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David Hu

@drdavidhu.bsky.social

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Scientist and author of HOW TO WALK ON WATER AND CLIMB UP WALLS https://goo.gl/vVHv3d Profile in @nytimes: https://goo.gl/mu2rMT Proud winner of @IgNobel

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David Hu @drdavidhu.bsky.social · May 24

this hilarious video is going in my first lecture to ME undergrads this fall!

Ze Frank @zefrank.bsky.social · Apr 16

New True Facts! Insect Waterbenders!
youtu.be/H5bZ4Vk2u7M?...

True Facts: Insect Water Walkers

YouTube video by Ze Frank

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David Hu @drdavidhu.bsky.social · Sep 10

My kid drew figure 2. Great chance to share @danielecarlesso.bsky.social with the family

Daniele Carlesso @danielecarlesso.bsky.social · Sep 9

Excited to share an awesome piece by @drdavidhu.bsky.social in @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social about our latest paper!

Curious to know how weaver #ants achieve superefficiency when working together? Check it out! 🐜🐜🐜

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Cooperative behavior: Superefficient weaver ants

Teamwork has long faced a dilemma: as team members are added, the effectiveness of each individual decreases — a phenomenon known as ‘Ringelmann’s effect’. A new study shows that weaver ants in pullin...

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David Hu @drdavidhu.bsky.social · Aug 15

“The ability to tell the truth, especially when it does not suit any particularly partisan aims, is an essential prerequisite for a free society” great article

Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · Aug 14

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists’ role in defending democracy

The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

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Nathan Harness @nathanharness.bsky.social · May 29

Look. At. This. (!). A fungus spore landed on this weevil. Grew inside and caused it to climb to the top of this plant- while the fungus killed it. Consumed its body. Used that energy to shoot up a red fruiting body to release more spores. To zombify more weevils. A mind controlling killer fungus.

A dead weevil with a fungus fruiting body growing out of it

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Hungtang Ko @hungtangko.bsky.social · Aug 1

Call for contributions to our symposium on animal collective movement in complex environments at SICB 2026 in Portland, OR! Submit your abstract to our complementary sessions and join us for two days of fun discussing and exchanging research on the biomechanics and energetics of animal movement!

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David Hu @drdavidhu.bsky.social · Jul 31

Great theme song too in that movie

David Hu @drdavidhu.bsky.social · Jul 31

“This trabecular bone is highly anisotropic with trabecular orientations reflecting the mechanical load distribution along the limb” very interesting . I didn’t know bone could grow like that

Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social · Jul 31

lovely to come back from holiday to find this paper is now out -- I really enjoyed collaborating with @camillebader.bsky.social, @houssayecnrs.bsky.social, @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social et al on this 🦣🦴

Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · Jul 24

Oh! Another paper! From @camillebader.bsky.social Camille Bader's PhD, with Alexandra Houssaye @houssayecnrs.bsky.social. Elephant limb bone microanatomy reflects bone function and posture.
Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Tons of CT scan DICOM files:
figshare.com/articles/dat...

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · May 30

@biologycarly.bsky.social has new #book The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog,
featuring @drdavidhu.bsky.social & many more!

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/carly....

"A brilliant new voice in #science writing—”witty, whip-smart, truly one of our best” (Mary Roach)
#science #research

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David Hu @drdavidhu.bsky.social · May 24

@sicb.bsky.social good luck with your research this summer. Sicb conference in January in Oregon is free for undergrads so I hope you can come present your work. Other biology journalists there too

David Hu @drdavidhu.bsky.social · May 24

Do you know why sharks and rays can evert their intestines? @kaytrue.bsky.social

David Hu @drdavidhu.bsky.social · May 24

this hilarious video is going in my first lecture to ME undergrads this fall!

Ze Frank @zefrank.bsky.social · Apr 16

New True Facts! Insect Waterbenders!
youtu.be/H5bZ4Vk2u7M?...

True Facts: Insect Water Walkers

YouTube video by Ze Frank

youtu.be

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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · May 9

I know you all know this, but apparently it needs to be said that basic science is a NECESSARY PRECURSOR to translational science

Dustin Rubenstein @dustinrubenstein.com · May 9

NSF to ONLY fund research in five areas: artificial intelligence, quantum information science, biotechnology, nuclear energy, and translational science. Can this be happening?

www.science.org/content/arti...

NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring

Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

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David Hu @drdavidhu.bsky.social · May 24

funding research is not a cost...its an investment!

@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · May 24

This response by @jeremymberg.bsky.social is powerful. Saying the US does more than its share of scientific research is "like saying we're getting more than our share of economic growth", given our 2 1/2 fold return on every dollar invested in research. Forbes says cuts will cost the US $10bn/yr.

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · May 23

Senator Durbin noted that some (I believe Republican Senators) had indicated the US had been doing more than its share of biomedical research and it was time for other countries take a turn.

I felt I had to interrupt to respond...

David Hu @drdavidhu.bsky.social · May 22

A figure is worth a thousand words-- especially true for scientific papers. Great article by double major in journalism and biology @mckennasweet.bsky.social . Thanks to @kaytrue.bsky.social for getting me into the UW Daily!

@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · May 19

Very nice article by UW undergraduate @mckennasweet.bsky.social on @drdavidhu.bsky.social's lecture at @uwchemistry.bsky.social in which McKenna explores how David found inspiration for some of his scientific directions and how he communicates his results effectively: www.dailyuw.com/science/mosq...

‘Mosquitoes, earwax, and bird baths’: David Hu gives 2025 Paul C. Cross Endowed Lecture in Physical Chemistry

Professor David Hu educated an audience about where mosquitoes target people, how mammal earwax protects against insects, and the specifics of birds bathing in just under an hour May 6

www.dailyuw.com

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David Hu @drdavidhu.bsky.social · May 12

hydrostatic paradoxes are a great way to engage undergraduates

Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · May 10

Pascal’s Law xkcd.com/3087

David Hu @drdavidhu.bsky.social · May 12

Thanks @kaytrue.bsky.social I'll bring this up in my lecture this fall.

David Hu @drdavidhu.bsky.social · May 8

Thanks @kaytrue.bsky.social for giving me the chance to see all the latest exciting research at UW. An inspirational visit with the huskies like always!