Maya Powell
@powellecology.bsky.social
PhD student studying coral ecophysiology and microbiomes | UNC E3P | Castillo & McCoy Labs | NSF GRFP | #forthecorals #WomeninSTEM | Carleton College alum | she/her 🏳️🌈
https://mayapowell.weebly.com
https://mayapowell.weebly.com
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As part of a newly funded project we are seeking student in marine microbial ecology & urchin disease dynamics 🧫🌊🦠
PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start
Job Ad Here 👉 shorturl.at/fSMy9
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/gfMnHutijfqC...
More: theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com
@ianhewson.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social
PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start
Job Ad Here 👉 shorturl.at/fSMy9
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/gfMnHutijfqC...
More: theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com
@ianhewson.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social
PDF_GradStudent_Ad_2025.pdf
shorturl.at
July 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
As part of a newly funded project we are seeking student in marine microbial ecology & urchin disease dynamics 🧫🌊🦠
PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start
Job Ad Here 👉 shorturl.at/fSMy9
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/gfMnHutijfqC...
More: theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com
@ianhewson.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social
PhD | Spring/Fall 2026 start
Job Ad Here 👉 shorturl.at/fSMy9
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/gfMnHutijfqC...
More: theaquaticmicrobiologylab.com
@ianhewson.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social
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🚨‼️ This week's #coralreef #jobalert! ‼️🚨
The Palau International Coral Reef Center is hiring a Social Science Researcher to work on the socioeconomic monitoring program. picrc.org/vacancy-so...
The Palau International Coral Reef Center is hiring a Social Science Researcher to work on the socioeconomic monitoring program. picrc.org/vacancy-so...
June 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚨‼️ This week's #coralreef #jobalert! ‼️🚨
The Palau International Coral Reef Center is hiring a Social Science Researcher to work on the socioeconomic monitoring program. picrc.org/vacancy-so...
The Palau International Coral Reef Center is hiring a Social Science Researcher to work on the socioeconomic monitoring program. picrc.org/vacancy-so...
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Stoke to announce that I will be joining the Department of Biology @txst.edu this coming Fall semester as an Assistant Professor!
Looking for grad students with interests in #Symbiodiniaceae, #corals 🪸, microbial #symbiosis 🦠, comparative #genomics 🧬 and #phylogenomics soon. Feel free to reach out!
Looking for grad students with interests in #Symbiodiniaceae, #corals 🪸, microbial #symbiosis 🦠, comparative #genomics 🧬 and #phylogenomics soon. Feel free to reach out!
June 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Stoke to announce that I will be joining the Department of Biology @txst.edu this coming Fall semester as an Assistant Professor!
Looking for grad students with interests in #Symbiodiniaceae, #corals 🪸, microbial #symbiosis 🦠, comparative #genomics 🧬 and #phylogenomics soon. Feel free to reach out!
Looking for grad students with interests in #Symbiodiniaceae, #corals 🪸, microbial #symbiosis 🦠, comparative #genomics 🧬 and #phylogenomics soon. Feel free to reach out!
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🆕 in "Ecological Monographs": Nutrients delivered from land to reefs via groundwater rev up coral metabolism, impacting carbon cycling, pH and reef growth
📄Terrestrial nutrient inputs restructure coral reef dissolved carbon fluxes via direct and indirect effects
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
📄Terrestrial nutrient inputs restructure coral reef dissolved carbon fluxes via direct and indirect effects
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
June 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🆕 in "Ecological Monographs": Nutrients delivered from land to reefs via groundwater rev up coral metabolism, impacting carbon cycling, pH and reef growth
📄Terrestrial nutrient inputs restructure coral reef dissolved carbon fluxes via direct and indirect effects
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
📄Terrestrial nutrient inputs restructure coral reef dissolved carbon fluxes via direct and indirect effects
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
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Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live!
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪
Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026
Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2026 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...
forms.gle
May 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live!
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪
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New paper alert❗️We looked at #coral reproduction and nutrition in a degraded shipping port. We found colonies in the Port to be more fertile than those in nearshore reefs and demonstrate the value of using amino acid isotope analysis to understand mixotrophic diets. #firstpublication #coralreefs
A reproductive and trophic analysis of corals in a degraded environment - Coral Reefs
Understanding the persistence and resilience of corals in degraded environments can provide insight into the potential persistence of coral communities as coastline urbanization expands. We assessed t...
link.springer.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
New paper alert❗️We looked at #coral reproduction and nutrition in a degraded shipping port. We found colonies in the Port to be more fertile than those in nearshore reefs and demonstrate the value of using amino acid isotope analysis to understand mixotrophic diets. #firstpublication #coralreefs
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🌊New study🌊 out today highlights a diversity of trophic strategies among 3 species in a multi-stressor habitat & that coral tolerance to more extreme conditions is promoted through dynamic seasonal shifts in their diet @verenaschoepf.bsky.social aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Seasonality modulates coral trophic plasticity in an extreme, multi‐stressor environment
Corals with high trophic plasticity, i.e., the ability to change the relative contribution of heterotrophic and autotrophic nutrition to their mixotrophic diet, can have increased tolerance to indivi...
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🌊New study🌊 out today highlights a diversity of trophic strategies among 3 species in a multi-stressor habitat & that coral tolerance to more extreme conditions is promoted through dynamic seasonal shifts in their diet @verenaschoepf.bsky.social aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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1/6 Call for session proposals
16th International Coral Reef Symposium, 19–24th July 2026, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Session proposal deadline: Sunday 15th June 2025.
Details and submission link at www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-ses...
16th International Coral Reef Symposium, 19–24th July 2026, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Session proposal deadline: Sunday 15th June 2025.
Details and submission link at www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-ses...
Call for Session Proposals
www.icrs2026.nz
May 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
1/6 Call for session proposals
16th International Coral Reef Symposium, 19–24th July 2026, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Session proposal deadline: Sunday 15th June 2025.
Details and submission link at www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-ses...
16th International Coral Reef Symposium, 19–24th July 2026, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Session proposal deadline: Sunday 15th June 2025.
Details and submission link at www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-ses...
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New #paper out! 🥳
Great work by former Master students Chiara de Jong, Iris van Os and Guadalupe Sepúlveda-Rodríguez!
Find out more about the #extreme abiotic conditions in this poorly described #marginal #coral environment - the semi-enclosed inland bays of #Curaçao (southern Caribbean)!
🪸🧪🦑
Great work by former Master students Chiara de Jong, Iris van Os and Guadalupe Sepúlveda-Rodríguez!
Find out more about the #extreme abiotic conditions in this poorly described #marginal #coral environment - the semi-enclosed inland bays of #Curaçao (southern Caribbean)!
🪸🧪🦑
High-resolution temporal assessment of physicochemical variability and water quality in tropical semi-enclosed bays and coral reefs
Tropical coastlines featuring mangrove, seagrass, and coral habitats are of immense ecological and socio-economic importance, supporting biodiversity,…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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New paper on cryptic coral lineages in St. Croix, USVI 🪸🧬 The first five authors are undergraduates- very proud of these rising scientists 🎉 This work was done in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy @nature.org and @heatshok.bsky.social. Check it out! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
February 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New paper on cryptic coral lineages in St. Croix, USVI 🪸🧬 The first five authors are undergraduates- very proud of these rising scientists 🎉 This work was done in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy @nature.org and @heatshok.bsky.social. Check it out! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository.
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
January 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository.
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
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If you are looking for a job, post-doc, PhD, MSc, or internship related to coral reefs or HIRING, make sure to check out the ICRS-SECC Job Board for new listings or to post your new position! coralreefsecc.org/jobboard
Services 3 — ICRS - SECC
coralreefsecc.org
January 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
If you are looking for a job, post-doc, PhD, MSc, or internship related to coral reefs or HIRING, make sure to check out the ICRS-SECC Job Board for new listings or to post your new position! coralreefsecc.org/jobboard
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We can all do more to uplift diverse voices in coral reef science. For a bit of inspiration, check out this panel discussion from four scientists on their lived experiences as local/indigenous scientists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UACb...
