Tessa Blanchard

Excited to share another paper from work I did during my PhD with @trishschulte.bsky.social and @madisonearhart.bsky.social. We looked at how fish embryos respond differently to constant and fluctuating temperatures! 🐟

So proud of you and so sad I missed this!

This is so cool and creative !!

Congratulations 🥳 Guido and I are very proud of you !!

Transcriptomic signatures associated with developmental transitions in the gill of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) The developmental transition from the larval to juvenile stage, represents one of the highest periods of mortality for many species of fish. Thus, und…

here is the paper link!!! :

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This was a team effort 🫶🏼 with @wbuggiii.bsky.social, @biomatt.bsky.social, @trishschulte.bsky.social, and bluesky-less Gary and Ken

Different process which changed in the gill of lake sturgeon during early development.

New lake sturgeon work out investigating transcriptional shifts in the gill during early development

mRNA changes associated with histone modifications, DNA methylation, and apoptosis were conserved across both populations, as well as population-specific processes

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I’ll have to come say hi one day 🥰

these REUs are so crucial for undergraduates to get to do science, for their careers, and for all of us because undergraduates are our future and we need to support and nurture their brilliance ~ this is heartbreaking 💔

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Another paper from my PhD where we looked at the short and long term effects of raising embryos at two different temperatures 🐟

Interestingly hypoxia tolerance but not thermal tolerance was shown to be altered in juveniles.

Exposure to sub-optimal temperature during early development decreases hypoxia tolerance in juvenile Fundulus heteroclitus Summary: Exposing Fundulus heteroclitus to a sub-optimal temperature during development reduces hypoxia tolerance but increases hif1α expression in juvenile fish and has no effect on thermal tolerance...

How do early developmental conditions affect stressor resilience in fish later in life?

We investigated this in a new paper lead by @tblanchard.bsky.social! 🧪👩🏻‍🔬🌎🌐🦑

We found that in killifish, sub-optimal developmental temps had lasting negative impacts on hypoxia tolerance later in life 👇🏼

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With a beautiful figure 🤩

Well that’s promising cause I haven’t attempted it yet 😂

Puppy sitter **

Wow what a babysitter 🥰

two notes from students to say thank you with two chocolate bars.

Survived my first ever term as a Lecturer, even though I still have lots to learn, my students are what made the class so enjoyable to teach. My biggest takeaway from teaching is to show students you care, and to that I look forward to what next semester brings.

I second this 😂😂✋

This sounds awesome! Is this 180?

Ooo yes! I’ll register today!

This is awesome!!

After almost 6 years of work, I have officially turned in my PhD thesis 🎉

This is adorable 😌😌

The Alternative Grading SoTL linkage grant I’m working on with @drceleste.bsky.social (and many others) has FINALLY had the Ethics application approved! 🥳

Time to start doing the work!

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I’ll have chocolate for you Wednesday 🙊

This is incredible!!!! I may have to steal this idea one day!!!!

Wow this is awesome!!!

Ooo yes I want to order one too !!

She looks so happy 🎃

Happy belated birthday 🥳🥳 seems like it was an awesome one 😊

I love this 😂😂