I hope ISDSC8 has an award for “Best Slide” because this is undoubtedly the winner #ISDSC8

Thank you to everyone who has donated to our project to help #hermitcrabs in #Okinawa! We have only a few weeks left to raise this money. Please consider retweeting/donating. Even $1 helps! And if the project doesn’t reach 100% your card isn’t charged 🪸🦀🐚💕

Ancient human DNA found in 20,000-year-old bone jewellery: work from Ian Barnes Science at the Natural History Museum & al. nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/… nature.com/articles/s4158…

Headed home with a brain full of new knowledge and ideas after #ISDSC8

Lupita from #NHM just gave an amazing visually stunning presentation on her research on the #deepsea corals growing on poly metallic nodules 🪨🪸 from a recent expedition in the CCZ at #ISDSC8

they would probably make an easy lunch for a bird or other crabs 😓

That’s a wrap - thank you, everyone, for a fantastic week of developing collaborations, sharing knowledge and spreading love for the deep-sea biodiversity! ‘Deep sea corals are just so cool’ as per our closing remarks. 🪸🌊 It has been a privilege to host the #isdsc8

Crabs with beach trash homes. We need your help with this project, experiment.com/projects/blueb…. #mts4n #okinawa

What a beautiful time during the ISDSC8 wonderful scientist and the same time lovely folks I'm looking forward to the next 💛 🪸🪸🪸🪸#coldwatercoral #isdsc8 #WomenInSTEM Dr Michelle Taylor Dr. Jess Gordon

Titanic tourist sub goes missing in Atlantic Ocean, sparking search and rescue mission bbc.in/3NfscfV

Useful chapter on #admixture and #pca analysis for #PopGen. Includes code, tutorials, and caveats. #OpenAccess (h/t Jamie Gorrell, VIUResearchMatters). Lui et al. 2021: Exploring Population Structure with Admixture Models and Principal Component Analysis. link.springer.com/protocol/10.10…

#Brittlestars, #barnacles, and an #anemone are right at home on the branches of this #primnoidcoral. Like the #coral they are living on, these creatures are collecting food from the water by #filterfeeding or capturing small particles in the #watercolumn.

Interested in palaeo & #ancientDNA. I'm advertising a 3 yr Marsden Fund postdoc Zoology_Otago disentangling competing sources of morphological variation in #fossil record of geckos & skinks from #NewZealand & #NewCaledonia. Apply here (otago.taleo.net/careersection/…) #FossilFriday 1/2

Hermit crabs are 'wearing' our plastic rubbish bbc.in/48ZBS7O

Since I first saw this behaviour in 2014, I've been wanting to work with my good friend Shawn Shawn Miller to investigate why hermit crabs are resorting to plastic shells. We've applied for multiple research grants, and hope people are taking this problem more seriously now 🦀

Spoiler alert - I will shortly be advertising for a Research Assistant to help manage the team & a Post Doc in Bioinformatics (2 -3 yrs). If you like what we do & want to join our team why not reach out & have a chat. Research: seagrass, coral, microbes, probiotics, eDNA 🤩

Today was a deep-sea biologist’s dream come true. I got to meet my hero- the gorgeous #blobfish here on our Ocean Census expedition in the Bounty Trough #NewZealand where we are collaborating with @niwa_nz and Te Papa exploring the depths for new species

Essex University scientist helps discover 100 new ocean species in New Zealand bbc.in/49zducW

Essex scientist Dr Jessica Gordon - Dr. Jess Gordon - has helped to discover 100 new ocean species in New Zealand. The Ocean Census expedition is part of a global alliance to accelerate the discovery and protection of ocean life. brnw.ch/21wIIdF Te Papa @niwa_nz

📢 We are thrilled to announce the name of the new-to-science deep-sea coral: the Golden Labyrinth (Thouarella aureolabyrinthea)🪸 Our Director Sian Owen talks about the competition, which highlights how much more we have to discover about the #DeepSea 🌊