Q: How does one become a scientist?
My answer: By first trying out everything else!

Bigelow Laboratory wrote a wonderful profile of my path and research interests, ranging from the silly to the personal reasons that got me here today:

bigelow.org/news/articles/…

The #ROV #Taurus has arrived! Things are about to get deep here at FIO. MUCH more to come, stay tuned to our channels.

Our 21-day trip to explore Minami-Daito Jima and the Kyushu-Palau Ridge has just concluded. Managed to collect a few samples of anthozoans and poriferans. I personally thank Ocean Census for the opportunity and JAMSTEC 海洋研究開発機構 ＼海と地球の研究所／ for providing me my first deep-sea cruise experience.

Are you interested in #ancientDNA and #ancientbiomolecules ? If so, the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a Research Assistant to help oversee our ancient biomolecules lab!! Come work with us and do some cutting edge science 🧬careers.amnh.org/postings/4102

Undergraduates enrolled in Marine Ecology are exploring a sand bar in Battery Creek. There are mobile soft corals (Leptogorgia) passing by left and right! ⁦University of South Carolina Beaufort⁩ ⁦Beaufort Schools, SC⁩ ⁦Visit Beaufort, SC⁩

April 3, 2024 marked the beginning of the Coastal Pioneer Array in its new location in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The team began prepping for the deployment of the Central Surface Mooring at 6 am. It was in the water & instruments functioning shortly after 9 am. U.S. National Science Foundation, #nsffunded

TUNE IN: Public meeting on naming #HudsonCanyon as a National Marine Sanctuary. Canyon is home to hundreds of species.

Hosted by the Hudson Canyon Sanctuary Advisory Council.

📅 Tomorrow at 10 am EDT
💻 bit.ly/3ZHkukJ

An underwater marvel so close to New York City. #HudsonCanyon is ecologically and economically important.

🖊️ Speak out to help protect it: bit.ly/3rdVyUU

New #BlackCoral mitogenomes! We quantified intraspecific variation between Stauropathes arctica colonies from the NE & NW Atlantic. Spoiler alert: 12 SNPs across 17,700 bp! The first nine coauthors are all #Undergraduates ! doi.org/10.3897/zookey… University of South Carolina Beaufort ZooKeys

I am looking for a summer undergraduate intern to contribute to estuary sampling for HABs, mixotrophy identification, and phytoplankton culturing! Paid position with housing available in Savannah! Applications are open #REU #marinescience #oceanography skio.uga.edu/undergraduate-…

🪸First detailed description of embryo biology of a black coral
👉Our embryos developed into feeding larvae that can swim and explore the water column

More info: tinyurl.com/4mp2fdkt

With A.Godinho Meri Bilan Marina Carreiro-Silva
Azores Deep-Sea Ecology Research iAtlanticEU

My father came across this snake while fossil collecting in a creek near Fort Worth, Texas. I wonder if it’s eating a lizard or another snake?

Undergraduates from ⁦University of South Carolina Beaufort⁩ presenting research at the ACE Basin Symposium in Walterboro SC. We are hoping to extend our oyster reef eDNA study into the ACE Basin NERR. ⁦NERRA⁩ ⁦Students L to R: Cassidy Hutto, Aydanni Gonzalez, Denia Lopez

With #HudsonCanyon , we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to support an ecologically unique and vulnerable ecosystem off the coast of New York and New Jersey.

Urge NOAA to name it a National Marine Sanctuary: bit.ly/3J45u9d

The #HudsonCanyon is the largest submarine canyon off the U.S.'s East Coast.

It begins ~100 miles southeast of the Statue of Liberty and stretches for another 350 miles offshore. It's nearly 7.5 miles wide at its widest point.

Speak out to protect it: wcs.org/get-involved/h…

We have a new team member at MISS! Welcome Naissa Lopez, our new communications coordinator to the MISS community! She loves writing, social media, and every crevice of communication and cannot wait to tell the stories of the many wonderful things happening at MISS! 💙 🦈