Chris Sarkis
@chris-sarkis.bsky.social
Lab Coordinator at UCF | diet metabarcoding in sea turtles | knitter, percussionist, sci-fi enthusiast | she/they 🏳️🌈
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My painting TIDAL WETLANDS
April 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
My painting TIDAL WETLANDS
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At the Earlham Institute, we develop tools that help researchers share, access, and use large #genomic datasets. 🖥️🧬
One of those is Grassroots Genomics - an open-source platform supporting the plant genomic community. #FAIRdata #OpenScience
➡️ buff.ly/CRUNCDr
One of those is Grassroots Genomics - an open-source platform supporting the plant genomic community. #FAIRdata #OpenScience
➡️ buff.ly/CRUNCDr
FAIR data with Grassroots Genomics
In an era of cheaper and faster sequencing, genomics can mean having to find a needle-sized piece of vital information in a haystack-sized wealth of data. Our Grassroots tool helps you sort the wheat…
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April 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
At the Earlham Institute, we develop tools that help researchers share, access, and use large #genomic datasets. 🖥️🧬
One of those is Grassroots Genomics - an open-source platform supporting the plant genomic community. #FAIRdata #OpenScience
➡️ buff.ly/CRUNCDr
One of those is Grassroots Genomics - an open-source platform supporting the plant genomic community. #FAIRdata #OpenScience
➡️ buff.ly/CRUNCDr
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Congratulations to all of the #GRFP awardees and honorable mentions! It’s devastating that award #’s were cut so severely this year, but I’m happy that at least some were offered.
**Know that if you did not get the award- it does not define you.**
**Know that if you did not get the award- it does not define you.**
🚨 Not a drill: NSF GRFP results are NOW OUT!!!!!
But...good news and bad news.
👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now.
👎 # of fellowships went down by 51%
(1000 this year vs. 2036 last year)
See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
But...good news and bad news.
👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now.
👎 # of fellowships went down by 51%
(1000 this year vs. 2036 last year)
See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
Research.gov :: GRFP
www.research.gov
April 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Annual GRFP thread, more relevant than ever (# of awards down 50%).
This thread is for students who didn't win the GRFP today. Who are wondering if they belong in science, or scrolling through posts that start "So excited to announce..." with a little spurt of bitterness they aren’t proud of. 1/9
This thread is for students who didn't win the GRFP today. Who are wondering if they belong in science, or scrolling through posts that start "So excited to announce..." with a little spurt of bitterness they aren’t proud of. 1/9
April 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Annual GRFP thread, more relevant than ever (# of awards down 50%).
This thread is for students who didn't win the GRFP today. Who are wondering if they belong in science, or scrolling through posts that start "So excited to announce..." with a little spurt of bitterness they aren’t proud of. 1/9
This thread is for students who didn't win the GRFP today. Who are wondering if they belong in science, or scrolling through posts that start "So excited to announce..." with a little spurt of bitterness they aren’t proud of. 1/9
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The orange-bellied parrot is predicted to go extinct by 2038. We tracked >200 years of genomic erosion. Here’s what we found 🧬🦜 #ConservationGenomics #consgen #popgen
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
pic by Marc Gardner
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
pic by Marc Gardner
March 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The orange-bellied parrot is predicted to go extinct by 2038. We tracked >200 years of genomic erosion. Here’s what we found 🧬🦜 #ConservationGenomics #consgen #popgen
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
pic by Marc Gardner
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
pic by Marc Gardner
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You can now visit our Mammal Wildlife Conservation themed collection. This collection highlights some of the impactful research published in 'Environmental Conservation' over the last five years centred on mammals. Please share!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #conservation #mammals
🌍🐂🐒🐘🐀🦦🐿️🐗🐻🐯🦊🦏🦒
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #conservation #mammals
🌍🐂🐒🐘🐀🦦🐿️🐗🐻🐯🦊🦏🦒
April 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
You can now visit our Mammal Wildlife Conservation themed collection. This collection highlights some of the impactful research published in 'Environmental Conservation' over the last five years centred on mammals. Please share!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #conservation #mammals
🌍🐂🐒🐘🐀🦦🐿️🐗🐻🐯🦊🦏🦒
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #conservation #mammals
🌍🐂🐒🐘🐀🦦🐿️🐗🐻🐯🦊🦏🦒
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Please enjoy part 1 of a series of blog posts written by myself and @brettfavaro.bsky.social offering our advice on how scientists can effectively speak with jouranlists about our areas of expertise. Part 2 is coming next week.
Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪
Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪
Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 1
By David Shiffman and Brett Favaro. Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness of…
www.southernfriedscience.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Please enjoy part 1 of a series of blog posts written by myself and @brettfavaro.bsky.social offering our advice on how scientists can effectively speak with jouranlists about our areas of expertise. Part 2 is coming next week.
Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪
Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪
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FathomVerse is a free mobile game that invites ocean enthusiasts and casual gamers to explore our ocean. As you play, you’ll contribute to improving AI models that aid researchers in studying marine life.
Play #FathomVerse now! www.fathomverse.game
Play #FathomVerse now! www.fathomverse.game
FathomVerse | mobile game
FathomVerse is a mobile game designed to inspire a new wave of ocean explorers and improve AI for ocean life.
www.fathomverse.game
January 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
FathomVerse is a free mobile game that invites ocean enthusiasts and casual gamers to explore our ocean. As you play, you’ll contribute to improving AI models that aid researchers in studying marine life.
Play #FathomVerse now! www.fathomverse.game
Play #FathomVerse now! www.fathomverse.game
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This is a wonderful video detailing the love that Dr. Joan Murrell Owens had for the ocean, and her fascination with the corals that keep our oceans alive. 🪸
#blackhistorymonth #womeninstem
#blackhistorymonth #womeninstem
Dr. Joan Murrell Owens: Call of the Coral
Turning a deep-sea passion into singular discoveries.Read the blog to explore more about button corals and Dr. Owens' research: https://www.wowstem.org/post/...
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February 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is a wonderful video detailing the love that Dr. Joan Murrell Owens had for the ocean, and her fascination with the corals that keep our oceans alive. 🪸
#blackhistorymonth #womeninstem
#blackhistorymonth #womeninstem
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Shark Madness is right around the corner and we need YOUR help to determine which sharks to highlight!
For the month of March we highlight different sharks every day who will battle it out with each other until we ultimately have ONE Shark Madness winner!
https://buff.ly/4aNTDsI
For the month of March we highlight different sharks every day who will battle it out with each other until we ultimately have ONE Shark Madness winner!
https://buff.ly/4aNTDsI
February 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Shark Madness is right around the corner and we need YOUR help to determine which sharks to highlight!
For the month of March we highlight different sharks every day who will battle it out with each other until we ultimately have ONE Shark Madness winner!
https://buff.ly/4aNTDsI
For the month of March we highlight different sharks every day who will battle it out with each other until we ultimately have ONE Shark Madness winner!
https://buff.ly/4aNTDsI
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🚨 We have an exciting new paper including the largest tracking dataset for WILD-caught dispersal stage sea turtles. This was part of @katrinaphillips.bsky.social‘s dissertation work funded in part by the Florida Restore Act Centers of Excellence Program.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
New insights on sea turtle behaviour during the ‘lost years’ | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Several marine turtle species spend their first years of life in oceanic habitats.
This early life stage is referred to as the ‘lost years’ due to the difficulty of
accessing individuals for study off...
royalsocietypublishing.org
February 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🚨 We have an exciting new paper including the largest tracking dataset for WILD-caught dispersal stage sea turtles. This was part of @katrinaphillips.bsky.social‘s dissertation work funded in part by the Florida Restore Act Centers of Excellence Program.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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ICB weekend read
#BlackHistoryMonth guest blog
From #Science to #Storytelling: How My Passion for Discovery Inspired Black #Nerds Matter
by Deidric Davis, BIMS member, Eckerd College senior, marine #scientist & #podcaster
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/g...
#BlackHistoryMonth guest blog
From #Science to #Storytelling: How My Passion for Discovery Inspired Black #Nerds Matter
by Deidric Davis, BIMS member, Eckerd College senior, marine #scientist & #podcaster
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/g...
Guest blog- From Science to Storytelling: How My Passion for Discovery Inspired Black Nerds Matter
by Deidric Davis Senior at Eckerd College , originator of podcast -Black Nerds Matter Deidric’s first day at WMNF 88.5 Radio Station. They distribute his show There’s nothing I love more than…
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com
February 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
ICB weekend read
#BlackHistoryMonth guest blog
From #Science to #Storytelling: How My Passion for Discovery Inspired Black #Nerds Matter
by Deidric Davis, BIMS member, Eckerd College senior, marine #scientist & #podcaster
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/g...
#BlackHistoryMonth guest blog
From #Science to #Storytelling: How My Passion for Discovery Inspired Black #Nerds Matter
by Deidric Davis, BIMS member, Eckerd College senior, marine #scientist & #podcaster
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/g...
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Hello, BlueSky! I’m Alena, I like slugs! I make slug art and sell sluggy nifty-gifties! That’s the elevator pitch 😂
January 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hello, BlueSky! I’m Alena, I like slugs! I make slug art and sell sluggy nifty-gifties! That’s the elevator pitch 😂
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LFG.
This talk by Kannon Pearson is killing. We are all screaming. This talk has had more woos than any science talk I’ve ever been to.
Kannon is a newt biologist.
We’re talking about how frogs are popular in queer online spaces.
This talk by Kannon Pearson is killing. We are all screaming. This talk has had more woos than any science talk I’ve ever been to.
Kannon is a newt biologist.
We’re talking about how frogs are popular in queer online spaces.
January 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
LFG.
This talk by Kannon Pearson is killing. We are all screaming. This talk has had more woos than any science talk I’ve ever been to.
Kannon is a newt biologist.
We’re talking about how frogs are popular in queer online spaces.
This talk by Kannon Pearson is killing. We are all screaming. This talk has had more woos than any science talk I’ve ever been to.
Kannon is a newt biologist.
We’re talking about how frogs are popular in queer online spaces.
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For grad students and practitioners in conservation, check out this amazing list for potential funding/grants! Thanks @aerinj.bsky.social !!
If your conservation research involves genomics, also check the American Genetics Association. They offer up to $6000 USD and funded my sequencing project!
If your conservation research involves genomics, also check the American Genetics Association. They offer up to $6000 USD and funded my sequencing project!
Happy New Year!
I updated my webpage of envirionment-related scholarships, grants, & awards: www.aerinjacob.ca/funding--awa...
It includes:
* science
* action & policy
* communication
* travel awards
* international tho' emphasis on N Am, Africa, & women
Please share.
#ConservationFunding
I updated my webpage of envirionment-related scholarships, grants, & awards: www.aerinjacob.ca/funding--awa...
It includes:
* science
* action & policy
* communication
* travel awards
* international tho' emphasis on N Am, Africa, & women
Please share.
#ConservationFunding
Funding & awards
A list of conservation-related scholarships, fellowships, funding, and awards.
www.aerinjacob.ca
January 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
For grad students and practitioners in conservation, check out this amazing list for potential funding/grants! Thanks @aerinj.bsky.social !!
If your conservation research involves genomics, also check the American Genetics Association. They offer up to $6000 USD and funded my sequencing project!
If your conservation research involves genomics, also check the American Genetics Association. They offer up to $6000 USD and funded my sequencing project!
