Claudina Mata

#WormWednesday When there's flukes in the eyes, Of a fish like Arapaima, That's this paper: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Take a look at my article! nature.com/articles/s4159…

Some days sampling sinkhole-dwelling fishes looks like this + >40°C because it's May😅

archive.org/details/parasi… Combes, C. 2001. Parasitism: the ecology and evolution of intimate interactions. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, USA #parasitism #onlinebook #freebook

#AcademicTwitter Yep! #phdlife #phdvoice

Implementation of species distribution models in Google Earth Engine Tutorial Link: youtu.be/TVP0hizr1wE Paper Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dd… The Full Course syllabus from this link: studyhacksgeospatial.com/google-earth-e… #googleearthengine #SDM #gee #EarthEngine

More than 40 percent of #postdocs leave academia. Those who landed a coveted faculty position were more likely to have had a highly cited paper, changed their research topic between their #PhD and postdoc, or moved abroad after receiving their doctorate. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn……

Researchers challenged longhorn crazy ants and humans with the same task: maneuvering a T-shaped object through two consecutive open doorways. Single humans always outperformed single ants, but ant groups could beat human groups. In PNAS: ow.ly/5vat50UwZAo

This leopard frog showed up today close to a sinkhole 💚

On Monday Milton (CAT 5) was around 100 km away from Merida. We're lucky to have had nothing more than light rain and some sporadic strong winds. It's devastating to see it hitting Florida this bad💔

Ciencia de Luto #Venezuela Desidia gubernamental logró destruir el archivo Patrimonial d la flora del #edoBolivar : el Herbario Regional d Guayana, el cual llegó a albergar más d 13mil especies, colectadas y clasificadas a lo largo d décadas d estudio y expediciones científicas

IN THE NEWS: New 'ghost shark' discovered in New Zealand waters NZ scientists have discovered a new species of ghost shark, the Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish, in the Pacific. Found by NIWA researchers, it is notable for its long snout. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Carus Sterne - Werden und vergehen (1880)

#Playlist para escribir el manuscrito que debí haber terminado antes de dejar Berlin 😅 open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/…

Haeckel is by far my favorite, when it comes to biological illustrations. It's simply mind-blowing what he did more than 100 years ago.

[JOB 🔴] I am looking for a new PhD student in antibiotic resistance epidemiology to join me at the One Health Institute of the University of Zürich. jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancies/…

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I'm recruiting a fully funded PhD student for a Fall 2025 start - see details below and learn more about my lab here: dornsife.usc.edu/carlslab/

First image of a tardigrade (1773). Also known as water bears or moss piglets, they're around 1mm in length, and can survive extreme temperatures, pressures, radiation, and reanimate after long periods without oxygen. And even handle outer space: publicdomainreview.org/collection/tar…