It has been a crazy month diving into fieldwork and projects but it has now been a month since I started my post doc at Shedd Research ! Excited to work on more fun genomics projects with this team 😇

Me and my Trinity Assembly output filenames

Did you know some corals spawn only once per year? Shedd scientists recently collected gametes and reared coral larvae aboard Shedd's research vessel, the Coral Reef II, to study how this crucial life stage of coral survives in warming oceans. #spawnathon

Congratulations to Todd LaJeunesse, professor of biology, who has been appointed to the Wilson Hewitt Professorship in Biology in the Eberly College of Science! Read more about LaJeunesse at bit.ly/3Xgz5mb #PennStateBio

I'm recruiting a fully funded PhD student for a Fall 2025 start - see details below and learn more about my lab here: dornsife.usc.edu/carlslab/

Me during my post doc: i have concepts of a plan #debate

Our community shared some kind words about Eric Crandall, assistant research professor of biology, who passed away last August. “He brought a lot to each friendship. He was sweet, kind, and gentle. He gave us a lot, and we will miss him." — Mónica Medina, professor of biology

Postdoc opportunity for coral reef scientists, $90k salary! The University of Chicago's Climate Systems Engineering Iniative fellowship apps are due Oct 15, and I'd be delighted to serve as your research mentor in UChicago Biological Sciences. How does geongineering the ocean affect calcifying organisms?

I'm looking for a postdoc! The successful applicant will lead neuro- and comparative genomic analyses to characterize neurobiology-related genetic variation in wild coral populations. Learn more and apply here - I will be reviewing apps beginning Oct 18: usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angele…

Pretty much any and all my growth as a scientist has been because I've found science-friends who are excellent at what they do and are always willing to talk shop The amount of never-published/patented tacit knowledge on how to actually do science dwarfs anything in print

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Baby’s first Pacific study species 🪸💙

📢 Excited to finally release our new tool ReefAdapt.org - making genomic information more accessible for #marinerestoration. Out now Communications Biology nature.com/articles/s4200… UWA Oceans Institute UWA Research Flinders University

Shedd coral scientists Ross Cunning and Trinity Conn presented research and connected with colleagues around the world at the #ReefFutures conference last week in Mexico. Thanks to Coral Restoration Consortium for an amazing event!

We developed a ‘donor registry’ of pre-adapted #Posidonia genotypes by mapping the distribution of alleles to visualise allelic composition, a first step to select source material for future-proofing restoration: doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7… #seagrassrestoration #GenotypebyEnvironment

x2 marine #PhD positions open 🎤 UWA Oceans Institute UWA 🔬 Evolving Resilience: Pace of Symbiont Adaptation to Ocean Warming in Coral-Algal Symbioses 🪸 Developing Genomic Strategies for Coral Reef Conservation Links 👇 Please confirm eligibility and project requirements ✅

WHY DOES THE EPIGENETIC CLOCK TICK? While money has been poured into developing therapies to reverse the epigenetic clock (Altos Labs 🤑), why the epigenome changes with age at all is unclear. In Nature Aging today, we suggest a potential driver: somatic mutations.

Dictators in History: - Hitler – “The good of the state stands above the law.” - Mussolini – “Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.” - Napoleon Bonaparte – “I am the revolution.” - Francisco Franco – “I am responsible only to God and

Mosaic accumulation of somatic genetic variation and estimates of age in the long-lived reef-building coral Acropora palmata biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_genomic