Mercer Brugler
@sandsharks.bsky.social
Chair of USCB‘s Department of Natural Sciences and Professor of Marine Biology. My academic mission is to change the face of science by broadening access and opportunities.
New preprint: The partial mitochondrial genome of the enigmatic Bermuda fireworm Odontosyllis enopla Verrill, 1900 and its phylogenetic implications. Currently under consideration at Genes & Genomics. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7... Image credit: James B. Wood.
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
New preprint: The partial mitochondrial genome of the enigmatic Bermuda fireworm Odontosyllis enopla Verrill, 1900 and its phylogenetic implications. Currently under consideration at Genes & Genomics. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7... Image credit: James B. Wood.
Reposted by Mercer Brugler
Another exciting 2025 #DSBSoc support awardee!
Meet Kurt Bacharo (@kurtbb.bsky.social), a grad student in the @miselab.bsky.social at U. of the Ryukyus working with #BlackCorals and currently aboard the #JAMSTEC R/V Kaimei exploring the biodiversity off the Daito Islands.
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Meet Kurt Bacharo (@kurtbb.bsky.social), a grad student in the @miselab.bsky.social at U. of the Ryukyus working with #BlackCorals and currently aboard the #JAMSTEC R/V Kaimei exploring the biodiversity off the Daito Islands.
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July 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Another exciting 2025 #DSBSoc support awardee!
Meet Kurt Bacharo (@kurtbb.bsky.social), a grad student in the @miselab.bsky.social at U. of the Ryukyus working with #BlackCorals and currently aboard the #JAMSTEC R/V Kaimei exploring the biodiversity off the Daito Islands.
Read more in alt-text!
Meet Kurt Bacharo (@kurtbb.bsky.social), a grad student in the @miselab.bsky.social at U. of the Ryukyus working with #BlackCorals and currently aboard the #JAMSTEC R/V Kaimei exploring the biodiversity off the Daito Islands.
Read more in alt-text!
Visual depiction of the evolutionary trend of black coral skeletal networks and ridges. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
April 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Visual depiction of the evolutionary trend of black coral skeletal networks and ridges. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
🚨 Fossilized Black Corals 🚨 Includes two transitional species too! Come learn about the evolutionary trend toward regularity in the axial skeleton from the Ordovician to modern day antipatharians (includes reduced ridges and a longitudinal fusion of networks). www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Unveiling the early evolution of black corals - Communications Biology
The authors describe two transitional species of Sterictopathes from the Middle Ordovician of Shaanxi, China, bridging the fossil gaps and thereby elevating the genus Sterictopathes to a new family, S...
www.nature.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🚨 Fossilized Black Corals 🚨 Includes two transitional species too! Come learn about the evolutionary trend toward regularity in the axial skeleton from the Ordovician to modern day antipatharians (includes reduced ridges and a longitudinal fusion of networks). www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Reposted by Mercer Brugler
Job Alert at @ucdavis.bsky.social
The Coastal & Marine Sciences Institute is searching for a Professor & Director. This work spans from the Davis campus to the Bodega Marine Laboratory & beyond.
View the full position description & apply by the next review date, April 27th, here: lnkd.in/gKubcJSB
The Coastal & Marine Sciences Institute is searching for a Professor & Director. This work spans from the Davis campus to the Bodega Marine Laboratory & beyond.
View the full position description & apply by the next review date, April 27th, here: lnkd.in/gKubcJSB
Professor and Director, Coastal Marine and Sciences Institute
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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March 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Job Alert at @ucdavis.bsky.social
The Coastal & Marine Sciences Institute is searching for a Professor & Director. This work spans from the Davis campus to the Bodega Marine Laboratory & beyond.
View the full position description & apply by the next review date, April 27th, here: lnkd.in/gKubcJSB
The Coastal & Marine Sciences Institute is searching for a Professor & Director. This work spans from the Davis campus to the Bodega Marine Laboratory & beyond.
View the full position description & apply by the next review date, April 27th, here: lnkd.in/gKubcJSB
Look who was hanging out on the recycling bin outside of the Marine Sciences Building!
March 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Look who was hanging out on the recycling bin outside of the Marine Sciences Building!
Cannonball jellyfish
March 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Cannonball jellyfish
Diamondback rattlesnake from Pritchards Island (Beaufort SC)
March 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Diamondback rattlesnake from Pritchards Island (Beaufort SC)