Peter Hundt
@pjhundt.bsky.social
|— Consulting Data Manager w/ Sociology of the Purpose Project \:::/ Ichthyologist |;;;| #Blenny biologist /:::\ Carp stuff —| @BellMuseum https://phundt.wixsite.com/pjhundt
The Sam Noble Museum is hiring a Collection Manager for the Fish Collection! Come work with me in Oklahoma! Please share widely! #TeamFish #MuseumJobs jobs.ou.edu/jobs/curator...
Curator Archivist - Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Pay Range: Targeted salary $18.99 per hour, based on experience Benefits Eligible: Yes Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (may include some weekends) Travel: May be required For Be...
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🧵1/11 New paper alert! One of 2 out today from #NearLab. Tunas are basically the superheroes of the ocean — warm-blooded, massive, and blazing fast. But HOW did they get that way? A new study just cracked open 50+ million years of evolutionary history. Let's dive in. 🐟⬇️
Check out our new paper linking #genomics and #geology with #evolution in a group of freshwater #fish. Grateful to have played a small part in this exciting study led by @dkimfish.bsky.social , Dr. Maya Stokes, and @tjnear.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Folarin Balogun, who is a US citizen because he was born here, scores a go-ahead goal for the US team in a knockout game. Score one for birthright citizenship.
Dive into the κ-opioid receptor world! New findings: stable dimer formation in cells. Cryo-EM structures reveal salvinorin A-bound κOR with two Gi proteins. PMID:42215488, Nat Commun 2026, @NatureComms https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73615-x #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪
Structural characterization of kappa-opioid receptor dimer in complex with two G proteins | Nature Communications
The κ-opioid receptor (κOR) represents a promising non-addictive analgesic target due to its critical role in pain and reward pathways. Despite evidence of κOR dimerization, its molecular basis and pharmacological significance remain elusive. Here, we demonstrate stable κOR dimer formation in living cells and present cryo-electron microscopy structures of salvinorin A-bound κOR dimer complexed with two Gi proteins, revealing a parallel assembly distinct from previously characterized GPCR dimers that engage only single G protein. Multiple membrane lipids are positioned at the TM1-Helix 8 interface, where they make extensive contacts with both protomers and may contribute to the stability of the κOR dimer. Importantly, dimerization significantly enhances Gi protein recruitment to κOR in both potency and efficacy. We also demonstrate that salvinorin A, a non-nitrogenous agonist, binds similarly in monomeric and dimeric κOR, and identify Y3127.35 as a critical selectivity determinant acros
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I’m excited to share a new paper from my lab, by former PhD student Ben Schultz! It’s a genome paper for the northern redbelly dace, a small freshwater fish with fascinating biology - stay tuned for more cool work enabled by this resource. doi.org/10.1139/gen-...
The first chromosome-level annotated reference genome for Chrosomus eos, the Northern Redbelly Dace
Hybridization amongst teleost fish species is an ongoing phenomenon with unclear implications Chrosomus eos, the Northern Redbelly Dace, is a species with an especially complex and fascinating history...
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1/12 🚨🚨 I am so excited to share chapter 1 of my dissertation, now preprinted here: biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We ask if are their fundamental, shared mechanisms that stop us from inferring the relationship of species and their timescale of divergence #biology #science
Really excited to share that Chris Martinez & my paper on ecological, functional, & evolutionary diversity produced by novel jaw joints in fishes is out at@evojlinnsoc.bsky.social! We show how modulation of these new joints can produce a wide range of functional opportunities doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Happy to see the new publication of our study on the Ironcolor Shiner and understanding its genetic diversity using population genomics. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Unique genetic diversity and differential demographics revealed in peripheral populations of a North American minnow, the Ironcolor Shiner (Alburnops chalybaeus) - Conservation Genetics
Peripheral and disjunct populations are often the result of historic geological changes in the landscape and because of the long temporal span of colonization or vicariance, they are often genetically...
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I am recruiting Ph.D. students this cycle. Students interested in deep-sea fishes and phylogenetic comparative methods are an especially good fit.
Our paper unpacking "fitness" is out doi.org/10.1093/gene.... How to define fitness depends on what question you ask. Selection acts on organismal vital rates, longer-term outcomes make sense for genetic lineages, models link them. "Invasion fitness" = speed, but sometimes probability matters more.
