Mónica Medina
@momedinamunoz.bsky.social
Mom. Coral reef scientist and environmentalist. Host-microbe interactions. Anthropocene coral holobionts. Diversity in STEM advocate. Former fencer. Diver. Sailor wannabe. medinalab.org, redcientificacol.org 🇨🇴, diversifyoceansciences.org, spawnwatch.org
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A last reminder that the deadline (Dec 1) for abstract submissions is fast approaching for our session on Art as Catalyst in Coral Conservation, at the International Coral Reef Symposium to be held in Auckland, New Zealand July 19-24, 2026🧪🪸🌎🌊🧬🌐🐙🌿🦠🌿
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September 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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1/5 📢 The 16th International Coral Reef Symposium - Abstract Deadline Extended!
Due to strong interest and multiple requests, we’re extending abstract submissions by one additional week.
Due to strong interest and multiple requests, we’re extending abstract submissions by one additional week.
December 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
1/5 📢 The 16th International Coral Reef Symposium - Abstract Deadline Extended!
Due to strong interest and multiple requests, we’re extending abstract submissions by one additional week.
Due to strong interest and multiple requests, we’re extending abstract submissions by one additional week.
Avelino Álvarez Órdoñez shares pangenome date showing we are eating foods with lots of antimicrobial resistance genes #Pangenome25 🧪🦠🧬
December 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Avelino Álvarez Órdoñez shares pangenome date showing we are eating foods with lots of antimicrobial resistance genes #Pangenome25 🧪🦠🧬
Howard Ochman provides a historical overview of bacterial pangenome molecular evolution research: De novo genes are super rare! #Pangenome25
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Howard Ochman provides a historical overview of bacterial pangenome molecular evolution research: De novo genes are super rare! #Pangenome25
#Pangenome25 kicks off! Pilar Francino introduces the topics we will discuss in Valencia, Spain 🧪🧬🦠
December 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#Pangenome25 kicks off! Pilar Francino introduces the topics we will discuss in Valencia, Spain 🧪🧬🦠
Very proud to be Colombian right now! 🇨🇴 I hope all neighboring countries follow suit soon! news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Colombia bans all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon
Colombia will no longer approve new oil or large-scale mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory, according to a Nov. 13 statement by its environment ministry. Ac...
news.mongabay.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Very proud to be Colombian right now! 🇨🇴 I hope all neighboring countries follow suit soon! news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Open Rank Faculty Position in Marine Ecology and Conservation (Florida International University)
Job Opening ID 536370 at hr.fiu.edu/careers/) and attach (1) cover letter, (2) curriculum vitae, and (3) statements of teaching, and research.
#coralreefs #marineecology #jobs #FIU
Job Opening ID 536370 at hr.fiu.edu/careers/) and attach (1) cover letter, (2) curriculum vitae, and (3) statements of teaching, and research.
#coralreefs #marineecology #jobs #FIU
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Open Rank Faculty Position in Marine Ecology and Conservation (Florida International University)
Job Opening ID 536370 at hr.fiu.edu/careers/) and attach (1) cover letter, (2) curriculum vitae, and (3) statements of teaching, and research.
#coralreefs #marineecology #jobs #FIU
Job Opening ID 536370 at hr.fiu.edu/careers/) and attach (1) cover letter, (2) curriculum vitae, and (3) statements of teaching, and research.
#coralreefs #marineecology #jobs #FIU
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Climate change postdoctoral fellowship (JRF, 3Y) opportunity at Oxford! 🌍 Brilliant opportunity for anybody with <2 years postdoc experience by October 2026. Would be great to get coral people - there's a strong cluster of coral reef/climate change people here. 🪸
www.queens.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/ju...
www.queens.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/ju...
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Climate change postdoctoral fellowship (JRF, 3Y) opportunity at Oxford! 🌍 Brilliant opportunity for anybody with <2 years postdoc experience by October 2026. Would be great to get coral people - there's a strong cluster of coral reef/climate change people here. 🪸
www.queens.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/ju...
www.queens.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/ju...
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Right on the heels of #WorldOceanDay, it’s US pub day for REEFS OF TIME: WHAT FOSSILS REVEAL ABOUT CORAL SURVIVAL @princetonupress.bsky.social. I hope its story of reef resilience brings some joy in this unsettled time. 🧪💙📚🪸https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691247335/reefs-of-time
Reefs of Time
How fossilized reefs hold clues to the survival of corals in the Anthropocene
press.princeton.edu
June 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Right on the heels of #WorldOceanDay, it’s US pub day for REEFS OF TIME: WHAT FOSSILS REVEAL ABOUT CORAL SURVIVAL @princetonupress.bsky.social. I hope its story of reef resilience brings some joy in this unsettled time. 🧪💙📚🪸https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691247335/reefs-of-time
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Coral reefs protect coasts, nurture biodiversity, and help feed millions.
But they’re vanishing fast.
