Moving to Minnesota has resulted in me hearing waaaay more Nickleback than I'm accustomed to.

2nd day at new job. Here's what's next to my parking spot. Taking me back to my PhD days. Definitely at a land grant institution. 🙂

Gotta love the post-doc life. I am literally packing for the move for my next post-doc while completing job applications.

I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂

🐟🐠🧪 Happy to share our paper in Hormones and Behavior which is the first test of some of my predictions from the Ancestral Modulation Hypothesis. 🧵 on the findings in a biparental cichlid with plastic behaviors that are a form of cross-sexual transfer www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🐟🐠🧪 Happy to share our paper in Hormones and Behavior which is the first test of some of my predictions from the Ancestral Modulation Hypothesis. 🧵 on the findings in a biparental cichlid with plastic behaviors that are a form of cross-sexual transfer www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Nothing screams good place to rent than the listing saying a stipulation to stay on the property is "no crime"

🧪🐟🦗 Excited to share I'll be taking a postdoc position with Dr. Mingzi Xu in the EEB program at U Minnesota. I'll be moving out of fishes and into crickets (for now). Ready for new challenges and applying what I've done in sex bias to inverts

Undergrad students often forget about genetic drift as an evolutionary process/ force. If you've also experienced this, we might have a solution for you! Our RIE2 (resources for inclusive evolution education) working group just published a week-length drift module: qubeshub.org/publications...

This is an awesome finding.

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.) lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...

Debate rages in my house. Is this a spork?

🧪 That terrifying, yet healthy, feeling when you run a new statistical approach/package and the results "make sense".

My son just got his blackout tent. I love it in there and also love his weighted blanket. I'm seriously questioning my own neurotypical designation.

Got full results. Nailed evo eco. Worst sections were bio chem and history (though still >70%). Really wish I could go Q by Q though.

For #PrideMonth , an updated reading list by @jjinsing.bsky.social via integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/w... List jayjinsing.github.io/ReadingList/ & be sure to read Jay's coauthored ICB work Cross-sexual Transfer Revisited. doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #LGTBQI #Pride

Took state educational bio competency test with no prep since I needed to cert quickly. Figured PhD would mean I could handle it. Amazing how focused we get in our fields yet how much we can recall basic info by indirect exposure. Passed with a high score BTW... I get to keep my diploma.

Our 10yr old kitty cut back eating and got hepatic lipidosis and lost half her weight. We're getting her to eat again. The secret? Pets and cuddles with the food.

Twice today I got confirmation that my work is of interest to other people. With my tenuous place in academia right now, it's a nice ego boost. A pleasant reminder that kind words can really make someone's day.

I always forget... Is it the best yacht given the recovery or the other way around?

🧪🐠🐟 Hello all! If anyone needs or knows a need for a postdoc Trained in genetics, genomics, behavior, physiology, evolution, sexual selection, and fishes. Grant success (Full NSF as lead PI and PRFB) Ran a productive UG lab as VAP for 2 years. I'm looking for any job this fall. andersonevolve.com

So this happened today while my wife was driving... 20 minutes to get it out as it behind the glass.

How seahorses and pipefish inspired the design of a boat propeller

Had surgery on my foot Friday. Honestly think I've been more productive the past two days. You know, since I can't leave the bed or interact with anyone. Wouldn't recommend.

Sorry, no. I do not think my preprint on plastic behavior in fish would be a good fit for your journal about surgery.

Was actually up as he was about to attempt his midnight stroll. Saw the whole thing on camera. Full cartoon running in place panic when he tripped the door alarm... I warned him. Gave him cuddles and stayed with him a bit... I'm not a monster.

Kid 2 has twice now gotten up and snuck around the house in the middle of the night undetected until coming in our room. Gates are now useless as he can get past them silently. We are now putting an alarm on the bedroom door. He is going to be surprised if tries sneaking again.

