Thom Sanger
@thomsanger.bsky.social
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
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
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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!
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!
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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!
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!
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@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!!
Be sure to read our latest #SICB newsletter and meet the
Public Affairs Committee chair
Phoebe Edwards
sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=...
The PAC wants to highlight two upcoming #science #communication opportunities at the 2026 annual meeting.
Public Affairs Committee chair
Phoebe Edwards
sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=...
The PAC wants to highlight two upcoming #science #communication opportunities at the 2026 annual meeting.
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@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!!
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More jobs like this. Not fewer
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
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
Biology and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, Lecturer (Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex ), Non-Tenure track
Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The Department of Biology and the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies (WSGS) Program in the College of Arts and Scie...
www.careers.luc.edu
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
More jobs like this. Not fewer
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
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
Biology and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, Lecturer (Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex ), Non-Tenure track
Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The Department of Biology and the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies (WSGS) Program in the College of Arts and Scie...
www.careers.luc.edu
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
How did the study of little brown lizards lead to advocacy for more engaging science communication? Anole Annals was an important stepping stone along this path.
Anoles as the Gateway to Science Advocacy
Prologue Nearly 1500 posts. Over 300 contributors. Worldwide readership. Since its origin 15 years ago, Anole Annals has left its mark on anole researchers, reptile enthusiasts, and people curious…
www.anoleannals.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
How did the study of little brown lizards lead to advocacy for more engaging science communication? Anole Annals was an important stepping stone along this path.
Do I know anyone who lives near Fresno?
Come on out on November 4th for a fun time talking about the biology of sex over a beer.
Come on out on November 4th for a fun time talking about the biology of sex over a beer.
October 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Do I know anyone who lives near Fresno?
Come on out on November 4th for a fun time talking about the biology of sex over a beer.
Come on out on November 4th for a fun time talking about the biology of sex over a beer.
If you are around Chicago today, come listen to this panel, which combines scientists (me) and highly regarded science journalists. The topic may be depressing, but the conversation is sure to be engaging.
October 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
If you are around Chicago today, come listen to this panel, which combines scientists (me) and highly regarded science journalists. The topic may be depressing, but the conversation is sure to be engaging.
Republican support for science paved the way for my career as a biologist. To explain this, I prepared a blog post to accompany a recent Editorial published in @sicbjournals.bsky.social.
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/h...
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/h...
October 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Republican support for science paved the way for my career as a biologist. To explain this, I prepared a blog post to accompany a recent Editorial published in @sicbjournals.bsky.social.
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/h...
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/h...
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Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot
A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
October 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot
A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
A Perspective by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social, @kaliceaphd.bsky.social, Jamy Peng, @spiraldoc.bsky.social & @rogerslabucd.bsky.social on how to combat scientific misinformation
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Vertebral skeletal diversity in mammals is remarkable. How do the differences between vertebral size and shape develop and evolve? See how we tackled this question in our paper published in @natcomms.nature.com today!
October 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Vertebral skeletal diversity in mammals is remarkable. How do the differences between vertebral size and shape develop and evolve? See how we tackled this question in our paper published in @natcomms.nature.com today!
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"Science communication isn't about dumbing it down, it's about meeting people where they are with curiosity, care and clarity."
Great read in Development, and I will definitely try some of these challenges to practice science communication. doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Great read in Development, and I will definitely try some of these challenges to practice science communication. doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot
ABSTRACT. Scientific misinformation is a defining challenge of our time. As public trust in science declines and falsehoods spread faster than facts, the scientific community must rethink its role in ...
doi.org
October 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Science communication isn't about dumbing it down, it's about meeting people where they are with curiosity, care and clarity."
Great read in Development, and I will definitely try some of these challenges to practice science communication. doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Great read in Development, and I will definitely try some of these challenges to practice science communication. doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
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Water anoles take a bubble of air down when they submerge, which they breathe like a tiny scuba tank, and now @lindseyswierk.bsky.social & co reveal that the reptiles may also be using the bubble like a gill, to breathe oxygen directly from the water
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
September 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Water anoles take a bubble of air down when they submerge, which they breathe like a tiny scuba tank, and now @lindseyswierk.bsky.social & co reveal that the reptiles may also be using the bubble like a gill, to breathe oxygen directly from the water
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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New from #SCIMaP - analysis of the White House’s Proposed FY 2026 National Science Foundation Budget.
Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide.
Report: osf.io/e8rnc
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Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide.
Report: osf.io/e8rnc
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September 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New from #SCIMaP - analysis of the White House’s Proposed FY 2026 National Science Foundation Budget.
Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide.
Report: osf.io/e8rnc
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Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide.
Report: osf.io/e8rnc
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@a-weberling.bsky.social & I characterize oogenesis from initiation in the germinal bed to ovulatory follicles for the first time in the brown anole, a powerful reptile model for evo-devo & functional genetics!
Full preprint here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full preprint here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
@a-weberling.bsky.social & I characterize oogenesis from initiation in the germinal bed to ovulatory follicles for the first time in the brown anole, a powerful reptile model for evo-devo & functional genetics!
