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Douglas Fudge's lab at Chapman University: Marine Biology, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biophysics, Hagfishes, Slime, 1st-gen; opinions my own.

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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I am recruiting Ph.D. students this cycle. Students interested in deep-sea fishes and phylogenetic comparative methods are an especially good fit.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26) Directorates to follow 1/10
A line graph showing NSF grant awards made through 2/27/26 for fiscal year 2026 compared with grant awards for fiscal years 2021-2025.
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Water & CO2 are prominent greenhouse gases. In his SI Review, Ajinkya Dahake discusses how insects sense H2O & CO2, and use the senses to locate plants, hosts & for navigation, although increasing CO2 could desensitise insects affecting host location journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Screenshot of the first page of the PDF of the Review, The CO2 and humidity senses of insects in a changing world, in the Sensory Perception in a Changing World Special Issue. The Review is by Ajinkya Dahake. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb251089. doi:10.1242/jeb.251089. The first sentence of the Abstract states: 'The ability to detect carbon dioxide and water vapor is essential for insect survival. Insects possess specialized receptors and anatomical structures that confer remarkable sensitivity to these environmental factors'.
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Fish are at particular risk of climate change as their physiology is finely tuned by the temperature of their surroundings. Suzanne Currie & Julia York discuss how fish sense temperature & how the fish's own physical condition might impact their sensitivity journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Screenshot of the first page of the PDF of the Commentary, Temperature sensing in fishes: mechanisms and modulation in a warming world, in the Sensory Perception in a Changing World Special Issue. The Commentary is by Suzanne Currie and Julia York. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb250889. doi:10.1242/jeb.250889. The first sentence of the Abstract states: 'Climate change is threatening global biodiversity as a result of increasing temperature and climate variability outpacing adaptation rates'.
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
In the 1st article of the #SensoryPerceptionInAChangingWorld SI, Almut Kelber&co propose that scientists study all developmental stages of species & include entire ecosystems to understand how changes to sensory information caused by humans affect animals journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Sensory Perception in a Changing World graphic. The graphic has a black background. 
The text in the top right says: Special Issue.
Next line: Sensory Perception in a Changing World
Next line: Guest Editors: Almut Kelber, Kathleen M. Gilmour and Sanjay Sane
Next line: the Journal of Experimental Biology logo
Left of graphic: image showing a moth drinking nectar from  cluster of white flowers against two circular green leaves
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Michael D. Barton @darwinsbulldog.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Historian of science Janet Browne, author of the definitive biography of Charles Darwin (Voyaging, 1995; The Power of Place, 2002) will publish an abridged and updated one-volume version this June with @princetonupress.bsky.social: bit.ly/4mS7R0Q #DarwinDay #HPS #histsci
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Congratulations to Nicholas Antonson @nickantonson.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 JEB Outstanding Paper Prize, for his research into the neuromuscular coordination of movement and breathing in woodpecker drilling Find out more about Nicholas & his research journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Photo of Nicholas Antonson, wearing a red, white and grey checked shirt
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
On #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience, we celebrate all of the great women that contribute to JEB, from our fantastic female Editors to the female ECRs submitting their first ever paper to the journal! #WomeninScience
Photos of the six female JEB Editors. Top row: Almut Kelber, Monica Daley and Emily Baird. Bottom row: Katie Gilmour, Trish Schulte and Sheila Patek
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
John Steffensen, titan of the field and extraordinary fish biologist, passed away unexpectedly on 27 September 2025. In their affectionate Obituary, Peter Bushnell, Paolo Domenici, David McKenzie & Robert Shadwick remember John & his remarkable creativity journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
John Fleng Steffensen, smiling in Antarctica, 2007. John is on a boat in a sea inlet, wearing an orange waterproof coat with land behind. Photo credit: Peter Bushnell
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
When the original authors and those who find errors in their work, pull together for the sake of correcting the record and moving science forward, it's a beautiful thing Retracted paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Located on the California Coast, Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station has been a home to inspirational research for more than 130 years. In his Perspective, Mark Denny talks about the field station’s august past and current ground-breaking research journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
The fish icon for the JEB field station Perspective series. The icon shows a cartoon of a salmon leaping out of wave. The icon is in shades of teal.
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This is who runs this account
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
We are delighted to introduce a new Perspective series highlighting the important role that field stations have played, and continue to play, in comparative physiology and biomechanics To find out about Harvard's Concord Field Station & more go to journals.biologists.com/jeb/collecti...
