We're hiring! Come join us as a research tech on a collaborative and interdisciplinary project that is centered around energetic linkages among algal biofilms, invertebrates, and shorebirds in South Texas. Deadline is March 20th! 🦠🐚🐦 Ad: fishandfunctions.com/join Apply here: tinyurl.com/yc473suy

New publication led by 🌟 undergrad Ariel Wang: doi.org/10.1007/s003... We investigate Risor ruber, the tusked goby, a tiny sponge-dwelling fish. Across the Caribbean, we find seven distinct genetic lineages within Risor and discover that two Risor lineages specialize on a single sponge host!

🐠 Postdoctoral Scientist opportunity 🧬 Join us to study the trophic niches of herbivorous fishes under human impacts! Postdoc based in the research group of Dr. Doug Rasher at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Maine. Application screening begins 8 Jan: bigelow.freshteam.com/jobs/pgTIHgU...

🐟🧬 Research technician opportunity in marine ecology! 🦠🔬 Opening for a research technician in my lab @thecaseylab.bsky.social Full advertisement: caseylab.weebly.com/join.html Apply by December 1st. Start date in Jan/Feb 2024. Email me with any questions!

My department (UT Austin) is hiring 3 new faculty in marine science at open-rank. Expertise in marine ecology, biogeochemistry, or animal physiology is appreciated but all fields will be considered. If you're interested & have questions, feel free to reach out! apply.interfolio.com/135967

Reef bannerfish in South Ari Atoll, Maldives

The Casey Lab team at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute spent a beautiful day on the Texas coast sampling for environmental DNA in our own "backyard"! 🧬🌊 #eDNA #molecularecology #TexasScience #longhorns @hannah-rempel.bsky.social @marconi.bsky.social @txacsci.bsky.social

Whale shark, the Maldive anemonefish, and a hawksbill sea turtle. The Maldives are spectacular!

We've received a slice of NOAA's actionable science fund. If you need me over the next 5 yrs or so, I'll be busy studying oyster reefs.. 🦪🐟🧪 Lots of scope for student training & collabs, so reach out! W @keishabahr.bsky.social, @jordancasey.bsky.social, @drelasmo.bsky.social & more! l1nq.com/qYKA6

Congrats to Casey Lab PhD Student @ingridbunholi.bsky.social on her publication synthesizing research methods across 300 eDNA and eRNA studies in aquatic community ecology! Check out the Open Access publication: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @jordancasey.bsky.social @txacsci.bsky.social

The first post here couldn't be more exciting... My first PhD paper is out in Environmental DNA! 🧬💧 It provides an accessible way to visualize methodological aspects and understand the current applications of eDNA/eRNA in community ecology! doi.org/10.1002/edn3... @jordancasey.bsky.social