This week's beautiful
#MicroscopyMonday is a juvenile Nematostella with stinging cells labeled with eGFP (green). (Gibson Lab) #SciSky
#MicroscopyMonday is a juvenile Nematostella with stinging cells labeled with eGFP (green). (Gibson Lab) #SciSky
July 9, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Another beauty of an image from our Nematostella stinging cell reporter line @mgstowers.bsky.social @stowersinstitute.bsky.social!
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
This beautiful #MicroscopyMonday shows a sea anemone’s tentacle, which contains numerous stinging cells (green) used to ensnare and capture prey. 🔬 (@mgstowers.bsky.social Lab) #SciSky
March 31, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Another beauty of an image from our Nematostella stinging cell reporter line @mgstowers.bsky.social @stowersinstitute.bsky.social!
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
Jellyfish, stingers, and #science storytelling. 🪼
Gibson Lab postdoc @gelatinoussting.bsky.social recently shared her #research with the #KansasCity community at Science Over Spirits.
Gibson Lab postdoc @gelatinoussting.bsky.social recently shared her #research with the #KansasCity community at Science Over Spirits.
May 26, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Really in love with this reporter line from my #PostDoc work in Gibson lab @stowersinstitute.bsky.social!
#StunningStella (and an early #ToxinTuesday)
#StunningStella (and an early #ToxinTuesday)
This week's beautiful #MicroscopyMonday is a juvenile Nematostella with stinging cells labeled with eGFP (green). (Gibson Lab) #Biology
November 25, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Really in love with this reporter line from my #PostDoc work in Gibson lab @stowersinstitute.bsky.social!
#StunningStella (and an early #ToxinTuesday)
#StunningStella (and an early #ToxinTuesday)
Warm weather is reminding me that freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii) bloom season may be starting soon in the Midwest….
#ToxinTuesday #Hype4Hydrozoa
#MidwestJellyfish
#ToxinTuesday #Hype4Hydrozoa
#MidwestJellyfish
February 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Warm weather is reminding me that freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii) bloom season may be starting soon in the Midwest….
#ToxinTuesday #Hype4Hydrozoa
#MidwestJellyfish
#ToxinTuesday #Hype4Hydrozoa
#MidwestJellyfish
A little snail fur hydroid (Hydractinia) close up for #ToxinTuesday. This female colony has tons of eggs developing across multiple reproductive polyps (called gonozooids).
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#Hype4Hydrozoa
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social
@sicb-diz.bsky.social
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#Hype4Hydrozoa
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social
@sicb-diz.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A little snail fur hydroid (Hydractinia) close up for #ToxinTuesday. This female colony has tons of eggs developing across multiple reproductive polyps (called gonozooids).
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#Hype4Hydrozoa
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social
@sicb-diz.bsky.social
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#Hype4Hydrozoa
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social
@sicb-diz.bsky.social
And #ToxinTuesday!
oh okay. here's more jellyfish plates from whatever book this was! #Taxonomytuesday
July 7, 2026 at 3:36 PM
And #ToxinTuesday!
Happy that our lovely stinging cell transgenic is getting a spotlight! @mgstowers.bsky.social lab corals are also featured!
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
March 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Happy that our lovely stinging cell transgenic is getting a spotlight! @mgstowers.bsky.social lab corals are also featured!
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
This sea anemone holds some serious stinging power around their mouth!
📷 Transgenic Nematostella where green marks developing and mature stinging cells, which are densely packed around the mouth.
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#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday @stowersinstitute.bsky.social
📷 Transgenic Nematostella where green marks developing and mature stinging cells, which are densely packed around the mouth.
🪸🧪🪸
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday @stowersinstitute.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This sea anemone holds some serious stinging power around their mouth!
📷 Transgenic Nematostella where green marks developing and mature stinging cells, which are densely packed around the mouth.
🪸🧪🪸
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday @stowersinstitute.bsky.social
📷 Transgenic Nematostella where green marks developing and mature stinging cells, which are densely packed around the mouth.
🪸🧪🪸
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday @stowersinstitute.bsky.social
This is one of my favorite HCR images, not only because it is beautiful but because it was one of the first 6 color HCR FISH experiments we imaged. It showed me what was possible for studying stinging cell biology, and has led to several ongoing projects!
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
This week's #MicroscopyMonday shows the expression pattern of 6 members of an important family of structural genes in stinging cells. These are shown in different colors across the larvae from the sea anemone Nematostella.(@mgstowers.bsky.social Lab)
August 19, 2026 at 6:48 PM
This is one of my favorite HCR images, not only because it is beautiful but because it was one of the first 6 color HCR FISH experiments we imaged. It showed me what was possible for studying stinging cell biology, and has led to several ongoing projects!
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
#StunningStella #ToxinTuesday
Given it is #ToxinTuesday and I am seeing many alerts about recent jellyfish blooms, I just want say:
Do NOT pee on a jellyfish sting. Please. Do not.
Thanks to @factsmachinepod.bsky.social for helping me share this message several years ago!
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Do NOT pee on a jellyfish sting. Please. Do not.
Thanks to @factsmachinepod.bsky.social for helping me share this message several years ago!
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July 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Given it is #ToxinTuesday and I am seeing many alerts about recent jellyfish blooms, I just want say:
Do NOT pee on a jellyfish sting. Please. Do not.
Thanks to @factsmachinepod.bsky.social for helping me share this message several years ago!
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Do NOT pee on a jellyfish sting. Please. Do not.
Thanks to @factsmachinepod.bsky.social for helping me share this message several years ago!
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And box jellyfish? Seems odd…
In more ways than one! Cubozoans or box jellies have cube-shaped bells and 1 or more tentacles at each of the four “corners”. Some species are known for having complex eyes, fast swimming speeds, or potent venoms!
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#MedusozoaMadness
#ToxinTuesday
In more ways than one! Cubozoans or box jellies have cube-shaped bells and 1 or more tentacles at each of the four “corners”. Some species are known for having complex eyes, fast swimming speeds, or potent venoms!
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#MedusozoaMadness
#ToxinTuesday
March 5, 2024 at 11:14 PM
And box jellyfish? Seems odd…
In more ways than one! Cubozoans or box jellies have cube-shaped bells and 1 or more tentacles at each of the four “corners”. Some species are known for having complex eyes, fast swimming speeds, or potent venoms!
🧪🪼🧪
#MedusozoaMadness
#ToxinTuesday
In more ways than one! Cubozoans or box jellies have cube-shaped bells and 1 or more tentacles at each of the four “corners”. Some species are known for having complex eyes, fast swimming speeds, or potent venoms!
🧪🪼🧪
#MedusozoaMadness
#ToxinTuesday
Okay so jellyfish often live as polyps for a while, but polyps don’t sting right?
Not so! The polyp stage also contains stinging cells, which house the venom-filled structures that give jellies their sting.
🎥 Sanderia (Amakusa jellyfish) polyps on slide.
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#MedusozoaMadness #ToxinTuesday
Not so! The polyp stage also contains stinging cells, which house the venom-filled structures that give jellies their sting.
🎥 Sanderia (Amakusa jellyfish) polyps on slide.
🧪🪼🧪
#MedusozoaMadness #ToxinTuesday
March 19, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Okay so jellyfish often live as polyps for a while, but polyps don’t sting right?
Not so! The polyp stage also contains stinging cells, which house the venom-filled structures that give jellies their sting.
🎥 Sanderia (Amakusa jellyfish) polyps on slide.
🧪🪼🧪
#MedusozoaMadness #ToxinTuesday
Not so! The polyp stage also contains stinging cells, which house the venom-filled structures that give jellies their sting.
🎥 Sanderia (Amakusa jellyfish) polyps on slide.
🧪🪼🧪
#MedusozoaMadness #ToxinTuesday
please widely distribute this warning poster re these 2 deadly Amanita mushrooms, A. phalloides and A. ocreata, which have been responsible for the 44 mushroom poisonings in California this season alone.
QR codes link to information in 9 languages.
DO NOT EAT WHITE-GILLED WILD-FORAGED MUSHROOMS.
QR codes link to information in 9 languages.
DO NOT EAT WHITE-GILLED WILD-FORAGED MUSHROOMS.
February 17, 2026 at 8:04 PM
We teach that poisons are harmful substances, toxins are natural poisons, and venoms are harmful substances produced by animals, containing one or more poisons. #ToxinTuesday #semanticsThursday
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December 12, 2024 at 1:36 AM
We teach that poisons are harmful substances, toxins are natural poisons, and venoms are harmful substances produced by animals, containing one or more poisons. #ToxinTuesday #semanticsThursday
x.com/TheSlowEscargo…
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