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Caleb Gordon

@caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social

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Postdoc @ FLMNH. How did aquatic and macrocarnivorous habits evolve in different groups of mammals and reptiles?

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Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Dec 16

Hey BlueSky! Just made a quick starter pack of vertebrate SECAD researchers with accounts.

Please add anyone I missed!

go.bsky.app/Gm5h3Ww

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Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · 2d

Woww stunning!

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bioRxiv Paleontology @biorxiv-paleo.bsky.social · Jun 28

Limb proportions predict aquatic habits and soft-tissue flippers in extinct amniotes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.25.661573v1

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Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thanks Lauren! Much appreciated :)

Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · May 28

Many thanks to @the-node.bsky.social for hosting this story and to @noonanlab.bsky.social (especially Reem Abu-Shamma and Jim Noonan) for their interviews and feedback!

Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · May 28

Hey BlueSky! Want to learn more about some almost literally mind-bending brain research being done by @noonanlab.bsky.social?

Check out the story below for one scientist's perspective on the importance of basic scientific research and the pursuit of open-ended questions about what makes us human.

Hybrid brains and the search for what makes us human - the Node

It lives. It lives! What lives, you may ask? Well, somewhere in a lab at Yale University, one young scientist has stuck human brain cells and chimp brain

thenode.biologists.com

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Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · May 8

Thanks for this shout-out, @rwburroughs.bsky.social! I’m glad you enjoyed it, and I hope it did your original article justice 😎

Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · May 5

Thanks so much Armita!

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · May 4

Can simple #algorithms tell cryptic species apart?
by Caleb Gordon, MPhil, B.A.

iobopen.com/2025/05/04/c...

On

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#morphology #machinelearning #science #conservation #turtles #organisms #biology

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Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · May 4

Thanks for letting me write this, @sicbjournals.bsky.social! I hope Burroughs et al. enjoy it!

Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Apr 18

Huge congrats, Xavier! Well deserved!

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Paul Adamson MD MPH @padamsonmd.bsky.social · Feb 23

I also fear there will be a Lost Generation of scientists & researchers w/ these massive cuts, esp current trainees & #ECR

Stripping away funding is quick, but short-sighted. It will set us back many years

We must support #science, it is one of the very best things #America does!

#Medsky
#Scisky

Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · Feb 22

A whole generation of early career scientists and physician-scientists, including colleagues and myself, are particularly vulnerable to these funding freezes and cuts, with jobs and careers depending on federal grants.

#IDsky
#Medsky
#Episky

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

U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos

Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard

www.science.org

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Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Feb 25

Thank you so much, Armita! I’m so glad to hear that my enthusiasm survived grad school.

I’m grateful for this kind post and really do appreciate all your generous help throughout the process :)

Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Feb 11

Thanks Jeanne!! I appreciate it :)

Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Feb 7

Thanks so much, @armanafzadeh.bsky.social! Much appreciated :)

Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Feb 6

Ooh exciting! Can’t wait to read it.

Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Feb 4

Hey BlueSky! I’ll be defending my PhD dissertation on Monday, Feb 24 from 1–2pm US ET. Message me for Zoom info if you’re interested!

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Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Jan 20

@virtpaleo.bsky.social Your YouTube Slicer tutorials have been a big help over the years. Many thanks!

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Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Jan 2

Certainly! Now added :)

Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Jan 2

I only just started using Zotero but I love it so far. The browser plug-in is great, and you can drag and drop PDFs into the app to get full citations. I also like how easy it is to organize citations and export bibliographies (Click selection, right-click > Create Bibliography from Collection).

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Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Dec 23

Ooh psyched to see it! In the meantime, I’ll add him to the starter pack 😎

Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Dec 17

On it!

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Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Dec 17

Added ✅ thanks Ryan!

Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Dec 16

Hey BlueSky! Just made a quick starter pack of vertebrate SECAD researchers with accounts.

Please add anyone I missed!

go.bsky.app/Gm5h3Ww

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Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Dec 1

Awesome new paper out on bromalites and the ecological expansion of dinosaurs: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great to see fossilized digestive remains getting the love they deserve! 💩🦖

Digestive contents and food webs record the advent of dinosaur supremacy - Nature

Integrated analyses of bromalites provide robust pictures of past food webs, explaining early dinosaur evolution and the emergence of larger dinosaur faunas with new feeding patterns.

www.nature.com

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Caleb Gordon @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social · Nov 26

Exciting! Congrats, @curioussengi.bsky.social!