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Anna Klompen, PhD

@gelatinoussting.bsky.social
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Comparative functional venomics • Jellyfish and sea anemone venom systems • Postdoc @ Stowers • PhD @ KU EEB • Evolution, toxinology, functional genomics • Always #Hype4Hydrozoa • She/her annaklompen.com 🪼 On the job market! 🪼

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Paulyn Cartwright @pcart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Had such a wonderful time back in my happy place @mblscience.bsky.social attending #cnidofest2026. Great science, great people and great fun. (T-shirt art credit @stoilovamarina.bsky.social)
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Hype4Hydrozoa!
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Got my awesome @cnidofest.bsky.social merch, and excited to share what I have been up to the last few years at @mgstowers.bsky.social lab! I may be working with Stella for my postdoc but I remain #Hype4Hydrozoa🪼 @stowersinstitute.bsky.social
Black mug with hermit crab print in from of a sunny window.Microscope view of the end of a 1.5ml tube through green filter with tiny, bright green spots (sea anemone polyps) inside.
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Aide Macias-Muñoz @aidemm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Very happy to share that my lab has been awarded an NIH MIRA! And we will soon be hiring a postdoc to do evodevo + functional genomics 🧬 🧪 news.ucsc.edu/2026/09/jell...
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Understanding how jellyfish eyes first form and regenerate to reveal paths for new human therapies
National Institutes of Health awards just over $2 million to UC Santa Cruz evolutionary biologist Aide Macias-Muñoz for a five-year study of the genetic mechanisms that lead to complex traits like eye...
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cnidofest.bsky.social @cnidofest.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is the last day to register for Cnidofest! We already have a record number of registrants for this meeting, taking place @mblscience.bsky.social September 23-27th! Don't miss out! Come learn about the biology of these amazing animals in a perfect location! www.eventsquid.com/event.cfm?id...
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Cnidofest 2026
09/23/2026 — Woods Hole - Check out all event details and attendee registration right here.
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Megan Barkdull @meganbarkdull.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Natural History Museum of LA is hiring a Curator of Marine Invertebrates! Come join an amazing team and contribute to stewarding the largest marine invert collection in the Western US. 🐙🪼🦐 workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
An image of several sea anemones under water.
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Also, new this year: MolCellDevBioJobs! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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molcelldevbiojobs 2026-27
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#SICB Pittsburgh Abstract submission is open for SICB 2027! www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/abstrac... Come share your research and learn about the most exciting areas of integrative, comparative, & organismal #biology in Pittsburgh, PA on January 3-7, 2027. The deadline is August 28 at 11:59 PM HST.
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
#Hype4Hydrozoa!
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Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🪼Jellyfish and anemones sting using some of the most complex cell-based venom systems in the animal kingdom. @mgstowers.bsky.social Lab postdoc @gelatinoussting.bsky.social is decoding how these stinging cells form, work rooted in 500+ million years of #evolution. 🔗Read more: bit.ly/3SsB74n
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is one of my favorite HCR images, not only because it is beautiful but because it was one of the first 6 color HCR FISH experiments we imaged. It showed me what was possible for studying stinging cell biology, and has led to several ongoing projects! #StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
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Andy Baxevanis @baxevanislab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📢 Applications are now open for the NIH Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator Program! We're recruiting early-career scientists across all areas of biomedical research for tenure-track faculty positions in the NIH Intramural Research Program. Deadline: Sept 30, 2026. 🔗 tinyurl.com/stadtman26
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Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigators | NIH Intramural Research Program
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It's that time! Abstract submission is open for #SICB 2027! Come share your research and learn about the most exciting areas #scientific research in Pittsburgh, PA on January 3-7, 2027. abstract deadline is August 28 at 11:59 PM HST. Questions go to Matt McHenry: ProgramOfficer@sicb.org.
Abstract submission is open for SICB 2027!
Come share your research and learn about the most exciting areas of integrative, comparative, and organismal biology in Pittsburgh, PA on January 3-7, 2027. The abstract deadline is August 28 at 11:59 PM HST.
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) encourages interdisciplinary research across levels of biological organization, from molecules to ecosystems. The presentations at SICB’s annual meeting integrate knowledge and approaches across fields to advance biological knowledge, education, and outreach.

A few guidelines, as you are preparing your submission:
•	If you have not already done so, you will first be asked to create a profile within the meeting platform.*
•	Once you submit, you will be able to log in and edit your abstract until the deadline.
•	Titles are limited to 100 characters and abstracts are limited to 225 words.
•	The Best Student Presentation competitions for some divisions require the submission of an extended abstract. You can view guidelines here: https://sicb.org/awards/best-student-presentation-bsp-program/
 
Questions about the abstract submission process can be addressed to the SICB Program Officer, Matt McHenry: ProgramOfficer@sicb.org.

