Prosanta Chakrabarty
@prosanta.bsky.social
Hunter #SciComm Chair & Prof, Director & Curator of Fishes Museum of NatSci @LSU, TED Fellow, F@AAAS, Fulbrighter, #Evolution #TeamFish, ASIH Past President, he/him #BLM ✊🏿 #ProtectTransKids #SaveTheNSF
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On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial
the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’).
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...
On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial
the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’).
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...
More press for the 'fish with the hole in its head'
Awesome work by @danielgeldof.bsky.social covered in the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
Awesome work by @danielgeldof.bsky.social covered in the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
Why This Fish Actually Needs a Hole in the Head
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
More press for the 'fish with the hole in its head'
Awesome work by @danielgeldof.bsky.social covered in the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
Awesome work by @danielgeldof.bsky.social covered in the @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
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There are a few courses that shaped the trajectory of my career. This is one of them. Take it if you can!
Summer fish class at Friday Harbor Labs 🐟
5 weeks, field + lab, real projects.
Open to grads, postdocs, and undergrads. Financial aid available.
Apply: February 16, 2026
Reach out to @cmdonatelli.bsky.social @fishguy.bsky.social or @karlycohen.bsky.social with questions!
Details in the flyer ⬇️
5 weeks, field + lab, real projects.
Open to grads, postdocs, and undergrads. Financial aid available.
Apply: February 16, 2026
Reach out to @cmdonatelli.bsky.social @fishguy.bsky.social or @karlycohen.bsky.social with questions!
Details in the flyer ⬇️
January 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
There are a few courses that shaped the trajectory of my career. This is one of them. Take it if you can!
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Welcome back, Tigers! Campus wasn’t the same without you. Here’s to a fresh start and a strong spring semester. 🐯✨
January 12, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Welcome back, Tigers! Campus wasn’t the same without you. Here’s to a fresh start and a strong spring semester. 🐯✨
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Please come join us for @corriemoreau.bsky.social's LSU seminar today at 1pm in Life Sciences Annex A101 on the LSU campus. This includes folks who are still in Baton Rouge following the awesome #SSB2026 #SSB26 meeting!
It's gonna be epic 🐜🧬🌧️🔬🧫🌳!!!
It's gonna be epic 🐜🧬🌧️🔬🧫🌳!!!
If you are in Baton Rouge come see my seminar at LSU @lsu.bsky.social today! Many thanks to Laura Lagomarsino @tropicalbotany.bsky.social for the invitation to speak in the Systematics, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series and can't wait to meet all the LAGNiAppE Scholars, PIs, and mentors!
January 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Please come join us for @corriemoreau.bsky.social's LSU seminar today at 1pm in Life Sciences Annex A101 on the LSU campus. This includes folks who are still in Baton Rouge following the awesome #SSB2026 #SSB26 meeting!
It's gonna be epic 🐜🧬🌧️🔬🧫🌳!!!
It's gonna be epic 🐜🧬🌧️🔬🧫🌳!!!
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Had such a great time hosting the Future of Natural History Collections panel at the #ssb2026 meeting this weekend. Big thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social sky.social for organizing the meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social and for all the amazing panelists who shared so much knowledge and great ideas!
January 12, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Had such a great time hosting the Future of Natural History Collections panel at the #ssb2026 meeting this weekend. Big thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social sky.social for organizing the meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social and for all the amazing panelists who shared so much knowledge and great ideas!
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he broods within his sternward cabin, builded over the dead water of the wake, and further on, hunted by its wolfish gurglings
January 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
he broods within his sternward cabin, builded over the dead water of the wake, and further on, hunted by its wolfish gurglings
The great @jembrown.bsky.social closing out #ssb2026
It was a wonderful meeting thanks to the hardwork of Jeremy and funding from @lsu.bsky.social and other sources.
Systematic biology is alive and well. Especially proud of all the Global South who attended.
It was a wonderful meeting thanks to the hardwork of Jeremy and funding from @lsu.bsky.social and other sources.
