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Kai (he/him) 🍉
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MS student in the Bronson Lab at Cal Poly Humboldt. Larval fish taxonomist & aspiring ichthyologist. Huge hagfish enjoyer 🐟

All views my own.

🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

https://sites.google.com/view/larvalfishguy/about
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Kai (he/him) 🍉 @kaiwalton.bsky.social · Nov 13
It's Trans Awareness Week! I worked with the Integrative and Comparative Biology blog to write a piece about my experiences being trans in marine biology.

Give it a read!

integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2024/11/12/t...
Trans Awareness Week spotlight on Kai – Aspiring ichthyologist & fish taxonomist
by guest blogger ICB’s X follower- Kai Walton My name is Kai, I’m a marine biologist, I’m a graduate student, and I’m transgender. When I think of myself and my identity, these are the three …
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margaretbrisbin.bsky.social
Also @hannahgreich.bsky.social shared this great resource with me for anyone else on the hunt: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026 (Responses)
docs.google.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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paleojim.bsky.social
Foot in door! NPS paleontology seasonal positions! www.usajobs.gov/job/85081670... @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
USAJOBS connects job seekers with federal jobs across the United States and around the world as the official employment site for the federal government
These positions may be filled for a six month seasonal period, but can vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: <strong>April-May 2026</strong> <p>For more...
www.usajobs.gov
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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yoshiakikai.bsky.social
共著論文が出ました。イブシクラノセナメハダカ。長いな。Stemonosudis fumea, a new barracudina (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from Japan, with taxonomic comments on the Stemonosudis rothschildi species complex

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Stemonosudis fumea, a new barracudina (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from Japan, with taxonomic comments on the Stemonosudis rothschildi species complex - Ichthyological Research
A new barracudina, Stemonosudis fumea, is described on the basis of 12 specimens [78.7–235.2 mm in standard length (SL)], collected from Japan and adjacent waters. This new species belongs to the Stem...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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hawaiianimages.bsky.social
Way too much politics on my timeline right now, deploying weird marine life image. :) Here's up close and personal with an unusually cooperative Flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans). Night dive, Ulua Beach Maui. 🌿📷🐟🦑
Close up on the head and front half of a Flying gurnard, a truly unusual fish that creeps across the sand bottom using specially modified fins. It has very large eyes that show refractive irridescence from my strobe, and is sort of polka-dotted in reds, browns and blues
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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kaiwalton.bsky.social
Happy LGBT in STEM day!

I'm Kai (he/him), I'm a fish biologist & a MSc student with Dr. Bronson at Cal Poly Humboldt. I study larval fish taxonomy & diversity, & am interested in natural history and fish anatomy.

I'm trans & strive to create more welcoming scientific spaces for LGBT folks!

🐠🐡🐟
A photo of Kai standing in front of his research poster at a conference. The poster is titled "How does propeller size and effort impact multi-jet propulsion in colonial salps?" Kai is wear a black shirt and smiling at the camera.
November 18, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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seasideseawitch.bsky.social
#Newport needs a big turnout to help prevent an ice facility opening on the Oregon coast. Oregonians, please spread the word.

@indivisibleoregon.bsky.social @50501salem.bsky.social @50501eugeneor.bsky.social @indivisible-inco.bsky.social #Corvallis #Eugene #Newport #Salem #PDX #Astoria #DepoeBay
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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amwclark.bsky.social
DHS/ICE sneaking to set up outpost on Oregon central coast

Sounds like DHS is quietly trying to take over the Coast Guard air facilities south of Newport. They've already moved the rescue helicopter 100 miles south, to North Bend (near Coos Bay), which is not good for future rescues near Newport.
Newport officials raise alarm about possible new ICE facility
Rumors have spread since last week that the Trump administration is planning an outpost on Oregon's central coast.
www.opb.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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fburki.bsky.social
It is a collaboration between my lab (Uppsala U) and the labs of @dudinlab.bsky.social (Geneva U) and @filiphusnik.bsky.social (OIST). More info and how to apply here:
uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/.... (The use of AI for writing the motivation letter is discouraged and will be regarded unfavourably) 2/2
PhD student in systematic biology
The Department of Organismal Biology teaches and explores the evolution, development and function on the organismal level. For more information see Department of Organismal Biology - Uppsala Universit
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November 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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yoshiakikai.bsky.social
Chenさんの研究室のAnthiadidae論文。すごい。A 40-year taxonomic enigma: multigene phylogeny resolves the polyphyly of Plectranthias (Perciformes: Anthiadidae) and supports a revised taxonomy

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A 40-year taxonomic enigma: multigene phylogeny resolves the polyphyly of Plectranthias (Perciformes: Anthiadidae) and supports a revised taxonomy
Abstract. Anthiadidae, a family of shallow and deep-water reef-associated fishes, include about 250 species distributed widely from tropical to temperate r
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November 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social
For anyone who can live in Flordia, a great opportunity in an amazing collection:

FMNH is looking for an experienced full-time Collections Manager II or III as Director of Invertebrate Paleontology Collections within the Department of Natural History.

🧪⚒️🦑
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
University of Florida - Details - FLMNH Collections Manager II / FLMNH Collections Manager III
explore.jobs.ufl.edu
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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aylwyn-scally.bsky.social
Come and join us here in Cambridge! Applications open for a new faculty position, for a researcher in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here.

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...
Faculty Position in Computational Biology
Applications are invited for an Assistant/ Associate Professorship in Computational Biology to commence on 1 April 2026 or shortly thereafter. This is a joint post between the Department of Applied
www.cam.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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fudgelab.bsky.social
The Fudge Lab at Chapman University is recruiting a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the biophysics of hagfish defensive slime deployment. Please repost!
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
kaiwalton.bsky.social
November field work done! Crazy to think that I only have 2 more sampling trips left 😅
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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andylee.bsky.social
i’m defending my phd in a couple weeks!!!!

lmk if you’d like an invite/link
Flyer for Andy’s defense. The title is: “Evolution in a changing ocean: genetic adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, and range expansion in the face of high gene flow” The talk is on Friday 11/21 at noon Eastern. There is a zoom link available. The flyer has a whelk in the middle with ray’s coming from behind it.
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓

The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺

Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
Sarah holds up an eel facts advent calendar in front of blooming flowers on her sidewalk. It says eel facts an advent calendar. It has 24 boxes with orange and yellow zigzags and yellow circles in the middle with numbers one through 24 in the middle of the boxes there are six eels depicted on this calendar, one green Moray, two splendid garden eels, one blue and yellow ribbon eel, and one American eel and one European.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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gugunderwater.bsky.social
While I don’t think anyone has made a specific designation between “larval” and “adult”, in the moorish idol, I’m going to label this one “post-larval”

#moorishidol #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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celestelabedz.bsky.social
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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lampichthys.bsky.social
We are getting some beautiful autumn weather here in NE. This season always evokes a sense of things coming to pass and a year coming to an end. Thus, the #SundayFishSketch #Fishytheme for this weekend is "lifecycles." Sketch a fish lifecycle, can be as simple or complex as you want! #sciart 🦑
a close up of a bunch of eggs with a national geographic logo on the bottom
ALT: a close up of a bunch of eggs with a national geographic logo on the bottom
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November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
kaiwalton.bsky.social
Today! Tune in at 3pm PST :)
kaiwalton.bsky.social Kai (he/him) 🍉 @kaiwalton.bsky.social · 21d
My wonderful labmate Nicole is defending her thesis this Friday! She studied the nasal morphology of wild and hatchery O. mykiss, and did some amazing work :)

Tune in if you can! Zoom info below

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November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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gerlame.bsky.social
Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15

Please share far and wide 🚀

(See thread)
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...
biodiversity.ubc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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"Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states" according to an FBI bulletin.

Which, of course, gives ICE cover to commit the same crimes.

"It wasn't us, it was different thugs, dressing up as us."
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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mrscrabapple.bsky.social
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
kaiwalton.bsky.social
My wonderful labmate Nicole is defending her thesis this Friday! She studied the nasal morphology of wild and hatchery O. mykiss, and did some amazing work :)

Tune in if you can! Zoom info below

🐟
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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sciencebarbie.bsky.social
GUYS! IT'S FINALLY HERE! My first dissertation chapter has been published in Climatic Change!!! We read 194 papers on environmental justice on the coast and our findings are free for the public 🌊🌎🧪

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
No coastal justice without environmental justice: a systematic literature review of climate and coasts - Climatic Change
As the ocean warms, sea levels rise, and coastlines change, there has been a growing interest in environmental justice and climate justice on the coast. Here we conduct a systematic literature review ...
link.springer.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
kaiwalton.bsky.social
Would anyone be willing to give me some advice on applying to a CDFW job? It's so much more complicated than I thought! 😭
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM