Rachel Lasley-Rasher

marine ecologist | assistant professor @USouthernMaine | toddler chaser | plankton gazer

[Dr Richard Kirby @PlanktonPundit]

Plankton. I never know what my net will catch and I will never grow tired looking at these creatures. Precious, beautiful, alien-like; how would you describe them? And how would you describe the microplastic pollution that is now present in every sample? @zeiss_micro

[Samantha Bengs @sambengs]

#eDNA sampling getting more and more efficient! Thanks @JonahVentures for sharing the Baleen eDNA Filtering System for @LasleyRasher lab to test out in the field. Great setup and easy to use on a boat, too!

[NayakLab @NayakLab1]

In situ video off the @UMaineDMC dock. When your long-awaited subject of interest (mysid) shows up, but another crustacean videobombs you!
@LasleyRasher @sumit_dass

[Matthieu Leray @Matt_Leray]

Devastating. Extensive bleaching of Pocillopora sp. corals at #contadora #lasperlas #panama #easternpacific today
Our team at @stri_panama is closely monitoring the onset of this event #orftype3

[NayakLab @NayakLab1]

At Darling Marine Center @UMaineDMC in beautiful Maine for a couple of weeks, searching for mysids with fantastic collaborators from @WHOI & @USouthernMaine, for an @NSF funded project to characterize their ecology (https://t.co/MZJ8rLxkJN). @LasleyRasher @sumit_dass @sail5544

[Dr. Kristen Marhaver @CoralSci]

HERE IT IS: THE REVEAL!

This is the first time in 15 years of studying corals that I've captured larval settlement in a clear timelapse

Yet EVERY CORAL REEF in the world started from coral larvae doing THIS EXACT THING

The black box of larval dispersal, now in full color🤯🤩😍

[John Gibbons 🇵🇸 @think_or_swim]

Quite simply - astonishing. There’s no other word for it.
Almost beyond belief.

[Rachel Lasley-Rasher @LasleyRasher]

@Lin_Manuel @Alex_Horwitz @slesin Amazing!

[Matt Burgess @matthewgburgess]

New study finds pay is the most important factor limiting undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds' willingness to take environment and natural resource internships.

Proud to be welcoming 3 paid undergrads this summer to our lab!
https://t.co/9p8wgyvYRy

[Rachel Lasley-Rasher @LasleyRasher]

@mixotrophe Brilliant!

[Kelsey Poulson-Ellestad @PlanktonChem]

This is so good! @Kwentzhunter

[The Nature Conservancy in Maine @TNCmaine]

If you love #nature—& believe everyone should have a healthy environment where they can live & play—here are 5 things you can do right now to help build more justice in our natural world. https://t.co/Vn3FsSHJoD

[Rachel Lasley-Rasher @LasleyRasher]

This looks amazing!

[Black in Marine Science @BlackinMarSci]

On Mon, November 30th we have #WhatisMarineScience day! We have a Podcast with @SpeakUpforBlue, a Marine Plants versus Marine Animals Panel at 9 am EST and at 5 pm EST @curly_scientist and @ayanaeliza will be going live on IG with "What does Marine Science mean to you!"

[Senator Angus King @SenAngusKing]

When the #1 reason for Americans losing faith in our democratic process is the President himself making false claims and undermining the vote count, we are in a very dark moment.

[Rachel Lasley-Rasher @LasleyRasher]

Looks like a great resource.

[Rachel Lasley-Rasher @LasleyRasher]

This!

[Yale School of Public Health @YaleSPH]

Dr. Anthony Fauci lays out three ways future scientific communicators can build trust:

1) Always go by the data
2) Admit when you don't know something
3) The goal is not to show how smart you are. It's to get people to understand what you're talking about.

#FauciAtYale

[Rachel Lasley-Rasher @LasleyRasher]

@PlanktonChem Nooooooo!

[Rachel Lasley-Rasher @LasleyRasher]

Yes this is why I think ‘fine’ is the new ‘excellent’ for 2020.

[Rachel Lasley-Rasher @LasleyRasher]

@DanOvand0 @JennyBryan This is super helpful! Thanks for sharing.