New paper from alum Joe Kelly describes six species of Ircinia, just in time for #spongethursday biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/articl…

Science prep: check, teaching prep: check, Covid prep: check, winter storm the morning of travel: check! Everything in order for winter field work! We Alicia Reigel Cole Easson made it & r ready to start the year #sponge #microbe work Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium . See you soon Amy Apprill

A montage of a day in the field. ⁦MTSU Biology⁩ ⁦MTSU CBAS⁩ instagram.com/alicia_loves_c…

Our work on the feeding ecology of the giant #deepSea #Sponge garden in Arctic reveals sponges rely on remnants of extinct vent fauna and are about 300years old! Massive joint effort of #deepSea and #sponge experts AWI Media Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

Oooh looking forward to reading #SpongeMicrobes microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

For the first time in 2 yrs - the hum of students in the lab, its music to my ears 💕🧬🧪#STEM #Students #Sponge #Microbes

Behind the scenes, sneak preview of the website of the 11th International Sponge Symposium #spongethursday #sponge

Join us! We have 2⃣ exciting opportunities available based at our Townsville HQ: 🤿#RRAP Field Technician 🤿Benthic Ecologist – Long-term Ecological Monitoring Visit aims.gov.au/employment for more details. Applications close 31 March 2022.

What an excellent opportunity!

See you there Helen! Lets meet up! 🙌🌊🦞 hmm I now feel like I need a #sponge shirt😊

Special thanks to C-CoMP director Liz Kujawinski and co-director Mary Ann Moran @uga for co-authoring this awesome teaching resource! Check it out!

What a fantastic opportunity!😁

New England side streets and buildings, water, and science- happy to be back for few days! #BEM2022

“Mother nature is an excellent teacher if you pay attention “ Larry Harris #BEM2022

We will be hosting a virtual information session about these fellowships on April 12, 4-5 pm EST. If you would like to attend, please complete and submit this form (ccomp-stc.org/education-dive…) to pre-register for the event! We look forward to meeting you!

Don’t want to leave #NH😊 thanks #BEM2022!

At the newest national park New River Gorge NP&P for the #NewRiverSymposium. A wintry spring welcome! (And Yes second conference in 2 weeks!). Excited for student posters tonight #Freshwater #sponges 😊

I still can't answer the question of "If a bacterium fits, does it sits?" But I can tell you, if you perturb the cell envelope, the bacterium will think it's time to sits. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

If you are interested in learning more about ocean biogeochemical modeling, check out this fantastic review paper (with code examples)! Congratulations and thank you to the authors for this amazing resource!