Fudge Lab
@fudgelab.bsky.social
Douglas Fudge's lab at Chapman University: Marine Biology, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biophysics, Hagfishes, Slime, 1st-gen; opinions my own.
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Fudge Lab
@fudgelab.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Happy to be joining the conversation on Bluesky! I’ll be posting about our research on the biology of hagfishes, marine biology, bio-inspired design, and reposting all things slimy and fishy.
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Roses are red
That dino looks ill
That dino looks ill
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Roses are red
That dino looks ill
That dino looks ill
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Henri Rivière’s Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower (1888–1902) publicdomainreview.org/collection/3...
Henri Rivière’s *Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower* (1888–1902)
French lithographs of the Eiffel Tower and its environs, in the style of Japanese woodblock prints.
publicdomainreview.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Henri Rivière’s Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower (1888–1902) publicdomainreview.org/collection/3...
Congrats Grant!
Congrats to Grant McClelland for winning the President's Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social! Fantastic and well-deserved recognition for a great mentor, colleague, and research buddy!
registrar.mcmaster.ca/convocation-...
registrar.mcmaster.ca/convocation-...
Faculty of Engineering & Faculty of Science
registrar.mcmaster.ca
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Congrats Grant!
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After 3 decades of work by Alameda Creek Alliance (& others), chinook salmon make it 20 miles upstream from San Francisco Bay, farther than ever since the 1950s!
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
‘Epic’: Salmon seen far upstream in Bay Area creek for first time in 70 years
After the removal of small dams and the addition of fish ladders, salmon have been seen swimming further up a Bay Area creek than at anytime since the 1950s.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
After 3 decades of work by Alameda Creek Alliance (& others), chinook salmon make it 20 miles upstream from San Francisco Bay, farther than ever since the 1950s!
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Attempt number seven at uploading this video of intermediate filaments in an enormous COS7 cell. I have a feeling the BlueSky compression will not do it any favors.
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Attempt number seven at uploading this video of intermediate filaments in an enormous COS7 cell. I have a feeling the BlueSky compression will not do it any favors.
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For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
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In honor of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, our Museums will offer free admission to all visitors from 3 - 5pm this Friday, November 21. Free tickets will be available at any on-site museum ticketing desk.
The #NHMLAC is proud to offer this general admission benefit at both @tarpits.org and @nhm.org.
The #NHMLAC is proud to offer this general admission benefit at both @tarpits.org and @nhm.org.
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In honor of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, our Museums will offer free admission to all visitors from 3 - 5pm this Friday, November 21. Free tickets will be available at any on-site museum ticketing desk.
The #NHMLAC is proud to offer this general admission benefit at both @tarpits.org and @nhm.org.
The #NHMLAC is proud to offer this general admission benefit at both @tarpits.org and @nhm.org.
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I know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
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November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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I never expected that AI would flood authors with scam emails from "private" "communities" of "readers." One of many examples from the past few weeks:
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I never expected that AI would flood authors with scam emails from "private" "communities" of "readers." One of many examples from the past few weeks:
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
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Why did I only just find out that that there are water striders that live IN (ON!!) THE OPEN OCEAN? 🧪
OCEAN STRIDERS!!
OCEAN STRIDERS!!
Why did only one genus of insects, Halobates, take to the high seas?
Oceans cover over 70% of the earth’s surface and house a dizzying array of organisms, including five species of the peppercorn-sized ocean-skater Halobates, which live exclusively at the ocean surface...
journals.plos.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Why did I only just find out that that there are water striders that live IN (ON!!) THE OPEN OCEAN? 🧪
OCEAN STRIDERS!!
OCEAN STRIDERS!!
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For the first time, humans have tracked an individual butterfly, as shown in the Monarch migration of north America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@bc-suffolk.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@bc-suffolk.bsky.social
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
For the first time, humans have tracked an individual butterfly, as shown in the Monarch migration of north America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@bc-suffolk.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@bc-suffolk.bsky.social
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I am recruiting graduate students to my genomics-focused lab in EEB at Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Please spread the word if you know any students with an interest in a computational focus to genomics research! evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/GradStudentPositions//UIllinois.EEB.Genomics
The Catchen Lab (https://catchenlab.life.illinois.edu/), in the Department
of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign is recruiting graduate students to join...
evol.mcmaster.ca
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am recruiting graduate students to my genomics-focused lab in EEB at Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Please spread the word if you know any students with an interest in a computational focus to genomics research! evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
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These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
#marineecology
#research
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#marineecology
#research
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
The search for a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale had taken five years, when a thieving albatross nearly ruined it all
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
#marineecology
#research
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#marineecology
#research
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How do cells adapt morphology to function? In a 🔥 preprint by @zjmaggiexu.bsky.social , with @dudinlab.bsky.social and @amyweeks.bsky.social , we identify a self-organizing single-cell morphology circuit that optimizes the feeding trap structure of the suctorian P. collini. 🧵 tinyurl.com/4k8nv926
November 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
How do cells adapt morphology to function? In a 🔥 preprint by @zjmaggiexu.bsky.social , with @dudinlab.bsky.social and @amyweeks.bsky.social , we identify a self-organizing single-cell morphology circuit that optimizes the feeding trap structure of the suctorian P. collini. 🧵 tinyurl.com/4k8nv926
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Coiled nerves allow chameleons to move their eyes in multiple directions at once without moving their heads. https://scim.ag/3LLUFgk
The twisted secret behind a chameleon’s oddball eyes
Coiled nerves allow the reptiles to move their peepers in multiple directions at once without moving their heads
www.science.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Coiled nerves allow chameleons to move their eyes in multiple directions at once without moving their heads. https://scim.ag/3LLUFgk
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Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
Resumption of Operations at NSF
Information for NSF staff and the research community regarding the agency's resumption of operations after a lapse in appropriations.
www.nsf.gov
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
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🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 NOAA's Teacher at Sea program - Online Application: Opens 11/19/25 and Closes 12/12/25. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/teache...
Teacher at Sea Program
NOAA’s Teacher at Sea Program offers educators a unique opportunity to join NOAA scientists aboard an ocean research vessel as a member of the science team.
www.fisheries.noaa.gov
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 NOAA's Teacher at Sea program - Online Application: Opens 11/19/25 and Closes 12/12/25. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/teache...
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Technology innovation is transforming ocean science. This #BlueTechMonth, global experts showcase bold ideas driving the next era of the blue economy. MBARI’s Chris Scholin joins a panel on collaboration and tech. Learn more: tmabluetech.org/bluetech-month-2025
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Technology innovation is transforming ocean science. This #BlueTechMonth, global experts showcase bold ideas driving the next era of the blue economy. MBARI’s Chris Scholin joins a panel on collaboration and tech. Learn more: tmabluetech.org/bluetech-month-2025
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The mass extinction at the end of the Permian was so bad that people call it the "Great Dying." But, it turns out marine life didn't take long to rebound. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The mass extinction at the end of the Permian was so bad that people call it the "Great Dying." But, it turns out marine life didn't take long to rebound. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
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Deep in the Sumatran jungle today we found the extraordinary flowers of Rhizanthes pushing their fangs through the forest floor. A sap-sucking, leafless parasite, this is one of the world's weirdest plants.
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Deep in the Sumatran jungle today we found the extraordinary flowers of Rhizanthes pushing their fangs through the forest floor. A sap-sucking, leafless parasite, this is one of the world's weirdest plants.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM