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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Snail Facts! Get your snail facts heeeeere! Scratch a shell a day for a fact about snails! There's been a lot of talk this week about university and government failure to fund critical institutions. Keep @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat while having fun learning about snails 🐌 SquidFacts.net

An 11x14 inch poster featuring snails, slugs, nudibranchs, and other snails! There are 24 yellow-green snail shells that you can scratch off. There's a leaf sheep and sea bunny and sea angel and fire snail and banana slug and mystery snail and ramshorn snail and candy cane snail

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Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation @cerfscience.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

CERF Executive Director Susan Park was excited to attend the 2026 Pacific Estuarine Research Society Meeting in Newport, Oregon, for two days of learning, networking, and fun. She was joined by #RisingTIDES scholars Andrea Dávila, Sof Fox, Alex Zinck and Sage Enright. 1/2

Five people on a wooden deck in front of a scenic river and trees

A person holding a microphone speaking in front of a dark blue curtain backdrop

A person standing next to a scientific poster on sea turtle identification

Four people standing on a wooden deck in front of trees and a river

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Are you an early career biologist seeking a position (Masters up to faculty)? I have talked to so many people who feel alone, like they don't have resources, or who are seeking community during this difficult time in the job market. I created a Discord community to help. discord.gg/nmktHJhUPH

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Join the Early Career Biologist Support Network Discord Server!

Check out the Early Career Biologist Support Network community on Discord - hang out with 3 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Sof Fox @soffox.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

#AMSS2026 Poster session ✅ I had a great time talking about my research last week at the 2026 Alaska Marine Science Symposium!

Sof Fox standing in front of a poster titled “Quantifying genomic responses of Pacific oysters to a harmful algal bloom event”

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Sof Fox @soffox.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Last month I attended the @cerfscience.bsky.social conference and gave my first oral presentation! I’m so grateful to be a 2025 Rising TIDES scholar and be part of such an amazing program and community. Many thanks to everyone who made my first CERF conference a great one!

Sof Fox giving an oral presentation standing at a CERF 2025 podium
Photo credit: Hilary Neckles

Group photo of the 2025 Rising TIDES scholars
Photo credit: José R. Vázquez

Sof Fox standing in front of presentation title slide “Understanding Stress Responses in Cultivated Pacific Oysters in Alaska”
Photo credit: Jennifer Zhu

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Sof Fox @soffox.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I’m excited and very grateful to be in Richmond for #CERF2025 as a Riding TIDES scholar! I’ll be giving a talk Monday at 1:15pm in the Eco-evolutionary dynamics in coastal ecosystems under global change session. Feel free to reach out if you’re here, I’d love to connect!

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Sof Fox @soffox.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Lab trials have been running for the last week! Excited to do my final sampling next week and then get to processing all of my samples 🦪

Beakers inside water tables for a lab experiment

Sof smiling and giving a thumbs up with experimental set up

Oysters inside beakers showing experimental setup

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James Brooks Cascade @alaska.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Between 1,500 and 2,000 people attended Juneau, Alaska’s #NoKings rally today under clear skies. That’s based on a series of clickers used by organizers. There were 6-10 silent counterprotesters on the bridge above.

Protesters fill the plaza at Juneau’s Overstreet Park for the local edition of the No Kings rally.

A protest sign, decorated with a fish, says “king salmon only … oops we defunded NOAA”

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 16/04/2025

Last one for Tax Day – NOAA 🌊 The average U.S. taxpayer contributes $21/year to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 💡 NOAA turns science into safety — for coasts, communities, & the climate. It helps safeguard lives, property, and ecosystems from rising seas and extreme weather.

A powerful ocean scene shows waves crashing against a row of buildings under a dark, stormy sky. Overlaid in bold white text: “How much would you pay to protect your coast?”

A square graphic with an aerial view of swirling ocean currents in teal and blue. Bold white text reads: “Only $21/year from the average taxpayer helps fund NOAA.”

A square infographic with a dark stormy ocean background. The white header text reads: “Your $21 funds these essential services.” Below are six dark blue boxes, each with a white icon and label:
1. Coastal Mapping – Detailed charts of shorelines, navigation hazards, and more
2. Weather Monitoring – Vital data for tracking storms, extreme heat, and drought
3. Marine Resource Management – Conservation of ocean life and sustainable fisheries
4. Coastal Resilience – Infrastructure that withstands storms and rising seas
5. Storm Research – Studies of severe weather patterns and impacts

The graphic uses clean lines, oceanic tones, and emphasizes the small taxpayer cost for these vital environmental services.

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Sof Fox @soffox.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Great first day at #AMSS2025 and first poster session of grad school!

Sof standing in front of a research poster titled “Evolutionary Underpinnings of Stress Responses in Pacific Oysters”

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Sof Fox @soffox.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Thanks Kai for the feature! Make sure to check out the other cool trans scientists he’s featuring for #TransAwarenessWeek

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Sof Fox @soffox.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Check out this post written by wonderful friend and fellow trans scientist and happy trans awareness week!

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Sof Fox @soffox.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Hi everyone! I’m Sof (they/them) and I’m a MS Fisheries student at UAF! My project uses transcriptomics to look at responses to environmental stressors in farmed Pacific oysters here in Alaska :) I thought I’d reintroduce myself since I’ve gained some new followers and am trying to post more! 🦪🦑

Sof giving two thumbs up, kneeling on a floating dock

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Dr. Torrance Hanley @torrancehanley.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Many of the (great) starter packs focus on faculty in different fields. In an effort to help #EarlyCareerResearchers in #marine biology, ecology, evolution, & related fields (re-)connect, here is a list of ECRs. Please give them a follow (and reply to be added or suggest people). go.bsky.app/KhWvT4u

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 11/02/2024

Football is an incredibly hard sport for most squid to play, owing to the size and buoyancy differential between the ball and the squid. Thankfully, flying squid species are able to leave the water, making football a feasible activity.

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Dr Helen Scales @helenscales.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

So excited to share my Guardian story about stunning sea slugs and the amazing people who find them. Earlier this year I went diving in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland with Libby Keatley searching for nudibranchs and we found SO MANY! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘They’re inherently charismatic’: the amateur sleuths hooked on sea slugs

More and more enthusiasts have fallen in love with this relative of garden dwellers, and are helping ocean science while they’re at it

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Sof Fox @soffox.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to present my research at the State of the Coast conference in Newport, OR last week! My poster covered preliminary findings from my undergraduate thesis research under Dr. Richard Emlet at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology.

Sof stands next to a research poster titled “One Nudibranch One Sponge? Using Genetic Barcoding to Analyze the Rostanga pulchra Species Complex and Prey Differentiation”

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Sof Fox @soffox.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Happy sea slug day! Here are some of the little guys from my research to celebrate :)

Rostanga pulchra sea slug in a glass bowl, magnified under a microscope

Rostanga pulchra sea slug in a glass bowl

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Sof Fox @soffox.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Just arrived in Portland for SACNAS #2023NDiSTEM! I’m looking forward to meeting people and learning, feel free to reach out if you’re here too!

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Sof Fox @soffox.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Hi bluesky! My name is Sof, and I’m a marine biology undergrad at UO. I’m currently working on a thesis on the Rostanga pulchra nudibranch, and spent the summer doing marine reserves science communication. I’m so excited to connect with people here and see all the cool science that’s happening!

Sof stands in a tidepool, holding a small sea star and notebook

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