We also welcome proposal submissions for symposia at SICB2028 in Los Angeles, CA! The form is here. Initial proposals require only a concept summary. For questions or guidance see our Symposium Proposal Guidelines, or contact the Program Officer Elect, Britt Heidinger, with questions at programofficer.elect@sicb.org.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Pittsburgh!

Sincerely,

Matt McHenry
SICB Program Officer
programofficer@sicb.org

* If a co-author has already created a profile for you or if you cannot remember your login information from last year, recover your password using the “reset password” link.
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#Hype4Hydrozoa!
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Paulyn Cartwright @pcart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We are super excited to see this published. Podocoryna is a wonderful jellyfish model. Closely related to the model organism Hydractinia, easy to culture in the lab, and now a high quality genome!
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Mike Connelly @michaeltconnelly.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The Podocoryna americana genome assembly and annotation (PodAmV1.0) is also available on NCBI GenBank under the accession GCA_059054395.1: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/gen... We hope that this will be a useful resource for studies of hydrozoan evolution and life cycle variation!
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Given it is #ToxinTuesday and I am seeing many alerts about recent jellyfish blooms, I just want say: Do NOT pee on a jellyfish sting. Please. Do not. Thanks to @factsmachinepod.bsky.social for helping me share this message several years ago! 🪼🧪🪼
Facts machine podcast graphic saying “Anna: Do not - do not - please do not pee on a jellyfish sting.”
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
And #ToxinTuesday!
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It's almost East Coast bedtime on Day 1 of the United States of Science 2026! You all absolutely killed it today. We filled 1268 bubbles today!! 23 States are DONE, & 8 are within 10 bubbles. You are all incredible!! Keep the momentum going here. Fill bubbles here givebutter.com/USS2026
a map of the united states with a blue west coast, pink middle, purple for northeast, and green southern states. Half of the bubbles are full!
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
First postdoc paper and first Nematostella project! By using the dynamic expression pattern of minicollagens, we describe the transcriptional profile during biogenesis for two major stinging cell types: nematocytes and spirocytes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #StunningStella
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Minicollagen expression dynamics reveal a transcriptional program for cnidogenesis in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
Cnidae are explosive harpoon-like organelles localized within stinging cells, or cnidocytes, of the phylum Cnidaria (jellyfish, hydroids, sea anemones, and corals). These unique Golgi-derived vesicula...
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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Minicollagen expression dynamics reveal a transcriptional program for cnidogenesis in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Smiling faces after an exciting week of Big Data Phylogeny and Comparative Analyses! 🧬 A big thank you to @martaalvarez.bsky.social , @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social & everyone who joined us for this week of learning, discussions, and hands-on analyses
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Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🎉 Congrats to @mgstowers.bsky.social postdoc @hrhorkan.bsky.social on receiving a prestigious @wellcometrust.bsky.social Early-Career Award! The award will support Helen as she takes the first steps toward launching her independent research program at @uniofexeternews.bsky.social: bit.ly/3SkKEtZ
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Stowers Postdoc honored with Wellcome Early-Career Award
The highly competitive award will help Helen R. Horkan, Ph.D., a Stowers Institute postdoctoral researcher, take the first steps to launch her independent…
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Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🎉 Congrats to @mgstowers.bsky.social postdoctoral researcher Kira Marshall, Ph.D., on receiving a prestigious @jcchildsfund.bsky.social Fellowship! Her #research explores coral reproduction and how reproductive systems evolve across species. 🪸 Learn more: bit.ly/4vZCOEk
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Stowers Postdoc honored with prestigious Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship
The award will support Kira Marshall, Ph.D., a Stowers postdoctoral Researcher, as she investigates coral reproduction and how reproductive systems evolve…
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New week = New course Very happy to kick off the first edition of the course on Big Data Phylogeny and Comparative Methods with @martaalvarez.bsky.social & @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
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cnidofest.bsky.social @cnidofest.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Hi Cnidarian Enthusiasts! Friendly reminder that Cnidofest 2026 will take place at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, September 23-27. The abstract submission deadline is July 1 and the registration deadline is September 2. Submit and find full details at www.cnidofest.org
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Cnidofest
Cnidofest is a biennial meeting of scientists interested in developing and using cnidarians as model systems to study molecular and cellular biology, developmental biology, neurobiology, and comparati...
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
#Hype4Hydrozoa!
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
When I bring starlet sea anemones to events, I ask kids what these animals look like under the microscope. Often I get told: sea monster! Looking at the mouth of this reporter animal, I can see why. 🟢= stinging cells in adult Nematostella #StunningStella @stowersinstitute.bsky.social
