Carylanne Joubert Maier
@carylanneejmaier.bsky.social
Bio B.Sc/GIS cert, writer, and current professor of English (MA). My children's books feature wolves, grizzly bears, panda bears, and research with greening in oranges. Lover of sharks, scuba diver, and future marine biologist. Avatar by Ethan Kocak
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‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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This is amazing!! It would be life-changing for so many, myself included.
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is amazing!! It would be life-changing for so many, myself included.
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Nerrrrrrrrrrrds!
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
ALT: a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Nerrrrrrrrrrrds!
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
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Tagging the #SciArt community who might enjoy this little thread. 👇🐟
No. I don’t just draw dinosaurs! These illustrations were commissioned for the Feeding Without Jaws Exhibition at @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social Check out their website - www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi... - for more details of the exhibition, which runs until the end of February. (1/4)
November 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Tagging the #SciArt community who might enjoy this little thread. 👇🐟
Bobcat
Alligator
Great hammerhead
Giant manta ray
Manatee
Alligator
Great hammerhead
Giant manta ray
Manatee
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Spotted salamander
Eastern newt
Red-backed salamander
Jefferson salamander
Two-lined salamander
Spotted salamander
Eastern newt
Red-backed salamander
Jefferson salamander
Two-lined salamander
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Gray wolf
Black bear
Albino deer
Canadian lynx
Beaver
Gray wolf
Black bear
Albino deer
Canadian lynx
Beaver
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Bobcat
Alligator
Great hammerhead
Giant manta ray
Manatee
Alligator
Great hammerhead
Giant manta ray
Manatee
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Dying reefs threaten Florida's future. Via @sciencex.physorg #MarineBiology 🌊 🐟 #Oceanography #ClimateChange 🌎♨️
Dying reefs threaten Florida's future
Floridians are not used to hearing the word "extinct" applied to species that play significant roles in the state's ecological and economic landscape.
phys.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Dying reefs threaten Florida's future. Via @sciencex.physorg #MarineBiology 🌊 🐟 #Oceanography #ClimateChange 🌎♨️
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#FrogFriday > BlackFriday - Here's a male Uakari Poison Frog (Ranitomeya uakarii) hauling two of its tadpoles to a location with permanent water, where they can continue development. Rainforest in the Rio Tahuayo drainage north of Iquitos, Peru. #herps #frogs #NaturePhotography 🌿
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
#FrogFriday > BlackFriday - Here's a male Uakari Poison Frog (Ranitomeya uakarii) hauling two of its tadpoles to a location with permanent water, where they can continue development. Rainforest in the Rio Tahuayo drainage north of Iquitos, Peru. #herps #frogs #NaturePhotography 🌿
While I much prefer wild capybara, getting to see one up close at Gatorland last year was neat. (And I, a good wife, totally bought tickets to meet the capybaras for @joeymaier.bsky.social birthday and not* at all because I really wanted to)
*She says totally sarcastically
*She says totally sarcastically
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
While I much prefer wild capybara, getting to see one up close at Gatorland last year was neat. (And I, a good wife, totally bought tickets to meet the capybaras for @joeymaier.bsky.social birthday and not* at all because I really wanted to)
*She says totally sarcastically
*She says totally sarcastically
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Can I offer you a few capybaras in these trying times?
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Can I offer you a few capybaras in these trying times?
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Make time for Capybaras.
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Make time for Capybaras.
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Here's Dr. Andrew Thaler's panel on deep sea mining. www.southernfriedscience.com/the-science-...
The Science, Policy, and Cultural Implications of Deep Sea Mining
I was invited by the Sierra Club National Marine Team to talk about the science and policy of deep-sea mining. Watch the panel, above!
www.southernfriedscience.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Here's Dr. Andrew Thaler's panel on deep sea mining. www.southernfriedscience.com/the-science-...
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Oh! It's not just Fibbonacci Day but also Doctor Who Day; it first aired OTD in 1963!
Allons-y!
Allons-y!
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Oh! It's not just Fibbonacci Day but also Doctor Who Day; it first aired OTD in 1963!
Allons-y!
Allons-y!
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Don’t speak to yourself in a tone you’d never use with a friend. You have strengths, gifts, and a trajectory worth noticing. Look for them—they’re there.
#AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky #PhDDailyThought
#AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky #PhDDailyThought
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Don’t speak to yourself in a tone you’d never use with a friend. You have strengths, gifts, and a trajectory worth noticing. Look for them—they’re there.
#AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky #PhDDailyThought
#AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky #PhDDailyThought
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November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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On a delightful walk today with my charming company we came across a gurgling spring-fed pond with some chonky koi, swimming idyllically. Cyprinus sp. 錦鯉 for #SundayFishSketch 🐡🦑🧪
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
On a delightful walk today with my charming company we came across a gurgling spring-fed pond with some chonky koi, swimming idyllically. Cyprinus sp. 錦鯉 for #SundayFishSketch 🐡🦑🧪
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Lava spews out from Hawaii's Kilauea as volcano erupts again. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Lava spews out from Hawaii's Kilauea as volcano erupts again
According to the United States Geological Survey, this is the 37th eruption episode since December 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Lava spews out from Hawaii's Kilauea as volcano erupts again. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Basking sharks are so wonderfully magnificent.
Basking Sharks
YouTube video by BBC Northern Ireland
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Basking sharks are so wonderfully magnificent.
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I came onto this site Capybara posting, and if they drag me off, I will leave this site Capybara posting.
We've been saying "See you later, Alligator" for decades, when "Sayonara, Capybara" was right there.
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I came onto this site Capybara posting, and if they drag me off, I will leave this site Capybara posting.
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also repeating that "ai is inevitable, it's here to stay" is nothing but perpetuating a self-fulfilling prophecy
What's next? Smoke cigarettes responsibly? Pollute needlessly responsibly? Have indentured labourers responsibly? Abuse people responsibly? Exactly.
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
also repeating that "ai is inevitable, it's here to stay" is nothing but perpetuating a self-fulfilling prophecy
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Celebrating Gerty Cori on #WorldDiabetesDay.
Cori, a biochemist, co-discovered the Cori cycle which unlocked how the body regulates glucose--foundational for diabetes treatments & insulin therapy. She was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery. #WomenInSTEM
Cori, a biochemist, co-discovered the Cori cycle which unlocked how the body regulates glucose--foundational for diabetes treatments & insulin therapy. She was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery. #WomenInSTEM
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Celebrating Gerty Cori on #WorldDiabetesDay.
Cori, a biochemist, co-discovered the Cori cycle which unlocked how the body regulates glucose--foundational for diabetes treatments & insulin therapy. She was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery. #WomenInSTEM
Cori, a biochemist, co-discovered the Cori cycle which unlocked how the body regulates glucose--foundational for diabetes treatments & insulin therapy. She was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery. #WomenInSTEM
Welp, I *may* have over thought this assignment for Scientific Writing and Literacy. We needed to post a rough draft of our hypothetical grant proposal for our projects into a discussion board to get peer review feedback for next week's final draft. As a writing prof, I always tell my students to...
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Welp, I *may* have over thought this assignment for Scientific Writing and Literacy. We needed to post a rough draft of our hypothetical grant proposal for our projects into a discussion board to get peer review feedback for next week's final draft. As a writing prof, I always tell my students to...
Storytime of a day in nature, doing field work and herpetology (despite not having pictures of any herpetofauna found today).
Today, Nov. 14, is World Diabetes Day, which is usually repped by people wearing blue. I was diagnosed as Type 1 Diabetic at age 5.5, and it has been a difficult 23 years...
Today, Nov. 14, is World Diabetes Day, which is usually repped by people wearing blue. I was diagnosed as Type 1 Diabetic at age 5.5, and it has been a difficult 23 years...
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Storytime of a day in nature, doing field work and herpetology (despite not having pictures of any herpetofauna found today).
Today, Nov. 14, is World Diabetes Day, which is usually repped by people wearing blue. I was diagnosed as Type 1 Diabetic at age 5.5, and it has been a difficult 23 years...
Today, Nov. 14, is World Diabetes Day, which is usually repped by people wearing blue. I was diagnosed as Type 1 Diabetic at age 5.5, and it has been a difficult 23 years...
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ICYMI: The 2026 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship applications are now open!
I look forward to seeing your applications soon! 💜
I look forward to seeing your applications soon! 💜
It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
ICYMI: The 2026 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship applications are now open!
I look forward to seeing your applications soon! 💜
I look forward to seeing your applications soon! 💜
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Shy-Hulud's passing cleanses the timeline
(here, they peer at a bit of radish with some trepidation)
(here, they peer at a bit of radish with some trepidation)
August 24, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Shy-Hulud's passing cleanses the timeline
(here, they peer at a bit of radish with some trepidation)
(here, they peer at a bit of radish with some trepidation)