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Dr. Adela Roa-Varón
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Ichthyologist / Evolutionary Biologist | Research Associate NMNH / CAS | Bridging Fish Systematics, Ecology & Evolution to Conservation 🐠🧬🎣 Posts shared are my own #SciComm & promoting #DEIB
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fish-es.bsky.social
🧬🐠🇧🇷PhD Internship OPPORTUNITY!!! 🇧🇷🐠🧬
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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deepseadawn.bsky.social
Congress wants to cut the smartest investment taxpayers ever made (that would be the NSF budget) 😡
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
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Congress wants to cut the smartest investment taxpayers ever made
Virtually every smartphone on the planet runs on a chip paid for by American taxpayers — a chip that I helped invent. Now Congress is moving to cut funding for the National Science Foundation that …
thehill.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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mtanichthys.bsky.social
Okay so everyone reports BUSCO scores of the genome assembly but what about the genome annotation? My expectation was if a genome has 99% BUSCO Complete that a good annotation should also be 99% BUSCO Complete, but a colleague just tested this on a reference genome and it was only 70%. Huh?
August 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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physiologyfish.bsky.social
Just out! @conphysjournal.bsky.social led by new PhD Dr José Trujillo w/ @physioshark - warmer waters (thermal sweet-spot) increased acceleration, agility, & response time in newborn blacktip reef sharks 🦈
📄 academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...
@universityofotago.bsky.social
@jcuofficial.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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fish-es.bsky.social
🚀 New Publication Alert! ‼️
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
This genome is a valuable reference for ecological, evolutionary, and #fisheries management studies, supporting #conservation efforts for a Vulnerable species on the #IUCNRedList @corallab.bsky.social @deepseamoleco.bsky.social @noaa.gov #NMNH
August 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
fish-es.bsky.social
🚀 New Publication Alert! ‼️
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
This genome is a valuable reference for ecological, evolutionary, and #fisheries management studies, supporting #conservation efforts for a Vulnerable species on the #IUCNRedList @corallab.bsky.social @deepseamoleco.bsky.social @noaa.gov #NMNH
August 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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fish-es.bsky.social
🌊 From Deep Sea to Dinner Plate: Explore the world of Gadiformes! 🍽️ Cod, Haddock, Pollock, Hake, Whiting, Rattail & allies are vital to marine ecosystems & global fisheries, making them worthy of our attention both in science & on our dinner plates. #fisheries #conservation #TeamFish #museomics 🐠
July 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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coralreefresearch.bsky.social
AWESOME JOB OPPORTUNITY: Aldabra Science Coordinator (The Seychelles Islands Foundation)

www.sif.sc/node/679

#jobs #seychelles #coralreefs #jobopportunity #marinescience #coral #sciencecoordinator #marineecology #careers #marinebiology
July 31, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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wes-larsonak.bsky.social
We're hiring! Technician position in Juneau, AK to support fisheries genetic work at NOAA. The technician will assist with various projects including eDNA, GBS, epigenetic aging. We are looking for someone with a strong background in molecular biology. Apply here by August 10: shorturl.at/4JgPV
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July 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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jacquelyngill.bsky.social
Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.
July 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
fish-es.bsky.social
🐟🦀Para aquellos interesados en las profundidades marinas, actualmente se está transmitiendo en vivo por YouTube una expedición cerca de Mar del Plata, Argentina, a 2600 metros de profundidad. Hablando en ingles y ESPAÑOL!!!! 🦐🦑 www.youtube.com/live/xg9NLXK...
Lance 22.1 Mar Del Plata Canyon | SOI Divestream 817
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
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July 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
fish-es.bsky.social
🐟🦀For those interested in the deep sea, a YouTube live stream is currently showcasing an expedition near Mar del Plata, Argentina, at 2600 m depth. Speaking in English and SPANISH!!! 🦐🦑
www.youtube.com/live/xg9NLXK...
Lance 22.1 Mar Del Plata Canyon | SOI Divestream 817
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
www.youtube.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
fish-es.bsky.social
🌊 From Deep Sea to Dinner Plate: Explore the world of Gadiformes! 🍽️ Cod, Haddock, Pollock, Hake, Whiting, Rattail & allies are vital to marine ecosystems & global fisheries, making them worthy of our attention both in science & on our dinner plates. #fisheries #conservation #TeamFish #museomics 🐠
July 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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schmidtocean.bsky.social
Moroteuthopsis longimana, 1207 m, #SouthSandwichIslands w/@oceancensus.bsky.social - The 35-day deep-sea expedition team observed thriving polar ecosystems, discovered new hydrothermal vents, coral gardens & many suspected new species. Read full post on Instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DMIljx4...
July 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
fish-es.bsky.social
🐟🧬🪸The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, is seeking a visionary leader to fill the prestigious Sant Chair in Marine Science!!! 🐋🦀🪼

More info here:
www.imsearch.com/open-searche...

