Phillips Lab @ USM

Celebrating International Sawfish day at #Mississippi Museum of Natural Science

🌟It’s Giving Tuesday!🌟A day dedicated to spreading kindness and making a difference. Help us make a difference for #sawfish with a donation to SCS. Every donation, big or small, makes a direct impact. Click here to donate: …ervationsociety.allyrafundraising.com. Thank you for your support!

The SCS is excited to announce the 2024 Request for Proposals for a #Sawfishresearch and #Conservation Small Research Grant. Please see the attached document for the proposal information, submission instructions, and grant application form. acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc…

New paper out with @FreshFishMurd & @SharksAndRaysAu on kinship of green #sawfish in Western Australia. #sawfishscience #sharkscience @USMArtsSciences @sawfishconserv

So, cownose rays are in Bermuda 🇧🇲 now! How did they get there, and what does it mean, ecologically? 🤔 Read more about this collaborative effort between @HarborBranch @USMPhillipsLab @BdaZooSociety & @NOAAFisheries ➡️ #rayrevolution #Bermuda #Atlantic tinyurl.com/46c2rmzz

Our RNA transcriptome paper is here! Gene expression, evolution, & the genetics of electrosensing in the smalltooth #sawfish. @USMArtsSciences @NOAA @SawfishRecovery @MyFWC @FieldMuseum @uflorida onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Update on where we are: nature.com/articles/d4158… thank you one and all for getting the word out. We will be in touch very very soon if you signed up.

Hiring a postdoc to work on @NSF-funded polyploid salamander genomics/evolution. ~$55k/year, 3 years, teaching opportunities built in. Start as early as May 2024. Great team of students + @Itgenm right now. See the PUI life. Indy is hugely underated. marian.peopleadmin.com/postings/2368

Our study abroad class that I co-teach with @mac_alford!

jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=8… Note, the GRE requirement is waived.

Recruiting a #PhD student to join my lab @USMArtsSciences! Using novel #eDNA #ddPCR tools to assess the status & study #ecology of #RhinoRays to improve #conservation. Info in thread below ⬇️ #sawfish #wedgefish #guitarfish @eDNAcollab @SharkScience @usmconservbio @CMCBusm

How do you assess #eDNA assay specificity when you cannot sample all closely related non-targets and there is taxonomic uncertainty? We try to tackle this in our most recent paper in @molecology Resources onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Breaking: the Javan Stingaree has become the first species of marine fish declared extinct in modern times. Learn more: cdu.edu.au/news/global-bi… Learn more: iucnredlist.org/species/60095/… Photo credit: Edda Aßel, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.

Dear publishers a lot of people around the World can't afford open access fees. I know that 100 % OA sounds lovely but the switch means that submissions from non Europe/USA are going to disappear.

Thrilled to share that I was selected for the #Fulbright Specialist Program to work with researchers & grad students @usach! Looking forward to this exchange focused on #shark #genomics, #conservation, & climate change. @USMArtsSciences @FulbrightPrgrm usm.edu/news/2023/rele…

Always a blast to do Homeschool Day with @MS_aquarium! Today we celebrated a belated #InternationalSawfishDay with DNA activities and games! @sawfishconserv @USMPhillipsLab

Interview with Adam Brame for #InternationalSawfishDay!

Celebrating the guardians of the sea's mysteries on International Sawfish Day! 🌊✨ Let's raise awareness and support the conservation of these remarkable creatures. Together, we can ensure their future in our oceans. 🦈💙 #InternationalSawfishDay #OceanConservation

Packing #sawfish outfits and jewelry for a week of events celebrating #InternationalSawfishDay! To find an event near you visit facebook.com/groups/9133500…

The smalltooth sawfish is not a shark, but a type of ray…and you may not know that after taking a peep at its saw! Rather than having a barb near the tail like its relatives, this fish is equipped with a long saw, or rostrum, that is used for defense and feeding. They once thrived throughout Florida’s coastal waters, but years of overfishing have taken a toll. Thanks to conservation efforts and about two decades of protection under the Endangered Species Act, we have witnessed an increase in population numbers, and individuals have begun to reclaim their historical waters on both sides of the state! Happy International Sawfish Day! We’re celebrating all day on the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Facebook and Instagram! Head over to learn more about our sawfish team’s work researching and conserving this interesting species. If you see or catch a sawfish while fishing for other species, please let us know by calling 1-844-4SAWFISH (1-844-472-9347) or e-mailing sawfish@myfwc.com. These reports are valuable and help scientists around the state conduct their research! For more information, visit bit.ly/2SibJwt