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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We can't wait for MTC2 at University of Haifa!

Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

When you start looking for a PhD position in the big wide world, nobody tells you how complex it's going to be. There's no one size fits all - every country has a slightly different system, expectations, funding models, etc. I'm continuing to collect data of my process applying!

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Woooohooo it's out! 🥳 I'm happy to share my first scientific paper with you! "Non-Invasive Underwater DNA Sampling Illuminates Red Sea Echinoderm Diversity" presents a sampling method that is cheap, robust, and easy to use. Best of all: non-invasive! Enjoy! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Non‐Invasive Underwater DNA Sampling Illuminates Red Sea Echinoderm Diversity

Species-specific non-invasive underwater DNA sampling remains largely understudied for marine invertebrates despite its potential to revolutionise biodiversity assessment of vulnerable species or fra...

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I'm looking for some good resources to discuss AI and how it meets us grad students/researchers in the biological sciences, including the good, the bad, and the ugly - ethics, useful tools, considerations, etc. Please share if you've come across anything good!

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR56... Officially having this on during all work hours. Beautiful feed! 🦅

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Nestflix BeardedVulture 20 Aug 2025-7

YouTube video by Nestflix

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

This fantastic scientific group, the Transnational Red Sea Center, attempts to stimulate Red Sea reef research and promotes regional cooperation. I love what these guys do and have had the pleasure of working with them a bit! Great new video of their work in Aqaba, Jordan: vimeo.com/1110945817

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A New Approach to Coral Reef Monitoring / Aqaba, Jordan - May 2025

This is "A New Approach to Coral Reef Monitoring / Aqaba, Jordan - May 2025" by TRSC on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

A few weeks ago I went on a whale watching tour from Gloucester and we came across this beautiful male, Satula 🐋 He has a unique trait where he “purrs” before taking a dive - he is the only whale they’ve heard do it, and they don’t know why! Guesses? Volume up to hear the purr (and excitement lol)

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Preparing to apply to PhDs in the US as an international student is… confusing. 😵‍💫 If anybody wants to share their academic CV or take a look at mine, let me know!

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I want to believe that the author didn't know what she was looking at

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Really interesting! We are seeing the same in the Eastern Med - constant new species popping up, and the climate is getting nice and tropical for those migrating Red Sea species

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Sex on the reef! 😛 Video I captured a couple of weeks ago in the Red Sea. Every year, masses of these brown surgeonfish get together to spawn for a few weeks at sunset. Other fish love to join the party, like the Seargant Major fish here that immediately go for the egg and sperm.

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Here's a close up I got of one eating! Very common in the northern Red Sea

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Me waiting for my first (!!) paper that's under review

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

(and let me know if you hear of anything good)

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Starting my search for a marine bio/eco/conservation/molecular PhD! 🫣 I'm planning to track how many emails/apps I send in, how many responses I get, how many interviews, etc., and see what the stats are like at the end. Obviously it's person-dependent, but fun to see. Let's gooooooo!

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

It’s one of those things where the more you find out, the more you realize how little we know, and how incredibly much there is under that [blue] surface. I can recommend reading Ian Urbina’s book of the same name (warning: it’s hard to swallow) and reading articles on their website and newsletter.

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

🎧 Podcast recommendation! The Outlaw Ocean is an independent investigative journalism project dedicated to exposing the myriad of crimes happening today in the ocean. I can recommend it as one of the most fascinating and harrowing investigative series I’ve listened to. theoutlawocean.com/podcast

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The Outlaw Ocean Podcast | The Outlaw Ocean Project

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Mai Bonomo @maibonomo.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

This documentary was such a difficult watch - but important! Bottom trawling doesn't just catch fish for consumption, it completely uplifts, disrupts, and destroys the local seafloor habitat and its benthic community, often catching much more than the intended catch.

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spencer roberts 🦈 @unpopularscience.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I will forever be haunted by this footage. Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity. What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives. 🌎🦑🧪

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