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Kai (he/him) 🍉
@kaiwalton.bsky.social
MS student in the Bronson Lab at Cal Poly Humboldt. Larval fish taxonomist & aspiring ichthyologist. Huge hagfish enjoyer 🐟

All views my own.

🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

https://sites.google.com/view/larvalfishguy/about
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It's Trans Awareness Week! I worked with the Integrative and Comparative Biology blog to write a piece about my experiences being trans in marine biology.

Give it a read!

integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2024/11/12/t...
Trans Awareness Week spotlight on Kai – Aspiring ichthyologist & fish taxonomist
by guest blogger ICB’s X follower- Kai Walton My name is Kai, I’m a marine biologist, I’m a graduate student, and I’m transgender. When I think of myself and my identity, these are the three …
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com
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The Fudge Lab at Chapman University is recruiting a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the biophysics of hagfish defensive slime deployment. Please repost!
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
November field work done! Crazy to think that I only have 2 more sampling trips left 😅
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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i’m defending my phd in a couple weeks!!!!

lmk if you’d like an invite/link
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓

The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺

Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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While I don’t think anyone has made a specific designation between “larval” and “adult”, in the moorish idol, I’m going to label this one “post-larval”

#moorishidol #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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We are getting some beautiful autumn weather here in NE. This season always evokes a sense of things coming to pass and a year coming to an end. Thus, the #SundayFishSketch #Fishytheme for this weekend is "lifecycles." Sketch a fish lifecycle, can be as simple or complex as you want! #sciart 🦑
a close up of a bunch of eggs with a national geographic logo on the bottom
ALT: a close up of a bunch of eggs with a national geographic logo on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Today! Tune in at 3pm PST :)
My wonderful labmate Nicole is defending her thesis this Friday! She studied the nasal morphology of wild and hatchery O. mykiss, and did some amazing work :)

Tune in if you can! Zoom info below

🐟
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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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)
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...
biodiversity.ubc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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"Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states" according to an FBI bulletin.

Which, of course, gives ICE cover to commit the same crimes.

"It wasn't us, it was different thugs, dressing up as us."
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My wonderful labmate Nicole is defending her thesis this Friday! She studied the nasal morphology of wild and hatchery O. mykiss, and did some amazing work :)

Tune in if you can! Zoom info below

🐟
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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GUYS! IT'S FINALLY HERE! My first dissertation chapter has been published in Climatic Change!!! We read 194 papers on environmental justice on the coast and our findings are free for the public 🌊🌎🧪

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
No coastal justice without environmental justice: a systematic literature review of climate and coasts - Climatic Change
As the ocean warms, sea levels rise, and coastlines change, there has been a growing interest in environmental justice and climate justice on the coast. Here we conduct a systematic literature review ...
link.springer.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Would anyone be willing to give me some advice on applying to a CDFW job? It's so much more complicated than I thought! 😭
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Whales in Antarctica are starving as industrial krill fishing explodes, hitting record catches. Their recovery is at risk. Tell CCAMLR to protect whales & their food before it’s too late! #ProtectWhales #Antarctica

bit.ly/47jjbxS
The Demand for Krill is Hurting & Killing Whales
bit.ly
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Fully funded 4-year PhD position available in my lab! Study neuronal compensation for natural circuit perturbations in the fly brain - learn calcium imaging, electrophysiology, genetics and computational modelling. Apply by 7 Jan 2026. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: Neuronal compensation for natural circuit perturbations at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: Neuronal compensation for natural circuit perturbations at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🚨 Come join us @sheffielduni.bsky.social for a PhD on the evolution and development of feathers and flight! 🐣🔬

This project is supervised by @matt-towers.bsky.social & @alexgfletcher.bsky.social, and I'm excited to be involved as a project advisor. Please share!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🧪
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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#SICB _ MONDAY JOB ALERT!!

The Garner Lab for #Animal #Morphology & #Mechanics is looking to recruit an MS student for Fall 2026 to study the functional #morphology and #biomechanics of #adhesion, friction & more.
Interested? Reach out to @agarner.bsky.social

garnera@fau.edu
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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I'm excited to announce that my lab is moving to the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida Atlantic University in January next year! Can't wait to join amazing new colleagues and be able to run outside year round to work with lizards on campus and sea urchins at the FAU Marine Lab!
November 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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There are more than 100 marine research institutions in the United States and they’re under threat from Trump’s attack on science funding. 🌊
Saving science by the sea
As funding for science tightens across the United States, attention has turned to pressures faced by universities and biomedical research institutions. An often overlooked part of the nation’s science...
www.science.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Applications are now open for the Buribushi Fellowship 2026!
OIST is offering a unique opportunity for early-career, theory-focused researchers to lead their own projects with full funding support.

Learn more & Apply by November 30th: https://www.oist.jp/research/buribushi
#Fellowship
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Wow! In the ~1.5 years since we launched the EEB section of microPublication Biology, we have published 69 articles with another 10 in review or revision. 🎉 🧪

Thanks to authors and reviewers for supporting the effort! 🙏🏼
📣 Introducing 📣

microPublications in Ecology and Evolution!

Please help support this effort by spreading the word and submitting and reviewing papers!

#evolution 🌎 🌍 🌏 🧪 #PlantScience #conservation
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Would a bayesian statistics course be beneficial for population modeling 🤔? Any advice?
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM