Jennifer M Polinski
@jmpolinski.bsky.social
Senior Research Associate at GMGI •
PhD Student at Northeastern University •
Using molecular techniques to understand marine organisms and environments in a changing world 🌊🧬 linktr.ee/jmpolinski
PhD Student at Northeastern University •
Using molecular techniques to understand marine organisms and environments in a changing world 🌊🧬 linktr.ee/jmpolinski
Just published yesterday!
#environmentalDNA #biodiversity #mpa #marinelife #science #womeninstem 🧬🌊🧪🌎
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
#environmentalDNA #biodiversity #mpa #marinelife #science #womeninstem 🧬🌊🧪🌎
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
Environmental DNA Documents Ecosystem‐Wide Biodiversity Within the Marine Protected Area Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Three marker genes targeting prokaryotic, eukaryotic, and vertebrate diversity were used to assess biodiversity within Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. High levels of biodiversity were seen...
doi.org
June 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Just published yesterday!
#environmentalDNA #biodiversity #mpa #marinelife #science #womeninstem 🧬🌊🧪🌎
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
#environmentalDNA #biodiversity #mpa #marinelife #science #womeninstem 🧬🌊🧪🌎
doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
Another successful #oceanx #YoungExplorersProgram in the books! This was a really fun group of students to teach about #eDNA as we sailed from #GranCanaria to the #Netherlands 🧬🌊
April 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Another successful #oceanx #YoungExplorersProgram in the books! This was a really fun group of students to teach about #eDNA as we sailed from #GranCanaria to the #Netherlands 🧬🌊
Reposted by Jennifer M Polinski
Red-finger aeolis #nudibranchs spotted sharing a romantic hydroid dinner off Portsmouth NH for #molluscmonday and belated #valentinesday 🦑
February 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Red-finger aeolis #nudibranchs spotted sharing a romantic hydroid dinner off Portsmouth NH for #molluscmonday and belated #valentinesday 🦑
#molluscmonday My first frond aeolis nudibranch (𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘴) sighting of 2025 at Plum Cove in #Gloucester #MA
#marinelife #nudibranch
#marinelife #nudibranch
February 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
#molluscmonday My first frond aeolis nudibranch (𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘴) sighting of 2025 at Plum Cove in #Gloucester #MA
#marinelife #nudibranch
#marinelife #nudibranch
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Most of the money that researchers spend is on paying other researchers. In other words, canceling research funds is taking money out of local economies by removing people and their spending power from them. 🧪
In Astronomy, NSF has only 1 call per year (grants last 3 years). This means that if the process is paused (or worse), it has a huge ripple effect: it changes how we do graduate admissions, as ~1/2 of our graduate students are funded by NSF grants. It changes if we can hire postdoctoral researchers.
January 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Most of the money that researchers spend is on paying other researchers. In other words, canceling research funds is taking money out of local economies by removing people and their spending power from them. 🧪
An Atlantic Ancula (𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘢) near the mouth of the Piscataqua River off Peirce Island (Portsmouth, NH) for #molluscmonday
This was one of those shots you can’t believe actually turned out because the algae was swaying back and forth so much! #marinelife #macrophotography
This was one of those shots you can’t believe actually turned out because the algae was swaying back and forth so much! #marinelife #macrophotography
January 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
An Atlantic Ancula (𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘢) near the mouth of the Piscataqua River off Peirce Island (Portsmouth, NH) for #molluscmonday
This was one of those shots you can’t believe actually turned out because the algae was swaying back and forth so much! #marinelife #macrophotography
This was one of those shots you can’t believe actually turned out because the algae was swaying back and forth so much! #marinelife #macrophotography
A little spot of sunshine on an otherwise sad day for the planet #molluscmonday #planetoverprofit
Rim-backed nudibranch (𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑜 𝑑𝑢𝑏𝑖𝑎) in New Castle, NH yesterday #marinelife
