Scientist | Spongiologist | Postdoc @NMNH Smithsonian | Museu Nacional/UFRJ | Systematics, taxonomy & biogeography #deepseasponges #sponges #deepsea
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Joined July 2014
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On time to #SpongeThursday:
We are starting a #campaign to get more glass-sponge samples for our project (Aphrocallistes beatrix and Farrea occa).
Please, spread the word out!
#TeamGlassSponges
Contact us for more information.
And check this amazing art out (by @NickBezioArt).
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The impact (good or bad) that you have on people through your teaching and mentoring will likely be greater than the impact of your research on society.
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New Smithsonian fellowship opportunities in Climate Change, Environmental Justice and Resilience & Sustainability Science. See: fellowships.si.edu/CCEJ
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Absolutely ecstatic to share my very first publication! We assessed selection in 🪸mitochondrial genomes and explored how selective pressures in the #deepsea influence mt adaptations. nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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SOSA´s Engagement Unit is growing.
Do you love marine species as much as we do and want to share your fascination with the world? Then become a part of a new movement promoting #biodiversity #conservation!
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Awww... thank you so much! Had lots of fun! 🥰🥰
Wonderful talk by @CastelloBrancoC at @Stockton_edu today on deep-sea sponge biodiversity and the importance of #taxonomy for #marineconservation. Thank you for enriching our lives with great science, Cris! #Porifera #DeepSea
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Learn about the amazing legacy of Dr. Marian Pettibone! First woman curator of worms in our department! #womeninscience #womenshistorymonth #wormwednesday ocean.si.edu/human-connectio…
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Museum collections provide some of the most important data to help us understand and predict what is happening under a changing climate. However, our collections pre-date electronic databases by hundreds of years so how do we know what we have?
ALT Photograph of the NMNH bird collection and curators taken by Chip Clark
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Sponges may be one of the most "primitive" multicellular animals, but their mechanisms for filter feeding are a wonder to behold. Here's an appreciation post for their critical contributions to reef ecology. Read more about these beauties at schmidtocean.org/cruise-log-…
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Excited to share our new paper on deuterostome origins, thoroughly summarized here by @KNanglu. @KNanglu approached me in 2019 with the idea of this paper. I told him he was talking to the wrong person! I'm thankful for his trust and support in leading this paper.
#WormWednesday I’m excited to share that our paper on Deuterostome origins is now out in Biological Reviews; @csout0 @LenaDoesScience @Davey_F_Wright and I survey the fossil, developmental, and molecular evidence for early deuterostome evolution: tinyurl.com/3etzhppv 🧵👇
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@invertebratesDC @CastelloBrancoC featured in a Guardian piece on sponges and the deep sea habitat dubbed "The Forest of the Weird" “These kinds of environments with this diversity of sponges are more common than we used to think.” #SPONGETHURSDAY theguardian.com/environment/…
Check out this @guardian feature on #deepsea sponges and the very special "The Forest of the Weird ".
Thanks @helenscales for the very nice chat on my favorite subject... #sponges! 🙃
IZ's @CastelloBrancoC featured in a Guardian piece on sponges and the deep sea habitat that @echinoblog dubbed "The Forest of the Weird" theguardian.com/environment/… “These kinds of environments with this diversity of sponges are more common than we used to think.”
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Looking for fellowship opportunities @Smithsonian? Applications for the 2023 Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program are now being accepted. To apply, click on the following link: fellowships.si.edu/opportuni…
#PostDoc #Predoc #GraduateStudentFellow. @NMNH @americanart @NationalZoo
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If you've visited the @NMNH, you might think you've seen all we have to offer. But did you know, what you see on display is actually less than 1% of our entire collections?
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From the #IlluminatingBiodiversity expedition off Puerto Rico. this lovely Calocidaris urchin chewing on this coral! YUMMY! #echinoday via oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explo…
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Lunchtime! Who's hungry? Perhaps *not* this predatory tunicate, seen during #IlluminatingBiodiversity of Deep Waters of #PuertoRico expedition w/ possible food in its gut!
This entire family of tunicates has never been collected from Caribbean before.
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ALT Predatory Tunicate (15-centimeters/5.9 inches wide) with possible food in its gut was seen during Dive 2 of the during the Illuminating Biodiversity in Deep Waters of Puerto Rico 2022 expedition.
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Now we know what happens to #cabbages that sink to the deep.
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Lovely weather for a CTD 🌊 #eDNA #illuminatingbiodiversity #puertorico @deepseamoleco @InvertebratesDC @CordesLab
