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Nik Santistevan

@noimthemary.bsky.social
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Husband | Papa | Artist | Zebrafish Researcher | PhD in Genetics Denver, CO

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Behaviour @icouzin.bsky.social (Collective behaviour/ Schooling /Virtual reality) doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.adq6784 ‪@noimthemary.bsky.social‬ & #NelsonLab (Behaviour/ Larvae startle response/ Cadherin-16) doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003164 (10/38)
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NPR @npr.org · 03/05/2025
A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.
Public media is under threat. Millions depend on the NPR Network every day. Silencing journalism is one way to silence truth and erode the power of the people. Donate now.
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
New paper dropped: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Cadherin-16 regulates acoustic sensory gating in zebrafish through endocrine signaling
Sensory gating is a neuronal process that enables animals to distinguish between threatening and non-threatening stimuli. This study reveals a brain non-autonomous mechanism whereby cadherin-16-depend...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 07/03/2025
Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4
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Thousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science events
Scientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Sign reveal for today’s Stand Up For Science Protest
A sign that says, “cuz research is what? Fundamental”. The “fund” in fundamental is emphasized
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CNN @cnn.com · 05/03/2025
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
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A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company | CNN Business
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
THE Rep. Jasmine Crockett to Elon Musk: "Fuck off." So say we all. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Video clip courtesy of @calltoactivism.bsky.social
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The lady in my audiobook pronounces the H in “white”. No me gusta
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Well, today feels ominous…
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Every single part of this message gives me the ick
The TikTok message saying it’s banned but Trump will fix it
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Just got my first request to review a paper since graduating!
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Spotify calling me out
A Spotify wrapped message telling me that I listened to 46,890 minutes of podcasts this year
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Me: I should really limit my news consumption for my own sanity Also me: I should follow every single person that works at NPR
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
It's good day to remind everyone that RFK Jr doesn't believe that HIV causes AIDS. This conspiracy makes him an unfit choice to lead the department of health and human services. He also believes vaccines cause autism. Call/email your senator and oppose his confirmation. #WorldAIDSDay2024
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Dan 🐟 C @zebrafish007.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
The first 22 hours of #Zebrafish development. Blood vessels labeled in green #WeinsteinLab 🔬🧪
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Intracranial lymphatic vessels in a larval zebrafish. Credit to @zebrafish007.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
Intracranial lymphatic vessels in zebrafish with Qdot angiography in magenta, lymphatics in green, Bone in blue. Learn more at Castranova et al. 2020 Circulation Research
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The Onion buying InfoWars is hilarious
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Learning to section zebrafish larvae is by far my favorite technique I’ve learned this year
A coronal section of a 5 days post-fertilization larval zebrafish. The telecephalon and dienchephalon are shown, with eyes and some jaw. I forgot what the stain is, oops
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Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I’m an not nearly professional enough to be on professional bluesky
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Mark Lush @lushbiology.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Five day old zebrafish larvae stained with DAPI, labeling cell nuclei.
Five day old zebrafish larvae stained with DAPI, labeling cell nuclei.
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I don’t exactly fit into the category of scientists/artists that you typically find under hashtags like #scienceart but I am a scientist and I do make art! The model organism I tend to draw is Homo sapiens though 😂
A black and while pencil drawing of a shirtless man with a beard. His torso is visible and he has a beard A black and while pencil drawing of a shirtless man with a beard. His eyes are closed and he has one hand on his shoulderA black and while pencil drawing of a shirtless man with a beard. His torso is visible and he has tattoosA black and while pencil drawing of a shirtless man with a beard. His torso is visible and he has tattoos on his arms
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Being an avid reader finally paid off with an internet quiz! 😝 www.arealme.com/vocabulary-s...
A post from a quiz that says that my English vocabulary size is 29362 words and puts me in the top 0.25%
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
One post-election struggle is deciding what I want my new media diet to be moving forward. Not sure I can take 4 years of hearing every shitty things that man does but I also want to stay informed. Might need to pick one or two daily sources and then listen to music the rest of the day for my sanity
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
For a PhD student, choosing a good lab is 10 times more important than choosing a particular topic to study
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Snow day + library books = a good Friday after a shitty week
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
So… not the best week…
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
Our new preprint is out!