Rim-backed nudibranch (𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑜 𝑑𝑢𝑏𝑖𝑎) in New Castle, NH yesterday #marinelife
January 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A little spot of sunshine on an otherwise sad day for the planet #molluscmonday #planetoverprofit
Rim-backed nudibranch (𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑜 𝑑𝑢𝑏𝑖𝑎) in New Castle, NH yesterday #marinelife
Rim-backed nudibranch (𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑜 𝑑𝑢𝑏𝑖𝑎) in New Castle, NH yesterday #marinelife
Happy #MolluscMonday 🐌
Red-finger aeolis nudibranch (Flabellina verrucosa) under the UNH Pier in New Castle NH in April 2024 #macrophotography #scuba #marinelife
Red-finger aeolis nudibranch (Flabellina verrucosa) under the UNH Pier in New Castle NH in April 2024 #macrophotography #scuba #marinelife
January 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Happy #MolluscMonday 🐌
Red-finger aeolis nudibranch (Flabellina verrucosa) under the UNH Pier in New Castle NH in April 2024 #macrophotography #scuba #marinelife
Red-finger aeolis nudibranch (Flabellina verrucosa) under the UNH Pier in New Castle NH in April 2024 #macrophotography #scuba #marinelife
A beautiful sculpin for #fishFriday 💙 #marinelife
Spotted while diving Back Beach in Rockport MA #divenewengland
Spotted while diving Back Beach in Rockport MA #divenewengland
January 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A beautiful sculpin for #fishFriday 💙 #marinelife
Spotted while diving Back Beach in Rockport MA #divenewengland
Spotted while diving Back Beach in Rockport MA #divenewengland
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The Jonah crab, Cancer borealis, is integral to marine ecosystems, supports a valuable commercial fishery in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, & is an established model for neuroscience research.🦀
Check out the January #G3journal: buff.ly/3QjTJhY
📸: @jmpolinski.bsky.social
Check out the January #G3journal: buff.ly/3QjTJhY
📸: @jmpolinski.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Jonah crab, Cancer borealis, is integral to marine ecosystems, supports a valuable commercial fishery in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, & is an established model for neuroscience research.🦀
Check out the January #G3journal: buff.ly/3QjTJhY
📸: @jmpolinski.bsky.social
Check out the January #G3journal: buff.ly/3QjTJhY
📸: @jmpolinski.bsky.social
The Jonah crab is integral to marine ecosystems, supports a valuable fishery in the northwest Atlantic, and is a model for neuroscience research. It’s also the cover of this month’s issue of G3! #crustacean #genomics #science #marinelife #jonahcrab
(see my past post for a link to the genome paper)
(see my past post for a link to the genome paper)
January 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Jonah crab is integral to marine ecosystems, supports a valuable fishery in the northwest Atlantic, and is a model for neuroscience research. It’s also the cover of this month’s issue of G3! #crustacean #genomics #science #marinelife #jonahcrab
(see my past post for a link to the genome paper)
(see my past post for a link to the genome paper)
Reposted by Jennifer M Polinski
Important piece by Gittleman - “It’s impossible to separate human health from health of the natural world. Ecology is the unifying science that integrates knowledge..[the] One Health approach is unlimited, exciting, & necessary for the health of life on our planet” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪🌎🌐🌾
December 13, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Important piece by Gittleman - “It’s impossible to separate human health from health of the natural world. Ecology is the unifying science that integrates knowledge..[the] One Health approach is unlimited, exciting, & necessary for the health of life on our planet” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪🌎🌐🌾
What better #crustmas present than a reference genome for Jonah crab! 🦀🎄
#marinelife #genomics #science #marinegenomics #marinescience
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
#marinelife #genomics #science #marinegenomics #marinescience
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
Chromosome-level reference genome for the Jonah crab, Cancer borealis
Abstract. The Jonah crab, Cancer borealis, is integral to marine ecosystems and supports a rapidly growing commercial fishery in the northwest Atlantic Oce
doi.org
December 5, 2024 at 3:32 PM
What better #crustmas present than a reference genome for Jonah crab! 🦀🎄
