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Undergrad researcher Lan Qiu at @apadivision50.bsky.social & @abctabsig.bsky.social Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Annual Meeting! Dual Nicotine & Cannabis Use among Asian American & Pacific Island Adults. #CPA2026 #CPA26 @lsu.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsupsychology.bsky.social
Who doesn’t love an #axolotl?! 🧬 But this funny salamander has competition in the regeneration game… youtube.com/shorts/DfeTg...
Meet the Fish That Could Regrow Fins A Million Years Before The Axolotl Got Here
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lsu.edu/blog/2026/05... I’ve had so much fun collaborating with Ambre Placide and Barbara Tartarotti @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social on this project! Thanks to @fromthelabbench.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social for covering the story. @lsuscience.bsky.social
Only about half of the students who begin college as STEM majors continue in the field. LSU experts saw a path to addressing this issue, with a first-year seminar course for college students interested in STEM, designed to build confidence and skills! lsu.edu/blog/2026/04... #STEM #scicomm
In a study of microplastics in ocean-floor sediments off the coast of Puerto Rico, LSU's Kam-biu Liu and others found: 🧃 microplastics in layers dating back to 1950 🧃 heavier microplastics in more recent layers 🧃 Hurricanes leave more deposits link.springer.com/article/10.1...
LSU College of Science’s Daniel Powell studies a small fish from central Mexico to explore how species form and stay separate—even when they live side by side in the wild. www.lsu.edu/science/news... #fish #evolution #genetics @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social
Where DNA Becomes Art: Visualizing the Code That Connects All Living Things, a Q&A with LSU College of Art and Design's Courtney Barr! 🧬 lsu.edu/blog/2026/04... #sciart #DNA
A single moderate-to-vigorous exercise session can temporarily improve blood sugar control in people with diabetes. But what about exercise "snacking," one minute a few days a day? Researchers have found even this can help: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🍽️ 🏃♂️➡️ 🍽️ 🏃♂️➡️ 🍽️ 🏃♂️➡️
Happy National DNA Day! 🧬 Learn more about the history of DNA sequencing and how it has changed how we do science! www.lsu.edu/blog/2026/04... #genetics #science #nationalDNAday
Here’s me giving a talk at the @lsuresearch.bsky.social Biograds conference despite being only a post-bacc! I’m learning to just volunteer for as much sci comm as possible and if they actually let me do it, I’m better for it. More info about the conference: biograds.wixsite.com/biograds
Discover Day today! Please join us in the Student Union to see the results of some fantastic undergraduate research. While you’re there, be sure to check out posters from rockstar Kelly lab students Deborah Shobamowo and Suzie Heneghan 🌊@lsuscience.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social l
@lsuresearch.bsky.social Discover Day 2026: Thanks for giving me the opportunity to share my research with the community!
Gait analysis for horses 🐎 to identify problematic movements and correct them before injuries occur? It's now a thing, thanks to a newly published digital 4D model by @lsuvetmed.bsky.social researchers! #equineresearch #horse #gaitanalysis Learn more! lsu.edu/blog/2026/04...
NASA Artemis Film & Video Librarian by day, LSU graduate student studying library science by night?! Meet John Hughes, working at NASA and going to @lsu.bsky.social! #Moon #artemisII www.lsu.edu/blog/2026/04...
Happy #WorldMicroscopeDay! 🔬 Today, we have 9 stunning materials science images for you, celebrating this day in 1625 when the term " #microscope " was first used! For example, this image of modified #moon 🌑 soil! See more: lsu.edu/blog/2026/04... @lsuengineering.bsky.social
From the smartphones in our pockets to the tools we use in hospitals and homes, space exploration has quietly reshaped everyday life on Earth. 8 TECHNOLOGIES WE WOULDN’T HAVE WITHOUT SPACE EXPLORATION! www.lsu.edu/blog/2026/04...
Excited to share my first first-author publication!! HyPhy is a Python-based tool for studying fungal hyphal networks, opening new doors to connect fungal architecture with genetic and environmental factors.
