Anna Klompen, PhD

A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"

ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...

#SICB @sicb-diz.bsky.social #auction!
This auction will support #students and #postdocs through funds to directly support their #research & also to attend the SICB #conferences.
We are asking for donations of any kind (gift cards, art, cool clothing/shirts/etc.

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@sicb-diz.bsky.social is putting on their annual auction at #SICB 2026!
This #auction will support #students and #postdocs through funds to directly support their #research and also to attend the SICB #conferences.
Donate gift cards, art, excursions and more!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

ha ha. OKAY ACTINARIANOLOGISTS what is the ANGRIEST SEA ANEMONE!

Hey #TeamInvert #SICB2026 folks! Have some items that you may want to donate for the @sicb-diz.bsky.social auction? Please reach out to @andyantarctica.bsky.social or fill out the form below!

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I am looking to hire a postdoc interested in combining genetics and evolution to understand why telomeres vary so much in plants. My group has been developing Mimulus a genetic model for studying plant telomeres and we have really cool research brewing. Please check ad for detail. Deadline is 12/31.

Confocal image of the tentacles in a stinging cell transgenic of Hydractinia (hermit crab fur hydroid). Bright yellow indicates either a developing or matured stinging cell. Images acquired at the Stowers Institute.

Yesterday was my third “Dr. Day” anniversary, and I got to celebrate by submitting one of the last projects I worked on with @pcart.bsky.social @ku-eeb.bsky.social and finished up @stowersinstitute.bsky.social. I’m excited when I get to share! A hint, it is #Hype4Hydrozoa!

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Major #Hype4Hydrozoa! 🪼

Historic illustrations of jellyfish

Historic illustrations of jellyfish

Alfred Mayor's "Medusae of the world" (1910) attempted to describe all known forms from all parts of the world. The #SciArt is based on drawings, from life, by William K. Brooks and Louis Murbach. View it in #BHLib: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... #WorldJellyfishDay #ILoveBHL

Spooky season royalty 👑🎃⁠✨️
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Atolla gigantea is the largest Atolla species found off the West Coast. This deep-sea crown jelly can reach a diameter of up to 15 centimeters (six inches) and is one of the most widely distributed jellyfish. The genus occurs worldwide, from the Arctic to the Antarctic.

🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24!
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Heyyyy we desperately need more archaeologists to volunteer to answer questions from students via video chat through @skypeascientist.bsky.social.

We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵‍💫

If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

A global coral phylogeny reveals resilience and vulnerability through deep time - Nature The most recent common ancestor of the stony coral Scleractinia dates to about 460 million years ago and was probably a solitary, heterotrophic and free-living organism.

This is an INCREDIBLE advance in our understanding of coral diversification. 🪸🎉 Fantastic new work led by @claudiavaga.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Strobilating C. chesapeakei polyp

I made my C. chesapeakei for #Invertober quickly at the bar tonight! For Scyphozoa, you have to remember the polyps and strobila :)

Hey! QUICK! Scientists/Science communicators of all kinds.

Have you taken anything you've learned from my incessant yapping about my Philly science engagement work & made your own version? Made your own zine, made your own posters, stickers, events, anything?

I would love to hear about it if so!

a blue jellyfish from spongebob squarepants is standing on a grassy hill Alt: GIF: Blue jellyfish from spongebob squarepants is standing on a grassy hill, with tentacle arms in a “bring it on” motion.

End of Sept = @sicb.bsky.social Fall Newsletters!

Need a specimen for your phylogeny? Have a field course to advertise? We’d love to feature your research, teaching, outreach and photos. Let us know!

Send a short blurb + image to secretary.diz@sicb.org!

#TeamInvert

This beautiful #MicroscopyMonday shows a sea anemone’s tentacle, which contains numerous stinging cells (green) used to ensnare and capture prey. 🔬 (Gibson Lab) #SciSky

Hello #fish 🐟 🐠 researchers and PIs of tomorrow! We would be excited to sponsor you for an Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (EEB) Presidential #Postdoc Fellowship application @michiganstateu.bsky.social. Application deadline is Nov 10, so get in touch soom!

#EndlessFishMostBeautiful

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Applications are now welcome for the 2026 Venom Evolution, Function and Biomedical Applications GRC & GRS. Before we highlight the amazing programme of speakers we are beginning to put together, we’d like to introduce our organising committee.

Our science photo book The Radiant Sea is out Sept 2nd!!
30 years of research, 10 years of "we should", and a year of collating pix and writing.
Sönke and I show (mostly for the first time) images of how organisms produce, use, and interact with light in the sea. #bioluminescence #fluorescence 🦑🧪🌊

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Shedding Light on Patterns of Unconventional Expression of Opsin Genes in Hydra vulgaris Synopsis. Opsins are G-protein-coupled receptors often expressed in neuronal photoreceptor cells and used for light detection in most animals, including cn

First, first-author paper alert!

“Shedding Light on Patterns of Unconventional Expression of Opsin Genes in Hydra vulgaris” is out and open access in @sicbjournals.bsky.social

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Keep reading for some highlights in the thread below!

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Good news! KU's IRACDA program was reinstated! We are now taking applications for postdocs. Please spread the word.

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The #StowersGrad Class of 2025 is here! ✨ Hear from our newest graduate students about why they chose our #PhD program and what excites them most about the journey ahead. #gradschool

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firecracker like jellyfish from Anita Brinckmann-Voss's 1970 book on jellyfish of the Mediterranean Sea.

Wavy tentacles from Anita Brinckmann-Voss's 1970 book on jellyfish of the Mediterranean Sea.

red jellyfish from Anita Brinckmann-Voss's 1970 book on jellyfish of the Mediterranean Sea.

Orange jellyfish from Anita Brinckmann-Voss's 1970 book on jellyfish of the Mediterranean Sea.

The lost jellyfish art of Ilona Richter, from Anita Brinckmann-Voss's 1970 book on jellyfish of the Mediterranean Sea...
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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...

Very cool! I honestly have no idea - I (unfortunately) have very little experience with field specimens. If you want any images from the lab strains we have let me know.

This is Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus, a lab strain we have had for a while. Polyp color certainly go between white to “bright” pink depending on last feed, but egg color is pretty consistent. I have to look back at some pics of other species to see how much egg color might vary.