Nadia Maria van Eekelen
@nadiave.bsky.social
PhD student in marineneurolab.bsky.social 🌊🧠 | MSc Marine Biology @unigroningen.bsky.social 🐟 (she/her)
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Hi everyone! I'm Nadia and I'm a PhD student in marine neuroscience at the NTNU in Trondheim. My research is about the bioluminescent communication of marine annelids (specifically Tomopteris) 🪱🌊🧠
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We spent a week at Sletvik field station collecting worms! MSc student Amalie from the University of Copenhagen joined and stayed for 3 weeks to work in our lab 🌟
We caught ~60 Tomopteris with R/V Gunnerus during the day and were treated to great views of the northern lights at night
We caught ~60 Tomopteris with R/V Gunnerus during the day and were treated to great views of the northern lights at night
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We spent a week at Sletvik field station collecting worms! MSc student Amalie from the University of Copenhagen joined and stayed for 3 weeks to work in our lab 🌟
We caught ~60 Tomopteris with R/V Gunnerus during the day and were treated to great views of the northern lights at night
We caught ~60 Tomopteris with R/V Gunnerus during the day and were treated to great views of the northern lights at night
Reposted by Nadia Maria van Eekelen
October 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Just returned from a productive week in Sletvik (Norway) collecting Tomopteris for my PhD work and sharing my research with BSc students.
And we saw lots of bioluminescence and northern lights! 💚
And we saw lots of bioluminescence and northern lights! 💚
October 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Just returned from a productive week in Sletvik (Norway) collecting Tomopteris for my PhD work and sharing my research with BSc students.
And we saw lots of bioluminescence and northern lights! 💚
And we saw lots of bioluminescence and northern lights! 💚
Reposted by Nadia Maria van Eekelen
Celebrating the lab turning 5 years old at the restaurant Troll 🎉
September 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Celebrating the lab turning 5 years old at the restaurant Troll 🎉
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We just published our third major funding application, including the evaluation it received, for the benefit of future applicants 🙌
Because #OpenScience is also about sharing ideas and examples that others can learn from 🌟
www.ogrants.org/grants/jacob...
Because #OpenScience is also about sharing ideas and examples that others can learn from 🌟
www.ogrants.org/grants/jacob...
Funding application (RCN, 2024): Deciphering bioluminescent communication in marine annelids · Open Grants
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September 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We just published our third major funding application, including the evaluation it received, for the benefit of future applicants 🙌
Because #OpenScience is also about sharing ideas and examples that others can learn from 🌟
www.ogrants.org/grants/jacob...
Because #OpenScience is also about sharing ideas and examples that others can learn from 🌟
www.ogrants.org/grants/jacob...
And a small milestone for me: I'm supervising my first MSc student! It's great to have you in the lab, @noralied.bsky.social ☺️
Meet our first MSc student!
This is @noralied.bsky.social 🌟 She is in her 5th year studying natural science with teacher education at #NTNU, and for her thesis she will optimize immunohistochemical methods for detecting neurons in marine annelid brains 🧠💪
This is @noralied.bsky.social 🌟 She is in her 5th year studying natural science with teacher education at #NTNU, and for her thesis she will optimize immunohistochemical methods for detecting neurons in marine annelid brains 🧠💪
August 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
And a small milestone for me: I'm supervising my first MSc student! It's great to have you in the lab, @noralied.bsky.social ☺️
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Happy #InternationalPolychaeteDay! 🌍🪱
To celebrate, here’s a glimpse of the bioluminescence of our gossamer worms! This video was captured in the lab by @nadiave.bsky.social using a monochrome camera — so it's in black and white — but in real life, the worms glow in a stunning bright yellow.
To celebrate, here’s a glimpse of the bioluminescence of our gossamer worms! This video was captured in the lab by @nadiave.bsky.social using a monochrome camera — so it's in black and white — but in real life, the worms glow in a stunning bright yellow.
July 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Happy #InternationalPolychaeteDay! 🌍🪱
To celebrate, here’s a glimpse of the bioluminescence of our gossamer worms! This video was captured in the lab by @nadiave.bsky.social using a monochrome camera — so it's in black and white — but in real life, the worms glow in a stunning bright yellow.