ICRS SECC Indigenous & Local Coral Scientists Panel (Updated)
YouTube video by International Coral Reef Society
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We can all do more to uplift diverse voices in coral reef science. For a bit of inspiration, check out this panel discussion from four scientists on their lived experiences as local/indigenous scientists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UACb...
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NEW research out today
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
It's been a long time coming. Led by Hannah Aichelman, Brooke Benson, and others, we found that patterns of thermal responses in microbes, phenotypes, etc in the field and the lab were driven by cryptic lineage of the coral host.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
It's been a long time coming. Led by Hannah Aichelman, Brooke Benson, and others, we found that patterns of thermal responses in microbes, phenotypes, etc in the field and the lab were driven by cryptic lineage of the coral host.
Cryptic coral diversity is associated with symbioses, physiology, and response to thermal challenge
Cryptic coral hosts differ in phenotypes relevant to climate change.
www.science.org
January 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
NEW research out today
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
It's been a long time coming. Led by Hannah Aichelman, Brooke Benson, and others, we found that patterns of thermal responses in microbes, phenotypes, etc in the field and the lab were driven by cryptic lineage of the coral host.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
It's been a long time coming. Led by Hannah Aichelman, Brooke Benson, and others, we found that patterns of thermal responses in microbes, phenotypes, etc in the field and the lab were driven by cryptic lineage of the coral host.
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🚨come and work with us🚨
CIMAs is hiring a lab manager for AOML's 'Omics program, please share broadly!
The position will manage several molecular biology lab spaces to support NOAA’s growing efforts in ‘Omics.
For more information and to apply: Visit careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
CIMAs is hiring a lab manager for AOML's 'Omics program, please share broadly!
The position will manage several molecular biology lab spaces to support NOAA’s growing efforts in ‘Omics.
For more information and to apply: Visit careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
Research Associate II in Miami, Florida, United States of America | Research at University of Miami
Apply for Research Associate II job with University of Miami in Miami, Florida, United States of America. Research at University of Miami
careers.miami.edu
January 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🚨come and work with us🚨
CIMAs is hiring a lab manager for AOML's 'Omics program, please share broadly!
The position will manage several molecular biology lab spaces to support NOAA’s growing efforts in ‘Omics.
For more information and to apply: Visit careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
CIMAs is hiring a lab manager for AOML's 'Omics program, please share broadly!
The position will manage several molecular biology lab spaces to support NOAA’s growing efforts in ‘Omics.
For more information and to apply: Visit careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
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Wrigley summer fellowship app is live!! Both NSF REU and Zinsmeyer - we've got 2 slots earmarked for our lab - apply to work with us! dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/educ...
Summer Research Internships - Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Creating a more sustainable and environmentally just future for our planet and all who live on it
dornsife.usc.edu
January 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Wrigley summer fellowship app is live!! Both NSF REU and Zinsmeyer - we've got 2 slots earmarked for our lab - apply to work with us! dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/educ...
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I’m so excited to announce my first first-author paper: “Divide and conquer: Spatial and temporal resource partitioning structures benthic cyanobacterial mats” #BCMs #phycologyfriday
doi.org/10.1111/jpy....
With Dr. Sophie McCoy #UNCE3P #UNCBiology #PSA #JournalofPhycology
doi.org/10.1111/jpy....
With Dr. Sophie McCoy #UNCE3P #UNCBiology #PSA #JournalofPhycology
Divide and conquer: Spatial and temporal resource partitioning structures benthic cyanobacterial mats
Benthic cyanobacterial mats are increasing in abundance worldwide with the potential to degrade ecosystem structure and function. Understanding mat community dynamics is thus critical for predicting ...
