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Chris

@drchriskellogg.bsky.social
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Marine microbial ecology, corals shallow to deep sea, snorkeling to submersibles. Happiest when a little salty. Basis for characters in 2 fiction novels. Listens to '80s big hair bands when working in lab.

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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Love it! On R/V Atlantis it was 3pm and “cheese o’clock” - a tradition the AT50-38 science team still talks about.
An afternoon charcuterie board from R/V Atlantis during AT50-38 in 2025
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Cuke 1: Scoop 0. Now trying to vacuum up the sea cucumber! Success! #okeanos
Sea cucumber in background, claw holding suction tube in the foreground.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#DeepSeaTV drama: Watching #okeanos attempting to sample a large maroon sea cucumber with a scoop below 5000m!
Sea cucumber on bottom is as large or larger than the scoop. Sea cucumber in scoop held by ROV arm, above background of bottom covered in nodules.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Beach and bay seen through canopy of seagrape leaves, with small sailing boats on the water. St Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Cheers and congratulations! What a science win!
A fancy cocktail in a tall glass, with a geometric honeycomb accent, and a sprig of lavender clipped on the rim with a mini clothespin.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Lucky enough this morning to catch the end of our night-blooming cactus’s show. The bees were going crazy!
Morning  sky behind a 10ft tall cactus covered in huge white flowers.Full frame closeup of a large white flower with a honey bee inside.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
What’s your sign?
Billboard that says “BIG CK ENERGY”.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Poster from the X-files with a UFO above some trees and the caption “I want to believe”.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I was in there and it was accurate. Maybe bc my works are public domain?
Report listing Christina A Kellogg as a USGS Coral Microbiologist, 182 strength, top 35%.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
That’s a wrap on #ASMicrobe 2026! Great to catch up with friends, meet new ones, and be energized by the science and comradery of the community. Thanks all, and hope to see you again next year!
Photo of conference badge and lanyard.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Watching #MattersMicrobial podcast live in #ASMicrobe Studio featuring @hannahgreich.bsky.social and @markowenmartin.bsky.social talking about symbiosis and corals 🪸
View of ASM Studio stage with Hannah and Mark seated in chairs facing each other with video screen behind them.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Degregori: Repository-compatible metadata is largely absent. Only 13% of studies recoverable via manuscript metadata. So much lost potential due to missing metadata! #ASMicrobe #AEM
Slide with quote “This is like reading a book with 90% of words missing” by Pieter Dorrestein
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Sam Degregori: Microbiome Metadata Crisis: We are not ready for AI #ASMicrobe #AEM
Slide schematic overview of microbiome metadata crisis from MMC Catalogue
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Last day at #ASMicrobe! If you are looking for me, I’m wearing this today, mainly #AEM rooms & exhibit hall.
Blond woman wearing a blue/green/black patterned blouse over black pencil skirt, taking bad selfie in hotel room mirror.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
As seen from the escalator into exhibit hall - somebody at @qiagen.bsky.social has a sense of humor! #ASMicrobe
Vinyl wrap around a support column that has Qiagen logo and the words “Proud to support microbiologists and, apparently, this entire ceiling.”
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
@scopedbylarry.bsky.social Thinking of you at #ASMicrobe! @drhdez.com
Photo of two smiling women who like Larry
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
William Whitman (UGA) talking about nomenclature, taxonomy, and how prokaryotic names reflect different scientific approaches #ASMicrobe
Slide titled “the name-elephant”
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Yay, another 🪸 talk at #ASMicrobe! Anna Golikova from @cynthiasilveira.bsky.social lab, looking at the effect of temperature on phage infection dynamics in coral holobiont #AEM
Cover slide with title “Identifying bacteriophage effects on bacteria-coral symbiosis”
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Now in #ASMicrobe Studio: The future of microbial sciences and ASM with current president Alexander McAdam & pres-elect @vscooper.micropopbio.org
Stage of ASM Studio with 3 chairs around a coffee table; ASM CEO, current president, and next president are seated for session
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
#ASMicrobe Saturday - if you’re looking for me, I’m dressed like this today, rocking scarf from @artologica.net
Blond woman in royal blue dress wearing a silk scarf with Petri dish pattern as a wrap.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Winning prize for best timing, Peter J. Flynn (Harvard) speaking about microbial succession in corpse flowers (the ones at National Botanical Garden bloomed the past 2 days)! #ASMicrobe #AEM
Cover slide of presentation with title “Microbial succession in corpse flowers”
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Looking for me today (Fri) at #ASMicrobe? I’m in teal and mainly in the AEM section. For sure not missing session AEM-202 (🪸corals!) and will be in exhibit hall btw 1-3pm. Come say hi!
