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Louise Chavarie

@chavarie.bsky.social
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Canadian scientist living in Norway. Associate professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, all 🐟 but especially salmonids, evolutionary ecology, aquatic ecology, Arctic, fisheries, eDNA, life-history, food-web, intraspecific variation.

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Matt Herbert @matteherbert.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Researchers want help from ice fishers to collect data on ice thickness to improve ice forecasting in the #GreatLakes. www.interlochenpublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
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Communities, researchers measure ice thickness on the Great Lakes
Researchers want help from ice fishers and others who go onto frozen lakes to collect crucial data, which could improve ice forecasting on the Great Lakes.
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Hugo Flávio @hugoflavio.com · 12/09/2025
At work, we often anaesthetise, perform surgery on, and tag juvenile fish. We wanted to find out if these procedures impact their oxygen consumption in the following days. Good news, we didn't find cause for concern! 🙂 Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Assessing metabolic rate and post‐tagging recovery in juvenile fish
Juvenile fish play a crucial role in the health of aquatic ecosystems, serving both as the foundation for future adult populations and as a valuable food source. Studying the juvenile life stage of f...
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!
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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Here's an opportunity to lead research at Kilpisjärvi Biological Station (northern Finland, but close to the border with Norway and Sweden). An amazing place and job. Please forward to Arctic-focused folk. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Professor or Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Arctic Ecosystem Ecology
Professor or Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Arctic Ecosystem Ecology
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Pete Manning @peteecology.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The joint meeting of NSO and GFÖ, September 2026, Odense, Denmark (for which I'm leading the science programming group) is now open for workshop and thematic session proposals! Please share. Details here: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
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Nordic Oikos 2026 | Nordic Society Oikos
Join us for one of Europe’s leading ecological conferences, where scientists, students, and professionals from across the Nordic countries, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland come together to explore t...
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Dani cRabaiotti 🦀 @danirabaiotti.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
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Louise Chavarie @chavarie.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
During our fall sampling, we observed the presence of Saprolegnia. This project aims to investigate the occurrence and dynamics of this pathogen in the Gaspé rivers. video credit: Samuel McInnis Major
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Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de · 12/09/2025
#Job opportunity The Key Lab @keyfm.bsky.social is looking for a #postdoc in evolutionary genetics - join a young team in the heart of #Berlin to investigate the evolution of ancient microbial pathogens. ⏰ Deadline: October 17 📌 More info and how to apply: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2193291/job_...
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology

Postdoc in Evolutionary Genetics

Job Offer
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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Calling all isotope ecologists. IsoEcol 2026 will be held between October 12-17th, 2026 at the University of Hong Kong See www.isoecol.com/2026/ for more
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IsoEcol 2026 – 14th International Conference on the Application of Stable Isotope Techniques in Ecological Studies
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Dr. Rene P. Martin @lampichthys.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
1/2) I am excited to share my just published book review in Nature Ecology and Evolution with the #SundayFishSketch community! 'Ocean Art' by @helenscales.bsky.social is a delightful read and will be enjoyed by ocean lovers and artists alike! #Sciart 🦑 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Marine muses - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Marine muses
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Joel Pick @joelpick.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
🚨Introducing the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology🚨 doi.org/10.32942/X24... Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
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The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Petrooka 🇨🇦 @petrooka.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
A reminder to Republicans: Don't be fooled - he hates you too! #Trumpisaliar #PedoTrump #FuckTrump #EpsteinFiles #Pinks
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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Associate Professor position in animal physiology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (to replace me basically). An amazing permanent position at a great university! Please spread widely 🙏 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Associate Professor in molecular/cellular animal physiology (281754) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Associate Professor in molecular/cellular animal physiology (281754), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Monday, September 1, 2025
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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
OPINION Counterintuitive Range Shifts May Be Explained by Climate Induced Changes in Biotic Interactions 🔗 buff.ly/4Uf5v3p
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Louise Chavarie @chavarie.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
My PhD student’s latest paper: Isotopic Niche Overlap of Four Large Pelagic Predatory Fish Species in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. A must-read for anyone interested in tunas, trophic ecology, and isotopes. Excellent work by Nathan Stewart on this paper! cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Braasch Lab @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social will soon post a position to replace manager of our *Ancient Fish Facility* at Michigan State. Looking for aquaculturist excited for unusual 🐟 species (gar, bowfin, paddlefish, polypterus) + zebrafish. Pls send candidates our way (DM or braasch@msu.edu)!
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Louise Chavarie @chavarie.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
That's a wrap for the York River! 🎉 We collected eDNA samples at 8 locations along the river to detect saprolegnia, striped bass, rainbow trout, and Atlantic salmon. Next up: the St. Anne and Cascapedia Rivers!
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Marie Saitou @marie-saitou.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Erik Sandertun Røed just won NMBU’s Best Master’s Thesis Prize 2024 for his work on European lobster conservation genetics. Honored to have supervised him (w/ @chavarie.bsky.social ) through this resilient & rewarding project. Congrats, Erik‼︎ www.nmbu.no/studenter/er...
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Erik Sandertun Røed vant pris for beste oppgave 2024 | NMBU | NMBU
Hvert kalenderår tildeler NMBU pris for beste oppgave. Universitetsstyret vedtok 12. juni 2025 å tildele prisen for 2024 til Erik Sandertun Røed for oppgaven "Evaluating genetic tools to inform conser...
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Louise Chavarie @chavarie.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Intereste in bluefin tuna and genome? You are in luck! Our new paper presents a genome assembly from a specimen Atlantic Bluefin! wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 25/05/2025
"Several academic and scientific conferences in the United States have been postponed, cancelled or moved elsewhere, as organizers respond to researchers’ growing fears over the country’s immigration crackdown." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears
Some meetings have been put on hold in response to foreign researchers’ travel concerns.
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Louise Chavarie @chavarie.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
It's unbelievable to me that the jobs of USGS scientists—who are essential to understanding and protecting fish and fisheries—are at risk. Their work is absolutely critical.
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Louise Chavarie @chavarie.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Hi bluesky! I am looking for a video showing how to run the smith-root backpack model...you know, a resource that explain all the settings (beside the manual pdf)...anyone could help!?? That would be amzing.....it is our first time trying it, so just want to understand better how it works....
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cars-afs.bsky.social @cars-afs.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Hard to believe....and yet, it has happened. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
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Trump Administration Disqualifies Harvard From Future Research Grants
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF: Dear members: The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
🙏 We need your help 🙏 The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like. We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants: NIH: forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP... NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... w/ @noamross.net
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Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
About 15-20 yrs ago, a bunch of reviews (inc. 1 by me) made predictions about the future of genomics in conservation. 1 yr ago at ICISB, Robin Waples assessed which of those predictions had been fulfilled. Sam May & Sam Rosenbaum now led the effort to turn this into a review: doi.org/10.1111/mec....
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Eva B. Thorstad @evathorstad.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Looking for a PhD? There is an opening for a PhD-student in evolutionary ecology on phenotypic plasticity in aquatic organisms at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway – with two super-good supervisors (Sigurd Einum and Tim Burton) - highly recommended! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Photo of a freshwater lake
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Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Can #eDNA recover biotic interactions? Our new study says Yes sometimes! Co-occurrence network analyses with data for the Moray Firth marine ecosystem recovered subsets of known food web trophic links but methodological issues are still a challenge ⤵️ 🧪🧬🌍🐳🦭🐟 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A scientific figure showing a species ecological interaction network derived from environmental DNA for a marine ecosystem. The trophic levels span zooplankton to whales and other large predators.
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TopKat_GlassDragon @topkatglassdragon.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
One of my faves today
Penguins instructing pigeons to poop on Nazi truck