 View of the “mouth” of a sea anemone through the microscope, which glows green across the body where new and developing stinging cells are made. A dense green mouth can be seen in the middle of the expanded tentacles.
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EvoDevo PanAm @evodevopanam.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🧐Are you an Early Career Investigator (starting PI, Postdoc or a PhD candidate)? Would you like to present your EvoDevo research with the PASEDB community? #EvoDevoMondays webinar series aims to bring together the EvoDevo research community across all the Americas 🌎
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
#Hype4Hydrozoa!
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Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This week's beautiful #MicroscopyMonday is a juvenile Nematostella with stinging cells labeled with eGFP (green). (@mgstowers.bsky.social Lab)
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Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
📸Image credit: @gelatinoussting.bsky.social
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
All aboard the #Hype4Hydrozoa bus! 🪼
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
#Hype4Hydrozoa!
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Perfect post for #ToxinTuesday! #Hype4Hydrozoa #StunningStella
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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We are looking for a new colleague to join us in Galway. The position is in Biochemistry and if research focus lines up we hope the successful person will join us in the Centre for Chromosome biology (chromosome.ie). Reach out if you are interested in applying! tinyurl.com/2jy4rj3r
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
#Hype4Hydrozoa
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A Friday feast of brine shrimp for this one month old sea anemone, which is showing off its fluorescing tentacles in both red and green. Very glad these new dual reporter animals are happy (and hungry)! #FluorescenceFriday #StunningStella @stowersinstitute.bsky.social
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Paulyn Cartwright @pcart.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I am super excited to announce that after a tumultuous period of uncertainty, KU MARC marc.ku.edu has been awarded another five years of funding! news.ku.edu/news/article....
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KU awarded $2.2 million NIH research career training grant renewal
For almost 30 years, the Office for Advancing Success in Science at KU has provided opportunities for undergraduates to engage in research through grant support from the National Institutes of Health....
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Paulyn Cartwright @pcart.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
KU IRACDA has three postdoc positions open iracda.ku.edu. Eligible applicants must demonstrate interest in teaching, have a biomedically-relevant research focus, and an identified KU faculty sponsor. www.employment.ku.edu/staff/32261BR .
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Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Kansas - Job Details
Job Details: The IRACDA Program at the University of Kansas (KU) is accepting applications for postdoctoral scholarships. W
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Another beauty of an image from our Nematostella stinging cell reporter line @mgstowers.bsky.social @stowersinstitute.bsky.social! #StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Repost for #FluorescenceFriday and more #Hype4Hydrozoa 🟡 = developing or newly matured stinging cells in tentacles of a feeding polyp from a colony of ‘hermit crab fur’ or Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus 🧪🪼🧪
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy that our lovely stinging cell transgenic is getting a spotlight! @mgstowers.bsky.social lab corals are also featured! #StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Even at a few days old, these sea anemone planulae are already covered in stinging cells! The stingers of these young Nematostella are marked with a fluorescent green. @stowersinstitute.bsky.social #StunningStella
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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
🚨 Thrilled to announce that I’ve been awarded a new project by Artsdatabanken, the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Project ODIN will investigate Octocoral Diversity In Norway 🌊🪸, tackling it with a synergetic combination of imaging 🔬📽️ and sequencing 🧬💻 tools. Picture: Erling Svensen.
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George Matsumoto @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 We’re excited to announce that we are organizing a second ctenophore meeting — Ctenopalooza Ctwo — to be held at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in Monterey Bay, California, on August 23–25, 2026. Registration is now open! www.mbari.org/event/ctenop...
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Ctenopalooza Ctwo • MBARI
Ctenopalooza Ctwo – a meeting of those interested in ctenophores About the meeting The past decade has seen remarkable advances in our understanding of these fascinating animals—spanning genomics, cel...
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Steve Haddock @stevehaddock.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Calling all #ctenophore researchers and artists! Joe Ryan is organizing the Ctenopalooza Ctwo meeting, which we will host at MBARI in California August 23-25. 🦑🧪🌊 www.mbari.org/event/ctenop... Come swap notes with fellow enthusiasts about the latest news in comb jellies.
A photo of a large red comb jelly on a black background.
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Anna Klompen, PhD @gelatinoussting.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🪼New #Hype4Hydrozoa paper 🪼 We generated a whole nematocyst-enriched proteome using FAC-sorted cells from our Hydractinia stinging cell reporter line! We identified over 8,000 proteins, including toxins, showcasing Hydractinia as a venom system model. doi.org/10.1016/j.to...
Graphical abstract for Klompen et al 2026.
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Nice Pandea Rubra. The short nubby tentacles make me giggle. They can extend those for hungry hippo mode. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 454 #designingthefuture2 #MarineLife
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