Jessica Arbour
@fountainscholar.bsky.social
Interests in vertebrate functional morphology and macroevolution | Assistant Prof at MTSU | #spoonie #teamfish
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I am thrilled to announce that I have joined the MOBI (molecular biosciences) faculty at MTSU and am now able to supervise PhD students. Possible projects in southeastern fish ecomorphology, darter cranial anatomy (muscles, brains, skulls), and fish biology/macroevolution in general. #teamfish #MTSU
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Ohio State news piece on our deep-sea fish body shape study:
news.osu.edu/how-fishes-o...
news.osu.edu/how-fishes-o...
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ohio State news piece on our deep-sea fish body shape study:
news.osu.edu/how-fishes-o...
news.osu.edu/how-fishes-o...
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The BIGGEST Alligator Gar I’ve ever encountered!!!
Truly GARgantuan, tagged and released!
Truly GARgantuan, tagged and released!
October 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The BIGGEST Alligator Gar I’ve ever encountered!!!
Truly GARgantuan, tagged and released!
Truly GARgantuan, tagged and released!
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“Developmental biology is fundamentally beautiful. We are no less beautiful for our variation. Instead, perhaps we are more so. Perhaps we are remarkable. Perhaps we are full of wonder.”
Read this insightful post by Bethan on the Node.
thenode.biologists.com/developmenta...
#Disability
Read this insightful post by Bethan on the Node.
thenode.biologists.com/developmenta...
#Disability
Developmental Biology and Disability - the Node
Hopeful monsters. Morphospace. Mutation. Natural variation. Mutagenesis screens. Polymorphism. Deformity. Phenotype. Disease. Adaptation. Anomaly.
thenode.biologists.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“Developmental biology is fundamentally beautiful. We are no less beautiful for our variation. Instead, perhaps we are more so. Perhaps we are remarkable. Perhaps we are full of wonder.”
Read this insightful post by Bethan on the Node.
thenode.biologists.com/developmenta...
#Disability
Read this insightful post by Bethan on the Node.
thenode.biologists.com/developmenta...
#Disability
Come join our department at MTSU! We are looking for an assistant or associate professor in physiology.
careers.mtsu.edu/en-us/job/49...
careers.mtsu.edu/en-us/job/49...
MTSU Jobs | Middle Tennessee State University
careers.mtsu.edu
October 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Come join our department at MTSU! We are looking for an assistant or associate professor in physiology.
careers.mtsu.edu/en-us/job/49...
careers.mtsu.edu/en-us/job/49...
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…Let me say that again: Expert coders using "generative AI" demonstrated a nearly 20% *increase* in their time, vs when writing code on their own; oh, and those increases are *worse* on the tasks with which they have more familiarity.
But that's not even the crucial part; this is the crucial part:…
But that's not even the crucial part; this is the crucial part:…
September 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
…Let me say that again: Expert coders using "generative AI" demonstrated a nearly 20% *increase* in their time, vs when writing code on their own; oh, and those increases are *worse* on the tasks with which they have more familiarity.
But that's not even the crucial part; this is the crucial part:…
But that's not even the crucial part; this is the crucial part:…
By request, I've added an old t-shirt design from grad school to my etsy shop. Evolution friends might appreciate it!
www.etsy.com/listing/4367...
www.etsy.com/listing/4367...
www.etsy.com/listing/4367...
www.etsy.com/listing/4367...
September 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
By request, I've added an old t-shirt design from grad school to my etsy shop. Evolution friends might appreciate it!
www.etsy.com/listing/4367...
www.etsy.com/listing/4367...
www.etsy.com/listing/4367...
www.etsy.com/listing/4367...
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Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology!
Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.
(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.
(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
Postdoctoral Researcher
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August 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology!
Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.
(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.
(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
Trying out some blankets on my Etsy gyotaku shop, check out my "monster fish" design!
www.etsy.com/listing/4304...
#teamfish #monsterfish #gyotaku #fishkeeping
www.etsy.com/listing/4304...
#teamfish #monsterfish #gyotaku #fishkeeping
May 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Trying out some blankets on my Etsy gyotaku shop, check out my "monster fish" design!
www.etsy.com/listing/4304...
#teamfish #monsterfish #gyotaku #fishkeeping
www.etsy.com/listing/4304...
#teamfish #monsterfish #gyotaku #fishkeeping
I am thrilled to announce that I have joined the MOBI (molecular biosciences) faculty at MTSU and am now able to supervise PhD students. Possible projects in southeastern fish ecomorphology, darter cranial anatomy (muscles, brains, skulls), and fish biology/macroevolution in general. #teamfish #MTSU
March 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I am thrilled to announce that I have joined the MOBI (molecular biosciences) faculty at MTSU and am now able to supervise PhD students. Possible projects in southeastern fish ecomorphology, darter cranial anatomy (muscles, brains, skulls), and fish biology/macroevolution in general. #teamfish #MTSU
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We're all collectively crying over the Anglerfish and Howie right now, right? 😭 RIGHT?
They weren’t JUST any fish and any crab—they were resilience, light, and a reminder that even the smallest lives can touch millions.
[ #art #design #anglerfish #crab ]
They weren’t JUST any fish and any crab—they were resilience, light, and a reminder that even the smallest lives can touch millions.
[ #art #design #anglerfish #crab ]
February 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
We're all collectively crying over the Anglerfish and Howie right now, right? 😭 RIGHT?
