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Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social · 1d

The @romtoronto.bsky.social Sharks exhibition is opening this weekend! The perfect family-friendly destination for the Thanksgiving long weekend!

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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 11d

And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November.

Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet

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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · Sep 5

Today is #AmazonRainforestDay! Home to 47 million people and around 10% of all species on Earth, this incredible ecosystem is under threat from mass deforestation and climate change. You can visit buff.ly/D6xZCkJ to learn more about how to help the Amazon Rainforest.

An aerial view of a rainforest with a river running through it. Text on top reads "Amazon Rainforest Day".

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Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social · Aug 17

I'm excited to be traveling to Lima, Peru, tomorrow to give a keynote lecture on "New approaches to the study of neotropical fishes: Genomics, eDNA, and computed tomography" at the National Life Sciences Congress.

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Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social · Aug 10

Proud of @romtoronto.bsky.social and @utsc.utoronto.ca Provosts Postdoctoral Fellow Tobit Liyandja for publishing this core chapter of his PhD dissertation.

John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · Aug 10

Tobit L.D. Liyandja, Brian T. Smith, S. Elizabeth Alter, Brian L. Sidlauskas, Melanie L.J. Stiassny. 2025. Phylogenomics of African Labeo (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) emphasizing central African species, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 108427.🐟🧪

www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S105...

Live photographs of representative specimens of African Labeo species from the Congo and Lower Guinea ichthyofaunal provinces. a) Labeo nasus, b) Labeo falcipinnis, c) Labeo greenii, d) Labeo parvus, e) Labeo weeksii, f) Labeo mbimbii, g) Labeo sp. 18, f) Labeo lukulae. Photos d, e, and g were taken in a photarium (photo tank) and the remaining photos were taken in plain air.

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Jul 26

Postdoc position (24 mos) in Bioinformatics for Integrative Taxonomy at MNHN, Paris. Develop software tools for taxonomy research. Apply by Sept 7: https://recrutement.mnhn.fr/front-jobs-detail.html?id_job=1294&id_origin=0 #postdoc

Chargé de recherche bioinformatique appliquée à la taxonomie intégrative (F/H) @ Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

Muséum national d'Histoire naturellerecrute !

recrutement.mnhn.fr

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Windsor Aguirre @windsor-aguirre.bsky.social · Jul 28

“We are undergoing unprecedented loss of freshwater across the planet.”

And need new leadership yesterday. :/

www.newscientist.com/article/2490...

We are undergoing unprecedented loss of freshwater across the planet

Rising temperatures are causing water to evaporate and driving humans to extract more groundwater, which is moving freshwater from the land to the seas and creating a "continental drying" trend

www.newscientist.com

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Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social · Jul 23

@FMNH is hiring a new curator of Invertebrate Zoology!

Tiago Simões @trsimoes.bsky.social · Jul 22

A rare job opportunity for Invertebrate Zoology: fieldmuseum.hrmdirect.com/employment/j...

Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Careers At Field Museum

Position Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Zoology FLSA Status Exempt Department Negaunee Integrative Research Center Our Mission Since the 1893 World Columbian Exposition our organization has aimed...

fieldmuseum.hrmdirect.com

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Matt Herbert @matteherbert.bsky.social · Jul 16

Fish are disappearing in an African lake that feeds the people of four countries. #Freshwater lakes may not be as vast as oceans but they are just as important. #fisheries
news-decoder.com/finally-a-fo...

Finally, a focus on freshwater fish

Fish are disappearing in an African lake that feeds the people of four countries. Freshwater lakes may not be as vast as oceans but they are just as important.

news-decoder.com

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SHOAL @shoalorg.bsky.social · Jul 14

📢 We're hiring!

Roles at SHOAL don't come up that often, and when they do, we know they're exciting: are you our new Data Officer?

Learn more and apply here
👉 shoalconservation.org/careers/

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Brielle Comartin @briellecomartin.bsky.social · Jul 13

Was thrilled to find so many freshwater sponges during a practice dive in the St. Lawrence River, including some growing on unionid mussels! #freshwatersponges

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Jul 2

Foundations: please step up and take over the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). This is an absolutely essential scanned archive of all of the old journals and books from the 1500s to about 1920. Has been indispensable for my research.
about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...

