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Amanda Katzer

@amkatzer.bsky.social

Postdoctoral fellow at NHGRI/NIH, interested in cnidarian and plant evolution. Posts are my own.

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Female colony of hydractinia. Includes the 3 different polyp types with the stolon mat.

Female colony of hydractinia. Includes the 3 different polyp types with the stolon mat.

Made some new silhouettes for Hydractinia! They are public domain on phylopic.

www.phylopic.org/nodes/809139...

13.08.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genetics - Department of Biological Sciences | University of South Carolina

Please repost and amplify !

We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!

Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...

Deadline for applications is Oct 1

#AcademicJobs #EvoBio

12.08.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Florida Keys Cassiopea host benthos-like external microbiomes and a gut dominated by Vibrio, Endozoicomonas and Mycoplasma Interactions with microbial communities fundamentally shape metazoans’ physiology, development, and health across marine ecosystems. This is especially true in zooxanthellate (symbiotic algae-containi...

After many months and tears, my final thesis chap is in print! I found two really distinct pictures of a cnidarian microbiome, one from the body cavity and one from the external mucus layer :D journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

12.08.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.

30.07.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 229    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 7

Very excited to see this chapter of my dissertation work out!

17.06.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A bit of the opposite where you ID invasives instead of native, but for the USA invasives.org is decent. When you are on a species page it shows you a map of states with it on the state invasive list.

03.06.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet @stoilovamarina.bsky.social
(eeb.ku.edu/people/stoil... )
ICB submitting author
Have you ever seen #jellyfish eyes?
Here we have to two #Cladonema sp. medusae full of orange brine shrimp after feeding. If you look closely at the base of their tentacle bulb, you can see their tiny eye spots.

02.06.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Join us in celebrating Brian Atkinson on his tenure promotion! His dedication to fossil plant research and mentoring the next generation of paleobotanists makes him an invaluable part of our team at @kunhm.bsky.social & @kubiology.bsky.social!

Congrats, Brian! πŸŽ‰

27.05.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Genome assembly of Bougainvillia cf. muscus (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)

Looking to pioneer a new field β€” accidental genomics

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21.05.2025 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Our paper on myxozoan genomes is out now in G3! See thread below for a brief recap (slight change of title from the preprint, same content).

Thank you also to @arunsethuraman.bsky.social for handling the manuscript and @joannamasel.bsky.social for helpful comments.

academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...

21.03.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
2 versions of the same design, all of which say "Biology is bigger than binaries", with a central image of a bee, a clownfish, and a lily. The one on. the left is pink, the right is orange,

2 versions of the same design, all of which say "Biology is bigger than binaries", with a central image of a bee, a clownfish, and a lily. The one on. the left is pink, the right is orange,

Today we hit 250 orders of these shirts (designed by @franzanth.bsky.social) which absolutely rocks. Thank you to everyone who ordered one! I can't wait to see you all wearing them!

Pre-order is open until June 1, then I'll send 'em to the printer.

Look hot, get a shirt: Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

21.05.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 471    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3
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Was handed this on the metro today. I don't have kids in public school yet, but teachers are great and I hope you join in in supporting them!

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

05.05.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Working on nectaries or plant-pollinator interactions? Join us for this year's Harvard Plant Biology Initiative Symposium on 'Plant Rewards' on May6/7. We have an awesome lineup of speakers with free registration. We are also offering two ECR travel grants (due April 14): forms.gle/jhTnv8pbuBxX...

09.04.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

The loss of these training programs is devastating. For over 20 years the University of Kansas alone has trained over 500 scholars in these programs - almost half of them from our local tribal college Haskell Indian National University. So much talent lost to science. I am broken.

03.04.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists This Prize was created to recognize that global economic health is dependent upon a vibrant research community and we need to encourage our best and brightest to continue in their chosen fields of res...

Received your PhD in 2023-2024? Apply by July 15th for the @science.org & SciLifeLabPrize to win up to $30k. Categories: cell & molecular bio; genomics, proteomics & systems bio, ecology & environment; molecular medicine. πŸ§ͺ
www.science.org/content/page...

25.03.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Does anyone in my network know of a recent rooftop research greenhouse project? We're looking for info, advice, schematics, plans, anything would be helpful! Thanks!!!

12.03.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)

There’s a google doc trying to keep track of funding/grad school admission/hiring freezes & status please share πŸ§ͺ docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

23.02.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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KU Center for Genomics is hiring a postdoctoral fellow!

Choose a mentor among the Center's faculty and propose an original project. Two years funding and generous research budget included. Please share, retweet and apply!

genomics.ku.edu/ku-center-geno…

12.02.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

You can use this website to look up how much money goes into your state from NIH, how many jobs are supported, and more.

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

22.01.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 315    πŸ” 220    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 33

I'm proposing a #SciArt Challenge for 2025!

Every month, make art of one of the animals that lives in your area. Post your work with the hashtag #NearbyNature2025 along with something you find interesting about them.

Bonus points for organisms that most of your neighbors won't know live close by!

31.12.2024 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 504    πŸ” 198    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 40

Wow i had no idea about this global sourdough project - it’s super cool! And the link contains a ton of additional resources πŸ§ͺ🍞

05.01.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey #SICB25 did you know jellyfish have eyes? From multiple convergent origins?? I’m using RNA-seq to see what’s going on in jellyfish eyes from a common origin but differing life history.

Stop by poster #P4-12 at 3:30-4:30pm in the Atrium Ballroom on Tuesday the 7th to hear more!πŸͺΌπŸ‘€

05.01.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

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