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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We had a fantastic time at the 8th Jellyfish Blooms Symposium in Cork 🇮🇪 presenting our latest work at the Manet Team🪼🪸 surrounded by a wonderful community of jellyfish reseachers. @universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social

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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Proud to be part of this great piece led by talented @annaferraioli.bsky.social. A fundamental step towards a better understanding of ctenophores' complex behavioral repertoire. @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social + amazing cover by @alexandrejan.bsky.social

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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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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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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Here's some underwater Christmas trees🎄 to brighten up your day. #Hydrozoa #Hype4Hydrozoa.

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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Happy #AntarcticaDay, everyone! Today Dec 1st commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. Remember: there's more than (truly amazing) whales 🐳, seals 🦭 and penguins🐧 in its icy waters, and they also deserve some (research) attention and resources 🪸🪼.

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SponBIODIV @sponbiodiv.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Can #sponges help protect the threatened coastal lagoon of the Mar Menor (SE of Spain)? 🧽 #eDNA 🧬 to monitor biological communities in shallow coastal ecosystems. 76 taxa, 9 phyla identified by Corral-Lou et al! @mncn-csic.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Happy #worldjellyfishday, everyone 🪼🪼🪼! Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean. @universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social

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Alexandre Jan @alexandrejan.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Happy Ctenophore Day! These glowing ocean drifters look like jellyfish but aren’t! They’re comb jellies, shimmering creatures that light up the sea with rows of beating cilia 💙🌈 Which species can you identify? 👀 Most are raised in @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social lab #CtenophoreDay #CombJelly #Ctenophore

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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

We just wrote a blog post on our recent Antarctic adventure with @ub.edu @icmcsic.bsky.social at the the Invertebrate Collections blog @universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social. Take a look here: invertebrate.w.uib.no/2025/07/21/a... Spoiler alert: cool pics of #Antarctic #Hydrozoa🪼🪸

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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Excited we played a small part in this amazing work out now in @nature.com. We established a ctenophore culture from a single individual through self-fertilization to reduce heterozygosity levels. Named them "Arnau" & they lived happily for 2 years 😂 @joanjsoto.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Here's some of the 🪼🪼🪼 beauties we found so far during the XIX Spanish Antarctic expedition on board BIO Hesperides. Next net deployments will be seriously deep 🤩. We are crossing our fingers (and toes) for some cool specimens! @universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social

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Steve Haddock @stevehaddock.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Excited about this new video that explains our research on how comb jelly membranes function under extreme pressure of the deep-sea. Made by 1st author Jacob Winnikoff & Kyra Schlining for @mbarinews.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌊 Just in time for @dsbsoc.bsky.social! #ctenophore www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7A0...

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Grace under pressure: How membranes help comb jellies thrive in the deep

YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Grace under pressure ✨️💫⁠ Comb jellies are some of the most dazzling and depth-diverse denizens of the sea. Using MBARI's advanced deep-sea robots, researchers revealed how membranes help comb jellies thrive in the deep. Learn more: youtu.be/e7A0hZ8mBtE?...

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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Ready for a new #Antarctic adventure on board BIO Hesperides @csic.es . During the next 6 weeks, we'll be looking for (bi)polar #jellyfish🪼 and #polyps🪸 for project Pole2Pole + the Invertebrate Collections🦀🐚🦑🪱 of the University Museum of Bergen, @UiB. #Hype4Hydrozoa

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James Kirkham @jdkirkham.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

In honour of #Antarctica day (and my first ever post on here) I'm sharing one of my favourite #photos of this truly amazing place taken during the summer #sea #ice minima last year. In this image, three resting seals are dwarfed by a capsized iceberg in the Bellingshausen Sea. #photography

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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Quote post with a ctenophore! Here's a sea gooseberry, Pleurobrachia pileus (bonus: tiny parasitic trematode). #Ctenophores #InverteFest🪸🪼

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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The curious case of the comb jelly | Science Sessions | PNAS www.pnas.org/post/podcast... Listen to our podcast where we describe a #ctenophore with the ability to reverse its development to an earlier stage of life. @joanjsoto.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social @pnas.org #rejuvenation

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The curious case of the comb jelly

Joan Soto-Angel and Pawel Burkhardt describe a comb jelly with the ability to reverse its development to an earlier stage of life.

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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

For those feeling Christmassy🎅, here's some aglaopheniid hydroids🎄 with ascidians and corals at their base. Looks like someone in the reef will have lots of gifts 🎁 this year. #Hype4Hydrozoa

Hydroid colonies resembling Christmas trees with ascidians at their base.

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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

🪼Jellies are back🪼! Happy to announce that our exhibition #JellyfishUnveiled has been extended until January 26th. The exhibit is a joint effort between the Manet Team at @UiB and @msarscentre.bsky.social. Come and join us at the stunning Natural History Museum in Bergen. @Artsdatabanken

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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Hi @bsky.app! I just landed here and thought I'd share these beauties. I'm a marine biologist working at the Natural History Museum in Bergen🇸🇯. My work? Exploring the diversity and ecology of polar❄️ jellies🪼 and polyps🪸. These are some of the creatures we usually find in Norway. Follow for more!

The siphonophore Physophora hydrostatica

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