Paleontologist. Developmental Biologist. Anatomist. Polar wanderer. Telling people that they are fish since 2008.
Neil Shubin
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"Taking this job is a bet, or maybe a hope, that the best science will drive the conversation over the long run." Incoming NAS President @neilshubin.bsky.social spoke with @nytimes.com about the state of American science and his hopes for his 5-year term as president: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/s...
I first met Neil Shubin 30 years ago when he was digging for fossils of our fishy ancestors in Pennsylvania road cuts. Now he's becoming president of the National Academy of Sciences. We talked about taking the helm of the 163-year-old organization at this fraught moment. Gift link: nyti.ms/4giD3FX
Thank you Noah! Great to see you.
Introducing the undulating tripod gait, the walking strategy used by many fishes. We tracked the fishes, built a model, a robot, and found that 3 body segments, 2 fins, and friction are all it takes. No specialized anatomy required. Out today in Nature Communications www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What is the evolutionary origin of the organizer? New work from @kremnyovs.bsky.social, @tclebedeva.bsky.social & Hejnol Lab @uni-jena.de reports the blastopore lip of the #ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, a member of the evolutionary sister group to all other metazoans, exhibits organizer activity.
In Cleveland? I’ll be giving a public lecture at 7pm Saturday as recipient of the Stephen Jay Gould Prize from the Society of the Study of Evolution. At the Hilton Downtown.
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Drop by!
Thank you!!!
My recent chat with @carlzimmer
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/s...
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Thank you 🙏 !
Starting soon!!! #Evol2026 -- Who else is excited!?!? A keynote from *the* @neilshubin.bsky.social? If that wasn't cool enough - Evolutionary Studies will have a booth! Maybe the greatest thing to happen to Cleveland in at least 4 years...
Experiments using the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi and the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis reveal that the emergence of a core signalling pathway may have been a key innovation enabling the transit...
Exciting talk at #Evol2026 by the 2026 Gould Prize recipient @neilshubin.bsky.social! An advocate for “curiosity-driven research”!!
That’s Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social up there being mobbed by fans at #Evolution2026 @sse-evolution.bsky.social after his Stephen J. Gould Award lecture! It was such an inspiring start to this meeting and I’m so glad the society selected him for this award.
Heading to #Evol2026 in Cleveland June 20-24!
Stop by the ESI booth for swag and a spin on the prize wheel. 🎡 @evolmtg.bsky.social
#Evolution #Vanderbilt
Tracy Heath
I think this was one of the best talks I’ve heard! Evolution 2026 starting amazingly! @neilshubin.bsky.social #Evolution2026
I first met Neil Shubin 30 years ago when he was digging for fossils of our fishy ancestors in Pennsylvania road cuts. Now he's becoming president of the National Academy of Sciences. We talked about taking the helm of the 163-year-old organization at this fraught moment. Gift link: nyti.ms/4giD3FX
