Dr. Colleen Bove (she/her)

Have a favorite undergrad-friendly ecology/evolution paper you think all bio students should read? Send it my way! Looking to update our current intro bio readings for this fall! Thanks in advance!

New on the Latitude blog: a round-up of some of the wide-ranging and interdisciplinary research and commentary on climate and coral reefs published in PLOS Climate. latitude.plos.org/2025/03/cora...

I want to see every scientific society going into emergency mode. This is a good example of how an organization can flex its specific power in a time of great need. What else is possible?

#BlackHistoryMonth Plant Scientist Spotlight - Meet Mya Darsan!🌱 👉 See the full list of incredible plant scientists featured at https://buff.ly/41fCJQn #plantscience

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

Talks from science besties, especially those you know because of a particular conference, are the best. @drseabove.bsky.social is sharing about her new work on Crepidula snail response to thermal stress. #sicb2025

This is a link to an earlier version of the Gay Frogs Talk that I gave at SSAR this summer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A7S...

🚨SICB people🚨 My lab is doing a raffle for one of our tan Nest Parasite Community Science 🪰 shirts. All you have to do is go to one of my students' talks at SICB & post a 📸🦋 here of them presenting! Once you post the picture, DM me the link & whether you prefer a M/XL shirt! Talk details below👇

Love that my dogs spilled an entire coffee on my open laptop today, completely frying it. Especially fun that when I handed it to IT, it dripped a little coffee out and he just said I would never be seeing it again. Happy end of semester to me! 🫠

New paper out! We show that heart cockles use bundled fiber optic cables to transmit light through "skylights" in their shell for their photosynthetic algae. The skylights filter out harmful UV radiation. These coral analogues are cool critters!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sign-up for the next round of the rainbowR buddies scheme is open! Buddies will be paired/introduced on Dec 9th 🌈👯‍♂️ If you're LGBTQ+ and code in #RStats, and want an opportunity to connect with someone else in the community (through a random pairing), then this is for you 😃 rainbowr.org/buddies

Please follow my list of Indigenous scientists! I accidentally deleted my first starter park -- but recreated it with even more names. Who else needs to be added? go.bsky.app/9LhnuCY

A narrow list of #PUI researchers. BlueSky provides an opportunity for us to connect, grow and potentially do something cool. Let’s think of big questions from small spaces! Let me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/RnHK313

Turns out moving to a landlocked state turns you into a freshwater ecologist pretty quickly! Check out this article about some of the newest work my lab is doing around Ursinus and the local creek! www.ursinus.edu/live/news/87...

#WomenInSTEM 🧪🌊🦑 mappingthedeep.com Part adventure memoir, part call-to-action!

BLACK WOMEN IN #STEM i made a starter pack for black women in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and would really love to keep adding to it so please hmu if you fit the criteria or know someone who does! 🧪 go.bsky.app/9jYkUK1

The Early Career Ecologists starter pack is officially completed! Please have a look and give a follow to each and every one of these amazing individuals And, to anyone who is still interested in joining, perhaps we can do part 2 in a bit? go.bsky.app/Di74bDy

Happy #LGBTQSTEM day! Celebrate with a water science themed pride flag!

Here is a coral reef science starter pack! go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H

#LGBTQInSTEM day isn’t over yet! Here’s a starter pack of LGBTQIA+ graduate students (PhD & MS) in marine science! 🌊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨ It’s so important to build microcommunities! They can provide support from others at the same career stage who hold similar identities. Comment if you’d like to be added! 🧪🧬

I couldn’t find a starter pack for POCs working in STEM, so I started one myself - my network here is still small and I didn’t want to assume how people identify, so please reply or DM me if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/BJkKQVR

I'm so excited to announce that my department is now hiring TWO ECOLOGISTS at the Assistant Professor Level. We will be really excited to substantially expand research in ecology in our EEOB Department at UCR. Please Repost and share widely! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01983

I’m working on a collaborative grant with some UC colleagues from the chemistry and physics departments and let me tell you, I’m definitely not a chemist/physicist! The work they are doing is just so impressive and so different from me wanting to explore aquatic environments 😂

Encouraged to see so much of the science community coming from the other place. I’ve missed the community and support everyone provides, particularly as a #newPI trying to navigate so many new adventures! Welcome back!

As a #newPI at a small institution, I’m looking to save money on equipment in the lab. What are people’s thoughts on used equipment? Things you would definitely buy used or would only buy new? Any advice is appreciated as well as reputable used sources!

🐟🧬 Research technician opportunity in marine ecology! 🦠🔬 Opening for a research technician in my lab @thecaseylab.bsky.social Full advertisement: caseylab.weebly.com/join.html Apply by December 1st. Start date in Jan/Feb 2024. Email me with any questions!

Science friends! I’m looking for a quick (<50 min) hands-on activity about echinoderms for my marine invert class. I had considered sea star dissections, but looks like that’s not super great these days. Suggestions??

Applications for the Emerging scholars program for postdocs are open! I participated last year and highly recommend it! Happy to answer any questions about my experience

Re-upping this one (JOB ALERT), come work with us! 🌎🧪🦑

Just had a student come to my office hours and compliment one of my pedagogical approaches and say how it was working for her! I’m not crying or anything 😭 #newPI #PUI

Let's start a thread of faculty in evolutionary bio & ecology who are seeking grad students in the run-up to application season. Repost with: who you are, a potential student project, a photo, and a link.

Some animals just clearly are an alignment chart.

First Bove Lab research presentation it’s in the books! Check out Ivy as she presents her summer REU research project all about #Astrangia and #Crepidula! Amazing job! #forthesnails🐌 #forthecorals🪸

🧪📢💥We're hiring, Assistant Prof in ANIMAL BEHAVIOR!! 🐦🕷️🐸🐝🦋🐟🐁🐕🐌 This is a joint appointment in Biology (Evolution, Ecology & Behavior) and the Program in Animal Behavior. 🧪 #job #academia Apply by 11/15/23 indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/20413

The 2023 edition of Mentor Match is now live! Please sign up to serve as a mentor to an undersupported person applying to grad programs. If you're looking to go to grad school and your institution isn't positioned to give you the support you need to get to level up, this program is for you!

Job Alert! Invertebrate Biology Asst. Prof Job at a small college in Michigan 🧪 🪲 provost.kzoo.edu/faculty-info...

I’m starting to set up my new saltwater lab (yay!) for running experiments with marine #inverts (mostly #corals and #mollusks) and looking for advice or connections to help set this space up. Anyone have some suggestions? #newPI #forthecorals🪸 #forthesnails🐌

My department is hiring an Urban Ecologist (TT Asst Prof). Apps due end of September. Why join me at CSUDH? Our students are great to work with. LA is tops for urban ecology. We have a healthy department. We are unionized with strong benefits and a real pension. Also, taco trucks on every corner.

The new NSF PRFB (Biology postdoc) solicitation is out! If you're interested in joining my lab to develop your own project on thermal ecology, community science, urban biodiversity, or other ant stuff, drop me a line. A great fit if you would like to be a professor in university like CSUDH.

I made the decision (as the “Aquatic Biologist at my institution) to sign all emails with “Best fishes” and I have zero regrets. I already had a student respond to me with “thanks for letting minnow” and I’m satisfied! #newPI

Yesterday was my very first day of teaching at Ursinus College as a #newPI! I loved meeting all my students and talking about the exciting things we will do this semester. So stoked for this new chapter in my life!

September 18 we will start reviewing applications, please boost on this platform as well! Evolutionary ecologist, assistant professor, UGA Ecology, Athens Ga www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/329...