Deep-Sea Biology Society
@dsbsoc.bsky.social
Official account of the Deep-Sea Biology Society | #DSBSoc
A society for student, academic and professional #DeepSea biologists. 🌊
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A society for student, academic and professional #DeepSea biologists. 🌊
🔗 dsbsoc.org
🔗 @dsbsoc-arts.bsky.social
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Hey members - goes without saying that @dsbsoc.bsky.social is now inactive on Twitter/X.
Don't forget, we'll also continue to keep you in the loop over Instagram: instagram.com/dsbsoc/ and the #DSBSoc Discord (-- haven't joined yet? Check your e-mail for the invite, what are you waiting for?)
Don't forget, we'll also continue to keep you in the loop over Instagram: instagram.com/dsbsoc/ and the #DSBSoc Discord (-- haven't joined yet? Check your e-mail for the invite, what are you waiting for?)
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🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24!
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
October 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24!
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Opportunity!
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Opportunity!
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
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I participate in the #ArtScienceMatchmaking initiative of the @dsbsoc.bsky.social. If you are more interested in my art than in my science (or both), you can check my progress here: www.instagram.com/tanjastratma.... The final piece will include #sponges & plants in a surrealistic setting. #SciArt
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I participate in the #ArtScienceMatchmaking initiative of the @dsbsoc.bsky.social. If you are more interested in my art than in my science (or both), you can check my progress here: www.instagram.com/tanjastratma.... The final piece will include #sponges & plants in a surrealistic setting. #SciArt
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The global abundance and ecological significance of Stomiiformes fish, "including contributions to the biological carbon pump, underscores the need to resolve their phylogeny amid escalating threats from climate change and human activities."
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Genome-wide phylogeny reshapes our understanding of the evolution of deep-sea dragonfishes, bristlemouths, viperfishes, and allies (Stomiiformes) - BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background The evolutionary relationships within Stomiiformes, a diverse order of deep-sea fishes dominating the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones, remain contentious due to conflicting morphological...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The global abundance and ecological significance of Stomiiformes fish, "including contributions to the biological carbon pump, underscores the need to resolve their phylogeny amid escalating threats from climate change and human activities."
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🌊 "Sea" yourself here!🔬 Curious about the Scripps Oceanography PhD and Master of Science programs in marine biology? Join the Nov. 10 information session to meet with faculty to gain insight into the program and application review process.
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/47WVyex
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/47WVyex
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🌊 "Sea" yourself here!🔬 Curious about the Scripps Oceanography PhD and Master of Science programs in marine biology? Join the Nov. 10 information session to meet with faculty to gain insight into the program and application review process.
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/47WVyex
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/47WVyex
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Have you visited DOSI’s Virtual Booth at the #COP30 Ocean Pavilion? 🌍
🔹 Ask one of our experts your #DeepSea questions
🔹 Dive into our webinars, policy briefs, podcasts, and more
👉 cop30oceanpavilion.vfairs.com
🔹 Ask one of our experts your #DeepSea questions
🔹 Dive into our webinars, policy briefs, podcasts, and more
👉 cop30oceanpavilion.vfairs.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Have you visited DOSI’s Virtual Booth at the #COP30 Ocean Pavilion? 🌍
🔹 Ask one of our experts your #DeepSea questions
🔹 Dive into our webinars, policy briefs, podcasts, and more
👉 cop30oceanpavilion.vfairs.com
🔹 Ask one of our experts your #DeepSea questions
🔹 Dive into our webinars, policy briefs, podcasts, and more
👉 cop30oceanpavilion.vfairs.com
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🌊 Find out more about climate and the #DeepOcean our latest video!
▶️ youtu.be/Fjtwmt-gOJ8
This video is a DOSI production created in collaboration with Leo Richards of Natural World Facts.
▶️ youtu.be/Fjtwmt-gOJ8
This video is a DOSI production created in collaboration with Leo Richards of Natural World Facts.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🌊 Find out more about climate and the #DeepOcean our latest video!
▶️ youtu.be/Fjtwmt-gOJ8
This video is a DOSI production created in collaboration with Leo Richards of Natural World Facts.
▶️ youtu.be/Fjtwmt-gOJ8
This video is a DOSI production created in collaboration with Leo Richards of Natural World Facts.
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Are you intetested in deep sea and ship-based #SciComm strategies? Join us TODAY for our COBRA webinar!! (This will also be recorded and posted freely online afterwards!)
Super pumped to be a guest speaker in the COBRA webinar series in two weeks’ time, along with Olivia Pereira from @mbarinews.bsky.social! We’ll be talking about our Science Communication strategies & experiences. Register for Zoom link here: cobra.bigelow.org/webinars/
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Are you intetested in deep sea and ship-based #SciComm strategies? Join us TODAY for our COBRA webinar!! (This will also be recorded and posted freely online afterwards!)
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Submissions for the WAC Student Grant program are open now until Dec 1. We anticipate making up to three $1,000 awards to support student (graduate or undergraduate) research on copepods. See details👇
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STUDENT GRANT PROGRAM
WAC is offering up to three student research grants per year in accordance with the availability of WAC funds, with each award covering up to $1,000 maximum to support copepod research (including but ...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Submissions for the WAC Student Grant program are open now until Dec 1. We anticipate making up to three $1,000 awards to support student (graduate or undergraduate) research on copepods. See details👇
www.monoculus.org/student-gran...
www.monoculus.org/student-gran...
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🌊 A new framework maps #ClimateChange vulnerability across the #Azores Marine Park, integrating species #sensitivity, exposure, and adaptive capacity.
🔬Results show the deep-sea benthos as the most at risk 🐚
👉 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
🔬Results show the deep-sea benthos as the most at risk 🐚
👉 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌊 A new framework maps #ClimateChange vulnerability across the #Azores Marine Park, integrating species #sensitivity, exposure, and adaptive capacity.
🔬Results show the deep-sea benthos as the most at risk 🐚
👉 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
🔬Results show the deep-sea benthos as the most at risk 🐚
👉 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
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Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
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Happy #worldjellyfishday, everyone 🪼🪼🪼!
Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean.
@universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social
Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean.
@universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Happy #worldjellyfishday, everyone 🪼🪼🪼!
Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean.
@universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social
Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean.
@universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social
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COBRA Webinar “From Abyss to Audience: Science Communication in Deep-Sea Research” | 4 Nov
How do we share deep-ocean science with the world? This interactive session explores storytelling, visuals & outreach strategies to bring the deep to light. 🌊
Register here: buff.ly/ixCqALh
How do we share deep-ocean science with the world? This interactive session explores storytelling, visuals & outreach strategies to bring the deep to light. 🌊
Register here: buff.ly/ixCqALh
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
COBRA Webinar “From Abyss to Audience: Science Communication in Deep-Sea Research” | 4 Nov
How do we share deep-ocean science with the world? This interactive session explores storytelling, visuals & outreach strategies to bring the deep to light. 🌊
Register here: buff.ly/ixCqALh
How do we share deep-ocean science with the world? This interactive session explores storytelling, visuals & outreach strategies to bring the deep to light. 🌊
Register here: buff.ly/ixCqALh
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Announcement: 30 new species discovered from expeditions to the Southern Ocean. Read more 👇
oceancensus.org/press-releas...
@schmidtocean.bsky.social #NewSpecies
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@schmidtocean.bsky.social #NewSpecies
Carnivorous “Death-Ball” Sponge Among 30 New Deep-Sea Species from the Southern Ocean
Thirty previously unknown deep-sea species, including a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, have been confirmed from one of the most remote parts of the planet by The Nippon Foundation–Nekton Ocean Censu...
oceancensus.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Announcement: 30 new species discovered from expeditions to the Southern Ocean. Read more 👇
oceancensus.org/press-releas...
@schmidtocean.bsky.social #NewSpecies
oceancensus.org/press-releas...
@schmidtocean.bsky.social #NewSpecies
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Feeling pretty awesome today with my painting being featured on the cover of the latest issue of Deep-Sea Life from @dsbsoc.bsky.social and DOSI, you can read the whole issue here, make sure to read the feature on @unseenocean.bsky.social #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #deepseaart #acrylicpainting
October 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Feeling pretty awesome today with my painting being featured on the cover of the latest issue of Deep-Sea Life from @dsbsoc.bsky.social and DOSI, you can read the whole issue here, make sure to read the feature on @unseenocean.bsky.social #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑 #deepseaart #acrylicpainting
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I don’t think people really understand when I say Giant Isopods can gorge themselves on a meal. Look at how much the stomach of this small male is extended from snacking on raw chicken in my trap.
October 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I don’t think people really understand when I say Giant Isopods can gorge themselves on a meal. Look at how much the stomach of this small male is extended from snacking on raw chicken in my trap.
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Are you curious about graduate studies in ocean science or engineering? Find out if the #MIT_WHOI Joint Program is right for you at our virtual info session October 28 at 12pm (EST)! 🧑🏽🎓👩🏻🔬🤖
📲Get the details and register:mit.whoi.edu/admissions/info-sessions
📲Get the details and register:mit.whoi.edu/admissions/info-sessions
October 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Are you curious about graduate studies in ocean science or engineering? Find out if the #MIT_WHOI Joint Program is right for you at our virtual info session October 28 at 12pm (EST)! 🧑🏽🎓👩🏻🔬🤖
📲Get the details and register:mit.whoi.edu/admissions/info-sessions
📲Get the details and register:mit.whoi.edu/admissions/info-sessions
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This Thursday, join the launch event for the 'Handbook on Sustainable Ocean Plans: A Practitioner’s Guide'
🗓️ Thursday, 30 October 2025
🕦 4:00 to 5:00 PM (GMT)
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: www.wri.org/events/2025/...
🗓️ Thursday, 30 October 2025
🕦 4:00 to 5:00 PM (GMT)
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: www.wri.org/events/2025/...
October 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This Thursday, join the launch event for the 'Handbook on Sustainable Ocean Plans: A Practitioner’s Guide'
🗓️ Thursday, 30 October 2025
🕦 4:00 to 5:00 PM (GMT)
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: www.wri.org/events/2025/...
🗓️ Thursday, 30 October 2025
🕦 4:00 to 5:00 PM (GMT)
📍 Online
🔗 Register here: www.wri.org/events/2025/...
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Screaming inside with joy seeing @jeffday.bsky.social on the slide at the cephalopod international advisory council meeting this morning.
“He is massively accelerating our ability to monitor cephalopods in the deep sea”- Kat Bolstad
Jeff started his work on cephalopods here on social media 😭
“He is massively accelerating our ability to monitor cephalopods in the deep sea”- Kat Bolstad
Jeff started his work on cephalopods here on social media 😭
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Screaming inside with joy seeing @jeffday.bsky.social on the slide at the cephalopod international advisory council meeting this morning.
“He is massively accelerating our ability to monitor cephalopods in the deep sea”- Kat Bolstad
Jeff started his work on cephalopods here on social media 😭
“He is massively accelerating our ability to monitor cephalopods in the deep sea”- Kat Bolstad
Jeff started his work on cephalopods here on social media 😭
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Across the first two days of the MASTS ASM we have many presentation sessions - some are general marine science whilst others have more specific themes 👇
Plus we have exhibitors, ePosters, a wine reception and workshops on the 20th
🎟️Tickets still on sale: masts.ac.uk/annual-scien...
Plus we have exhibitors, ePosters, a wine reception and workshops on the 20th
🎟️Tickets still on sale: masts.ac.uk/annual-scien...
October 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Across the first two days of the MASTS ASM we have many presentation sessions - some are general marine science whilst others have more specific themes 👇
Plus we have exhibitors, ePosters, a wine reception and workshops on the 20th
🎟️Tickets still on sale: masts.ac.uk/annual-scien...
Plus we have exhibitors, ePosters, a wine reception and workshops on the 20th
🎟️Tickets still on sale: masts.ac.uk/annual-scien...
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🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
EMERGE Alaska | College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
www.uaf.edu
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
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Nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids reveals a variety of trophic ecology of organisms inhabiting chemosynthesis-based ecosystems
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progearthplanetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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Nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids reveals a variety of trophic ecology of organisms inhabiting chemosynthesis-based ecosystems - Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
To understand the trophic interactions between various organisms in chemosynthesis-based ecosystems (CBEs) and the metabolic interaction between host animal and its symbiont, we estimated the trophic ...
progearthplanetsci.springeropen.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids reveals a variety of trophic ecology of organisms inhabiting chemosynthesis-based ecosystems
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progearthplanetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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progearthplanetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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#ICCV25 was a blast! Presented my work on automating Southern Ocean benthic monitoring at the Marine Vision workshop & joined the AI for Conservation bird walk. I loved seeing my Northumberland Dolphin Dataset still used for benchmarking segmentation models! Lots of collab ahead! 📄 bit.ly/4qItEdQ
October 27, 2025 at 5:32 AM
#ICCV25 was a blast! Presented my work on automating Southern Ocean benthic monitoring at the Marine Vision workshop & joined the AI for Conservation bird walk. I loved seeing my Northumberland Dolphin Dataset still used for benchmarking segmentation models! Lots of collab ahead! 📄 bit.ly/4qItEdQ
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New paper alert!! An incredibly comprehensive piece about the #status of the #NorthAtlantic #DeepSea #Ecosystem. A massive labour of love by Louise Allcock from Gallway Uni. Now even with a bit of #Greenland data included. 🦑🧪🌍
#oceanchange
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#oceanchange
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Deep-sea ecosystems of the North Atlantic Ocean: discovery, status, function and future challenges
The North Atlantic is an ocean basin with a diversity of deep-sea ecosystems. Here we provide a summary of the topography and oceanography of the Nort…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
New paper alert!! An incredibly comprehensive piece about the #status of the #NorthAtlantic #DeepSea #Ecosystem. A massive labour of love by Louise Allcock from Gallway Uni. Now even with a bit of #Greenland data included. 🦑🧪🌍
#oceanchange
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#oceanchange
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Our newest paper has just published from Royal Society Open Science!! 🦀
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Mutualism on the deep-sea floor: a novel shell-forming sea anemone in symbiosis with a hermit crab | Royal Society Open Science
Interspecific species interactions are fundamental evolutionary forces that shape
the traits and adaptive strategies of biological communities. However, their diversity
and dynamics in deep-sea ecosys...
royalsocietypublishing.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Our newest paper has just published from Royal Society Open Science!! 🦀
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...