Deep-Sea Biology Society
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A society for student, academic and professional #DeepSea biologists. 🌊
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A society for student, academic and professional #DeepSea biologists. 🌊
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🔗 @dsbsoc-arts.bsky.social
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Hey members - goes without saying that @dsbsoc.bsky.social is now inactive on Twitter/X.
Don't forget, we'll also continue to keep you in the loop over Instagram: instagram.com/dsbsoc/ and the #DSBSoc Discord (-- haven't joined yet? Check your e-mail for the invite, what are you waiting for?)
Don't forget, we'll also continue to keep you in the loop over Instagram: instagram.com/dsbsoc/ and the #DSBSoc Discord (-- haven't joined yet? Check your e-mail for the invite, what are you waiting for?)
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Two open PhD positions in molluscan biomineralization with the amazing Dr. Victoria Sleight at U. Aberdeen! See:
sleightlab.com/vacancies/ and sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/. The first deadline is 15 December.
sleightlab.com/vacancies/ and sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/. The first deadline is 15 December.
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Two open PhD positions in molluscan biomineralization with the amazing Dr. Victoria Sleight at U. Aberdeen! See:
sleightlab.com/vacancies/ and sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/. The first deadline is 15 December.
sleightlab.com/vacancies/ and sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/. The first deadline is 15 December.
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Good day from the Haakon Mosby Mud Vocano (~1200 m depth), here with a nice Arctic skate (Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879)) recorded by our Ocean Floor Observation System in the Norwegian Sea in 2002 😊!
#FloodTheZoneWithBeauty
#FloodTheZoneWithBeauty
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Good day from the Haakon Mosby Mud Vocano (~1200 m depth), here with a nice Arctic skate (Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879)) recorded by our Ocean Floor Observation System in the Norwegian Sea in 2002 😊!
#FloodTheZoneWithBeauty
#FloodTheZoneWithBeauty
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On the 3-D mgmt needs of deepsea hydrothermal vent ecosystems, where science supports protection of subseafloor, seafloor, AND water column, intl law supports global protection of all active vents, BUT current protection from #deepseamining insufficient.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌊 🦑 ⚒️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Three-dimensional management needs of deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents form small, unique, and fragile ecosystems that are widely recognized as sites in need of protection. Deep-seabed mining (…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
On the 3-D mgmt needs of deepsea hydrothermal vent ecosystems, where science supports protection of subseafloor, seafloor, AND water column, intl law supports global protection of all active vents, BUT current protection from #deepseamining insufficient.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌊 🦑 ⚒️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌊 🦑 ⚒️
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Working up a new policy paper with some great co-authors and had to dive into some of my past work.
A look, I am totally shameless. This paper I wrote with @divaamon.bsky.social is an absolute banger.
peerj.com/articles/7397/
A look, I am totally shameless. This paper I wrote with @divaamon.bsky.social is an absolute banger.
peerj.com/articles/7397/
262 Voyages Beneath the Sea: a global assessment of macro- and megafaunal biodiversity and research effort at deep-sea hydrothermal vents
For over 40 years, hydrothermal vents and the communities that thrive on them have been a source of profound discovery for deep-sea ecologists. These ecosystems are found throughout the world on activ...
peerj.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Working up a new policy paper with some great co-authors and had to dive into some of my past work.
A look, I am totally shameless. This paper I wrote with @divaamon.bsky.social is an absolute banger.
peerj.com/articles/7397/
A look, I am totally shameless. This paper I wrote with @divaamon.bsky.social is an absolute banger.
peerj.com/articles/7397/
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November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Here's the R/V Falkor (too) and the bay inside with the amazing robot sub (SuBastian), suspended from a giant A frame for deploying it through an even larger door. The two workbenches in front give you a sense of scale. You can also just make out @archaeal.bsky.social in front of the Falkor
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Here's the R/V Falkor (too) and the bay inside with the amazing robot sub (SuBastian), suspended from a giant A frame for deploying it through an even larger door. The two workbenches in front give you a sense of scale. You can also just make out @archaeal.bsky.social in front of the Falkor
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MBARI and FathomNet collaborated with Meta on their new Segment Anything Model (SAM 3). Meta produced 294K segmentation masks for FathomNet data. More details at www.fathomnet.org/news/open-da...
#machinelearning #FathomNet #MBARI
#machinelearning #FathomNet #MBARI
Open Data Opens New Opportunities | FathomNet
www.fathomnet.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
MBARI and FathomNet collaborated with Meta on their new Segment Anything Model (SAM 3). Meta produced 294K segmentation masks for FathomNet data. More details at www.fathomnet.org/news/open-da...
