Nielsen Lab
@nielsenlab.bsky.social
We’re the Nielsen Lab at UT Austin’s Marine Science Institute and we study the effects of environmental toxicants on fishes! 🧪🐟 Aquatic Toxicology | Ecotoxicology | Marine & Freshwater species
Our research associate, Dr. Ackerly, has been a busy fish! She gave a talk at the International Congress on the Biology of Fish in Michigan and then gave another talk at the Society for Experimental Biology Conference in Prague. After all that, she still had energy for fieldwork!
July 23, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Our research associate, Dr. Ackerly, has been a busy fish! She gave a talk at the International Congress on the Biology of Fish in Michigan and then gave another talk at the Society for Experimental Biology Conference in Prague. After all that, she still had energy for fieldwork!
Can you tell the red drum eggs apart from the trout eggs? 👀🥚
July 22, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Can you tell the red drum eggs apart from the trout eggs? 👀🥚
Thank you to Corpus Christi’s water quality specialist, Len Dunphy, for helping us collect effluent from wastewater treatment plants👷🏼💧
July 19, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Thank you to Corpus Christi’s water quality specialist, Len Dunphy, for helping us collect effluent from wastewater treatment plants👷🏼💧
Day 2 at field site #3 @tamaram.bsky.social @kerriackerlyphd.bsky.social
July 17, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Day 2 at field site #3 @tamaram.bsky.social @kerriackerlyphd.bsky.social
Greetings from the field! We are collecting sediment and water samples downstream of the effluent from wastewater treatment plants in Corpus Christi! We are grateful for the guidance provided by Corpus Christi Water🚰 @kerriackerlyphd.bsky.social
July 16, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Greetings from the field! We are collecting sediment and water samples downstream of the effluent from wastewater treatment plants in Corpus Christi! We are grateful for the guidance provided by Corpus Christi Water🚰 @kerriackerlyphd.bsky.social
Meet Grace Walsh from the Nielsen Lab! As a lab tech, Grace helps facilitate the research projects of the lab. Her primary research project assists @kerriackerlyphd.bsky.social in investigating the effects of PFAS on Sheepshead minnow.
Fun fact: Grace is our lab photographer 📸
Fun fact: Grace is our lab photographer 📸
June 28, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Meet Grace Walsh from the Nielsen Lab! As a lab tech, Grace helps facilitate the research projects of the lab. Her primary research project assists @kerriackerlyphd.bsky.social in investigating the effects of PFAS on Sheepshead minnow.
Fun fact: Grace is our lab photographer 📸
Fun fact: Grace is our lab photographer 📸
It’s field work season! Our team, along with our colleagues in the Brandl Lab @UTMSI, have been traveling to Matagorda Bay to collect oysters and water samples to test for PFAS/PFOS 🌊🚤
June 14, 2024 at 2:59 PM
It’s field work season! Our team, along with our colleagues in the Brandl Lab @UTMSI, have been traveling to Matagorda Bay to collect oysters and water samples to test for PFAS/PFOS 🌊🚤
Meet our marine science technician, Danny Fraser! Danny helps facilitate the research projects of the lab, from small boat operations and scuba diving in TX and AK, to helping process samples in the lab!
Fun fact: Danny did his master’s research on marine worm ecology🪱🌊 #LabIntroductions
Fun fact: Danny did his master’s research on marine worm ecology🪱🌊 #LabIntroductions
May 30, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Meet our marine science technician, Danny Fraser! Danny helps facilitate the research projects of the lab, from small boat operations and scuba diving in TX and AK, to helping process samples in the lab!
Fun fact: Danny did his master’s research on marine worm ecology🪱🌊 #LabIntroductions
Fun fact: Danny did his master’s research on marine worm ecology🪱🌊 #LabIntroductions
Meet Tamara Rivera, a 2nd year PhD student in our lab! Tamara is studying climate-driven changes in mercury cycling and export in the Alaskan ecosystem.
Fun fact: During her spare time, she volunteers at the Amos Rehabilitation Keep and the Patton Center Aquarium! 🐟🐢 #IntroductionFridays
Fun fact: During her spare time, she volunteers at the Amos Rehabilitation Keep and the Patton Center Aquarium! 🐟🐢 #IntroductionFridays
May 24, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Meet Tamara Rivera, a 2nd year PhD student in our lab! Tamara is studying climate-driven changes in mercury cycling and export in the Alaskan ecosystem.
Fun fact: During her spare time, she volunteers at the Amos Rehabilitation Keep and the Patton Center Aquarium! 🐟🐢 #IntroductionFridays
Fun fact: During her spare time, she volunteers at the Amos Rehabilitation Keep and the Patton Center Aquarium! 🐟🐢 #IntroductionFridays
Meet Kathleen Roark from the Nielsen lab! As a PhD candidate, Kate studies the interactive effects of environmental stress and contamination on the survival and development of early life stage red drum🧪🐟
Fun fact: Kate is also an entomologist at heart 🦋🐜 and was the first student in the lab!
Fun fact: Kate is also an entomologist at heart 🦋🐜 and was the first student in the lab!
May 10, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Meet Kathleen Roark from the Nielsen lab! As a PhD candidate, Kate studies the interactive effects of environmental stress and contamination on the survival and development of early life stage red drum🧪🐟
Fun fact: Kate is also an entomologist at heart 🦋🐜 and was the first student in the lab!
Fun fact: Kate is also an entomologist at heart 🦋🐜 and was the first student in the lab!
Meet Dr. Kerri Ackerly from the Nielsen lab! @kerriackerlyphd.bsky.social studies the impacts of contaminants on fish morphology, development, and physiology 🐟
Fun fact: She studied electric fishes for her PhD and even has a tattoo of her favorite one!
Fun fact: She studied electric fishes for her PhD and even has a tattoo of her favorite one!
May 3, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Meet Dr. Kerri Ackerly from the Nielsen lab! @kerriackerlyphd.bsky.social studies the impacts of contaminants on fish morphology, development, and physiology 🐟
Fun fact: She studied electric fishes for her PhD and even has a tattoo of her favorite one!
Fun fact: She studied electric fishes for her PhD and even has a tattoo of her favorite one!
Meet Dr. Kristin Nielsen, the PI of our ecotoxicology lab! Dr. Nielsen is an assistant professor at UT Austin’s Marine Science Institute (UT MSI), where her lab studies the impacts of toxicants on aquatic organisms and downstream implications for human health 🐟
Fun fact: she is a plant enthusiast!🪴
Fun fact: she is a plant enthusiast!🪴
April 26, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Meet Dr. Kristin Nielsen, the PI of our ecotoxicology lab! Dr. Nielsen is an assistant professor at UT Austin’s Marine Science Institute (UT MSI), where her lab studies the impacts of toxicants on aquatic organisms and downstream implications for human health 🐟
Fun fact: she is a plant enthusiast!🪴
Fun fact: she is a plant enthusiast!🪴
The Nielsen lab presented at the South-Central SETAC Meeting and did amazing! Special congratulations to our student Tamara for winning 2nd place in the student poster competition on her work with Mercury in Alaska!🏅👩🏽🔬 We will be posting on here more often with updates so stay tuned 🙌🏽
April 15, 2024 at 9:12 PM
The Nielsen lab presented at the South-Central SETAC Meeting and did amazing! Special congratulations to our student Tamara for winning 2nd place in the student poster competition on her work with Mercury in Alaska!🏅👩🏽🔬 We will be posting on here more often with updates so stay tuned 🙌🏽