Heard of "Darwin's paradox"? It refers to Charles Darwin's observation that coral reefs are wildly productive despite occurring in nutrient-poor tropical oceans. Reefs are, so the story goes, oases in marine deserts 🏝️... Turns out that 2/3 of these assertions are very wrong... 🌐 🦑🧪 🧵⬇️

Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn... Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share! 🧪

Check out my first chapter 📖🧬. I’m very grateful to have worked with such a brilliant and supportive team 😊

Mass bleaching of corals on the Great Barrier Reef in early 2024 was the most severe and most widespread yet recorded - surpassing 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020 & 2022. The overall mortality rate this year will exceed the 30% loss in 2016. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Calling all 'omics researchers: What are the most challenging or time-consuming aspects of your research? Whether it’s locating the data you need, assembly challenges, or something else, I’d love to hear about the roadblocks you’ve encountered. #Omics #Bioinformatics #Research

Super thrilled to share the first chapter of my dissertation, out today in Proceedings B! See below for a fabulous summary from Carly, who guided me through my first ever gene expression analysis! 🧬

My first first author paper is finally published!! If you’re interested in Astrangia, reproduction, and energetic budgets, check it out!!! :) peerj.com/articles/165...

Will any #coral people be at #SACNAS #NDiSTEM conference this week? Would love to meet up and chat :)

Hi everyone 👋👋 My name is Natalie, I’m a 1st year PhD student in @drcarl.bsky.social’s Cnidarian Evolutionary Ecology lab at USC! I’m broadly interested in using genetic + microbial tools to further coral conservation, and love thinking about how to integrate science into policy 🪸🪸