Camilla Souto

Marine Paleo/Biologist; Asst Prof @Stockton_edu. She/her.
Echinoderm, macroevolution, phylogenetics, biogeography, taxonomy. 🇧🇷🏳️‍🌈🏵

[Camilla Souto @csout0]

After drifting in the academic plankton of SW Atlantic & NE Pacific, I'm excited to share that I'm ready to settle in temperate waters of S Jersey @Stockton_edu. I am grateful to mentors, mentees, and all who have supported me during my journey so far.

[Christopher Mah, @echinoblog.bsky.social @echinoblog]

#Wormwednesday!

[Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya_amano]

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences.
https://t.co/Z6za22rMgg
1/9

[Carlos Prada 🐡🐠🐋 @carlosdiversity]

New paper by @PhilDavidson Great job, Phil! @GIGA_COS @uricels @NMNH

Near-Chromosomal-Level Genome Assembly of the Sea Urchin Echinometra lucunter, a Model for Speciation in the Sea https://t.co/xa6XVtqUr8

[stevehaddock.bsky @beroe]

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. In our new @Nature paper, Darrin Schultz @conchoecia used the position of genes on chromosomes to show that ctenophores (comb jellies) not sponges are the sister-group to all other animals. https://t.co/LCSHC1AbRu

[Camilla Souto @csout0]

@echinoblog This IS weird (and fantastic) and I haven't heard about the relationship. Most likely a Synaptidae.

[Camilla Souto @csout0]

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

[Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @Davey_F_Wright]

Our paper integrating fossils, genes, & development to deuterostome evolution has been published in its final form for Biological Reviews!
Check it out! @KNanglu @LenaDoesScience @csout0

https://t.co/AFCoBnggmz

[Daniel V. de Latorre @danielvlatorre]

Studying reproduction in extinct organisms is challenging, and a fossil record of genitalia is very rare.
Luckily the penis bone (baculum) of mammals fossilizes sometimes.

I described this bone for an extinct subfamily of canids, the Borophaginae
https://t.co/Q7kRQ1AIjT

[Ana Carnaval @ana_bosslady]

Love trumps hate. Feliz Brasil Novo! ❤️

[Alexander Semenov @Alex_Aquatilis]

These are Phoronids, a small group of marine invertebrates that belong to the phylum Lophophorata. They are often referred to as "horseshoe worms" due to the shape of their lophophores, which are ring-like structures that encircle the mouth and are used for filter feeding.

[Camilla Souto @csout0]

Excellent research opportunity for undergraduate students!

[Smithsonian NMNH @NMNH]

Undergrads! Apply by Feb. 1, 2023 for a paid 10-week Natural History Research Experiences internship @nmnh. You'll work closely with scientific mentors to complete independent research projects in Earth science, biology, or anthropology. 🪨🦕🔬 https://t.co/ASizwKfhw1

[Nicolás Mongiardino Koch @phyloprog]

Sea urchins are so 2010s, so I present to you the first phylogenomic study of sea cucumbers
https://t.co/iNYMQuefsF

[Alejandra Martinez-Melo @EchinusMelo]

@csout0 yaiiii!! 🥳

[Camilla Souto @csout0]

Incredible preservation of a congregation of Paleozoic sea urchins!

[iCRAG Centre @iCRAGcentre]

Scientists recover 'one of the most striking fossil finds in the last century' from Hook Head https://t.co/AvqOQ1ETKg

[Lewis A. Jones @LewisAlanJones]

sepkoski 0.0.1 is now on CRAN📦!
https://t.co/mOTR5X5xxn

The package is provided to support teaching exercises and an example dataset for function documentation.

Features include:
- Access to Sepkoski's compendium🐚
- Plotting Sepkoski's curve 📈

#CRAN #rstats #palaeobiology

[Jeffrey R Thompson @echinerd]

In a particularly good week for me, our paper on the initial diversification of sea urchins, over 400 million years ago, is now available for free! Please check it out if you're interested in where and when #echinoids evolved. Or if you like the #Ordovician!

[Scott Evans @ScottDEvans]

Looking for something to read as you wait in line to cast your vote?

Look no further than our new paper in #PNAS exploring changing diversity in the Ediacara Biota!

https://t.co/QioCDvow8w

[Karma Nanglu @KNanglu]

#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: https://t.co/gmqQHFmLVd 🧵👇

[Camilla Souto @csout0]

I also learned a ton from @LenaDoesScience and @Davey_F_Wright – I’ll certainly miss our discussions on echinoderm weirdness!

[Camilla Souto @csout0]

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.

[Karma Nanglu @KNanglu]

#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: https://t.co/gmqQHFmLVd 🧵👇