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π Congratulations to Scripps marine biologist @vdisanto.bsky.social on being named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow! Her research explores how fish move through changing oceans. Meet other @ucsandiego.bsky.social scientists who earned the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social honor. ‡οΈ
Fish use more energy to stay still than previously thought
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Thank you, Dan!
Thank you!
Honored to be named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow @sloanfoundation.bsky.social. Grateful to my students, collaborators, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social community as we work to understand the mechanics and energetics of animal locomotion. #SloanFellow
Congrats, Neil! @neilshubin.bsky.social
Academic siblings reunited at #SICB2026
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"Alex Kleytman, an 87-year-old Ukrainian Holocaust survivor, was celebrating Hanukkah with his wife of 57 years, Larisa Kleytman, also a Holocaust survivor, when the attack began. He was killed while shielding Larisa from the bullets with his own body."
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426.40 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 14-Dec-2025
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This work was led by postdocs Yuchen Gong and Fidji Berio, former student Xuewei Qi, and collaborator Otar Akanyeti with his student Robert Sterling.
The finding suggests that bioinspired robotic swarms may sustain coordination under energy limitation if each agent adjust its locomotion locally rather than relying on changes in formation.
Cohesion was preserved because each fish adjusted its swimming mechanics in a way that kept propulsive efficiency. Collective coordination was maintained through individual kinematic compensation, not through changes in school structure.
As oxygen dropped, tail-beat frequency fell, amplitude increased, and swimming efficiency remained stable. The school held together because each fish adjusted its kinematics rather than its position.
We reduced oxygen stepwise from 95% to 20% while fish swam at the same speed. If hypoxia disrupts collective behavior, we would expect spacing or alignment to shift early. They didnβt. The school remained cohesive until oxygen reached the point where individual fish could no longer sustain swimming.
When oxygen becomes very low, do schools fall apart, or do fish change how they swim to maintain the formation? We tested this in a new project just published in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics:
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Catch my new lecture at the CollΓ¨ge de France entitled βThe Origin of Walking.β Thanks to @denisduboule.bsky.social for hosting!
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"What Grant Reviewers Actually Look For (and What They Ignore)" jim-olds.org/2025/10/23/w...
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UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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The NSF GRFP is back. Students interested in applying to work in my lab at SIO can email me directly with a CV and a letter to outline how their interests and research experience might align with the work we do. I'm recruiting students interested in biomechanics. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... π§ͺ π
To be considered for mentorship in my lab, please email me a CV and a letter outlining your interests and fit with our work.
Lab website: www.valentinadisanto.com/join-the-team
Apply for the Scripps Postdoctoral Fellowship! I'm looking to support a strong candidate in fish physiology and/or biomechanics. Deadline: Oct 9, 2025. Eligibility: PhD by Nov 30, 2026 with β€3 years postdoc experience. 2 years, $74K salary, $6K research allowance π apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04348 π§ͺ π
UC Berkeley's Martin Fish Speciation Lab seeks a part-time lab manager for pupfish research. Requires a biology degree and some lab experience. Flexible hours, multi-year position. Apply: chmartin@berkeley.edu. More info at https://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/martin/ #job
