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Morgan Kelly @invertevoeco.bsky.social · 5d

New from Drs. Isabelle Neylanm & Ana Salgado, @rujutavaidya.bsky.social, & rockstar @lsuscience.bsky.social undergraduate Cullen Guillory:

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Context matters: A meta‐analysis of the variable impact of transgenerational and developmental plasticity on responses to stress

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Alyssa Johnson @alyssajohnson.bsky.social · 12d

In our newest paper, we show that expression of a familial natural short sleep mutation in flies extends lifespan through enhanced mitochondrial physiology. First first-author paper for former graduate student Pritika Pandey! @pritika26.bsky.social
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A familial natural short sleep mutation in dec2 extends healthspan and lifespan in Drosophila

Biological sciences; Genetics; Neuroscience

www.cell.com

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LSU College of Science @lsuscience.bsky.social · 14d

New study in Science Advances by @lsu.bsky.social geologist Brandon Shuck @seismoshuck.bsky.social shows the Cascadia subduction zone breaking apart in pieces—shedding light on ancient microplates, volcanic activity, and seismic hazards. More: www.lsu.edu/science/news...

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Earth’s Crust Is Tearing Apart Off the Pacific Northwest — and That’s Not Necessarily Bad News

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LSU College of Science @lsuscience.bsky.social · 16d

Congrats to LSU Boyd Professor Susanne Brenner, awarded the 2025 Blaise Pascal Medal by the European Academy of Sciences! She’ll also speak at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians–the 1st LSU faculty invited since 1970.
Read more https://www.lsu.edu/science/news/2025/09/brenner-2025.php

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LSU College of Science @lsuscience.bsky.social · 21d

“We evolved from fishes. We do what we do, including breathing through lungs, having nostrils that fill those lungs, having arms and legs, and big brains, all of which came from our aquatic ancestors. So did kidneys, lungs, and being able to pee!”— @prosanta.bsky.social

Do Fish Pee?

Yes, fish pee just like humans. Learn more on how fish regulate their bodily fluids.

www.discovermagazine.com

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Christine R. Lattin, PhD @clattin.bsky.social · 22d

The lab’s research on house sparrows & Eurasian tree sparrows is featured in Chapter 2 of David Stipp’s new non-fiction book, “Why Rats Laugh and Jellyfish Sleep: And Other Enchanting Stories of Evolution," available September 23: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david... 🤩🐦📖🧪

The cover of David Stipp's new book, "Why Rats Laugh & Jellyfish Sleep: And Other Enchanting Stories of Evolution," showing Charles Darwin sitting on a jellyfish.

A photo of page 56 of "Why Rats Laugh & Jellyfish Sleep," which references house sparrow and Eurasian tree sparrow research done by the Lattin Lab.

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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · Sep 4

#LSU Research Highlights celebrates growing research programs for student success and the discovery of how cysteine can trigger “a calorie-burning furnace”: lsu-campaigns.omniupdate.com/t/d-e-gojktt...
#ScholarshipFirst #WBTTW @lsuengineering.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social @pbrcnews.bsky.social

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LSU College of Science @lsuscience.bsky.social · Aug 28

🎉 Congrats to LSU Ph.D. student Marquise Henry, named a 2025 HHMI Gilliam Fellow!
Studying how brains shape behavior in house sparrows 🐦🧠 & mentoring the next generation, Marquise proves great science is a team effort.
More here: https://www.lsu.edu/science/news/2025/08/hhmi-gilliam-fellow.php

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LSU College of Science @lsuscience.bsky.social · Aug 26

🧠 The hippocampus gets all the memory credit—but what about the entorhinal cortex? With a new $1.8M NIH grant, LSU neuroscientist Juhee Haam is uncovering hidden brain rhythms that could reshape how we understand memory & Alzheimer’s.
👉 https://www.lsu.edu/science/news/2025/08/haam-nih.php

Professor Juhee Haam giving a demonstration with neuroscience lab equipment.

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LSU College of the Coast & Environment @lsu-cce.bsky.social · Aug 11

A great feature on the work DOCS' Matt Hiatt and some of his @lsu.bsky.social colleagues are doing in the Mississippi Delta

MissDelta Initiative @missdeltaintiative.bsky.social · Aug 11

At the mouth of the Mississippi River sits one of the most important and endangered ecosystems in the country.

This piece from @pbsnews.org highlights some of the work MissDelta researchers and their colleagues are doing to understand and preserve this vulnerable area.

