@scubamelman.bsky.social
PhD Student at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute | Fish Energetics ๐ | Coral Reef Ecology ๐ชธ | he/him
A photo of a pile perch swimming in a tank in a laboratory. The tank is rigged up to pipes that deliver water to follow through the tank so that the fish can match its speed to the water.
There is a speed that is the most cost effective for a fish to swim a given distance, but @izzylikesfish.bsky.social & co at the '23 Friday Harbor lab's Fish Swimming course discovered that pile perch prefer to swim at less efficient speeds to accompany others
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
This is a super fun paper, my favorite part is that fast swimmers choose to slow down so they can swim with a friend! I was so lucky to join this crew at Friday Harbor Labs, I wouldn't trade it for the world!
15.03.2025 02:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0So happy to finally get this out there! This was a collaborative, grad student-driven project outside the bounds of our dissertation research, but very much a passion project for each of us. Lots of tangible resources are included - check out Hannah's summary!
07.11.2024 13:42 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Poster for the UT Transformative Teaching and Learning Symposium: Teaching for Neurodivergent Learners showing a woman engaging in a conversation with a group.
It was a wonderful to share work on 'Developing inclusive teaching frameworks for campus and community STEAM education' by myself, @scubamelman.bsky.social @botanyberit.bsky.social + Dr. Chris Biggs, and hear about projects by other grant teams at the @CTL_UT Teaching & Learning Symposium last week!
23.04.2024 23:05 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Mel Neill standing at a podium in front of his blenny presentation.
A group photo of the Casy and Brandl labs at outside the Benthic Ecology Meeting in Charleston, SC.
Had an amazing time sharing preliminary results from my PhD work on Texas blennies at the 52nd Benthic Ecology Meeting this weekend! I couldn't have asked for a better lab group to travel with! #BEM2024
16.04.2024 01:25 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
We're hiring! Come join us as a research tech on a collaborative and interdisciplinary project that is centered around energetic linkages among algal biofilms, invertebrates, and shorebirds in South Texas. Deadline is March 20th! ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ
Ad: fishandfunctions.com/join
Apply here: tinyurl.com/yc473suy
Great work going on all around, it's so exciting to be part of such a passionate group!
29.02.2024 17:26 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐๐งฌ Research technician opportunity in marine ecology! ๐ฆ ๐ฌ
Opening for a research technician in my lab @thecaseylab.bsky.social
Full advertisement: caseylab.weebly.com/join.html
Apply by December 1st. Start date in Jan/Feb 2024.
Email me with any questions!
We kicked off our first inclusive teaching journal club at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute today! We discussed how mixed assessment methods can improve gender parity in college bio courses (Cotner & Ballen 2017).
Paper link:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The Majoris Lab at TAMU-CC is open and recruiting a PhD student to study intra- and interspecific variation in larval dispersal traits.
Full details at: www.johnmajoris.com/graduate-stu...
@sicb-dedb.bsky.social
Hi, my name is Mel Neill. I'm an aquarist and PhD student studying competition between adorable species of blennies at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute with @gobyone.bsky.social. Here's my most photogenic specimen yet, a crested blenny (Hypleurochilus geminatus)!
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