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Jerry Husak

@jerry-husak.bsky.social
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Professor of Biology @ the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN - evolution, physiology, endocrinology, monsters, punk rock connoisseur Co-host of bioexitinterviews.bsky.social

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One more month till the due date! Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola... Lab website: www.nicholaswulab.com
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Predicting western spiny-tailed skink adaptation to changing environments
I am seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to quantify and predict how vulnerable western spiny-tailed skinks (Egernia stokesii badia) are to environmental change.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...
A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.
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Andrew Stoehr @andrewstoehr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Come work with me! We're hiring a vertebrate biologist! I'm on the search committee, and happy to answer questions. (Butler University, Indianapolis, IN). Please spread the word! fa-exer-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Assistant Professor, Biology
The Department of Biological Sciences at Butler University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position starting in August 2027. We are searching for a broadly trained vertebra...
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net
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Ariel Kahrl @arielkahrl.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I am thrilled to share that the biology dept at Hamilton College is hiring a TT Evolutionary Ecologist to start in fall of 2027! This position would teach an upper level Evolution lect/lab, a section of Bio-100, rotate through our 200-level Eco/Evo course, and a seminar. apply.interfolio.com/190184
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Jerry Husak @jerry-husak.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
New paper out: Latitudinal variation in cold tolerance, metabolism, and locomotor performance of green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis) in Journal of Comparative Physiology B rdcu.be/fwchR
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“In this cohort study among 231 783 youths identified in claims data, prescription of a puberty blocker was associated with decreased adjusted odds of mood disorder and suicidal thoughts and behavior diagnoses for transgender youths compared with cisgender youths.”
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Mental Health of Youths Who Use Puberty Blockers
This cohort study investigates the association of puberty blockers with odds of mood disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among transgender vs cisgender youths.
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Biology Exit Interviews | A Science Podcast @bioexitinterviews.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Dr. Rick Shine in episode 5. We talk about changing academic culture, getting tenure, the joy of writing, and, of course, cane toads! Hear some great insights about academic life and how outreach can be effective teaching. #scicomm @sicb.bsky.social @sicbjournals.bsky.social youtu.be/q_UGQx9HhL4
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Ep. 5 - Dr. Rick Shine
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Jerry Husak @jerry-husak.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Another big training - tradeoff project going! This time we’re doing sprint training and diet manipulations. Also hoping to look at offspring phenotypes.
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M. Brent Hawkins @homeobox.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Excited to share the final published version of our work on the evolution of dorsal-ventral patterning in fins and limbs, now up on @currentbiology.bsky.social In review we added new single LARM element deletions to assess their impact on dorsality. Take a look! 🔬🧪🐟🐁 www.cell.com/current-biol...
A scientific figure showing the phenotypic effects of removing individual enhancer elements from the LARM. On the left side of the image are schematic diagrams of the targeted deletions and on the right are fin skeletons showing altered anatomy.
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J Pardo @jdpardo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
New in @science.org ...since our first discoveries of early tetrapods, they have been thought of as "amphibians" characterized by aquatic larvae. But is this true? For the first time, we report exceptional fossils of stem tetrapod babies that upend this paradigm. 1/n www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Direct development of stem tetrapods across the fin-to-limb transition
Modern amphibians are characterized by an aquatic larval stage that ends abruptly with a period of widespread tissue remodeling (metamorphosis) upon transition to terrestrial adulthood. A transient la...
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Owen Osborne @owengosborne.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🚨Job alert!!🚨 I'm recruiting a 3-year postdoc on amphibian host–microbiome interactions at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social - funded by BBSRC. Deadline: 8 July 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW850/p...
Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki). Photo credit: Brian Gratwicke
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Biology Exit Interviews | A Science Podcast @bioexitinterviews.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Dr. Diana Hews in episode 4. We talk about the increase in R use, the trajectory of small grad programs, learning how to sample via email, and many other topics. #scicomm @sicb.bsky.social @sicbjournals.bsky.social youtu.be/ODbMQ63OUK8
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Ep. 4 - Dr. Diana Hews
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Sandy Kawano, PhD @sandyk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Job Alert! I am recruiting a postdoc (and soon a lab tech) to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes at the University of Virginia. Details at: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0.... Ads for postdoc+lab tech on salamander locomotion grant coming soon! 🧪🐟🦎
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Research Associate in Biology in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia
Apply for Research Associate in Biology job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at University of Virginia
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Tessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Excited to share a new review by @kocherlab.bsky.social and me: Nature-inspired neuroscience We discuss diverse sensory systems and behaviors across the animal kingdom and argue for their integration into neuroscience. New tools in diverse systems are making this possible ✨ tinyurl.com/y5y9du27
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Issue 7, a Special Issue dedicated to The Integrative Biology of Exercise has closed and issue 8 has opened journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22... The front cover depicts the Integrative Biology of Exercise Special Issue logo, including a flying goose, a turning trout and a dumbbell weight
The front cover of Issue 7 of Volume 229 of Journal of Experimental Biology. The journal title is at the top of the cover. Beneath it is The Integrative Biology of Exercise logo, including a flying goose, a trout making a turn and a dumbbell weight. The Company of Biologists logo is in the bottom left of the image. In the top left it states: Special Issue, The Integrative Biology of Exercise, followed by the names of the Guest Editors Erika Eliason, Christopher Guglielmo, Natalie Holt and Monica Daley
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Be sure and don’t miss this #podcast episode and this paper as well👍 #Hormones, performance and fitness: Natural history and #endocrine experiments on a #lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) Henry B. John-Alder , et al doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
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Jerry Husak @jerry-husak.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Henry has such an interesting history, having worked with huge names and mentored now-huge names. He’s made a lot of great contributions to comp phys and endocrinology despite advice he was given early on.
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Biology Exit Interviews | A Science Podcast @bioexitinterviews.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Dr. Henry John-Alder in episode 3. He offers some interesting stories about being discouraged from doing comparative physiology as a grad student. Good thing he didn't listen! #scicomm @sicb.bsky.social @sicbjournals.bsky.social youtu.be/AzDOl6Dc2j0
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Ep. 3 - Dr. Henry John-Alder
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Species from fish to lizards have similar responses to exercise. In their SI Review, Husak & Lailvaux suggest that this response plays a role in life-history strategies and advocate for considering exercise from a life-history perspective in future studies doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
A screenshot of the first page of the PDF of the SI Review Article, A life-history perspective on exercise, by Jerry Husak and Simon Lailvaux. The publication information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb251271. doi:10.1242/jeb.251271. The first sentence of the abstract says, 'Exercise has been extensively studied in humans because of its multiple benefits, yet it is unclear how relevant ‘exercise’ is to nonhuman animals and whether the effects of exercise are identical to those in humans'.
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Jerry Husak @jerry-husak.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This paper was so fun to write! Special @jexpbiol.bsky.social issue on the integrative physiology of exercise. Check it out for the description of trying to train flounder! A life-history perspective on exercise url: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...
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A life-history perspective on exercise
Summary: The phenotypic responses to exercise are ancestral in vertebrates, but a lack of studies that restrict resources during training limits our knowledge of whether exercise-induced trade-offs are consistent or common.
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Check out the new articles posted in our special issue, The Integrative Biology of Exercise, drawing on work in vertebrates and invertebrates to illustrate the plasticity or evolutionary changes necessary for exercise or sustained locomotion journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...
Social media card advertising the JEB Integrative Biology of Exercise Special issue. The card as a black background. The text (left justified) reads: 
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Beneath the text is the JEB logo. 
On the right of the card is the 'Integrative Biology of Exercise' logo, including a flying goose, a trout making a turn and a dumbbell weight.
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Understanding how animals perform bouts of physical activity involves integration across scales & physiological systems. In their Commentary the Guest Editors of the Integrative Biology of Exercise SI highlight 5 themes, bridging fields & scales of study doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
Screenshot of PDF of the Special Issue Commentary, 'Comparative and evolutionary perspectives on the integrative biology of exercise', by Monica A. Daley, Erika J. Eliason, Christopher G. Guglielmo and Natalie Holt. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb252325. doi:10.1242/jeb.252325. The first sentence reads: 'Understanding how animals achieve movement and athletic performance in varied conditions requires integration across physiological systems and structural scales from molecules to ecosystems'.
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canaztekin.bsky.social @canaztekin.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo
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Species-specific oxygen sensing governs the initiation of vertebrate limb regeneration
Why mammals cannot regenerate limbs like amphibians do presents a long-standing puzzle in biology. To uncover the underlying differences, we compared amputation responses of embryonic mouse (Mus musculus) and Xenopus laevis tadpole limbs. Lowering ...
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
SICBer Jordan James Bond, interviews Simon Lailvaux @jerry-husak.bsky.social on their #podcast #Biology Exit Interviews. @bioexitinterviews.bsky.social & subscribe www.youtube.com/@BiologyExit... read Jordan's latest ICB blog: integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/03/24/u...