Systematic biology is alive and well. Especially proud of all the Global South who attended.
January 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM
The great @jembrown.bsky.social closing out #ssb2026
It was a wonderful meeting thanks to the hardwork of Jeremy and funding from @lsu.bsky.social and other sources.
Systematic biology is alive and well. Especially proud of all the Global South who attended.
It was a wonderful meeting thanks to the hardwork of Jeremy and funding from @lsu.bsky.social and other sources.
Systematic biology is alive and well. Especially proud of all the Global South who attended.
Strong @lsu.bsky.social contingent at #ssb2026 - LSU alumni and current folks
January 11, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Strong @lsu.bsky.social contingent at #ssb2026 - LSU alumni and current folks
The wonderful Emily Graslie talking to the #SSB2026 crowd about the importance of natural history museums. She has an art background and became enamored with the University of Montana natural history collections and created the #brainscoop series.
January 10, 2026 at 10:45 PM
The wonderful Emily Graslie talking to the #SSB2026 crowd about the importance of natural history museums. She has an art background and became enamored with the University of Montana natural history collections and created the #brainscoop series.
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say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
It's important to note here that we're not just talking about faculty & university staff. 100s of U.S. colleges are in towns or small cities where they form the major industry & lifeblood of the community. Loss of students -> loss of rent $, restaurant $, bars, bookstores, gaming stores...
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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Registration continues this morning in the Hilton lobby for #SSB2026!
We've got name tags, lanyards, meeting stickers, and buttons for everyone.
Be sure to let us know if you're a first time speaker at a scientific conference!
We've got name tags, lanyards, meeting stickers, and buttons for everyone.
Be sure to let us know if you're a first time speaker at a scientific conference!
January 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Registration continues this morning in the Hilton lobby for #SSB2026!
We've got name tags, lanyards, meeting stickers, and buttons for everyone.
Be sure to let us know if you're a first time speaker at a scientific conference!
We've got name tags, lanyards, meeting stickers, and buttons for everyone.
Be sure to let us know if you're a first time speaker at a scientific conference!
I’m so proud of @lsu.bsky.social Museum of Natural Science and @tropicalbotany.bsky.social Herbarium folks who volunteered for these tours to over 100 folks - I’m sure they won’t forget what they saw behind the scenes. #museums #naturalhistory
#ssb2026
#ssb2026
Museum and Herbarium tours are now underway. Next bus will depart around 5:00 PM.
All tours should finish by 7:15 and Biodiversity Trivia Night will start at 7:30.
#SSB2026 @systbiol.bsky.social
All tours should finish by 7:15 and Biodiversity Trivia Night will start at 7:30.
#SSB2026 @systbiol.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 3:22 AM
I’m so proud of @lsu.bsky.social Museum of Natural Science and @tropicalbotany.bsky.social Herbarium folks who volunteered for these tours to over 100 folks - I’m sure they won’t forget what they saw behind the scenes. #museums #naturalhistory
#ssb2026
#ssb2026
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It's still pretty early on a Wednesday morning for me. Right about now, I need a couple expresso shots like this fish needs a hole in the head... which is to say, a lot. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
January 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
It's still pretty early on a Wednesday morning for me. Right about now, I need a couple expresso shots like this fish needs a hole in the head... which is to say, a lot. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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This is one of the wildest deep-sea mining stories to me.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Recovery of Paleodictyon patterns after simulated mining activity on Pacific nodule fields - Marine Biodiversity
Since the late 1980s, various experiments have been conducted in polymetallic nodule fields of the Pacific Ocean to assess the potential environmental impacts of future mining, specifically in two are...
link.springer.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
This is one of the wildest deep-sea mining stories to me.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Looking for a postdoc? Work on vertebrates and have lab experience? Come be the lab manager/museum postdoc for the LSU Museum of Natural Science!
(It's a great stepping stone to being a curator!)
(It's a great stepping stone to being a curator!)
LSU Museum of Natural Sciences is hiring a postdoc! Come join our very active and supportive museum community. Applicants can work with any of the major divisions: 🐀🦜🦎🐸🐠
Review begins February 15th, please share!
