@thomsanger
Associate Professor at Loyola University Chicago Evolution and development of lizards focusing on the face and genitalia Teaches classes on animal diversity, the evolution of sex, and science communication anolisevodevo.space
Insects living in the lowland tropics have evolved to deal with brutal heat. But many of them are close to their limit, according to a massive study that assessed the heat tolerance of hundreds of species. https://scim.ag/406Y5yh
🏆 Our science communication awards are now open!
These awards recognize exceptional science journalists, communicators, and researchers whose work in 2025 made #STEM accessible and engaging for broad audiences.
Deadline: April 3, 2026
Apply now: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel... #scicomm
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NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26)
Directorates to follow
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Every day Vought withholds $ from these agencies is a day where a grad student doesn’t get funding, a day where a postdoc has to look for work elsewhere, a day where early career scientists lose gap funding with a fundable grant sitting on this clowns desk. We’re losing a generation of scientists.
Thrilled to be featured on the cover of @devdynamics.bsky.social
highlighting our 2 anole studies published:
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Thanks so much @thomsanger.bsky.social for hosting me when I took this image!
it's the AI PRFB now 🙃
It is always a pleasure to work with you, Bonnie! Let's do it more often.
Excited that our study on oogenesis and germinal bed morphology in the brown anole is published! Find it here:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social @mdandersn.bsk.social @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @cambiochem.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @cam.ac.uk
Rand Paul up to his usual dipshittery. "The NSF spent $8 billion to study whether Japanese qual are more sexually promiscuous while on cocaine"
The total NSF budget was 9 billion. I doubt they spend 89% of it on quail.
On this final day of #SICB2026, we want to thank everyone who has taken part in our PUI Action Group events! It's been a blast connecting with all of you. If you want to learn more about the PUI Action Group, check out our website: sicb.org/committees/p...
What a #SICB2026 conference! If you’d like to talk science and monsters with me on YouTube (Monster vs Data!) let me know below! Tell your colleagues too!
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Getting ready to come to #SICB? www.instagram.com/reel/DS-8tUU...
Be sure to make time for these great things to do in #Portland🙌
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& don’t miss the cuisine 👍
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Percentage change in US counties’ annual income per capita due to climate change, averaged over 2000 to 2019. The first four rows depict impacts from changes in the number of days in that temperature bin, and the final row depicts impacts from changes in days of all types. Columns indicate different calculations. Greens indicate benefits and purples indicate losses from climate change. Gold coloring indicates no days of that type.
Climate change has affected the US economy, reducing per capita income by as much as 12.1% when accounting for indirect effects from temperature changes in all counties. Americans in the Great Plains and Midwest have been hurt the most. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/bR5t50XQ1m8
A ChatGPT diagram of a skull with some weird labels. The lower jaw is both the mandible and the occipital bone. Also, the nasal cavity is between two teeth!
Given all the recent buzz about how great ChatGPT has gotten, including its prowess with images, I figured I'd check in on its anatomical skills. Nope.
Apply for Development's Pathway to Independence programme
The programme aims to support a small number of researchers in the fields of developmental biology, stem cells and regeneration as they transition from postdoc to group leader. Read more ⬇️
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Hey SICB, this is a great time to remind you about an open position at Loyola University Chicago that combines the biology of sex with the humanities and social sciences. If you are interested and have questions, please let me know. The app. deadline is Jan. 1.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
Boxing up the NSF at Eisenhower Av for the forced relocation. Boxes have “Details Matter” signage.
NSF
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
Candidates must also be able to teach about how sex and gender manifest in social, cultural, and political arenas as part of the WSGS program. I am the search chair, so reach out with questions or to express interest
The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology. Candidates may have expertise in any discipline associated with the biology of sex.
As our semesters wrap up, it's time for one more reminder about our open position. The application deadline is Jan. 1, 2026.
The Department of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
A side quest/future project of mine is to figure out what the axial fiber in amphibian sperm tails is made of. Maybe the same material that makes up the fibrous sheath of mammal sperm? These SEMs show an intact cell and one where the cell membrane is lost revealing the protein structure of the fiber
The new Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) Program page is posted. Please contact us at BIOEDGE@nsf.gov if you have questions. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
***Important***
BIO will host a Virtual Office Hour (VOH) on Thurs, Dec 18th, 2025, 1 - 2 pm ET.
In this VOH, we’ll be joined by leadership to outline updates to NSF’s review process & share news relevant to all areas of research funded by BIO.
Register here: nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...
Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
@sicb.bsky.social’s Public Affairs Committee is running their Student Journalism program again this year and is hosting a cool multimedia science communication workshop with panelists @bigbiology.bsky.social, Sönke Johnsen, @oceanfilly.bsky.social, and @virginiagewin.bsky.social!!
More jobs like this. Not fewer
Candidates may have expertise in any discipline associated with the biology of sex. Candidates must also be able to teach about how sex and gender manifest in social, cultural, and political arenas as part of the WSGS program. I am the search chair, so reach out with questions or to express interest
The Dept of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex. The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
