Noah Bressman, PhD
@noahwithfish.bsky.social
I LOVE fish! Fish biologist, angler, artist, science policy adviser, #SciComm. Amphibious fish, invasive species, biomechanics, functional morphology, behavior, ecology, fisheries. Assistant Professor of Physiology @ Salisbury University. He/him. AuDHD 🐡🎣🐟
A new neighbor moved into town and came over to say hi…
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A new neighbor moved into town and came over to say hi…
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Evolutionary remodeling of the ventral retina enables aerial vision in the four-eyed fish Anableps anableps https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.02.686143v1
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Evolutionary remodeling of the ventral retina enables aerial vision in the four-eyed fish Anableps anableps https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.02.686143v1
Well, I tried my first fish sketch in a long time on a pumpkin for Halloween. I attempted a cleared and stained harvestfish, but the mouth came out more like an Opah’s. Does that count? 🐟 🐡
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Well, I tried my first fish sketch in a long time on a pumpkin for Halloween. I attempted a cleared and stained harvestfish, but the mouth came out more like an Opah’s. Does that count? 🐟 🐡
I went to take a couple of casts from the dock this morning before getting started with work, and got a nice 18” bass, but also found an invasive crayfish in my minnow trap that has not been documented for my county yet... Even when I’m off the clock, the invasive species find me… time to report
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I went to take a couple of casts from the dock this morning before getting started with work, and got a nice 18” bass, but also found an invasive crayfish in my minnow trap that has not been documented for my county yet... Even when I’m off the clock, the invasive species find me… time to report
Oh man, can’t believe I almost missed world hagfish day! Having harvested perhaps more hagfish slime in a year than any other individual to investigate how effective their slime could be at stopping small boat propellers at high speeds for the Navy, I can attest their their slime is really unique!
Happy world hagfish day, nerds!
Your car has just been crushed by hagfish: Frequently Asked Questions – Southern Fried Science
Your car has just been crushed by hagfish: Frequently Asked Questions – Southern Fried Science
Your car has just been crushed by hagfish: Frequently Asked Questions
Wait, what? Earlier today, Oregon State Police reported that a truck carrying a shipment of live hagfish overturned, spilling its slimy cargo all over the highway and damaging at least one vehicle.…
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October 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Oh man, can’t believe I almost missed world hagfish day! Having harvested perhaps more hagfish slime in a year than any other individual to investigate how effective their slime could be at stopping small boat propellers at high speeds for the Navy, I can attest their their slime is really unique!
Honored to have been awarded an Image of Distinction for my cleared and stained Harvestfish (Peprilus paru) in the Nikon Small World Competition! Even if the image is taken with the most zoomed out microscope lens possible, it still counts! This specimen was roughly the size of a quarter.🐡🐟
Histologically-stained harvestfish/star butterfish (Peprilus paru) | 2025 Photomicrography Competition
Noah Bressman - Histologically-stained harvestfish/star butterfish (Peprilus paru)
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October 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Honored to have been awarded an Image of Distinction for my cleared and stained Harvestfish (Peprilus paru) in the Nikon Small World Competition! Even if the image is taken with the most zoomed out microscope lens possible, it still counts! This specimen was roughly the size of a quarter.🐡🐟
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Excited to share this work, out today in MBE! In polar fishes, we found that antifreeze protein genes expanded in copy number at low temperatures and contracted in the deep sea, highlighting a role of depth and pressure in AFP evolution.
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
October 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Excited to share this work, out today in MBE! In polar fishes, we found that antifreeze protein genes expanded in copy number at low temperatures and contracted in the deep sea, highlighting a role of depth and pressure in AFP evolution.
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
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MS position for Fall 2026 available to study Hurricane Ecology w/ me at #UCF and with @jefferybcannon.bsky.social from @thejonesctr.bsky.social! Funded half time as a TA and half as an RA. See web for details: tinyurl.com/9pm33ttt
Please RT and share with your bright undergrads!!
Please RT and share with your bright undergrads!!
October 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
MS position for Fall 2026 available to study Hurricane Ecology w/ me at #UCF and with @jefferybcannon.bsky.social from @thejonesctr.bsky.social! Funded half time as a TA and half as an RA. See web for details: tinyurl.com/9pm33ttt
Please RT and share with your bright undergrads!!
Please RT and share with your bright undergrads!!
After working late to finish analyzing data and revising my manuscript that describes why some fish emerge and leave the water and others don’t, it was quite ironic to see this shirt from @hankgreen.bsky.social finally arrived at my doorstep, as if sassing me 🐟
October 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
After working late to finish analyzing data and revising my manuscript that describes why some fish emerge and leave the water and others don’t, it was quite ironic to see this shirt from @hankgreen.bsky.social finally arrived at my doorstep, as if sassing me 🐟
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Apply to become the next MSU EEB Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow!
These are two year positions with research stipend, working with 2+ MSU EEB faculty. Applications due 10 November 2025. More here:
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
These are two year positions with research stipend, working with 2+ MSU EEB faculty. Applications due 10 November 2025. More here:
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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October 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Apply to become the next MSU EEB Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow!
These are two year positions with research stipend, working with 2+ MSU EEB faculty. Applications due 10 November 2025. More here:
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
These are two year positions with research stipend, working with 2+ MSU EEB faculty. Applications due 10 November 2025. More here:
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
After playing with some options amongst the students in my lab, I have finally developed a lab logo! Prepare for our merch line featuring it on shirts, hats, sneakers, guitar picks, NFTs, bibles, steaks, wine, golf courses, and more!
October 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
After playing with some options amongst the students in my lab, I have finally developed a lab logo! Prepare for our merch line featuring it on shirts, hats, sneakers, guitar picks, NFTs, bibles, steaks, wine, golf courses, and more!
Anyone here currently doing invasive fish work in NC, particularly in central NC? I’ve got some people that caught an Amazon red-tailed catfish and have it alive in a tank. If I was still in that area, I’d be right over there, but alas, I’m not
October 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Anyone here currently doing invasive fish work in NC, particularly in central NC? I’ve got some people that caught an Amazon red-tailed catfish and have it alive in a tank. If I was still in that area, I’d be right over there, but alas, I’m not
What is something that could be taken wildly out of context by someone who didn’t know you were a scientist? 🧪 I’ll start with this note I just found in my pocket.
October 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
What is something that could be taken wildly out of context by someone who didn’t know you were a scientist? 🧪 I’ll start with this note I just found in my pocket.
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Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science
Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science
The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science
I have my Vertebrates students read excerpts from Jane Goodall’s field notes as great examples of natural history observations that can lead to asking important research questions & discoveries. Passion for the natural world, attention to detail, & a curious mind are a powerful combination. RIP🦍 🦧 🐒
Jane Goodall, primatologist and ambassador for wildlife, dies at 91 — National Geographic
Through her groundbreaking work with chimps in Africa, Goodall helped people understand that animals are sentient and intelligent.
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October 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I have my Vertebrates students read excerpts from Jane Goodall’s field notes as great examples of natural history observations that can lead to asking important research questions & discoveries. Passion for the natural world, attention to detail, & a curious mind are a powerful combination. RIP🦍 🦧 🐒
Sometimes, you don’t plan on doing science and science finds you! When my pet plecos died of natural causes, I was learning how to clear & stain fish for histology, so used these for practice to make art. I noticed something weird about their mouths, tho, and this paper was the result of that… 🐟 🐡
Evolutionary optimization of an anatomical suction cup: Lip collagen content and its correlation with flow and substrate in Neotropical suckermouth catfishes (Loricarioidei) | Request PDF
Request PDF | Evolutionary optimization of an anatomical suction cup: Lip collagen content and its correlation with flow and substrate in Neotropical suckermouth catfishes (Loricarioidei) | In riverin...
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October 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Sometimes, you don’t plan on doing science and science finds you! When my pet plecos died of natural causes, I was learning how to clear & stain fish for histology, so used these for practice to make art. I noticed something weird about their mouths, tho, and this paper was the result of that… 🐟 🐡
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Professor (full) or Associate Professor (tenure track) in Microbial Genetics of Health (U. Turku Finland). Competitive starting package included! Please share.