Every fraction of a degree counts in the fight to #SaveOurOcean.
But they’re vanishing fast.
Every fraction of a degree counts in the fight to #SaveOurOcean.
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Coral reefs protect coasts, nurture biodiversity, and help feed millions.
But they’re vanishing fast.
Every fraction of a degree counts in the fight to #SaveOurOcean.
But they’re vanishing fast.
Every fraction of a degree counts in the fight to #SaveOurOcean.
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🚨Last week to submit your #ICRS2026 abstract!
Consider submitting to session 124:
🪸Reefs through time⌛
Leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems.
Consider submitting to session 124:
🪸Reefs through time⌛
Leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems.
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🚨Last week to submit your #ICRS2026 abstract!
Consider submitting to session 124:
🪸Reefs through time⌛
Leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems.
Consider submitting to session 124:
🪸Reefs through time⌛
Leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems.
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The 2023 marine heatwave was devastating for Caribbean reefs; in this study, we report full mortality of over 5,000 Acropora palmata colonies across a reef scale. What is worrisome is that nearly 70% of reef crests across the Caribbean faced equal or higher levels of stress doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
October 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The 2023 marine heatwave was devastating for Caribbean reefs; in this study, we report full mortality of over 5,000 Acropora palmata colonies across a reef scale. What is worrisome is that nearly 70% of reef crests across the Caribbean faced equal or higher levels of stress doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
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Opsin genes drive speciation in corals. New paper by Matias Gómez and Carlos Prada shows divergence in G-Protein coupled Receptors such as Opsins drive the formation of new species across depths. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Speciation across depth gradients in reef corals
Nature Communications - Here, the authors explore mechanisms associated with common depth distributions in sister lineages of corals. They document sequence divergence for proteins related to...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Opsin genes drive speciation in corals. New paper by Matias Gómez and Carlos Prada shows divergence in G-Protein coupled Receptors such as Opsins drive the formation of new species across depths. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Final reminder to consider submitting an abstract to join our thematic session on "Reefs through time" at the @icrs.bsky.social meeting next July.
The call for abstracts closes Dec 1! See below for details.
Hope to see you there!
The call for abstracts closes Dec 1! See below for details.
Hope to see you there!
Work on reef paleoecology? Join our session "Reefs through time: leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems" at the 2026 International Coral Reef Symposium
📆Abstract deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗https://www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abstracts
📆Abstract deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗https://www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abstracts
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Final reminder to consider submitting an abstract to join our thematic session on "Reefs through time" at the @icrs.bsky.social meeting next July.
The call for abstracts closes Dec 1! See below for details.
Hope to see you there!
The call for abstracts closes Dec 1! See below for details.
Hope to see you there!
A last reminder that the deadline (Dec 1) for abstract submissions is fast approaching for our session on Art as Catalyst in Coral Conservation, at the International Coral Reef Symposium to be held in Auckland, New Zealand July 19-24, 2026🧪🪸🌎🌊🧬🌐🐙🌿🦠🌿
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
A last reminder that the deadline (Dec 1) for abstract submissions is fast approaching for our session on Art as Catalyst in Coral Conservation, at the International Coral Reef Symposium to be held in Auckland, New Zealand July 19-24, 2026🧪🪸🌎🌊🧬🌐🐙🌿🦠🌿
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In a major win for UC faculty groups and unions that sued, a federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA along with stipulations for deep campus changes in exchange for being eligible for federal grants: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism
A federal judge late Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA for alleged civil rights violations over antisemitism, its recog...
www.latimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
In a major win for UC faculty groups and unions that sued, a federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA along with stipulations for deep campus changes in exchange for being eligible for federal grants: www.latimes.com/california/s...
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"With the US government’s stance on climate change best summed up as “Make it worse, faster,” somebody’s got to fill the void."
@clicabedu.bsky.social walks state and local policymakers through the many tools they have.
Today in @bloomberglp.bsky.social by @markgongloff.bsky.social (Gift link)
@clicabedu.bsky.social walks state and local policymakers through the many tools they have.
Today in @bloomberglp.bsky.social by @markgongloff.bsky.social (Gift link)
How to Fill the Climate Void Left by the White House
Regardless of your party affiliation, it was hard to feel too jazzed about California Governor Gavin Newsom representing the US at the COP30 climate talks in Belem, Brazil. Democrats will grouse that ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"With the US government’s stance on climate change best summed up as “Make it worse, faster,” somebody’s got to fill the void."
@clicabedu.bsky.social walks state and local policymakers through the many tools they have.
Today in @bloomberglp.bsky.social by @markgongloff.bsky.social (Gift link)
@clicabedu.bsky.social walks state and local policymakers through the many tools they have.
Today in @bloomberglp.bsky.social by @markgongloff.bsky.social (Gift link)
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Donald Trump just thanked Bill Gates for “admitting he was wrong about the climate crisis.” — should we listen to the tech bros or the scientists? Watch👇 and judge for yourself!