Dr. Jordan Dowell@volatileorganic.bsky.social · 11mo agoHey y’all first grad student paper from the lab and @melaniemadrigal.bsky.social ‘s first-first author manuscript. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Interested in learning more about how Botrytis cinerea overcomes host defenses? Check out our new preprint, where we expose a diverse population to linalool to uncover the genetic basis of resistance: doi.org/10.64898/202... ! 😎
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@lsuresearch.bsky.social · 4mo agoMelanie Madrigal, a grad student in the @lsu.bsky.social Dept of Biological Sciences in Jordan A. Dowell's lab, has an odd lab “pet”: a #fungus known as gray mold or Botrytis cinerea. She’s working to characterize its growth under different conditions - with images! youtube.com/shorts/wibIW...
Melanie Madrigal, a grad student in the @lsu.bsky.social Dept of Biological Sciences in Jordan A. Dowell's lab, has an odd lab “pet”: a #fungus known as gray mold or Botrytis cinerea. She’s working to characterize its growth under different conditions - with images! youtube.com/shorts/wibIW...
Skeletons of Fungi
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Update: the astronauts are reporting they did indeed see at least four impact flashes from meteors on the moon!!! ☄️🌑
@lsuresearch.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe #ArtemisII crew plans to observe and document any meteorites hitting the #moon from the far side later today! Learn more about lunar meteorites and geology with @lsu.bsky.social geologist Matthew Loocke: lsu.edu/blog/2026/04...
The #ArtemisII crew plans to observe and document any meteorites hitting the #moon from the far side later today! Learn more about lunar meteorites and geology with @lsu.bsky.social geologist Matthew Loocke: lsu.edu/blog/2026/04...
The future of #computing might look a lot like... #chemistry. LSU researchers have developed soft membranes that can be controlled with light ⚡ to work as resistors or capacitors with MEMORY 💽. They may be useful for neuromorphic 🧠 computing. Learn more: lsu.edu/blog/2026/04...
From the shape of atomic nuclei to the future of quantum computing, LSU physicist Dr. Kristina Launey (@lsuphysastro.bsky.social) is advancing how we understand matter at its most fundamental level. @lsuresearch.bsky.social
Super excited to have this publication out!!!!!
Botanical Society of America@botsocamerica.bsky.social · 4mo agoSkelPy: A graphic user interface–based approach for skeletonizing fungal networks New in #AppsPlantSci by @melaniemadrigal.bsky.social, Aaron Moseley, Jenna Moseley & @volatileorganic.bsky.social bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @dowelllab.bsky.social #botany #mycology #fungi
Throwing back to this story as the #Artemis II launch approaches! LSU engineers are helping ensure future astronauts can easily build structures on the #moon! Astronauts Could Live in Structures Made from Moon Rocks eos.org/articles/ast...
Astronauts Could Live in Structures Made from Moon Rocks - Eos
Scientists are testing “mooncrete,” a concrete analogue made from lunar regolith, as a potential material to build structures on the Moon.
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Mark your calendars! @LSUVetMed is hosting the 2026 #Epigenetic Inheritance Symposium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from July 15-17. www.lsu.edu/vetmed/event...
HPX, developed at LSU, enables software developers to efficiently use available computing resources, from single nodes to large-scale distributed systems. At LSU, HPX has been used to create complex models in astrophysics and to make faster storm surge and flood predictions! @lsu.bsky.social
High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF)@hpsf.bsky.social · 4mo agoHPSF is pleased to welcome HPX as a new established project! 💪 HPX brings a modern approach to parallel and distributed computing in C++, expanding the foundation’s portfolio of technologies advancing scalable, high performance systems. Read more: bit.ly/4deFGr3 @lsuresearch.bsky.social
The shape of branching networks, like the roots of a tree or the filamentous growths of a fungus, can tell us about their function. How do growth conditions or genetics impact the network shape? LSU researchers have created a tool that “skeletonizes” #fungi to reveal the network!
Congratulations to Peter Doran, Lucio Miele, and Bret Elderd for being honored as 2025 @aaas.org Fellows! Please join us in congratulating these amazing researchers and physicians. Hear from them: www.lsu.edu/blog/2026/03... #AAASFellows @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social
![Looking through one of the four windows of the Orion spacecraft, a tiny crescent Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space and grows smaller as the crew journeys closer to the Moon. Part of the window edge is visible; the rest is darkness. [Alt-text slightly revised from ESA/NASA version]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:62gdkmpwa7xme36getyqnem3/bafkreigksp6ynzr4oxga34viyko2fgg47c6262zz7rqj3khvz3y24pz4by)