They weren’t JUST any fish and any crab—they were resilience, light, and a reminder that even the smallest lives can touch millions.
[ #art #design #anglerfish #crab ]
They weren’t JUST any fish and any crab—they were resilience, light, and a reminder that even the smallest lives can touch millions.
[ #art #design #anglerfish #crab ]
Museum folks! We have gotten a donation of some amazing old taxidermy pieces and I am just fascinated by one item. It's a large cabinet in what looks like a Victorian style and has some old features (oil painting background, solid carved wood frame)...
January 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Museum folks! We have gotten a donation of some amazing old taxidermy pieces and I am just fascinated by one item. It's a large cabinet in what looks like a Victorian style and has some old features (oil painting background, solid carved wood frame)...
I hadn't posted about this paper before, but over the summer I added unbending features (sensu TPSutil) for fish landmark data to my package LOST. Just sent an update to CRAN to make unbend.tps.poly work for 2D and 3D data, planning to update unbend.spine too
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I hadn't posted about this paper before, but over the summer I added unbending features (sensu TPSutil) for fish landmark data to my package LOST. Just sent an update to CRAN to make unbend.tps.poly work for 2D and 3D data, planning to update unbend.spine too
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I am taking up to 2 applicants for the masters program in biology at MTSU this coming fall. Projects working on cichlid ecomorphology, cichlid fossils and missing data. Experience with fish, geomorph or R a plus. Funding for stipend and travel support.
January 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I am taking up to 2 applicants for the masters program in biology at MTSU this coming fall. Projects working on cichlid ecomorphology, cichlid fossils and missing data. Experience with fish, geomorph or R a plus. Funding for stipend and travel support.
New paper out by my first Masters student Delaney Gilley, looking at the evolution of rostral orientation in bats and its links to echolocation and form-function trade-offs! academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
Macroevolutionary and biomechanical implications of rostral flexion in bat skulls: a major early driver of cranial evolution in bats
Abstract. The evolution of unique morphological features can significantly constrain the subsequent phenotypic diversification of a clade. Bats show divers
academic.oup.com
January 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
New paper out by my first Masters student Delaney Gilley, looking at the evolution of rostral orientation in bats and its links to echolocation and form-function trade-offs! academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
Lots of new gyotaku designs available in my etsy shop! Also added new canvas prints from printful - cheaper than my prior art paper prints and no need to frame!
#teamfish #gyotaku #monsterfish #art
arbourfishart.etsy.com
#teamfish #gyotaku #monsterfish #art
arbourfishart.etsy.com
December 23, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Lots of new gyotaku designs available in my etsy shop! Also added new canvas prints from printful - cheaper than my prior art paper prints and no need to frame!
#teamfish #gyotaku #monsterfish #art
arbourfishart.etsy.com
#teamfish #gyotaku #monsterfish #art
arbourfishart.etsy.com
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The last paper coming from my #PhD thesis has just been published in the Journal of Morphology! 🐸 We use #diceCT and @fountainscholar.bsky.social 's GoodFibes package to examine how muscle fibre architecture varies across #frogs specialising in jumping, walking and swimming:
doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
Frog Fibres: What Muscle Architecture Can Tell Us About Anuran Locomotor Function
Our study utilises a new, automated approach to digitally extracting muscle fibres from μCT data, allowing us to present the first digital analysis of muscle fibre architecture in frogs, including so...
doi.org
December 18, 2024 at 8:26 AM
The last paper coming from my #PhD thesis has just been published in the Journal of Morphology! 🐸 We use #diceCT and @fountainscholar.bsky.social 's GoodFibes package to examine how muscle fibre architecture varies across #frogs specialising in jumping, walking and swimming:
doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
Very pleased that my new paper on darter cranial musculature is out now in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Some anatomical surprises (weird, extra divisions of the AM) compared to Perca!
November 18, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Very pleased that my new paper on darter cranial musculature is out now in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Some anatomical surprises (weird, extra divisions of the AM) compared to Perca!
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Plans for #GarWeek 2024 are in the works!
It will look a little different this time around, spread across multiple platforms…and for the first time on BlueSky!
It will look a little different this time around, spread across multiple platforms…and for the first time on BlueSky!
November 13, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Plans for #GarWeek 2024 are in the works!
It will look a little different this time around, spread across multiple platforms…and for the first time on BlueSky!
It will look a little different this time around, spread across multiple platforms…and for the first time on BlueSky!
Reposted by Jessica Arbour
November 12, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Shameless plug of my etsy shop featuring gyotaku prints and clothes now that I've made my way over here 🦋
www.etsy.com/shop/arbourf...
www.etsy.com/shop/arbourf...
November 12, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Shameless plug of my etsy shop featuring gyotaku prints and clothes now that I've made my way over here 🦋
www.etsy.com/shop/arbourf...
www.etsy.com/shop/arbourf...
Friends on the new platform, you can find my collection of 3D fish and anatomy models on sketchfab here: sketchfab.com/MTSUichthyol.... May be migrating to "fab" eventually. If you use these for teaching or 3D printing please shoot me an email so I can make note of that for grants/service/etc.
3D models by MTSUichthyology
View 3D models by MTSUichthyology
sketchfab.com
November 12, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Friends on the new platform, you can find my collection of 3D fish and anatomy models on sketchfab here: sketchfab.com/MTSUichthyol.... May be migrating to "fab" eventually. If you use these for teaching or 3D printing please shoot me an email so I can make note of that for grants/service/etc.