Blond woman in teal dress taking a bad selfie in the mirror.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Looking forward to #ASMicrobe & like some other folks, I’ve brought swag. I have my lab logo mermaid stickers, coral micro stickers, & about 50 stingray charms (random - someone in my family likes to buy stuff in bulk). If you see me, say hi and ask for some!
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Kicking off Day 2 of my #ScienceVacation by attending the American Academy of Microbiology-mBio Scientific Excellence Summit. It remains a huge honor to have been inducted to AAM in 2021.
Sign with ASM MICROBE logo and the words “The AAM-mBio Scientific Excellence Summit (Invitation Only).”
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Also love these glass microbes in the public area
Display of glass microbes in a vertical column at Smithsonian NMNH
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Got the “giant” behind the scenes tour from @echinoblog.bsky.social incl a ginormous starfish, the eyeball of a giant squid, and a punchbowl made from a giant clam shell
Luidia superba, a large starfish/sea star specimen with my hand for scaleEyeball of giant squid Architeuthis with my hand for scaleAn over-the-top punch bowl made from the shell of a Tridacna gigas giant clam, lined with silver, on a base of silver mermaids
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Kicked off my science vacation in DC with a visit to Smithsonian NMNH to see friends including @echinoblog.bsky.social who are lucky enough to work there!
Chris Mah and Chris Kellogg take a selfie in his office
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Had a fantastic day visiting the campus of UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, meeting folks & giving a seminar!
Round logo, in blue and white, for the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, Georgia Beautiful old oak tree on Skidaway campus, Savannah, GeorgiaSelfie on the bow of the research vessel R/V Savannah, with inter coastal waterway and marsh in background. With my host, Marc Frischer, who I overlapped with in graduate school (same Ph.D. lab)
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Blooming rose recently obtained from Aldi
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Filed under “life well lived” - yesterday I was honored to attend a memorial for Craig Caddigan, who I knew as a submersible pilot of the Johnson Sea Link, and learned he also loved shell collecting, artwork, driving a gorgeous red Corvette, & volunteering at the Elliott Museum in Stuart,FL
Photo of 22lb “Larry the Lobster” mounted on a stone with a bronze plaque, with a framed photo between its claws of Craig Caddigan holding the lobster the day it was caught using the Johnson Sea Link submersible.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
@artologica.net I SAW THE POTATOES!!!!
A potato with writing on it, impaled on a fence spike in Georgetown, Washington, DCA potato nestled against a white dog statue on a doorstep in Georgetown, Washington, DC
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some Zen to the feed.
Green and brown lily pads on the surface of water, with several bright purple flowers
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Another great day working from University of the Virgin Islands - saw an octopus & a spotted eagle ray!
Selfie showing off my UVI Reef Research hat with Brewer’s Bay, St Thomas, USVI in the background
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Delighted to be back in my home town of St. Thomas, USVI, working with a super talented team of folks from Cornell, USF, Northern Illinois University, and UVI on the sea urchin mass mortality agent!
View of Lindberg Bay from St Thomas airport cellphone lot, waiting to meet folks flying in. Green hills frame turquoise water under a blue sky. Octopus mural painted on a wooden fence at The Shack in Hull Bay, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Tributes come in many forms 🖤
Close up of a Niskin bottle labeled with a piece of black tape and white writing that says “5” and “RIP Ozzy” on it.CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) rosette with Niskin bottles for water collection on the R/V Point Sur. Bottle number 5 had to be replaced the day Ozzy Osbourne died, and has been labeled with black tape that says “RIP Ozzy”.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Looking forward to working with the UNCW Undersea Vehicles Program’s Mohawk ROV for sampling
Aft deck of research vessel Point Sur where remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Mohawk and it’s smart weight are visible
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Labor Day may be the end of summer for some, but my summer field season isn’t over yet! Heading out into the Gulf to study deep-sea corals!
