Mahmud Al Hasan
mahmudalhasan.bsky.social
Mahmud Al Hasan
@mahmudalhasan.bsky.social
PhD Researcher at the Australian National University | Working on sexual selection in Guppies
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Developmental temp., not inbreeding, shapes life-history & behaviors in juvenile guppies. Warmer conditions accelerate maturity & reduce boldness with distinct male-female differences -key insights amid climate change:

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

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Developmental temperature, not inbreeding, shapes life history and locomotor behaviours in juvenile guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
Abstract. Inbreeding plays a strong role in shaping life-history traits and behaviours. Supporting evidence for this role often comes from observational st
doi.org
October 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Reposted by Mahmud Al Hasan
“The PhD stipend is $33,511 … well below minimum wage of $47,627”

“Universities can raise the stipend to a maximum of $52,352, but a ACGR survey found none have done so. The highest stipend is just over $40,000 … with the average at $34,244.”

#RaiseTheStipend
PhD student Jesse Gardner-Russell earns $20 an hour. Experts say low pay is turning Australia’s best and brightest away
The University of Melbourne student whose work could contribute to curing blindness says ‘people are shocked to find out how unlivable it is’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Yesterday, my supplementary file was vanished from my external hard drive. Weeks of work gone?

Tried everything—nothing. Then, this fix saved me:

1.Open CMD (Win + R → cmd → Enter)
2.Run: chkdsk X: /f
3. If still missing: attrib -h -r -s /s /d X:\*.*

BOOM—file restored! Try this first!
February 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Making DNA dance in the lab!
In the middle of an exciting PCR run for guppy muscle telomere length measurement. Telomeres may be tiny, but they hold massive secrets about life and longevity. Science is not just a profession; it’s a journey of curiosity and discovery 🐟
January 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Reposted by Mahmud Al Hasan
Two newly described mollusc species, named Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum, indicate that early molluscs were more diverse than previously thought. The spiky, wormlike fossils were found in Herefordshire in England, and date to around 430 million years ago.

www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
New Silurian aculiferan fossils reveal complex early history of Mollusca - Nature
Fossils of two new worm-like aculiferan species add to the diversity of this group, showing that evolution in early aculiferans generated unusual forms comparable to other crown-group molluscs.
www.nature.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM