Ingrid Bunholi
@ingridbunholi.bsky.social
Marine scientist 🐠🧬 PhD student at UT Austin Marine Science Institute
eDNA | pop gen | coral reef fishes | elasmobranchs | #FirstGen 🇧🇷
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eDNA | pop gen | coral reef fishes | elasmobranchs | #FirstGen 🇧🇷
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🚨 New paper in Molecular Ecology Resources!
We compiled the most applied rapid DNA/eDNA-based ID tools & primers for #sharks and #rays 🦈
A practical guide to help scientists, managers & enforcement choose the right method for conservation action.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/1755... #OpenScience #eDNA
We compiled the most applied rapid DNA/eDNA-based ID tools & primers for #sharks and #rays 🦈
A practical guide to help scientists, managers & enforcement choose the right method for conservation action.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/1755... #OpenScience #eDNA
September 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🚨 New paper in Molecular Ecology Resources!
We compiled the most applied rapid DNA/eDNA-based ID tools & primers for #sharks and #rays 🦈
A practical guide to help scientists, managers & enforcement choose the right method for conservation action.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/1755... #OpenScience #eDNA
We compiled the most applied rapid DNA/eDNA-based ID tools & primers for #sharks and #rays 🦈
A practical guide to help scientists, managers & enforcement choose the right method for conservation action.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/1755... #OpenScience #eDNA
I would not miss this opportunity!
2) Importantly, I am looking to recruit a PhD-level graduate student to start next school year (August 2026). My lab website (still under construction: christopherhemings.wixsite.com/my-site) has the details outlining the position and applying.
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September 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I would not miss this opportunity!
Elacatinus randalli (Bohlke & Robins, 1968)
Main traits: Max 4.6cm; snout yellow/brown with short narrow yellow bar; narrow yellow stripe along upper body (from top eye to tail fin base)
Distribution: SE Caribbean
Main traits: Max 4.6cm; snout yellow/brown with short narrow yellow bar; narrow yellow stripe along upper body (from top eye to tail fin base)
Distribution: SE Caribbean
January 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Elacatinus randalli (Bohlke & Robins, 1968)
Main traits: Max 4.6cm; snout yellow/brown with short narrow yellow bar; narrow yellow stripe along upper body (from top eye to tail fin base)
Distribution: SE Caribbean
Main traits: Max 4.6cm; snout yellow/brown with short narrow yellow bar; narrow yellow stripe along upper body (from top eye to tail fin base)
Distribution: SE Caribbean
Epinephelus striatus (Block, 1792)
Nassau grouper (Serranidae)
Main traits: Max 122cm; tan + irregular dark bars; black saddle (mark) tail base; tan stripe Y shape through eyes.
Distribution: Bermuda to Guyana
📷 Mark Betts (STRI website)
Nassau grouper (Serranidae)
Main traits: Max 122cm; tan + irregular dark bars; black saddle (mark) tail base; tan stripe Y shape through eyes.
Distribution: Bermuda to Guyana
📷 Mark Betts (STRI website)
January 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Epinephelus striatus (Block, 1792)
Nassau grouper (Serranidae)
Main traits: Max 122cm; tan + irregular dark bars; black saddle (mark) tail base; tan stripe Y shape through eyes.
Distribution: Bermuda to Guyana
📷 Mark Betts (STRI website)
Nassau grouper (Serranidae)
Main traits: Max 122cm; tan + irregular dark bars; black saddle (mark) tail base; tan stripe Y shape through eyes.
Distribution: Bermuda to Guyana
📷 Mark Betts (STRI website)
Acanthemblemaria aspera (Longley, 1927) Roughhead blenny (family Chaenopsidae)
Main traits: max 4cm; small pointed spines on snout; colors changeable (male colorless to dark - females yellowish)
Distribution: The Bahamas to the South Caribbean
📷 CABRA lab
Main traits: max 4cm; small pointed spines on snout; colors changeable (male colorless to dark - females yellowish)
Distribution: The Bahamas to the South Caribbean
📷 CABRA lab
January 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Acanthemblemaria aspera (Longley, 1927) Roughhead blenny (family Chaenopsidae)
Main traits: max 4cm; small pointed spines on snout; colors changeable (male colorless to dark - females yellowish)
Distribution: The Bahamas to the South Caribbean
📷 CABRA lab
Main traits: max 4cm; small pointed spines on snout; colors changeable (male colorless to dark - females yellowish)
Distribution: The Bahamas to the South Caribbean
📷 CABRA lab
One of this year’s goals: get better at identifying fish species 🐠
I’ll be sharing one species a day to keep me on track - hopefully it lasts 😆 If you’re not a fan of fish... well, you’ve been warned.
