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Postdoc at James Cook University, Australia. Evolutionary genetics in the Southern Ocean
Locating hotspots of high genetic diversity, connectivity and divergence for priority conservation in the Southern Ocean All thanks to legacy datasets mostly collected by large international initiatives (eg International Polar Year 4) In
@currentbiology.bsky.social
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Genetic hotspots for conserving Southern Ocean benthic biodiversity
Lau et al. examine multi-species genetic patterns of Southern Ocean benthic biodiversity to identify genetic hotspot areas for priority conservation.
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(26)00080-1
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Forgotten oyster reefs and lost social history. We dug through historical archives to unearth this ecological-human connection in the world’s largest megalopolis. Leveraging the deep cultural connections to tradition can energise oyster restoration efforts in Asia. In
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Millennial-scale societal shifts drive the widespread loss of oyster reefs in East Asia
Lau et al. uncover how millennial-scale overexploitation and societal shifts drove the collapse of historically extensive oyster reefs along >750 km of southern China’s coast by the 20th century, high...
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(25)01395-8
about 1 month ago
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Linette Umbrello
about 2 months ago
Out now in
@currentbiology.bsky.social
we used genetic data from a suite of Antarctic marine invertebrates to map locations of genetic diversity hotspots, divergence and connectivity 🐙🦐🪱🧬
@lausally.bsky.social
@janstrugnell.bsky.social
arcsaef.com/story/scient...
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SAEF scientists identify priority Southern Ocean genetic hotspots for conservation | Securing Antarctica's Environment Future
New research shows that maintaining and adopting proposed marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean could almost double the protection of genetic hotspots from 28% to ~54%. For the first ti...
https://arcsaef.com/story/scientists-identify-priority-southern-ocean-genetic-hotspots-for-conservation/
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Thrilled to be part of the team!
@arcsaef.bsky.social
@jcuofficial.bsky.social
#EurekaPrizes
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7 months ago
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Ira Cooke
11 months ago
Putting Structural Variants Into Practice: The Role of Chromosomal Inversions in the Management of Marine Environments. New
@marine-omics.bsky.social
paper by Nadja Schneller with
@janstrugnell.bsky.social
,
@mattfield100.bsky.social
and Kerstin Johannesson out today
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
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Putting Structural Variants Into Practice: The Role of Chromosomal Inversions in the Management of Marine Environments
Major threats to marine species and ecosystems include overfishing, invasive species, pollution and climate change. The changing climate not only imposes direct threats through the impacts of severe ....
http://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17776
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Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future
11 months ago
🐙 SAEF scientists aboard the RSV Nuyina have uncovered an incredible array of seafloor species near East Antarctica's little-explored Denman Glacier. 📽️ Watch
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from
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explain:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAhD...
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Our seafloor history teachers
YouTube video by SAEF - Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAhDOJ1wR4Y
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Sally Lau
Jan Strugnell
11 months ago
Big thanks to the fabulous crew, deck officers and all the expeditioners onboard RSV
#Nuyina
on our voyage to the Denman Glacier, East
#Antarctica
.
@arcsaef.bsky.social
@jcuofficial.bsky.social
@marine-omics.bsky.social
@lausally.bsky.social
🐙🇦🇶🧬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAhD...
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Our seafloor history teachers
YouTube video by SAEF - Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAhDOJ1wR4Y
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Ira Cooke
11 months ago
We
@marine-omics.bsky.social
are hiring. We're looking for a postdoc in population genomics.
@janstrugnell.bsky.social
careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Population Genomics - Townsville, QLD, Australia
James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally. We now have an opportunity a...
https://careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/postdoctoral-research-fellow-population-genomics-townsville-qld-australia
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Denman Glacier, East Antarctica
@arcsaef.bsky.social
@marine-omics.bsky.social
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New paper out now on thinking about how different scales of seascape drive genomic variation across the Southern Ocean 🐙🧬🇦🇶🧪
@arcsaef.bsky.social
#seascape
#genomics
#octopus
#Antarctica
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over 1 year ago
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Ira Cooke
about 2 years ago
Our preprint on chromosomal inversions in Acropora kenti is finally out. Work with
@janstrugnell.bsky.social
, many others not on BlueSky, and of course Jia Zhang who did the majority of analyses.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Our
#TheConversation
synopsis of how we found Last Interglacial West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse using octopus DNA 🐙🧬, some of our reflections and what's next!
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& Nerida Wilson
theconversation.com/what-octopus...
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What octopus DNA tells us about Antarctic ice sheet collapse
Did the enormous West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse the last time global temperatures were 1.5°C above preindustrial levels? The answer lay in the DNA of an octopus.
https://theconversation.com/what-octopus-dna-tells-us-about-antarctic-ice-sheet-collapse-218810?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=bylinefacebookbutton&fbclid=IwAR23MwiV51Gi2B923p6zY8EIuFRPyzkQ296xNeew3YU9sWPSBHNbw8QcHH4_aem_AfFFLIb7WCGUolw3WhgGftouUHn7QVPLJJ9f8zwMMpg8BH58RGxUD4nDrfC3JT1MLQc
over 2 years ago
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Nick Golledge
over 2 years ago
Out today in Science:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Antarctic
#Glaciology
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Genomic evidence for West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse during the Last Interglacial
Genetic analyses of a type of octopus found around Antarctica show that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsed during the last interglacial period.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade0664
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New paper out now in Science! 🐙🧬 Historic animal migrations as paleoproxy indicating Last Interglacial West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse, when temp was +0.5-1.5°C than preindustrial with
@janstrugnell.bsky.social
@iracooke.bsky.social
@nick-golledge.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Genomic evidence for West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse during the Last Interglacial
Genetic analyses of a type of octopus found around Antarctica show that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsed during the last interglacial period.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade0664
over 2 years ago
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Exciting
#PhD
opportunity available on population genomics of sub-Antarctic Heard Island and McDonald Islands benthic taxa with
@janstrugnell.bsky.social
Nerida Wilson and me! Based in Townsville, Australia. Please share widely! Deadline 24 Nov 23 More info:
www.marine-omics.net/phd-projects...
over 2 years ago
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