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 16/05/2024
Way to go UW! www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
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Does Wisconsin have any Ivy League schools? It does now, according to Forbes
University of Wisconsin-Madison landed among Forbes' list of "New Ivies" across the country.
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 03/04/2024
My newest paper is out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Behavioral and transcriptomic analyses of mecp2 function in zebrafish
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics publishes research on the causes of inherited neurologic and psychiatric disorders.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/01/2024
Breaking News: Jon Stewart will return to host “The Daily Show” on Monday nights during the 2024 election campaign. Stewart, who hosted the Comedy Central show from 1999 to 2015, will also be an executive producer.
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Jon Stewart Will Return to Host ‘The Daily Show’ on Mondays
Stewart, who hosted the Comedy Central show from 1999 to 2015, will also be an executive producer.
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 29/12/2023
New potato recipe unlocked
A photo of hassleback potatoes, seasoned with olive oil, butter, rosemary, sage, salt and pepper
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
The spam accounts have arrived
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
I’ve never seen anyone actually finish a roll of parafilm in my 18 years working in labs
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
I’m going to see Mariah!
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
Some of my favorite abstract paintings I’ve made
Abstract painting made from acrylic paint, tissue paper, pastel, and graphite. The most prominent color is red with dark black scribbles across itAbstract painting made from acrylic paint, tissue paper, pastel, and graphite. The most prominent color is white with dark black scribbles across itAbstract painting made from acrylic paint, tissue paper, pastel, and graphite. The most prominent colors are red, blue; yellow and white with dark black scribbles across it
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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/10/2023
"We are proud to announce that the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be awarded to insurance broker and Findlay, OH resident Darren Weston for his astounding discoveries that vaccines don’t work and will kill you."
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54-Year-Old Facebook User Wins Nobel Prize For Own Extensive Internet Research Into Dangers Of Covid...
STOCKHOLM—Lauding the man as one of the greatest minds working in medicine today, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences reportedly awarded 54-year-old Facebook user Darren Weston the Nobel Prize Mon...
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
Vasculature across the blood-brain barrier in a zebrafish larva. Credit to Dr. Rob Wilkinson. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
Dorsal view of a zebrafish larva. You can see blood vessels of the brain that are pseudo colored for depth.
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
We have a pumpkin vandal
A squirrel eating the pumpkins in front of my house
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20/09/2023
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is reviving a program to mail free rapid coronavirus tests to Americans.
 Starting Sept. 25, people can request four free tests per household through covidtests.gov.
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Federal government to start providing free coronavirus tests once again
Americans can again order four free tests through covidtests.gov starting Sept. 25.
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
I’m loving this new zebrafish stamp from USPS! www.nih.gov/news-events/....
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NIH zebrafish research included in U.S. Postal Service’s “Life
The work led to a groundbreaking discovery that zebrafish have lymphatic vessels inside their skull.
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
I had hoped to completely leave Twitter last year when I deleted my account but I will probably have my other account forever since I got locked out. Oops
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
My little pup is an old man now. 11 today!
My dog, a miniature pinscher and chihuahua mix
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bioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 16/09/2023
Behavioral and transcriptomic analyses of mecp2 function in zebrafish www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Behavioral and transcriptomic analyses of mecp2 function in zebrafish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.13.557635v1
Rett Syndrome (RTT), a human neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by severe cognitive and motor
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 16/09/2023
The preprint of some of my graduate thesis work is out now!
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 13/09/2023
Always exciting to have a paper cited but my paper has been cited incorrectly twice this week 😳
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 09/09/2023
“Arrival” being on Netflix is amazing news for me. Apologies to my husband though because he has to watch it *another* 100 times
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 09/09/2023
@heydebigale.bsky.social you’re my very first friend on here ❤️
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Nik Santistevan @noimthemary.bsky.social · 09/09/2023
The first piece of art that I will share on here, as this week was my grandma’s birthday and she’s been (extra) on my mind. She gave me the gift of art. Here’s a drawing I made of her after she passed in 2021. I used her paints and my pencils and in a way, we made this together ❤️
Mixed media drawing of my grandma, made with pencil and acrylic paint
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