agunderson.bsky.social
Assistant professor, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane. Eco-evo physiology, thermal biology, heavy metals, global change.
http://www.physiologicalecology.com
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7m2bmbsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
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Indeed we do Cam!
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Dos Gardenias- Buena Vista Social Club
Blue Flowers - Dr. Octagon
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Definitely worth watching
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Last but not least, Emily Stelling from Christine Lattin’s LSU lab will present a Saturday poster on the effects of captivity on the #anolis lizard stress response #sicb2025
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On Saturday undergrad Phoebe Riser is presenting a poster on heavy metal accumulation in urban insects #sicb2025
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On Sunday Claire Williams of U Nevada is presenting a poster from a collaboration on interactions between the #anolis lizard guy microbiome and thermal acclimation #sicb2025
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On Tuesday at 9:00 am I’m giving a talk on how behavioral thermoregulation can influence the evolution of thermal plasticity #sicb2025
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A talk by PhD candidate Wayne Wang who tested for heat tolerance plasticity of #anolis lizard sperm. 8:15 on Monday #sicb2025
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Another Sunday poster, this one a meta-analysis of interactive effects of heat and heavy metals by PhD student Alanna Frick #sicb2025
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Next a poster about effects of urbanization on #anolis sperm thermal tolerance by undergrads Britta Pellegrin and Ben Pethe also on Sunday #sicb2025
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Done
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Thanks!
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I’d love to be added!
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Thanks James!
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Thanks Thom!
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...transcriptomes of high and low lead lizards were compared. Few genes (<100) were differentially expressed between groups. But some cool ones pop up, including many ion transporters and hemoglobins (lead is usually bad for oxygen transport). Stay tuned, more to come in this exciting system! Fin.
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...Annelise dosed lizards. No negative effects were found until blood lead was over 10,000 ug/dL. For context, similar thresholds in birds and mammals are usually under 100 ug/dL. These lizards have extreme, if not the most extreme, lead tolerance known. How do they deal with lead? To find out...