Share this video
if you think it’s time
to listen to the scientists
instead of the tech bros.
youtu.be/NLM0oaPXmBQ
Share this video
if you think it’s time
to listen to the scientists
instead of the tech bros.
youtu.be/NLM0oaPXmBQ
Should we listen to the tech bros or the scientists?
YouTube video by We Don't Have Time
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November 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Donald Trump just thanked Bill Gates for “admitting he was wrong about the climate crisis.” — should we listen to the tech bros or the scientists? Watch👇 and judge for yourself!
Share this video
if you think it’s time
to listen to the scientists
instead of the tech bros.
youtu.be/NLM0oaPXmBQ
Share this video
if you think it’s time
to listen to the scientists
instead of the tech bros.
youtu.be/NLM0oaPXmBQ
Visited U. of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 and learned about all the research possibilities it provides! We can do long term controlled experiments in multiple biomes, possibly including bringing our beloved Upside-down Jellies to their coral reef and mangrove habitats for manipulation!! 🌎🧪🪼🪸🦠🧬
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Visited U. of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 and learned about all the research possibilities it provides! We can do long term controlled experiments in multiple biomes, possibly including bringing our beloved Upside-down Jellies to their coral reef and mangrove habitats for manipulation!! 🌎🧪🪼🪸🦠🧬
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A nice story in @science.org this week about the collaboration between archaeologists and Kuikuro people in Brazil, which has been central to uncovering evidence of social complexity in the Amazon region more than 600 years ago.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
To unearth their past, Amazonian people turn to ‘a language white men understand’
A model partnership between archaeologists and the Kuikuro people has helped rewrite the history of early Amazonian societies
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A nice story in @science.org this week about the collaboration between archaeologists and Kuikuro people in Brazil, which has been central to uncovering evidence of social complexity in the Amazon region more than 600 years ago.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
heatmap.news
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
A reminder that abstract submissions for the Reefs Reimagined session at the International Coral Reef Symposium (July 19-24, 2026) in New Zealand is coming up December 1st, 2025.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A reminder that abstract submissions for the Reefs Reimagined session at the International Coral Reef Symposium (July 19-24, 2026) in New Zealand is coming up December 1st, 2025.
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Dear friends,
I'd like to share with you that there is still time to register for the exciting congress on Microbial Pangenomes in One Health we are oganizing in Valencia this 4-5 of December!
Don't miss it!! Check out our webpage below for all the details.
www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025
I'd like to share with you that there is still time to register for the exciting congress on Microbial Pangenomes in One Health we are oganizing in Valencia this 4-5 of December!
Don't miss it!! Check out our webpage below for all the details.
www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025
PANGENOME2025
The biology of prokaryotic cells is directly dependent on the differential gene pools that characterize each cell or strain. This has been a fundamental aspect of epidemiology for delimiting outbreaks...
www.alocongress.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Dear friends,
I'd like to share with you that there is still time to register for the exciting congress on Microbial Pangenomes in One Health we are oganizing in Valencia this 4-5 of December!
Don't miss it!! Check out our webpage below for all the details.
www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025
I'd like to share with you that there is still time to register for the exciting congress on Microbial Pangenomes in One Health we are oganizing in Valencia this 4-5 of December!
Don't miss it!! Check out our webpage below for all the details.
www.alocongress.com/pangenome2025
Please join us in this uplifting and inspiring session bringing Art and Science together at the upcoming International Coral Reef Symposium in Auckland, New Zealand, July 19-24 2026. See you all there! Fighting to save reefs through Art!🧪🪸🧬🌎🌊🐙🦠🌿
October 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Please join us in this uplifting and inspiring session bringing Art and Science together at the upcoming International Coral Reef Symposium in Auckland, New Zealand, July 19-24 2026. See you all there! Fighting to save reefs through Art!🧪🪸🧬🌎🌊🐙🦠🌿
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🌊 Marine heatwave leaves critical Florida corals "functionally extinct"
Following the record-breaking 2023 marine heatwave and the ninth mass coral bleaching, staghorn and elkhorn corals have dwindled to populations too small to reproduce
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/marine-...
Following the record-breaking 2023 marine heatwave and the ninth mass coral bleaching, staghorn and elkhorn corals have dwindled to populations too small to reproduce
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/marine-...
Marine heatwave leaves critical Florida corals "functionally extinct" - Oceanographic
Following a record-breaking marine heatwave in 2023 Florida's critical staghorn and elkhorn corals have been left 'functionally extinct.'
oceanographicmagazine.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
🌊 Marine heatwave leaves critical Florida corals "functionally extinct"
Following the record-breaking 2023 marine heatwave and the ninth mass coral bleaching, staghorn and elkhorn corals have dwindled to populations too small to reproduce
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/marine-...
Following the record-breaking 2023 marine heatwave and the ninth mass coral bleaching, staghorn and elkhorn corals have dwindled to populations too small to reproduce
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/marine-...