Assistant Professor at University of Central Florida studying diversification and evolution of fishes
Orlando, FL
Joined January 2016
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Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
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!bit.ly/3DqEOxu
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🚨 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!
sciences.ucf.edu/biology/reu…
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
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' thesun.co.uk/news/16283017/m… #invasivespecies #climatechange
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
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 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/…
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
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!
New @PeerJLife study evaluates the role of Dongsha Atoll National Park, established in 2007 to study and conserve this diverse and remote #coral
Read the full article bit.ly/3gMHmtO
@YJondelius @LuckyLinckia
#Biodiversity #ConservationBiology
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
(2/2) ... with blogpost introducing the lead authors journalofbiogeographynews.or… @johannabradie @aecahill @CalderonSanou @SuzetteFlantua @Fish_Evolution @HanzDagmar @AliciaMstt @DrSlimeMold @SusanaRodEche @SarkinenTiina @fpwerneck @marenfaren @holobiomics
@cn_meynard @BioGeoKreft
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
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 retweeted
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.
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#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: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multi…
ALT This scaleworm, measuring ~5 centimeters (2 inches) in length, was seen on the underside of a holothurian (sea cucumber) that was about 60 centimeters (2 feet) at 1,526 meters (5,006 feet) depth while exploring a site within the Coral Triangle.
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
Congrats to @Fish_Evolution and colleagues on fantastic recent publication on sympatric divergence hawkfish color morphs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
ALT Paracirrhites forsteri color morphs
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
Good news! The most populous country in the world pledges to be carbon neutral in 40 years! theguardian.com/environment/…
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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: mbari.org/cannibalism-in-the…
#MolluscMonday
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
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
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
2020 is the worse bleaching year for corals around Taiwan water. Seawater temperature was observed on 31C at 30 meter in the Green Island. Extensive bleached Acroporid were observed across all the depths.
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
Still looking for more graduate students who have lost income or research opportunity to COVID for this workshop opportunity to earn $1500! Deadline extended to Thursday at midnight PDT!
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
The Genomics Observatory Metadatabase (GEOME) is hosting an online datathon to accession Genbank SRA metadata. Will pay graduate students who have lost income or research opportunity due to COVID-19 $1500!
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
COVID-19 has changed the way we do things. But it hasn't changed the quality of education at UCF.
Without missing a beat, Assistant Professor @Katey_Cooper seamlessly transitioned her research BioEd class to remote instruction to provide ease and consistency for students 💻
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
The fangtooth fish has a face only a mother could love. 🌊👹💙
But this fierce-looking fish actually gets no bigger than the average adult human hand. A rare find, we've spotted fangtooth just eight times in the past 30 years of MBARI ROV expeditions. #WeirdandWonderful
Michelle R. Gaither retweeted
So many lanternfish species! They are one of the dominant schooling fishes in the deepsea. This is Gymnoscopelus bolini #SundayFishSketch