Chris Kellogg, in an Aloha Friday shirt, in front of the research vessel Point Sur at the dock
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Delighted to be spending the week in Ft Pierce at Smithsonian Marine Station running a coral disease experiment
Selfie with tangential flow filtration set up behind me for concentrating microbial communities in water Tyson House, on site housing at Smithsonian Marine StationPiece of coral in a bucketOutdoor water tables at Smithsonian Marine Station, under tents and containing buckets with corals in them
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Russian orthodox cathedral in Dutch Harbor, Unalaska. It is a clear day, with bright blue sky, white fluffy clouds, and in the foreground a hill of yellow wildflowers similar to buttercups
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Early morning return to port of Dutch Harbor, Unalaska 🌊 🧪#ColdCorals#WithChris
A hint of blue sky and sunlight painting patches of cloud gold, rest of sky is a layer of fluffy gray clouds over snow-capped mountains and relatively calm ocean
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Aleutians mood #ColdCoralsWithChris 🌊
Choppy ocean, a line of land including a snow-capped peak, with a thick band of clouds
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Post yourself from another era
Black and white photo of Chris Kellogg standing on deck of her family’s boat, hauling on a line, Yacht Haven Marina, St Thomas
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Bonus of a clear day in the Aleutians, Great Sitkin volcano plus my first fata morgana (right side of image) 🌊 🧪#ColdCoralsWithChris en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Mo...
Great Sitkin volcano in distance, ocean in foreground. Mirage of upside-down flipped land that makes it look like a bridge btw islands at right edge of land, called a fata morgana
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
We’ve been working in various levels of clouds and fog since I arrived, so what a Saturday treat to wale up to a clear sunrise! #ColdCoralsWithChris #Aleutians 🌊🧪
Amlia Island silhouetted along the horizon, ocean in foreground, orange sky, and sun just peaking over the horizon at right Snow-capped volcano peak in the distance under pink skies, ocean in foreground
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Super excited to have gotten to dive in HOV Alvin a 2nd time; first in Atlantic and now in Pacific! Having lunch ~1 mile underwater ✅ #ColdCoralsWithChris 🌊🧪👩‍🔬
Dr Chris Kellogg about to climb into the Alvin submersible for a dive (Photo credit Amanda Demopoulos)Dr Chris Kellogg inside the titanium sphere of Alvin during dive, with rack of oxygen bottles behind her. Entire scene is bathed in dim red light. Photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution).Dr Chris Kellogg looking out a porthole on port side of Alvin sphere (Photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution).Action shot of Dr Chris Kellogg eating a sandwich while taking notes, inside dim red lighting of Alvin sphere during dive. Photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Before and after pix of my styrofoam commemorative cup (artwork by Lauren Rice bc you know I don’t have those skills)! #ColdCoralsWithChris 🌊🧪
Travel coffee tumbler with Kellogg lab sticker showing a rainbow-colored mermaid with DNA helix for tail, next to regular styrofoam cup with sticker design drawn on it with colored SharpiesSame travel coffee tumbler as last photo, same styrofoam cup but after a trip to over 1600 meters deep on outside of sub during my dive
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Sorry to be missing #ASMicrobe this year, but thinking of y’all and wearing my “I Have Friends In Small Places” sweatshirt today in solidarity! Have a great conference! #ColdCoralsWithChris
Chris wearing American Society for Microbiology (ASM) sweatshirt , standing in front of the Alvin submersible Chris wearing American Society for Microbiology sweatshirt while cleaning deep-sea sampling containers
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Inside Alvin orientation includes all the important switches, multiple communication modes, the oxygen, and fit testing the emergency breathing masks 🌊🧪 #ColdCoralsWithChris
Red panel of switches inside Alvin sub labeled “Emergency Releases”A rack of 12 green oxygen bottles inside Alvin sub (usually only use 1 per dive but carry plenty extra)View of port side of Alvin sub interior during my mask fit test, panels of switches above me, as I sit on a bench with my emergency mask onClose up of me fit-testing my emergency mask inside Alvin sub
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Exterior Alvin orientation, learned the titanium sphere is ~3 inches thick and the acrylic windows are 4-5 in thick 🌊🧪#ColdCoralsWithChris
View of top of submersible Alvin, in background is aft deck of ship showing track that brings Alvin out to the A-frame for deplymentMy hand resting on exterior of the nearly 3 inch thick titanium sphere that holds the people during Alvin divesOne of the 5 inch thick acrylic windows so folks inside the titanium sphere can see out during a dive
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Chris @drchriskellogg.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
This morning’s bonus, fur seals swimming around the ship! Video clip courtesy of Lauren Rice, bc I couldn’t be trusted not to drop my new phone overboard 🌊🦑🧪 #ColdCoralsWithChris
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