@jlesaler.bsky.social
Microbes. Everywhere but especially the Ocean. Coral Reefs. Estuaries. Biofilms. Forests. Science Policy. Associate Professor @ George Mason University NOAA Knauss Marine Policy Alum AAAS STPF Alum Single mom of two boys https://salernolab.com/
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15.12.2025 19:11 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Can’t sleep so let me just do some light reading…
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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03.11.2025 20:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Scientific conferences are becoming prohibitively expensive…for everyone. What can we do about this? 😔
03.11.2025 20:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This makes me so happy and proud 🥹 🧬 🪸 🔬 I hope they are happy and proud too. I hope that I’m creating an environment where students feel excited to learn and explore, but also safe to mess up. Because that is science.
25.10.2025 18:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lots of beautiful corals on this morning’s “shallow” (630 m) dive! 🪸 Also, tune in at 12 PM to watch us processing samples in the lab and discuss what we’ve found 😊
25.09.2025 13:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
But how many people can say they’ve been rejected from the astronaut candidate program TWICE?! 🤗🤣 #reachforthestars No, I mean really reach. 💫 👩🏼🚀
24.09.2025 16:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Tune into the ROV livestream! To 1700 meters today! And we just spotted a shark! 🦈👀 (And lots of trash 🙁) www.youtube.com/live/j4NMyZJ...
24.09.2025 16:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After tucking into New York Harbor to dodge hurricane weather, we are back out to sea. If you want to follow along with today's exploration, here is a link to the ROV live feed: www.youtube.com/live/j4NMyZJ.... You can also check out my posts on our lab's instagram account @salerno_lab.
23.09.2025 13:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Enjoy a little live deep sea exploration with your morning coffee 🐙 ☕️ youtube.com/live/pIG13U9...
20.09.2025 13:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Livestream from the ROV! Be among the first people to set eyes on what lives in this deep sea canyon! 🌊 🐙
19.09.2025 14:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Follow along as we explore the Hudson Canyon for deep sea life - from corals to microbes! 🪸 🧫 Links to livestreams in the webpage below! Please share ☺️
17.09.2025 18:23 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Amazing work 🧫 ⭐️ (also it’s 2025 and no seastar emoji?!) www.science.org/content/arti...
06.08.2025 17:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
SEM image of a rhizarian testate amoeba (euglyphid) showing its glass scales.
Not a fish or a dragon scale, but a single cell of a #protistsonsky. This rhizarian testate amoeba creates perfect tiny glass scales to build it's shell. From a peat bog. #protistaday.
15.12.2024 13:55 — 👍 168 🔁 31 💬 4 📌 2
In case you're wondering how scientists can say that many shark populations are threatened with extinction while some US fishermen report that they've never seen so many sharks, the answer is shifting baselines: how much things have changed depends on when you start counting.
05.08.2025 13:25 — 👍 160 🔁 50 💬 3 📌 2Happy to see this little gem pop up in my google alerts 😊 🪸 🐠 🧫 🫶 #microbial #symbiosis
10.07.2025 19:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🙁
27.06.2025 04:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This group (my colleagues and old friends) are off on another reef sound scape research expedition as we type! So more to come!
27.06.2025 01:53 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thank you for hosting. That was fun 😊 🌊
27.06.2025 01:51 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Yes, but we keep going right? Because what’s the alternative?
27.06.2025 01:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I often echo this sentiment. The Earth will go on (microbes will be content), but we might not be here. We NEED a healthy ocean.
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Despite all of this. I remain hopeful. Especially through the eyes of students aspiring scientists.
We are integrating more science based solutions into conservation, restoration, AND decision/policy making.
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