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Scientists face ecological and economic hurdles to save Mississippi River Delta

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · Aug 20

Living near a thermal waste treatment facility changes your body, #LSU research shows. Learn more about the work with the community in Colfax, Louisiana, published in Experimental Biology and Medicine: www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/08... @lsuscience.bsky.social @pbrcnews.bsky.social #WBTTW #ScholarshipFirst

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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · Jun 24

From finding new ways to convert waste heat into electricity to understanding how proteins and sugars interact in plant cells—meet our five #LSU NSF CAREER winners: www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/06...
#WBTTW #ScholarshipFirst @lsuengineering.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsumns.bsky.social

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Flavia Montano-Centellas @flamontano.bsky.social · Jun 26

Please share!
Our lab at LSU @lsuscience.bsky.social is looking for a student to join us in Spring or Fall 2026.
If you are interested in mountain birds and GENOMICS, and want to work on a project in Bolivian cloud forests, send me an email montanolab.com/join-us/

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LSU Department of Chemistry @lsuchemistry.bsky.social · Mar 31

Congratulations to Prof. John Pojman, Chair of #LSUChemistry, on being elected a 2024 @aaas Fellow! Honored for his pioneering work in polymer chemistry and innovations ranging from 3D tumor testing to feral pig control. bit.ly/4caDXAi #GeauxScience

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lsuresearch.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social · Mar 31

Explore #LSU Research Highlights on growing partnerships with national labs; new antibiotics; value of funding science: lsu-campaigns.omniupdate.com/t/d-e-siihiu...
@lsuscience.bsky.social @lsuengineering.bsky.social @lsuvetmed.bsky.social @lsuagcenter.bsky.social @pbrcnews.bsky.social #WBTTW

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jorgepullin.bsky.social @jorgepullin.bsky.social · Mar 27

After adjustmenst, the ISI goes back in the can again for transportation to the interferometer to be installed next week at LIGO Livingston.

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LSU College of Science @lsuscience.bsky.social · Mar 27

On its historic final voyage to drill into the mantle, @lsu.bsky.social Professors Shuck and Poulaki were aboard the JOIDES Resolution, bringing back groundbreaking mantle rocks that could reshape our understanding of this vast, largely unexplored layer of Earth.

www.lsu.edu/science/news...

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Christine R. Lattin, PhD @clattin.bsky.social · Mar 26

Did you know there is a leaf cutter ant native to the southeastern US? Atta texana, the Texas leaf cutter ant, is found from Louisiana to Mexico, and can form massive colonies of millions of ants! Like tropical leaf cutter ants, they use plant material to “farm” a fungus that they eat 🍄‍🟫 🍃 🐜

Large anthill from a Texas leaf cutter ant colony seen in Kisatchie National Forest

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MissDelta Initiative @missdeltaintiative.bsky.social · Mar 26

What a beautiful day in the Delta!

MissDelta researchers surveyed channels in Pass-a-Loutre and the Delta National Wildlife Refuge, measuring water volume and sediment transfer. Their goal? To help map where sediment carried by the #MississippiRiver goes as it enters the Gulf.

#MissDeltaScience

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MissDelta Initiative @missdeltaintiative.bsky.social · Mar 24

It was time for some hard-core science last Friday when a group of MissDelta student and faculty researchers from Grambling State University visited research facilities, including labs at the @lsuscience.bsky.social, the @theh2oinstitute.bsky.social and the LSU Center for River Studies

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Igor Schneider @ischneider.bsky.social · Mar 15

Our preprint is out! Kudos to @josanesousa.bsky.social, @gabrielalima19.bsky.social, @perezlouise.bsky.social and undergraduate prodigy Hannah Shof! By comparing Polypterus fin and axolotl limb we find shared and new regeneration programs. @lsuscience.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · Mar 14

NOTE! Few days left for applying to this postbacc opportunity @tropicalbotany.bsky.social @invertevoeco.bsky.social @jembrown.bsky.social @clattin.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsumns.bsky.social

LAGNiAppE @lsulagniappe.bsky.social · Feb 24

🚨Three weeks left for applying to perform independent research @lsubiosci.bsky.social. Join us to learn skills for careers in STEM.

🗓️Application deadline March 16, 2025 (11:59 PM EST).

Learn more: linktr.ee/evo_lagniappe

#NSF #Postbacc #RaMP
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Application deadline to the Louisiana graduate network in applied evolution is march 16.

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Christine R. Lattin, PhD @clattin.bsky.social · Mar 8

A few of my lab members & I helped out at Kids' Day at the Museum at the @lsumns.bsky.social a few weeks back, teaching local 4th-6th graders about neurobiology and the kinds of research we do in our lab @lsubiosci.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social ❤️💪🧪

Lattin Lab PhD student Marquise Henry uses arm wrestling to show nerve impulses in an active muscle via electromyography

Lattin Lab PhD student Katie Stewart shows how electrical impulses can be converted into sound waves using a small device

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LSU Energy Institute @lsu-energy.bsky.social · Mar 6

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Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · Mar 1

Tissue and DNA samples at the LSU Museum of Natural Science stored at -187°C (-305°F)! This is the largest collection of genetic resources in the world! 🧬 @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social

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