Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I hear you, @github.com, I hear you 010
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Closing the week with the submission for publication of the first chapter of @coocoo4coccos.bsky.social dissertation!! Not a bad way to do it!! (yes yes, I still have to teach, 4 meetings, etc. BUT this is the event of the day... Or maybe of the WEEK!) Josue - two more to go!!! 010
Reposted by Leocadio Blanco-BercialLambros Frantzeskakis @lambrosf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If you’re a graduate student and interested in fungi please apply, this a great opportunity to experience research in an industry setting jobs.bayer.com/job/Chesterf...jobs.bayer.comFungal Discovery & Genomics Co-OpFungal Discovery & Genomics Co-Op 01422
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Last day to submit your #ASLO2027 abstracts!! 022
Reposted by Leocadio Blanco-BercialNicole Coots @nicolecoots.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The International Society of Protistology is funding community initiatives like workshops and symposia! The deadline is soon (09/30) but the funding will also be available next year :-) Send to anyone that might benefit from this/plz retweet! #ProtistsonSky protistologists.org/call-for-app...protistologists.orgCall for Applications: Community Initiative Support Fund - International Society of ProtistologistsThe International Society of Protistologists is an association of scientists devoted to research on single-celled eukaryotes, or protists. The ISOP promotes the presentation and discussion of new or i... 01913
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Submit your abstract to #ASLO2027! Deadline is AGAIN in 3 DAYS! If you work on anything related to plankton optical properties (color, transparency, satellite observations, modeling!!), check our session, we would love to see you there - talks and posters welcome!! Let's go to Puerto Rico! 030
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Looking for something to do these last hours of the week (other than checking for new cat videos)? Submit your abstract to #ASLO2027! Deadline in 4 DAYS! If you work on anything related to plankton optical properties, check our session, we would love to see you there - talks and posters welcome!! 011
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Our Bermuda lobster fishery model made it to the local press. Glad to see it got the interest of the community around us! www.royalgazette.com/environment/...royalgazette.comStudy puts spotlight on island’s lobster populationA new study could help authorities better anticipate changes affecting the island’s lobster population and support the long-term management of the fishery sector. The collaborative study by the Depart... 140
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 09/09/2026First manuscript submission of my PhD student Lauren Kittell-Porter...static.klipy.comAnetra: I'm Just So ProudALT: Anetra: I'm Just So Proud 030
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 04/09/2026While we all complain and fear over cuts in funding, others face more serious problems. A colleague from Ukraine incarcerated, already for a year, for supporting backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing. secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...secure.avaaz.orgFree Leonid Pshenichnov!This 70-year-old scientist is in jail for blowing the whistle to protect Antarctica. Sign now to demand his release. 050
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026...for proposals with a research and training focus at the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Biological Sciences to Strengthen and Safeguard Biotechnology Innovations. There goes the free thinking and broad creativity. 050
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) is now open! www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...nsf.govPostdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) 020
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Deadline for abstract submission for the #ASLO2027 is in two weeks!! Come to talk about The Color of Plankton! 020
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 31/08/2026One of the last days in Spain we met this little guy on the road going home. It was friendly and allowed us to relocate it to the tall grass, away from the tarmac 130
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 29/08/2026static.klipy.comBitcoin Lightning Mind BlownALT: Bitcoin Lightning Mind Blown 010
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Went for a short MTB by myself to check the new bike (without the children). It was too fun! 020
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I find it interesting the anti-AI crusade going on nowadays in science, while years ago, when a AI-powered platform came to play into plankton identification using trained (by taxonomists) sets, every non-taxonomist welcomed, cheered, and embraced it (ecotaxa). But the problem is just now? 020
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 10/08/2026What can the color of plankton tell us? At #ASLO2027 in San Juan, we’re convening SS10: The Color of Plankton 🌊 We welcome studies on color, transparency, fluorescence, & other optical traits, from ecology and evolution to biogeochemistry, imaging and remote sensing. www.aslo.org/san-juan-2027/ 1169
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Last day and hike in Asturias - Water Fairies's Gorge. Beautiful and a touch scary 030
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Music concert by @nachovegas.bsky.social 000
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I work for BIOS/ASU, but I've been part of @uconn.bsky.social DMS since 2008, first as postdoc, then res. faculty and, once at BIOS, as Adjunct Faculty while collaborating with the now dismantled Bucklin Lab. After 18 years I decided to end my affiliation, ending today. So long, UConn, and thank youstatic.klipy.comBon Courage Good LuckALT: Bon Courage Good Luck 030
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 27/07/2026🦞 New (our) paper! 🌊🛰️ A simple trophic transfer index predicts spiny lobster fishery dynamics is now online in Comms Earth & Environment. It started with a practical management question: Why has Bermuda's spiny lobster fishery declined so dramatically over the last decade? doi.org/10.1038/s432...doi.orgA simple trophic transfer index predicts spiny lobster fishery dynamics - Communications Earth & EnvironmentA simple trophodynamic index based on primary productivity and transfer efficiency outperforms models based on climatology, persistence and environmental factors when applied to Bermuda’s population o... 192
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If you know me (personally, I mean), you know I really like cycling. Now that kiddos are old enough, cycling is getting ever better. SO.MUCH.FUN I think I still have a few years being the stronger rider (I am the boost in long climbs for the youngest)... But not many. 030
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Today during our bike ride the youngest one did a sudden stop since we were close to running over a... Mole cricket!!! Difficult to see in daylight, I am not sure how this guy got to surface! We relocated it into the tall grass... Good luck out there! 030
Reposted by Leocadio Blanco-BercialBenjamin Cook @dustybowl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship applications are now open! cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc/annual-r... I was one about 350 years ago, and cannot not speakly highly enough of this program. Applications due October 16, 2026cpaess.ucar.eduClimate & Global Change Postdoctoral Program Recruitment Announcement | Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science (CPAESS)Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Program Recruitmen... 04030
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Morning walk in the Huergas Formation region, enjoying some cave exploration, fossils from past oceans, interesting plants (pinecone thistle, a new one for me) and the always impressive wolf spider Hogna radiata. 050
Reposted by Leocadio Blanco-BercialIEO Gijón/Xixón @gi.ieo.es · 09/07/2026Los proyectos de investigación sobre la #CarabelaPortuguesa siguen despertando mucho interés. Aquí una entrevista en la que conocer más detalles sobre los proyecto #PHAST y #PHYSALIA. www.rtpa.es/video:Asturi... @csicdivulga.bsky.social @universidadoviedo.bsky.social @gobasturias.bsky.socialrtpa.esTPA a la carta: Asturias al día, del miércoles 08 de julio de 2026=Asturias al día, capítulo del miércoles 08 de julio de 2026 011
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Working from Spain, but taking time to cycle around. A heat wave here is more gentle than the regular summer in Bermuda 030
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Don't let them take it away from you. Happy Fourth of July 020
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Am surprised the SpudCell topic has not blasted here yet. A synthetic cell with a complete cell cycle? And with selection and competition... Pretty interesting. biotic.org/research/spu...biotic.orgBiotic | SpudCellSpudCell and Biotic — announcement and media factsheet. 020
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 01/07/2026DEADLINE for Arctic Natural Sciences and Arctic Social Sciences is July 15!! www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...nsf.govArctic Research Opportunities 151
Reposted by Leocadio Blanco-BercialNoam Ross @noamross.net · 30/06/2026NEW: The National Science Foundation has been doing everything it can to meet its legal requirements to spend funds while throttling awards going to U.S. Science. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF 🧪grant-witness.usA Tale of Two Funding Charts – Grant WitnessNSF is spending money faster than it makes awards, but it is not investing in the future of U.S. science. 21718
Reposted by Leocadio Blanco-BercialElizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I wish I knew what this little critter was! It seems very happy running up and down this Zoothamnium stalked ciliate. I wonder if it’s a ciliate as well. Does anyone know? #marineplankton 🦑 4437
Reposted by Leocadio Blanco-BercialWes Larson @wes-larsonak.bsky.social · 24/06/2026We're hiring a genetics lab manager position at NOAA in Juneau, Alaska! The successful candidate will oversee day-to-day laboratory operations and contribute to the development of new molecular methods. Salary is $75-145k/yr. Email wes.larson@noaa.gov with questions www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewD...usajobs.govBiologist (Omics)This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Vacancies may be available in each listed location. Additional duty lo... 01227
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 12/06/2026This thing about using the human data from pokemon go to train war drones on how to navigate without gps is something...static.klipy.comThat's The Evilest Thing I Can ImagineALT: That's The Evilest Thing I Can Imagine 100
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 11/06/2026we also have to post the good things... www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-com...nsf.govNSF commits $8B to sustain U.S. scientific presence in AntarcticaThe U.S. National Science Foundation announced today it awarded KBR Services LLC (KBR) the Antarctic Science and Engineering Support Contract to provide planning, management and execution support... 030
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Graduate Fellowship for Ecol & Evol! www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...simonsfoundation.orgSimons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and EvolutionThe purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo... 011
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Told my children in less than one month we will be in Spain. K2 answered "a month is a loooooong time" I wish, kid, I wish 020
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Microscopy always gives you some perks once in a while 070
Reposted by Leocadio Blanco-BercialJulie Meilland @juliemeilland.bsky.social · 29/05/2026We got our first common paper out #theLifeOfRetaria with @sandinmm.bsky.social , @raphaelmorard.bsky.social, @nicolecoots.bsky.social, @mattgr3co.bsky.social, Nicolaas Glock and Natalia Llopis-Monferrer - first product of our seminar series! check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...onlinelibrary.wiley.comUnifying Retaria Research: A Common Framework for Studying Foraminifera and RadiolariaResearch on Foraminifera and Radiolaria has predominantly focused on their fossil remains. This synthesis identifies the “Big Five” disciplines of a unified Retaria research: diversity and evolution,... 0199
Reposted by Leocadio Blanco-BercialNicole Coots @nicolecoots.bsky.social · 27/05/2026((reposting partially because those are two REALLY cool speakers, so that'll be totally awesome 🤯 but also partially sharing because that dino video is stunning!!!!!! 💕)) 062
Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @blancobercial.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Reviewing a paper - first pass... Hallucinated reference. Stopped reading - reject. 010
Reposted by Leocadio Blanco-BercialCenter for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP) @microbialplanet.bsky.social · 19/05/2026📣 We are accepting applications for our 2026-2028 Bridge-to-PhD Fellowships! If you are a recent or soon-to-be graduate of a 4 year, accredited university/college and interested in ocean science 🌊, learn more here: ccomp-stc.org/b2p/! Apply by 6/26/2026 and spread the word 🧪 0129