@ninakbean

Master’s student in coral biology at CSUN. BS at University of Hawai`i at Mānoa. Check out my underwater photography account linked down below! (:

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Joined February 2019
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#MarineMonday #MarineTuesday Features Oval butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunulatus). This beauty is found in the Pacific Ocean with ranges from Eastern Indonesia to the Hawaiian islands. Oval butterflyfish feed solely on coral and form breeding pairs. #marinebiology 📸 @ninakbean – at Los Angeles, CA
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This week's #fieldworkfriday #features @ninakbean research which looks at how sunscreen influences coral physiology. She is interested in understanding how early life stages of corals are influenced by climate change. Pic 2 is of 2 newly settled coral polyps, her study species.
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What did Teegan, @symbioecology, and I do with our Saturday night you ask? Rewrite the lyrics of @lizzo’s Truth Hurts to be about coral bleaching, of course.
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In the “From science to infographics” session #InclusiveSciComm. Love hands on sketching workshops! Here’s a 10 min doodle of my research.
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MBGSA Beach clean up at venice beach with @DaanaBlue. Doing our part to #cleanupcoast
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Coral spawning last night in Curacao was crazy-go-nuts Here's endangered O. faveolata (Mountainous star coral) spawning Day 6 after the full moon, 3 hrs 26 mins after sunset... in other words, right on schedule.
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#GlowingGone @glowinggone I chose to depict a single, newly settled polyp to stress the importance of coral survivorship at all life stages. The blue swirls show how water flows around a single polyp. This painting was inspired by the work of Dr. Douglas Brumley from MIT.
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Happy #AlohaFriday, here's a fun podcast to check out with our very own @wrong_whale to start your weekend right!
Ologies is on blooski@Ologies25 Jul 2019
#Cnidariology (CORALS) is up! What *is* a coral, why are they so damn pretty, is your sunscreen killing them, what is coral bleaching, is it reefs or reeves, how can we help them and more with the amaazing @wrong_whale. I LOVE THIS EPISODE SO MUCH. Alieward.com/ologies/cnidari…
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Mote is extremely honored to announce that Dr. Erinn Muller, Science Director of IC2R3 & Manager for Mote’s Coral Health & Disease Research Program, has been awarded the prestigious Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists & Engineers!👩‍🔬 Full story: bit.ly/2XMuj38
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The real deal now. 1 and 2: M. capitata about to release bundles of eggs and sperm. 3: Bundles (large) and eggs (small) after bundles have broken up. @GatesCoralLab
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Today we said good bye to our youngest & longest-running intern/polyp, Dyson! He joined us in Nov 2016 at 14 yrs old! We will miss him, but we know he is off to do great things w/ @captainplanetfd, @kupuhawaii, his own Project O.C.E.A.N., & more! Mahalo!!! #happypolyps
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I completed my marine biology degree at #UHM with summa cum laude distinction! It wouldn’t have been possible without the unwavering support from my family, professors, mentors, coaches, and friends. Now, on to a Master’s at #CSUN with Dr. Peter Edmunds. 🤓
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I got best poster presentation at the Undergraduate Showcase of Research and Creative Work! 🤓 #UHManoa
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The ocean is my continual inspiration and motivation. I knew studying hard, interning & volunteering during my undergrad would help me better understand the ocean and lead me to my own scientific discoveries one day. In sum, I did it for the ocean and will continue to do so.
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I won the Best Undergraduate Talk Award at the #TesterSymposium! The award came with a gift card to Down to Earth, which is a grocery store that supports sustainable organic farming and a vegetarian life style. My kind of place!
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Presented at the #TesterSymposium! 😁 Thanks to @TheHufferfish, @EYSci, and Patrick for organizing this event!
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Had a great time in Mo'orea, French Polynesia meeting everyone at the Gump Station and seeing what it’s going to be like doing my own research there next year as a graduate student at #CSUN! 😍
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I didn’t get the #NSFGRFP this time around, but I did get an honorable mention 😄. Thank you so much to @HolliePutnam, @ea_lenz, Cindy Hunter, @AlgaeBae, @DrErinnMuller, and Ford Drury for helping me apply, I learned a lot through the process!
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I presented about a project we’ve been working on since last summer at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology Student Scholarship Symposium! @TheHufferfish @FordDrury
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Gates Labbers back at it! Setting up a new experiment with P acuta. ⁦@TheHufferfish⁩ ⁦@GatesCoralLab⁩
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