I’ll be sharing one species a day to keep me on track - hopefully it lasts 😆 If you’re not a fan of fish... well, you’ve been warned.
January 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
One of this year’s goals: get better at identifying fish species 🐠
I’ll be sharing one species a day to keep me on track - hopefully it lasts 😆 If you’re not a fan of fish... well, you’ve been warned.
I’ll be sharing one species a day to keep me on track - hopefully it lasts 😆 If you’re not a fan of fish... well, you’ve been warned.
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Check out our latest paper on #eDNA and metabarcoding data reporting standards 🤓🧬🧪
These minimum reporting guidelines for metabarcoding workflows extend from the physical layout of laboratories through to data archiving enhance trust and reliability in data
mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1286...
These minimum reporting guidelines for metabarcoding workflows extend from the physical layout of laboratories through to data archiving enhance trust and reliability in data
mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1286...
The MIEM guidelines: Minimum information for reporting of environmental metabarcoding data
Environmental DNA (eDNA) and RNA (eRNA) metabarcoding has become a popular tool for assessing biodiversity from environmental samples, but inconsistent documentation of methods, data and metadata make...
mbmg.pensoft.net
December 30, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Check out our latest paper on #eDNA and metabarcoding data reporting standards 🤓🧬🧪
These minimum reporting guidelines for metabarcoding workflows extend from the physical layout of laboratories through to data archiving enhance trust and reliability in data
mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1286...
These minimum reporting guidelines for metabarcoding workflows extend from the physical layout of laboratories through to data archiving enhance trust and reliability in data
mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1286...
Thank you @ednacollab.bsky.social for the opportunity to attend this course! It was intense, but an immensely valuable experience 🧬
What an incredible journey bringing together researchers from across the globe to learn about eDNA metabarcoding from these stellar instructors @leeselab.bsky.social Dominik Buchner, Till-Hendrik Macher and @shump.bsky.social !🗺️🧬
Big thanks to @ednacollab.bsky.social for making it all happen! 💡💫
Big thanks to @ednacollab.bsky.social for making it all happen! 💡💫
December 13, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Thank you @ednacollab.bsky.social for the opportunity to attend this course! It was intense, but an immensely valuable experience 🧬
Such a fun evening with the 2nd CABRA lab cookie competition 🍪and of course @chemingson.bsky.social won as the most decorative! Who wants to guess which fish species he’s representing? 🐠🤣
December 13, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Such a fun evening with the 2nd CABRA lab cookie competition 🍪and of course @chemingson.bsky.social won as the most decorative! Who wants to guess which fish species he’s representing? 🐠🤣
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Are you curious how #eDNA is degraded by photochemistry in the environment? I teamed up with Environmental Chemist's @krismcneill.bsky.social and Eliane Ballmer to see if we could map out what is known and how to move forward --> pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Potential Role of Photochemistry in Environmental DNA Degradation
Given the severe loss of species richness across diverse ecosystems, there is an urgent need to assess and monitor biodiversity on a global scale. The analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA), referring t...
pubs.acs.org
November 27, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Are you curious how #eDNA is degraded by photochemistry in the environment? I teamed up with Environmental Chemist's @krismcneill.bsky.social and Eliane Ballmer to see if we could map out what is known and how to move forward --> pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Reposting this from twitter from a few months ago. I think this paper is a must-read for anyone in #PopGen. Always important to consider biases inherent in our methods.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Low‐coverage sequencing and Wahlund effect severely bias estimates of inbreeding, heterozygosity and effective population size in North American wolves
vonHoldt et al. ((2024), Molecular Ecology, 33, e17231) (vH24) used low-coverage (average ~ 7X read depth) restriction site-associated DNA sequence data to estimate individual inbreeding and heterozy...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Reposting this from twitter from a few months ago. I think this paper is a must-read for anyone in #PopGen. Always important to consider biases inherent in our methods.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
1st CABRA Lab CryptoVison Fish-ID contest it was definitely one of the best lab meetings of the semester 🐠🐠🐠
November 22, 2024 at 1:03 AM
1st CABRA Lab CryptoVison Fish-ID contest it was definitely one of the best lab meetings of the semester 🐠🐠🐠
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New publication led by 🌟 undergrad Ariel Wang: doi.org/10.1007/s003...
