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April MH Blakeslee

@blakeslee-lab.bsky.social

Associate Professor at East Carolina University (Greenville, NC, USA) in conservation biology, invasion ecology, parasite ecology & evolutionary ecology - primarily in estuarine/marine systems. πŸŒŠπŸ¦€πŸšπŸŸπŸ¦žπŸŒπŸ¦ͺπŸ‘Ύ

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... from researchers Alexander Mott, @blakeslee-lab.bsky.socialβ€ͺ, Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, Amy Fowler

DATA: bit.ly/3H7M9GG
ARTICLE: bit.ly/4fOD5U5

#behavior #biodiversity #scisky #openaccess #opendata #alga

10.08.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I was so touched and honored to receive a mentor award at the American Fisheries Society Tidewater meeting 2025. Thanks so much to @leenaturepics for nominating me!!! ❀️

22.03.2025 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last August, @blakeslee-lab.bsky.social & son ❀️❀️ collected stunningly diverse Littorina saxatilis 🌊🐌 in Southport, Maine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ for FIASCO. They βœˆοΈπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ to analyze πŸ”πŸ”¬ their 🧬, 🐚, behavior, fertility & symbionts 🦠, including parasitic trematodes πŸͺ± that shape marine ecosystems.
tinyurl.com/kz54kksb

11.03.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.

NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot.
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social

27.02.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2368    πŸ” 1358    πŸ’¬ 244    πŸ“Œ 697
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Gulf of Map Explorer Create and share your own custom Gulf maps with MapQuest

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20.02.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just wait, they always grow louder when they’re about to feed on human flesh… #theprincessbride #gulfofmexico #shriekingeels

20.02.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Remarkable thread offering guidance to current and prospective NSF grantees about how to navigate the times ahead β€” from an NSF program officer who was fired in yesterday's DOGE purge (!)

20.02.2025 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 512    πŸ” 191    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6

So awful, so wrong, so so sorry.

19.02.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Colleagues, including my partner, with years of service at the agency. Some Permanent POs reclassified as Probationary. Exceptional scientists who were former professors at major institutions, and came to NSF to serve the community and ensure science thrives in the US.

18.02.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 506    πŸ” 168    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 20
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Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

18.02.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 585    πŸ” 460    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 12
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National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.

"I don't know what NSF is going to be now, but it's not more efficient. It's just a mess."

My story on today's firings and their impact.
www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...

19.02.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 294    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 16
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The PDF that detailed NOAA’s Radar Next Program was deleted by Executive Order

www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...

16.02.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 159    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 26
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Shawan Chowdhury Lab School of Biological Sciences, Monash University

Please share. We are #hiring #PhD students to work on #citizen #science, #insect #migration, or #insect #conservation. If interested, please email me. You can find more about our research interests and contact information here. shawanchowdhury.com.

17.02.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A couple weeks late in posting but I was thrilled to attend ISFP in Merida, Mexico last month. So many amazing discussions on parasites! ❀️πŸͺ±πŸŸπŸ¦€πŸŒ

14.02.2025 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve always wanted to be a snail! ❀️

14.02.2025 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I want to hear from BEM before the meeting in 6 weeks…in Alabama.

13.02.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you’re in DC pls go and make a witty sign and yell real loud for me tomorrow‼️ For the love of @noaa 🩡

www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfu...

10.02.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
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Turkey trot this morning.
Happy Thanksgiving!!

29.11.2024 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chinese lantern coral reef! ❀️

25.11.2024 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would love to be added!

23.11.2024 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just joined! Happy to flee the β€˜X’ cess pool. Recent photo from field work earlier this week!

23.11.2024 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Working in marine/estuarine invasions

23.11.2024 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0