Kristen Behrens, PhD
@behrenskristen.bsky.social
she/her | postdoctoral fellow of fisheries bioinformatics @ UMich | coregonine genomics and cichlid sex chromosomes | bioinformatician
My views are my own.
https://kristenbehrens.weebly.com/
My views are my own.
https://kristenbehrens.weebly.com/
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my piece "river relics" will on display dec. 5-19 in the exhibit "our river: mississippi muse" curated by @friendsmissriv.bsky.social ! very grateful for the opportunity to show work highlighting the beauty and vulnerability of the mississippi, as well as the many lives that depend on it. ♥️
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
my piece "river relics" will on display dec. 5-19 in the exhibit "our river: mississippi muse" curated by @friendsmissriv.bsky.social ! very grateful for the opportunity to show work highlighting the beauty and vulnerability of the mississippi, as well as the many lives that depend on it. ♥️
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
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Students perspectives on Alligator Gar fieldwork down south @garlab.bsky.social!
University of Minnesota students reel in a fin-tastic catch during Mississippi River fieldwork
cfans.umn.edu/news/alligat...
University of Minnesota students reel in a fin-tastic catch during Mississippi River fieldwork
cfans.umn.edu/news/alligat...
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Students perspectives on Alligator Gar fieldwork down south @garlab.bsky.social!
University of Minnesota students reel in a fin-tastic catch during Mississippi River fieldwork
cfans.umn.edu/news/alligat...
University of Minnesota students reel in a fin-tastic catch during Mississippi River fieldwork
cfans.umn.edu/news/alligat...
I hope that the person that submitted 3 jobs with arrays of 6,000 to the HPC knows that spiritually I am breathing down their neck 😐
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I hope that the person that submitted 3 jobs with arrays of 6,000 to the HPC knows that spiritually I am breathing down their neck 😐
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"The number of international students applying to study at U.S. colleges next year has fallen 9 percent so far, according to data collected from students who applied using the Common Application by Nov. 1." (via @washingtonpost.com) www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"The number of international students applying to study at U.S. colleges next year has fallen 9 percent so far, according to data collected from students who applied using the Common Application by Nov. 1." (via @washingtonpost.com) www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Think November, Think Cisco. #GreatLakes #SundayFishSketch
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Think November, Think Cisco. #GreatLakes #SundayFishSketch
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Lanternfish
#SundayFishSketch #fish #Laternenfisch #lanternfish #KleineKunstklasse #monotype #pastels #mixedmedia #SciArt
#SundayFishSketch #fish #Laternenfisch #lanternfish #KleineKunstklasse #monotype #pastels #mixedmedia #SciArt
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Ah! Forgot to say that I had a printed copy of @notothentoma.bsky.social fish sex zine on the table and it was a hit with the adults!
Several DNA friendship bracelets exploded in a burst of beads before I got better at tying knots 😅 I had a great time talking about my Great Lakes research and befuddling people with how similar cisco species look!
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ah! Forgot to say that I had a printed copy of @notothentoma.bsky.social fish sex zine on the table and it was a hit with the adults!
Several DNA friendship bracelets exploded in a burst of beads before I got better at tying knots 😅 I had a great time talking about my Great Lakes research and befuddling people with how similar cisco species look!
November 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Several DNA friendship bracelets exploded in a burst of beads before I got better at tying knots 😅 I had a great time talking about my Great Lakes research and befuddling people with how similar cisco species look!
