🧵1/11 New paper alert! One of 2 out today from #NearLab. Tunas are basically the superheroes of the ocean — warm-blooded, massive, and blazing fast. But HOW did they get that way? A new study just cracked open 50+ million years of evolutionary history. Let's dive in. 🐟⬇️

New @adriftlab.bsky.social study alert: we looked for plastic in the guts of 44 juvenile sharks and chimaera from the Bass Strait, gummy shark, southern saw shark, and elephant shark, all bycatch from 2018 trawl and longline fishing. 🦈 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

First paper from a conference workshop! High-Throughput Sequencing in Aquaculture Disease Investigations: Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation: doi.org/10.1111/raq.... 🧬🐟🐚🌿🧫 #aquaculture #genomics #disease #epidemiology #parasitology #biosecurity #foodsafety #fisheries

High‐Throughput Sequencing in Aquaculture Disease Investigations: Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation

The current generation of sequencing technologies can produce terabases of data with exceptional accuracy and speed, at a fraction of the cost of older methods. Despite this unprecedented power, adop...

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Te Papa's world-leading collection of large fish specimens never fails to impress. Enjoyed the tour organised by the museum and @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social last Friday, and it was fantastic learning about all of the exciting science led by early career researchers across Aotearoa.

Phylogeny, classification, and evolutionary history of Neogastropoda: doi.org/10.1093/zool... #evolution #phylogenetics #systematics #mollusca

Come work with me at Earth Sciences New Zealand! Deep-sea benthic ecologist position available: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a... Plenty of opportunities for voyages across the Pacific and Southern oceans. #ecology #ecologyjobs #sciencejobs #deepsea #marinebiology

Interesting read with great figures: Cross-Depth Genetic Connectivity Supports the Role of Deep Kelp Forests as Refuge From Climate Change: doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... #ecology #evolution #genomics #genetics #climatechange #kelp #algae #marinebiology

Scientists ID ‘corkscrew killer’ behind gruesome seal deaths www.science.org/content/arti... Original paper here: doi.org/10.1111/mms.... #ecology #animalbehaviour

Scientists ID ‘corkscrew killer’ behind gruesome seal deaths

Bizarre injuries were not caused by sharks or boat propellers, but a more surprising culprit

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Some brilliant photos in this article on the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory's white abalone breeding programme www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sex and the sea snail: how a plucky marine lab brought a mollusk back from the brink

Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback

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[New Paper] @currentbiology.bsky.social presents our population genomics study of the iconic Scaly-foot Snail: 125 genomes from 8 Indian Ocean hot vents! Deep currents drive South→North gene flow, while transform faults act as dispersal barriers. READ FOR FREE: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mbW73QW8S...

I wish NZ government research reports had a single repository with DOIs and a consistent format...

Well this was a depressing read: ‘Mad fishing’: the super-size fleet of squid catchers plundering the high seas www.theguardian.com/environment/... #fisheries

‘Mad fishing’: the super-size fleet of squid catchers plundering the high seas

Every year a Chinese-dominated flotilla big enough to be seen from space pillages the rich marine life on Mile 201, a largely ungoverned part of the South Atlantic off Argentina

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New Plymouth lake to be drained in fight against invasive clams: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

New Plymouth lake to be drained in fight against invasive clams

The invasive clam Corbicula fluminea was found in Lake Rotomanu on 8 November, the first discovery in NZ outside the Waikato River.

rnz.co.nz

Team fish - we need your help! We are trying to build a database of all the fish chromosome-scale genomes where sex chromosomes have been identified. Have you build one or some? Do you know someone who has? Can you post the link in the comments? Please spread the word and repost! Thank you!

Flash-frozen tissues are considered the gold standard for DNA—but our analysis of field-collected samples found surprising degradation. Preserving in buffer before freezing may be more robust in real-world conditions. 👉 doi.org/10.1111/1755... #Museomics #Genomics #Fieldwork #DNApreservation

Unrecognised DNA Degradation in Flash‐Frozen Genetic Samples in Natural History Collections

Optimal preservation of tissues from the field to long-term cryo-storage is paramount to securing genetic resources for research needs. DNA preservation techniques vary, with flash freezing currently...