#marinelife #genomics #science #marinegenomics #marinescience
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
#marinelife #genomics #science #marinegenomics #marinescience
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
Red claws for #crustmas 🦞🎄
Photo of an American lobster taken off the coast of Manchester-by-the-Sea #massachusetts #marinelife 🦑
Photo of an American lobster taken off the coast of Manchester-by-the-Sea #massachusetts #marinelife 🦑
December 4, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Red claws for #crustmas 🦞🎄
Photo of an American lobster taken off the coast of Manchester-by-the-Sea #massachusetts #marinelife 🦑
Photo of an American lobster taken off the coast of Manchester-by-the-Sea #massachusetts #marinelife 🦑
Life goal accomplished! I finally won the annual GMGI Chili/Soup Cook-Off and took home the Golden Pumpkin by following my heart instead of a recipe 🏆 #chilicookoff #firstplace #thanksgivingweek
November 25, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Life goal accomplished! I finally won the annual GMGI Chili/Soup Cook-Off and took home the Golden Pumpkin by following my heart instead of a recipe 🏆 #chilicookoff #firstplace #thanksgivingweek
Reposted by Jennifer M Polinski
Excellent blog post about using coral genomes to combat bleaching: sangerinstitute.blog/2024/10/02/c... 🧪🧬 #Invert #genome
Coral genomes to combat bleaching - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog
Corals are bleaching at unprecedented rates due to human-induced climate change. Researchers studying the DNA of corals and the algae they live in symbiosis with aim to better understand how to protec...
sangerinstitute.blog
November 12, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Excellent blog post about using coral genomes to combat bleaching: sangerinstitute.blog/2024/10/02/c... 🧪🧬 #Invert #genome
It’s almost nudibranch season here in New England! These beauties are the reason I started drysuit diving #nudivember Photo of a Flabellina nudibranch taken in March at Peirce Island, Portsmouth NH #marinelife #coldwaterdiving #underwaterphotography
November 23, 2024 at 4:08 PM
It’s almost nudibranch season here in New England! These beauties are the reason I started drysuit diving #nudivember Photo of a Flabellina nudibranch taken in March at Peirce Island, Portsmouth NH #marinelife #coldwaterdiving #underwaterphotography
Very adorable but very lost 😍
Spotted this juvenile Short Bigeye giving #FindingNemovibes on my last dive in #GloucesterMA. This tropical/subtropical species is typically found between Brazil and North Carolina, so it was a rare sighting this far north!
#scuba #marinelife #photography
Spotted this juvenile Short Bigeye giving #FindingNemovibes on my last dive in #GloucesterMA. This tropical/subtropical species is typically found between Brazil and North Carolina, so it was a rare sighting this far north!
#scuba #marinelife #photography
November 20, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Very adorable but very lost 😍
Spotted this juvenile Short Bigeye giving #FindingNemovibes on my last dive in #GloucesterMA. This tropical/subtropical species is typically found between Brazil and North Carolina, so it was a rare sighting this far north!
#scuba #marinelife #photography
Spotted this juvenile Short Bigeye giving #FindingNemovibes on my last dive in #GloucesterMA. This tropical/subtropical species is typically found between Brazil and North Carolina, so it was a rare sighting this far north!
#scuba #marinelife #photography
This study is officially old news since it was published back in April, but I’ve decided it’s worth resharing for my first Bluesky post!
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Genomic signatures of exceptional longevity and negligible aging in the long-lived red sea urchin
Lifespan varies enormously across the animal kingdom, with some animals attaining
exceptional longevity. Polinski et al. report a chromosome-level genome assembly for
the long-lived red sea urchin and...
www.cell.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:27 PM
This study is officially old news since it was published back in April, but I’ve decided it’s worth resharing for my first Bluesky post!
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Reposted by Jennifer M Polinski
They said that sea urchins couldn't have a bluesky account because we "don't have thumbs." We have hundreds of tube feet, we can push a few buttons 😤
November 14, 2024 at 2:28 PM
They said that sea urchins couldn't have a bluesky account because we "don't have thumbs." We have hundreds of tube feet, we can push a few buttons 😤