Ashley Blawas

Ph.D. student at @DukeMarineLab studying cetacean physiology, @DukeEngineering alum

[Ashley Blawas @a_blaw]

Successful day studying estuarine dolphins around @DukeMarineLab with undergrads on our @BassConnections team… students learned how to take photos for dorsal fin ID, collect sighting info, and prep biopsy gear (NFMS Permit #22156).

[Alexandra DiGiacomo @A_DiGiacomo_]

New remote sensing paper out today! Check out our latest work at @MarineUAS & @DukeMarineLab in collaboration with @noaaocean @noaacoastalsci using UAS photogrammetry to extract quantitative properties of coastal ecosystems 📈 #Tech4Wildlife
https://t.co/r3zElPmj50

[Annie Harshbarger @alittle_harsh]

It's amazing how much data you can collect in 2 days when you have the ultimate dream team! Fresh off a mini-cruise with 3 pilot whale DTAGs, 8 UAS flights, 2 biopsies, long-term resights (including previously tagged whales!), and many photos to ID!

📸: @a_blaw NMFS #22156

[Ashley Blawas @a_blaw]

@JasonPDinh @scifri @NSF Congrats, Jason!!! 🥳🙌

[Jason Dinh is just trying his best @byjasonpdinh]

I’m SO excited to have been awarded an NSF INTERN grant to work with @scifri in the fall!

@NSF-funded grad students interested in jobs outside of academia: consider applying!

It’s generous, flexible, and a great opportunity to broaden your professional horizons.

[Ashley Blawas @a_blaw]

Excited to be joining #WiDS2022 virtually today to learn from awesome women in #DataScience! Especially looking forward to the #wearables data talk to think about parallels with animal #biologging data ⌚️📊🐋

[Ashley Blawas @a_blaw]

Excellent article on a recent paper lead by @austin_s_allen describing a proxy to estimate dolphin energy expenditure from #biologging tags! Look forward to seeing this applied to wild populations🐬 https://t.co/WAgiLYAIHx

[Ashley Blawas @a_blaw]

This work was especially exciting for me to learn new skills in molecular bio and think about how levels of biological organization are connected through molecular + physiology data. Looking forward to more collaborative work with @DukeMarineLab and @DukeCancer in the future!

[Ashley Blawas @a_blaw]

Excited to share the final version of our recent paper on the molecular response of dolphins to breath holding published in @ISEMPH! With awesome co-authors @JSomarelli @Dolphin_Quest @dpnowacek and many non-Twitter folks: https://t.co/LRYYP2tRiM

See thread below for summary:

[Ashley Blawas @a_blaw]

Though we don’t know how dolphins may be dealing with inflammation during a dive, these results do reveal potential molecular mechanisms at the intersection of ischemia, hypoxia, and vasoconstriction that may contribute to the adaptation of dolphins to life in the ocean.

[Ashley Blawas @a_blaw]

@StephRValdez @DukeMarineLab @StacyZhang_ @sillimanlab Congrats, Steph! 🥳😎

[Ashley Blawas @a_blaw]

Shoutout to @davehaas, @kiwijuliandale, @samj_kelly, @AlexNiebergall, Jess, Ivan, Matt, Tina, and John - couldn't have asked for a better crew for 5 awesome days of science 👏

[Ashley Blawas @a_blaw]

Inaugural student cruise on the RV Shearwater was a huge success! 3 DTAGs out on pilot whales with drone flights to capture respiration events + acoustic and community comp. sampling across the Gulf Stream front. Big thanks to my co-Chief Sci. @clifgray and the whole team!

[Rhea Storlund @RheaStorlund]

Check out our new paper that describes the anatomy and timing of #pinniped hearts. Using #ECG and #echocardiography we showed that heart measurements of Steller sea lions, northern fur seals, and a walrus are similar to other #MarineMammals.

https://t.co/QUDpU1jPrR