Irukandji experts are tonight warning the tiny, potentially lethal stingers could eventually reach South East Queensland. It comes after six stings in four days in waters off K'gari - one family tonight sharing their terrifying experience. @Claretodhunter #9News

Had a fantastic time at One Tree Island Research Station undertaking fish and benthic surveys for Mike Kingsford’s long term monitoring of OTI, plus COTs expeditions with the Byrne Lab 🪸🐠⭐️ James Cook Uni University of Sydney

🪼🔬Ground-breaking work by JCU's Scott Morrissey could soon keep swimmers safer, thanks to a revolutionary technology that can track one of the world’s most venomous animals, the Australian box Jellyfish. Full story📄👉shorturl.at/ruDFG

🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 Use of eDNA to test hypotheses on the ecology of Chironex fleckeri (Cubozoa) This new study showcases how eDNA putatively reveals hidden life history stages and provides insights into cubozoan ecology! tinyurl.com/mwzjzew8 #cubozoan #jellyfish #eDNA

PhD student Scott Morrisey provides evidence that eDNA is of high utility to detect deadly #stingers and their polyps. We can now search for the sources of #jellyfish! James Cook Uni Scott Morrissey int-res.com/abstracts/meps…

eDNA study demonstrates that the benthic polyps and jellyfish of deadly #Chironex are locals in Horseshoe Bay, #MagneticIs that don’t want to leave!, eDNA reveals all! James Cook Uni tinyurl.com/bdes77t7

📷 ✨Student Awardee Megan Moran from James Cook Uni began at the Marine Science Institute learning about zebrafish husbandry through Jeju National University. "I learned important larval rearing techniques that I can apply to my own research once I return to Australia." #NextGenAg4D

Did you know that #jellyfish (including comb jellies) are often full of parasitic worms? Our new paper highlights the importance of jellies as intermediate hosts of parasites that ultimately infect fish! #GriffithSeaJellies sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our latest paper has just been published! 🎉 tinyurl.com/38f58zwk We’ve combined remote sensing, citizen science and integrative taxonomy to document bloom events of the thimble jellyfish in multiple Philippine waters and how they were related (or not) to marine heatwaves.

A woman has been taken to Townsville University Hospital following an Irukandji sting on Magnetic Island. Lifeguards say there's been increased sightings of the deadly jellyfish and are urging swimmers to be cautious. 7NEWS.com.au Chanelle Macbeth #7NEWS

Come along this May to check out some amazing speakers from James Cook Uni, @CSTFA_JCU, Australian Institute of Marine Science and SeaSim! They’ll be showcasing some exciting Townsville science! 🍻🧠

🪼Featuring comments from JCU PhD candidate Scott Morrissey📽️👇

APPLY NOW! #PhD #Position in my group UZH Science Eawag 🧬🧬🔬🌊🐟🦀🧬🧬 Uncovering fundamental #biodiversity in #riverine systems using #eDNA. All details here, apply by May 5th: apply.refline.ch/673277/1158/pu… Thx for #RT!

Environmental DNA: The next chapter 🧬🔬🐟🧬🦠🧬🦋🧬 Molecular tools, incl. #eDNA, have become an indispensable part of #ecology & #biodiversity sciences. What is needed to concretely move the field forward? Retrospect & outlook out now Molecular Ecology doi.org/10.1111/mec.17… a🧵

New comment in NatureClimate. "This is not a call for inaction. We must act - with haste. But popular urgency should not prioritize technological and scientific feasibility over climate action and evidence-driven care for social-ecological systems." doi.org/10.1038/s41558…

Some much for the ‘law of parsimony’, simple explanations of currents and where larvae go don’t work on the Great Barrier Reef! Check out our recent paper tinyurl.com/yc72jkr5 James Cook Uni

🪼Featuring comments from JCU PhD candidate Scott Morrissey 📽️👇

🪼In the first episode of our new 'Meet a JCU Expert' series, we sit down with JCU PhD Candidate Scott Morrissey to learn more about his work tracking the presence of jellyfish in our oceans by using environmental DNA (eDNA). Watch here 🎥👉tinyurl.com/4crckmj7

How mini is a minipcr? – pretty small! Nicola Thomson, Scott Morrissey and I continue the quest to pioneer a rapid test to detect the DNA of deadly jellyfish in the field. James Cook Uni