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Speaking of oysters, my first publication on #Bonamia with @mrhenryslane.bsky.social is now out in #Parasitology! We used #ddPCR to compare the infection intensity of two closely related oyster #parasites found in New Zealand flat oysters. doi.org/10.1017/S003... #genetics #ecology #biosecurity

Annual Foveaux Strait oyster sampling done. ✅️ Also mollymawks!

Was brilliant to attend the Tuna Hui / Eel Symposium 2025 at Auckland University of Technology last week. Especially inspiring to learn more about dedicated mahi of mana whenua across Aotearoa to protect our native tuna. @tewhareturoa.bsky.social #eels #conservation #ecology #fisheries

Almost time! #biosecurity

GuardIAS@guardias.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Join the first GuardIAS & @invasivesnet.bsky.social virtual conference, Nov 13-14! We're focusing on preventing invasive alien species introductions & biosecurity risk assessment. Registration is FREE! Sign up 👉 guardias.eu/welcome-to-t... #GuardIAS #InvasiveSpecies #Biosecurity

🐧We researched one of the world’s rarest #penguins. The yellow‑eyed penguin (aka hoiho/takaraka) isn’t one homogeneous species after all! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #hoiho #conservation #genomics #birds #nzwildlife #endangered #wildlife #nature

Currently seems like the only way to find a manuscript ID when verifying a Scientific Reports peer review is to select 'contact journal' in the Springer portal. The ID doesn't seem to be provided directly in any emails or anywhere in the portal?

Great Spring afternoon for a quick bit of Durvillaea fieldwork in the city

If you ever find yourself needing evidence for ‘Plasmids are just as common in microbes without resistance genes,’ we’ve got you covered! Check our new paper, out today: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Plasmid prevalence is independent of antibiotic resistance in environmental Enterobacteriaceae

The rapid rise of antibiotic-resistant pathogens poses a critical threat to the treatment of infectious diseases. While the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) via plasmid conjugation has bee...

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Extirpation of Lake Sturgeon in an Ontario Lake Following Dam Construction and Watershed Diversion Confirmed by Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Sedimentary eDNA: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Doctoral position on genomic basis of Fucus (brown algal) local adaptation - join our exciting #Fubluc team! Fully funded for 3.5 years & we also consider candidates with strong molecular or bioinformatic skillls but no marine / algal experience, see www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...

Nature article here too: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Hakai Institute@hakai.org · last yr.

After a four-year investigation, a breakthrough study reveals the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida is the culprit behind the marine epidemic that has killed billions of sea stars since 2013. Read the study: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4rcb3xpf

MPI officers seize 619 pāua during Porirua raid, man jailed for more than two years: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mpi-offic...

'Driven by financial gain': Porirua man jailed over pāua haul

The man claimed they were for a wedding in Auckland but a court didn’t believe him.

nzherald.co.nz

Huh. FOUR eyes! #molluscmonday www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Strawberry Conch (Conomurex luhuanus)

Strawberry Conch from Okinawa, JP on April 28, 2018 at 10:50 PM by Shawn Miller. Strawberry conch (Conomurex luhuanus) - - Has four eyes. A possible mutation. Location: Okinawa...

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Can also read a paper about Beast X here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

BEAST X for Bayesian phylogenetic, phylogeographic and phylodynamic inference - Nature Methods

BEAST X advances Bayesian phylogenetic, phylogeographic and phylodynamic analysis by incorporating a broad range of complex models and leveraging advanced algorithms and techniques to boost statistica...

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Andrew Rambaut (🐏🎀)@arambaut.bsky.social · last yr.

BEAST X v10.5.0 finally released – you can't just do beta releases forever. github.com/beast-dev/be... Details and instructions for installing on the BEAST website: beast.community

K is for giant wormy Kuphus, adorable Kaliela, stabby Kelletia and (putatively) Kimberella