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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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.)
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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...
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I lay there broad awake, feeling a great deal worse than I have ever done since
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I lay there broad awake, feeling a great deal worse than I have ever done since
I always enjoy reading about the Roosevelt’s - flaws and all - and this book about Teddy’s sons Ted Jr. and Kermit trekking through China in search of the then mostly mythical panda 🐼 was a fun read.
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I always enjoy reading about the Roosevelt’s - flaws and all - and this book about Teddy’s sons Ted Jr. and Kermit trekking through China in search of the then mostly mythical panda 🐼 was a fun read.
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I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest.
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Consider Sharing Health Challenges With Colleagues (opinion)
Being open with my colleagues about my cancer diagnosis has allowed me to access an enormous source of support and comfort.
www.insidehighered.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest.
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest.
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ you don’t need to struggle alone (advice that is not possible for everyone to take).
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ you don’t need to struggle alone (advice that is not possible for everyone to take).
Career Advice | Let Your Colleagues In
Being open with my colleagues about my cancer diagnosis has allowed me to access an enormous source of support and comfort. https://bit.ly/3JvoTDD
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Being open with my colleagues about my cancer diagnosis has allowed me to access an enormous source of support and comfort. https://bit.ly/3JvoTDD
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest.
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ you don’t need to struggle alone (advice that is not possible for everyone to take).
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ you don’t need to struggle alone (advice that is not possible for everyone to take).
I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest.
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Consider Sharing Health Challenges With Colleagues (opinion)
Being open with my colleagues about my cancer diagnosis has allowed me to access an enormous source of support and comfort.
www.insidehighered.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest.
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Hey I’m an ☄️ asteroid thanks to @spacepod.bsky.social
What a cosmic honor!
minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/sh...
What a cosmic honor!
minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/sh...
IAU Minor Planet Center
We are the official body that deals with
astrometric observations and orbits of minor planets (asteroids) and comets.
minorplanetcenter.net
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Hey I’m an ☄️ asteroid thanks to @spacepod.bsky.social
What a cosmic honor!
minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/sh...
What a cosmic honor!
minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/sh...
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🎉 Congrats to Dr. Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social, Director of the LSU MNS, on being named a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences!
An ichthyologist studying fishes worldwide, he’s described 15 new species, published 5 books and 150+ papers, and is a passionate science communicator. 🌎🐟
An ichthyologist studying fishes worldwide, he’s described 15 new species, published 5 books and 150+ papers, and is a passionate science communicator. 🌎🐟
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
🎉 Congrats to Dr. Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social, Director of the LSU MNS, on being named a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences!
An ichthyologist studying fishes worldwide, he’s described 15 new species, published 5 books and 150+ papers, and is a passionate science communicator. 🌎🐟
An ichthyologist studying fishes worldwide, he’s described 15 new species, published 5 books and 150+ papers, and is a passionate science communicator. 🌎🐟
Check out the @lsu.bsky.social LSU Museum of Natural Science Fall 2025 newsletter. Lots of stories of fieldwork and research from our students, staff and curators. And my first as Director.
www.lsu.edu/mns/files/ne...
www.lsu.edu/mns/files/ne...
www.lsu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Check out the @lsu.bsky.social LSU Museum of Natural Science Fall 2025 newsletter. Lots of stories of fieldwork and research from our students, staff and curators. And my first as Director.
www.lsu.edu/mns/files/ne...
www.lsu.edu/mns/files/ne...
@solomonrdavid.bsky.social did you see the “gar girl” skit on SNL from last night - your promotion of #garweek hit the big time
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
@solomonrdavid.bsky.social did you see the “gar girl” skit on SNL from last night - your promotion of #garweek hit the big time
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Preview of this year’s #GarWeek sticker from @garlab.bsky.social!
Featuring scale patterns of all seven living gar species in the letters, and our unique Hybrid Gar!
Once again, debuting @bsky.app first!
credit: I.Terzian & S.R. David
Featuring scale patterns of all seven living gar species in the letters, and our unique Hybrid Gar!
Once again, debuting @bsky.app first!
credit: I.Terzian & S.R. David
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Preview of this year’s #GarWeek sticker from @garlab.bsky.social!
Featuring scale patterns of all seven living gar species in the letters, and our unique Hybrid Gar!
Once again, debuting @bsky.app first!
credit: I.Terzian & S.R. David
Featuring scale patterns of all seven living gar species in the letters, and our unique Hybrid Gar!
Once again, debuting @bsky.app first!
credit: I.Terzian & S.R. David
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Shark Whisperer is lying to you: a look into the harmful effects of Ocean Ramsey and shark influencers | This quotes me and is very thorough. Check it out.
Shark Whisperer is lying to you: a look into the harmful effects of Ocean Ramsey and shark influencers — Dr. Jack A. Cooper
Ocean Ramsey is undoubtedly one of the most well-known “shark influencers”, whose videos show her free diving and touching wild great white and tiger sharks as she swims right up alongside them.…
www.drjackacooper.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Shark Whisperer is lying to you: a look into the harmful effects of Ocean Ramsey and shark influencers | This quotes me and is very thorough. Check it out.
Loved the audiobook for the new Mark Twain bio by Rob Chernow especially all the folksy quips delivered in a slow drawl. I then reread Huck Finn which is a tough read in today’s context but I found ‘James’ a great revenge story that helps fill in the sad gaps from ‘Jim’s’ story that Huck missed.