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We are calling for Reviews, Commentaries or research papers for our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction, covering the entire reproductive process, from mate selection, mating and egg-laying or pregnancy through to parental care bit.ly/3ZT42hY
A card announcing the call for papers stating 'Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction Guest Editors: Etya Amsalem, Tony D. Williams and Kathryn Wilsterman. Submission deadline: 30 June 2026' with the Journal of Experimental Biology logo and the logo for the Special Issue containing an egg cell surrounded by eight sperm cells. The eighth sperm, on the top right, is penetrating the egg.
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Biology Exit Interviews | A Science Podcast @bioexitinterviews.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Why do we do this, and what do we hope to accomplish with Biology Exit Interviews? We were interviewed by @sicb.bsky.social @sicbjournals.bsky.social about Biology Exit Interviews www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gff...
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Biology Exit Interviews- an interview with Jerry Husak and Simon Lailvaux about this new podcast
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Don't miss out on #SICB ers @jerry-husak.bsky.social & Simon Lailvaux's latest #science #podcast🙌 & read their recent guest's #Phenotypic integration and independence: #Hormones, performance, and response to #environmental change Ellen D. Ketterson et al doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #biologists
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Jerry Husak @jerry-husak.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Ellen had some amazing stories when we talked to her!
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Jerry Husak @jerry-husak.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Mike Ryan talks about this paper when we interviewed him on @bioexitinterviews.bsky.social - very interesting work!
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
SICBers @jerry-husak.bsky.social & Simon Lailvaux first #podcast episode of @bioexitinterviews.bsky.social 🙌be sure to listen. ( @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @thomsanger.bsky.social @noahwithfish.bsky.social @karlycohen.bsky.social @kassthefish.bsky.social @marianneporter.bsky.social Enjoy👍)
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Jerry Husak @jerry-husak.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Simon Lailvaux and I have a new podcast! We talk to big-name biologists about how science has changed over their careers. Here’s the first episode - look for more every couple of weeks!
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
It's not too late to join us 🙌 for Emma Rhodes 's #SICB lunch zoom Emma will share about www.bandingcoalition.org email sicbmedia@sicb.org by 11 am est this morning to join us at 11 noon est today. Learn more mobilebaykeeper.org/how-emma-rho... #birds #avian #ornithology #conservation
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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 04/03/2026
New Review 👇 The molecular evolution of vertebrate organs: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Margarida Cardoso-Moreira discusses rates of evolution of organs and cell types, molecular mechanisms of organ evolution and how complex traits contributed to the diversification of vertebrates.
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The molecular evolution of vertebrate organs - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Review discusses recent advances in the molecular evolution of vertebrate organs, including rates of evolution of organs and cell types, molecular mechanisms of organ evolution and how complex tr...
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
#SICB2026 expo ICB EIC , Ulrike Muller who headed up Leapfrogging for change - doing #science in 2026. The booth focused on building a network of #Biologists willing to help elevate the public perception of science in 2026. contact Ulrike to find out more csm.fresnostate.edu/about/direct...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 13/02/2026
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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Simon Baeckens @simonbaeckens.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🦎 Funded 4-year PhD position on Lizard Evolutionary Ecology in our lab at UCLouvain (Belgium)! Apply before 9 March! jobs.uclouvain.be/Personnelsci...
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Jerry Husak @jerry-husak.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
First paper from our big study of climate impacts on green anole phenotypes. More coming soon! Sexually selected traits vary over a latitudinal gradient in green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis) url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
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Sexually selected traits vary over a latitudinal gradient in green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis)
Abstract. Species frequently exhibit ecogeographical trends such that phenotypes in different populations vary according to local conditions along a geogra
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
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Jerry Husak @jerry-husak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
#ICEOUT
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dactylioceras.bsky.social @dactylioceras.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Four camera-type eyes in the earliest vertebrates from the Cambrian Period: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Art: Xiangtong Lei & Sihang Zhang
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch. It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
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Jerry Husak @jerry-husak.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
What a #SICB2026 conference! If you’d like to talk science and monsters with me on YouTube (Monster vs Data!) let me know below! Tell your colleagues too! gformsapp.com/f/1uLFcN-EsG...
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Jerry Husak @jerry-husak.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Mostly random…
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Martin Whiting @lizardlab.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Our recent paper on lizard societies now online in a special issue of Animal Behaviour. DM if you want me to send you a PDF.
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Jerry Husak @jerry-husak.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Love horror movies and going to #SICB2026 ? Let’s talk! I’m starting a fun YouTube channel and I’d love to invite you on!
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