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Rob Denton
@rddenton.bsky.social
Bio Professor | scientist (genomics, evolution, conservation), educator, perpetual student | he/him | posts don't represent employer
Your lab isn't a home until you've hung up your prized Tiktaalik. My Live, Laugh, Love wall decals gotta be in a box somewhere.
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Genome assembly fresh of the supercomputer, total size = 29,892,519,935 base pairs 🦎🧬
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I have a new office and am delighted to have worked my way up to "has windows" status.
September 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In case this is helpful to someone out there: I'm moving to Ball State University this August, and I'll have a support for MS students over the next three years (RAs/TAs)

If your lab has talented students graduating this spring, I welcome them to reach out and talk about the opportunities.
April 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Monday - NSF grant due
Friday - Government shutdown (maybe)
March 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
February 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
February 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
How I think I look when teaching / How I actually look [bring ur sick kid to work]
February 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Proud to keep rocking the One True Dr. Snail
February 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Is this new, important information? Active awards can't be stopped based on actual/potential compliance with executive orders?
February 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Some days things are great
November 21, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Ominous PCR
November 19, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Me and my adult kids entering the room before my final lecture.
March 4, 2024 at 5:58 PM
I'm returning as an instructor for AMNH's Field Herpetology course this year, 7/27-8/4. Come see all the Sky Islands of the Southwest have to offer (~60 species!) and stay at the legendary Southwestern Research Station. Open to everyone, please share!

bit.ly/3O1RtLE
January 12, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Hiring a postdoc to work on NSF-funded polyploid salamander genomics/evolution. ~$55k/year, 3 years, teaching opportunities built in. Start as early as May 2024.

Great team of students + @Itgenm right now. See the PUI life. Indy is hugely underated.

marian.peopleadmin.com/postings/2368
January 4, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Over the moon about this new frog office art! From Oscar Silva (Strange Magic Tattoo), all the way from Chile 🐸🚀
December 15, 2023 at 2:00 PM
No me talking to a bunch of silent faces, allows students of all comfort levels a way to participate, gets people outta chairs, leans on peer teaching. Here is one from Evolution class today on
@davetoews.bsky.social 's great paper (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) (2/2)
November 2, 2023 at 9:32 PM
Me:
"Please, I want this to be about the students"

University communications folks:
"Absolutely, we know just what to write"

🫣
October 4, 2023 at 6:12 PM
Administrative work is to the point where I do a fist pump if someone send me a fillable form instead of some wonky word doc
September 29, 2023 at 6:41 PM
These automatically generated wordclouds from my recorded lectures are funny.

"Sim Patrick"
September 19, 2023 at 6:17 PM
These are the only two gifs saved to my phone, the only images core enough to my personality to keep close at hand.
September 11, 2023 at 8:34 PM