October 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Loved the audiobook for the new Mark Twain bio by Rob Chernow especially all the folksy quips delivered in a slow drawl. I then reread Huck Finn which is a tough read in today’s context but I found ‘James’ a great revenge story that helps fill in the sad gaps from ‘Jim’s’ story that Huck missed.
Congrats @danielgeldof.bsky.social on defending your Master's today. It's been wonderful having a CT expert and poacher enthusiast in the lab. Well done.
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Congrats @danielgeldof.bsky.social on defending your Master's today. It's been wonderful having a CT expert and poacher enthusiast in the lab. Well done.
Thanks to @coralreeffish.bsky.social and @raynacbell.bsky.social
for nominating me to be a new Fellow of the @calacademy.bsky.social California Academy of Sciences.
It is an honor.
Natural history is more important than ever.
for nominating me to be a new Fellow of the @calacademy.bsky.social California Academy of Sciences.
It is an honor.
Natural history is more important than ever.
October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Thanks to @coralreeffish.bsky.social and @raynacbell.bsky.social
for nominating me to be a new Fellow of the @calacademy.bsky.social California Academy of Sciences.
It is an honor.
Natural history is more important than ever.
for nominating me to be a new Fellow of the @calacademy.bsky.social California Academy of Sciences.
It is an honor.
Natural history is more important than ever.
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By looking at some of the smallest vertebrates on Earth, our study offers novel insights into the genetic basis of miniaturization and highlights the value of studying non-model organisms to uncover the fundamental processes governing vertebrate size evolution.
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
By looking at some of the smallest vertebrates on Earth, our study offers novel insights into the genetic basis of miniaturization and highlights the value of studying non-model organisms to uncover the fundamental processes governing vertebrate size evolution.
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Why are some species smaller than a paperclip while others grow longer than a school bus? How is body size evolution governed in animals? Out now in @pnas.org we tackle these longstanding questions through a genetic lens using my favorite group of fishes as our model!! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Parallel shifts in differential gene expression reveal convergent miniaturization in fishes | PNAS
Body size variation in vertebrates is a complex polygenic trait, tightly correlated
with numerous aspects of a species’ biology, ecology, and physi...
www.pnas.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Why are some species smaller than a paperclip while others grow longer than a school bus? How is body size evolution governed in animals? Out now in @pnas.org we tackle these longstanding questions through a genetic lens using my favorite group of fishes as our model!! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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An invited speaker told me today they share my paper with their students to show them what's possible, and I'm going to ride that validation for a while.
In this paper we applied comparative genomics to study genome evolution:
elifesciences.org/articles/65394
In this paper we applied comparative genomics to study genome evolution:
elifesciences.org/articles/65394
elifesciences.org
October 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
An invited speaker told me today they share my paper with their students to show them what's possible, and I'm going to ride that validation for a while.
In this paper we applied comparative genomics to study genome evolution:
elifesciences.org/articles/65394
In this paper we applied comparative genomics to study genome evolution:
elifesciences.org/articles/65394
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New phylogeny and family-level classification of Stomiiformes (viperfishes, hatchetfishes, bristlemouths)
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Genome-wide phylogeny reshapes our understanding of the evolution of deep-sea dragonfishes, bristlemouths, viperfishes, and allies (Stomiiformes) - BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background The evolutionary relationships within Stomiiformes, a diverse order of deep-sea fishes dominating the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones, remain contentious due to conflicting morphological...
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
New phylogeny and family-level classification of Stomiiformes (viperfishes, hatchetfishes, bristlemouths)
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Loved this fish-themed float in the Baton Rouge ‘Fifolet’ Halloween Parade. Yes it is Nemo and Dory but still cute. My youngest caught enough candy to last her through elementary school.
And now I can’t wait for Mardi Gras …
And now I can’t wait for Mardi Gras …
October 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Loved this fish-themed float in the Baton Rouge ‘Fifolet’ Halloween Parade. Yes it is Nemo and Dory but still cute. My youngest caught enough candy to last her through elementary school.
And now I can’t wait for Mardi Gras …
And now I can’t wait for Mardi Gras …
I know I have colleagues who get 5K citations a month, but this is a nice little milestone for me.
What really matters is the impact of your work and who and what it influences. You can't quantify that.
But, I do like the symmetry of these numbers.
What really matters is the impact of your work and who and what it influences. You can't quantify that.
But, I do like the symmetry of these numbers.
October 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I know I have colleagues who get 5K citations a month, but this is a nice little milestone for me.
What really matters is the impact of your work and who and what it influences. You can't quantify that.
But, I do like the symmetry of these numbers.
What really matters is the impact of your work and who and what it influences. You can't quantify that.
But, I do like the symmetry of these numbers.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Loved visiting the recreated wunderkammer or "cabinet of curiosities’ at the Houston Museum of Natural Science today. I always wondered what it was like to stroll through these early natural history collections so eclectically curated.
Also couldn’t resist a coelacanth selfie.
Also couldn’t resist a coelacanth selfie.
October 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Loved visiting the recreated wunderkammer or "cabinet of curiosities’ at the Houston Museum of Natural Science today. I always wondered what it was like to stroll through these early natural history collections so eclectically curated.
Also couldn’t resist a coelacanth selfie.
Also couldn’t resist a coelacanth selfie.
Petting a ray to save your day.
October 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Petting a ray to save your day.