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An exciting day as we set up our seagrass mesocosms! As part of an #NSFfunded project, we are looking at the ecology of viruses in turtlegrass. #USFCMS #seagrass #ocean #Florida #virus #plant #LetItGrow #aquarium #science

Photo inside a lab. Four people stand behind a row of tanks with seagrass in them.

Lab lunch today celebrating 3 birthdays and the last official day of summer (even though we have ~2 months of summer temperatures left here in Florida) #USFCMS

Group of ten people posing for the camera under a tiki hut on a hot, sunny day

Whenever I’m feeling burnt out with work, #outreach is a guaranteed way to get reinvigorated! Had a blast this week exploring #TampaBay #plankton samples with a local Girl Scout troop! #USFCMS #GirlScouts #GirlScoutAlum #womeninSTEM #science

Group of happy 8th grade girls sitting around a lab bench with dissecting microscopes in front of them. One girl is pretending to drink the plankton.

Here is a free read-only link to our latest paper on retention and export of planktonic fish eggs in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico #fish #barcoding #DNA #oceanography #science #USFCMS #fisheries
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/XTB7CTTCBYSMSBUGBNNA?target=10.1111/fog.12655

I am SO excited for this #SciArt #coral seminar tomorrow hosted by #USFCMS. Open to the public so if you’re in the #TampaBay area, please join us! Otherwise, check out Beatriz Chachamovits’ gorgeous work online: https://www.beatrizchachamovits.com/

Flier for a Seminar on Art & Science "The Coral Reefs of Beatriz Chachamovits: an intersection of art and science" FWRI Steidinger Auditorium 100 8th Ave SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Friday, September 1 3:30-4:30 PM Chachamovits' sculptures mimic the "Sea Emperor" PC: Pedro Wazzan Chachamovits' ceramics are a call to action, urging us to learn more about our surroundings, be attentive to what cannot be forgotten, and take steps to safeguard the natural world. Features photos of beautiful coral reef sculptures

I had a blast presenting our sea #urchin #disease #research today at the #USFCMS #faculty symposium! I even wore a costume, brought a live urchin for show & tell, and made themed snacks! #science

Woman (me) standing in front of a PowerPoint slide on a projector showing healthy versus abnormal urchins. I’m wearing an amazing Diadema setosum beanie (yes, that’s an anal pore on the top of my head). The shadow points out the urchin spines on the beanie

Woman (me) standing by a podium presenting - another view of the urchin beanie

“Urchin” snacks constructed from Dunkin’ chocolate munchkins. On the left plate are “healthy urchins” with licorice spines and candy eyes. On the right plate are dying urchins (munchkins with crossed out eyes, that have lost all their spines)

Check out episode #2 of Mark Martin’s “Matters Microbial” podcast on microbe tv featuring examples of shock-and-awe microbiology for grabbing students’ attention and an interview with me :)
#USFCMS #microbiology #micro #virology #phage #virus
https://youtu.be/GOWEANUgzpw

Water temps were unbelievably hot, but we had a great day in the field today sampling for our #seagrass #virus #research - Im so lucky to work with this incredible group of #USFCMS and #FWC scientists! #science #florida #virology #ocean #snorkel

Selfie of a group of scientists standing in front of water containing a seagrass meadow - everyone looks very happy!

I’m still in denial over the fact that it’s August but it’s really nice to start having the lab members all back in one place (yay for a birthday lunch today) and I am SO proud of our summer interns (3 undergrads and 1 high school student) who made incredible progress over the past few months #science #USFCMS #research #proudPI

They’re tiny but deadly - a glimpse into the ciliate culture that’s responsible for killing sea urchins in the Caribbean (each ciliate is about 1/20th of a millimeter long) #USFCMS #urchin #marine #microscopy #science #microbiology #protist #ocean #oceanography

