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PhD Candidate in the Kenkel Lab at USC 🌊πŸͺΈ

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#sicb2026 If you’re at SICB this year come check out my talk. 🧬πŸͺΈ@sicb.bsky.social

05.01.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Heard of "Darwin's paradox"? It refers to Charles Darwin's observation that coral reefs are wildly productive despite occurring in nutrient-poor tropical oceans. Reefs are, so the story goes, oases in marine deserts 🏝️...

Turns out that 2/3 of these assertions are very wrong...

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06.06.2025 13:32 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026 Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2026 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...

Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live!
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! πŸ§ͺ

15.05.2025 19:57 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Check out my first chapter πŸ“–πŸ§¬.

I’m very grateful to have worked with such a brilliant and supportive team 😊

14.01.2025 00:50 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mass bleaching of corals on the Great Barrier Reef in early 2024 was the most severe and most widespread yet recorded - surpassing 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020 & 2022.

The overall mortality rate this year will exceed the 30% loss in 2016. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

26.11.2024 03:42 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 187 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4

Calling all 'omics researchers:

What are the most challenging or time-consuming aspects of your research? Whether it’s locating the data you need, assembly challenges, or something else, I’d love to hear about the roadblocks you’ve encountered. #Omics #Bioinformatics #Research

25.11.2024 16:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Super thrilled to share the first chapter of my dissertation, out today in Proceedings B! See below for a fabulous summary from Carly, who guided me through my first ever gene expression analysis! 🧬

27.03.2024 17:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My first first author paper is finally published!! If you’re interested in Astrangia, reproduction, and energetic budgets, check it out!!! :) peerj.com/articles/165...

04.12.2023 14:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also #EEB #marinescience

25.10.2023 05:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Will any #coral people be at #SACNAS #NDiSTEM conference this week? Would love to meet up and chat :)

24.10.2023 21:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi everyone πŸ‘‹πŸ‘‹ My name is Natalie, I’m a 1st year PhD student in @drcarl.bsky.social’s Cnidarian Evolutionary Ecology lab at USC! I’m broadly interested in using genetic + microbial tools to further coral conservation, and love thinking about how to integrate science into policy πŸͺΈπŸͺΈ

24.10.2023 21:20 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0