#machinelearning #FathomNet #MBARI
#machinelearning #FathomNet #MBARI
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Today's dive site, to ~2,200m. We will be streaming 9am-3pm Central. At www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Today's dive site, to ~2,200m. We will be streaming 9am-3pm Central. At www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
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ICYMI - our COBRA webinar recording is now posted on YouTube! Olivia Pereira (postdoc at @mbarinews.bsky.social) and I teamed up to talk about #SciComm - “From Abyss to Audience: Science Communication in Deep-sea Research” www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnlx...
COBRA Webinar Series – From Abyss to Audience: Science Communication in Deep-sea Research
YouTube video by COBRA
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November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
ICYMI - our COBRA webinar recording is now posted on YouTube! Olivia Pereira (postdoc at @mbarinews.bsky.social) and I teamed up to talk about #SciComm - “From Abyss to Audience: Science Communication in Deep-sea Research” www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnlx...
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We are streaming from 900m
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We are streaming from 900m
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TOMORROW: Don’t miss Schmidt Ocean Institute's next Back Ashore webinar featuring Scripps Oceanography scientists. They'll share their findings on the toxic legacy of DDT barrels dumped off Southern California’s coast decades ago.
Register here: bit.ly/3KdYA57
Register here: bit.ly/3KdYA57
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
TOMORROW: Don’t miss Schmidt Ocean Institute's next Back Ashore webinar featuring Scripps Oceanography scientists. They'll share their findings on the toxic legacy of DDT barrels dumped off Southern California’s coast decades ago.
Register here: bit.ly/3KdYA57
Register here: bit.ly/3KdYA57
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Our most recent publication in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social illustrates how cost-effective deep-sea imaging tools, such as the Azor drift-cam, can effectively build local capacity, promote equity in deep-sea science and generate essential data for the conservation of marine benthic habitats.
Online now: Democratizing deep-sea research for biodiversity conservation
Democratizing deep-sea research for biodiversity conservation
Conservation of deep-sea ecosystems is often hindered by insufficient data on biodiversity composition, distribution, and ecological status. As global efforts to expand deep-sea exploration continue, we illustrate how cost-effective deep-sea research can build local capacity; promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in deep-sea science; and generate essential data for conservation initiatives.
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Our most recent publication in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social illustrates how cost-effective deep-sea imaging tools, such as the Azor drift-cam, can effectively build local capacity, promote equity in deep-sea science and generate essential data for the conservation of marine benthic habitats.
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Testing a YOLO-based computer vision model to ID 13 benthic species from underwater images. It boosts automated species recognition, aiding large-scale biodiversity monitoring & better marine conservation. @azti.bsky.social
#AI4Oceans #BenthicEcology #MarineScience #BioBoost+
#AI4Oceans #BenthicEcology #MarineScience #BioBoost+
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Testing a YOLO-based computer vision model to ID 13 benthic species from underwater images. It boosts automated species recognition, aiding large-scale biodiversity monitoring & better marine conservation. @azti.bsky.social
#AI4Oceans #BenthicEcology #MarineScience #BioBoost+
#AI4Oceans #BenthicEcology #MarineScience #BioBoost+
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"...the analysis of nearly 3,000 species showed more diversity of body types among the pelagic fishes, those that swim in open water, than among the benthic species spending their life on the ocean floor. "
How fishes of the deep sea have evolved into different shapes share.google/hwvVtuZmVcSQ...
How fishes of the deep sea have evolved into different shapes share.google/hwvVtuZmVcSQ...
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"...the analysis of nearly 3,000 species showed more diversity of body types among the pelagic fishes, those that swim in open water, than among the benthic species spending their life on the ocean floor. "
How fishes of the deep sea have evolved into different shapes share.google/hwvVtuZmVcSQ...
How fishes of the deep sea have evolved into different shapes share.google/hwvVtuZmVcSQ...
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PhD Opportunity: Come and join our fabulous plastics research team at the University of Exeter and colleagues at @pml.ac.uk to work on the impacts of conventional and alternative plastics on the health and functioning of benthic ecosystems.
Full details and application link here: lnkd.in/ePeFMXzJ
Full details and application link here: lnkd.in/ePeFMXzJ
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
PhD Opportunity: Come and join our fabulous plastics research team at the University of Exeter and colleagues at @pml.ac.uk to work on the impacts of conventional and alternative plastics on the health and functioning of benthic ecosystems.
Full details and application link here: lnkd.in/ePeFMXzJ
Full details and application link here: lnkd.in/ePeFMXzJ
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Despite their prominence in the deep sea, ammonia oxidizing microbes don't play a huge role in carbon cycling. They're around, just not very active, starved for nitrogen... 🧪🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Minor contribution of ammonia oxidizers to inorganic carbon fixation in the ocean - Nature Geoscience
Ammonia oxidizers contribute minimally to carbon fixation in the dark ocean despite their abundance at depth, according to enzyme inhibition experiments on water samples from two cruises.
