Former arachnophobe now spider advocate. Postdoc @UCSF studying molecular mechanisms of toxin resistance 🐸. PhD in 🕷️ venoms @IMBatUQ #scicomm #womeninSTEM
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Dr Samantha Nixon retweeted
Check out @IMBatUQ researcher @SamNScience featured in this weekend's Australian Weekend Magazine.. turning Nature's venoms into drugs...
Dr Samantha Nixon retweeted
Stoke to announce that I will be joining the Dept of Biology @txst this coming Fall semester as an Assistant Professor!
Looking for grad students with interests in #Symbiodiniaceae, #corals 🪸, microbial #symbiosis 🦠, comparative #genomics 🧬 and #phylogenomics soon. Reach out!
Dr Samantha Nixon retweeted
Marine Spiders (Desis marina) weave their silk homes in seashells & kelp along New Zealand and New Caledonia's rocky shores. 🧵⤵️
📷 ltimmo on iNaturalist
📍 New Zealand
🔗: inaturalist.org/observations…
#ObservationOfTheDay
ALT A reddish-brown spider with a large body clings to the rocky intertidal.
Dr Samantha Nixon retweeted
TOMORROW! How can #AI support sustainable insecticide discovery and Physiology, Biochemistry & Toxicology research? Learn more in this May 22 @EsaPbt webinar moderated by @TinitaLozano @arcabrera78 w/ panelists @Edel_PLopez & Yannick Djoumbou Feunang.
🔗buff.ly/ey0GO60
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Dr Samantha Nixon retweeted
Images in Clinical Medicine: Sea Anemone Sting nej.md/3YCMneq
#DermTwitter
ALT A photo of innumerable fine, erythematous, linear lesions in a stellate distribution with central clearing seen on the posterior right thigh
Record numbers of whales, dolphins and sea lions being poisoned by toxic algae - we need more research into the domoic acid toxin and it's environmental impacts to avoid this ecological disaster.
weather.com/news/climate/new…
Dr Samantha Nixon retweeted
Putting Australia – and the democracy sausage – on the world map, supporting voters at our embassies, high commissions and consulates in 83 countries. #AusVotes
Proud to have been a part of a huge collaborative team with Sandra Zakrzewska, @ZhouChenUCSF, @ElectrosomeUCSF, Du Bois lab, Tod Leighfield, @martafilizola and many others! Shout out to @sophionbio for patch clamp instruments critical for the study! Go team Saxiphilin! 🐸
Excited to share our latest work in @NatureComms! We show that frog proteins bind and functionally neurotoxins involved in paralytic shellfish poisoning, with exciting potential applications in diagnostics and therapies! nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Dr Samantha Nixon retweeted
This Saturday, the California National Geographic Explorer's Hub is putting on an event in collaboration with @SportsBasement and @NerdNiteSF! There will be >20 lightning talks about all sorts of things! Click here to learn more and RSVP: sites.google.com/view/wonder…
California: sea lion attack on teenager raises fears of toxic algae poisoning theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
Dr Samantha Nixon retweeted
Applications for the Fulbright Program are now open for academic year 2026-2027!🌐 Apply to Fulbright to advance your research, build networks, and be part of a lifechanging international exchange experience.
Begin your #Fulbright journey today by applying to the U.S. Scholar Program at fulbrightscholars.org/ or the U.S. Student Program at us.fulbrightonline.org/
Domoic acid causing more and more of these incidents.
'Demonic' sea lion reports spark concerns about toxic algae on California coast - ABC News via @ABC - abcnews.go.com/US/demonic-se…
Dr Samantha Nixon retweeted
Congratulations to our international team for publishing this wonderful paper about how microalgae and microbes interact at Yellowstone National Park to maintain stable ecosystems (academic.oup.com/ismecommun/…). @DebashB @CouchMicroscopy @Th_Mock @chc_evobio @jgi @apmweber @ISMEComms
Dr Samantha Nixon retweeted
The Institut Pasteur is leaving X.
Due to serious issues observed since its acquisition by Elon Musk, the Institut Pasteur is suspending its activities on this platform starting today and invites its followers to join on other platforms. ➡️ linktr.ee/institutpasteur
Dr Samantha Nixon retweeted
Dr @ScientistShah and Dr @Clara_J_Jiang found women with a high genetic risk of developing depression are more likely to develop heart disease, by analysing genetic & health data from more than 300,000 people.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3OFZ7ve
Dr Samantha Nixon retweeted
There’s still 11 days left to nominate an inspiring #scientist or #innovator.
Each of the winners of the 5 science and innovation prizes receive between $50,000-250,000, a medallion, lapel pin and an award certificate.
Ready to nominate? 👉 spklr.io/6014I3Lp
#PMPrizes
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