doi.org
March 15, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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Super thrilled to share the first chapter of my dissertation, out today in Proceedings B! See below for a fabulous summary from Carly, who guided me through my first ever gene expression analysis! 🧬
Rounding out an incredible month for the #CEElab is the publication of
@jennadilworth.bsky.social first dissertation chapter in
Proc R Soc B! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
@jennadilworth.bsky.social first dissertation chapter in
Proc R Soc B! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Synergistic response to climate stressors in coral is associated with genotypic variation in baseline expression | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
As environments are rapidly reshaped due to climate change, phenotypic plasticity plays an important role in the ability of organisms to persist and is considered an especially important acclimatization mechanism for long-lived sessile organisms such as ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
March 27, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Super thrilled to share the first chapter of my dissertation, out today in Proceedings B! See below for a fabulous summary from Carly, who guided me through my first ever gene expression analysis! 🧬
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‼️PhD Opportunity‼️
The Ushijima Lab is looking for a PhD student to start in Fall of 2024! Research would be related to coral microbes. Microbiology experience preferred! Join an amazing lab that works all throughout the Caribbean! 🪸
Our lab & contact info
www.ushijima-lab.com
The Ushijima Lab is looking for a PhD student to start in Fall of 2024! Research would be related to coral microbes. Microbiology experience preferred! Join an amazing lab that works all throughout the Caribbean! 🪸
Our lab & contact info
www.ushijima-lab.com
March 16, 2024 at 6:44 PM
‼️PhD Opportunity‼️
The Ushijima Lab is looking for a PhD student to start in Fall of 2024! Research would be related to coral microbes. Microbiology experience preferred! Join an amazing lab that works all throughout the Caribbean! 🪸
Our lab & contact info
www.ushijima-lab.com
The Ushijima Lab is looking for a PhD student to start in Fall of 2024! Research would be related to coral microbes. Microbiology experience preferred! Join an amazing lab that works all throughout the Caribbean! 🪸
Our lab & contact info
www.ushijima-lab.com
I’m so excited to announce my first first-author paper: “Divide and conquer: Spatial and temporal resource partitioning structures benthic cyanobacterial mats” #BCMs #phycologyfriday
doi.org/10.1111/jpy....
With Dr. Sophie McCoy #UNCE3P #UNCBiology #PSA #JournalofPhycology
doi.org/10.1111/jpy....
With Dr. Sophie McCoy #UNCE3P #UNCBiology #PSA #JournalofPhycology
Divide and conquer: Spatial and temporal resource partitioning structures benthic cyanobacterial mats
Benthic cyanobacterial mats are increasing in abundance worldwide with the potential to degrade ecosystem structure and function. Understanding mat community dynamics is thus critical for predicting ...
doi.org
March 15, 2024 at 2:11 PM
I’m so excited to announce my first first-author paper: “Divide and conquer: Spatial and temporal resource partitioning structures benthic cyanobacterial mats” #BCMs #phycologyfriday
doi.org/10.1111/jpy....
With Dr. Sophie McCoy #UNCE3P #UNCBiology #PSA #JournalofPhycology
doi.org/10.1111/jpy....
With Dr. Sophie McCoy #UNCE3P #UNCBiology #PSA #JournalofPhycology
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Jazzed to announce this Davies Lab pub!
"Integrating cryptic diversity into coral evolution, symbiosis and conservation"
Led by @cgrupstra.bsky.social along with other people including Hannah Aichelman, James Fifer, Matias Gomez, and Carlos Prada
rdcu.be/dywh2
"Integrating cryptic diversity into coral evolution, symbiosis and conservation"
Led by @cgrupstra.bsky.social along with other people including Hannah Aichelman, James Fifer, Matias Gomez, and Carlos Prada
rdcu.be/dywh2
February 13, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Jazzed to announce this Davies Lab pub!
"Integrating cryptic diversity into coral evolution, symbiosis and conservation"
Led by @cgrupstra.bsky.social along with other people including Hannah Aichelman, James Fifer, Matias Gomez, and Carlos Prada
rdcu.be/dywh2
"Integrating cryptic diversity into coral evolution, symbiosis and conservation"
Led by @cgrupstra.bsky.social along with other people including Hannah Aichelman, James Fifer, Matias Gomez, and Carlos Prada
rdcu.be/dywh2