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My student Erin Papke was in Montserrat to help set up a new coral probiotics testing site with the wonderful Island Solutions for a JNCC funded project. They will start testing potential treatments for #SCTLD developed by my other student Margaret Walter! discovermni.com/2023/11/05/mon…

Our SCLTD Literature Review is out!!!! Co-authored by Erin Papke @Montashlea Caroline Dennison Jessica Deutsch, Sonora Meiling, Ashley Rossin, PhD and ME. Much gratitude to all the PIs on this project. Please Read, Like, and Share frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

So proud this is out!! This review is coauthored by an all female graduate student team because yes, this type of representation matters🪸💃🏼

If you would like to get the point...please check out our paper! frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Happy international day of women and girls in science! Cheers to all of the women fighting along side me to combat the gender disparity in science! Thanks Women in Ocean Science for the stats

All of the Microbiology Barbies in the Ushijima Lab are hard at work studying the coral microbiome!! Our job is just beach and lab 🪸🔬🥼

If anyone would be interested in studying coral microbes, I'm always happy to hear your thoughts on a fellowship! 🦠🪸

Come work with us!

We're hiring a postdoc for our G20 CORDAP project to develop probiotics to protect Caribbean corals from #SCTLD. You'll work with an amazing group of collaborators sarah gw, Perry Institute for Marine Science (PIMS), CORALINA, Ecomares, and Blue Indigo Foundation. Please repost! jobs.uncw.edu/postings/30282

There's still time, we're looking for a postdoc to work on our project developing probiotics to protect corals from #SCTLD. You get to work with great collaborators and use our microbe isolation system. The posting closes on April 25th! Apply here: jobs.uncw.edu/postings/30282

PI's in Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio recruiting grad students for Fall 2025 - this is your reminder to advertise broadly! Enter your position info here: forms.gle/MHFCyFhfbcqn69…… Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) - share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Check out this article on Vox about whether human medicine can be used to save corals from SCTLD featuring Dr. Blake Ushijima!! vox.com/down-to-earth/…

A great opportunity! If you are interested in marine microbes (coral-associated or otherwise) and natural products chemistry for your postdoc then Wendy_Strangman and I would be interested in chatting! lnkd.in/e3K3ZQGu

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Girls just wanna having FUNDING FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 🧪 🪸

10 women in STEM - pick it up and keep it moving: A/Prof. Catherine Ball Dr Tracy Ainsworth A/Prof. @UNSW Science Erin Papke @AmandaLynGunn Dr. Anne A Madden Subterranean Gothic Dr. Laura Mydlarz scuba_franny Julie Huber, PhD @KYT_ThatsME

CONGRATS to UNCW Ph.D. students Erin Papke & Grace Kennedy for publication of the comprehensive protocols for using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) to analyze corals. Helping others in TEM for analysis of coral tissues. Bradley Tolar (he/him) doi.org/10.1002/cpz1.7…