Dr. Caleb C. Butler 🦠🪸
@calebcbutler.com
Marine ecologist, leftist, cat parent | Postdoc at Texas State University in the Fuess & González-Pech Labs | LaJeunesse Lab PhD & NSF GRFP Fellow Alum |
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tags: coral, ecology, psu, algae, phycology, enby
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Dr. Caleb C. Butler 🦠🪸
@calebcbutler.com
· Nov 17
Reintro: I'm now in my final year and preparing to defend! I'd revamp this to: patterns of specificity in coral-algal mutualisms, and then what that means for their ecology and evolution.
A lot of my work has since taken a turn into octocoral symbionts, plus some work in other Cnidarians 🧪 (🪸📷⬇️)
A lot of my work has since taken a turn into octocoral symbionts, plus some work in other Cnidarians 🧪 (🪸📷⬇️)
One of the coolest biology stories of the year IMO: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature
In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
One of the coolest biology stories of the year IMO: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
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We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting plastid endosymbiosis in microbial eukaryotes. This position involves sampling, exciting microscopy such as CARDFISH, ExM and FIBSEM, single-cell transcriptomics and more. #protistsonsky 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting plastid endosymbiosis in microbial eukaryotes. This position involves sampling, exciting microscopy such as CARDFISH, ExM and FIBSEM, single-cell transcriptomics and more. #protistsonsky 1/2
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Begging scientists (and media posts about science) to stop using ChatGPT-generated images
October 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Begging scientists (and media posts about science) to stop using ChatGPT-generated images
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October 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
September 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
I wrote a blog post on soft corals during my PhD that was just published! Check it out here: iee.psu.edu/news/blog/re... 🧪🪸🦑
Resilient reefs: How soft corals survive bleaching and warming oceans
As stony corals decline from heat and pollution, soft-bodied octocorals are taking over and fundamentally changing these vital habitats. Powered by unique algae partnerships, their resilience is helpi...
iee.psu.edu
September 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I wrote a blog post on soft corals during my PhD that was just published! Check it out here: iee.psu.edu/news/blog/re... 🧪🪸🦑
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Early in the pandemic I spent 2 terrible weeks in isolation, unable to breathe or walk across the room. Expecting my temp. to spike, & knowing that then I'd have to go to the hospital. Worrying I was dying.
In the middle of this anti-vax bullshit, I thought it was worth saying what it felt like:
In the middle of this anti-vax bullshit, I thought it was worth saying what it felt like:
September 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Early in the pandemic I spent 2 terrible weeks in isolation, unable to breathe or walk across the room. Expecting my temp. to spike, & knowing that then I'd have to go to the hospital. Worrying I was dying.
In the middle of this anti-vax bullshit, I thought it was worth saying what it felt like:
In the middle of this anti-vax bullshit, I thought it was worth saying what it felt like:
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Holy shit:
Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status.
www.hcn.org/articles/fir...
Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status.
www.hcn.org/articles/fir...
Firefighters question leaders’ role in ICE raid near Bear Gulch Fire - High Country News
Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities.
www.hcn.org
September 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Holy shit:
Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status.
www.hcn.org/articles/fir...
Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status.
www.hcn.org/articles/fir...
Ooooh the new Zotero update can now dark mode PDFs 🧪
a spongebob squarepants cartoon character is flying through the air with a spotlight shining on him
Alt: Spongebob Squarepants is flying down from the sky with angel wings and a halo with a spotlight shining on him as he plays a harp and sings. It's a good vibe
media.tenor.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ooooh the new Zotero update can now dark mode PDFs 🧪
Out of town for a concert and the cat camera has fallen and/or been knocked down successfully 👍
August 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Out of town for a concert and the cat camera has fallen and/or been knocked down successfully 👍
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It’s crazy that America just like. Destroyed science. Just looked at its golden goose and went “wow should we kill this? And not for the gold, but just because we fucking hate this thing”
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
August 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It’s crazy that America just like. Destroyed science. Just looked at its golden goose and went “wow should we kill this? And not for the gold, but just because we fucking hate this thing”
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
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You’re not the only one who feels like you’re losing your mind. Everyone I talk to has said this to me. This world is taking a toll on all of us, even those who are trying not to pay attention. Let this connect you to other people in solidarity rather than isolate you.
December 5, 2023 at 9:44 PM
You’re not the only one who feels like you’re losing your mind. Everyone I talk to has said this to me. This world is taking a toll on all of us, even those who are trying not to pay attention. Let this connect you to other people in solidarity rather than isolate you.
