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Jonathan Huie, PhD

@jmhuie.bsky.social
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Postdoc at UC Irvine | Functional morphologist & evolutionary biologist | PhD from @GWBiology | Full time ichthyologist 🐠 & part time herpetologist🦎 | He/Him jonathanhuie.com

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Noah Bressman, PhD @noahwithfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My favorite emails from students are those with the subject, “What fish is this?” Here, we have a skilletfish, our local clingfish species that uses is suction cup-like pelvic fins to stick under crevices and in shells.
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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Check out this lovely profile of the University of California, Davis’s Peter Wainwright, whose lifelong fascination with fishes inspired a remarkable career in research and teaching. Peter was my postdoc advisor years ago when he was at Florida State University, and is awesome dude and mentor.
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Among the Academies: A Lifelong Fascination With Fish
For Peter Wainwright, the academic path was simple: he simply followed his fascination with fish.“I dare say there wasn't a lot of deep thought about what direction I should go in my life,” he said. “...
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Lindsey Swierk @lindseyswierk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🦎*Please share!*🦎 Review begins Oct 5. The Swierk Lab is recruiting 1-2 PhD students for Fall 27 / Spr 28 to study Neotropical anole 1) body coloration and visual signals or 2) predator avoidance, diving, and respiration. Please contact only by email. Details here: drive.google.com/file/d/1TGmC...
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Josef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you're submitting a reference letter for a PRFB, I was surprised to not see any option for deleting and reuploading, which contradicts the info provided in the email requesting it. In fact, as soon as you select the file it is uploaded and you can't change it. Was fine for me, but beware.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Um. The William Penn foundation offered bridge funding to keep the academy of natural sciences open for a year, and the people in charge said “no one is helping things by offering Band-Aids”. Jesus Christ. share.inquirer.com/KXxZTj
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William Penn Foundation offers funding to keep Academy of Natural Sciences museum open
A Drexel spokesperson did not say whether the school had declined the offer, but said, “No proposal has been presented that would provide a permanent, sustainable path forward" for the museum.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 13/09/2026
Some intrepid animals don’t stop fighting for their lives, even after they’ve been eaten. X-ray video from a 2024 study reveals one such daring escape. Learn more: scim.ag/4xgpBqX #ScienceMagArchives
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This excellent website allows you to scroll down into the deep sea and get a better feeling for how profoundly deep it is. And what lives where. neal.fun/deep-sea/
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The Deep Sea
Scroll down the deep sea in this interactive page.
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Kory Evans Ph.D @sternarchella.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Really excited to share our latest paper with you! We examine patterns of skull shape evolution in an awesome group of fishes and show that they rapidly innovated following the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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Selection, constraints, and contingency drive mosaic patterns of evolution during the carangarian adaptive radiation
Adaptive radiations generate remarkable morphological diversity, yet traits often diversify at different rates and modes, producing mosaic patterns of evolution. Modularity, the semiautonomous organization of traits, can shape how selection and ...
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Jonathan Huie, PhD @jmhuie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I heard you like clingfishes! Check out our new preprint on the evolution and ecomorphology of their adhesive discs and skull! doi.org/10.64898/202...
A smattering of clingfish skulls visualized with CT scans
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Really nice coverage in the inquirer of our rally to keep the academy of natural sciences open. Br sure to read the part where 10 year ago old Ryan Sumner-Lee is quoted. share.inquirer.com/ZP7zHY
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Hundreds rally to protest the planned closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences museum
The crowd was decidedly intergenerational.
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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Do you like snailfishes? lumpsuckers? clingfishes? New phylogeny dropped, and to toot our own horn it's really good! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
new phylogeny including snailfishes, lumpsuckers, rock-climbing gobies, and clingfishes showing forms of pelvic suction disc evolution
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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Interior has reassigned ~30 of its most senior career staffers. Among those losing their longtime positions? The woman who directed the National Wildlife Refuge System for the last 10 years, and the man who ran the migratory bird program for the last 15.
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‘They Want Us All To Leave’: Interior Reassigns Dozens of Senior Staff
Around 30 top staffers have been reshuffled, with some people moving to teams outside their areas of expertise.
