Taylor Lindsay
@t-lindsay-sci.bsky.social
She/Her • Coral biology & intertidal ecology • Passionate about inclusive pedagogy, building community in academia, and isotope ecogeochemistry
🌊 Phylum Friday - Urochordata 🌊 Tunicates come in colonial (many individuals living in a colony) & solitary forms and are filter feeders, pumping water through their two siphons to collect food. Fascinatingly, tunicates are closely related to vertebrates because they have a nerve cord as larvae.
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🌊 Phylum Friday - Urochordata 🌊 Tunicates come in colonial (many individuals living in a colony) & solitary forms and are filter feeders, pumping water through their two siphons to collect food. Fascinatingly, tunicates are closely related to vertebrates because they have a nerve cord as larvae.
🌊 Phylum Friday - Arthropoda! 🌊
This week’s pinchy pals are among the most diverse and most abundant group of organisms in the world! There are upwards of 70,000 species of crustaceans ranging from microscopic copepods to deep sea crabs to tropical shrimps to intertidal barnacles!
This week’s pinchy pals are among the most diverse and most abundant group of organisms in the world! There are upwards of 70,000 species of crustaceans ranging from microscopic copepods to deep sea crabs to tropical shrimps to intertidal barnacles!
October 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🌊 Phylum Friday - Arthropoda! 🌊
This week’s pinchy pals are among the most diverse and most abundant group of organisms in the world! There are upwards of 70,000 species of crustaceans ranging from microscopic copepods to deep sea crabs to tropical shrimps to intertidal barnacles!
This week’s pinchy pals are among the most diverse and most abundant group of organisms in the world! There are upwards of 70,000 species of crustaceans ranging from microscopic copepods to deep sea crabs to tropical shrimps to intertidal barnacles!
🌊 Phylum Friday: Bryozoa! 🌊
These small colonial organisms are usually found encrusting rocks or blending in with algae. However, many of the species found in New England are invasive, and have become a concern for intertidal and subtidal ecosystems as they encrust and out-compete native species.
These small colonial organisms are usually found encrusting rocks or blending in with algae. However, many of the species found in New England are invasive, and have become a concern for intertidal and subtidal ecosystems as they encrust and out-compete native species.
September 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🌊 Phylum Friday: Bryozoa! 🌊
These small colonial organisms are usually found encrusting rocks or blending in with algae. However, many of the species found in New England are invasive, and have become a concern for intertidal and subtidal ecosystems as they encrust and out-compete native species.
These small colonial organisms are usually found encrusting rocks or blending in with algae. However, many of the species found in New England are invasive, and have become a concern for intertidal and subtidal ecosystems as they encrust and out-compete native species.
JUMBO announcement:
This week I started my Postdoc at Tufts University in the Rotjan Lab! Our research will explore the energetic trade-offs of facultative symbiosis in temperate corals up and down the Atlantic coast!
This week I started my Postdoc at Tufts University in the Rotjan Lab! Our research will explore the energetic trade-offs of facultative symbiosis in temperate corals up and down the Atlantic coast!
September 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
JUMBO announcement:
This week I started my Postdoc at Tufts University in the Rotjan Lab! Our research will explore the energetic trade-offs of facultative symbiosis in temperate corals up and down the Atlantic coast!
This week I started my Postdoc at Tufts University in the Rotjan Lab! Our research will explore the energetic trade-offs of facultative symbiosis in temperate corals up and down the Atlantic coast!
We found some awesome critters this week on our research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico!
July 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We found some awesome critters this week on our research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico!
Less than one week until I defend my PhD! If you’d like to learn about coral biology, isotopes or temperate ecosystems please join us on zoom!
April 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Less than one week until I defend my PhD! If you’d like to learn about coral biology, isotopes or temperate ecosystems please join us on zoom!
Yesterday we marched. Today we get back in the lab to do what we love #marchforscience
March 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Yesterday we marched. Today we get back in the lab to do what we love #marchforscience
Macroalgae prevents coral growth in shallow environments:
February 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Macroalgae prevents coral growth in shallow environments:
December 13, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Celebrating our wonderful undergraduate researcher Sofia Piccone today at the #URI undergraduate research conference! Sofia has been working with me to create conservation baselines for #octocoral physiology, morphology, and trophic ecology along depth gradients!
December 13, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Celebrating our wonderful undergraduate researcher Sofia Piccone today at the #URI undergraduate research conference! Sofia has been working with me to create conservation baselines for #octocoral physiology, morphology, and trophic ecology along depth gradients!
Invertebrate Ecology challenged me as much as the students. I loved having the opportunity to learn about hundreds of new inverts and spent hours in the collections room exploring the stacks. I learned how to push high achieving students to be work hard and challenge themselves.
December 5, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Invertebrate Ecology challenged me as much as the students. I loved having the opportunity to learn about hundreds of new inverts and spent hours in the collections room exploring the stacks. I learned how to push high achieving students to be work hard and challenge themselves.
In intro bio (during COVID), I learned how critical it is to build an equitable classroom that maintains support for students from marginalized backgrounds. The ability to maintain kindness, understanding and reflexivity through difficult times is one of the most valuable lessons COVID taught me.
December 5, 2024 at 5:44 PM
In intro bio (during COVID), I learned how critical it is to build an equitable classroom that maintains support for students from marginalized backgrounds. The ability to maintain kindness, understanding and reflexivity through difficult times is one of the most valuable lessons COVID taught me.
During Intertidal Ecology, I learned the value of allowing each student to follow their own scientific questions and explore the scientific process on their own terms. It was inspiring to see quiet students flourish when they got excited about their research topics.
December 5, 2024 at 5:36 PM
During Intertidal Ecology, I learned the value of allowing each student to follow their own scientific questions and explore the scientific process on their own terms. It was inspiring to see quiet students flourish when they got excited about their research topics.
In Intro to Marine Biology (my first time teaching) I learned not only how to organize and facilitate effective field trips, but how to motivate students in challenging environments. Field work can be uncomfortable and grueling, so fostering positivity and teamwork is critical in young scientists!
December 5, 2024 at 5:32 PM
In Intro to Marine Biology (my first time teaching) I learned not only how to organize and facilitate effective field trips, but how to motivate students in challenging environments. Field work can be uncomfortable and grueling, so fostering positivity and teamwork is critical in young scientists!
After 9 semesters, 5 different courses & 324 students, I just wrapped up my last day of teaching in grad school! Feeling grateful for all my fellow TAs & for the opportunity to teach field courses & be an instructor of record at URI. Here’s one thing I learned from each course:
December 5, 2024 at 5:24 PM
After 9 semesters, 5 different courses & 324 students, I just wrapped up my last day of teaching in grad school! Feeling grateful for all my fellow TAs & for the opportunity to teach field courses & be an instructor of record at URI. Here’s one thing I learned from each course:
Dorid nudibranch fondly named “dippin dots” • Appledore Island, Maine, August 2024
November 19, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Dorid nudibranch fondly named “dippin dots” • Appledore Island, Maine, August 2024
Super excited to wrap up 3 months of diving to maintain my #astrangia project today! Now it’s time to swap my wetsuit for a lab coat!
October 10, 2023 at 6:14 PM
Super excited to wrap up 3 months of diving to maintain my #astrangia project today! Now it’s time to swap my wetsuit for a lab coat!
Excited to share my work on coral energetics, photoacclimation, morphological plasticity and everyone’s favorite facultative mutualist: #Astrangia poculata (pictured below) on this app!
October 7, 2023 at 10:37 PM
Excited to share my work on coral energetics, photoacclimation, morphological plasticity and everyone’s favorite facultative mutualist: #Astrangia poculata (pictured below) on this app!