Updated list of PhD Fellowships compiled by JHU, shared from @deniswirtz.bsky.social - research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

I heard that some of you people prefer to receive your snarky science fact-checking of viral news stories in meme format, and I am here to help.

I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋

Come to Davis for the West Coast #Veterinary #Pathology Conference, May 2-3! We've got great speakers lined up, and we will have some fantastic cases for you to learn from. I promise it will be worth the trip. davisthompsonfoundation.org/event/great-... #VetPath #ReproPath #Theriogenology

Have you always wanted to be a marine biologist? We are now offering fundraiser charter shark research expeditions! Join me for a day of shark research while supporting the lab's effort's to bring school groups out on future trips. Join as an individual, or charter the whole day for your group!

New paper on steroid hormone analysis in pilot whale blubber via LC-MS/MS: #🐋🦑🧪 analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Another Grauniad piece on our #rightwhale longevity paper, this time by Philip Hoare Quotes Stormy Mayo & Christy Hudak from the Center for Coastal Studies (not here yet) 🐳🌍🦑 @alaskaraven.bsky.social

Two Right Whales, 5110 and 4120, Seen Entangled Far Off the Coast of Massachusetts #🐋🦑 www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/end...

New paper out quantifying the degree of reproductive compromise in North Atlantic right whales. Quite interested to read it, as I'm hopeful some of our data might shed some light on potential contributing factors to the reduced reproductive rates. #🐋🦑🧪 www.int-res.com/articles/esr...

Tetra Tech is hiring two senior archaeologists for permitting support in the U.S. great plains and inter mountain west. Pls share if you know anyone interested. tetratech.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/senior-...

Uhh.... www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...

North Atlantic right whale calf #2 of the season spotted off Florida! NARW #2430 ‘Minus One’ is at least 31 years old, and this is her fourth calf. She last gave birth four years ago during the 2021 calving season. Photo credit: FWC; taken by CMA under NOAA permit #26919. #🐋🦑🧪

🦋 academics, lets get to know each other! #🧪🦑🐋 Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea you aren’t working on but keep thinking about 1. Serum 'omics of stranded whales. 2. Utility of longitudinal corticosterone conc. in sea turtle scutes to detect cold stun survival.

Fish and fisheries research funding opportunity: Advancing Regional Solutions for Fisheries and Offshore Wind. #🦑 www.rosascience.org/regional-rfp/

Partially funded graduate student position (PhD or MS) at Univ of Sydney examining environmental impacts of euthanasia solution and sedatives from buried whale carcasses. #🦑🐋🧪 www.sydney.edu.au/research/opp...

A live minke whale stranded in Cape May, NJ today. Thankful for the stranding response network that responded. #🦑🐋 www.nj.com/cape-may-cou...

Love to hear that the amazing Dr. Joy Reidenberg got to travel out to participate in this awesome necropsy! #🦑🧪🐳 www.newsweek.com/new-zealand-...

First right whale calf of the season spotted off SC! 🥰❤️🥳🥳 www.foxweather.com/earth-space/...

Congratulations to the Center for Coastal Studies for 40 years of amazing work disentangling whales! 🥳🎊👏 #🦑🐋🧪 www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/e...

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and NOAA Announce $139 Million in New Grants to Support Coastal Resilience Projects https://buff.ly/4hZNkpb 🦑 🧪 🌏

Funded Masters in Biology (Fish, Ecology, Fisheries, Invasive Species) Opportunity! Please Share! Come join my lab at Salisbury U to study impacts of invasive Blue Catfish on native freshwater mussels & anadromous fishes (threatened river herring, striped bass, etc) in the Chesapeake Bay🐟🐙🧪🐠#SciComm

Higher than average calanus concentrations early in the season in Cape Cod Bay this year. #🦑🐋🧪 www.yahoo.com/news/first-w...

🧪📍 🌊 🦑 research specialist or research technician to join the BGC-Argo data team @mbarinews.bsky.social . The candidate will assist with the management of data from BGC-Argo floats; position will be open until filled. Details at this link: www.mbari.org/job-opening/...

Super excited to see @mars-lab-whoi.bsky.social on BlueSky! Give them a follow to keep up with their amazing work on remote sensing for whales and penguins 😊 #🦑 #🐋 #marmam

Here's a new short documentary on the people of New England and their relationships with #whales, #whaling and #rightwhale conservation. I appear in the last few minutes. Enjoy! 🐳🌍🦑

Exciting PhD opportunity with @plymouthmarine.bsky.social and @exetercec.bsky.social. This position a NERC GW4+ DTP, aiming to identify and assess the risk of plastic pollution to marine ecosystem services. 🦤🧪🌍 APPLY - www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... DEADLINE: 13th of January.

Reduce whale-ship strikes by making 2.6% of ocean surface safer, study says https://buff.ly/3Cy4ARZ 🧪🌎🦑

I've been waiting for this paper for ages; so excited to read! ⁦‪#🦑🐋🐳 #marmam Testing whales’ hearing, and mapping clusters of extreme longevity | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/podc...

2nd Annual Ethics in Wildlife Health Symposium by USFWS will be held Dec 6th online and is free to attend. 3.5 CE credits avail. #vetmedsky #marmam wildlifedisease.org/page/Upcomin...

I’m hiring- info in the link below, or get in touch if interested 📣 JOB OPPORTUNITY!  💻 Research Fellow in causal inference and machine learning, Statistical Science Department, UCL 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... 📅 Deadline 5th December #causality #stats

I have friends at IFAW and went to school with Kira Kasper (quoted in the article). It's been a brutal weekend, but their team is amazing! #🦑 #marmam www.boston25news.com/news/local/s...

alaskapublic.org/2024/11/18/s... #🦑, #marmam

Download our database of 492 (!) funding opportunities for EARLY-CAREER FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS. For each entry, we provide link to funder, description, amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship). Download freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

😂 @ncrenic.bsky.social has a gift for seeing the absurdities in academia and makes me LOL regularly

Oxford University has been accused of relying on academics on “Deliveroo-style” and precarious fixed-term contracts to give the majority of its tutorials, after new research revealed just a third of lessons are taught by full-time professors. #academicsky 👩🏼‍🎓 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Cool paper by @nathanbfurey.bsky.social #🦑

BOEM is soliciting ideas for environmental studies for FY26-27. Due Dec 9th. #🧪🦑🐋More info: www.boem.gov/newsroom/not...

Was told to make this a thing again...Happy #seaspidersaturday everyone! Starting with this amazing creature, Nymphon australe. This is the most common sea spider in Antarctica, and we've studied its pop genomics, looking at its reproduction, and its whole genome is coming too! 🦑🧪🌎🧬🇦🇶🐧

The Torres Lab is seeking a Senior Scientist to lead studies focused on understanding the immune response to bacterial infections. Candidates must have extensive postdoctoral research experience in immunology and a strong record of publications. talent.stjude.org/careers/jobs...

Not going to lie, I would love to see this! #🦑 www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/c...

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