Andrew Schulz, PhD

An Autistic Academic — Mask Off Experiencing a day at work with and without masking as an autistic academic has made me realize how much energy it takes to keep that…

I wrote a new blog post about being an #AuDHD academic and what life is like with and without wearing a mask...I hope to post blogs more regularly going forward!

Recently returned from the Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellows Study Tour across Germany with people spanning six contents visiting over 20 Germany cities in 13 days. It was one incredible trip with friends that will definitely last a lifetime! #myfellowfellows

‼️ Attention ASB’ers! ‼️

Spread the word: The Postdoc Affinity Group will be at Il Tetto at Sienna Mercato (942 Penn Ave) Wednesday night starting at 7pm.

Swing by to meet up with fellow ASB postdocs. Can’t wait to see you there!

FYI: Senior PhD students interested in postdocing are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Manafzadeh has a nice ring to it!

✨Some news✨: after finishing my postdoc, I’ll be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech. Join us in Atlanta to study how joints work and where they come from!

The call for applications has just been released for #CV4Ecology2026!! This three-week intensive program trains ecologists and conservation practitioners to develop their own AI tools for their own data.

When: Jan 12-30, 2026
Where: SCBI @smconservation.bsky.social

An Autistic Academic This week, I read several articles highlighting the press conference of the HHS secretary declaring that autism is a growing “epidemic.”

This week has been tough for several reasons. I have been struggling to put it in words, but finally sat down and did some writing.

Hey Bluesky! @sicb.bsky.social 's Divisions of Comparative Biomechanics and Vertebrate Morphology are here! We're here to share any position opportunities and keep you updated on DCB and DVM activities. Give us a follow and feel free to send any postings our way.

Genome duplication in a long-term multicellularity evolution experiment - Nature In the Multicellularity Long Term Evolution Experiment, diploid yeast evolve to be tetraploid under selection for larger multicellular size, revealing how whole-genome duplication can arise due to its...

1/46 Hey folks, we have a new paper out on the MuLTEE. Strap in and I’ll tell you the story of how this “little paper on polyploidy” turned into the most data rich paper our lab has produced, largely thanks to the leadership and work ethic of @kaitong25.bsky.social.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scaly-Tail Organ Enhances Static Stability during Pel’s Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrels’ Arboreal Locomotion - preLights What’s that on your tail? @sidneyleedham @LivEvoBiomech, and @james_charles90 review this exciting preprint which explores how the development of a scaly-organ at the base of the tail of flying squirr...

What’s that on your tail?

Sidney Leedham, Roger Kissane & James Charles review an exciting #preprint from @schulzscience.bsky.social & team exploring how the development of a scaly-organ at the base of the tail of flying squirrels helps them stick to trees.

prelights.biologists.com/highlights/s...

Thank you @gtpols.bsky.social for the thread on @schulzscience.bsky.social’s recent paper on collagen imaging of elephant skin!
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Hello! Making the jump from X along with many in the #science community. I'm a #biodiversity monitoring and #SciComm professional with a particular love for #conservation, #bioacoustics and #lemurs 🐒🔊🌳💚

Excited about collaborating with Ayah Ahmad and Maegan Tucker from Dynamic Mobility at Georgia Tech, our submission to #ICRA2025 is accepted.

If you're interested in bio-inspired robotics, modeling multi-materials in MuJoco, and more, check it out: dynamicmobility.github.io/ICRA2025-hop...

Stay tuned for news about the next round of the in-situ Jungle Biomechanics Lab! This NSF program brings early-career researchers out to the Amazon Rainforest to learn how to do interdisciplinary research in the field! UGs to postdocs are welcome to apply! bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...

🎯 How can we empower scientific discovery in millions of nature photos?

Introducing INQUIRE: A benchmark testing if AI vision-language models can help scientists find biodiversity patterns- from disease symptoms to rare behaviors- hidden in vast image collections.

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One more: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

Elephant facial motor control Elephant trunk control involves huge numbers of facial motor neurons, cell size gradients, and motor foveae.

here is an example of this: www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Great question and hello from Stuttgart! So this answer has a few parts. Elephant trunks are actually extensions of the upper lip, are structurally closest to the tongues in humans, and the properties shift along different axes (as you suggested). There are some really nice papers on facial control.

Second harmonic generation imaging reveals entanglement of collagen fibers in the elephant trunk skin dermis - Communications Biology Advanced microscopy shows that the skin along the elephant’s trunk is anisotropic; elephant skin has an armor thicker than an Armadillo shell, with entangled protein fibers that provide additional sti...

New paper is up! Elephant skin collagen is all tangled up! Theead coming up in a few hours! www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Happy to chat more about your question!

Thank you :)

Talk number 2 is up at 2:00pm in Marquis C. If you love knitting or elephants you should stop by! #SICB2025

Looking forward to #SICB2025! I'm presenting in two symposiums on elephants and bio-inspired materials! The first symposium is Saturday, January 4, from 10:00 am-10:30 am in Marquis C. If you are interested in entanglement, collagen imaging techniques, or biological composites, come by!

Testing out a new feed for @sicb-spdac.bsky.social #SICB2025

Paper accepted :)

We are only a month out from #SICB2025 and I cannot wait to share what I’ve been doing during my postdoc. It’s gonna be great!

This was difficult to write, but it has been nice to hear such positive feedback from colleagues and scientists across Germany.

We have a feed for SICB DCB DVM - bsky.app/profile/did:... check it out!

Hey we are slowly moving things over, but the #SICB2025 community give @sicb-spdac.bsky.social a follow!

Our paper got covered by @npr.org !!