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Mónica Medina
@momedinamunoz.bsky.social
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Mom. Coral reef scientist and environmentalist. Host-microbe interactions. Anthropocene coral holobionts. Diversity in STEM advocate. Former fencer. Diver. Sailor wannabe. medinalab.org, redcientificacol.org 🇨🇴, diversifyoceansciences.org, spawnwatch.org .. more

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Mónica Medina is a professor of organismal biology at the Pennsylvania State University. She is known for environmental activism, such as fighting to protect Varadero Reef, and her research on the ecology and evolution of symbiosis by studying the relationships between cnidarian, endosymbiotic dinoflagellates, and other microbes. .. more

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 20d
A last reminder that the deadline (Dec 1) for abstract submissions is fast approaching for our session on Art as Catalyst in Coral Conservation, at the International Coral Reef Symposium to be held in Auckland, New Zealand July 19-24, 2026🧪🪸🌎🌊🧬🌐🐙🌿🦠🌿
Reefs reimagined: Art as a catalyst in coral conservation session at ICRS. Call for abstracts. Deadline December 1, 2025

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 3d
The deadline has been extended through Dec 8th!

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 3d
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ICRS International Coral Reef Society @icrs.bsky.social · 5d
1/5 📢 The 16th International Coral Reef Symposium - Abstract Deadline Extended!
Due to strong interest and multiple requests, we’re extending abstract submissions by one additional week.

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 6d
Congratulations!! Well deserved!!

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 6d
Avelino Álvarez Órdoñez shares pangenome date showing we are eating foods with lots of antimicrobial resistance genes #Pangenome25 🧪🦠🧬
Figure showing the foods we eat with different antimicrobial resistance genes in their pangenome a

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 6d
Howard Ochman provides a historical overview of bacterial pangenome molecular evolution research: De novo genes are super rare! #Pangenome25
Howard Ochman’s plenary lecture at #Pangenome25 Talk title: A pan-genomic view of new gene evolution Historical slide of pan-genome sequencing up to 2002

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 6d
#Pangenome25 kicks off! Pilar Francino introduces the topics we will discuss in Valencia, Spain 🧪🧬🦠
Pilar Francino introducing the Pangenome 2025 conference

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 9d
Very proud to be Colombian right now! 🇨🇴 I hope all neighboring countries follow suit soon! news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Colombia bans all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon
Colombia will no longer approve new oil or large-scale mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory, according to a Nov. 13 statement by its environment ministry. Ac...
news.mongabay.com

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 11d
Climate change postdoctoral fellowship (JRF, 3Y) opportunity at Oxford! 🌍 Brilliant opportunity for anybody with <2 years postdoc experience by October 2026. Would be great to get coral people - there's a strong cluster of coral reef/climate change people here. 🪸
www.queens.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/ju...

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The Coral Reef Research Hub @coralreefresearch.bsky.social · 12d
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Open Rank Faculty Position in Marine Ecology and Conservation (Florida International University)

Job Opening ID 536370 at hr.fiu.edu/careers/) and attach (1) cover letter, (2) curriculum vitae, and (3) statements of teaching, and research.

#coralreefs #marineecology #jobs #FIU

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 13d
Coral reefs protect coasts, nurture biodiversity, and help feed millions.

But they’re vanishing fast.

Every fraction of a degree counts in the fight to #SaveOurOcean.

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 14d
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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · 14d
🚨Last week to submit your #ICRS2026 abstract!
Consider submitting to session 124:

🪸Reefs through time⌛
Leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems.

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 17d
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Dr. Diana Beltrán @drdianabeltranr.bsky.social · 18d
Opsin genes drive speciation in corals. New paper by Matias Gómez and Carlos Prada shows divergence in G-Protein coupled Receptors such as Opsins drive the formation of new species across depths. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Speciation across depth gradients in reef corals
Nature Communications - Here, the authors explore mechanisms associated with common depth distributions in sister lineages of corals. They document sequence divergence for proteins related to...
www.nature.com

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 18d
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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 24d
In a major win for UC faculty groups and unions that sued, a federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA along with stipulations for deep campus changes in exchange for being eligible for federal grants: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism
A federal judge late Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA for alleged civil rights violations over antisemitism, its recog...
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David Weiskopf believes in you @dave.bzky.team · 24d
"With the US government’s stance on climate change best summed up as “Make it worse, faster,” somebody’s got to fill the void."

@clicabedu.bsky.social walks state and local policymakers through the many tools they have.

Today in @bloomberglp.bsky.social by @markgongloff.bsky.social (Gift link)
How to Fill the Climate Void Left by the White House
Regardless of your party affiliation, it was hard to feel too jazzed about California Governor Gavin Newsom representing the US at the COP30 climate talks in Belem, Brazil. Democrats will grouse that ...
www.bloomberg.com

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 29d
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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · 29d
The trip was a beam of sunshine that re-energized me to keep going through these rough times!! Thanks for the invite!!

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · Nov 7
Visited U. of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 and learned about all the research possibilities it provides! We can do long term controlled experiments in multiple biomes, possibly including bringing our beloved Upside-down Jellies to their coral reef and mangrove habitats for manipulation!! 🌎🧪🪼🪸🦠🧬
View of Biosphere 2’s ocean biome from the original kitchen View of Biosphere 2 from the modern housing quarters Biosphere 2 - Coral reef ocean Biosphere 2 - Mangrove forest

Reposted by Mónica Medina, Rebecca Tushnet, Juanjo Medina

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · Nov 7
Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?

For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
heatmap.news

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John Hawks @johnhawks.net · Nov 7
A nice story in @science.org this week about the collaboration between archaeologists and Kuikuro people in Brazil, which has been central to uncovering evidence of social complexity in the Amazon region more than 600 years ago.

www.science.org/content/arti...
To unearth their past, Amazonian people turn to ‘a language white men understand’
A model partnership between archaeologists and the Kuikuro people has helped rewrite the history of early Amazonian societies
www.science.org

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · Nov 6
A reminder that abstract submissions for the Reefs Reimagined session at the International Coral Reef Symposium (July 19-24, 2026) in New Zealand is coming up December 1st, 2025.
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A reminder that abstract submissions for the Reefs Reimagine session for the Reefs Reimagined session at ICRS (July 19-24, 2026) in New Zealand is coming up December 1st, 2025.

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We Don't Have Time @wedonthavetime.bsky.social · Nov 3
Donald Trump just thanked Bill Gates for “admitting he was wrong about the climate crisis.” — should we listen to the tech bros or the scientists? Watch👇 and judge for yourself!

Share this video
if you think it’s time
to listen to the scientists
instead of the tech bros.

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Should we listen to the tech bros or the scientists?
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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · Oct 31
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Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip @lalvarezfilip.bsky.social · Oct 27
The 2023 marine heatwave was devastating for Caribbean reefs; in this study, we report full mortality of over 5,000 Acropora palmata colonies across a reef scale. What is worrisome is that nearly 70% of reef crests across the Caribbean faced equal or higher levels of stress doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

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Mónica Medina @momedinamunoz.bsky.social · Oct 27
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