To celebrate, here’s a glimpse of the bioluminescence of our gossamer worms! This video was captured in the lab by @nadiave.bsky.social using a monochrome camera — so it's in black and white — but in real life, the worms glow in a stunning bright yellow.
Reposted by Nadia Maria van Eekelen
Are you at the Gordon Research Conference on Neuroethology in Florence later this week? 👀
@nadiave.bsky.social will present a poster supported by a grant from the Tom Wilhelmsen’s Foundation (thank you for the support)!
We celebrated the grant with Nadia’s favourite treat: lemon meringue pie 🍋
@nadiave.bsky.social will present a poster supported by a grant from the Tom Wilhelmsen’s Foundation (thank you for the support)!
We celebrated the grant with Nadia’s favourite treat: lemon meringue pie 🍋
June 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Are you at the Gordon Research Conference on Neuroethology in Florence later this week? 👀
@nadiave.bsky.social will present a poster supported by a grant from the Tom Wilhelmsen’s Foundation (thank you for the support)!
We celebrated the grant with Nadia’s favourite treat: lemon meringue pie 🍋
@nadiave.bsky.social will present a poster supported by a grant from the Tom Wilhelmsen’s Foundation (thank you for the support)!
We celebrated the grant with Nadia’s favourite treat: lemon meringue pie 🍋
Here's the video again but hopefully less blurry! ☺️
I'd never seen so many Tomopteris in one place - absolutely wild
I'd never seen so many Tomopteris in one place - absolutely wild
May 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Here's the video again but hopefully less blurry! ☺️
I'd never seen so many Tomopteris in one place - absolutely wild
I'd never seen so many Tomopteris in one place - absolutely wild
Forever sharing every Tomopteris video I come across. They're beautiful, and even though I study them, they still manage to surprise me every time.
In the deep sea, we know all about romance. ❤️
Female gossamer worms (Tomopteris spp.) produce a pheromone that attracts males and signals them to shed sperm into the water. This, in turn, signals the female to release her eggs—a behavior called swarming.
Female gossamer worms (Tomopteris spp.) produce a pheromone that attracts males and signals them to shed sperm into the water. This, in turn, signals the female to release her eggs—a behavior called swarming.
April 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Forever sharing every Tomopteris video I come across. They're beautiful, and even though I study them, they still manage to surprise me every time.
Had a great time presenting at the NTNU-wide symposium "NeuroSYS" last week. A 5-minute datablitz is short, but I hope I made a few people curious about bioluminescent worms! ✨️
@marineneurolab.bsky.social
@kavlintnu.bsky.social #neuroscience #bioluminescence #research
@marineneurolab.bsky.social
@kavlintnu.bsky.social #neuroscience #bioluminescence #research
March 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Had a great time presenting at the NTNU-wide symposium "NeuroSYS" last week. A 5-minute datablitz is short, but I hope I made a few people curious about bioluminescent worms! ✨️
@marineneurolab.bsky.social
@kavlintnu.bsky.social #neuroscience #bioluminescence #research
@marineneurolab.bsky.social
@kavlintnu.bsky.social #neuroscience #bioluminescence #research
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Worm Vs. Ctenophore!
A predatory Tomopteris worm has stalked and captured a Ctenophore (aka “comb jelly”).
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#ctenophore #combjelly #plankton #blackwater #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
A predatory Tomopteris worm has stalked and captured a Ctenophore (aka “comb jelly”).
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#ctenophore #combjelly #plankton #blackwater #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
March 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
😯😯
Rejection tastes better with chocolate. And coffee. And a big layer of mascarpone 🍫 😉
In keeping with tradition, a big funding rejection (🥲) means it's treat time! More specifically, tiramisu-tower-time 🎉
It's not easy to start something new, but the like-minded people you meet along the way make it worth it. They keep science fun 🎈🌟
It's not easy to start something new, but the like-minded people you meet along the way make it worth it. They keep science fun 🎈🌟
February 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Rejection tastes better with chocolate. And coffee. And a big layer of mascarpone 🍫 😉
Reposted by Nadia Maria van Eekelen
One thing we did last year was to build our lab and in this video made by @nadiave.bsky.social you can see how it all came together!
