Motahare Haghighatjoo
@motahare996.bsky.social
PhD student in Geology
Interested in Microbial Ecology
Geochemistry
Bioinformatics
Interested in Microbial Ecology
Geochemistry
Bioinformatics
It’s been four days since I last heard from my family. Due to the internet and phone shutdown in Iran, there’s no way to contact them or get an update.
Trying to get through my days as best I can—working hard just to distract myself. I’m sharing this because it’s been so hard to carry it quietly.
Trying to get through my days as best I can—working hard just to distract myself. I’m sharing this because it’s been so hard to carry it quietly.
January 12, 2026 at 1:28 AM
It’s been four days since I last heard from my family. Due to the internet and phone shutdown in Iran, there’s no way to contact them or get an update.
Trying to get through my days as best I can—working hard just to distract myself. I’m sharing this because it’s been so hard to carry it quietly.
Trying to get through my days as best I can—working hard just to distract myself. I’m sharing this because it’s been so hard to carry it quietly.
Reposted by Motahare Haghighatjoo
🌊🌊🌊 Our PNAS paper on octocoral diterpene evolution is out - a huge interdisciplinary effort led by @immo-burkhardt.bsky.social and the first publication from our @noaa.gov grant on the biopharmaceutical potential of the CCE🪸🤿🧬
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Diversification of diterpene biosynthesis occurred early in octocoral evolution | PNAS
Octocorals are the major source of marine-derived bioactive terpenoids. However, the
vast majority of explored chemistry is known from shallow-wate...
www.pnas.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🌊🌊🌊 Our PNAS paper on octocoral diterpene evolution is out - a huge interdisciplinary effort led by @immo-burkhardt.bsky.social and the first publication from our @noaa.gov grant on the biopharmaceutical potential of the CCE🪸🤿🧬
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....