#ICRS 2026 RECAP A week full of opportunities to learn, connect and inspire! THANK YOU to all who joined us and helped along the way to make it all possible. We look forward to seeing you at #ICRS 2030 in #Brazil! 1/2

Interested in learning field methods for coral reef restoration? The Central Caribbean Marine Institute on Little Cayman is offering a residential 8-day Coral Reef Resilience and Restoration course this August! tinyurl.com/3c6p5haf #resourcewednesday #ICRS-SECC #coralreefs

#PositiveMondayNews for coral restoration 🪸 Daly et al. (2026, preprint) found that cryopreserved coral sperm performed comparably to fresh sperm, with fertilisation up to 96%. A promising step for scaling coral larval production. Link below!

Enjoyed connecting with #ICRSSECC members at #ICRS2026? Consider joining us and getting involved with our global community of students and early-career coral reef scientists! Learn more below ⬇️ #CoralScience #CoralReefs #MarineScience #EarlyCareerResearchers

That's a wrap for #ICRS2026! The Ushijima Lab was well represented and had a great time sharing our research on coral pathogens and probiotics (& our stickers)! Until next time!

Spent the week in Auckland, New Zealand for #ICRS2026! What a great and well-organized conference! Saw many great talks on innovative and interesting research surrounding coral reefs globally.

What a week at #ICRS2026 in New Zealand! 🇳🇿🪸 @icrs.bsky.social I presented 2 posters and 1 oral presentation, sharing part of my PhD research. Great talks, meaningful discussions, and new connections. A big thank you to the entire @marhecenter.bsky.social team. Looking forward to what’s next!

The Riginos/EvoReef lab group was well represented in Auckland @icrs.bsky.social #ICRS2026. Everyone absolutely nailed their talks ✨ @seaprof.bsky.social @zoe-meziere.bsky.social @ecolology.bsky.social @hisatakeishida.bsky.social @annie-guillaume.bsky.social

My flight to Auckland got delayed by 24 hours, but I'll make it just in time for my talk at ICRS - Monday at 10:45AM in room 516! This is my first ICRS, very excited! #ICRS2026

Very excited that I got to present on some of my dissertation research at #ICRS2026! This study looked at changes in lipidomic profiles in Aiptasia based on life stages and symbiotic state. Thank you to everyone who came, asked questions, and helped make this moment possible. Kia ora!

Thanks to the organisers for a fantastic #icrs2026 ! Inspiring and productive, with lots of ideas to think about. And big congratulations to the lab for their great presentations!

Thrilled to hear about Kenyan reefs here at the close of #ICRS2026: thank you, Dr David Obura!

My first #ICRS2026 @icrs.bsky.social: so glad to share what we've been working on in the areas of coral hologenomics and Symbiodiniaceae genomics. It's been an exciting, productive meeting with wonderful people! Tagging @hisatakeishida.bsky.social here for his excellent talk. Go k-mers!

Fantastic week of science and fun in Auckland for #ICRS2026 🪸. Even managed to get some sampling in at the University of Auckland 🔬

New work led by @stevenjrobbins.bsky.social @markoterzin.bsky.social finally published - we now have a reference of microbial genomic resources from the Great Barrier Reef. The paper came out just hours after the work presented by Marko at #ICRS2026 @icrs.bsky.social See thread here for more detail

Steven Robbins@stevenjrobbins.bsky.social · 2w ago

It's out! Excited to present the Great Barrier Reef Microbial Genomes Database (GBR-MGD), a comprehensive DB of 1000s of high-quality prokaryote, virus, plasmid, and chromosome-level eukaryote MAGs using Nanopore long reads. Subthreads incoming. Please share widely. 🙂 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It's our last and final day at #ICRS2026! If you have not already done so, come and support our students and ECRs in showcasing their amazing work on #CoralScience! Be sure to tag us in your posts and stories so we can share them! #CoralReefs #MarineScience #ICRSSECC (1/2🧵)

Hey #ICRS2026! Genevieve's talk is today and she has lots of lab stickers to share! Say hi so she doesn't return home with any (and, more importantly, because her dissertation is cool)! 9:20am, room 517, session 104! innovators-icrs2026programme.eventsairsite.com?agendaId=d28...

📅 It's the last day of ICRS 2026! After an inspiring week of science, collaboration, and connection, there's still plenty to experience! Oral presentation details: innovators-icrs2026programme.eventsairsite.com

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Senior Research Technician – Coral Reproduction and Ecology (Australian Institute of Marine Science) Learn more here: careers.aims.gov.au/page.php?pag... #coralreefs #jobs #careers #coraljob #researchtechnician #coral #aims #coralreproduction #coralreefecology #marinebiology

The poster session may be over, but my poster is up until tomorrow! If I’m not there when you stop by, please feel free to reach out with questions! #ICRS2026

Day 4 of #ICRS2026 and still going strong! 💪🏻🌊 Come join us and support our ECR and student presentations, and don't forget to tag us in your posts and stories--we'd love to share them! 🪸✨ (1/2 🧵) #ICRSSECC #CoralScience #CoralReefs #MarineScience

Rich and diverse sessions on Indenous knowledge led by local researchers from University of the South Pacific. Highlights strong trust and partnerships with local communities. #ICRS2026

Enjoying the plenaries at #ICRS2026. Covering the range of reef science here are some highlights: Paul Kench - reef islands are dynamic systems and other marine carbonates like Halimeda and clams make up a small portion of these islands.

📅 Check out today’s schedule for #ICRS2026 – 22 July! Plan your day, explore the latest coral reef science, and connect with the global reef community. Programme & session details: innovators-icrs2026programme.eventsairsite.com 🌊🪸

It's already Day 3 of #ICRS2026! 🤯 Are you ready for the day? Here is today's lineup of students and early-career researchers presentations! Come and support them! REMINDER - Our Career Mentorship workshop will be today at 12:15-13:45 #ICRSSECC #CoralScience #CoralReef 1/2

For those at #ICRS2026 - come check out Dennis van Hulten's poster tomorrow "A novel reefscape genomics approach to assess genetic diversity in monostand-forming coral species" (Poster B183 session # 126 on Wed). Or read more in his newly published preprint: lnkd.in/eQzDPpZB

Hey #ICRS2026 folks! If you want to learn more about how the 4th Global Bleaching Event impacted coral reefs throughout the Red Sea, then you should come and see my talk this Thursday at 14:00 in Room 505 🪸 🐠 🌊 🌞 "Unprecedented thermal stress and bleaching of Red Sea coral reefs"

The schedule is so packed I can barely catch my breath but I wouldn’t want it any other way #ICRS2026

Reminder: the #ICRS2026 Mentorship Lunch is tomorrow! 🪸🌊 We're so excited to connect with fellow students and early-career coral reef scientists! #ICRSSECC #CoralScience #CoralReefs #MarineScience

More talks today at #ICRS2026 from the Symbiommunity Lab (+ friends)! PhD student Erin Shilling will be presenting on another SCTLD dataset from her dissertation. Room 504 at 10:20!! Then at 2:45 in the same room, Nick Jones will be sharing an update from our SCTLD-environment study!

Dr. Lauren E. Fuess@laurenfuess.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you’re planning your afternoon schedule at #ICRS2026, I’ll be speaking on a multi-institutional project investigating how holobiont interactions shape resistance and response to SCTLD. 4:15 in room 515!