Tyler O'Keefe

Save the date! The @UNCims Morehead City Field Site capstone presentations are happening Dec. 11 at 10:30 a.m.! Full details for in-person and virtual options: ie.unc.edu/event/capstone…

Our work on the genetics and evolution of a sexual mimicry polymorphism is now out in @CurrentBiology! Link to paper: cell.com/current-biolog…

It's totally ~columnar~ to see my photo on the September page of the Geologic Society of America's calendar. These columnar basalts, formed 3-4 million years ago in the Azores, act as a knickpoint over which the Cascata da Ribeira do Maloás flows. #livelovelava #azores

Congratulations to EMES professor Dr. F. Joel Fodrie, recipient of the Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy! This distinguished professorship is in honor of his exceptional work in public policy, public service and his collaborative approach. We're so proud!

We know her! PhD student Nadya Gutierrez won a 2024 Quad Fellowship to support her doctoral research. A member of Dr. Fodrie's Estuarine Ecology lab at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, Nadya studies seagrass meadow ecology. Congratulations Nadya!

🚨ALERT ALERT🚨 Just dropped the hottest bacterial lignin catabolism paper of the summer 🔥 Critics are raving! “I think I understood enough of it” “I still haven’t made it to the intro” “I’m so proud of you, honey” Read it now on mBio: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

New study! We demonstrate a transatlantic flight for Vanessa cardui butterflies. An incredible feat for insects! Read the full paper here: nature.com/articles/s4146… #insectmigration #butterflymigration #PhyloMigrationLab @IBB_botanic @CSIC

These marine microbes are totally tubular. Scientists have now discovered that when Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus cells come into physical contact, they interact directly using tiny, membrane-coated structures. Learn more in #ScienceAdviser: scim.ag/79h

Please RT! Looking for bioinformatics technician to study how diversity of heterotrophic metabolisms shapes ocean C cycle. Part of ccomp-stc.org. Collaborative, open, team science. Opportunity to gain research experience before graduate school. careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/clie…

@TLOkeefe12's latest work is out now in @JAgFoodChem! 🌱 Read about our nano-enabled sustainable agriculture work in collaboration with @CT_CAES and @SustainableNano! Congrats, Tana! #UMNProud @clh731 @UMNCSE @UMNChemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

New paper out in ACS Applied Nano Materials led by @TLOkeefe12 on complex nanoparticle transformations in the environment - congrats, Tana!🥳 @clh731 @SustainableNano @ACS_AMI @UMNCSE Read about it here: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Exciting news! And an honor to be named alongside @mgmeyer9 (who, btw, is defending this week!)

Introducing Haynes Group PhD #29 @TLOkeefe12!!! Congratulations to Tana for successfully defending her PhD thesis on designing silica nanoparticles for sustainable agriculture! We are sad to send her off but Tana has already started working as a Senior Scientist at Land O’ Lakes!

My role in this massive effort was a great opportunity to learn from the best. Rogier is the type of mentor young scientists hope to cross paths with. His resolve and patience were on full display as we navigated the pandemic and fickle cultures simultaneously.

Check out this thread! @rogier_braakman summarizes our new paper beautifully.

Excited to finally share this work! This paper is years in the making... We uncover a global network of purine and pyrimidine cross-feeding among ocean microbes and begin characterizing the forces shaping it. 1/ biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

If you are interested in coastal biogeochemistry, urban water quality, and/or habitat contributions to resilience, consider tuning in to my dissertation defense this Friday at 10am EST! unc.zoom.us/j/91221636966 #PiehlerPosse

Celebrating @TLOkeefe12’s last day with some cake in the office! Congrats to Tana who is starting her new job as a Senior Scientist at Land O’Lakes today! 🥳🎉

@EonsShow made an episode on our "chitin raft hypothesis" of how picocyanobacteria colonized ancient oceans youtube.com/watch?v=NOwbjO… Many thanks to the PBS Eons team! & thanks+congrats to all collaborators, esp @CapovillaGio the fearless!

A sneak peek of some drone footage that the talented @joshimmel shot for me recently. Fall birding data have yet again captured the phenomenon that is fall migration colliding with peaks in monthly mean sea level. A lot more to come.