Catherine Collins
@cathcollins.bsky.social
Marine biologist by training, science writer by trade. Irish in Brussels = EU things. She/her
Today I was covering: type 1 #Diabetes. Did you know:
🩸 Undiagnosed type 1 diabetes can lead to potentially lethal complications like ketoacidosis
🩸 Screening for #T1D can avoid these events
🩸 Insulin works short-term, but new therapies could halt its progression or even cure it #Research #SciComm
🩸 Undiagnosed type 1 diabetes can lead to potentially lethal complications like ketoacidosis
🩸 Screening for #T1D can avoid these events
🩸 Insulin works short-term, but new therapies could halt its progression or even cure it #Research #SciComm
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We still have so much to learn about these sea creatures...
New drone videos show orcas stalking and disemboweling young great white sharks, flipping them over and plucking out their nutritious livers.
Orca vs. great white shark: an unusual battle between apex predators
Great white sharks have virtually no predators. But newly released video shows orcas flipping great whites and eating their livers near Mexico.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We still have so much to learn about these sea creatures...
Reposted by Catherine Collins
Scientists are eavesdropping on fish to research and record the strange and subtle sounds they make underwater.
So far, they have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts.
So far, they have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts.
What sound does a fish make? The answer is weirder than you may think.
Scientists using new ways to eavesdrop on fish have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts in underwater recordings.
wapo.st
September 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Scientists are eavesdropping on fish to research and record the strange and subtle sounds they make underwater.
So far, they have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts.
So far, they have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts.
Reposted by Catherine Collins
Thinking about joining EGU's #Mentoring Scheme for #EGU26, but want to consolidate your skills first? This #workshop is for you!
📅: Thursday 16 October 2025, at 10:00 CEST.
🔗: egu.eu/6Q7OB9
⚠️Places are limited! Apply by 14 October 2025!
👉 Learn more: egu.eu/0NTDAW
📸: Mike Smith on imaggeo.egu.eu
📅: Thursday 16 October 2025, at 10:00 CEST.
🔗: egu.eu/6Q7OB9
⚠️Places are limited! Apply by 14 October 2025!
👉 Learn more: egu.eu/0NTDAW
📸: Mike Smith on imaggeo.egu.eu
September 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Thinking about joining EGU's #Mentoring Scheme for #EGU26, but want to consolidate your skills first? This #workshop is for you!
📅: Thursday 16 October 2025, at 10:00 CEST.
🔗: egu.eu/6Q7OB9
⚠️Places are limited! Apply by 14 October 2025!
👉 Learn more: egu.eu/0NTDAW
📸: Mike Smith on imaggeo.egu.eu
📅: Thursday 16 October 2025, at 10:00 CEST.
🔗: egu.eu/6Q7OB9
⚠️Places are limited! Apply by 14 October 2025!
👉 Learn more: egu.eu/0NTDAW
📸: Mike Smith on imaggeo.egu.eu
Perfectly good contraceptives destined to form part of aid packages are about to be burned. What a waste and a lost opportunity for women and girls to access proper healthcare. They could be redistributed instead: www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl... #WomensHealth #WomensAid
Des contraceptifs détruits en silence : « La France accepterait-elle, sans réagir, de devenir l’exécutrice d’une politique insensée venue des Etats-Unis ? »
TRIBUNE. Des stérilets, des implants et des pilules, financés sous l’administration Biden par l’Usaid, prêts à être envoyés dans des programmes de santé reproductive, notamment en Afrique, sont aujour...
www.lemonde.fr
August 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Perfectly good contraceptives destined to form part of aid packages are about to be burned. What a waste and a lost opportunity for women and girls to access proper healthcare. They could be redistributed instead: www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl... #WomensHealth #WomensAid
Applications for the EGU #ScienceJournalism Fellowship are now open!! Details below 👇
Applications are now open for the EGU Science Journalism Fellowship 2025!
Up to €5000 awarded to #journalists reporting on ongoing #research in Earth, planetary, or space sciences.
Apply Now!
📆 Deadline: 17 June 2025.
