I certainly didn't expect to see a VHS down there. Bummer. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 884 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET

Looking for a postdoc in 2026? The Ewel fellowship at UF provides $70K salary and $20K research support for 2 yrs. I'm happy to sponsor a postdoc interested in microbial ecology of Florida coastal ecosystems (seagrass, coral, mangroves, springs). 🦠 Due 1/11/26 postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/current-post...

Still shipping brains and bacteria : ) 🧪🐡🧠🦠 artologica.etsy.com

Annual reminder to water your Christmas tree poems …

Few chonks have ever chonked with such unrestrained and unashamed chonkility as this peaceful, Japanese chonk.

well Impossible Metals is so mad about this report that they spent all weekend posting about it on my LinkedIn...so you are definitely going to want to tune in! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

First day of #crustmas with some friends gathered for the holidays. From left to right: Magnapinna squid, sea pig, pterotrachea sea elephant, giant Pacific octopus, remipede, coelacanth, and tripod on the rug

Excited to finally see STREAMS guidelines for environmental and host-associated microbiome studies out today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild: Manta ray Black & white tegu Samoan flying fox Peacock Lophelia coral (Desmophyllum pertussum)

So excited for our #nsffunded research to kick off with an amazing team of researchers @viromegirl.bsky.social @ianhewson.bsky.social @drchriskellogg.bsky.social Dr. Marilyn Brandt (UVI). newsroom.niu.edu/niu-biologis...

artologica.etsy.com "local" can also apply to your little corner of the internet ; )

Super proud of Dr Brayan Vilanova Cuevas for successfully defending his dissertation on Philaster diadema interactions. Well done, and watch out world!!

Happy #WorldJellyfishDay! I've drawn quite a few jellyfish in my time. Their relatively simple and distinctive shape make them an ideal subject for the beginner artist. As you improve, you can tackle the wider variety of color and form. Here is a fantastical one 🪼

Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!

🎃 Looking for some last-minute Halloween costume inspo? Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿 #stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt

New Nature paper! Vaga et al. (2025) reconstruct a time-calibrated phylogeny of stony (scleractinian) corals, which suggests that some could be resilient to climate change. Congrats @claudiavaga.bsky.social Link to paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

I have over the years accumulated pix of various octopus themed samurai helmets! the black one is 19th Century and the others are I believe 17th and 18th Edo era #octopusday #worldoctopusday

The Halloween Humboldt Squid has arrived! The only way to get these stickers is to join my Patreon. Help support open science and get some jaunty ocean stickers. These stickers will go out Monday, October 20th, so sign up before then! patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler

“Not safe for autoclave.”

🦠Join the legendary @viromegirl.bsky.social lab Jobs in marine micro, virology & genomics 💻 Viral 'omics in seagrass 🧬 Marine microbial & bioinformatics 🧫 Vibrio phage + iron biogeochemistry 🎓 sea urchin–ciliate diseases 👉 www.marine.usf.edu/genomics/app... #MarineVirology #Phagesky #Microbiome

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. They make sure we have clean water. They protect us from financial fraud. They provide healthcare to our communities. They make our government actually work for people. Do not forget this.

Embroidered petri dish by Elin Thomas #sciart available for purchase share.google/E0lQIDs7sY9e...

Pls share: Hofstra University is looking for a Tenure-Track Microbiologists! ----- We are seeking a microbiologist with a research focus on a non-pathogenic bacterial model system. hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542

Whale Fall pin 🦀🐋🦑

Goniatite fossils packed throughout this piece of shale. The shells of these ancient relatives of Squid and Octopus must have littered the sea floor that covered this part of the earths surface over 300 million years ago. County Clare, Ireland

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

5 species of parrotfish in 15 seconds. Rainbow, redband, midnight, blue, stoplight. That’s why we call Coral City the Parrotfish Capital of the World. 🌈💙🚦🧣🌌🦜🐟🏛️🌎 #rainbowparrotfish #blueparrotfish #redbandparrotfish #stoplightparrotfish #redbandparrotfish #coralcitycamera #miami #coralcity

