Extremely cool paper that considers mutations in parent and gametes to answer key questions about the origins and transmission of mutations in coral!

Last night, around 11 pm, I was taking a mind clearing walk around Stanford’s campus and witnessed a white police officer draw a gun on a young Black man. 1/11

Get elected as an AAAS fellow, get compelled (by us) to record an acknowledgement of the honor — no matter where you are, or how unreal your background. Huge congrats to curator Luiz Rocha, PhD ... Earth's reefs are lucky to have you! bit.ly/3wK2AQA

We are so excited California Academy of Sciences to have a long term project in the Maldives aimed at coral reef regeneration. It’s equally exciting to know that our Maldivian colleagues share in our #HopeForReefs.

In addition to being exciting science, this paper is sentimental to me. I worked on it as Mary E. Blair and Eleanor Sterling's REU intern, and their mentorship has directly contributed to my successes in the past 10 years. I could not feel more honored to be a part of this team.

Acropora corals are fascinating. They are among the fastest growing corals. Their apical polyps (tips), reach for the sun, rapidly budding off radial polyps all around their base. The tips have less symbiotic algae, so the rest of the colony ‘feeds’ them energy and materials.

Had a great time talking about collections and taxonomy with Maldives Marine Research Institute staff and colleagues at Maniyafushi today, and that included a visit by MMRI director Shafiya Naeem, Minister of Fisheries Hussain R. Hassan and UN Special Envoy for the Ocean Peter Thomson!

1/3 Had a wonderful workshop with the California Academy of Sciences team today on Natural History Collection Processes and Taxonomy. Participants were introduced to preparation and curation of marine specimens. The workshop was kicked off with a great talk by Luiz Rocha, PhD.

Big one out today Current Biology! We've been working on this for so long! After many expeditions and almost 1000 transects up to 143m depth, we show that the well-known longitudinal marine diversity gradient attenuates with greater depths! 1/n authors.elsevier.com/c/1gkk7_LsQSPr…

📢 A recent study, led by Museum scientists and based on historic museum specimens, has confirmed a new species: the Northern pygmy loris. It can be found in northern Vietnam, Laos, & China. Learn how this research will inform ongoing conservation efforts: bit.ly/3JD7q9F

Internship Opportunity Alert! We are thrilled to announce that our partnered Chrysalis Internship applications have opened! The Chrysalis internship is fully funded, with travel, housing, and a stipend provided. Link to the application in our bio!

The bottom panel is my parents, the middle one is me, the top one is my children. If we act now, our children will still have a liveable future. Why is #IPCC not trending?

I use the CO₂ removal (CDR) as time machine analogy to argue that while we need to research and develop CDR because it’s needed in the future, CDR is useless as a climate solution until we decarbonize drastically. 2/2 nature.com/articles/d4158…

Did you know that there actually is a marine biologist Barbie? And she has a penguin!

Published today in NatureEcoEvo, we honor the memory of our colleague and mentor, Eleanor Sterling. I'm very grateful to my co-authors Elke betley and Georgina Cullman and to CBC at AMNH for the space and time to learn from her. Read here: rdcu.be/c96xO

ENG - 𝗠𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿 - a thread about one of the most exciting days of my life, on board the C-Researcher 3.30 Submersible in Curaçao. 📸 Remy Izendooren (pilot) preparing the sub #casfieldnotes #deeplycurious @inkfishexpeditions California Academy of Sciences (1/10)

SPA - 𝗠𝗶 𝗶𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶ó𝗻 𝗺á𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮 - un hilo sobre uno de los días más emocionantes en mi vida, a bordo del submarino C-Researcher 3.30 en Curaçao. 📸 Remy Izendooren (piloto) preparando el sub #casfieldnotes #deeplycurious @inkfishexpeditions California Academy of Sciences (1/10)

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. In our new nature paper, Darrin Schultz Darrin Schultz used the position of genes on chromosomes to show that ctenophores (comb jellies) not sponges are the sister-group to all other animals. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Swiss officials reported to our study group that ridership has fully recovered in Switzerland - it now *exceeds* 2019 levels. They explained, it's not because the Swiss didn't embrace remote work– a significant share of Swiss are still working from home many days, commuting less.

Excited to share our new de-novo genome assembly for Orbicella faveolata, which we hope will be used for population genomics & other ‘omics analyses to aid the conservation of this species! Congrats to lead author @BenDYoung93 & the fabulous co-authors! link.springer.com/article/10.118…