Happy World Sea Turtle Day! Recently had a chance to chat about my latest pub 👇 Many thanks to journalist Emily Dougherty for a great write-up and my lab mate @jenna-n-palmisano.bsky.social for the lab photos! All sea turtle handling and research done as part of permitted research activities 🌊🐢🧬

UCF Researcher Reveals How Genetic Variation Shapes Sea Turtle Immune System Evolution

New research from a UCF biology researcher shows how genetic variation shapes sea turtles’ immune systems, with implications for disease resilience and conservation strategies.

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The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪

Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2027

Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2027 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...

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Stay tuned for a turtle-y new podcast 🐢 coming soon to the @disealab.bsky.social Sea Lab Sidebar series... In the meantime, you can check out the current episodes about Seahorses, Dolphins, and Seagrass 🌊🐟🐬🌱 www.disl.edu/podcast/

Marsh periwinkle snails (Littoraria irrorata) settling in to their temporary home after volunteering to participate in my Marine Ecology class’ mark-recapture exercise this week. 🐌 🖊️ 🧮 Special thanks to Matt Boehm for adding snail jungle gyms to the tanks to help them feel right at home 🪜🛝

Awesome intertidal oyster restoration work underway on Dauphin Island thanks to the @disealab.bsky.social Studies of Marine Ecology & Evolution lab, with @leesmee.bsky.social & missmarinebio.bsky.social & some muddy volunteers You can check it out at the Christopher Blankenship Eco-Tourism Area 🌊🦪🛶

We invite you to submit an abstract for a session on animal movement, behaviour and biologging at the 7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity in Bruges, Belgium (17-20 November 2026) @wcmb2026.bsky.social, @inbo.be, @vliz.be, @aquatictracking.bsky.social More info below! 👇

I’ll be posting this week from the International Sea Turtle Society symposium in Hawai’i Day 1 was full of fantastic workshops: in the morning I attended one about applying for research permits to study turtles, and my afternoon was all about sea turtle epibionts 🌊🐢 #ISTS44 #ISTS2026 #seaturtle

✨🌊Marine Science research opportunity for undergraduates🌊✨ Join us summer 2026 at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, located on the beautiful Gulf coast of Alabama. Housing & stipend provided. More at www.disl.edu/univ-prog/ns... @disealab.bsky.social #NSF #REU #UndergraduateResearch

Exciting to see new technology help us better understand monarch butterfly migration 🦋🗺️📱 I hope we continue to see smaller (and cheaper 🙏) tags opening up new research opportunities. #AnimalMigration #MovementEcology #SpatialEcology #biologging

The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation@xercessociety.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Discover the incredible full story of Project Monarch, a collaborative project by @celltracktech.bsky.social, Cape May Point Arts & Science Center, and 20+ partners including Xerces! 🦋 xerces.org/press/revolu... 📡 Hear from the CTT team in coverage by @nytimes.com ➡️ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...

Now that the publication is officially out, boosting the announcement that we now have high-quality reference genomes for all 7 sea turtle species. Congrats to the team that made this a reality! New haplotype-resolved assemblies for 5 of the 7 available from doi.org/10.1093/giga...

The #FindThatLizard scholarship provides $1000 to support conference participation, tuition, or research expenses across career stages. For more information and to apply: earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...

Dr. Earyn McGee@afroherper.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Applications close on December 10th, 2025. Please share widely, and good luck to all applicants! I hope you #FoundThatLizard and good luck!

New OA pub in @stacksjournal.bsky.social : @zoologistkate.bsky.social social compared the isotopic composition of hair and feathers to the whole body of mammals and birds. It turns out these tissues can sometimes (but not always) represent the whole body. stacksjournal.org/article/davi...

Parts of a whole: isotopic difference between single keratin-based tissues and whole-body tissues of birds and mammals - Stacks Journal

Peer-reviewed research - Parts of a whole: isotopic difference between single keratin-based tissues and whole-body tissues of birds and mammals

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It was a beautiful day to be on the water with the ADCNR gillnet sampling program in Grand Bay and by the west end of Dauphin Island. The Marine Resources Division collects fisheries-independent data throughout the year to monitor fish populations & guide #FisheriesManagement decisions.🌊🐟

It’s almost time for the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference — happening next week! 🗓️ 29–31 October 💻 Fully online & free of charge Find all the details, including the full programme 👇 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social #genomics #biodiversity

Genomics for Biodiversity Conference - from genomes to impact

29–31 October 2025Summary🗓️ Dates:  29 - 31 October 2025 (click to add to your agenda!)🔗 Online venue: ERGA YouTube ChannelWe are excited to announce the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference organised...

