Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance VI Global Invertebrate Genome Alliance VI, July 2026, Philippines

The abstract deadline for GIGA VI is just a few weeks away! Submit your abstract and register to join us in Boracay, Philippines to learn all about cutting edge Invertebrate Genomic Research. gigavi.org

Really good tardigrade culture in the Invertebrate teaching lab today! #invertebrates #tardigrades

Jury finds that Live Nation acted as a monopoly and overcharged ticket buyers An antitrust suit alleged that the company unfairly controlled too much of the live music industry at the expense of venues, artists and fans. The decision could reshape the industry.

Break up all of the monopolies. www.npr.org/2026/04/15/n...

Same. The problem is that shiny new projects keep popping up to distract me. Who wants to waste time with stinky old data?

The Bailey-Mathews Shell Museum has a job opening for Science Director and Curator! #mollusc #academicsky

shellmuseum.org/careers-inte...

That is my all time favorite fish right there.

Agoutis were such a great surprise for the first time I went to dive in Roatan!

Looking forward to the new book!

The Florida Association of Aquatic Biologists has an upcoming taxonomic workshop on leeches, May 5-7 in Gainesville Florida!

www.floridaaquaticbiologists.org/events.html

I finished this book yesterday and I loved it! I am really hoping you write more books in this style!

The author is @niamhordner.bsky.social if you want to follow her work.

These Sea Slugs Can 'Eat' Sunlight—but They're No Astrophage. Here's How the 'Project Hail Mary' Antagonist Has a Real-Life Analogue in Earth's Oceans By snatching chloroplasts from algae, animals called sacoglossans produce their own energy through photosynthesis

I'm quoted in this fun article in Smithsonian Magazine. It's sea slug science meets science fiction. One of my photographs is also featured in it.
#sluglife #scifi

A photograph of two green sea slugs, Elysia chlorotica, on a black background. The slugs are dark green and like a bit like leaves. They have a darker green head and have veins running over their dorsal side.

Green slugs for St. Patrick's Day! Elysia chlorotica, sometimes known as the Eastern Emerald Elysia, is one of my favorite slugs. They can photosynthesize for many months by stealing chloroplasts from the algae that they eat in a process called kleptoplasty. #sluglife

I'm looking forward to this; I love your books!

Yeah trickier then.

I don't know if they will do it, but you might also see if this company can get some for you: gulfcoasteco.myshopify.com/pages/contact

Or if you all want to come to Tampa Bay, I can show you where to collect it.

I have used this company a few times when I need inverts and they have been pretty accommodating for specific requests. You might see if they can get you specific algae (Bryopsis or at least the correct Penicillus species) www.kpaquatics.com/product-cate...

Good luck!

Unless you are trying to raise babies you don't need Bryopsis. Adults should eat Penicillus capitatus and P. lamourouxii which you can probably find from a variety of live aquaria suppliers. I haven't personally fed it to them in the lab, but they will also eat Acetabularia.

Hello! No one is likely to sell Bryopsis because it is considered a pest algae in aquaria. You might be able to find someone who has that they don't want if you ask local aquarium stores or hobbyist groups.

I love these! I was so confused at what I was looking at the first time I found one under the microscope.

Thank you!

A photograph of a green sea slug, Elysia crispata, on some green algae. The slug is a lighter shade of green and has yellow-orange bands along the parapodia and some large white spots on the body.

We have a new chromosomal genome out for the lettuce slug, Elysia crispata, in Wellcome Open Research! It's an open publishing model published prior to peer review (like a preprint) and I love my slug photo in it. Looking forward to the reviews.
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/11-...

#sluglife

That looks fantastic! If you add in the scientific names I would love to have a copy to add to the bookshelf in my Invertebrate Zoology teaching lab. I'm in the US so not sure how bad tariffs would affect things, but I'd happily pay £20 for it.

Looking for some ideas on ID for this? We found a bunch of them attached to a sea slug. My guess is Licnophora (?) but this is really not my area. Any help would be appreciated! This is 400x magnification #protozoa #protistsky #microscope #id #ciliate

I love it. My half serious advise for students on presentations is to just go ahead and publicly embarrass yourself so badly that you can no longer feel shame.

The Independent in Tampa has an excellent tempeh Reuben.

The cover photo is a picture of the sea slug Elysia chlorotica from Tampa Bay, FL.

The cover of the scientific journal the American Malacological Bulletin. It feature a photograph of the green sacoglossan sea slug Elysia chlorotica.

Made the cover of the latest issue of the American Malacological Bulletin. #sluglife

We're hiring a Biology Lab Coordinator at the University of Tampa: utampa.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Staff/...

#academicsky #biology

We're hiring a Genetics Lab Coordinator at the University of Tampa: utampa.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Staff/...

#academicsky #genetics

I'm very excited about this conference and I can't wait to get back to the Philippines.