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0119...
Review begins February 15th, please share!
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0119...
Postdoctoral Researcher
All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Looking for a postdoc? Work on vertebrates and have lab experience? Come be the lab manager/museum postdoc for the LSU Museum of Natural Science!
(It's a great stepping stone to being a curator!)
(It's a great stepping stone to being a curator!)
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LSU Museum of Natural Sciences is hiring a postdoc! Come join our very active and supportive museum community. Applicants can work with any of the major divisions: 🐀🦜🦎🐸🐠
Review begins February 15th, please share!
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0119...
Review begins February 15th, please share!
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0119...
Postdoctoral Researcher
All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:19 PM
LSU Museum of Natural Sciences is hiring a postdoc! Come join our very active and supportive museum community. Applicants can work with any of the major divisions: 🐀🦜🦎🐸🐠
Review begins February 15th, please share!
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0119...
Review begins February 15th, please share!
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0119...
Check out the schedule for the upcoming #ssb2026 meetings for later this week
Thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social for organizing all this for @systbiol.bsky.social
ssb2026.github.io
Thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social for organizing all this for @systbiol.bsky.social
ssb2026.github.io
2026 SSB Breakout Meeting
ssb2026.github.io
January 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Check out the schedule for the upcoming #ssb2026 meetings for later this week
Thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social for organizing all this for @systbiol.bsky.social
ssb2026.github.io
Thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social for organizing all this for @systbiol.bsky.social
ssb2026.github.io
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I am currently at #SICB2026! I am in the Multimedia Panel tomorrow at 12:15, and will also be presenting my research on Tues. at 11:15, and mine and @taorminalepore.bsky.social's symposium, "Disabled and neurodivergent perception, community, and identity in the biosciences" is Wednesday!
January 5, 2026 at 5:53 AM
I am currently at #SICB2026! I am in the Multimedia Panel tomorrow at 12:15, and will also be presenting my research on Tues. at 11:15, and mine and @taorminalepore.bsky.social's symposium, "Disabled and neurodivergent perception, community, and identity in the biosciences" is Wednesday!
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🚨 Job Alert! TT Assistant Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks! Looking for a candidate with a focus on coastal ecology. Come be my colleague! Please share.
careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...
careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...
January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
🚨 Job Alert! TT Assistant Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks! Looking for a candidate with a focus on coastal ecology. Come be my colleague! Please share.
careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...
careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...
For those of you coming down to Baton Rouge for #SSB2026 know that it is warm now (still lizard friendly) but will be cooler during the conference (9th-11 this week). @systbiol.bsky.social
Looking forward to seeing old and new systematist friends!
Looking forward to seeing old and new systematist friends!
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
For those of you coming down to Baton Rouge for #SSB2026 know that it is warm now (still lizard friendly) but will be cooler during the conference (9th-11 this week). @systbiol.bsky.social
Looking forward to seeing old and new systematist friends!
Looking forward to seeing old and new systematist friends!
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Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela
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Tomorrow at 11am is my #SICB2026 talk on early ray-finned fishes! Come by and see all the cool fossils we've CT scanned. Track me down during the rest of the conference to see some 3D printed jaws.....
January 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Tomorrow at 11am is my #SICB2026 talk on early ray-finned fishes! Come by and see all the cool fossils we've CT scanned. Track me down during the rest of the conference to see some 3D printed jaws.....
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Just gonna leave this here 🐈
January 2, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Just gonna leave this here 🐈
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As of today, I am a FULL professor. I do not care much for occupational status markers. Still, it is not lost on me that only 2% of full professors are Black women. This goes beyond personal accomplishment. It is a responsibility to do as much as I can for others. That is exactly what I aim to do.
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
As of today, I am a FULL professor. I do not care much for occupational status markers. Still, it is not lost on me that only 2% of full professors are Black women. This goes beyond personal accomplishment. It is a responsibility to do as much as I can for others. That is exactly what I aim to do.