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Sally Lau

@lausally.bsky.social

Postdoc at James Cook University, Australia. Evolutionary genetics in the Southern Ocean

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Sally Lau@lausally.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Locating hotspots of high genetic diversity, connectivity and divergence for priority conservation in the Southern Ocean All thanks to legacy datasets mostly collected by large international initiatives (eg International Polar Year 4) In @currentbiology.bsky.social

Genetic hotspots for conserving Southern Ocean benthic biodiversity

Lau et al. examine multi-species genetic patterns of Southern Ocean benthic biodiversity to identify genetic hotspot areas for priority conservation.

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Sally Lau@lausally.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Forgotten oyster reefs and lost social history. We dug through historical archives to unearth this ecological-human connection in the world’s largest megalopolis. Leveraging the deep cultural connections to tradition can energise oyster restoration efforts in Asia. In @currentbiology.bsky.social

Millennial-scale societal shifts drive the widespread loss of oyster reefs in East Asia

Lau et al. uncover how millennial-scale overexploitation and societal shifts drove the collapse of historically extensive oyster reefs along >750 km of southern China’s coast by the 20th century, high...

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Linette Umbrello@planigale.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social we used genetic data from a suite of Antarctic marine invertebrates to map locations of genetic diversity hotspots, divergence and connectivity 🐙🦐🪱🧬 @lausally.bsky.social @janstrugnell.bsky.social arcsaef.com/story/scient...

SAEF scientists identify priority Southern Ocean genetic hotspots for conservation | Securing Antarctica's Environment Future

New research shows that maintaining and adopting proposed marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean could almost double the protection of genetic hotspots from 28% to ~54%.  For the first ti...

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Ira Cooke@iracooke.bsky.social · last yr.

Putting Structural Variants Into Practice: The Role of Chromosomal Inversions in the Management of Marine Environments. New @marine-omics.bsky.social paper by Nadja Schneller with @janstrugnell.bsky.social, @mattfield100.bsky.social and Kerstin Johannesson out today doi.org/10.1111/mec....

Putting Structural Variants Into Practice: The Role of Chromosomal Inversions in the Management of Marine Environments

Major threats to marine species and ecosystems include overfishing, invasive species, pollution and climate change. The changing climate not only imposes direct threats through the impacts of severe ....

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Ira Cooke@iracooke.bsky.social · last yr.

We @marine-omics.bsky.social are hiring. We're looking for a postdoc in population genomics. @janstrugnell.bsky.social careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Population Genomics - Townsville, QLD, Australia

James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally.  We now have an opportunity a...

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Sally Lau@lausally.bsky.social · 2y ago

New paper out now on thinking about how different scales of seascape drive genomic variation across the Southern Ocean 🐙🧬🇦🇶🧪 @arcsaef.bsky.social #seascape #genomics #octopus #Antarctica

Jan Strugnell@janstrugnell.bsky.social · 2y ago

Great new paper led by @lausally.bsky.social on Circumpolar & regional drivers of genomic variation in an #Antarctic #octopus 🐙🧬🇦🇶 @marine-omics.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Sally Lau@lausally.bsky.social · 3y ago

Our #TheConversation synopsis of how we found Last Interglacial West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse using octopus DNA 🐙🧬, some of our reflections and what's next! @janstrugnell.bsky.social & Nerida Wilson theconversation.com/what-octopus...

What octopus DNA tells us about Antarctic ice sheet collapse

Did the enormous West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse the last time global temperatures were 1.5°C above preindustrial levels? The answer lay in the DNA of an octopus.

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Sally Lau@lausally.bsky.social · 3y ago

New paper out now in Science! 🐙🧬 Historic animal migrations as paleoproxy indicating Last Interglacial West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse, when temp was +0.5-1.5°C than preindustrial with @janstrugnell.bsky.social @iracooke.bsky.social @nick-golledge.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Genomic evidence for West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse during the Last Interglacial

Genetic analyses of a type of octopus found around Antarctica show that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsed during the last interglacial period.

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