#MarineScience #Leadership #Conservation #ResearchExcellence
July 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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greyauk.bsky.social
Little sketch of a sea toad #SundayFishSketch
photo of a sketchbook showing a very red and very round sea toad (Chaunacops) watercolour sketch front view The pelvic fins look like tiny legs in red tights screenshot of a Nautilus stream showing a deep sea sea toad (Chaunacops) its very red and round with pelvic fins which look like tiny legs in red tights
July 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social
📢 Don’t miss the SWEEET Symposium at #CSEE2025 on July 9 in Sherbrooke!
This year’s theme: Breaking Barriers in Science Communication — advancing equity, accessibility & inclusion through language and visualization.
#SWEEET #EquityInScience #SciComm
SWEEET Symposium poster for July 9, 2025 in Sherbrooke, QC at CSEE/SCEE 2025. Title: “Breaking Barriers in Science Communication: Advancing Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Through Language and Visualization.” Headshots and names of speakers Dr. Shelby Bohn, Dr. Rassim Khelifa, and Dr. Aerin Jacob. Logos of CSEE, SWEEET, 14 university sponsors, and a QR code to the SWEEET website.
July 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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mbarinews.bsky.social
Our newest unofficial video series—deep-sea animals that dance better than you 💃

Most sea cucumbers live a sedentary life on the bottom of the ocean, but some take a break from eating and pooping on the seafloor to go for a quick swim. They may do it as a defensive behavior or to find a mate.
June 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
fish-es.bsky.social
Week 2 – A quick update from our project:
The Aleutian Arc: Integrated Exploration of Biodiversity at Hardbottom Habitats
💨The not-so-great: A few bad weather days kept us from launching Alvin safely.
🙌🏽The win: We made the most of it—mapping over 1,500 km (932 mi) of never-before-seen seafloor!
July 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
fish-es.bsky.social
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An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write - Nature Biotechnology
Nature Biotechnology - An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write
www.nature.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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thirstygecko.bsky.social
Trump administration cuts to NSF will result in more than 200,000 FEWER people per year involved in basic science, training, and education - what should have been the next generation of US scientists. This isn't even eating your seed corn, it is setting your seed corn on fire and salting the earth.
May 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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gregggonsalves.bsky.social
I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
quote on a dark blue and purple background from Sudip S. Parikh, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), criticizing proposed cuts to science funding in the FY26 U.S. federal budget. The quote reads: “If enacted, the FY26 budget request would end America’s global scientific leadership. The cuts to science would imperil our nation’s future health, security and prosperity. This budget proposal stands in stark contrast to the President’s call for a renewed commitment to American scientific leadership. Congress has demonstrated a bipartisan commitment to investment in research and must do so again to answer the President’s call.” The quote is attributed to Sudip S. Parikh, CEO of AAAS and Executive Publisher of the Science family of journals. The AAAS logo appears at the bottom right.
May 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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gbaucom.bsky.social
If you care about the NSF and science, now is the time to make your voice heard!

The evolution tri-societies are running a Week of Action for NSF! We MUST make some noise -join us!!

@sse-evolution.bsky.social members will see the below email in their inbox today, spread the word!

Pls RT!
The NSF as we know it is being dismantled. This is a tragedy for science and has the potential to gut the fields of evolution, systematics and ecology. It is time for each of us to loudly speak up in support of scientific funding and in support of the NSF in particular. The Society for the Study of Evolution, the American Society of Naturalists, and the Society of Systematic Biologists are running a Week of Action for NSF. Your engagement is crucial.
May 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
fish-es.bsky.social
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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friel.bsky.social
#SciArt Job Alert! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is offering an opportunity for an illustrator to join the Bartels Science Illustration Program for a visiting artist residency. This is a full-time, paid temporary appointment that lasts up to one year.

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Temporary Science Illustrator - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Are you an early career artist who appreciates and understands the relationship between art and nature, and have an interest in birds? The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is offering an opportunity to an I...
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April 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM