MacKenzie Heagy

Coralline algae diversity, biogeography, and discovery. Current VSRP at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

I illustrated 21 organisms for this paper. This was my favorite. Congrats and good work!

[Colin Anthony @ColinJAnthony]

First paper of 2024! 🪼

Very excited to announce a ✨️BEAUTIFUL✨️project published in @CurrentBiology with @RebeccaRHelm.

Within, we use phylogeny and ancestral reconstructions to better understand the evolution of organisms on the ocean's surface.

https://t.co/0hYy99cnje

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

Around 300 collected and preserved samples, 25 designed primers, 54 photobox photos, 40 microscopy stubs, 89 pages, and however many DNA extracts for 1 masters degree #phycologyfriday

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

@ColinJAnthony “Grazed” 😅

[Marine Phycology Laboratory @marinephycolab]

DID YOU KNOW that there is a seaweed found in the Philippines that imitates corals?

It’s the red seaweed genus Mimica! 😎

Mimica is a genus described by Filipino phycologist Dr. Wilfred John Santiañez w/ Dr. Michael J. Wynne of the University of Michigan Herbarium.

#PHseaweeds

[Dr Christopher Cornwall @chrisecornwall]

Our paper out today highlights that crustose coralline algae can contribute significantly to carbonate production on coral reefs but their contribution is presently underestimated. We discuss ways to improve their estimated carbonate production https://t.co/WvBTLILCj9

[Ahmi Cacapit @AhmiCacapit]

5 GRFP awardees from Guam!!! Proud is an understatement🤯😄

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

@boxjellytalk Nope! Just thought this lone branch in my press would look good with a bat hanging off of it!

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

Ink illustration of Fanihi on pressed Halymenia from Guam, Micronesia

[Colin Anthony @ColinJAnthony]

Did you know you can characterize Symbiodiniaceae physiology using flow cytometry?

Find out how to implement and apply this technique in our new preprint! @bastodian
https://t.co/zFpvTogy0r

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

@JDReimer @laurianeribas @CephWarden It’s a Lepas raft now!

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

Good conditions allowed us to collect from one of the most undivable dive sites on the northeast side of Rota, ROT_01. I call it the supermarket site. Multiple “aisles” with walls covered in great algae! #SchilsPhycologyLab

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

Blessed to work alongside other young women that inspire, motivate and encourage me to be my best. Check out my colleague’s paper comparing artificial & natural reefs. Proud of you D’amy! First of many!

[D’amy Steward @oceansteward_]

🚨 PAPER ALERT🚨I am beyond excited to share my first FIRST author paper published in @FrontMarineSci with @ABPaxton and our incredible team - "Quantifying spatial extents of artificial versus natural reefs in the seascape.”https://t.co/5PBsrvT315 (🧵: 1/4)

[Colin Anthony @ColinJAnthony]

Hi all, check out this highlight written on the work @MacHeagy, @bastodian and I did last year! Big fan of the upside-down jellies and appreciative of the insightful island community we've got. @GuamEPSCoR @UOGTriton

https://t.co/GfHdHAbDS7

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

@iheartseaweed @FACEITArctic @MuseumofNature Beauty! I’d love to see it pressed!

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

Farming my golden garden. #SEM

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

@JDReimer Hi! I still think about this picture from time to time...did you ever find out what it was?

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

Come work in the Schils phycology lab with us!! :)

[Jason Hall-Spencer @jhallspencer]

Postdoc position available in Guam on coralline algal systematics ⁦@bps_algae⁩ with Tom Schils https://t.co/dScbvQBK3o

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

Another Portieria from Guam. #mixedmediums proud of this difficult piece.

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

Amansia glomerata, Agat, Guam

[MacKenzie Heagy @MacHeagy]

Portieria hornemannii press, Guam