I made my C. chesapeakei for #Invertober quickly at the bar tonight! For Scyphozoa, you have to remember the polyps and strobila :)

Hey! QUICK! Scientists/Science communicators of all kinds.

Have you taken anything you've learned from my incessant yapping about my Philly science engagement work & made your own version? Made your own zine, made your own posters, stickers, events, anything?

I would love to hear about it if so!

End of Sept = @sicb.bsky.social Fall Newsletters!

Need a specimen for your phylogeny? Have a field course to advertise? We’d love to feature your research, teaching, outreach and photos. Let us know!

Send a short blurb + image to [email protected]!

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This beautiful #MicroscopyMonday shows a sea anemone’s tentacle, which contains numerous stinging cells (green) used to ensnare and capture prey. 🔬 (Gibson Lab) #SciSky

Hello #fish 🐟 🐠 researchers and PIs of tomorrow! We would be excited to sponsor you for an Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (EEB) Presidential #Postdoc Fellowship application @michiganstateu.bsky.social. Application deadline is Nov 10, so get in touch soom!

#EndlessFishMostBeautiful

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Applications are now welcome for the 2026 Venom Evolution, Function and Biomedical Applications GRC & GRS. Before we highlight the amazing programme of speakers we are beginning to put together, we’d like to introduce our organising committee.

Our science photo book The Radiant Sea is out Sept 2nd!!
30 years of research, 10 years of "we should", and a year of collating pix and writing.
Sönke and I show (mostly for the first time) images of how organisms produce, use, and interact with light in the sea. #bioluminescence #fluorescence 🦑🧪🌊

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
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First, first-author paper alert!

“Shedding Light on Patterns of Unconventional Expression of Opsin Genes in Hydra vulgaris” is out and open access in @sicbjournals.bsky.social

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Keep reading for some highlights in the thread below!

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Good news! KU's IRACDA program was reinstated! We are now taking applications for postdocs. Please spread the word.

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The #StowersGrad Class of 2025 is here! ✨ Hear from our newest graduate students about why they chose our #PhD program and what excites them most about the journey ahead. #gradschool

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The lost jellyfish art of Ilona Richter, from Anita Brinckmann-Voss's 1970 book on jellyfish of the Mediterranean Sea...
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After many months and tears, my final thesis chap is in print! I found two really distinct pictures of a cnidarian microbiome, one from the body cavity and one from the external mucus layer :D journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Very cool! I honestly have no idea - I (unfortunately) have very little experience with field specimens. If you want any images from the lab strains we have let me know.

This is Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus, a lab strain we have had for a while. Polyp color certainly go between white to “bright” pink depending on last feed, but egg color is pretty consistent. I have to look back at some pics of other species to see how much egg color might vary.

A little snail fur hydroid (Hydractinia) close up for #ToxinTuesday. This female colony has tons of eggs developing across multiple reproductive polyps (called gonozooids).

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#Hype4Hydrozoa
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This sea anemone holds some serious stinging power around their mouth!

📷 Transgenic Nematostella where green marks developing and mature stinging cells, which are densely packed around the mouth.

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#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday @stowersinstitute.bsky.social

Hey everyone! @sicb-diz.bsky.social is now here! Follow them for all your invertebrate science needs! 🧪🦑🌎

A single-cell ATACseq atlas of our favourite sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis! By @aelek.bsky.social @martaig.bsky.social

📢 The #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary is entering a bold new chapter – and we need your help! Today we release our official Call for Support. We’re seeking new hosts for BHL’s staff, infrastructure, and services. Learn more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran... #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL

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When I caught this itty bitty jelly last night, I knew I had something weird. What I didn't realize was that this little medusa is believed to only live for minutes, just long enough to pop off and spawn. I put it aside and texted Claudia Mills. Minutes later, I was bolting back to lab... 🐙🦑🪼