Our worms naturally live in the deep ocean where sunlight never reaches, so we built a tent where we can house them and do behavioural experiments in total darkness 🌚
Our worms naturally live in the deep ocean where sunlight never reaches, so we built a tent where we can house them and do behavioural experiments in total darkness 🌚
January 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
One thing we did last year was to build our lab and in this video made by @nadiave.bsky.social you can see how it all came together!
Our worms naturally live in the deep ocean where sunlight never reaches, so we built a tent where we can house them and do behavioural experiments in total darkness 🌚
Our worms naturally live in the deep ocean where sunlight never reaches, so we built a tent where we can house them and do behavioural experiments in total darkness 🌚
I just learned about Hamid Nedari Yeganeh, who makes amazing drawings using only mathematical equations.
Now I can't begin to understand how he does this, but I wanted to share this one he made of a gossamer worm. So cool! 🤯
Now I can't begin to understand how he does this, but I wanted to share this one he made of a gossamer worm. So cool! 🤯
January 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I just learned about Hamid Nedari Yeganeh, who makes amazing drawings using only mathematical equations.
Now I can't begin to understand how he does this, but I wanted to share this one he made of a gossamer worm. So cool! 🤯
Now I can't begin to understand how he does this, but I wanted to share this one he made of a gossamer worm. So cool! 🤯
Reposted by Nadia Maria van Eekelen
Run, don't walk, to see this AMAZING video about the bioluminescent ostracods! As said at the end, "I want people to know about them"
A #Crustmas feature related to work of @ostratodd.bsky.social @nikohensley.bsky.social @emilylau.bsky.social @lisayetermesrop.bsky.social @emily-ellis.bsky.social 🧪🦑
A #Crustmas feature related to work of @ostratodd.bsky.social @nikohensley.bsky.social @emilylau.bsky.social @lisayetermesrop.bsky.social @emily-ellis.bsky.social 🧪🦑
December 11, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Run, don't walk, to see this AMAZING video about the bioluminescent ostracods! As said at the end, "I want people to know about them"
A #Crustmas feature related to work of @ostratodd.bsky.social @nikohensley.bsky.social @emilylau.bsky.social @lisayetermesrop.bsky.social @emily-ellis.bsky.social 🧪🦑
A #Crustmas feature related to work of @ostratodd.bsky.social @nikohensley.bsky.social @emilylau.bsky.social @lisayetermesrop.bsky.social @emily-ellis.bsky.social 🧪🦑
Reposted by Nadia Maria van Eekelen
Meet the team at the MNL!
We're a small lab with big ambitions, but also value time off. Because discoveries are made by humans, so you need to put their wellbeing first. Meet our humans below! 👇
We're a small lab with big ambitions, but also value time off. Because discoveries are made by humans, so you need to put their wellbeing first. Meet our humans below! 👇
December 11, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Meet the team at the MNL!
We're a small lab with big ambitions, but also value time off. Because discoveries are made by humans, so you need to put their wellbeing first. Meet our humans below! 👇
We're a small lab with big ambitions, but also value time off. Because discoveries are made by humans, so you need to put their wellbeing first. Meet our humans below! 👇
The lab where I'm doing my PhD is on BlueSky now too!
Follow along for updates about our glowing worms 🌟
Follow along for updates about our glowing worms 🌟
We're a lab dedicated to marine neuroscience, focusing on a little worm that glows to communicate. What does it say with its flashes of light? And what role does its nervous system play? Stay tuned to find out! 🌟🌊🧠
December 7, 2024 at 12:45 PM
The lab where I'm doing my PhD is on BlueSky now too!
Follow along for updates about our glowing worms 🌟
Follow along for updates about our glowing worms 🌟
Hi everyone! I'm Nadia and I'm a PhD student in marine neuroscience at the NTNU in Trondheim. My research is about the bioluminescent communication of marine annelids (specifically Tomopteris) 🪱🌊🧠
November 15, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Hi everyone! I'm Nadia and I'm a PhD student in marine neuroscience at the NTNU in Trondheim. My research is about the bioluminescent communication of marine annelids (specifically Tomopteris) 🪱🌊🧠