Sam Loutet (she/her)

Canadian researchers solve 12-year mystery of sea star wasting disease A team led by researchers in British Columbia has solved the mystery of a gruesome disease that has killed billions of sea stars along the Pacific coast of North America, more than a decade after the die off. Melanie Prentice, the lead author of a new study, recalls a moment of "not really believing it" when researchers found a strain of bacteria that was abundant in diseased sea stars and absent in healthy ones.

A team led by researchers in British Columbia has solved the mystery of a gruesome disease that has killed billions of sea stars along the Pacific coast of North America, more than a decade after the die off. 

Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻

Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Who conducts biological research, where they do it and how results are disseminated vary among geographies and identities. Identifying and documenting these forms of bias by research communities is a ...

New Paper: Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology - "Who conducts biological research, where they do it and how results are disseminated vary among geographies and identities." doi.org/10.1098/rspb... 🧪🌍 #bias #research #science #academia

3 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in the History of Science, Technology, Medicine, and the Environment at Texas State University 🗃️ #HPS
#histsci #histmed #envhist

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Please share: @UBCScience is searching for 15 TT faculty in diverse areas of expertise science.ubc.ca/about/careers. Included are 2 positions in Quantitative and Environmental Science as part of a hiring cluster for black faculty; you will join 6 current UBC faculty science.ubc.ca/blackscholars.

I'm back home with my dad and have thoughts about being an Indigenous scientist and academic. I'm writing this in real time so it might get disrupted and will have typos.

I am fairly successful by academic standards. I have a tenure track job, wrote papers, have grant funding, mentor students.

Downtown Montreal is up to six degrees hotter than Mount Royal, study finds Research led by a Montreal student shows that downtown can be up to six degrees hotter than greener parts of the city — a temperature gap with real consequences for health and equity as climate change...

Grad students are doing an amazing job talking to the media about their work (in progress)! Here's Bella and Johanna talking about urban heat, the need for creative design, and inequity: www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

NEW DOCTORAL RESEARCH ALERT: Please consider participating and spreading the word about this research on climate justice and migration being conducted by my doctoral student, Chetna Khandelwal @chetkay.bsky.social.

📣 We joined 100+ groups urging Mark Carney’s government to prioritize a clean, east-west electricity grid.

This generation-defining, nation-building project would deliver good jobs, lower bills, Indigenous leadership, and national security at a time we need it most.

Read the full letter ⬇️

Spatial conservation priorities for marine megafaunal predators: Multi‐taxon versus taxon‐specific approaches Conservation for marine megafaunal predators needs to improve as they are key for ecosystem functioning. We show that different marine predator taxonomic groups have heterogeneous distributions resul...

How should we best design marine protected areas for megafauna with large range sizes? New work from Betty Boyse et al suggests we should include taxon-specific coverage since multispecies MPAs can't address all taxon-specific ecological needs 🧪🌍🦑🦭🐳🐟
doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
@mariabeger.bsky.social

Multiyear Baleen Endocrine Profiles Suggest a Longer Estimated Gestation in Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis) Multiyear profiles of progesterone and estrogen in the baleen of adult female southern right whales indicate progesterone elevations lasting on average between 20 and 25 months, indicative of pregnan....

Fascinating paper, led by Loraine Shuttleworth.
Gestation in female Southern #rightwhales is far longer than thought. Follows previous work showing similar for North Atlantic right whales and bowheads.

We don't understand these #whales as well as we think. We have their basic biology wrong.
🐳🌍🦑

Hi folks, we had a last minute cancellation at MBL STAMPS, the microbiome data analysis course in Woods Hole that runs from July 14th to July 24th. We can provide housing space for a woman. If you or anyone you know is interested, pls drop me an e-mail at ctbrown@ucdavis.edu. Thx!

Very happy to see the attention given to this work 👇⚒️🧪 that was also presented to #AGU24. Access to the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt is now restricted due to thoughtless damage (not by these scientists) described below www.science.org/content/arti...

This is a huge loss for environmental protections and Indigenous sovereignty across the country - what a loss for Canada under the guise of efficiency.

If Carney wants to build, he should go big on a Youth Climate Corps If the Liberals want to earn back the trust of young people, they must make a compelling and inspiring offer, and the Youth Climate Corps represents just that.

Carney says he wants to build, build, build. Meanwhile, Canadians (youth in particular) are experiencing an unemployment crisis.

Our solution? A Youth Climate Corps!

Check out our latest in the National Observer 👇🏼

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/11/o...

If I scratch your back with kelp, will you scratch mine? That story and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

How #oceangliders can be used by governmental agencies to monitor the ocean 🌊?

Our vision for a sustained ocean glider program in Canada can be found in the summer issue of the Journal of Ocean Technology: doi.org/10.48336/hdg...

@marineinstitute.bsky.social

Community and Quantitative Ecology Spatial Patterns of Biodiversity LABORATORY OF COMMUNITY AND QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGY

🚨 Recruiting! I’m looking for two graduate students (MSc or PhD) already based in Canada to join my lab and work on biodiversity research - broadly defined.

Based at Concordia University (Montreal) - competitive stipends will be offered.

communityandquantitativeecology.weebly.com

Environment and Climate Change Canada released its summer forecast today, predicting warmer than normal conditions across most of the country. Notably, "normal" is considered 1991-2020, which for Canada is ~1-2 C warmer than the pre-industrial climate.

I love iNaturalist and it's computer vision algorithms are great, but I'm very suspicious over this announcement of incorporating GenAI into the platform

Congrats Nagissa! 🥳

If you’re a scientist with even a little bit of experience talking about your science to the public, I’d encourage you to sign up to do one of these. I can help. 🧪🌎🦑

Honoured to have our paper selected as one of @canjmicrobio.bsky.social’s May Editor’s Choice papers! Super grateful that my first lead author paper is actually being read by folks 🥳

A devastating blow to #marinemammals, their ecosystems & anyone who enjoys/depends on the #ocean. My colleagues & I are distraught and will not stand idly by. Please join us in supporting marine #conservation in whatever way you can.
🐋🐬🦭🐻‍❄️🦦
#radicalhope

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We're hiring an assistant prof in global change ecology! Apply!!! We're vibrant, supportive, and interdisciplinary EEB community!

Plz note the weird dates: We're reviewing applications beginning on ✨August 15th✨. I'm part of the SC and happy to answer questions!

apply.interfolio.com/164677

Map of Gaza and an equal size area of Israel that is being analysed with satellite imagery

My undergrad student Malak Bouilouta has been working on quantifying land cover changes across Gaza and adjacent parts of Israel from satellite imagery to examine how the war has impacted agricultural capacity, water infrastructure, and the urban landscape.

🇨🇦 Hey Canada, let’s get science on the agenda!

Advance voting is open on:
April 19 - April 21 from 9am to 9pm

Use our resources and tools to learn about the parties, ask science-focused questions, and make your voice heard!

evidencefordemocracy.ca/vote-science/

Pretty sure Caitlyn Clark was doing these numbers last year in NCAA… Maybe none of the men are that good but the women certainly are.

How the Atlantic jet stream has changed in 600 years — and what it means for weather A multi-century climate record suggests that current Atlantic jet-stream variations are not the cause of an increase in extreme weather events.

A multi-century climate record suggests that current Atlantic jet-stream variations are not the cause of an increase in extreme weather events

https://go.nature.com/4j7JGJH