Also such a strange/amazing “full circle moment”, from discovering we were a couple of giant coral nerds as students on Heron Island, to teaching the next gen of coral nerds together 4 years later Nikki Di Lernia

Feeling reflective while approaching the end of this PhD journey and procrastinating for just a moment to look through photos, feeling grateful for the amazing people I get to work with. 💙

I could feel the reef love radiating for the inaugural Coral Nurture Program Coralpalooza event! 51 divers, 13 sites & 9 operators came together to celebrate World Ocean’s Day and raise awareness for site stewardship as a tool for supporting reef recovery Coral Restoration Foundation @GBRFoundation UTS C3

The FutureReefsLab is on site with UTS Science at the Australian Museum for National Science Week, engaging with secondary students from all over Sydney! 📚 Tash Bartels Nikki Di Lernia

Future Reefs MSc Student Laura La Motta collecting coral samples from Blue Fish Point for an overnight CBASS experiment at @SydneyMarine, with help from post-doc Lorna Howlett, PhD student Nikki Di Lernia, and SIMS skipper Dean - good luck!! 🪸🌡️

Getting a notification (thanks Tash Bartels !!) deep in the midst of manuscript writing, that my first-First Author paper received it's first citation was the nice little motivation boost I needed! 💪 Feeling pretty chuffed 🫢😊 scholar.google.com.au/citations?view…

Getting set up at Australian Institute of Marine Science SeaSim for coral spawning! Thanks Nikki Di Lernia for your help!

New paper on Symbiodiniaceae heat stress out now!✨ Check it out 🪸👀 Congrats Tash Bartels on getting your Honours work published!! 👏 FutureReefsLab UTS C3 UTS UTS Science UTS Research

Final Future Reefs Celebration to end 2023 🎄 Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year✨from our Team to yours! 🪸🐠 UTS C3

Dr Emma Camp spoke at the CommBank Girls in STEM day on utilising science to secure a future for the GBR 🪸 followed by an Expo and chat on all things coral - with PhD candidates Tash Bartels and Nikki Di Lernia - for Sydney high school students!

A jam-packed couple of days at Aust Coral Reef Soc ‘24 🪸 grateful to have been able to share my PhD research in my 1st conference presentation, hearing so many wonderful talks, & exploring the incredible curators collections at Western Australian Museum A/Prof Zoe Richards !!

Future Reefs Team building on the Vivid Sydney Cruise 🛳️ UTS C3 UTS UTS Science

🪸First PhD chapter published!! 🪸 Follow the link to find out how pairing metabolomics and volatilomics can tell you more about coral metabolism under stress than traditional metabolomics alone: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

A lovely morning celebrating the Future Reefs Deputy Team Leader Jennifer Matthews with a morning tea baby shower. We can’t wait to meet our newest team member 💗🪸💗