👉 Learn more: egu.eu/783DX3
Up to €5000 awarded to #journalists reporting on ongoing #research in Earth, planetary, or space sciences.
Apply Now!
📆 Deadline: 17 June 2025.
👉 Learn more: egu.eu/783DX3
May 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Applications for the EGU #ScienceJournalism Fellowship are now open!! Details below 👇
Reposted by Catherine Collins
🧒 IMI project ITCC-P4 developed a wealth of tools to help researchers study #childhood #cancers and develop new treatments
🎙️ Join us tomorrow to find out more about the tools and how they are making them available to the research community
✒️ europa.eu/!MNBRkD
#IHITransformingHealth #HorizonEU
🎙️ Join us tomorrow to find out more about the tools and how they are making them available to the research community
✒️ europa.eu/!MNBRkD
#IHITransformingHealth #HorizonEU
April 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🧒 IMI project ITCC-P4 developed a wealth of tools to help researchers study #childhood #cancers and develop new treatments
🎙️ Join us tomorrow to find out more about the tools and how they are making them available to the research community
✒️ europa.eu/!MNBRkD
#IHITransformingHealth #HorizonEU
🎙️ Join us tomorrow to find out more about the tools and how they are making them available to the research community
✒️ europa.eu/!MNBRkD
#IHITransformingHealth #HorizonEU
DYK? Not everyone responds well to #immunotherapy, but it's hard to tell who will and who won't. New #immunotracers can detect whether the body will reject an immunotherapy or not, saving precious time for #cancer patients and ensuring that they get the right therapy, faster. My article for IHI 👇
👩🔬 Not everyone responds well to #immunotherapy.
⚕️ New #tracers were developed by the Immune-Image project that can detect whether the body will reject the therapy or not, saving ⏳ for #cancer patients & ensuring they get the right therapy, faster.
👉 europa.eu/!NVF9fd
#HorizonEU #EUResearch
⚕️ New #tracers were developed by the Immune-Image project that can detect whether the body will reject the therapy or not, saving ⏳ for #cancer patients & ensuring they get the right therapy, faster.
👉 europa.eu/!NVF9fd
#HorizonEU #EUResearch
New immunotracers indicate whether immunotherapy will work
New tools developed by the Immune-Image project can indicate the presence of cells that inhibit immunotherapy.
europa.eu
March 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
DYK? Not everyone responds well to #immunotherapy, but it's hard to tell who will and who won't. New #immunotracers can detect whether the body will reject an immunotherapy or not, saving precious time for #cancer patients and ensuring that they get the right therapy, faster. My article for IHI 👇
Want to find out how researchers are figuring out how best to manage and treat #diabetes complications? Register for IHI's webinar on 4 Feb europa.eu/!WWWNgJ #diabetesresearch
🙋People with #diabetes are more likely to experience complications. BEAT-DKD & HypoResolve have been investigating how best to manage & treat them.
👋 Join us online on 4 Feb at 14:15 CET to find out more!
➡️ europa.eu/!WWWNgJ
#IHITransformingHealth #ResearchImpact #Horizon2020 #DiabetesResearch
👋 Join us online on 4 Feb at 14:15 CET to find out more!
➡️ europa.eu/!WWWNgJ
#IHITransformingHealth #ResearchImpact #Horizon2020 #DiabetesResearch
January 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Want to find out how researchers are figuring out how best to manage and treat #diabetes complications? Register for IHI's webinar on 4 Feb europa.eu/!WWWNgJ #diabetesresearch
Reposted by Catherine Collins
2025 is here, and we need your help! 📸 Report your seahorse sightings at iSeahorse.org to contribute to vital research. Every sighting brings us closer to understanding these iconic fishes and safeguarding their homes.
#iSeahorse #iNaturalist #SavingSeahorses #CitizenScience
#iSeahorse #iNaturalist #SavingSeahorses #CitizenScience
January 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
2025 is here, and we need your help! 📸 Report your seahorse sightings at iSeahorse.org to contribute to vital research. Every sighting brings us closer to understanding these iconic fishes and safeguarding their homes.
