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Dayanitha Damodaran

@dayanithaangela.bsky.social

Post-Doctoral Research Associate at IMET / UMBC researching parasites in oysters 🦪 Ph.D. from Macquarie University, Sydney Born in 🇳🇿 living in 🇺🇲 Interested in all things shellfish 🌊

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Dayanitha Damodaran @dayanithaangela.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

I love a competition that highlights a less charismatic species. I'm a velvet worm girl myself 🌿

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Niki Hubbard, PhD 🐙🦀 @nikihubbard.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

Smol nudibranch friend almost looks... pleased with itself? And so it should, very beautiful, would admire again. 🧪🦑🐙#MarineLife #Invertebrates

Close-up with a tiny white and black nudibranch. The nudibranch is front-on, both rhinophores in view (its bunny ears). The nudibranch is exploring a rocky shelf covered in light brown algae.

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Dayanitha Damodaran @dayanithaangela.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

I had so much fun setting this up and special thanks to the local resident who lent me her secateurs to cut rope when I forgot mine 😂🫣 If you want to hear more about this experiment in detail pop over to @riskybyssus on Instagram for a full debreif 🦑🐙🧪

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Dayanitha Damodaran @dayanithaangela.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

Any ideas whose eggs these are? Found at Balmain east, Sydney, AU #invertID #Marinelife #invertfest #whelk 🐙🦑🧪

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

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theconversation.com

Fieldwork can be challenging for female scientists. Here are 5 ways to make it better

Growing awareness of sexual harassment and discrimination in the field prompted an international survey and research into potential solutions.

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Dayanitha Damodaran @dayanithaangela.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

I feel pretty lucky to work on some of the most picturesque cityscapes around and have some great company to boot!!! Not pictured: the smell and photographs of many dissected shellfish 🧪🐙🦑 #marinelife #womeninSTEM #phdlife

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Dayanitha Damodaran @dayanithaangela.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

Here I am bluesky, another Marine biology Ph.D. student out here loving underrated creatures and trying to understand them better 🧪🐙🦑 #MarineLife

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