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🚨🚨We’re hiring a postdoc!🚨🚨
Min two year contract; start in 2026 (flexible) & contribute to this project focused on understanding the link between bleaching recovery and disease in cnidarians!! Opportunities to work on side projects too!
Deadline Nov 1!
Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem
Min two year contract; start in 2026 (flexible) & contribute to this project focused on understanding the link between bleaching recovery and disease in cnidarians!! Opportunities to work on side projects too!
Deadline Nov 1!
Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem
August 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🚨🚨We’re hiring a postdoc!🚨🚨
Min two year contract; start in 2026 (flexible) & contribute to this project focused on understanding the link between bleaching recovery and disease in cnidarians!! Opportunities to work on side projects too!
Deadline Nov 1!
Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem
Min two year contract; start in 2026 (flexible) & contribute to this project focused on understanding the link between bleaching recovery and disease in cnidarians!! Opportunities to work on side projects too!
Deadline Nov 1!
Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem
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The news has ended, and now you have become the news yourself, Anas. You have become the headline that needs no commentary, and the image that screens will never broadcast.
August 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The news has ended, and now you have become the news yourself, Anas. You have become the headline that needs no commentary, and the image that screens will never broadcast.
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
🚨 Wednesday has successfully yoinked Pete's blanket 🚨
August 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
🚨 Wednesday has successfully yoinked Pete's blanket 🚨
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My latest: Polar scientists warn that the White House and NSF are planning to terminate the Nathaniel Palmer, the only US research icebreaker capable of handling Antarctic extremes, this October.
So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.
So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.
NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists
www.science.org
July 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My latest: Polar scientists warn that the White House and NSF are planning to terminate the Nathaniel Palmer, the only US research icebreaker capable of handling Antarctic extremes, this October.
So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.
So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.
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Biologist folk (especially in evolutionary biology and/or ecology, but it don’t matter):
Can you give me your favorite examples of trade offs in biology? Organism or system don’t matter. Primary literature or reviews preferred.
Can you give me your favorite examples of trade offs in biology? Organism or system don’t matter. Primary literature or reviews preferred.
July 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Biologist folk (especially in evolutionary biology and/or ecology, but it don’t matter):
Can you give me your favorite examples of trade offs in biology? Organism or system don’t matter. Primary literature or reviews preferred.
Can you give me your favorite examples of trade offs in biology? Organism or system don’t matter. Primary literature or reviews preferred.
Packing up the grad school apartment sure is bittersweet
a man is standing on a rug in a living room with stairs .
Alt: Will Smith at the end of Fresh Prince looking around the empty house for the last time. Happy memories and vibes to say goodbye to but exciting new opportunities (and new place) soon.
media.tenor.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Packing up the grad school apartment sure is bittersweet
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![4-panel comic. (1) [Person 1 with ponytail flanked by person with short hair and another person speaking into microphone at podium] PERSON 1: In the early 2010s, researchers found that many major scientific results couldn’t be reproduced. (2) PERSON 1: Over a decade into the replication crisis, we wanted to see if today’s studies have become more robust. (3) PERSON 1: Unfortunately, our replication analysis has found exactly the same problems that those 2010s researchers did. (4) [newspaper with image of speakers from previous panels] Headline: Replication Crisis Solved](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreibwuu57ullc7vacjyno6c5z3gtyakkg2qub6cn3dbbjdpn2kaowmi@jpeg)
July 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
They're basically besties
July 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
They're basically besties
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Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish!
You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧
You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧
July 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish!
You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧
You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧
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I am making a Starter Pack for people who are looking for PHD STUDENT POSITIONS in the biological sciences! If you wish to be added, please respond directly to this post saying you want to be added. I need at least 5 people to create the pack. Please share widely!
July 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I am making a Starter Pack for people who are looking for PHD STUDENT POSITIONS in the biological sciences! If you wish to be added, please respond directly to this post saying you want to be added. I need at least 5 people to create the pack. Please share widely!
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I am making a Starter Pack for people who are looking for POSTDOC POSITIONS in the biological sciences! If you wish to be added, please respond directly to this post saying you want to be added. I need at least 5 people to create the pack. Please share widely!
July 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I am making a Starter Pack for people who are looking for POSTDOC POSITIONS in the biological sciences! If you wish to be added, please respond directly to this post saying you want to be added. I need at least 5 people to create the pack. Please share widely!
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Anthropogenic climate change will likely outpace coral range expansion #corals www.science.org/doi/full/10....
July 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Anthropogenic climate change will likely outpace coral range expansion #corals www.science.org/doi/full/10....