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Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto - Työpaikat - Duunitori
Avoin työpaikka: Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto, Turku. Duunitorilla lisäksi yli 30 000 muuta avointa työpaikkaa. Lue lisää nyt!
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September 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Professor (full) or Associate Professor (tenure track) in Microbial Genetics of Health (U. Turku Finland). Competitive starting package included! Please share.
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New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
September 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
These changes pretty much mean that if you enroll in an MS program, you will never get the NSF GRFP. The GRFP more typically covers PhD projects than MS because they cover 3 years of funding, so you are already less likely to get it for an MS project, but now you can’t apply if you have an MS…
Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.
September 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
These changes pretty much mean that if you enroll in an MS program, you will never get the NSF GRFP. The GRFP more typically covers PhD projects than MS because they cover 3 years of funding, so you are already less likely to get it for an MS project, but now you can’t apply if you have an MS…
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Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
25 SEP 2025
By KATIE LANGIN 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
25 SEP 2025
By KATIE LANGIN 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
www.science.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
25 SEP 2025
By KATIE LANGIN 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
25 SEP 2025
By KATIE LANGIN 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
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#SICB er @noahwithfish.bsky.social wants to share this job:
"Applicants must hold a #PhD. in a relevant area of #Biological #Sciences or closely related #science and must provide evidence of potential for excellence in #teaching and #research."
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"Applicants must hold a #PhD. in a relevant area of #Biological #Sciences or closely related #science and must provide evidence of potential for excellence in #teaching and #research."
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September 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#SICB er @noahwithfish.bsky.social wants to share this job:
"Applicants must hold a #PhD. in a relevant area of #Biological #Sciences or closely related #science and must provide evidence of potential for excellence in #teaching and #research."
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"Applicants must hold a #PhD. in a relevant area of #Biological #Sciences or closely related #science and must provide evidence of potential for excellence in #teaching and #research."
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My newest tattoo is based on the first field excursion of my lab at SU when I started it up in 2021. As part of my MS student Zach Crum’s thesis project on the diet of invasive blue catfish, we collected some big fish. Literally the first one cut (47 pounder) had a whole wood duck in its stomach 🐟🐡🦆
September 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My newest tattoo is based on the first field excursion of my lab at SU when I started it up in 2021. As part of my MS student Zach Crum’s thesis project on the diet of invasive blue catfish, we collected some big fish. Literally the first one cut (47 pounder) had a whole wood duck in its stomach 🐟🐡🦆
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It seems the GRFP solicitation is FINALLY released (like 5 minutes ago)! Due dates have also been pushed back, thankfully! 🧪 🔭
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It seems the GRFP solicitation is FINALLY released (like 5 minutes ago)! Due dates have also been pushed back, thankfully! 🧪 🔭
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
It’s not everyday that I wake up and the first email I get is “is this a fossilized walrus or mammoth tusk/skull fragment that we caught in a clam dredge?” The answer was walrus for those wondering
September 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It’s not everyday that I wake up and the first email I get is “is this a fossilized walrus or mammoth tusk/skull fragment that we caught in a clam dredge?” The answer was walrus for those wondering
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We have a little more than $800 to go to reach our goal!
Help the The Natural History Society of Maryland fund their new shark science and conservation exhibit, which I'm working with them to design! 🧪🦑🌎🦈
www.southernfriedscience.com/help-support...
Help the The Natural History Society of Maryland fund their new shark science and conservation exhibit, which I'm working with them to design! 🧪🦑🌎🦈
www.southernfriedscience.com/help-support...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We have a little more than $800 to go to reach our goal!
Help the The Natural History Society of Maryland fund their new shark science and conservation exhibit, which I'm working with them to design! 🧪🦑🌎🦈
www.southernfriedscience.com/help-support...
Help the The Natural History Society of Maryland fund their new shark science and conservation exhibit, which I'm working with them to design! 🧪🦑🌎🦈
www.southernfriedscience.com/help-support...