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The 2026 Gulf Conference will be here in Mobile, AL from May 4-7 Open to coastal scientists & stakeholders in government, academia, non-profit, and private sectors to discuss current Gulf research and help plan for the future of the Gulf. Abstracts due Nov 7 gulfofamericaalliance.org/gulfcon2026

Good news and bad news here. The GRFP solicitation is now live. Yay! However, those who have completed more than a year of graduate school already are no longer eligible. This absolutely sucks...

Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

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✨Life Update✨: I'm excited to announce that I've started a new position as Senior Marine Scientist at Dauphin Island Sea Lab. Stay tuned for new scientific adventures from the Gulf coast of Alabama 🌊🐢👩‍🔬 @disealab.bsky.social

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Great to see this published in @gigascience.bsky.social! Using @nanoporetech.com, we generated genome and methylome resources simultaneously to drive molecular insights for conservation of loggerhead sea turtles in Cape Verde 🐢🧬🇨🇻 doi.org/10.1093/giga...

Chromosome-level genome assembly and methylome profile yield insights for the conservation of endangered loggerhead sea turtles

AbstractBackground. Characterizing genetic and epigenetic diversity is crucial for assessing the adaptive potential of threatened populations and species i

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Does anyone have intel on the new Simons Foundation fellowships to support incoming PhD students in ecology and evolution? 👀 Types of projects most likely to be funded? Strings attached? 🤷 www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

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Join us live for our next #EcoEvo author seminar to hear Katrina Phillips @katrinaphillips.bsky.social talk about her #ProcB paper 'New insights on sea turtle behaviour during the ‘lost years’. Wed 4 June, 3:00 PM (GMT+1). Reserve your place: cassyni.com/events/U1GH1... #ecology

Awesome new paper showing that sea turtles can learn the magnetic field associated with a food source. 💭🍽️🗺️ #AnimalNavigation #MagneticMap #MagneticCompass #AnimalMigration #MovementEcology #SeaTurtles Come for the cutting-edge science, stay for the 'turtle dance' videos...

Chris Simms@chrisnsimms.bsky.social · last yr.

It turns out that they have two distinct geomagnetic senses to help them negotiate their epic ocean journeys www.newscientist.com/article/2468...

I'm happy to share that the spatial component of my dissertation work on 'lost years' sea turtles is out now! If you're attending #SERSTM2025 this week, I'll be presenting the highlights in the #MovementEcology session this afternoon. 🌊🐢🗺️ #seaturtle #telemetry #OpenAccess

Kate Mansfield, PhD@katemansfield.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 We have an exciting new paper including the largest tracking dataset for WILD-caught dispersal stage sea turtles. This was part of @katrinaphillips.bsky.social‘s dissertation work funded in part by the Florida Restore Act Centers of Excellence Program. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

To learn how researchers collect DNA samples from eagle rays - and why this work is important - read John @mobulasana.bsky.social's blog, detailing fieldwork & how the research contributes to our understanding of population connectivity. Read the full blog below. saveourseas.com/update/ray-s...

So happy to be able to contribute to this paper and for the US Animal Telemetry Network to be part of such a collaborative group! I'm excited to see our community continue to grow! #biologging #telemetry #opendata 🌐🌊📈

Nature Ecology & Evolution@natecoevo.nature.com · 2y ago

New Perspective: Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth rdcu.be/d5ril Davidson et al discuss the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharing of bio-logging data, and outline a roadmap to achieve these goals.

🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 Interested in fish #migration 🐟, acoustic #telemetry 🔊, #genomics 🧬, and #morphometrics 📐? Check out how we combined them all in this study! Read it here #OpenAccess 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Excellent new #OpenAccess paper by Holly Stokes and others demonstratng lack of negative impacts of satellite tracking of juvenile hawksbill turtles. Important insights from long term work. More studies appraising impacts needed 🐢🌍🧪🦑 🌐🦤 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨 New paper! Something a little bit different this time. We used genomics to trace the invasion history of a predatory marine gastropod, identify potentially adaptive loci, and then leverage the invasive populations to test for predictable allele shifts! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Successful Invasion Into New Environments Without Evidence of Rapid Adaptation by a Predatory Marine Gastropod

Invasive species with native ranges spanning strong environmental gradients are well suited for examining the roles of selection and population history in rapid adaptation to new habitats, providing ...

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Movement and migration ecology starter pack! Help me fill it out as more folks join Bluesky 🌎🌍🌏 go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u