We investigate Risor ruber, the tusked goby, a tiny sponge-dwelling fish.
Across the Caribbean, we find seven distinct genetic lineages within Risor and discover that two Risor lineages specialize on a single sponge host!
We investigate Risor ruber, the tusked goby, a tiny sponge-dwelling fish.
Across the Caribbean, we find seven distinct genetic lineages within Risor and discover that two Risor lineages specialize on a single sponge host!
February 22, 2024 at 10:18 PM
New publication led by 🌟 undergrad Ariel Wang: doi.org/10.1007/s003...
We investigate Risor ruber, the tusked goby, a tiny sponge-dwelling fish.
Across the Caribbean, we find seven distinct genetic lineages within Risor and discover that two Risor lineages specialize on a single sponge host!
We investigate Risor ruber, the tusked goby, a tiny sponge-dwelling fish.
Across the Caribbean, we find seven distinct genetic lineages within Risor and discover that two Risor lineages specialize on a single sponge host!
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I started an #eDNA starter pack as one didn’t exist yet. Feel free to message me to get your name added. Open to all! go.bsky.app/U2vgV5Q
November 17, 2024 at 7:23 AM
I started an #eDNA starter pack as one didn’t exist yet. Feel free to message me to get your name added. Open to all! go.bsky.app/U2vgV5Q
Just had a wonderful week in Mexico with the Risor ruber team for our writing (and fun) retreat! It’s been amazing to learn and work with y’all! So excited to what’s to come! #gobyteam 🐠🧬 @TheresaRueger @jordancasey.bsky.social @gobyone.bsky.social
May 8, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Just had a wonderful week in Mexico with the Risor ruber team for our writing (and fun) retreat! It’s been amazing to learn and work with y’all! So excited to what’s to come! #gobyteam 🐠🧬 @TheresaRueger @jordancasey.bsky.social @gobyone.bsky.social
Starting the week with great news! I'm so happy to have been awarded the 2024 @ICRSCoralReefs Graduate Fellowship to conduct part of my doctoral research exploring the connectivity between Brazilian and Caribbean reef fishes! 🐠🧬
April 29, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Starting the week with great news! I'm so happy to have been awarded the 2024 @ICRSCoralReefs Graduate Fellowship to conduct part of my doctoral research exploring the connectivity between Brazilian and Caribbean reef fishes! 🐠🧬
Thrilled to share my PhD preliminary findings at the 52nd Benthic Ecology Meeting! I’m so excited to continue unveiling the world of this little cryptobenthic fish! Stay tuned for updates on their pop gen, microbiome and ecological specialization 🧬🐠 #BEM2024
April 15, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Thrilled to share my PhD preliminary findings at the 52nd Benthic Ecology Meeting! I’m so excited to continue unveiling the world of this little cryptobenthic fish! Stay tuned for updates on their pop gen, microbiome and ecological specialization 🧬🐠 #BEM2024
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Our paper in the Brazilian press! "Eight out of ten species of sharks and rays in national trade are threatened with extinction" abori.com.br/oceanografia... @ingridbunholi.bsky.social
March 19, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Our paper in the Brazilian press! "Eight out of ten species of sharks and rays in national trade are threatened with extinction" abori.com.br/oceanografia... @ingridbunholi.bsky.social
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Excited to finally have this paper out after multiple years in the making.
"Analysing biological colour patterns from digital images: An introduction to the current toolbox"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
"Analysing biological colour patterns from digital images: An introduction to the current toolbox"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Analysing biological colour patterns from digital images: An introduction to the current toolbox
Ecology & Evolution is a broad open access journal welcoming research in ecology, evolution, and conservation science, and providing a forum for evidence-based views.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 19, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Excited to finally have this paper out after multiple years in the making.