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#SundayFishSketch Bonus: A look at the first full page in my new fish sketch notebook! 😊😊😊🐡🦑🧪
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#SundayFishSketch Bonus: A look at the first full page in my new fish sketch notebook! 😊😊😊🐡🦑🧪
A very quick #SundayFishSketch for a busy weekend, but my nephew mailed me a drawing of a sunfish this week so I wanted to do one to match
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A very quick #SundayFishSketch for a busy weekend, but my nephew mailed me a drawing of a sunfish this week so I wanted to do one to match
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Fondly reminiscing past birthday snorkels on Hawaiʻi Island / Hawaiʻi nui o Keawe / Moku o Keawe through old underwater photos and thought to pick this Hawaiian cleaner wrasse / Labroides phthirophagus as my #SundayFishSketch contribution for this weekend. #HawaiianFishes 🐡🦑🧪
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Fondly reminiscing past birthday snorkels on Hawaiʻi Island / Hawaiʻi nui o Keawe / Moku o Keawe through old underwater photos and thought to pick this Hawaiian cleaner wrasse / Labroides phthirophagus as my #SundayFishSketch contribution for this weekend. #HawaiianFishes 🐡🦑🧪
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Blue Parrotfish. Their strong plates of teeth are not just for goofy grins. Mainly used for crushing coral to smithereens. #SciArt 🦑 #sketchbook
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Blue Parrotfish. Their strong plates of teeth are not just for goofy grins. Mainly used for crushing coral to smithereens. #SciArt 🦑 #sketchbook
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Here is a watercolor painting of a Bower’s Parrotfish, Chlorurus bowersi, for my Sunday Fish Sketch.
Reference photo by Stephen Spangler, Scuba.Spanglers.com
#sciart #marinelife #coralreefs #oceanconservation
#parrotfish #spanglersscuba
#sundayfishsketch
Reference photo by Stephen Spangler, Scuba.Spanglers.com
#sciart #marinelife #coralreefs #oceanconservation
#parrotfish #spanglersscuba
#sundayfishsketch
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Here is a watercolor painting of a Bower’s Parrotfish, Chlorurus bowersi, for my Sunday Fish Sketch.
Reference photo by Stephen Spangler, Scuba.Spanglers.com
#sciart #marinelife #coralreefs #oceanconservation
#parrotfish #spanglersscuba
#sundayfishsketch
Reference photo by Stephen Spangler, Scuba.Spanglers.com
#sciart #marinelife #coralreefs #oceanconservation
#parrotfish #spanglersscuba
#sundayfishsketch
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Lifecycle
#SundayFishSketch #fish #Karpfen #Carp #Laich #spawn #KleineKunstklasse #monotype #pastels #mixedmedia #SciArt
#SundayFishSketch #fish #Karpfen #Carp #Laich #spawn #KleineKunstklasse #monotype #pastels #mixedmedia #SciArt
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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I finally finished my Opah for today's #SundayFishSketch 🐡
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I finally finished my Opah for today's #SundayFishSketch 🐡
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Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
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November 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
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Ichthyologist Fang Fang Kullander would have been 63 years old today. She travelled the globe for her taxonomical studies of freshwater fish and her work with Fishbase, but passed away at the age of 47 in 2010 from gall duct cancer.
#WomenInSTEM #Ichthyology #FishSky #BioSky 🧪🐟
#WomenInSTEM #Ichthyology #FishSky #BioSky 🧪🐟
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Ichthyologist Fang Fang Kullander would have been 63 years old today. She travelled the globe for her taxonomical studies of freshwater fish and her work with Fishbase, but passed away at the age of 47 in 2010 from gall duct cancer.
#WomenInSTEM #Ichthyology #FishSky #BioSky 🧪🐟
#WomenInSTEM #Ichthyology #FishSky #BioSky 🧪🐟
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You see, students, a fish shape like this happens when a 13 year old boy is in control of the fish maker, and you end up with a completely out of proportion fish. Students, fish aren't even mammals. Completely unrealistic design here*.
news.osu.edu/how-fishes-o...
*I'm joking, this is a joke.
news.osu.edu/how-fishes-o...
*I'm joking, this is a joke.
How fishes of the deep sea have evolved into different shapes
Fish species living in the deep sea feature a surprisingly large range of body shapes that evolved in different ways and at different rates depending on where the fishes live in the ocean, new researc...
news.osu.edu
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You see, students, a fish shape like this happens when a 13 year old boy is in control of the fish maker, and you end up with a completely out of proportion fish. Students, fish aren't even mammals. Completely unrealistic design here*.
news.osu.edu/how-fishes-o...
*I'm joking, this is a joke.
news.osu.edu/how-fishes-o...
*I'm joking, this is a joke.
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If this stupid bill actually passes, we are even more doomed than I thought. Note that it also includes Russia. U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If this stupid bill actually passes, we are even more doomed than I thought. Note that it also includes Russia. U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...