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Rob Denton @rddenton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
[JOB!] I'm hiring for a really exciting postdoc position. A combination of breeding experiments, conservation genomics, and student mentorship. Room/board at the @amnh.org Southwestern Research Station each summer, 40 months of support, new science building at BSU. Share broadly! ad: bit.ly/4hKaUIL
A human hand holds a medium sized green frog with distinct gray spots and yellow eyes. This is a Chiricahua Leopard Frog, a threatened species native to the southwest US and Mexico.
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dr. mykle hoban @thefishbotherer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New paper on saber-toothed blennies! Wherever we went we got bit by these feisty little #fishes so we started wondering what their whole deal was. We have 2 endemic Hawaiian species and we wanted to know where they came from. Many years and many more bites we finally have a bit of an answer. 🐟️ 🦑 🧪
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Origins and relationships of endemic Hawaiian sabre‐toothed blennies in the genus <fi>Plagiotremus</fi> (Blennioidei: Blenniidae)
A deep dive into several species of Indo-Pacific fangblenny
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Mark Westneat 🐟 @mwestneat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Surgeonfishes are cool! Our Evolution paper now out in final form, the amazing patterns of change in fish shape and covariance (new method!) elegantly revealed by @linnealungstrom.bsky.social 🐟🐠🦑🌿 academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
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Phylogenetics, trait covariance analysis, and the evolution of fin and body shape in the surgeonfishes
Abstract. Insights into ecomorphology are enriched when investigating evolutionary correlations between ecologically and functionally important traits. How
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Attention Ecologists! We are going to need *a lot* of ecologists. The First Lego League Teams need to speak with a scientist about their projects every year. Every year it's a different type of scientist. Last year was archaeologists. This year, ecologists! Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A fish is a teacher, wearing a button-up shirt with a collar. He says "Volunteer to speak with classrooms in front of a chalkboard that says "Skype a scientist needs YOU!". A snail on his desk says Help! And a shrimp says "Lego league is coming!" and a nervous seahorse says "this year's theme is ecosystems"
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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
#FossilFriday flashback: My lab published two major papers this month on 1) dental functional morphology and 2) vertebrate paleontology & paleobiogeography. It made me so proud of the research teams I've been a part of over the past decade, but it also prompted reflection on my academic path (🧵1/5)
Two Science Magazine cover images side by side. On the left, a vertical array of carnivore jaws with the title "A key tooth". On the right, a rendering of Central America from space with the title "Biotic Bridge".
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Jonathan Huie, PhD @jmhuie.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
New fish paper! We found that Clinocottus globicpes eats anemones (weird!) using a novel wrestling behavior + strong jaws that likely started as adaptations for tearing algae. It also has thick skin that protects it from stinging cells. @jzoology.bsky.social 🐟🧪 DM for PDF. doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?
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Narimane Chatar @narimanechatar.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Excited to share our latest study highlighted on the cover of @science.org 🥳Combining a 3D dataset representing 250 taxa spanning the whole Cenozoic, 3D modelling & printing and material testing; we deciphered the form-function relationship in the lower 🦷 of mammals www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 15/07/2026
🦈 Basking sharks are known for grazing on small fish & zooplankton at the surface, but a recent WHOI study shows that they may be 1,000+ meters to find prey in the mid-ocean twilight zone! 📲Dive deeper with @wcai-npr.bsky.social: go.whoi.edu/cai-sharks
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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The Sam Noble Museum is hiring a Collection Manager for the Fish Collection! Come work with me in Oklahoma! Please share widely! #TeamFish #MuseumJobs jobs.ou.edu/jobs/curator...
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Curator Archivist - Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Pay Range: Targeted salary $18.99 per hour, based on experience Benefits Eligible: Yes Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (may include some weekends) Travel: May be required For Be...
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Matthew Sparkes @sparkes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches can now breathe underwater for up to 3 hours thanks to tiny SCUBA suits. Researchers hope one day they could even help us to explore space or planets like Mars. www.newscientist.com/article/2531...
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Atal Pande @atal-pande.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Really excited to share that my first PhD chapter is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! 🕷️👀 We show that visually hunting spiders have repeatedly evolved forward-facing eyes, highlighting the remarkable evolutionary flexibility of their modular visual system. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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Hunting ecology predicts eye arrangements in the modular visual system of spiders
Pande et al. show that visually hunting spiders have convergently evolved forward-facing eyes. The positions and orientations of the eyes show the greatest morphological disparity and fastest evolutio...
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 28/06/2026
This is so upsetting
I worked at Smithsonian, specifically raising money for 250th. What I want people to know is we secured millions of private philanthropy to host a month long Folklife Festival on the mall, "The Festival of Festivals". Was going to feature well known festivals, think Burning Man, Farm Aid, Grand Ole Oprey etc. as well as smaller local and regional festivals from across the U.S. and territories. Goal was to feature truly the best and most beautiful creative expression in music, dance, arts and craft traditions, food, community etc. Can't name names but plan was to have headliners every night for free concerts.... Think the types of names who might be affiliated with the aforementioned large festivals. Stars were willing to perform because was under banner of Smithsonian. It had to all be scrapped bc the administration would not release permits to host on the mall. The money went elsewhere, but our nation was robbed of what would have been a once in a generation cultural moment.
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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Second, our big effort to (1) make a new fish tree (2) date it (3) define taxon names (4) build the largest fish CT scan dataset to-date (5) answer ecomorphological questions- whew! @sternarchella.bsky.social @arciladk.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Phylogeny of Eupercaria (within spiny-rayed fishes) with CT scan icons showing different clades
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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Two new 🐟 preprints! First with @cmartinez.bsky.social on diversification in a wonderfully wacky group of deep-sea fishes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A CT scan of Malacosteus (the loosejaw dragonfish) with arrow showing gap between vertebral column and skull
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The ultimate predation machine Inner and outer views of the claws of an Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Note that one claw has canine-like teeth (left in this case, though not always) while the other has molar-like structures Any creature must fear this beast a bit and be careful
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Kinsey Brock @doc-brock.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The Brock Lab is hiring a postdoc to help us study sensory ecology and sexual selection in urban reptiles! 🐍🦎🌆 Comes with a $5K travel stipend. App closes July 1! careers-sdsurf.icims.com/jobs/20539/p...
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Prospective Employees | SDSU
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Robert Brocklehurst @docrobbrock.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Finalized version of my latest paper now online! All the same great biology linking myosin protein composition, muscle anatomy and lever mechanics across scales in rodents. Now now in a prettier, shinier pdf! www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Multiscale adaptations underlie bite force variation in rodents - Communications Biology
Multi-scale analysis of the rodent craniofacial system reveals correlated bite force adaptations at the molecular, muscular and skeletal scales, that further correlate with feeding ecology.
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Issue 11 has closed and issue 12 is open The cover image by Brady O’Brien shows a green salamander which have incredible climbing abilities despite lacking the features that improve climbing abilities in other animals journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...
The cover of issue 11 of volume 229 of Journal of Experimental Biology, published June 2026. The cover shows a green salamander crawling over a rock. Photo credit: Brady O'Brien.
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Jonathan Huie, PhD @jmhuie.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Our work is featured on the cover of the latest issue of @jexpbiol.bsky.social!! Stunning photo of the green salamander (Aneides aeneus) taken by Brady O'Brien (braveotterbiology.com).
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Laura Alencar 🇧🇷🐍🦎 @alencarlrv.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Interested in #macroevolution, #macroecology, and mountain biodiversity? I'm recruiting a #postdoc for an NSF-funded project at Yale, in collaboration with Martha Muñoz (Yale) and Maya Stokes (Florida State University). I'll be at #Evol2026 and happy to chat! Link below
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SharkScience @sharkscience.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Basking sharks overlap with primary and secondary deep scattering layers during overwintering migration in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean 🦑🧪🐟🦈 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Basking sharks overlap with primary and secondary deep scattering layers during overwintering migration in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Long-distance migrations allow animals to exploit seasonal prey opportunities and track favorable oceanographic conditions. The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is a large, filter-feeding elasmobran...
