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Dr. Lauren Meyer

@meyer-sci.bsky.social
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Biochemical ecologist 🧪| co-leader of SouthernSharkEG | Flinders #shark and #ray trophic ecology 🦈🌯| Rugby player 🏉| 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her)| 🐕 mum

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Isabella Reeves @bellareeves.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Last call ⏳🚨 If you have any elasmobranch and killer whale interaction records we want to hear about it! Please reach our team with the email below, would love to include them in our global review!
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Charlie Huveneers @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Ever thought about using shark jaws for stable isotopes from teeth? This is a must read: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... #StableIsotopes @meyer-sci.bsky.social @sawsharkman.bsky.social
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S isotope values from preserved elasmobranch jaws: Implications for ecological studies from existing collections
Stable isotope analysis has become a widely used biogeochemical tool owing to its capacity to reveal predator foraging habitats, trophic level, and pr…
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Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Awesome Honours work by Laura Holmes. Results will be interested for anyone working with shark teeth and isotopes.
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Ecology and Evolution @ecol-evol.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
New genetic evidence of Killer Whales attacking White Sharks in Australia, selectively targeting their livers, suggests this behavior is more widespread than previously thought: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @bellareeves.bsky.social et al. #killerwhales #orcas #sharks
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Genetic Evidence of Killer Whale Predation on White Sharks in Australia
Using a combination of wildlife forensics and citizen science, we provide the first evidence of killer whale predation on Australian white sharks, targeting the liver. This is the first time a predat...
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Chloe Roberts @chlo-ro.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Hi! I’m a PhD student in South Australia looking at the diet and movement of sharks and rays using #stableisotopes, #fattyacids, and #acoustictelemetry. I’m analysing how species partition resources to coexist in different environments 🦈
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Jess Henkens @jesshenkens.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Hello! I’m a PhD student using biochemical techniques to investigate the diet and nutrition of southern bluefin tuna in relation to changing population distributions in southern Australia. #fish #stableisotopes #fattyacids
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​Melissa Cristina Márquez (she/her/ella) @melissacmarquez.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The Mysterious Case Of Killer Whale Predation On White Sharks In Australia www.forbes.com/sites/meliss... Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale predation on white sharks in Australia.
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The Mysterious Case Of Killer Whale Predation On White Sharks In Australia
Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale predation on white sharks in Australia.
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Isabella Reeves @bellareeves.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
New paper from my PhD 🐬🧬 Admixture is increasing genetic diversity and adaptive potential in low latitude killer whales promoting an genetic rescue effect. See more here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 1/n
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Charlie Huveneers @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Another year, another trip on Norfolk Island, but this time to deploy SPLASH tags to record tiger shark use of the water column across their migrations #NorfolkSharks @meyer-sci.bsky.social @parksaustralia.bsky.social
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Alec BM Moore @alecbmmoore.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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A megafauna in distress: Unsustainable exploitation of tiger sharks in the Arabian Sea and implications for conservation
Populations of the iconic tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, are in a state of global decline, with the species assessed as ‘Near Threatened’ on the IUCN…
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Alexa Robles-Gil @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
A few weeks ago in Boston, I met the organizers behind the Stand Up for Science (@standupforscience.bsky.social) rally and spoke with them about their motivations in the buildup to the event. Read more in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests
New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies
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Nicholas @petrel-nut.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The Southern Shark Ecology Group has been tracking Tigers in the waters around Norfolk Island, with arrival and departure the same as Wedge-tailed Shearwaters. A huge 75% of their diet is seabirds! We are in the 1st stage of a collab to see if shark and shearwater migration areas match.#Seabirds🪶
Large shark held against a boat with tether ropes. Ocean around boat is calm. A person is leaning on side of vesselGrassy trail on a slope at night with several large birds alighted in the medium foreground and distanceLarge grey seabird being held with on leg extended. The leg has a bulky device affixed to the leg. The lighting shows it is nighttime.
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Teah Burke, MSc @underwater-teah.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🦈🚨 New Paper! 🚨🦈 I am really excited to share the first chapter of my masters thesis which was just published! In this study we used an archived collection of white #shark vertebrae to investigate the population structure and ecological role of white sharks in AUS using stable isotope analysis. 🌊🦑🧪
Infographic for introduction of a new white shark research paperInfographic for the methods and results of a new white shark research paper
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Colin Simpfendorfer @sharkcolin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Science is full of what sound like contradictions. Great example this week with tow papers on the structure of Australian the white shark. Population: One supports two populations: www.publish.csiro.au/WR/WR24132 The other supports one population: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Dr Michelle LaRue @drmichellelarue.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
**Antarctic POST-DOC announcement incoming!** Sarah Flanagan, Jong-U Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim & I are teaming up to study population genomics of emperor penguins in the Ross Sea. 20-month position available, will inform the Ross Sea MPA review. Join us in NZ! 🧪🌍🦑🦉 flanagan-lab.github.io/people/open-...
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Open Positions
I am currently seeking a postdoc to study population genetics in emperor penguins!
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Colin Simpfendorfer @sharkcolin.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
New #sharkscience from @dr-yannis.bsky.social and colleagues. Movements of oceanic whitetip sharks in French Polynesia. They move a long way, but given the size of FP they rarely moved to the waters of other nations. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Horizontal and vertical movement ecology of the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus Longimanus) in French Polynesia - Marine Biology
The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is globally understudied with major data deficits despite its global distribution. We present horizontal and vertical movement data by investigatin...
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Emma Luck @emmaluck22.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
A fascinating new study from a great team of scientists, including @bellareeves.bsky.social and @meyer-sci.bsky.social! They isolated killer whale DNA from the wounds of dead white shark that washed up in Australia without its liver: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
An infographic displaying the procedure of how scientists sampled the white shark and discovered killer whale DNA was present on the sounds.
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Isabella Reeves @bellareeves.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
New paper from my PhD provides genomic evidence that white shark livers are on the menu for Aussie killer whales! See more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Dr. Lauren Meyer @meyer-sci.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Hello! I’m a research scientist at Flinders University using biochem🧪 (fatty acids and stable isotopes) to understand predator-prey interactions🦈🐟🦑. #shark #ray #fish #killerwhale
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