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echinoblog.bsky.social
A recent account of my research in the NYT! by @megadarren.bsky.social ! #echinoday www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/s...
New Antarctic Starfish Are Doting Parents and Vicious Predators (Published 2023)
A close examination of a collection of starfish in the Smithsonian revealed even more starfish inside those starfish.
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November 17, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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climatologist49.bsky.social
🚨🔥 Warmest Christmas on record for the Contiguous U.S.! The average high of 57.9F and the average low of 36.6F each broke the Christmas record by a full 3F. 🔥🚨
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Underwtaer mess
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #fish #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #seasquirt #coral #sponge
October 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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A siphon of a sea squirt, an ascidian Didemnum molle
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #giliair #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #seasquirt #ascidian
April 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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megdaly.bsky.social
Pretty sure this is MANY people's dream job
trevorabranch.bsky.social Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 11d
This could be your dream job: working full time at the Friday Harbor Labs on marine invertebrate organismal biology. Nine month salary from an endowment, teaching and research faculty position.

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December 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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What is writing, you ask? #AcWri #WritingSky #AcademicSky
“Writing is really just a matter of writing a lot, writing consistently and having faith that you'll continue to get better and better. Sometimes, people think that if they don't display great talent and have some success right away, they won't succeed. But writing is about struggling through and learning and finding out what it is about writing itself that you really love.” ― Laura Kasischke
December 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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natclarke.bsky.social
Felt a little festive at the microscope this morning for #FluorescenceFriday 🎄

Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️

Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei

Happy holidays!
Confocal microscopy image of a juvenile sea star (Patiria miniata) viewed from the oral side. The animal has a five-armed, star-shaped body with a central nerve ring. The nervous system is labeled in green, forming radial nerve cords extending into each arm, and cell nuclei are labeled in red throughout the animal. The image appears against a black background and has a holiday-ornament-like appearance.
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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natclarke.bsky.social
🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels!

Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology?

I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics.

🔗: clarkelab.com/join/

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October 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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echinoblog.bsky.social
Not all sea stars can evert their stomach! Some sand stars such as this Astropecten must SWALLOW their food entirely! In this case a clam completely occupying the oral/mouth region where it will be eventually devoured! #echinoday #predation
Sea star with spines and a swollen disk because a clam has been swallowed and is digesting within the disk Sea star with spines and a swollen disk because a clam has been swallowed and is digesting within the disk. but oral surface showing the clam in the mouth.
January 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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calacademy.bsky.social
A close up image of a tiny white sea star with sand particles on its surface, and tiny spike-like appendages coming out of the end of each ray. Text identifies it as a comb star (Genus Astropecten) from La Jolla, San Diego County. Photo credit CCBYNC Siobhan O’Neill. A lavender-colored sea star with comb-like spikes across its body rests atop a patch of sand. It is an adult Comb Star (Genus Astropecten) found in Newport Beach, Orange County. Photo credit CCBY Cricket Raspet.
December 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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calacademy.bsky.social
December is halfway over, but we’re still looking for sea stars! 🌊⭐

Scroll to see incredible sea stars observed across the California Coast & uploaded to the iNaturalist app. Find low tide information at bit.ly/tide-finder and details about the Solstice Sea Star Search at bit.ly/SeaStar25.
December 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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clintoak.bsky.social
PhD Scholarship! 📯

Two PhD scholarships are available to study symbiont loss in coral bleaching. Students will contribute to a three-year project funded by @royalsocietynz.bsky.social . Students will be supervised by @davylab.bsky.social and @clintoak.bsky.social at VUW. #PhDOpportunity #coralreef
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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ntherk.bsky.social
Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html
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The lab of Nina Overgaard Therkildsen in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University invites applications for a PhD position starting in Fall 2026. Our group works...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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natclarke.bsky.social
Interested in cell adhesion, evolution of multicellularity, or developing tools for emerging marine models?

My lab at UM is hiring a postdoc, and the application is now open:
🔗 tinyurl.com/28jvu4aa

If you know anyone looking for a postdoc, please pass this along!
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
watersip.bsky.social
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Reviving an Ancient Bond with Grape Leftovers
Once, red abalone crowded the Northern California coast so thickly that, at some stretches, wading into the water almost invariably meant stubbing your toe against their soup bowl-sized shells. So the...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Why watching comb jellies poop has stunned evolutionary biologists | Science | AAAS www-science-org.jpllnet.sfsu.edu/content/arti...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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pleunipennings.bsky.social
Wordpress and Bluesky don't work super well together yet. The post below was supposed to have an image of our house!

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September 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM