Dr. Caleb C. Butler 🦠🪸
@calebcbutler.com
Marine ecologist, leftist, cat parent | Postdoc at Texas State University in the Fuess & González-Pech Labs | LaJeunesse Lab PhD Alum | they/he 🏳️🌈🧪🦠🪸 tags: coral, ecology, psu, algae, phycology, enby AI art spam = block
Welcome to the CAMBRIAN FECAL REVOLUTION. We didn't name it the Cambrian fecal explosion for obvious reasons. I'm happy to share this paper on fecal matter and its role in Cambrian ecosystems. So if you want to read a really shitty paper (50 days free access): authors.elsevier.com/a/1nYg8cZ3X7...
Wow that's a cool urchin! 5800m @nautiluslive.org dive 7.10.26 #MarineLife
Excited to share that my postdoc work is now out @cp-cell.bsky.social! A collaborative work with co-lead author Catherine Henderson and others in the lab of @pcleves.bsky.social A deep look into how algae form symbiosis with corals and anemones. 🧵 (1/7) www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
Co-option of lysosomal machinery shapes the evolution of the intracellular photosymbiosis supporting coral reefs
Corals harbor intracellular algal symbionts in specialized organelles that enable them to build diverse reef ecosystems. Corals and other cnidarians have repeatedly evolved this symbiosis through the ...
cell.com
Media: "This heatwave is unprecedented" All the experts who've spent the last five decades precedenting it:
One more talk from my lab today at #Evol2026. Postdoc @calebcbutler.com will be presenting on our collaborative project with @raulgoch.bsky.social searching for conserved mechanisms of cnidarian symbioses. Come hear more about this exciting project.
And here is the nepenthephile crab Geosesarma malayanum (the photo credit is 2 posts down, I thought it would get more deserved attention if the actual photo was visible) 🧪🦀
Christian Hendriks@cerhendriks.bsky.social · 2y agoI had already known that some animals hang out in pitcher plants, but only the other day did I learn there was a name for such creatures: Nepenthes infauna. Animals that *must* live in pitcher plants are called nepenthebionts. I think this is a fun word to say.
🥺 It’s my birthday this week, can a girl get a retweet and show me your favorite fish???
How specific are heritable symbioses? And what can we learn from swapping obligate symbionts across host species? We address this in our latest, led by @inespons.bsky.social & in our collaboration w/ @microbiome.bsky.social 🦠🪲 Out today in @natcomms.nature.com! 1/n www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It's that time of year again! I'm looking for suggestions of 'emerging' model organisms for my #CellBio course's final proj: Organism nomination form here (links to blog on proj info): forms.office.com/r/v8zYgqVe8W #cellbiology #biology #academicsky #microsky #archaeasky #protistsonsky 🧪 (1/n)
Lab Christmas party last night had a surprising star… Motsenbocker was the life of the party. Made sure to supervise the white elephant exchange as well.
One of the coolest biology stories of the year IMO: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature
In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...
nature.com
We are looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting plastid endosymbiosis in microbial eukaryotes. This position involves sampling, exciting microscopy such as CARDFISH, ExM and FIBSEM, single-cell transcriptomics and more. #protistsonsky 1/2
Begging scientists (and media posts about science) to stop using ChatGPT-generated images
New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word! laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
laurenkuehne.github.io
Jeremy Yoder says no war@jbyoder.org · 11mo agoDidn't see this at first, but if I'm reading it right, it means first-year students in our Master's program, who I usually advise to take a year and develop ideas for their one shot at the GRFP, now have until November 10 to write a competitive application or they may never get another chance
I wrote a blog post on soft corals during my PhD that was just published! Check it out here: iee.psu.edu/news/blog/re... 🧪🪸🦑
Resilient reefs: How soft corals survive bleaching and warming oceans
As stony corals decline from heat and pollution, soft-bodied octocorals are taking over and fundamentally changing these vital habitats. Powered by unique algae partnerships, their resilience is helpi...
iee.psu.edu
Early in the pandemic I spent 2 terrible weeks in isolation, unable to breathe or walk across the room. Expecting my temp. to spike, & knowing that then I'd have to go to the hospital. Worrying I was dying. In the middle of this anti-vax bullshit, I thought it was worth saying what it felt like:
Holy shit: Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status. www.hcn.org/articles/fir...
Firefighters question leaders’ role in ICE raid near Bear Gulch Fire - High Country News
Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities.
hcn.org
Ooooh the new Zotero update can now dark mode PDFs 🧪
a spongebob squarepants cartoon character is flying through the air with a spotlight shining on him
Alt: Spongebob Squarepants is flying down from the sky with angel wings and a halo with a spotlight shining on him as he plays a harp and sings. It's a good vibe
media.tenor.com
Out of town for a concert and the cat camera has fallen and/or been knocked down successfully 👍
It’s crazy that America just like. Destroyed science. Just looked at its golden goose and went “wow should we kill this? And not for the gold, but just because we fucking hate this thing” And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
You’re not the only one who feels like you’re losing your mind. Everyone I talk to has said this to me. This world is taking a toll on all of us, even those who are trying not to pay attention. Let this connect you to other people in solidarity rather than isolate you.
🚨🚨We’re hiring a postdoc!🚨🚨 Min two year contract; start in 2026 (flexible) & contribute to this project focused on understanding the link between bleaching recovery and disease in cnidarians!! Opportunities to work on side projects too! Deadline Nov 1! Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem
opportunities – Symbiommunity Lab
fuesslab.wp.txstate.edu
Dr. Lauren E. Fuess@laurenfuess.bsky.social · last yr.Celebrating this Friday evening!! After 7 long months I can finally share that I have received an NSF CAREER award to study the link between bleaching and disease in cnidarians!! Stay tuned for more info about postdoc and graduate student positions!
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
🚨 Wednesday has successfully yoinked Pete's blanket 🚨
My latest: Polar scientists warn that the White House and NSF are planning to terminate the Nathaniel Palmer, the only US research icebreaker capable of handling Antarctic extremes, this October. So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.
NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists
science.org
