Tune in live to the bottom of the ocean with the Okeanos team! www.youtube.com/live/2DAjh5p...

Another Farrea like sponge 4854 m Murray Fracture Zone #okeanos #saveNOAA

A curiousity! Glass sponge with a black coral inundated within it! 981 m #okeanos #saveNOAA #spongethursday

From cheetahs to cheese to urban farms, I learned about many cool microbiomes at the M3: Mid-Atlantic Microbiome Meet-Up last month! For the cheesemongers in your life: @benwolfe.bsky.social is hosting a cheese microbiome workshop, check it out 👀🧀 #MicroSky #microbiome

An end of the year thought ... about a new year possibility. Open rank faculty search in Biology at the U of Maryland, College Park for those exploring fundamental questions in ecology and evolutionary biology using microbial systems: bit.ly/ecoevomicro-... Apply by 1/31/25 for best consideration

Convolutriloba longifissura, one of my favorite aquarium "pests". From our IZ AquaRoom (live culture room). Bright orange is pigment, while the greenish color comes from their symbiotic green algae (Tetraselmis, or Tetraselmis-like). With @abcollens.bsky.social

Talking jellies and microbes at the most recent congressional night at the museum. With @abcollens.bsky.social and Cam Oathout (and others not pictured). Got a chance to introduce some of my jellies to the Hope Diamond. #MarineLife outreach is fun

Last week, I had so much fun talking about #microbes, #bioinformatics_education, and my Ph.D. experience at @univofmaryland.bsky.social at #ABRCMS2024! I met so many undergrads doing amazing research and faculty who care about building a resilient and equitable research future in biology.