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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · 7d

Excited to share another paper from work I did during my PhD with @trishschulte.bsky.social and @madisonearhart.bsky.social. We looked at how fish embryos respond differently to constant and fluctuating temperatures! 🐟

Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 9d

Atlantic killifish are robust little fish, but now @tblanchard.bsky.social & co reveal that fluctuating temperatures while the embryos are developing in the egg can have beneficial and damaging consequences

journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

A photo of two Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) embryos. Photo credit: Tessa Blanchard

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · May 14

So proud of you and so sad I missed this!

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Apr 22

This is so cool and creative !!

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Apr 4

Congratulations 🥳 Guido and I are very proud of you !!

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Madison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · Apr 3

here is the paper link!!! :

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This was a team effort 🫶🏼 with @wbuggiii.bsky.social, @biomatt.bsky.social, @trishschulte.bsky.social, and bluesky-less Gary and Ken

Transcriptomic signatures associated with developmental transitions in the gill of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)

The developmental transition from the larval to juvenile stage, represents one of the highest periods of mortality for many species of fish. Thus, und…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Will Bugg @wbuggiii.bsky.social · Apr 3

New lake sturgeon work out investigating transcriptional shifts in the gill during early development

mRNA changes associated with histone modifications, DNA methylation, and apoptosis were conserved across both populations, as well as population-specific processes

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tinyurl.com/bdekwzed

Different process which changed in the gill of lake sturgeon during early development.

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Mar 1

I’ll have to come say hi one day 🥰

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Madison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · Feb 24

these REUs are so crucial for undergraduates to get to do science, for their careers, and for all of us because undergraduates are our future and we need to support and nurture their brilliance ~ this is heartbreaking 💔

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 24

🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025.

www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...

Cancellation megathread

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Feb 23

Another paper from my PhD where we looked at the short and long term effects of raising embryos at two different temperatures 🐟

Interestingly hypoxia tolerance but not thermal tolerance was shown to be altered in juveniles.

Madison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · Feb 19

How do early developmental conditions affect stressor resilience in fish later in life?

We investigated this in a new paper lead by @tblanchard.bsky.social! 🧪👩🏻‍🔬🌎🌐🦑

We found that in killifish, sub-optimal developmental temps had lasting negative impacts on hypoxia tolerance later in life 👇🏼

Exposure to sub-optimal temperature during early development decreases hypoxia tolerance in juvenile Fundulus heteroclitus

Summary: Exposing Fundulus heteroclitus to a sub-optimal temperature during development reduces hypoxia tolerance but increases hif1α expression in juvenile fish and has no effect on thermal tolerance...

doi.org

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Madison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · Feb 19

How do early developmental conditions affect stressor resilience in fish later in life?

We investigated this in a new paper lead by @tblanchard.bsky.social! 🧪👩🏻‍🔬🌎🌐🦑

We found that in killifish, sub-optimal developmental temps had lasting negative impacts on hypoxia tolerance later in life 👇🏼

Exposure to sub-optimal temperature during early development decreases hypoxia tolerance in juvenile Fundulus heteroclitus

Summary: Exposing Fundulus heteroclitus to a sub-optimal temperature during development reduces hypoxia tolerance but increases hif1α expression in juvenile fish and has no effect on thermal tolerance...

doi.org

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Madison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · Jan 21

please fill out this form if you are a part of AFS or fisheries science in general,
they are also voting to remove CLIMATE CHANGE from their 5 year plan - absolutely horrendous behavior

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Ale the marinebioartist 🌊 @marinebiologale.bsky.social · Jan 21

Ocean science friends! The American Fisheries Society is planning on removing certain words like inclusivity and safety from their 5 year plan. They are voting on this on Thursday, so please share your dissent and fill out the form here. Please also share! #oceansci docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

5-Year Strategic Plan Development Feedback Form

AFS's strategic planning committee, a group of volunteers charged with designing a document intended to guide the Society for 5 years, recently released its final draft to the Governing Board for comm...

docs.google.com

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Dec 18

With a beautiful figure 🤩

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Dec 18

Well that’s promising cause I haven’t attempted it yet 😂

Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Dec 14

Puppy sitter **

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Dec 14

Wow what a babysitter 🥰

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Dec 6

Survived my first ever term as a Lecturer, even though I still have lots to learn, my students are what made the class so enjoyable to teach. My biggest takeaway from teaching is to show students you care, and to that I look forward to what next semester brings.

two notes from students to say thank you with two chocolate bars.

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Nov 28

I second this 😂😂✋

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Feb 29

This sounds awesome! Is this 180?

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Feb 28

Ooo yes! I’ll register today!

Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Feb 28

This is awesome!!

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Jan 25

After almost 6 years of work, I have officially turned in my PhD thesis 🎉

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Dec 13

This is adorable 😌😌

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Firas Moosvi, PhD @firas.moosvi.com · Dec 9

The Alternative Grading SoTL linkage grant I’m working on with @drceleste.bsky.social (and many others) has FINALLY had the Ethics application approved! 🥳

Time to start doing the work!

isotl.ctlt.ubc.ca/services/sot...

2023 SoTL Linkage Grant Awardees | ISOTL

Many congratulations to our 2023 awardees for the first round of SoTL Linkage Grants! Breaking Barriers in Health Professions – Fostering Accessible and Inclusive Health Professions Higher Education...

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Dec 5

I’ll have chocolate for you Wednesday 🙊

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Tessa Blanchard @tblanchard.bsky.social · Nov 27

This is incredible!!!! I may have to steal this idea one day!!!!

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