The Field Station Perspective series logo. The logo shows four images arranged in four quarters of a circle. The top right quarter shows a cartoon of a seal with icy mountains behind. The quadrant is coloured in shades of blue and white. The bottom right quadrant shows a beetle (black), the quadrant is yellow. The bottom left quadrant shows a salmon leaping above a wave; the quadrant is coloured shades of teal. The top left quadrant shows an emu running across savannah with the sun behind in the sky; the quadrant is in shades of red.
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
If you're a JEB author and fish biologist, then the 16th International Congress on the Biology of Fish #ICBF2026 in Vancouver, Canada, 12-16 July 2026, is the perfect meeting for you! Abstract submission and registration are now open: icbf2026.com
The 16th International Congress of the Biology of Fish logo. The circular logo includes a sketch of a salmon (top left), a sketch of a sturgeon (bottom right) with a sketch of Vancouver landmarks across the middle. The text, 'ICBF 2026' is positioned in the middle right of the circular logo.
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Calling all JEB ECRs! It's that time again! The deadline for the next JEB Travelling Fellowship applications is 6 February, so if you've got a burning desire to travel to another lab to answer an extraordinary question get your application ready now! www.biologists.com/grants/trave...
Postcard advertising the JEB Travelling Fellowships. 
The Company of Biologists logo is in the top left corner. The top right corner shows a photo of an an ECR standing in water bending over black dustbins used to collect aquatic animals. In a teal-colour band across the centre of the postcard is the message, 'Are you an early-career researcher planning to do a collaborative visit to another lab?'. The answer to that question is in the bottom left corner, stating, 'You could be eligible for funding from us'. A statement in a teal-colour box in the bottom right corner states 'Find out more'.
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Preprint: our systematic review of hybrids between blue whales and fin whales. There are 46 possible cases, of which 17 have been genetically confirmed (15 from the North Atlantic!) doi.org/10.22541/au....
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What do we know about hybrid blue (Balaenoptera musculus) and fin (B. physalus) whales? A comprehensive review across ocean basins
Hybrids between blue (Balaenoptera musculus) and fin (B. physalus) whales have been reported since commercial whaling in the late 1800s. Even while species descriptions were still at their infancy, wh...
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
In his recent Conversation, DouglasFudge @fudgelab.bsky.social talks about the remarkable biology of hagfishes, how they release colossal quantities of slime almost instantaneously for protection from shark attack &their ability to wriggle out of tight corners journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
A purple hagfish, Eptatretus okinoseanus. Photo credit: Tim Winegard.
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Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
MAJOR NEWS! We just launched an awesome new tool! The illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer lets users trace any bird’s lineage, compare species relationships, and explore major evolutionary milestones with a click of a button. SHARE and EXPLORE! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/phy...
IMAGE SHOWS GRAPHIC OF CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY PHYLOGENY EXPLORER TOOL.
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Postdoctoral position in evolutionary genomics of sex chromosomes in anurans at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Apply by 03/10/2026: jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-Postdoctoral… #postdoc
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Postdoctoral researcher in evolutionary genomics
Postdoctoral researcher in evolutionary genomics
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Nadine Ruehr @nadineruehr.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher!🌲 🌳 🌍 📍Interested in boreal and temperate forest productivity and respiration? 💻 Like to work with large datasets, remote sensing and models? 🏔️ Love an alpine setting in a small town? Come and join us at KIT! Application details: t1p.de/qctj7
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Christopher B. Cameron @invertevo.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Looking for a PhD or Postdoc in marine #invertebrates comparative #morphology, #development, #phylogenetics, #fluid mechanics, #skeletogenesis, or #paleontology? Ping me. sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
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Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards
The Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards are a one-time initiative designed to recruit international or returning Canadian students and postdoctoral researchers to Canada. These awards support the recruitment of doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers in priority areas, helping build capacity, strengthen the research ecosystem and enhance Canada’s global competitiveness.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Amazing! Way to go Minneapolis!
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Maggi Brisbin @margaretbrisbin.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
We escaped the ice and have been science hard for 2 days - four full stations and a big factorial experiment setup! Very tired but very happy to be working. We caught Antarctic krill at one station, and lots of salps at all stations. Love the Green krill guts full of phytoplankton! #oceanography 🌊🇦🇶🦐
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David John Gagne II @djgagnedos.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
NSF just posted their Dear Colleague Letter regarding the restructuring of NCAR. www.nsf.gov/funding/info...
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NSF Intent to Restructure Critical Weather Infrastructure
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
two images of an arrest, one digitally altered by the White House to make it look like the arrestee is crying
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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
After the recent rare sighting of this deep-sea wonder right off the coast of Monterey Bay, we decided to dig into our archives and share a few more glimpses of this fantastically frilly fish (Trachipterus altivelis).
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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
My child has declared this Elephant Bird Awareness Day and wants me to tell some people. Were you aware of elephant birds? You are now.
