Michelle R. Gaither

Assistant Professor at University of Central Florida studying diversification and evolution of fishes

[Eric Crandall @LuckyLinckia]

Metadata preservation and stewardship for genomic data is possible, but must happen now! Check out our new pre-print about a distributed remote datathon that we ran during the height of the pandemic to restore metadata for >42K SRA BioSamples!https://t.co/N1V6OnaDSj

[NSF REU at UCF Biology @UCFBioREU]

🚨 Don’t forget! The deadline for applying to our NEW #NSF_REU summer program is March 25th. To learn more, click the link below.

Watch this feed for highlights on hosting labs and exciting REU research opportunities! 🐸🌻🐢 🩸🧬🦠🦪🌊🐟🐙🐝🌱 & more!

https://t.co/p2HcyYOtbV

[Michelle R. Gaither @Fish_Evolution]

@AmandaHay13 @inaturalist @AustmusResearch OMG those could not be any cuter...and I have a 5-yo.

[Bryce Stewart @BD_Stew]

Ridiculous headline, but an extraordinary catch all the same:
'Deadly #lionfish capable of paralysing and killing humans caught off Britain’s shores for first time' https://t.co/8eOVjLf3OH #invasivespecies #climatechange

[Michelle R. Gaither @Fish_Evolution]

Florida’s Coral Reef: Our Underwater National Treasure @MyFWC #Florida #fishing
https://t.co/gWKPTJsuKd

[Biogeography.News @JBiogeography]

Lots more of the best biogeography in this month's J. Biogeography, including papers emphasizing important contributions by women, our new Letters series, and the usual riot of patterns & processes across the amazing diversity of species & places https://t.co/S1MLOCTspO

[Eric Crandall @LuckyLinckia]

Great collaboration with @LiuVanson and @Fish_Evolution to get 8 @csumbcos undergrads involved in primary research. Each worked up a species for a capstone research class, and we found that Dongsha was a key regional stepping-stone connecting reefs in the South China Sea!

[Michelle R. Gaither @Fish_Evolution]

@JBiogeography @cn_meynard @johannabradie @aecahill @CalderonSanou @SuzetteFlantua @HanzDagmar @AliciaMstt @DrSlimeMold @SusanaRodEche @SarkinenTiina @fpwerneck @marenfaren @holobiomics @BioGeoKreft Women in Biogeography!! It’s an honor to have made the cut. Thanks to Christine Meynard and Mike Dawson for putting this together!!

[Biogeography.News @JBiogeography]

(2/2) ... with blogpost introducing the lead authors https://t.co/lxxSNJMOqu @johannabradie @aecahill @CalderonSanou @SuzetteFlantua @Fish_Evolution @HanzDagmar @AliciaMstt @DrSlimeMold @SusanaRodEche @SarkinenTiina @fpwerneck @marenfaren @holobiomics

@cn_meynard @BioGeoKreft

[POGO @POGO_Ocean]

POGO-SCOR Visiting Fellowship 2021 - https://t.co/IJQNNJF0iU

[NOAA Ocean Exploration @oceanexplorer]

This cute chimaera stopped to say hello to ROV Deep Discoverer during a dive off FL coast, giving us a good view of the lateral lines running across its head that allow it to detect pressure waves (like our ears).

Hey little, buddy!

[Michelle R. Gaither @Fish_Evolution]

Hidden World Just Below the Surface https://t.co/UmQicBEUqR #StoryMaps

[Michelle R. Gaither @Fish_Evolution]

Is the iconic weedy seadragon of AU a species complex? https://t.co/ycQLmAdiv1 @reefevolution @evo_fish @CoralReefFish @SergioFloeter @ToBoLab

[Michelle R. Gaither @Fish_Evolution]

https://t.co/cBLTKAQl87

[Dave Harasti @daveharasti]

For those that have you have fallen in love with #Octopus after watching #octopusteacher; this is a friendly reminder that they're evil little turds that eat seahorses. That is all.

[NOAA Ocean Exploration @oceanexplorer]

#ImageoftheDay: October 4, 2020: This scaleworm, measuring ~5 cms (2 in) in length, was seen on the belly of a sea cucumber at 1,526 m (5,006 ft) depth while exploring a site within the Coral Triangle.

Full caption: https://t.co/ah3FT3f8pr

[Dr. Jonathan Whitney @FishWhit]

Congrats to @Fish_Evolution and colleagues on fantastic recent publication on sympatric divergence hawkfish color morphs. https://t.co/0g798flY0I

[Luiz Rocha, PhD @CoralReefFish]

Good news! The most populous country in the world pledges to be carbon neutral in 40 years! https://t.co/ibIwh5lAnl

[MBARI @MBARI_News]

It's a squid-eat-squid world. 🦑⁠
⁠
Cannibalism is not unusual in the deep sea. By using ROVs to make observations of these Gonatus squid in their natural habitat, MBARI scientists have been able to learn more about their feeding behavior: https://t.co/S1CuuDF9KL
#MolluscMonday

[Maeve Secor @maevobio]

The age old question of “what came first, the chicken or the egg?” explained by a #Phylomoji

Not this:
🥚—> 🐔Or 🐔—>🥚

But this:
🐢 🦎 🐍 🐊 🐔
| |_____| |_____|
| |_________|
|____________|
|<-🥚eggs already existed