Let’s hope I packed enough diapers. And snacks. We need lots of snacks. Btw, the #seminar will be about #TheoreticalEcology and also about how to combine family and research. Let’s hope we’ll give a good example… 🙈

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Today is the opposite. The night was horrible, I can’t concentrate, it’s only lunchtime but I’m running out of steam. No idea how to make it through the day. Parenting is such a rollercoaster…

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Today my little coworker took a 2h nap and I got SO MUCH STUFF DONE! I guess becoming a parent is for scientists what training at high altitudes is for athletes.

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Being a group leader and a parent at the same time is such a crazy rollercoaster. Some days are wonderful, others are hell, you never know in advance and the amplitude is beyond imagination. This message was brought to you by: Sleep Regression. 😴

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The winter vacation did not go as intended. First stomach flu, now influenza… but hooray again (and again and again, really, they are life savers!) for having supportive grandparents! What would we do without them, honestly, I don’t know. Happy new year to all grandparents! 🥳

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Oof. I feel so stressed. So many projects were supposed to be done before the winter break (haha) but they ALL decided to develop a life of their own and haunt me during vacation.
Argh. Sigh.

(But: the biggest goal for this year was to simply stay in the game and keep my group running, together with my little coworker, and we totally nailed that!)

#newPI
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@gkalinkat
👆This. 👆

„The academic structure … makes planning for a family feel like an impossible luxury.“

I’ve been there. It somehow worked out for us, yes, but there was so much luck involved. I wish it would have been easier.

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@Louzula @ditsch42 @vicgrinberg @helenajambor @TatianaIlyina @ChristineSheppard @jhpantel

Also, just noticing that my own Mastodon bubble is apparently very …uhm… male? Huh? How did that happen? Where are all those fantastic #womenInSTEM? And where is #Momademia? I’d love to connect to more #AcademicMums! So who else is juggling research and family life?

This morning I had an almost-accident with the car. Nothing happened, luckily, and I made it to the office safely, together with my little coworker. I desperately want to count that as a win, but hey, I’m so tired thanks to my coworker’s sleep regression and I’ve broken my favourite cup and that’s all too much for one morning. What exactly am I doing here?

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#ImposterSyndrome
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Happy semester start for those who celebrate! The first session of my #ComputationalEcology course went surprisingly well, given all the sickness related chaos in the background. Winter semester with small kids is so much fun, isn't it? 🤧 🤒 😷

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that if you set aside a day to work on a really exciting project, one or more of your children will be at home sick

#Momademia #parenting #AcademicParenting

TFW you’re doing a podcast interview about your research but your tech fails at the last minute. #momademia #atleastitsnotTV

My favorite spam email I get on my work emails is for a free piano. I receive so many every semester. Apparently free pianos are irresistible to academics?

#AcademicMastodon #Momademia #Teacher #College

The application deadline for SAH's 2024 Method Acts is coming up on November 27. Method Acts is an annual series of events exploring alternative and non-traditional research methods used by graduate students and emerging scholars in architectural history and adjacent fields.

#Architecture #ArchitecturalHistory #ArchitectureHistory #Research #Academia #Momademia @academicchatter

https://www.sah.org/conferences-and-programs/graduate-student-programs/method-acts

Happening next week! I'll be hosting a Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) member meetup on caretaking and parenting in academia.

https://www.sah.org/membership/sah-member-meetups

#SAH #SocietyOfArchitecturalHistorians #Momademia #Academia #Parenting #Caretaking @academicchatter

I have four different drafts of the same chapter. I have over 20,000 words of content. I indisputably have everything I need already written down. And yet! The structure is eluding me, and I am just hitting my head against a wall trying to pull this damn chapter together. #phdlife #momademia #politicaltheory #socialsciences #methodology #ethnography #narrativeinquiry #thesis

#Postdoc in their 30s are less happy than their non-academic peers in their 20s. Short-term contracts and constant relocating make it almost impossible, among the others, to settle down, and start a family.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03296-9

As an #academic who lived in 3 countries, has now 2 very young daughters, and if she gets tenure will be well in her 40s, I can't stop wondering what is the reason behind this, because, honestly, I can't see any

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Dear past me, thanks for your wise words, but it’s in fact easier said than done…

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24h after the grandparent arrived: the fridge is stocked, the dinner is ready, the bike is repaired and the child is happy. The world needs more grandparents. Many more.
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I received an email last wk from a senior colleague inviting me to a seminar regarding teaching. It fell outside of my kiddo's nursery hrs so I replied explaining why I couldn't come. Colleague responded that she saw no reason why that should be barrier & actively encouraged me to come & bring my kiddo. I can't emphasise enough how immensely supportive & wonderful this was. I was so nervous going to the seminar, but everyone I've spoken to since then who was in attendance has told me that they didn't mind and it didn't impact on them negatively. THIS is what inclusive teaching & a supportive working environment looks like. THIS is what parent students NEED if having kids isn't going to be a barrier to education & career progression. Thank you
#POLISatLeeds for supporting me. #momademia #AcademicChatter #UniversityOfLeeds

