Drew Anderson
@andersonevolve.bsky.social
🧪 🐟 🐠 🧬 PhD in Evolution and Sexual Selection. Study fishes, behavior, genetics, genomics, and hormones. Own views. He/him. Handle is shared across social media Webpage: andersonevolve.com
Advocated for myself and got a bit extra salary at my job (good for me). Turns out that put me and my wife 1k over qualifying for medicaid. Kids still get it and job has insurance, so not the worst, but definitely spending more on health than I gained from that pay bump. Our system is so dumb.
Published today! Inherent Vice No. 3: Exploring Queerness in Natural History. I'm delighted to be involved with this following a pioneering symposium @linneansociety.bsky.social earlier this year. 🌈📚🏳️⚧️🐦 www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/prod... #Pride #PrideMonth #PrideInSTEM #queer #nature #zines
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If you're at #Evol2026 and looking for an after-lunch talk come on by Room 23.
Drew Anderson@andersonevolve.bsky.social · 2mo ago#Evol2026 Want to know what's going with this biparental pair of Julidochromis? What gene expression and hormonal patterns drive changes in behavior? Come to my talk Monday at 2:45 in the Behavior session. Want to talk Cross-sexual Transfer in any system or fishes in general? Just message me!
#Evol2026 Want to know what's going with this biparental pair of Julidochromis? What gene expression and hormonal patterns drive changes in behavior? Come to my talk Monday at 2:45 in the Behavior session. Want to talk Cross-sexual Transfer in any system or fishes in general? Just message me!
I study Cross-sexual transfer and joined a cricket lab in October. Yet I just learned today that some Orthopterans 🦗 have singing females! Always up for chatting with anyone here who knows more or works with them! I'll be Evolution doing my fish thing.
New ghost pipefish dropped. One of my all time fave clades
New Species Found After 25-Year Search and Named After Sesame Street’s Snuffleupagus
Solenostomus snuffleupagus is a hairy ghost pipefish found in the Great Barrier Reef. Eluding researchers for over 20 years thanks to its ability to camouflage, the fuzzy fish has officially been name...
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While the focus is on nurses. Notice a Master's of Divinity is covered which means, if the government's reason of high chance of return payment of loans is to be believed, that being a pastor is a lucrative job. Which is funny no matter how you look at it.
Admininstration Redefines “Professional,” Limiting Loans For RNs, PT, MPH And More
The administration redefined "professional" degrees to limit loans to RNs, PT/OT, CRNAs and more, sparking fears about the worsening healthcare worker shortage.
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Excited to announce our new paper in Nature Microbiology describing diphtheria toxin homologues in Streptomyces called Streptomyces antiquus insecticidal proteins (SAIP), stemming from a long term collaboration with Ying Xu, Min Dong, Cameron Currie, and many others. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Streptomyces produce a diphtheria toxin-like exotoxin that targets insects - Nature Microbiology
Bioinformatic, structural and functional analyses characterize Streptomyces antiquus insecticidal protein (SAIP) as a diphtheria toxin homologue that is lethal to insect cells and targets the Flower p...
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awkward Writing/seeing the word evokes its meaning.
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 3mo agoWhat word is your spelling nemesis? This is a safe space.
Watching status of paper in review. Regretting watching status of paper in review. Nothing changes about the final outcome, but it's enough to have me guessing about it and stressing myself out. (e.g. how long do the AE and Ed need to decide and what does that mean?--probably nothing)
So you're saying that if I want dry ice I have to go to a different building, request a key, fill out paper, go to another building, use key on chest, note how much I took, go back to first building, return key and enter info, then walk to my own building to use it? How valuable is this stuff?
I was invited to collaborate on this paper, but it was mostly me listening to and learning from some amazing and talented people who care about trans/non-binary/intersex persons. Worth the read and implementation.
Science Educators and Researchers Must Uphold the Human Rights of Trans, Nonbinary, and Intersex Persons
Trans, nonbinary, and intersex persons are—and have always been—an integral part of humankind. However, these communities are under attack. We live in a time of growing state repression and the norma...
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Somewhere in Minnesota, some graphic designer is either sad their work is already no longer reflective of current knowledge or happy at another payday.
Tom Near@tjnear.bsky.social · 4mo agoParaphyletic sharks www.sciencefocus.com/news/sharks-...
I would be as a god to my children. Seriously wish a move to Japan was a thing I could do because this is definitely an intriguing out-of-academia job.
The Pokémon Company Is Actively Recruiting PhD Holders With Backgrounds in Ecology to Work in Tokyo - IGN
The Pokémon Company is actively recruiting PhD holders with backgrounds in ecology to work in Tokyo. This is perhaps the closest chance Pokémon fans have to channel their inner Professor Oak in real l...
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It finally happened. The oldest caught on to an innuendo in a conversation between me and my wife.
Academic adage: A watched submission portal never advances.
As I shift into working for a cricket lab, I'm reminded that despite taking Invert Zoo (i have the Brusca and Brusca tome), I'm naive on insects. My course was marine-focused so the prof skipped insects and declared them a special case of crustaceans.
Squeals in personal pet theories.
Prosanta Chakrabarty@prosanta.bsky.social · 6mo agoOne of the coolest ichthyology discoveries I’ve heard about in a while. Large pregnant female livebearers with male reproductive organs found in the wild. Goes to show how fluid sex and sexual traits can be. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Look. I get undergrad workers are hard. But if you tell them they'll be working 5 hours a week and you send them home after 2 hours because you don't have something for them to do, then you are engaged in unfair labor practice.
-20 in Saint Paul and this bird shows it. Whole bunch of em on our roof and having birdie snow cones.
After 3 months in our new apartment, I can unequivocally say, "Clawfoot bathtubs are the worst."
Anytime someone tries to convince me to put my son in a non-inclusive setting, I'm showing this picture. It's the 2nd time his former class (we moved states in Oct) has sent him letters. He loves it, and he had made meaningful connections. It sucked to take that from him, we hope to rebuild that.
You can tell a lot about a person based on who their favorite Muppet is.
a saxophone player with the words forgive me charlie parke wherever you are
Alt: a saxophone player with the words forgive me charlie parke wherever you are
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Madhusudan 🦉 Katti@leafwarbler.myatproto.social · 7mo agoYou can tell a lot about a person based on who their favorite Muppet is.
I am looking for a postdoc position + will be attending #SICB2026! My areas of interest/experience: sexual selection, reproduction, host-parasite interactions, animal behavior, (plus bio ed and disability advocacy in bio). I would be happy to chat with anyone attending who is looking for postdocs!
Family is on our annual Hawkeye Christmas build up. Every time I see it, I love the way the car chase scene was shot.
a car is driving across a bridge with the words hawkeye action written on the bottom
Alt: a car is driving across a bridge with the words hawkeye action written on the bottom
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The number of jobs I applied to this cycle was 1/3 of the last due to less jobs and being more selective about locations. After last year I learned I had to ensure my special needs son could get supports and education. It's tough out there, but with less apps I couldn't repeat my success this time.
After some training. This 🐟🐠 guy is ready to collect some some 🦗 songs on his own🧪
Guys! We got to keep all his support and keep him included! If anyone has special needs kids, keep pushing, keep fighting, keep advocating.
Drew Anderson@andersonevolve.bsky.social · 9mo agoIncredibly angry right now. My learning disabled kid had full inclusion in gen ed with support (hard fought to get) and was making good progress. A move to a new state (MN), and after 2 weeks they want to put him in an entirely segregated classroom.
