Color palettes accessible to those with color vision deficiency (CVD) are often insufficient for working with #microbiome data...but not anymore! In #MRAJournal, researchers present microshades, an R package for creating CVD-accessible microbiome figures. asm.social/UE

On Alessandro Cavallo's birthday, we share our recent progress on the evolution of bivalve biomineralization from British Antarctic Survey 🐧 : royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… Take home 1 = in Antarctic clams, the early larval shell is made with a largely unique suite of genes compared to adult shell, 1/n🧵

Very exciting to see this work published, which started during my placement year at British Antarctic Survey 🐧. We identified a set of candidate genes involved in shell formation in the early developmental stages of the Antarctic clam Laternula elliptica. 1/n🧵

Paid summer internship in marine science research for undergrads in the beautiful San Juan Islands! FHL's 2023 Summer REU/Blinks Internship page is now live. Applications open throughout Jan. Get a head start by reviewing the following link. nsfetap.org/award/499/edit…

Welcome to the Round of 16 of the 2022 Headline of the Year Contest! 🎆 Voting open for each round for about a day. 16 headlines. Only 1 winner. A reminder of the nominees: x.com/paulisci/statu…

This looks amazing! Can’t wait to read it!

Why the fuck are people so horny for "walkable cities" when we could be talking about ✨accessible✨ cities?

Welcome back -- the results of the Round of 16 of the 2022 Headline of the Year contest are in, and we're moving on to the glamorous Quarterfinals! The results so far:

"Research is messy. … Trying to protect students from that reality does them a disservice." Read one of our top #ScienceWorkingLife essays from this past year. Science Careers scim.ag/10E

If you are going to be at #SICB2023 and work at an undergrad only institution, an aquarium, or at a govt. agency, or a workplace outside of academia, I would love to buy you lunch one day and chat about your career path.

BREAKING: Canadian folk music icon Ian Tyson has died, his former wife and musical partner Sylvia Tyson confirmed to CBC News Thursday. He was 89. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

Obviously Four Strong Winds is Four Strong Winds but man “I'll be lost and gone / Like summer wages” is such a great line. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

Ian Tyson. A singular artist and chronicler of the West. I drove to his ranch in 2010, with much trepidation, as a potential ghost writer of his memoir "The Long Trail." We determined we could work together, and did. One day he handed me this. Rest well, Ian.

The big battle here is NFTs vs Oxford Commas: currently sitting at 51-49, with 16 hours to go.

Our new paper in Journal of Thermal Biology shows that #MusselsAreCool. Microbial symbionts reduce the body temperatures of mussel beds & associated community Here 50 days' free access authors.elsevier.com/c/1gKfd_6zy-Df… BioNept Katy Nicastro Laurent Seuront Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences CCMAR - Centro de Ciências do Mar Laboratoire BOREA

Biology students: Please cite the taxonomic authority when using a scientific name in publication. I remember it was @mucofloris that first taught me importance of this as a new PHD student: riojournal.com/article/94338/ HT Dr Nigel J. Marley

NotoKakki-kun the fancy oyster is a mascot from Nanao Bay, a place known for oysters.