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Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Aug 27

I can't believe you caught this on a camera trap, and front stage centre! 🤯 Absolutely incredible, well done @thomasluypaert.bsky.social and co-authors!

The video is embedded in the #openaccess paper for those that are curious 🐆

Thomas Luypaert @thomasluypaert.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ever wondered what a jaguar’s love life looks like? Neither had we — until we captured the first-ever video of jaguar mating in the wild, featuring a rare black jaguar. 🐆😍🐈‍⬛ 🧪🌏🌐🍁. Check out the full video here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#Ecology #Conservation #Biodiversity #Wildlife

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Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jun 27

Could I be added please? Thanks! 🐋

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Becky Taylor @beckystaylor.bsky.social · May 21

Interested in measuring genetic load? We have a new paper out providing a modified version of GERP which is more user friendly in wildlife species and with scripts to automate making input files and pulling out derived alleles in your species #consgen #popgen star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4202

Cell Press: STAR Protocols

STAR Protocols is an open access, peer-reviewed journal from Cell Press. We offer structured, transparent, accessible, and repeatable step-by-step experimental and computational protocols from all are...

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Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jun 21

#MarMam #conservationgenomics #PopulationGenomics

Morten Tange Olsen @tangeolsen.bsky.social · Jun 19

Curious about the impact of historic decline and recent recovery of grey seal genetic diversity? Check out our new paper! Congrats @marinemolecol.bsky.social and Kristina Cammen onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jun 20

Could I be added too please? 🙏

Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jun 20

Also excited to join this #COST Action — the recent kickoff meeting left me buzzing 🐝 much looking forward to seeing the impact on both European policy and genetic monitoring from this conservation genetics #consgen initiative! 🎊

#conservation #popgen #GENOA

Francesca Raffini Lab @francescaraffini.bsky.social · May 5

Thrilled to join the #COST Action #genoa! 🧬⛵🔬
We aim to advance genetic diversity research, monitor and protect biodiversity, and support the use of genetic data across Europe.
Looking forward to impactful conservation efforts! 🤩
#consgen #popgen #BiodivMon
ℹ️ shorturl.at/VsCDW

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Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thanks! :))

Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jun 12

** New Indigenous Representation Subcommittee of the SMM DEI Committee seeking members! See thread below for more info! **

Reposting this to highlight it in the #MarMam feed now that I'm a contributor -- thanks @daryllmarie.bsky.social! 🦭 🐋

#MarineMammals #SMM #marinemammalscience

Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jun 11

‼️ Dear MARMAM community,
We, at the DEI Committee of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, are beginning the process of establishing an Indigenous Representation Subcommittee, the idea of which came out of an ad hoc meeting held at the SMM conference in Boorloo (Perth) in the Whajuk region of WA (1/n)

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Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hey Emma, I'm a bit late to the game it seems but would be great to be added! Thanks! :)

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Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jun 11

#MarMam #MarineMammals @marinemammalogy.bsky.social

Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jun 11

If you do not wish to join the subcommittee but have thoughts on what you would like to see tackled by it, you are welcome to (anonymously or otherwise) submit suggestions via this google form:

forms.gle/WbzDSXrT5EFc...

We look forward to hearing from you! 🐋

Suggestions for the Indigenous Representation Subcommittee

Please fill out the below form if you have any ideas or suggestions on what you would like to see the newly established Indigenous Representation Subcommittee of the DEI Committee (Society for Marine ...

forms.gle

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Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jun 11

We wish to invite anyone interested in joining this subcommittee, particularly our Indigenous community members and those already working in close collaboration with Indigenous communities, to reach out to us via:

📬 [email protected]

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Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jun 11

The goals of this subcommittee are open ended but early ideas include:

🖌️ drafting of best practice guidelines to carry out culturally sensitive marmam research & for the equitable inclusion of communities, particularly the Indigenous custodians of local territories within which research occurs.

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Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jun 11

‼️ Dear MARMAM community,
We, at the DEI Committee of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, are beginning the process of establishing an Indigenous Representation Subcommittee, the idea of which came out of an ad hoc meeting held at the SMM conference in Boorloo (Perth) in the Whajuk region of WA (1/n)

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Dr Jenny Allen @jennyallen13.bsky.social · Mar 4

I would really like to see @marinemammalogy.bsky.social add its name to this list, particularly given how critical federal bodies like the NSF and NOAA are to marine mammal research and conservation.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Mar 3

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.

It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science

48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

www.ucsusa.org

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Ellen Garland @ellengarland.bsky.social · Feb 6

We uncovered the same statistical structure that is a hallmark of human language in whale song, published today in Science. @inbalarnon.bsky.social @simonkirby.bsky.social @jennyallen13.bsky.social @clairenea.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jan 23

I've never seen such a violent windy report hitting Ireland before... Batten down the hatches & stay safe folks ☘️

#StormÉowyn

Screenshot of the wind gusts report for Friday morning from 'Windy', showing severe gusts of 131 knots hitting the southwest coast of Ireland.

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Franca Eichenberger @francae.bsky.social · Jan 8

New paper on "Patterns of paternity: insights into mating competition and gene flow in a recovering population of humpback whales." 🐋🧬
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

@emma-carroll.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social 1/8

Graphical abstract of the methods and main results of the publication. It includes a photograph of a group of several humpback whales competing to be closest to the female of the group.

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Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social · Jan 6

Love marine mammals, genomics and molecular evolution? Last few days to apply for this great PhD project with an awesome team of collaborators. Closing date now 8th January. 🧪🌍🧬🦭🐳🦑

Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social · Nov 23

New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 6th January 2025 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...

The evolutionary genomics of life-history adaptations in pinnipeds - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network

Project summary Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals and walrus) are keystone marine predators, and sentinels for marine ecosystem health. Advances in genomics technologies are opening up the possib...

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Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jan 6

Would love to hear your thoughts on it! ☺️

Éadin O'Mahony @eadinomahony.bsky.social · Jan 2

I suppose actually posting something, now that I've taken the leap & joined, is a good shout! 😉

So, here's our latest preprint, exploring the likely social learning of bubble net feeding throughout a network of Pacific humpback whales 🐋

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

@lrendell.bsky.social

The diffusion of cooperative and solo bubble net feeding in Canadian Pacific humpback whales

Cooperative foraging, a mutualistic resource acquisition behaviour observed across diverse taxa, can drive social network structure, as it typically involves high rates of interactions between individ...

www.biorxiv.org

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