Friendly reminder: 🎉 Pre-register today & get ready to join our FREE online celebration. Everyone is welcome. To keep #BlackInMicro alive Donate: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM and Register to attend: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro#BlackInMicro(see links in bio) #BiMWeek2025

A favorite warm-water fish of the Western Atlantic: Queen Triggerfish (Balistes vetula). Photoshop, August 2025. 🧪🐡🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #fish #triggerfish

CORAL REEF NEWS: Historic expedition unveils vast coral reefs thriving off Uruguay www.hydro-international.com/content/news... #coralreefs #reefexpedition #oceanresearch #uruguay #expedition #coralexploration #reefexploration #marinescience #marinebiology

Any article with a headline about barbie crabs and sea pigs is just reeling me in ...

Hey, members! Are you currently a #DeepSea student or ECR researcher without permanent employment? We can help provide up to £750 for your participation in an in-person or remote conference. Deadline Oct. 4th, apply here: dsbsoc.org/conferences-.... Questions? Contact [email protected]. Good luck!

🍂 👿 🧪 Mass Federal Worker Lay-offs Projected by Administration During Government Shutdown

For the third time in a dozen years, the U.S. scientific community is digging in for a potentially lengthy partial federal government shutdown that promises to disrupt research and funding programs. https://scim.ag/4pQ9y0K

Many thanks to Moriah Sevier, Marilyn Brandt, @aquaticmicrolab.bsky.social @drchriskellogg.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social Bella Ritchie and Brayan Vilanova Cuevas for making this trip such a success!

What an amazing way to kick off our Diadema project in Brewers Bay, USVI. Four days of hard work underwater, followed by hard days in the lab processing. Two experiments, and over 500 individual samples.

Day 3 Diadema NSF kickoff. Today we tested out transect approaches and new high resolution visual transects on our second site on the western end of Brewers Bay. This afforded us the opportunity to sample additional Diadema at a second site. So many of them! Very encouraging to see!

@aquaticmicrolab.bsky.social @drchriskellogg.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social and Prof Marilyn Brandt

Day 2 of Diadema kickoff. Today was all about Diadema itself (cf environmental parameters). We were excited to see so many apparently healthy animals in shallow water! We also set up an experiment to examine microbial participation in echinoderm tissue decay. Such a great start to this time series!

Another great day working from University of the Virgin Islands - saw an octopus & a spotted eagle ray!

Day 1 of NSF sponsored Diadema antillarum scuticociliatosis time series in Brewers Bay, St Thomas, USVI with @drchriskellogg.bsky.social @viromegirl.bsky.social @aquaticmicrolab.bsky.social and Prof Marilyn Brandt at UVI. After months of planning it was time to figure out what makes sense from

Delighted to be back in my home town of St. Thomas, USVI, working with a super talented team of folks from Cornell, USF, Northern Illinois University, and UVI on the sea urchin mass mortality agent!

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Has the day got you down? Watch this soothing one hour #okeanos sponge and coral video to etheral music! #octocoralFriday #spongeThursday Produced by Caitlin Bailey and GFOE youtu.be/DSHFDHthDQo?...

Happy International Microorganism Day, to my whole beautiful community! 🧫🔬🧪

👋 Hey friends! I'm back & super excited to share new art with you all 🎨 🥳 🎉 in love with these colors!! ⭐ Bsky Early Access: sculptedreef.com/collections/... 🪸 Corals are made w glass beads 🐙 clay + paint #ArtYear #ArtGallery #Art #BSNM #CoralReef #MarineLife #Sculpture #Octopus 🦑🐡

Say this to yourself: Nobody else in the world is making work like mine. I’ve worked hard to create something unique, beautiful, and original, and I should be rewarded for that

Very nice writeup on someone I've admired and learned from for many years. I didn't know he had passed until catching up on This Week in Microbiology driving to campus this morning. His 1958 paper on Salmonella growth rates basically founded the formal study of microbial physiology, which...