Dr Samantha Nixon

PhD defense: passed! From arachnophobia to certified spider venom scientist! 🕷️ Introducing Dr Nixon! Thank you to my advisors, mentors, collaborators and supporters! @VenomsLab @IMBatUQ @UQ_News @CSIRO @WestpacScholars #WomenInSTEM

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!

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/2… #ObservationOfTheDay

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

Images in Clinical Medicine: Sea Anemone Sting nej.md/3YCMneq #DermTwitter

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/n…

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/s4146…

@ushiebuaras I hope you and everyone in the lab are okay!

Had already decided to not go to school today then I suddenly remembered I needed to pick up something from the lab. Got to the lab, picked up what I wanted and on my way out, got an alert that there’s an active shooter on campus and now I’m stuck in here because everywhere is locked.😭

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/wonderfes…

California: sea lion attack on teenager raises fears of toxic algae poisoning theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a…

Come and work with us! We have a 3yr RA role working on parasites with fascinating biology If you have previous experience working with mouse models, parasites, or are excited by the challenge of working on a new organism, I'd encourage you to apply! careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/5163…

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-sea…

@TobyHendy @OpenSauceLive Sounds awesome! Give me a shout if you have some time in SF to catch up! ☺️

I'm very excited to be attending @OpenSauceLive again this year. It will be in San Mateo in July and is a celebration of all things science youtube. Here's the list of featured creators: opensauce.com/featured-creat…

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/art…). @DebashB @CouchMicroscopy @Th_Mock @chc_evobio @jgi @apmweber @ISMEComms

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 @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

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

BREAKING: TSUNAMI WARNING (highlighted in red) issued for Northern California coastline and southern Oregon, including the Bay Area coast.