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Hey! If you’re a student at SICB and aren’t sure where to start with networking, here’s a quick guide I made for a previous conference that might be helpful 🫶🏾
January 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Hey! If you’re a student at SICB and aren’t sure where to start with networking, here’s a quick guide I made for a previous conference that might be helpful 🫶🏾
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“If science were truly a meritocracy people wouldn’t feel threatened by inclusion of more people in science- Jasmin Graham, #SICB2025
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January 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“If science were truly a meritocracy people wouldn’t feel threatened by inclusion of more people in science- Jasmin Graham, #SICB2025
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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This is a paid fellowship to draw mushrooms in upstate New York this summer. Seems relevant to some of y’all’s interests. 🍄
SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATOR FELLOWSHIP
Collaborations between artists and scientists are increasing the quality of public engagement and the accessibility of the research being conducted.
www.esf.edu
December 30, 2024 at 10:36 PM
This is a paid fellowship to draw mushrooms in upstate New York this summer. Seems relevant to some of y’all’s interests. 🍄
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POSTDOC announcement! I am hiring a postdoc to study owl flight biomechanics. I will be at SICB. Please email me for the full advertisement, screenshot below. Please retweet!
Ideal candidate has research experience with wild birds, 3D kinematics and acoustics.
#SICB2025
Ideal candidate has research experience with wild birds, 3D kinematics and acoustics.
#SICB2025
December 9, 2024 at 5:29 PM
POSTDOC announcement! I am hiring a postdoc to study owl flight biomechanics. I will be at SICB. Please email me for the full advertisement, screenshot below. Please retweet!
Ideal candidate has research experience with wild birds, 3D kinematics and acoustics.
#SICB2025
Ideal candidate has research experience with wild birds, 3D kinematics and acoustics.
#SICB2025
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#SICB is looking for nominees to important society-wide positions: #SICBSecretary #SICBProgramOfficer #SICBMemberAtLarge. As one of this year's #NominationsCommittee I'm interested in your ideas! Please DM, email, or find me in Atlanta #SICB2025
December 23, 2024 at 7:13 PM
#SICB is looking for nominees to important society-wide positions: #SICBSecretary #SICBProgramOfficer #SICBMemberAtLarge. As one of this year's #NominationsCommittee I'm interested in your ideas! Please DM, email, or find me in Atlanta #SICB2025
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People say scientists are serious but marine biologists will spend hours quietly sitting around tables drawing on styrofoam cups and then tying said cups to deep sea submarines
Because ocean pressure will squeeze the air from the cups
And we are but human & we want tiny cup
Because ocean pressure will squeeze the air from the cups
And we are but human & we want tiny cup
July 20, 2024 at 2:49 AM
People say scientists are serious but marine biologists will spend hours quietly sitting around tables drawing on styrofoam cups and then tying said cups to deep sea submarines
Because ocean pressure will squeeze the air from the cups
And we are but human & we want tiny cup
Because ocean pressure will squeeze the air from the cups
And we are but human & we want tiny cup
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South Australia will introduce the nation’s strongest protections for sharks and rays, driven by a community-led campaign spearheaded by PhD student Chloe Roberts and The Shark and Ray Coalition.
www.forbes.com/sites/meliss...
www.forbes.com/sites/meliss...
Community-Led Efforts Safeguard Sharks And Rays In South Australia
South Australia will introduce the nation’s strongest protections for sharks and rays, driven by a community-led campaign spearheaded by PhD student Chloe Roberts and The Shark and Ray Coalition.
www.forbes.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:38 AM
South Australia will introduce the nation’s strongest protections for sharks and rays, driven by a community-led campaign spearheaded by PhD student Chloe Roberts and The Shark and Ray Coalition.
www.forbes.com/sites/meliss...
www.forbes.com/sites/meliss...
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Marine Science Resources for Undergradutes – Smyth Mycology https://buff.ly/3PiIhTI 🦑
Marine Science Resources for Undergradutes
Marine Science Resources for Undergraduates Below, you will find a curated list of paid undergraduate internship and job opportunities in the marine sciences. This list is generated and curated by …
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December 30, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Marine Science Resources for Undergradutes – Smyth Mycology https://buff.ly/3PiIhTI 🦑