#iSeahorse #iNaturalist #SavingSeahorses #CitizenScience
#iSeahorse #iNaturalist #SavingSeahorses #CitizenScience
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Satellite Tracking Has Shed Light On The Remarkable Odyssey Of Silky Sharks https://buff.ly/3XR3KrP 🦑🧪🌎
Satellite Tracking Has Shed Light On The Remarkable Odyssey Of Silky Sharks
The extensive movements of these sharks surpass national borders, with over 99% of the tracked time spent in international waters.
buff.ly
January 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Satellite Tracking Has Shed Light On The Remarkable Odyssey Of Silky Sharks https://buff.ly/3XR3KrP 🦑🧪🌎
Reposted by Catherine Collins
It's the #TwelveDaysOfWhalemas Day Nine: DYK whale flukes contain no bones? They are different between all species but in some, flukes are so distinctive that researchers use them like fingerprints to ID individuals.⠀
#WhaleTales
#WhaleTales
December 22, 2024 at 9:38 PM
It's the #TwelveDaysOfWhalemas Day Nine: DYK whale flukes contain no bones? They are different between all species but in some, flukes are so distinctive that researchers use them like fingerprints to ID individuals.⠀
#WhaleTales
#WhaleTales
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One of our favorite things about spending A Day in the Life of a working science journalist is getting to know their pets. This week, we got to meet Ari Remmel’s Nora, Lucy and Chicot. 🧪
A Day in the Life of Ariana Remmel - The Open Notebook
Ariana Remmel is a freelance reporter, essayist, and audio producer based in Arkansas. Ari started their career as a chemist before making the switch to journalism through the UC Santa Cruz Science Co...
www.theopennotebook.com
September 12, 2024 at 7:54 PM
One of our favorite things about spending A Day in the Life of a working science journalist is getting to know their pets. This week, we got to meet Ari Remmel’s Nora, Lucy and Chicot. 🧪
Reposted by Catherine Collins
Interested in learning how returning #seaotters could economically impact wildlife tourism on #Oregon's south coast 🚣♀️?
Check out our webinar to discover how much income sea otter viewing could benefit our coastal communities 🦦!
youtu.be/0hnpghqYPqc #oregoncoast #seaotter #otters #wildlife
Check out our webinar to discover how much income sea otter viewing could benefit our coastal communities 🦦!
youtu.be/0hnpghqYPqc #oregoncoast #seaotter #otters #wildlife
Otterly Impactful: The Economic Return of Sea Otters to Oregon Coast
Wildlife tourism is a sector of the travel industry that offers visitors the opportunity to view, appreciate, or learn about wildlife. Like all other sectors...
youtu.be
June 7, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Interested in learning how returning #seaotters could economically impact wildlife tourism on #Oregon's south coast 🚣♀️?
Check out our webinar to discover how much income sea otter viewing could benefit our coastal communities 🦦!
youtu.be/0hnpghqYPqc #oregoncoast #seaotter #otters #wildlife
Check out our webinar to discover how much income sea otter viewing could benefit our coastal communities 🦦!
youtu.be/0hnpghqYPqc #oregoncoast #seaotter #otters #wildlife
Reposted by Catherine Collins
With the Lucy mission, we discovered the first contact binary satellite. The first results are now out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
You can also read more here www.nasa.gov/solar-system...
and find more animations here svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14596/
🚀🔭🧪
You can also read more here www.nasa.gov/solar-system...
and find more animations here svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14596/
🚀🔭🧪
May 30, 2024 at 9:57 AM
With the Lucy mission, we discovered the first contact binary satellite. The first results are now out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
You can also read more here www.nasa.gov/solar-system...
and find more animations here svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14596/
🚀🔭🧪
You can also read more here www.nasa.gov/solar-system...
and find more animations here svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14596/
🚀🔭🧪
Reposted by Catherine Collins
📢 NEW REPORT
The 4️⃣th edition of #GreenDealBarometer is now available. See sustainability experts' views on the progress of the #EUGreenDeal implementation towards and beyond the #EUelections2024
Find out more 👇
ieep.eu/publications...
