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Valerio Tettamanti

@vtettama.bsky.social
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PostDoc @ University of Queensland Coastal restoration, coral reef fishes, eDNA, UW photography.

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UQ Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science @uq-cbcs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A global team of researchers, including CBCS’s Associate Professor Chris Roelfsema, have created the first complete map of the world’s seagrass for clear shallow water, identifying important areas of seagrass as well as vulnerable regions: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/firs...
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First complete global seagrass map reveals new opportunities for conservation
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UQ Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science @uq-cbcs.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This year, the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science (CBCS) welcomes a new leadership team, including its Director and Management Committee, who will help guide the Centre’s strategic direction and research priorities. Meet the new committee here: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/cbcs...
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CBCS welcomes new management committee for 2026
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Cynthia Riginos @seaprof.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Led by @adrianahumanes.bsky.social , points out the importance of collaboration and long term funding to advance critical knowledge for corals. #coral
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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
We all lose – and future generations will lose even harder – when governments cut investments in research & researchers. Or fail to increase them to the levels actually needed. 😡
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Looming CSIRO job cuts come at 'critical moment' for climate change action
Scientists are calling on the Australian government to push back on a plan to scrap hundreds of jobs at the nation's science agency, as they await the release of further details this week.
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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
SA’s algal bloom is heading toward the giant cuttlefish breeding site in Whyalla. Experts warn the bloom could wipe out an entire generation. Urgent action is needed to protect the eggs, including exploring temporary relocation to an aquaculture facility. www.canberratimes.co...
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Fabio Cortesi @drfishvis.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
A vertebrate #vision community effort to standardise the way we call image forming photoreceptors, with new marker genes to delineate the receptor types. 👀📸📞 PR0 = rod photoreceptor PR1 = formerly lws receptor PR2 … PR3 … journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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A standardized nomenclature for the rods and cones of the vertebrate retina
Vertebrate photoreceptors have been studied for well over a century, but a fixed nomenclature for referring to orthologous cell types across species has been lacking. In this Consensus View, the autho...
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Valerio Tettamanti @vtettama.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
First paper of my PhD is finally out in Molecular Ecology! A mix of UV photography, transcriptomics and phylogenetic reconstructions to investigate development of UV vision and patterns in damselfishes. doi.org/10.1111/mec....
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