Endless congratulations to Adam Reitzel for being awarded the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal, which recognizes outstanding scholarship, creativity, and research among the faculty at UNC Charlotte!

Join EchinoClub this month to hear about developmental symbioses in sea urchins. I'll be focusing on how an intra-kingdom heist enhances offspring fitness.

The Isthmus of Panama separated them, now these lucinid symbionts live different lifes: Isidora Morel Letelier Benedict Yuen Laetitia Wilkins (Megaptera helvetiae) et al show the role of #HGT in bacterial #adaptation & impact of #nitrogen availability on ecological divergence PLOS Genetics mpi-bremen.de/en/Small-but-s…

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This is what a metamorphosing starfish larva looks like. Brachiolaria (1.5 mm in length) from Skagerrak, North Sea.

How sea urchins are cooked in Corse. Thanks for the recipe, Matt Kustra, PhD!

This year we used the newest versions of our vertical tracking microscope and the always impressive diversity of embryos collected by @lab_lowe to observe some stunning swimmers

Acanthaster eats Trichodesmium. Fascinating! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

This hits deep. My best work [in my eyes] came at peak pandemic when I was largely isolated in Kiel (Germany) with little distraction. I miss that version the research life-style, and I strive to keep that stillness in this fast-paced chaos.

Sea urchin bowl [made in Thailand] that I found in an antique shop in Savannah, Georgia. It actually feels like grabbing an urchins test. Great way to kickoff Holly Bik’s workshop on telling stories through data science!

Slow productivity: do fewer things, work at a natural pace and obsess over quality go.nature.com/3LTbdQn

Sea star (Luidia clathrata) on the beach of Tybee Island.

Very different scene then the hotel conference room now that Hurricane [tropical storm] Debby has left Savannah.

This nasty pathogen infects the nuclei of mussels, multiplies to >80000 cells, swelling nuclei to >50 times their size. Where does its nutrition come from? How does it avoid apoptosis? Read our paper, just out! nature.com/articles/s4156…

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Life beyond the crust! Incredible work by @bright_monika and team! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Day 2 of the Conference Carolinas Baseball Championship continues with UMO Trojans and YHC Athletics! #LeadingTheWay