Why there are so many definitions of fitness in models
Abstract. Evolutionary “fitness” is operationalized in many different ways in models. Its role is to quantify that which is favored by natural selection. G
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Joanna Masel@joannamasel.bsky.social · 2y agoOur latest preprint doi.org/10.32942/X2V... explains why fitness can be defined in so many ways, and which version(s) you should use when. Fitness quantifies what natural selection favors. 1/
100 Days of Reef Fish Blennies day 1/10: watercolor painting of a Schroeder’s Coral Blenny, Ecsenius schroederi. This species eats algae, helping to keep coral reefs clean and in balance. #sciart #coralreefs #marinelife #dothe100daysproject
100 Days of Reef Fish Blennies day 2/10: Yellowtail Fangblenny, Meiacanthus atrodorsalis, also commonly called the Eyelash Blenny because of the dark markings by its eyes. This blenny species is venomous. #sciart #coralreefs #marinelife #dothe100daysproject
According to the Minnesota DNR, it’s the first time in more than a century there’s been documentation of a reproducing cougar population in the state.
Trail cameras capture footage of cougar kittens in northern Minnesota
Cougars were native to Minnesota before becoming extinct within the state, according to the DNR. Over the past two decades, there have been dozens of sightings of lone cougars across Minnesota.
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New paper led by @taylorblack.bsky.social shows AVT modulates aggression in darter lineages with nest site territoriality and paternal care but elicits no behavioral response in a species that secondarily lost territoriality and care www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Lineage-specific decoupling of arginine vasotocin-evoked aggression in male darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae)
The repeated evolution of parental care is often accompanied by shifts in the neural circuits and hormonal pathways that regulate motivation and aggre…
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‼️NEW ANGLERFISH PAPER! 🐟🎣 So excited to share the final part of my Master’s research! We explore the bizarre tacklebox of anglerfish lures and show how these fishes evolved different ways to attract prey and maybe even mates in the deep sea. 🧪🦑🌊🦇🦀 Open access paper link: doi.org/10.1643/i202...
The Artemis crew may have seen a lot of stars today while they flew around the moon, but they didn't see this guy! Starry Blenny (Salarias ramosus) and its fabulous eyebrows (okay, cirri, if we must). Pic from Anilao #MarineLife 🐟🌿 #UnderwaterPhotography #WildlifePhotography
Always fun to collaborate Josh Egan! Very interesting diets… especially the prevalence of the invasive bigheaded carps (Hypophthalmichthys spp.) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Diet of juvenile skipjack herring Alosa chrysochloris: Ontogenetic shifts, predator–prey size ratios and mouth gape allometry
The skipjack herring Alosa chrysochloris inhabits Gulf of Mexico drainages, primarily the Mississippi River Basin, and estuarine environments in the Gulf of Mexico. The trophic ecology of the skipjac...
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Sharing this one last time: we're looking for a tenure track ecologist with a focus on global change biology at UW-Green Bay. Applications close on March 29 🧪🌍🪶
Paolo Segre@paolosegre.bsky.social · 6mo agoCome work with us at UW-Green Bay! We're hiring a tenure-track ecologist with a focus on global change biology. 🧪🌎🪶 wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UW_Com...
A little Throwback Thursday to one of my first pieces on hot press paper, a cute Yellow Boxfish! #SciArt #AnimalArt #MarineLife #Watercolor #FineArt
#OnThisDay Mar 11 1893: Wanda Gág is born in New Ulm, Minnesota. After graduating from the Minneapolis School of Art, she writes the classic "Millions of Cats" in 1928, the prototype for all modern children's literature. Today it remains the oldest American picture book still in print.
Some professors at the University of St. Thomas are doing a research project on the effects of the ICE occupation on Twin Cities parents. They're looking for parents who are US citizens, who live in the Twin Cities metro area, and who have kids ages 5-10. stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Psychosocial Wellbeing and Parenting Responses during Intensified ICE in Minnesota
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Check out our new paper on clingfishes led by @fishtide.bsky.social!
Genome Biology and Evolution@genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 5mo agoWagner et al. combined phenotypic and genomic data to study convergence in Mediterranean gravel beach clingfishes, revealing convergence at the level of individual genes, variants, and biological pathways, but not across genomes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag031 #genome #evolution
Just published: A very unusual fish, described here as a new genus and species of loach, and the first groundwater-dwelling fish reported from Northeast India. Meet 𝑮𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒌 𝒏𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒏𝒂! Open access article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I don’t care that Kash Patel went to the Olympics but I do care that he’s such a fucking dork.
Here. Hope this helps. Signed, A New York Meteorologist Reluctantly Living in MN Since 2016
People who immigrate to the U.S. come here to find safety and opportunity and contribute to our communities. We should be welcomed with dignity, not demonized.
New from the #NearLab, Chase Brownstein chasedbrownstein.bsky.social takes the lead on Phylogenomics and the origins of sharks. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