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Elephant bird - Wikipedia
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 22/01/2026
🌊 Last call to all ocean champions! It’s not too late to stand up against offshore drilling by making a public comment and contacting your representatives: mbayaq.co/4qGUORY #MontereyBayAquarium #NoDrilling #SaveOurCoast #StandUpToOffshoreDrilling
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers. Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social
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US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
NSF building on Eisenhower Av. HUD now owns. Destroying the NSF mural in the foyer. Of the Eisenhower building.
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Fudge Lab @fudgelab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Big shout out to Kathryn Knight for leading OutsideJEB all these years! I learned so much about writing and editing during the years I wrote for this column, with incredible feedback from Kathryn
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Alex Fraik @akfraik.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Job alert: NOAA NWFSC & UW are looking for a postdoc (ASAP) in Seattle study foraging ecology of Cook Inlet beluga whales using eDNA. Genetics/ecology/eDNA experience preferred. Interested candidates reach out to kim.parsons@noaa.gov or rpkelly@uw.edu directly. #eDNA #ConsGen
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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Cow Tools! We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years. We breed them and exploit them It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS Here I describe our study (paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social with @auersperga.bsky.social
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 19/01/2026
scoreboard
a bar chart of "number of inventions by species"

humans: > 1,000,000
great apes: 34
corvids: 3
cows: 1
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Congratulations to @standupforscience.bsky.social for receiving a 2025 prize from the 'Union Rationaliste' in France, for their work in service of science and democracy. The award is deserved recognition to the team who propelled this organization in <1 year. union-rationaliste.org/remise-du-pr...
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Remise du prix de l'UR 2025 - Union rationaliste
Cette année, le prix de l’UR 2025 sera décerné le lundi 19 janvier 2026 à Stand Up for Science. Ce prix distingue leur engagement constant en faveur de la diffusion, de la protection et de la promotio...
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Ian Hewson @ianhewson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Emergency for Caribbean collaborators: There appears to be Diadema mortality somewhat reminiscent of the 2022 die off occurring right now in the USVI. If anyone hears of wider occurrences in the region please let us know! Please re-post!
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 15/01/2026
🧑🏽‍🔬🌊🤖 Hey undergrads! Get paid, hands-on experience in ocean science or engineering as a WHOI Summer Student Fellow! Applications are due on February 1—so start yours today! 📲Find program details and potential projects for summer 2026: whoi.edu/summerfellow
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
JEB is excited to welcome a new Editor, Graham Scott from McMaster University, but we are also sad to be saying goodbye to Pat Wright, who has been a longstanding member of the team & was Deputy Editor-in-Chief from 2020 with responsibility for ECRs journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Graham Scott (left) is joining the team of JEB Monitoring Editors and Pat Wright (right) is stepping down as a JEB Editor.
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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🚨 Job Alert! TT Assistant Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks! Looking for a candidate with a focus on coastal ecology. Come be my colleague! Please share. careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...
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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Finally, some decent footage of a Synchaeta sp. rotifer, albeit very short footage! #marineplankton 🦑
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Fudge Lab @fudgelab.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Great news!
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
These are great, but I'm worried that I'd have suspected AI for some of them, especially the rhino one. Are our mental AI detectors being calibrated too high? www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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The best science images of 2025 — Nature’s picks
The Sun’s fiery surface, a tattooed tardigrade, rare red lightning and more.
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Dr. Headbutt 🌈🧪 @nicoleackermans.com · 30/12/2025
Last year was my first SICB conference. Everyone was so wonderfully weird and passionate about their research and animal models, I knew I had found my people! I vowed to be more of my weird self at #SICB2026 so here is me testing that out! My talk is Sunday at 2:15! & I'll have stickers
medieval themed image of goats and the title is headbutting goats self-inflict brain injury
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Brittle star vs. Squid! Ophiuroids only appear dainty & harmless. Another cool moment from #OkeanosExplorer #MarineLife youtu.be/oHN4sWAuBVc?...
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Brutal Brittle Stars
YouTube video by oceanexplorergov
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Pterygiocteis. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 883 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Siphonophore. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 882 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Not a clue what that is. Kinda reminds me of a pteropod, but also a ripped up sea pig. The red part has me scratching my head. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 882 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET
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Maggi Brisbin @margaretbrisbin.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
And we caught many of these adorable nudibranchs that swim sideways like a fish! Phylliroe ❤️🌊 #zooplankton #oceanography #christmasatsea
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Whoa, look at that slime star @echinoblog.bsky.social! Beautiful zooms. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 882 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Bathypterois grallator. I'll catch what I miss from ascent in the morning, good night. They're on the way back up. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 882 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET
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