Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026My first research cruise to the deep sea! I got to tag along on MBARI’s R/V Rachel Carson for the day. They did a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) dive to 1,000 m / 3,280 feet to collect deep sea jellies and seawater for my experiments. Such an exciting day on the water! 🌊 1110
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Not a bad view for my first very long run in Monterey! Also, bonus kelp mural 🌊 0120
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It was a bit rough today 🌊 , but it’s always good to be on the water! Tagging giant kelp & measuring growth rates! 🤿 041
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sometimes you just need a big tree hug! 1,800-year-old redwood 🌲 0150
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Had an amazing time at the Microbial Dark Matter Symposium in Laguna Beach! 🧬🦠🔬Thanks @zymoresearch.bsky.social @katrinewhiteson.bsky.social and all of the other organizers! Learned so much about the “know unknowns” and “unknown unknowns” of microbial life! 140
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Such a fun open house event @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social today! We had over 2,000 visitors and showed algae to hundreds of people! 🌊 062
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Come to our Hopkins Open House tomorrow & take a photo! 📸 This was my fun art project! 🎨 @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social 081
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Come to our @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social Open House this Saturday, September 12! Come explore research on 🪸 coral reefs, 🦈 sharks, 🐋 whales, 🌊 kelp forests, 🦑 squid, ⭐️ echinoderms, and more! Hands-on activities for kids and adults! See below for the research talk lineup 010
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It’s good to be home at the lake where I grew up in Wisconsin! ☀️ 050
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026So proud of my undergraduate intern, Mei, for her outstanding work on giant kelp (M. pyrifera vs. integrifolia) thermal physiology! 🌊 Also, beautiful scientifc illustrations of the holdfasts! 🤩 @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social 1120
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Successful boat dive day surveying kelp forests & measuring kelp growth rates underwater! 🤿 🌊 0110
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Doomscrolling news break: cute pic of my dog wearing a hat 🐕 070
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Thanks to @jkendallbar.bsky.social for hosting an amazing seaweed cyanotype party! 🌊 Now I’m excited to try more fabric prints! 0110
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Diving for kelp forest surveys at Monastery Beach, CA! #NewProfilePic thanks to our dive safety officer, Adam Wendt! 🌊🤿 0171
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Teaching my niece and nephew about kelp 🌊 🥰 0150
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Fun surprise lab breakfast birthday party for my postdoc, Kindall! 🥳 040
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Maple & I started training for a half marathon today. It’s been a few years since I’ve run in a race, but I’m excited to get back out there! 🏃🏻♀️ 090
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Exploring UC Berkeley’s campus - love the traditional science department buildings! 🔬🍃 070
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The students in my lab have been diving 4/5 days this week! 🌊 Meanwhile, I’m at my desk writing a grant… but so happy that they are collecting awesome data! ☺️ @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social 051
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Some cute giant kelp gametophytes for #PhycologyFriday! 🌊 0161
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026My sister understands… she got me a nudibranch print for my birthday! 🌊 1100
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Happy Birthday / Adoption Day to my cute baby, Maple! 🍁 🐕 1130
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Super fun ultimate frisbee tournament last weekend on the beach! 🌊 Such a great frisbee community in the Monterey area! 040
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The inaugural Hopkins pickleball tournament begins today! 🏓 @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social 030
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Super fun lab opening party for my new lab at Hopkins Marine Station! My students even made me a cyanotype window shade for my lab office!! ☺️ 🌊 1190
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Super beautiful Hopkins rose nudibranch, tidepooling this morning at Asilomar! 🌊 38916
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The AAUS divers at Hopkins have been busy this week! 🤿 🌊 @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social 030
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Super fun fieldwork day at Stillwater Cove! 🤿 🌊 The lab is growing, and everyone is so great! ☺️ 140
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Absolutely stunning hike above Juneau today, and I found some pink snow algae! ❄️🏔️ 0170
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Having so much fun at #PSA2026 with these fab 5 Assistant Profs of Phycology! 🌊 🌟 @intertidaleco.bsky.social @raemariew.bsky.social @hannahgreich.bsky.social @margaretbrisbin.bsky.social 0175
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Sunshine Cove tidepooling fun! 🤩 #PSA2026 090
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 16/06/2026More Sunshine Cove tidepooling pics from Juneau: so many inverts & some Pycnopodia sunflower stars in the wild! 🌟 🌊😍 2212
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Absolutely beautiful tidepooling today at Sunshine Cove in Juneau! 🌊😍 #PSA2026 190
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Very on point decorations for the opening mixer at #PSA2026! Also, seaweed gose beer!! 🍻 @intertidaleco.bsky.social 020
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Love that Xtra tuffs are the fashion in Alaska 🥾 For once, I’m in style! 171
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Landed in Juneau, Alaska! Still light out at 11 pm, gorgeous mountain views from the plane! 🏔️😍 Can’t wait for #PSA2026! 527918
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Update: the kits only take up *half* of my bag… now for the real packing! @ecolangie.bsky.social make sure you have room 😆 010
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 13/06/202612 Kelp microbiome sampling kits ✅ New business cards ✅ Cute dog that I will miss ✅ … Ready for the Phycological Society meeting in Juneau, Alaska! 🏔️🌊 #PSA2026 3162
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Great to be at Moss Landing Marine Labs this morning for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Research Activity Panel! 🌊 0101
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Fun Pride Month Celebration at @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social today! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 041
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Poor baby’s first cone 😢 “Mom, are you seriously going to make me wear this?!” 0112
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Absolutely love that I sent energy back to the grid (- kWh) with my solar panels in April & May! ☀️ 060
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 30/05/2026For #PhycologyFriday, students at Stanford made a lovely kelp forest display in the Geology building! 🌊 0141
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Amazing low tides this week! So many beautiful algae & inverts! 🌊 17911
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Had an incredible time giving the Friends of Hopkins talk earlier this week! Over 200 people attended! Love the public enthusiasm about kelp forests 🌊💙 @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social 141
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Shiny new lab! ✨ Renovations done… Moving day!!! What a dream! 🤩🔬 @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social 1171
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Super proud of my rockstar undergraduate student, Zulie Malone, for presenting her Biology Honors Thesis research today! 🌊 @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social 0120
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 07/05/2026So excited to read “Forest of the Sea” by David Helvarg! Got to meet the author at Hopkins yesterday, & of course got a signed book copy! 🌊 090
Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 26/04/2026This print is based on Mt. Shuksan, one of the most beautiful mountains in the world, in my opinion 💙 010