Brendan Cornwell

NEW COLLABORATIVE PAPER: Our team, co-led by @DavidCurnick, compiled the first global synthesis of vertical habitat use by elasmobranchs. For more info, check out the infographic and #openaccess article science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… More tidbits in the 🧵below (1/4) #VerticalSharks

Excited to share our new paper out today in @RSocPublishing on the importance of understanding the interplay between individual and ecosystem-level adaptations doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2… @Wild___Summer @Seavolving @MeganRRuffley @BellagioTatiana @MExpositoAlonso @spalumbi @LizHadly

@DavidJSuggett Potentially yes, we are still following those colonies in order to get an idea of how plastic those traits are and what that means for growth/bleaching susceptibility

Interesting new insight into fine reef-scale variation of heat tolerance of Acropora hyacinthus doi.org/10.7554/eLife.… @Seavolving trait trade offs that may aid selective propagation?

@gr_tedi Thanks Tedi! Looking forward to seeing the PICRC crew soon!

The first chapter of my dissertation is out! If you've ever wondered how maternal effects can impact the response to selection, check it out. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Excited that the first paper from my postdoc is published describing bleaching patterns in Palau! elifesciences.org/articles/64790 Stay tuned, much more to come from @niasymwalker @k_hounchell @LippertMarilla and @spalumbi

@SapCaps Luckily a gross blob is pretty easy to make out of playdoh

@Seavolving Is that what those gross blobs are?😝 E did ask me to make an anemone out of playdoh this morning, so they definitely made an impression on her.

Happy to see lots of Pisaster north of bodega bay.

Pairs well with this excellent study led by @SymbiontSam published a few months ago royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.109…

My latest paper looking at genetic structure in anemones (Anthopleura) and their symbionts is out today! Very excited to finally have this published royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

@lori_ling McFadden et al didn't pick up the pattern bc they only had a few markers, which differentiated sola/elegantissima but not the elegantissima population structure

My paper on gene flow in Anthopleura elegantissima is out! Stay tuned for the symbiont story. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

@lori_ling Not sure about the tuning switch associated with pop structure, I could imagine a few possible patterns, but if you are looking for local adaptive signatures of gene expression you might expect them in the south where rates of gene flow bt locations are lower.

Excited to watch @SapCaps exit seminar today! Time to learn about the evolution of sea slug life histories, with this lovely intro slide of her pre-phd work from Rick Grosberg

A weird way to measure the duration of fieldwork...

Had a couple hours free this afternoon at #PICRC. Decided to take some macro shots of staghorn Acropora in the lab while it rained buckets outside.

"So how many tanks do we need to run that experiment?" "Just a few, right?" ... #canthavetoomany

Hard to get work done when the @oceanexplorer Okeanos dives are happening

@SapCaps You should come and see them! Just bring the baby, she'll be fine. Also, yes to Davis, always.

@Seavolving I would love to be there to see them in person. 🤗 it’d be great to see you too! Come back to Davis.

@SapCaps Saw this, thought of you. Hope you like it.

@SapCaps Yeah, I eventually decided it was a good thing that every time I see a weird invert I think of you

@Seavolving I’m very glad these are the things that make you think of me. 😀🐛