Line K Bay

Amazing workshop on Climate Change Genomics, certainly getting outside of my comfort zone. Eye-opening talks on methods, evidence and applications to understand and predict future ecosystems including corals @BES_EGG @LineKBay

@CoralTrace The neighbourhood where I grew up - definitely nicer under a blue sky

@aims_gov_au @suthicke Happy birthday AIMS. Just like a good wine you keep getting better w age. Employer of choice !!

Today we’re celebrating our #birthday!🥳 For 50 years AIMS has undertaken important scientific #research to provide unique insights into Australia’s tropical marine estate. Watch the video as we reflect on where we’ve come from, where we are and where we’re going. #AIMSat50

@RachaelABay @ICRS_2022 The other Bay lab also on their way to @ICRS_2022. Super refreshing for an Aussie to be travelling by train - so far no lost luggage, delays or line ups. Looking forward to a week of cool science, old and new friends. Yay

Bay lab is on our way to @ICRS_2022! Fingers crossed for no more cancellations (we've had 2 so far). See you in Bremen!

@zdellaert @SheddResearch @IlianaBaums @TheBaumsLab @Kellogs82 @ConnTrinity @shedd_aquarium @BarshisLab @reefgenomics @JakeVal_SysBio All the best ! Can’t wait to hear of your adventures

@RhysCornish1 @aims_gov_au @jcu Best of luck out there Rhys. Can’t wait it to hear what you find and fingers crossed corals are OK

Waiting for my LN2 fill at boc for my actual first phd expedition back to my old stomping ground, Orpheus Island Research Station. I'll be sampling millepora during the bleaching event to discover things about the thermal tolerance of this population @LineKBay @aims_gov_au @jcu

Cruise day 29 and we are wrapping up our search for heat tolerant corals on the #GBR for #RRAP and #globalsearch. Could NOT have been done without the amazing expertise of Veronique Mocellin. What would we do without tech officers? A lot less than what we did. THANKS Vero! ❤️❤️❤️

@coralseafound That is incredible! Could they be hosting different photosymbionts? Or is the key in their genes? Are the colonies different species? Nature is truly amazing and I continue to be humbled by its beauty and complexity. Thanks for sharing.

We still have a lot to learn about the physiology of bleaching. Two Lobophyllid corals, 3m apart, Magnetic Island. One unbleached, one bleached yet some individual polyps unbleached! @LineKBay any clues?

Cruise day 28: Wrapping up sampling for #globalsearch on #GBR w 2300 samples in the bag. Next - common gene expression signatures of top and bottom performers across four spp to identify molecular signatures of heat tolerance.

Forget about the Berlin Wall, the Wailing Wall, Walls of Jerusalem... – introducing the wall of Falcon tubes. Keeping samples neat and tidy as @SamanthaGoyen and @MichaelWooster9 sample for the #globalsearch project. (My most significant contribution to this field trip so far😉)

One of our offices :) We are out on and under the water almost every day to study the Reef. #GreatBarrierReef

GBR Cruise day 25 - not just about the corals… Please meet Hugo Denis ex IRD New Cal - finishing Masters but🤞 soon PhD student w Emily Howells and I. Project on the genetic basis of heat tolerance in hardy Acropora spathulata across #GBR

@aims_gov_au Come work with us @aims_gov_au Lots of opportunities (more than listed here) to work with a great bunch of people with a strong sense of purpose and community. Roles topside and below!

Join us! 4️⃣ exciting opportunities available at our Townsville HQ: 🐠 Health Safety & Environment Officer 🐠 #RRAP Field Technician 🐠 Benthic Ecologist - Long-term Ecological Monitoring 🐠 Project Management Office Project Coordinator Visit aims.gov.au/employment for details

@la__cientifica @MiaHoogenboom @thehemi65 @jcu @aims_gov_au @CexyNature @Shann_rk @josemontalvop @fleawrites @DrVictorHuertas @ShannonJMcMahon Congrats to all and especially @josemontalvop who wrote an excellent thesis on acclimation in corals. So sad I couldn’t be there to honour your achievement but many cheers from the southern GBR

Congrats to cum laude @thehemi65 and all @jcu and @aims_gov_au PhD students! @CexyNature @Shann_rk @josemontalvop @fleawrites @DrVictorHuertas @ShannonJMcMahon Marina, 😍🍾 Well earned!!

I know - not supposed to have favorites but I❤️the reef around Lady Musgrave Island. It's just spectacular. Lovely to also see healthy and unbleached reefs on our month-long search for heat tolerant corals on the #GBR. Lets unite in doing all we can to keep the Reef great!

@nick_evensen @reefgenomics @BarshisLab Cant wait to read it! I am sure it will have important lessons for us on the GBR.

Very excited to share our latest #CBASS paper (#openaccess) w/ @reefgenomics, @BarshisLab & colleagues! link.springer.com/article/10.100… It was an incredibly exciting dataset to work on, looking at thermal thresholds of 4 coral species at sites along the entire length of the Red Sea!

Here is an 8-day old sea urchin larva spawned in @SeaSim_AIMS this year. At 15-days they begin settling on the reef before metamorphosing into the ball of spines they're known for. We’re researching if they can adapt to future climate conditions across generations.

@eco_genomics @Shannon_Duffy_ @StickDeclan @LaurenceDNA @aims_gov_au @uwaoceans @ExmouthResearch All the best Luke - cant wait to hear what you learn from your experiments!

It’s coral spawning time in northwest WA! Proud to be working alongside such inspiring young scientists @Shannon_Duffy_ @StickDeclan @LaurenceDNA on some exciting larval heat stress experiments. @aims_gov_au @uwaoceans and @ExmouthResearch the countdown begins!

Heads up to @AmsaNq members. Grants will be available to students and ECRs for @AMSAconf, so make sure to get your abstract in by tonight and join us in #Cairns for a great conference!

@AIMS_CEO Proud to work for org that puts partnerships with Indigenous people center stage. Thankful for friendships built with TOs across the #GBR and the value this engagement brings to our work. Recent highlight was stall @ Cape York Expo 2021. Dolores the Diver - a hit with the crowds

AIMS is delighted to host artists from the Ghost Net Collective & Erub Arts who will reside at AIMS to work on our 50th anniversary project the art and science of oceans. Thanks to Bindal Elder Eddie Smallwood for providing a Welcome to Country Smoking Ceremony for our visitors.