The joys of attending a virtual conference means I don't need to cancel my morning class or arrange extra childcare to hear excellent scholarship 🙂

Thanks SAH!!

https://www.sah.org/2023

#SocietyOfArchitecturalHistorians #Momademia @academicchatter

Just submitted my first piece of work since being back from maternity leave. Not only have I submitted it, but it's two weeks earlier than I estimated I would do it in! KAPOW! #academicmastodon #academicchatter #momademia #academicmom #phdparent

Nothing prepared me for the bittersweet mixed feelings when you leave for a conference, finally, after such a long time, but your little one wants you to stay at home… Nothing. #Momademia.
Anyways, #ECEM23, I’m on my way!!

Today I reached the Yes-there-are-milk-and-poo-stains-on-my-baby-but-at-least-she's-asleep stage of parenthood. #Momademia

Hey hey all you architectural historians and those just interested in architecture! Who's planning on attending SAH's Virtual 2023 in September? I know the conference committee has been working very hard to make an interesting and productive online conference.

https://www.sah.org/2023

#SocietyOfArchitecturalHistorians #SAH #Architecture #ArchitecturalHistory #Archidon #ArchitecturalHistorian #AcademicMastodon #Momademia #VirtualConference @academicchatter

Steps of organizing childcare because some academic work event is outside daycare hours, a thread: #academicparenting #academicparents #momademia @academicsunite
1. Prioritize events I really need to participate in weeks and months in advance.
2.Clarify funding source and provider (again, because rules keep changing)
3. Email family office
4. Email event organizer about relevant details (online, offline, would they be able to provide help etc.)

My fellow parents of preschoolers, what if you taught your kiddos to get their own ice water? They’ll be proud and empowered. you will be (more) free. It’s a gamechanger. #AcademicMoms #momademia

How on earth do people concentrate when they face a deadline? My brain just goes bananas and the rest of my body tells me to run away as fast as I can...

Ah, and on top of everything daycare has reduced hours and closes at 12 because too many teaches are sick. This is not working. Aaaah!

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And last but not least thanks to my family - my mum who got me into neuroscience, my dad who has always been my mentor, my brothers for nerdy conversations, my wonderful kids for inspiring me, delighting me and making me see developmental psychology through new eyes (#mothersInScience #momademia #academicMums) and my partner for supporting me every single step along the way when times were difficult and when times were fun. I look forward to this new adventure with you!

Working parents rule no. 1: don't schedule important appointments when your spouse already has an important appointment at the same time, because _inevitably_ either one kid will become ill or daycare is closed.

At least for the kid without childcare, the grandparents were able to cover for us. I was able to switch my urgent meeting to Zoom, so the sick kid could stay on the couch with me. Flexible working is really something good that emerged from the COVID chaos
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I tried a new thing and it’s an absolute game changer for me as #AcademicMama: I started using an app to track my working hours.

I never did that before because I thought it would stress me out even more. But it’s in fact super relaxing! There is obviously always more work waiting for me but time tracking gives me a sense of „enough for today“ in an ocean of unfinished projects. And guess what? Suddenly there is also time for other things…

Dear #Momademia, what other life hacks did I miss?

I have thought a lot about use of #Twitter and the ethics of it. I have decided to keep using it and cross-post on Mastodon. I think siloing ourselves is not the answer. We have a rich, diverse #glycotime and #stem community. It is important that the public and students see this.
#sciencecommunication is more important than ever. We need to keep representing and not allow our voices to be silenced because it is an increasingly uncomfortable space to be in. #WomeninScience #momademia

Hey #epiverse / #Momademia / #momademic friends. I have some money to spend down from my K01 award before my nce expires. What's a small work "luxury" that has made your life better?

Man, if I were a preschooler, I'd be very concerned about the possibility of Christmas being canceled. It's the plot of all the movies! #Momademia #academicmama

Hello everyone

My #introduction post.

I'm a terrestrial #ecotoxicologist and #soil #chemist at the University of Melbourne in #Australia. I'm also the Director of the Centre for Anthropogenic Pollution Impact and Management (CAPIM)

I mostly post about #research #science #WomenInSTEM and #Momademia with the odd post about #life, #knitting #bushwalking #cooking and #gardening

I'm looking forward to being a member of #ScienceMastodon and the greater #Mastodon community!

Intro: CERC in Glycomics, Professor of #Chemistry at University of Alberta, Director of a #Glycomics Institute (www.glyco-alberta.ca). I ❤️ #glycotime, studying glycans in #cancer #virology #hostresponse #vaccine response #microbiome etc using our #lectinmicroarray technology and #systemsbio approaches. Also, I study #miRNA #microRNA regulation of glycans and now upregulatory miRNA. #RNA. Am a #momademic #momademia and into #EDI #inclusion #womeninsteam #womeninstem #chembio #chemiverse