Full preprint here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full preprint here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Read ICB's latest #editorial
on #Communicating #Science with New Purpose
@thomsanger.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
"The #scientific enterprise of the United States is facing challenges on a scale that many living #scientists have never encountered..."
#communication #scicomm #PhD
on #Communicating #Science with New Purpose
@thomsanger.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
"The #scientific enterprise of the United States is facing challenges on a scale that many living #scientists have never encountered..."
#communication #scicomm #PhD
September 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Read ICB's latest #editorial
on #Communicating #Science with New Purpose
@thomsanger.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
"The #scientific enterprise of the United States is facing challenges on a scale that many living #scientists have never encountered..."
#communication #scicomm #PhD
on #Communicating #Science with New Purpose
@thomsanger.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
"The #scientific enterprise of the United States is facing challenges on a scale that many living #scientists have never encountered..."
#communication #scicomm #PhD
I am one of a growing number of voices encouraging the scientific community to engage with people and policymakers outside of our typical professional circles. Our professional organizations, including @sicb.bsky.social, also need to engage with new audiences by making their science accessible.
September 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I am one of a growing number of voices encouraging the scientific community to engage with people and policymakers outside of our typical professional circles. Our professional organizations, including @sicb.bsky.social, also need to engage with new audiences by making their science accessible.
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A student told her professor “President Trump’s laws state that there are two genders,” and that the lesson was “illegal” for contradicting that. It’s not. Executive orders are not laws.
Compliance with authoritarianism will not protect universities. Either we stand up for our missions or we fall.
Compliance with authoritarianism will not protect universities. Either we stand up for our missions or we fall.
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A student told her professor “President Trump’s laws state that there are two genders,” and that the lesson was “illegal” for contradicting that. It’s not. Executive orders are not laws.
Compliance with authoritarianism will not protect universities. Either we stand up for our missions or we fall.
Compliance with authoritarianism will not protect universities. Either we stand up for our missions or we fall.
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Issue 16 is complete!
On the cover: Embryonic eye of an anole lizard stained for nuclei and F-actin. The image was acquired at the 2025 MBL Embryology course by Arthur Boutillon and was the Editor's choice from the Node image competition.
thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...
On the cover: Embryonic eye of an anole lizard stained for nuclei and F-actin. The image was acquired at the 2025 MBL Embryology course by Arthur Boutillon and was the Editor's choice from the Node image competition.
thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...
September 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Issue 16 is complete!
On the cover: Embryonic eye of an anole lizard stained for nuclei and F-actin. The image was acquired at the 2025 MBL Embryology course by Arthur Boutillon and was the Editor's choice from the Node image competition.
thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...
On the cover: Embryonic eye of an anole lizard stained for nuclei and F-actin. The image was acquired at the 2025 MBL Embryology course by Arthur Boutillon and was the Editor's choice from the Node image competition.
thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...
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Come and be our new Chair of Biology at @gtsciences.bsky.social! We are growing an incredibly exciting ecology and evolution group here at GT and would love a visionary eco-evo minded person at the helm to help us do that. Please spread the word!
biosciences.gatech.edu/chair-search
biosciences.gatech.edu/chair-search
Chair Search
Chair, School of Biological Sciences Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta The School of Biological Sciences of the Georgia Institute of Technology (“Georgia Tech”) invites applications for the pos...
biosciences.gatech.edu
September 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Come and be our new Chair of Biology at @gtsciences.bsky.social! We are growing an incredibly exciting ecology and evolution group here at GT and would love a visionary eco-evo minded person at the helm to help us do that. Please spread the word!
biosciences.gatech.edu/chair-search
biosciences.gatech.edu/chair-search
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Our new paper is out in Royal Society Open Science! The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole keratinized mouthparts to adult teeth doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
September 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Our new paper is out in Royal Society Open Science! The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole keratinized mouthparts to adult teeth doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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Our EEB department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hiring an assistant professor in evo-devo. See go.illinois.edu/EEBAsstProf for details. Please share!
August 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Our EEB department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hiring an assistant professor in evo-devo. See go.illinois.edu/EEBAsstProf for details. Please share!
@agunderson.bsky.social Awesome stuff! From the paper:
- Brown anole lizards are the most lead-tolerant vertebrates known to science. Field-collected animals have the highest blood lead levels ever recorded for a free-ranging vertebrate.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...?
- Brown anole lizards are the most lead-tolerant vertebrates known to science. Field-collected animals have the highest blood lead levels ever recorded for a free-ranging vertebrate.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...?
Unprecedented lead tolerance in an urban lizard
Lead (Pb) is an extremely toxic heavy metal pollutant pervasive in many environments with serious health consequences for humans and wildlife. We foun…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
@agunderson.bsky.social Awesome stuff! From the paper:
- Brown anole lizards are the most lead-tolerant vertebrates known to science. Field-collected animals have the highest blood lead levels ever recorded for a free-ranging vertebrate.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...?
- Brown anole lizards are the most lead-tolerant vertebrates known to science. Field-collected animals have the highest blood lead levels ever recorded for a free-ranging vertebrate.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...?
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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/...
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 ...
www.science.org
August 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...