"Analysing biological colour patterns from digital images: An introduction to the current toolbox"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
"Analysing biological colour patterns from digital images: An introduction to the current toolbox"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧬🦈🌊 New study reveals the urgency of regulating the trade of sharks and rays in Brazil. A Meta-Analysis of all studies using DNA based methods to track trade of elasmobranchs identified 64 species being commercialized, being 83% threatened ones (IUCN). Check the key highlights:
March 18, 2024 at 9:04 PM
🧬🦈🌊 New study reveals the urgency of regulating the trade of sharks and rays in Brazil. A Meta-Analysis of all studies using DNA based methods to track trade of elasmobranchs identified 64 species being commercialized, being 83% threatened ones (IUCN). Check the key highlights:
So happy to have been awarded the Clark Hubbs Scholarship from @TCAFS for my eDNA/eRNA chapter on the southern flounder! 🧬 And even happier to celebrate this feeling with @scubamelman.bsky.social - which is doing an incredible work on Texas blennies 🐠
@amfisheriessoc.bsky.social
@amfisheriessoc.bsky.social
February 29, 2024 at 2:51 AM
So happy to have been awarded the Clark Hubbs Scholarship from @TCAFS for my eDNA/eRNA chapter on the southern flounder! 🧬 And even happier to celebrate this feeling with @scubamelman.bsky.social - which is doing an incredible work on Texas blennies 🐠
@amfisheriessoc.bsky.social
@amfisheriessoc.bsky.social
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SAVE THE DATE - Sat, Feb 24th 11am-4pm
TX SWMS is participating in UT STEM Girl Day hosted by UT WiSTEM
Stop by to learn about corals, careers in marine science, and the work TX SWMS is doing across the state of Texas!
🔗https://girlday.utexas.edu
#UTGirlDay
TX SWMS is participating in UT STEM Girl Day hosted by UT WiSTEM
Stop by to learn about corals, careers in marine science, and the work TX SWMS is doing across the state of Texas!
🔗https://girlday.utexas.edu
#UTGirlDay
February 16, 2024 at 8:23 PM
SAVE THE DATE - Sat, Feb 24th 11am-4pm
TX SWMS is participating in UT STEM Girl Day hosted by UT WiSTEM
Stop by to learn about corals, careers in marine science, and the work TX SWMS is doing across the state of Texas!
🔗https://girlday.utexas.edu
#UTGirlDay
TX SWMS is participating in UT STEM Girl Day hosted by UT WiSTEM
Stop by to learn about corals, careers in marine science, and the work TX SWMS is doing across the state of Texas!
🔗https://girlday.utexas.edu
#UTGirlDay
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TXSWMS's inaugural meet was as big as the Lone Star State! Huge thanks to everyone who joined - this wouldn't be possible without y'all. Want to stay in the loop and join upcoming events? 🐠🪸🌊 Check out our website: texasswms.wixsite.com/texas-swm #TXSWMS #STEM #WomenInSTEM
February 8, 2024 at 8:11 PM
TXSWMS's inaugural meet was as big as the Lone Star State! Huge thanks to everyone who joined - this wouldn't be possible without y'all. Want to stay in the loop and join upcoming events? 🐠🪸🌊 Check out our website: texasswms.wixsite.com/texas-swm #TXSWMS #STEM #WomenInSTEM
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Our first meeting is today! Come hang out on zoom at 5:30pm to learn about everything going on with Texas SWMS. DM or email us for a zoom link!
February 6, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Our first meeting is today! Come hang out on zoom at 5:30pm to learn about everything going on with Texas SWMS. DM or email us for a zoom link!
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New #OA research just published today in Science!
We show that despite increases in regulations governing #shark fisheries, shark mortality has actually increased from 76 million in 2012 to 80 million in 2019, 25 million of these comprising threatened species
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
We show that despite increases in regulations governing #shark fisheries, shark mortality has actually increased from 76 million in 2012 to 80 million in 2019, 25 million of these comprising threatened species
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
January 12, 2024 at 4:36 AM
New #OA research just published today in Science!
We show that despite increases in regulations governing #shark fisheries, shark mortality has actually increased from 76 million in 2012 to 80 million in 2019, 25 million of these comprising threatened species
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
We show that despite increases in regulations governing #shark fisheries, shark mortality has actually increased from 76 million in 2012 to 80 million in 2019, 25 million of these comprising threatened species
doi.org/10.1126/scie...