🧪🐟🐠 New paper out on high variability and low 2n in a group of gourami. This is the product of a talented undergrad. Really cool clade of fishes that I wish were easier to keep in the lab setting

I'm all for this employee's fingernails

In the drive thru in the Pac NW Me: You're sure this is unsweetened tea? Guy: Yes, why sell sweet, you can put sugar packets in? Me: Sir, I am from the south, I suggest we end this conversation before violence ensues.

🧪 I've been on both sides of school outreach. It's nice when the scientist tries to align their mini-lesson with standards and looks at pacing guides to know when to have the best synergy with active lessons. Sometimes it turns into "here's a cool thing" and has no lasting connection to the class.

Reading proposals for upcoming panel, reviewing manuscript for a journal, writing proposal for postdoc position, writing letter of recommendation, editing student work, prepping talk, writing NSF reports. All while I sit on 2 paper's worth of data. All the PI struggles with no future job (yet).

Postdoc hunting and looking at internally funded positions for more security, but the pay is criminally low. Past two I've looked at pay 2/3 or less than the PRFB. Mind you, these are competitive fellowships that would require whole research plans, letters of rec, and interviews!

Y'all, I'm not going to disagree with bluesky, but you see a butt and nothing else.

🧪 Artwork by my bio-art undergrad thesis student, Adela Reuter. I saw it and burst out laughing, none of her art advisors got it. Have to share with other evo folks!

I wrote a piece on how cool this new ruff paper is. Total endocrine game-changer! Congrats to the authors on a rad discovery. doi.org/10.1126/scie...

I didn't know ancient Romans were so good at shark husbandry that we still haven't caught up. The secret is human flesh?

Incorporating Sex-Diverse and Gender-Inclusive Perspectives in Higher Education Biology Courses. Really glad to finally see this in print. And proud to have played a small role in writing it. #sex #gender #STEMeducation @sicbjournals.bsky.social #SICB2025 academic.oup.com/icb/article-...

Yep. I'm out this cycle. Only one spring search and I don't have high expectations. On the flip side, I'm having really productive postdoc conversations.

🐠🐟 That moment when you realize you're the smallest fish in the tank.

🐟 🧪 Seriously, there are a lot of fun names in this order: Pipes, Horses, Dragons, Dragonets, Cornets, Trumpets, Goats, Moths, Snipes, Bellows, Shrimp, and Flying Gurnards. What other taxa have such a fun collection of names?

Neurologist whimsically naming a brain region: "You know, this region looks like this fascinating creature." Ichthyologist doing a keyword literature search 100 years later: "Ahhhh f@%k you guys!"

Talking to potential mentors for the next postdoc is really exciting thinking about questions I haven't considered or ones I have in a new context. The necessity of money is less exciting.

Had a great time at #SICB2025!

Are you a PI atteding #SICB2025 ? Are you looking for one of those "highly motivated" postdocs? One with grant-writing experience (and success)? Proficient in R? Bioinformatics? Hormonal regulation? Knowledgeable in sexual selection, evolution, and pop gen? Check out my CV and let's chat!

Are you a PI atteding #SICB2025 ? Are you looking for one of those "highly motivated" postdocs? One with grant-writing experience (and success)? Proficient in R? Bioinformatics? Hormonal regulation? Knowledgeable in sexual selection, evolution, and pop gen? Check out my CV and let's chat!

🧬🧪 Always nice when the transcripts in your de novo assembly match genes in closely related species and tissue type. Sure, it's the bare minimum, but it's so good for sanity. Check out my "hot of the sequencer" talk at #SICB2024

No word from the other, highly likely that's a no too. Only 3 searches left on my list. Hoping for those rare Spring searches.

Sometimes I wonder if the IT folks running the computer clusters enjoy troubleshooting issues (e.g. new program request and getting it to run with dependencies), or are they like the rest of us and just screaming at the computer, begging it to work.

🧪🧬 Really cool expansion of the concept of Androgen Response Elements being targets of sexual selection. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...