Come catch me at poster 129 tonight to hear about my planned PhD research with the Symbiommunity Lab lab Texas State University!!! #BEM2023

Come catch me at poster 163 tonight to hear about my completed undergraduate research with the Symbiommunity Lab lab Texas State University!!! #BEM2023

We’re trying to bring a SWMS chapter to TX but it’s a big state, and we need help spreading the word! Please retweet and share so we can reach as many marine scientists across TX as possible, and if interested please fill out our form below! forms.gle/5fBK6hzwCkfuCH…

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It’s experiment day in the lab! Postdoc Erin Borbee is laying the groundwork for her upcoming #NSFfunded Postdoctoral fellowship which starts in the Fall!

I have the BEST colleagues here at Department of Biology TXST!! Came back from 4 amazing days at #evol2023 to find a thick stack of Barbara McClintock reprints + a companion biography in my mailbox. Shout out to Jim Ott for think of the Symbiommunity Lab lab and leaving these for us!

Very busy summer Friday in the lab!! We got Astrangia things, Aiptasia things, and everything in between going on today!

The Symbiommunity Lab lab been awarded our first NSF grant! Our BRC-BIO grant will support work leveraging Astrangia to study how variation in multi-partner symbioses affects immunity. A MASSIVE thanks to co-PI Dr. Koty Sharp for her support. 1/2 Texas State Research Department of Biology TXST

Super proud of MJ Strike who’s been visiting us all summer from Carleton College and conducting research on cnidarian immunity. They are presenting preliminary work today at the inaugural Texas State Research IDEA Center RICE showcase!

Come work with us at TXST!

We are SO excited about this new project!!

My first first author paper is officially published! If you’re interested in Astrangia, reproduction, and energetic budgets, check it out!! :) peerj.com/articles/16586/

Excited to announce the latest publication from the Symbiommunity Lab lab, led by Natalie Villafranca. We investigated reproduction-immune trade offs in Astrangia, and the roles of symbiotic variation in these trade-offs We found no evidence of trade-offs! peerj.com/articles/16586/

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Come join an interdisciplinary team working on a super cool project! (ok we're biased, but still come join us!)

Pumped for a week full of research in Rhode Island with our first cohort of undergrad researchers!

Apply ASAP! Looking for someone to start 9/1. One year contract with potential opportunities for extension.