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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 Co-host of bioexitinterviews.bsky.social

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Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 2w ago

“In this cohort study among 231 783 youths identified in claims data, prescription of a puberty blocker was associated with decreased adjusted odds of mood disorder and suicidal thoughts and behavior diagnoses for transgender youths compared with cisgender youths.”

Mental Health of Youths Who Use Puberty Blockers

This cohort study investigates the association of puberty blockers with odds of mood disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among transgender vs cisgender youths.

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M. Brent Hawkins@homeobox.bsky.social · last mo.

Excited to share the final published version of our work on the evolution of dorsal-ventral patterning in fins and limbs, now up on @currentbiology.bsky.social In review we added new single LARM element deletions to assess their impact on dorsality. Take a look! 🔬🧪🐟🐁 www.cell.com/current-biol...

A scientific figure showing the phenotypic effects of removing individual enhancer elements from the LARM. On the left side of the image are schematic diagrams of the targeted deletions and on the right are fin skeletons showing altered anatomy.
M. Brent Hawkins@homeobox.bsky.social · last yr.

We take for granted that our hands have two sides and can articulate in an endless number of ways. But what about a fish’s fin? Can a fish know something “like the back of its fin,” or have its future told with a fin palm reading? Check out this bluetorial to find out 👇🧪🧬🐟 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Schematics depicting the dorsal and ventral sides of fins and limbs
J Pardo@jdpardo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New in @science.org ...since our first discoveries of early tetrapods, they have been thought of as "amphibians" characterized by aquatic larvae. But is this true? For the first time, we report exceptional fossils of stem tetrapod babies that upend this paradigm. 1/n www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Direct development of stem tetrapods across the fin-to-limb transition

Modern amphibians are characterized by an aquatic larval stage that ends abruptly with a period of widespread tissue remodeling (metamorphosis) upon transition to terrestrial adulthood. A transient la...

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Sandy Kawano, PhD@sandyk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Job Alert! I am recruiting a postdoc (and soon a lab tech) to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes at the University of Virginia. Details at: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0.... Ads for postdoc+lab tech on salamander locomotion grant coming soon! 🧪🐟🦎

Research Associate in Biology in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia

Apply for Research Associate in Biology job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at University of Virginia

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology@sicb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Be sure and don’t miss this #podcast episode and this paper as well👍 #Hormones, performance and fitness: Natural history and #endocrine experiments on a #lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) Henry B. John-Alder , et al doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36142-Sceloporus-undulatus
Biology Exit Interviews | A Science Podcast@bioexitinterviews.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Dr. Henry John-Alder in episode 3. He offers some interesting stories about being discouraged from doing comparative physiology as a grad student. Good thing he didn't listen! #scicomm @sicb.bsky.social @sicbjournals.bsky.social youtu.be/AzDOl6Dc2j0

Jerry Husak@jerry-husak.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Henry has such an interesting history, having worked with huge names and mentored now-huge names. He’s made a lot of great contributions to comp phys and endocrinology despite advice he was given early on.

Biology Exit Interviews | A Science Podcast@bioexitinterviews.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Dr. Henry John-Alder in episode 3. He offers some interesting stories about being discouraged from doing comparative physiology as a grad student. Good thing he didn't listen! #scicomm @sicb.bsky.social @sicbjournals.bsky.social youtu.be/AzDOl6Dc2j0

Jerry Husak@jerry-husak.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This paper was so fun to write! Special @jexpbiol.bsky.social issue on the integrative physiology of exercise. Check it out for the description of trying to train flounder! A life-history perspective on exercise url: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...

A life-history perspective on exercise

Summary: The phenotypic responses to exercise are ancestral in vertebrates, but a lack of studies that restrict resources during training limits our knowledge of whether exercise-induced trade-offs are consistent or common.

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@canaztekin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo

Species-specific oxygen sensing governs the initiation of vertebrate limb regeneration

Why mammals cannot regenerate limbs like amphibians do presents a long-standing puzzle in biology. To uncover the underlying differences, we compared amputation responses of embryonic mouse (Mus musculus) and Xenopus laevis tadpole limbs. Lowering ...

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology@sicb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Don't miss out on #SICB ers @jerry-husak.bsky.social & Simon Lailvaux's latest #science #podcast🙌 & read their recent guest's #Phenotypic integration and independence: #Hormones, performance, and response to #environmental change Ellen D. Ketterson et al doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #biologists

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo22438771.html
Biology Exit Interviews | A Science Podcast@bioexitinterviews.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We had an absolute blast talking to Dr. Ellen Ketterson in episode 2 of Biology Exit Interviews! youtu.be/-qKKpp2fpxw #science #biology #integrativebiology #scicomm

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology@sicb.bsky.social · 5mo ago

SICBers @jerry-husak.bsky.social & Simon Lailvaux first #podcast episode of @bioexitinterviews.bsky.social 🙌be sure to listen. ( @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @thomsanger.bsky.social @noahwithfish.bsky.social @karlycohen.bsky.social @kassthefish.bsky.social @marianneporter.bsky.social Enjoy👍)

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Jerry Husak@jerry-husak.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Simon Lailvaux and I have a new podcast! We talk to big-name biologists about how science has changed over their careers. Here’s the first episode - look for more every couple of weeks!