We had such a great time at the 10th Hydrozoan Society Workshop in Bergen. Thank you to the organizers (Aino Hosia, Luis Martell, Joan Soto)!

Ctenophores or sponges? We identified chromosomal changes that support ctenophores as the sister group of all other animals. In nature w/ stevehaddock.bsky Dan Rokhsar et al. Support from MBARI U.S. National Science Foundation European Research Council (ERC) 🔗nature.com/articles/s4158…

Hey Allies! Instead of being like boo Florida sucks you should leave, you can donate and support our trans community in this horrific time. Some orgs I like: eqfl.org/transactionfl fltranq.com/wp/ southernequality.org prismfl.org

It's Dr. Kaden Muffett, y'all! Kaden Muffett #PhDone

How many species live in the world’s largest mineral exploration zone? Spectacular diversity emerges from great work from Muriel Rabone Adrian Glover Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras @helena_wiklund @mucofloris Erik Simon Lledó Daniel Jones DiscoveryCollections @igniculus1 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Attention invert zoologists! Announcing the next GIGA meeting in Colombia!! Please R/T to spread the word! @daly66 Paulyn Cartwright Kevin Kocot Ben Titus @Aide_Macias High Seas Science Rebecca Varney Dr. Jessica Goodheart @jopabinia @plachetzki Sydney Birch Michael Bok Megan Porter Heather Bracken-Grissom etc etc etc

Prospective students looking for labs in Fall 2024 - watch this sheet for a list of PIs who are recruiting but be sure to do your due diligence in vetting the PI/lab/program! docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Cellular senescence contributes to aging and inflammation, but a new Cell Reports paper shows that senescent cells induce cellular #reprogramming in #Hydractinina #regeneration. Miguel Salinas-Saavedra @Hhorkan Febrimarsa Andy Baxevanis ➜ @baxevanislab.bsky.social Hakima Flici doi.org/10.1016/j.celr…

#PhDAlert! We have a 4-year #PhDposition available in #Siphonophore biosystematics and biogeography at NaturalHistoryMuseum Universitetsmuseet Universitetet i Bergen. RT highly appreciated. Deadline 15th August. More info & how to apply: bit.ly/PhD_Sipho Aino Hosia Luis Martell

A mind-blowing paper has come out today in nature In 2016, JC Venter Institute scientists trimmed a bacterial genome to its barest minimum required for life to synthesize what they called a "minimal genome" (science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…). Today, a group of scientists from

A homeobox gene plays a major role in the evolution (and loss) of the medusa life cycle stage in Cnidaria. Super excited to have this paper out - led by KU EEB GSO KU Ecology & Evolutionary Biology PhD student Matthew Travert.

Our new paper out in nature today led by Hudson Pinheiro shows that coral reefs are drowning in plastics! Surprisingly, the deeper you go, the more plastics you find. Near big cities we found mostly consumer plastics, and further, more fisheries trash. nature.com/articles/s4158…

1/n I'm delighted to tell you about our latest #preprint that I think represents the most exciting work ever (!!!) coming out of my lab. Led by Joachim Surm about #venom, #Evolution #Nematostella #tradeoff #adaptation and #Ecology biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We have a 1-year research engineer open position to work with @Leclere_L on muscle development in jellyfish, and on establishing CRISPR-Cas9 knock-out in Pelagia noctiluca. Apply here! emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR… Deadline: August 21th

Hiding in plain sight: We found multiple cryptic species within 8 nominal species of Hydrozoa in space (different locations) and time (living in sympatry but showing different seasonality). How much are we underestimating our biodiversity if we ignore this temporal component?

Do you study #CoralReefs? What about #GOMReefs? Registration is now open for the 2nd Gulf of Mexico Reef Symposium, where a group of experts in #CoralReef science and management will identify research needs for NOAA's Flower Garden Banks Natl Marine Sanctuary. Nov 1-3, 2023 Moody Gardens jsg.utexas.edu/martindale/gom…

Recent PhD interested in deep-sea ecology, genomics, biochemistry, or bioluminescence? Apply for a postdoctoral fellowship at MBARI. Check out the sponsor list & e-mail me to discuss projects hosted by my lab. Grad student position opening soon too. mbari.org/about/careers/…

I'm a marine biologist from Panama awarded by a CALDO Consortium Scholarship for CanadianUniversities looking for a PI who's lab is involved in marine science, invertebrates, evolution or systematics who are looking for fall2024 students #help #grad #master #marinescience #canada

Paper on microbiome of Cassiopea in the Florida Keys is out. Congrats Kade!