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Despite their prominence in the deep sea, ammonia oxidizing microbes don't play a huge role in carbon cycling. They're around, just not very active, starved for nitrogen... 🧪🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This new fav sponge is either Chondrocladia grandis or Chondrocladia concrescens, as both species occur in Alaskan waters! #deepsea #deepseacreaturea 🐡🦑 #deepseaart
Friends- this carnivorous sponge is basically the COOLEST thing ever! Semi-transparent bulbous knobs, and totally covered in brittle stars *swoon* def new boyfriend material. Oh and I started another painting 😁 #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #deepseaart #unseenocean #art #acryliconcanvas
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This new fav sponge is either Chondrocladia grandis or Chondrocladia concrescens, as both species occur in Alaskan waters! #deepsea #deepseacreaturea 🐡🦑 #deepseaart
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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!
Start your countdown; #WCMB2026 is happening exactly one year from now!
Register here: wcmb2026.org/registration
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be #marinebiodiversity
Start your countdown; #WCMB2026 is happening exactly one year from now!
Register here: wcmb2026.org/registration
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be #marinebiodiversity
Register here
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November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!
Start your countdown; #WCMB2026 is happening exactly one year from now!
Register here: wcmb2026.org/registration
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be #marinebiodiversity
Start your countdown; #WCMB2026 is happening exactly one year from now!
Register here: wcmb2026.org/registration
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be #marinebiodiversity
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🪸 New study reports VERY high densities of marine debris on
the deep seafloor of the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea: 4,975 - 79,840 items per km2 (mean = 27,267 items/km2)!
48% were #plastics and highest densities were observed near a public beach 🏖️.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
the deep seafloor of the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea: 4,975 - 79,840 items per km2 (mean = 27,267 items/km2)!
48% were #plastics and highest densities were observed near a public beach 🏖️.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🪸 New study reports VERY high densities of marine debris on
the deep seafloor of the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea: 4,975 - 79,840 items per km2 (mean = 27,267 items/km2)!
48% were #plastics and highest densities were observed near a public beach 🏖️.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
the deep seafloor of the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea: 4,975 - 79,840 items per km2 (mean = 27,267 items/km2)!
48% were #plastics and highest densities were observed near a public beach 🏖️.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hey, members! We’re opening submissions for our media (alongside our NextGen of #DeepSea Researchers series - self-submissions encouraged).
Also welcome: research profiles, accessibility/fieldwork challenges, and non-traditional career paths. Contributions especially welcome outside the EU/US.
Also welcome: research profiles, accessibility/fieldwork challenges, and non-traditional career paths. Contributions especially welcome outside the EU/US.
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Hey, members! We’re opening submissions for our media (alongside our NextGen of #DeepSea Researchers series - self-submissions encouraged).
Also welcome: research profiles, accessibility/fieldwork challenges, and non-traditional career paths. Contributions especially welcome outside the EU/US.
Also welcome: research profiles, accessibility/fieldwork challenges, and non-traditional career paths. Contributions especially welcome outside the EU/US.
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Come be my colleague at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. We're hiring an assistant professor in Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling. 🌊
Career Opportunities at the University of Hawai'i | University of Hawai'i
www.schooljobs.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Come be my colleague at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. We're hiring an assistant professor in Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling. 🌊
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We just planned this canyon and now we are diving to explore and collect samples.
Watch live here - www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcea...
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
Watch live here - www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcea...
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We just planned this canyon and now we are diving to explore and collect samples.
Watch live here - www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcea...
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
Watch live here - www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcea...
#AsgardArchaea
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
@moorefound.bsky.social
@texasscience.bsky.social
@utmsi.bsky.social
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Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html
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The lab of Nina Overgaard Therkildsen in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University invites applications for a PhD position starting in Fall 2026. Our group works...
www.therkildsenlab.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html
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MBARI President and CEO Antje Boetius has been elected to Germany’s prestigious Order Pour le Mérite for Science and Arts, recognizing her important contributions to deep-sea and polar sciences.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-p...
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-p...
MBARI President and CEO Antje Boetius elected to German Order Pour le Mérite for Science and Arts • MBARI
Boetius is one of three new members elected to Germany’s prestigious Order Pour le Mérite.
www.mbari.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
MBARI President and CEO Antje Boetius has been elected to Germany’s prestigious Order Pour le Mérite for Science and Arts, recognizing her important contributions to deep-sea and polar sciences.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-p...
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-p...
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I got to dissect a particularly neat species today - the sabertooth, Evermannella balbo. I haven’t got any great photos of them in the lab (freezer burn is no friend to the deep pelagic beasties) but I’m so excited to have a half dozen of these beautiful freakazoids in my PhD dataset!
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I got to dissect a particularly neat species today - the sabertooth, Evermannella balbo. I haven’t got any great photos of them in the lab (freezer burn is no friend to the deep pelagic beasties) but I’m so excited to have a half dozen of these beautiful freakazoids in my PhD dataset!