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Melman Neill
@scubamelman.bsky.social
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PhD Student at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute | Fish Energetics 🐠 | Coral Reef Ecology 🪸 | he/him
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jexpbiol.bsky.social
There is a speed that is the most cost effective for a fish to swim a given distance, but @izzylikesfish.bsky.social & co at the '23 Friday Harbor lab's Fish Swimming course discovered that pile perch prefer to swim at less efficient speeds to accompany others
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
A photo of a pile perch swimming in a tank in a laboratory. The tank is rigged up to pipes that deliver water to follow through the tank so that the fish can match its speed to the water.
March 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
scubamelman.bsky.social
This is a super fun paper, my favorite part is that fast swimmers choose to slow down so they can swim with a friend! I was so lucky to join this crew at Friday Harbor Labs, I wouldn't trade it for the world!
izzylikesfish.bsky.social Izzy Tiddy @izzylikesfish.bsky.social · Mar 14
Delighted to share a new paper from myself, @scubamelman.bsky.social and colleagues on the swimming behaviour of pile perch, available now in @jexpbiol.bsky.social at doi.org/10.1242/jeb..... Our findings show that both ecology and the social environment affect chosen swimming speed in this species.
March 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
scubamelman.bsky.social
So happy to finally get this out there! This was a collaborative, grad student-driven project outside the bounds of our dissertation research, but very much a passion project for each of us. Lots of tangible resources are included - check out Hannah's summary!
hannah-rempel.bsky.social Hannah Sima Rempel @hannah-rempel.bsky.social · Nov 1
In 'A framework for training graduate students & campus communities in inclusive teaching', @botanyberit.bsky.social, @scubamelman.bsky.social, Chris Biggs and & I share a tips & resources for formal professional development training in inclusive pedagogy. 🧵(1/4)

doi.org/10.1128/jmbe...
A three part panel showing the framework used, including literature discussions and knowledge sharing, expert-led educational workshops, and curriculum development and implementation
November 7, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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hannah-rempel.bsky.social
It was a wonderful to share work on 'Developing inclusive teaching frameworks for campus and community STEAM education' by myself, @scubamelman.bsky.social @botanyberit.bsky.social + Dr. Chris Biggs, and hear about projects by other grant teams at the @CTL_UT Teaching & Learning Symposium last week!
Poster for the UT Transformative Teaching and Learning Symposium: Teaching for Neurodivergent Learners showing a woman engaging in a conversation with a group.
April 23, 2024 at 11:05 PM
scubamelman.bsky.social
Had an amazing time sharing preliminary results from my PhD work on Texas blennies at the 52nd Benthic Ecology Meeting this weekend! I couldn't have asked for a better lab group to travel with! #BEM2024
Mel Neill standing at a podium in front of his blenny presentation. A group photo of the Casy and Brandl labs at outside the Benthic Ecology Meeting in Charleston, SC.
April 16, 2024 at 1:25 AM
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gobyone.bsky.social
We're hiring! Come join us as a research tech on a collaborative and interdisciplinary project that is centered around energetic linkages among algal biofilms, invertebrates, and shorebirds in South Texas. Deadline is March 20th! 🦠🐚🐦

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March 6, 2024 at 4:13 PM
scubamelman.bsky.social
Great work going on all around, it's so exciting to be part of such a passionate group!
ingridbunholi.bsky.social Ingrid Bunholi @ingridbunholi.bsky.social · Feb 29
So happy to have been awarded the Clark Hubbs Scholarship from @TCAFS for my eDNA/eRNA chapter on the southern flounder! 🧬 And even happier to celebrate this feeling with @scubamelman.bsky.social - which is doing an incredible work on Texas blennies 🐠

@amfisheriessoc.bsky.social
February 29, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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jordancasey.bsky.social
🐟🧬 Research technician opportunity in marine ecology! 🦠🔬

Opening for a research technician in my lab @thecaseylab.bsky.social

Full advertisement: caseylab.weebly.com/join.html

Apply by December 1st. Start date in Jan/Feb 2024.

Email me with any questions!
November 22, 2023 at 1:34 AM
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hannah-rempel.bsky.social
We kicked off our first inclusive teaching journal club at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute today! We discussed how mixed assessment methods can improve gender parity in college bio courses (Cotner & Ballen 2017).

Paper link:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Can mixed assessment methods make biology classes more equitable?
Many factors have been proposed to explain the attrition of women in science, technology, engineering and math fields, among them the lower performance of women in introductory courses resulting from ...
journals.plos.org
October 26, 2023 at 2:19 AM
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gobywan.bsky.social
The Majoris Lab at TAMU-CC is open and recruiting a PhD student to study intra- and interspecific variation in larval dispersal traits.

Full details at: www.johnmajoris.com/graduate-stu...
@sicb-dedb.bsky.social
October 17, 2023 at 7:46 PM