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Jonathan Huie, PhD @jmhuie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🚨 My last PhD chapter is out now in @jexpbiol.bsky.social 🚨 🦎 We compared the climbing abilities and kinematics of different species of salamanders. Surprisingly, all could climb well but climbing specialists do better. Let me tell why this is interesting (see thread)! doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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Jonathan Huie, PhD @jmhuie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🚨 My last PhD chapter is out now in @jexpbiol.bsky.social 🚨 🦎 We compared the climbing abilities and kinematics of different species of salamanders. Surprisingly, all could climb well but climbing specialists do better. Let me tell why this is interesting (see thread)! doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A rare glimpse of the whitemargin stargazer in the vibrant waters off Hurghada, Egypt. Dive into the beauty of the Red Sea's diverse marine life.
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Valentina Di Santo @vdisanto.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Introducing the undulating tripod gait, the walking strategy used by many fishes. We tracked the fishes, built a model, a robot, and found that 3 body segments, 2 fins, and friction are all it takes. No specialized anatomy required. Out today in Nature Communications www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 27/05/2026
NEW PREPRINT: You may recall Joshua trees started flowering fully four months early this year. Was that due to climate change? Well, @colincarlson.bsky.social and I called in Chris Callahan to formally test that hypothesis, and the answer is... it probably wasn't! doi.org/10.64898/202...
A western Joshua tree against a blue sky, a single inflorescence of white-yellow flowers at the end of its highest branch
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I just watched video of 5 ICE agents abducting a guy from a courthouse in my area of Massachusetts. Periodic reminder that ICE hasn't gone anywhere. They are still here and still terrorizing immigrants.
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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Excited to share that I will be joining Florida State University as an Assistant Professor starting in January 2027! I’m thrilled to build my lab at FSU in the Ecology & Evolution Division within the Department of Biological Science — stay tuned! A huge thank you to my village for all the support!
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Dr. Amelia R. Zietlow 🦎 @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Everything IS bigger in Texas... Introducing TYLOSAURUS REX–“TEX”. A monster animal, a monster paper, & a monster project that I am *so* excited to finally share with everyone after ~5 yrs. Huge thanks to my coauthors, Mike & Ron, & to Alderon Games for bringing our lad to life!! #FossilFriday
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Michalis Mihalitsis @mikemihalitsis.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Would you like to work right next to a tropical coral reef? The University of Guam, Marine Laboratory is looking for a new Lab Manager. See ad below: www.uog.edu/_resources/f...
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 19/05/2026
🐟 Something seems fishy.... Dive deeper into our Ichthyology Collection with Assistant Curator Dr. Bill Ludt and learn how the collections can show change in species communities over time!
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Dr. Jaimi Gray @jaimiagray.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The Pacific spiny lumpsucker, an inefficient swimmer but a highly efficient suction cup. The pelvic fins have evolved into a strong suction disk on the belly, giving it the ability to anchor itself to substrates. Plate-like structures called "tubercles" provide defense against predators.
A 3D model made from a micro-CT scan of a Pacific spiny lumpsucker, with the skeleton rendered in light brown/beige and the tubercles rendered in a gradient of colors, beginning with pink at the head, and changing from purple, to blue, to teal as you move towards the tail. Outline of the body is rendered in white and transparent. Shown in antero-lateral view (top), anterior view (bottom left), and left lateral view of the head (bottom right). Scale bar at the bottom right is 5 mm.A 3D model made from a micro-CT scan of a Pacific spiny lumpsucker, with the skeleton rendered in light brown/beige and the tubercles rendered in a gradient of colors, beginning with pink at the head, and changing from purple, to blue, to teal as you move towards the tail. Outline of the body is rendered in white and transparent. Shown in dorsal view (top), right lateral view (middle), and ventral view (bottom). Scale bar at the bottom left is 10 mm.
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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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RC Hoover @rchoover.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
My first PhD chapter is out! How do related fishes adapt to eat different foods? And how do they change as they grow? 🧵 doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
Screenshot of https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70131
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Sandy Kawano, PhD @sandyk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Come join us! I'm recruiting postdocs and lab techs to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking in fishes and salamanders at the University of Virginia, with option to work at Mountain Lake Biological Station. 2 of 4 job ads are posted on my website: sandykawano.weebly.com 🧪🐟🦎
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Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the comparative biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes. Apply by June 1, 2026, for full consideration. Click HERE for more information.  Lab...
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