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Sasha (Alexander) Mikheyev

@sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social

208 followers 469 following 14 posts

I am a professor at the Australian National University, studying evolutionary biology... bees, parasites, snakes, you name it. Father and aspiring cellist.

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Sasha (Alexander) Mikheyev @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Campaign update. When I ordered 1000 flyers, I thought it was overkill. Ended up running out and re-ordering.

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Sasha (Alexander) Mikheyev @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Campaigning at the CSS College forum! It’s really good that they have a regular event like this. There’s even food and drinks! I’m sure we have enough money to do this at every College and bring people together.

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Sasha (Alexander) Mikheyev @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Third day of campaigning for ANU Council. Ran out of flyers while visiting the folks in the CASS building. I’ve never been inside and it’s gorgeous. Sadly, ran out of time for the top floor, and I’m now in Sydney. See you next week!

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Marija Taflaga @marijataflaga.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The institutional equivalent of a slow motion train crash www.afr.com/politics/fed...

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‘It shows you everything that’s wrong with the Liberal party’

The battle for the seat of Bradfield is a snapshot of how the Liberals are on a campaign to irrelevance.

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Sasha (Alexander) Mikheyev @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Second day of my ANU Council campaign. Getting to know my CBE colleagues

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Sasha (Alexander) Mikheyev @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I submitted my nomination to the ANU Council. My goal is to bring a deep knowledge of our university and previous governance experience to our government body. My goals are to hold administration accountable, and to bring the community's voice to the Council. mikheyev.github.io/anu-council-...

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Sasha for ANU Council

Sasha Mikheyev is running for ANU Council 2025

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Sasha (Alexander) Mikheyev @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

The interim report on university governance aligns with what the ANU community has been saying. The government's recommendations for greater transparency and accountability, like publishing meeting minutes and disclosing executive pay, directly reflect what we want. www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

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Sasha (Alexander) Mikheyev @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Last week, over ten years of work came to fruition with a Science paper. We used a novel community genomic approach using museum specimens to find cryptic signs of (likely anthropogenic) declines in Fijian ants. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Genomic signatures indicate biodiversity loss in an endemic island ant fauna

Insect populations have declined worldwide, but the extent and drivers of these declines are debated. Most studies rely on field surveys performed in the past century, leaving gaps in our understandin...

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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

This new study on Fijian ants highlights the insect biodiversity crisis 🐜 “Studies like this one are an important step in identifying the reasons behind the so-called insect apocalypse,” says co-author @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social of @biologyanu.bsky.social. science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

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Island ant communities show signs of unseen ‘insect apocalypse’

A new approach to analysing museum specimens has revealed a massive decline in Fiji’s native ant species since the arrival of humans to the islands

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Sasha (Alexander) Mikheyev @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I am running for the ANU Council. If you are a member of NTEU, please consider voting for me. Here is my platform, in brief: I have worked in academic governance on three continents over decades, including six years in ANU College leadership.

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