Call for Support: – About BHL

about.biodiversitylibrary.org

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Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social · Jun 11

Kicking off the 2025 ROM Population Genomics Symposium is @asherdcutter.bsky.social sharing new insights into the diversity of Caenorhabditis in the @romtoronto.bsky.social Glass Room.

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Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social · Apr 12

Great talk on population genomics of the Xingu River Volta Grande by PDF Tobit Liyandja from the Lovejoy and Lujan labs at the EEB-Toronto Atwood Colloquium!

Atwood 2025 @eebatwood.bsky.social · Apr 10

Dr. Tobit Liyandja from the Lujan lab tells us about the effects of central Amazonian river rapids on population structure and gene flow in fishes! 🐟 #Atwood2025

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The Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · Apr 3

Some microphagous fishes have a unique pocket-like throat structure, epibranchial organ (EBO), that helps gather tiny food particles. New study of 13 species reveals diverse EBO anatomy, weak phylogenetic ties & possible link to diet
Evans et al:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social · Mar 31

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...

Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say

Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.

www.nytimes.com

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Royal Ontario Museum @romtoronto.bsky.social · Mar 25

We’re excited to announce our expanded slate of ROM Ontario Fish Identification Workshops for 2025. 🐟

Designed primarily for professionals, technicians, field biologists, and environmental consultants, other interested individuals - including university and college students – are also welcome!

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Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social · Mar 19

Fantastic map! Are had copies available for purchase? Do you have a list of references for your reconstruction? Just a minor suggestion that you follow the definitive Gibbs and Baron monograph in using the ‘Guiana’ spelling for the geological formation.

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Carl-August W. / Basalt Weaver @basaltweaver.bsky.social · Mar 19

Paleo-art-map of South America during the Latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 72 - 66 MYA).

Original resolution: 75 x 100 cm (300 DPI).

This is the first part of a wider Maastrichtian series that I've been working on over the winter. Sharing another map tomorrow :)

#geology #dinosaurs #sciart

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Joaquín Hortal @jhortal.bsky.social · Mar 7

Although many invertebrates and other less-charismatic groups are key for ecosystem service provision, they and their functions are rarely included in conservation strategies. Benoit Guénard, @achughes.bsky.social et al show how funding largely goes to charismatic rather than threatened species 🌐🧪🪲

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SHOAL @shoalorg.bsky.social · Feb 25

Interesting that even in this article about conservation funding disparities, fish aren’t mentioned once.

‘Most conservation funds go to large vertebrates at expense of ‘neglected’ species’.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Most conservation funds go to large vertebrates at expense of ‘neglected’ species

Study shows funding bias towards animals like rhino while other endangered species including amphibians and algae disregarded

www.theguardian.com

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · Feb 19

What a great story! The introduction alone is well worth reading.

Mark Westneat 🐟 @mwestneat.bsky.social · Feb 19

Wow, a new species of redhorse just dropped. What a great fish!
🐟🌎🧪🌿🎣

bioone.org/journals/ich...

New redhorse fish, with shiny yellow green scales and Ruby red fin edges

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Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social · Feb 17

To be held at ⁦⁦University of Toronto Law School next Friday, 28 February.

Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social · Feb 17

Second Rights of Nature Tribunal to coincide with Toronto mining conference PDAC. Will focus on Canada’s international extractivism with a specific focus on the Belo Sun mining project, which poses an existential threat to the lower Xingu River, Brasil. www.rightsofnaturetribunal.org/impacts-of-m...

Impacts Of Mining And The Post-Extractivism Era Tribunal 2025 - Rights Of Nature Tribunal

Themed “The Impacts of Mining and the Post-Extractivism Era” this session will highlight the environmental and human rights impacts of Canadian mining companies worldwide. Witnesses from diverse regio...

www.rightsofnaturetribunal.org

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Nathan Lujan @potamophile.bsky.social · Feb 4

Finally having the first lab meeting of 2025, with presentations on Acestrorhamphidae alpha taxonomy from Tiago Faria and 3D shape variation in loricariid opercles from Mikhail Clare!

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