Jerry Husak
@jerry-husak.bsky.social
Professor of Biology @ the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN - evolution, physiology, endocrinology, monsters, punk rock connoisseur
The obvious bots commenting on these stories on social media about what’s going on in St. Paul is ridiculous. It sucks to live in an age of misinformation and awful algorithms.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The obvious bots commenting on these stories on social media about what’s going on in St. Paul is ridiculous. It sucks to live in an age of misinformation and awful algorithms.
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The Nishikawa lab at Northern Arizona University and the NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute are hiring a postdoc to help develop multiscale muscle models - please apply and share widely! careers.nau.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Postdoctoral Scholar - Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Special Information
This position is an on-site position which requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily at an NAU site, campus, or facility with or without accommodation. Opportunities...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Nishikawa lab at Northern Arizona University and the NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute are hiring a postdoc to help develop multiscale muscle models - please apply and share widely! careers.nau.edu/cw/en-us/job...
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How did the study of little brown lizards lead to advocacy for more engaging science communication? Anole Annals was an important stepping stone along this path.
Anoles as the Gateway to Science Advocacy
Prologue Nearly 1500 posts. Over 300 contributors. Worldwide readership. Since its origin 15 years ago, Anole Annals has left its mark on anole researchers, reptile enthusiasts, and people curious…
www.anoleannals.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
How did the study of little brown lizards lead to advocacy for more engaging science communication? Anole Annals was an important stepping stone along this path.
So disappointed in my alma mater
Angelo State University said it would no longer be able to defend employees who continue to teach or discuss transgender-related material.
A Public University in Texas Bans Discussion of Transgender Topics in Class
In a directive similar to President Trump’s executive order, Angelo State U. told instructors they can no longer suggest that there are identities beyond male and female assigned at birth.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
So disappointed in my alma mater
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#SICB
#scholarships - it's time to apply 👍
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&
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#PhD #academia #biologists #ecologists #morphology #botany #conference #academic #grants #biology #scientists #science
#scholarships - it's time to apply 👍
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#PhD #academia #biologists #ecologists #morphology #botany #conference #academic #grants #biology #scientists #science
September 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#SICB
#scholarships - it's time to apply 👍
see all links via
sicb.org/grants-and-s...
&
www.linkedin.com/posts/sicb-a...
#PhD #academia #biologists #ecologists #morphology #botany #conference #academic #grants #biology #scientists #science
#scholarships - it's time to apply 👍
see all links via
sicb.org/grants-and-s...
&
www.linkedin.com/posts/sicb-a...
#PhD #academia #biologists #ecologists #morphology #botany #conference #academic #grants #biology #scientists #science
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September's upcoming SICB zoom talk with
Gregory Pask , #insect #neurobiologist
www.middlebury.edu/college/peop...
& read his coauthored ICB #editorial
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& join us Sept 11th
#bugs #entomology #science #academia
Gregory Pask , #insect #neurobiologist
www.middlebury.edu/college/peop...
& read his coauthored ICB #editorial
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& join us Sept 11th
#bugs #entomology #science #academia
August 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
September's upcoming SICB zoom talk with
Gregory Pask , #insect #neurobiologist
www.middlebury.edu/college/peop...
& read his coauthored ICB #editorial
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& join us Sept 11th
#bugs #entomology #science #academia
Gregory Pask , #insect #neurobiologist
www.middlebury.edu/college/peop...
& read his coauthored ICB #editorial
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& join us Sept 11th
#bugs #entomology #science #academia
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We're hiring TWO (two!) tenure-track assistant professors in my Biology department: cellular/molecular biology and plant biology. Within those categories, we are very open to research focus. Come work with me! And please spread the word! fa-exer-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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August 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We're hiring TWO (two!) tenure-track assistant professors in my Biology department: cellular/molecular biology and plant biology. Within those categories, we are very open to research focus. Come work with me! And please spread the word! fa-exer-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Know an Evolutionary Genomicist looking for a faculty position? Join us in EEB @utknoxville.bsky.social Position is open for studying any organism, but personally I have some botany bias. 🌱 Apply before Sept 19 for full consideration. apply.interfolio.com/170735 Please share widely. Thanks!
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August 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Know an Evolutionary Genomicist looking for a faculty position? Join us in EEB @utknoxville.bsky.social Position is open for studying any organism, but personally I have some botany bias. 🌱 Apply before Sept 19 for full consideration. apply.interfolio.com/170735 Please share widely. Thanks!
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Please share! Are you neurodivergent in academia (past or present)? Then please complete our survey to better understand the experiences of neurodivergent faculty (including postdocs) and better identify supports and strategies for success! salisbury.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 🧪
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July 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Please share! Are you neurodivergent in academia (past or present)? Then please complete our survey to better understand the experiences of neurodivergent faculty (including postdocs) and better identify supports and strategies for success! salisbury.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 🧪
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Why does eating less extend lifespan? 🧬
Mutation accumulation underpins evolution of lifespan extension by dietary restriction
We often think about saving energy or recycling waste - but we show how evolution acting on mutation load can generate longer life on low food 🧵
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Mutation accumulation underpins evolution of lifespan extension by dietary restriction
We often think about saving energy or recycling waste - but we show how evolution acting on mutation load can generate longer life on low food 🧵
🔗 tinyurl.com/jn5ryhxv
June 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Why does eating less extend lifespan? 🧬
Mutation accumulation underpins evolution of lifespan extension by dietary restriction
We often think about saving energy or recycling waste - but we show how evolution acting on mutation load can generate longer life on low food 🧵
🔗 tinyurl.com/jn5ryhxv
Mutation accumulation underpins evolution of lifespan extension by dietary restriction
We often think about saving energy or recycling waste - but we show how evolution acting on mutation load can generate longer life on low food 🧵
🔗 tinyurl.com/jn5ryhxv
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Evolution of endothermy in marine fishes is related to competition with cetaceans. This incredible paper is a masterpiece of phylogenetic comparative methods and a future classic for marine biologists
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ecological interactions and genomic innovation fueled the evolution of ray-finned fish endothermy
Cetacean interactions, body size, and genomic innovations shaped endothermy evolution in ray-finned fishes in the Eocene-Miocene.
www.science.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Evolution of endothermy in marine fishes is related to competition with cetaceans. This incredible paper is a masterpiece of phylogenetic comparative methods and a future classic for marine biologists
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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This is a very good point about the destruction of federal agencies but also more generally about the destruction of universities & academic freedom. It also points to why the humanities & interdisciplinary programs like gender studies & ethnic studies are so important, alongside the sciences.
June 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is a very good point about the destruction of federal agencies but also more generally about the destruction of universities & academic freedom. It also points to why the humanities & interdisciplinary programs like gender studies & ethnic studies are so important, alongside the sciences.
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If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
May 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
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Dear AI , Steal my words to write words like I would write about you. See below.
March 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Dear AI , Steal my words to write words like I would write about you. See below.
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Don't miss out, we are inviting submissions to our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Exercise.
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March 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Don't miss out, we are inviting submissions to our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Exercise.
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Very happy to see @sicb.bsky.social signed this letter to represent all of us enraged by efforts to kill science
Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
www.ucsusa.org
March 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Very happy to see @sicb.bsky.social signed this letter to represent all of us enraged by efforts to kill science
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I want to stress the two things are simultaneously true here.
1) Musk is a weak and pathetic bully
2) his email Squid Games are deeply traumatizing, per Russell Vought’s playbook.
These are the jobs and dreams of hard-working people. Mortgages. Health insurance for their children. And he laughs.
1) Musk is a weak and pathetic bully
2) his email Squid Games are deeply traumatizing, per Russell Vought’s playbook.
These are the jobs and dreams of hard-working people. Mortgages. Health insurance for their children. And he laughs.
February 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I want to stress the two things are simultaneously true here.
1) Musk is a weak and pathetic bully
2) his email Squid Games are deeply traumatizing, per Russell Vought’s playbook.
These are the jobs and dreams of hard-working people. Mortgages. Health insurance for their children. And he laughs.
1) Musk is a weak and pathetic bully
2) his email Squid Games are deeply traumatizing, per Russell Vought’s playbook.
These are the jobs and dreams of hard-working people. Mortgages. Health insurance for their children. And he laughs.
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The United States by virtue of a bipartisan commitment to biomedical research created one of the most vibrant, productive research ecosytems in the world. People came from all over to study here, do research here. It was a monumental accomplishment by both parties. 1/
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The United States by virtue of a bipartisan commitment to biomedical research created one of the most vibrant, productive research ecosytems in the world. People came from all over to study here, do research here. It was a monumental accomplishment by both parties. 1/
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I've been seen lots of feckless despair and detachedness among scientists in the US at the moment. How we might live up to this critical moment when things seem the worst.
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How I've been thinking about all of the rapid horrible changes in the United States
I'm not telling you how to think or feel, but maybe letting you know where I'm at might be useful.
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February 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I've been seen lots of feckless despair and detachedness among scientists in the US at the moment. How we might live up to this critical moment when things seem the worst.
scienceforeveryone.science/p/how-ive-be... 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/p/how-ive-be... 🧪
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I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council
February 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council
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Trump tried to lower NIH indirect rates in his 2017 budget and that failed to pass. This is a reminder that everything he tried to do through legal means in the first term will be attempted again through illegal means. He will only succeed if we let him.
February 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Trump tried to lower NIH indirect rates in his 2017 budget and that failed to pass. This is a reminder that everything he tried to do through legal means in the first term will be attempted again through illegal means. He will only succeed if we let him.
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American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
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🧪 Check out our new paper in Sciences Advances! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🐒 When a severe drought hit a population of wild monkeys in Costa Rica, individuals with a stronger stress response were more likely to survive
@jbeehner.bsky.social @irene-godoy.bsky.social
🐒 When a severe drought hit a population of wild monkeys in Costa Rica, individuals with a stronger stress response were more likely to survive
@jbeehner.bsky.social @irene-godoy.bsky.social
Stress responsiveness in a wild primate predicts survival across an extreme El Niño drought
White-faced capuchins with a stronger stress response to previous droughts were more likely to survive a severe El Niño drought.
www.science.org
January 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🧪 Check out our new paper in Sciences Advances! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🐒 When a severe drought hit a population of wild monkeys in Costa Rica, individuals with a stronger stress response were more likely to survive
@jbeehner.bsky.social @irene-godoy.bsky.social
🐒 When a severe drought hit a population of wild monkeys in Costa Rica, individuals with a stronger stress response were more likely to survive
@jbeehner.bsky.social @irene-godoy.bsky.social
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"humanizing information about scientists was key to increasing student engagement"-- great #ProcB article. Applies well to maximising educational benefits for minoritised biology students and communicating how counter-stereotypical scientists can succeed.
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More than a token photo: humanizing scientists enhances student engagement | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Despite broad consensus that highlighting counter-stereotypical scientist role models
in educational materials promotes equity and success, the specific elements that make
these materials effective re...
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"humanizing information about scientists was key to increasing student engagement"-- great #ProcB article. Applies well to maximising educational benefits for minoritised biology students and communicating how counter-stereotypical scientists can succeed.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
I love shitty crustpunk bars
January 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I love shitty crustpunk bars