#UseYourVote
The 4️⃣th edition of #GreenDealBarometer is now available. See sustainability experts' views on the progress of the #EUGreenDeal implementation towards and beyond the #EUelections2024
Find out more 👇
ieep.eu/publications...
#UseYourVote
European Green Deal Barometer 2024 - IEEP AISBL
As the European elections approach, hundreds of sustainability experts believe that the European Green Deal will be maintained by the new European Commission, but its agenda is likely to be weakened.
ieep.eu
May 24, 2024 at 7:00 AM
📢 NEW REPORT
The 4️⃣th edition of #GreenDealBarometer is now available. See sustainability experts' views on the progress of the #EUGreenDeal implementation towards and beyond the #EUelections2024
Find out more 👇
ieep.eu/publications...
#UseYourVote
The 4️⃣th edition of #GreenDealBarometer is now available. See sustainability experts' views on the progress of the #EUGreenDeal implementation towards and beyond the #EUelections2024
Find out more 👇
ieep.eu/publications...
#UseYourVote
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Professional news klaxon 🔈
I'm helping to organise the second Transatlantic Big Science Conference.
Scientific leaders from North America, Europe, and Africa will discuss how to overcome barriers to collaboration and support global scientific diplomacy
transatlanticscience.org
#philsci #STS
I'm helping to organise the second Transatlantic Big Science Conference.
Scientific leaders from North America, Europe, and Africa will discuss how to overcome barriers to collaboration and support global scientific diplomacy
transatlanticscience.org
#philsci #STS
May 28, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Professional news klaxon 🔈
I'm helping to organise the second Transatlantic Big Science Conference.
Scientific leaders from North America, Europe, and Africa will discuss how to overcome barriers to collaboration and support global scientific diplomacy
transatlanticscience.org
#philsci #STS
I'm helping to organise the second Transatlantic Big Science Conference.
Scientific leaders from North America, Europe, and Africa will discuss how to overcome barriers to collaboration and support global scientific diplomacy
transatlanticscience.org
#philsci #STS
Reposted by Catherine Collins
Throughout her March 2024 story for @theatlantic.bsky.social, Karen Hao’s reporting shines most in the approaches she took to reveal the extent of a data company’s impact on a region deeply affected by climate change, despite their attempts to evade her. 🧪
Karen Hao Combats Company Stonewalling about AI’s Resource Demands - The Open Notebook
Karen Hao, an artificial intelligence reporter and columnist for The Atlantic, recently wondered how much water and energy computing data centers use. When Hao homed in on one facility, she learned te...
www.theopennotebook.com
May 29, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Throughout her March 2024 story for @theatlantic.bsky.social, Karen Hao’s reporting shines most in the approaches she took to reveal the extent of a data company’s impact on a region deeply affected by climate change, despite their attempts to evade her. 🧪
How did the last batch of MEPs do on green and nature priorities? @wwf.de have created this cool dashboard where you can see their performance, by national party and political group: www.wwf.eu/campaigns/20... #EuropeanParliament #EUelections #UseYourVote #biodiversity #conservation
EU Parliament Scoreboard
EU Parliament Scoreboard
www.wwf.eu
May 29, 2024 at 1:53 PM
How did the last batch of MEPs do on green and nature priorities? @wwf.de have created this cool dashboard where you can see their performance, by national party and political group: www.wwf.eu/campaigns/20... #EuropeanParliament #EUelections #UseYourVote #biodiversity #conservation
Reposted by Catherine Collins
Jump for joy! We just posted our 1400th story! Read them all (and submit your own!) on our website: www.whale-tales.org
#WhaleTales
#WhaleTales
May 28, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Jump for joy! We just posted our 1400th story! Read them all (and submit your own!) on our website: www.whale-tales.org
#WhaleTales
#WhaleTales
Hi Blue Sky!! I'm stupidly late to this, hope I didn't miss all the fun #myfirstpost
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media.tenor.com
May 29, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Hi Blue Sky!! I'm stupidly late to this, hope I didn't miss all the fun #myfirstpost