This work and the process of using museum specimens and digital data was covered in this delightful comic by Dana Douglas drive.google.com/file/d/1eetE...
Joe Heras, Ph.D.
@sebastesinblue.bsky.social
Associate professor at CSU San Bernardino I study fish adaptations through genomics, transcriptomics, and microbiomes. He/him
My first PhD chapter is out! How do related fishes adapt to eat different foods? And how do they change as they grow? 🧵 doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
Tidal regression now showing on the tidal station in Nawiliwili, Hawaii from the first trough of the #tsunami. Link: tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tsunami/plot...
Thanks RC @rchoover.bsky.social for giving a really toothy talk about dentition in Stichaeids to my ichthyology class, today! Also, special thanks to the research mentors as well! @kassthefish.bsky.social, @karlycohen.bsky.social, and @cmdonatelli.bsky.social
Marie Tharp mapped the ocean floor, revealing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge's rift valley, crucial to understanding plate tectonics. Her work, initially dismissed, revolutionized marine science! #marinescience #womenshistorymonth web.whoi.edu/womens-comm/...
Tomorrow, I'm giving a seminar for MBARI about my research 🐟🧬. There's a zoom option if you would like to attend. www.mbari.org/event/joseph...
Understanding a Fish through Genomics, Microbiomes, and Microplastics • MBARI
Joseph Heras Assistant Professor California State University, San Bernardino I’m an evolutionary geneticist and I’m interested in identifying complex patterns of evolutionary adaptations within fishes...
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Evan B. Ford is an ocean pioneer and science educator! He was the first Black scientist to participate in dives aboard deep-sea submersibles. His research includes the evolution of geological formations and ocean chemistry. #BlackHistoryMonth www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/ev...
Dr. Camille Gaynus is a woman with many titles: Cofounder of a WOC space, Chief Science Officer at BIMS, and Principal Investigator on the BIMS' Tidal Wave Program. Read more about her journey into marine science and her amazing work here: seagaynus.com/about-me/ #blackhistorymonth #womeninSTEM
The Ichthyology Department is one of many departments at NHMLA hosting a researcher through this program. You've got until Sunday to apply! 🐟🧪
Last week, the Santa Ana River Symposium took place at ESRI in Redlands, CA. Mariana, a graduate student in my lab, gave an excellent presentation on our research into the Santa Ana sucker mitochondrial genome. She did an outstanding job!
#SICB2025 was amazing! These meetings keep getting better and better. Such great support for students, and such fun people. HornerLab had a blast AND I got to geek out with @sofishtication.bsky.social
Also, Vanessa Castro (former student in my lab) did a project with MISS and is presenting her work at SICB. Please show Vanessa some support! #SICB2025
Unfortunately, I will not be at SICB this year. However, I have colleagues presenting work, which I have contributed to the projects, and an REU student presenting our Stichaeid (prickleback fish) gut microbiome work this past summer at FHL. #SICB2025
Heras Lab potluck before finals week. Here’s to the end of the semester!
DAY 10 #12daysofanglerfishmas Celebrating Neoceratias, the anglerfish without a lure! This is among the rarest anglers but EV Nautilus just recently observed one in life! www.youtube.com/shorts/Yg9n8...
#FastFishFacts: ft. Neoceratias spinifer
YouTube video by EVNautilus
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New paper alert 🚨check out our new study in Nature Ecology & Evolution on anglerfish trait evolution led by the fantastic @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reduced evolutionary constraint accompanies ongoing radiation in deep-sea anglerfishes - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Based on phylogenomic and geometric morphometric analyses of 132 anglerfish species, the authors infer a Cretaceous origin of the clade and show that bathypelagic anglerfish are undergoing rapid pheno...
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If you want to know more about my research lab - follow this link -> josephheras.weebly.com
Joseph Heras, Ph.D.
In the Heras Lab , we use genomes, transcriptomes, microbiomes, and microplastics to answer questions related to adaptations, digestive physiology, conservation, and exposure to pollution. We are...
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