Hoping to see some new #science folks exploring Mastodon so figured it’s time for another #introduction - I’m Mya, a professor at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science. Our lab studies #microbes (bacteria, viruses, protists) in the oceans and other environments and also works on #fish egg identification. I also post about my cute dog and cat a lot! #USFCMS #ocean #marine #oceanography #microbiology #virology #research #seagrass #urchin #academia

A photo of me (45 year old woman) smiling at the camera in an aquarium facility. I’m wearing gloves and holding a black long-spined sea urchin in my hands

Teamwork makes the dream work - another amazing week of sea #urchin and #coral experiments #USFCMS #Science #ocean #reef

Group of scientists sitting around a picnic table outdoors, drinking coffee and scheming about experiments

Pretty coral, mostly purple with large green polyps (obtained with proper permits) in an aquarium tank

Diadema setosum, the long-spines sea urchin in a tank with a coral. It’s black with long black spines, but you can see blue spots (iridophores) and an orange anal ring

On the first day of their summer internships, undergrads Aly and Nina are heading out on the R/V Weatherbird II for the #GoMeTS cruise studying harmful algal blooms #USFCMS #Florida #ocean #oceanography #research #dinoflagellate #Karenia #HAB

Two women posing by a CTD Rosette on the deck of a research ship

Yesterday at the #USFCMS Spring Fling, graduate student Hallie Repeta received the Vembu Subramanian MSAC Award! This award is given to a student who exhibits qualities of charity, community spirit, and positivity. Hallie is a wonderful recipient (as are all of the precious awardees pictured here with the Dean). Not a day goes by when I don’t miss Vembu, but he would love seeing all the good he’s still inspiring in our community.

Four graduate students and the Dean pose looking at the camera on a gorgeous Florida day, palm trees in the background. They are making V’s with their fingers in honor of the Vembu award

So proud of #USFCMS graduate student Christina Chadwick, who did her Master’s degree with me and Katherine Hubbard looking at Pseudonitzchia (#phytoplankton #diatom) diversity, toxin levels, and environmental parameters in the Gulf of Maine - her research will help in understanding the drivers of these harmful algae blooms. Christina is highlighted among this weekend’s #USF graduates - https://www.usf.edu/news/boundless-bulls/students/grad-series-spring-2023.aspx #graduation #science #ocean

Nicely-dressed woman with blond hair wearing a giant graduation cap highlighting her projects and interests smiles at the camera following her successful thesis defense

A fabulous story by @edyong209 about our research finding the #ciliate responsible for the 2022 Diadema antillarum die-off. #urchin #mortality, #ocean #microbiology #microscopy #protist #coral #reef #disease #USFCMS https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/04/sea-urchin-die-off-source-ciliate/673817/

A great story and video about our recent work identifying the #pathogen responsible for the 2022 #Diadema mortality event #urchin #marine #disease #microbiology #Caribbean #Florida #USFCMS #ciliate #protist #microscopy #science #ecology #coral #reef #algae
https://www.wtsp.com/article/tech/science/environment/usf-research-sea-urchins-die-off/67-26d9f4d2-5d66-4e79-b339-1e49fa297479

Thanks to Matt Cohen at the Tampa Bay Times for this great story about our research! #urchin #Diadema #florida #caribbean #ocean #marine #news #oceanography #ecology #disease #ciliate #protist #science #microbiology #microscopy #USFCMS - https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2023/04/19/usf-professor-st-petersburg-discovery-killing-sea-urchin-florida-caribbean/

We spent most of 2022 hunting down a sea urchin killer - and the results are published in Science Advances today - check out this story (with lots of great photos) by #USFCMS - https://www.usf.edu/marine-science/news/2023/scientists-identify-2022-sea-urchin-killer.aspx summarizing the work. #urchin #Diadema #disease #ocean #marine #oceanography #ciliate #protist #ecology #research #science #invertebrate #microscopy 🧵

I feel lucky every day to work at #USFCMS - but having the #TallShips festival right outside my office window is pretty darn special! #Florida #StPete #Marine #TampaBay

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