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Ana S. L. Rodrigues @ana-sl-rodrigues.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Two great PhD offers: 1) The social & environmental consequences of climate-driven migration to the forest frontier in Madagascar [French speakers encouraged to apply] 2) Restoring the celtic rainforest for net zero: a just land use transition? #ScienceJobs #Conservation #PhD 🧪🌍
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACCIDENTALLY TEXTED ME ITS WAR PLANS www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I spoke with Sarah Cooley, the director of NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program, who was fired under the DOGE layoffs, about all she hoped to accomplish before the wreckage of NOAA defector.com/an-interview...
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An Interview With A Fired NOAA Director | Defector
In 2006, by the time the scientist Sarah Cooley finished graduate school in marine science, oyster larvae in the Pacific Northwest had already begun dying mysteriously and dramatically—unable to form ...
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reizkultur.bsky.social @reizkultur.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
🚴‍♂️ Pre-order now! My new book Gravel Rides Cairngorms & Perthshire features 15 routes (4 easy, 7 straightforward, 4 challenging) in the heart of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Signed copies ship before 8 May + chance to win a 2-night stay at Forillon. Order here 👉 forms.gle/6qhh6XX2LEFv... #GravelRides @vertebratepub.bsky.social
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti... Please share widely
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Scientists' Stories - How to Contribute
How to contribute a Story
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Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir @fishiceland.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
🚨High latitude #trackers‼️ Check out session on Animal #Biotelemetry and #Biologging in the Changing #Polar Environments ESSAS Open Science Meeting, June 24-26, 2025, Tokyo 🎌 ‼️Deadline March 16th #ECR travel support available🛫 essas.arc.hokudai.ac.jp/what_s_new/2... 🌊🐟🦈🐧🦭🐋 #trackingnotslacking
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Louise Chavarie @chavarie.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
We’re deploying 106 receivers in the inner Oslofjord for the NMBU cod project with @oceantracking.bsky.social. This study tracks migration and movement shifts in two cod ecotypes and assessing habitat changes. Using Thelma and Innovation equipment, an open protocol is key to the project!
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reizkultur.bsky.social @reizkultur.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Time to do a bit more here! Thanks to everyone for following, and in anticipation of the new book, here are a few pictures as teaser! The book will be published by Vertebrate - and you can pre-order it very soon! #gravel #adventure
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The movie "Don't look up" was prophetic. www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...
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Jordan H. Hartman, PhD @jhhartman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Super excited to announce that I was one of the winners of the 2025 Women of Fisheries Gives Back! award through the Women Of Fisheries! 👩🏻‍🔬🐟 Check out the announcement to learn more about me and my history in fisheries! womenoffisheries.org/announcing-t...
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Announcing the 2025 Women of Fisheries Gives Back! Award Winners - Women of Fisheries
Thank you to everyone who has made our fourth annual Early Career Award possible! It was an amazing pool of applicants, and thanks to proceeds from the fisHER Adventure Classic, we were able to suppor...
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Louise Chavarie @chavarie.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
If you did not read this paper, please do!!! Fieldwork needs to be recognized as a valuable and tangible aspects of science! Funding agency needs to start to value this more or.... Extinction of experience among ecologists sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Extinction of experience among ecologists
Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this on…
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Madison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
we must resist!! 🧪🐠 i was very heartened to see this email today from the @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social pres “we are not stopping or diluting efforts to continue supporting climate change solutions in our work plans” “AFS will not tremble … providing safety, openness, and nurturing diversity” !!!
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Kiley Price @kileyprice.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Wildlife and conservation science Bluesky! Journalist request! Are any of you nervous about how a federal funding freeze could affect your research? If so, please reach out for a story I’m working on for Inside Climate News. My email is kiley.price(at)insideclimatenews(dot)org
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Ocean Tracking Network @oceantracking.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
OTN’s study hall promotes a culture of open science by providing a platform for transparent discussions and problem solving. These informal sessions on Thursdays can be a valuable resource for anyone interested in aquatic telemetry. Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/
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Eva B. Thorstad @evathorstad.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Invading and range-expanding pink salmon inform management actions for marine species on the move: new paper in @icesmarine.bsky.social ICES J Marine Science academic.oup.com/icesjms/adva... @profcolinbean.bsky.social @jaakkoerkinaro.bsky.social @jalangan.bsky.social @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social
Photo of pink salmon male
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Sarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Hey SFSers! Would you like to be nominated to the Council for Underrepresented Voices in the society? Have any suggestions of someone to nominate? I'm happy to write a nomination, but I don't feel like I know anyone well enough to just do it. So lemme know! 🌎💧🧪
SFS Council for Underrepresented Voices (CUV) seeks new members, diverse perspectives and backgrounds
 
The Society for Freshwater Science invites nominations for the SFS Council of Underrepresented Voices (CUV). The CUV is a forum for members from groups that are underrepresented in the aquatic sciences to convene and provide perspective and guidance on SFS programs, goals, operations, and initiatives. The CUV welcomes all ideas and opinions, and it will play a key role in SFS’ path to becoming a truly diverse and inclusive scientific society. Nominations accepted through December 13, 2024.
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John Griffin @jngriffy.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Strongly agree with this letter in Science arguing that field-based research should be more highly and fairly valued in academia. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The value of field research in academia
From anthropology to zoology, immersion within communities, cultural settings, and study systems is integral to research and learning (1, 2). Fieldwork, the direct observation and collection of data i...
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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
go.bsky.app/LXwgsEZ
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Dr.Kat Stewart @ecoevoedna.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I started an #eDNA starter pack as one didn’t exist yet. Feel free to message me to get your name added. Open to all! go.bsky.app/U2vgV5Q
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