Biodiversity investing @superorganismvc. Prev: VC @winfunding, sustainability science @Columbia. Projects @ https://nitter.gq/t.co/4dSoqAMxyw.
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Ryan Huling is the author of 'The Hidden Nations of Animals.' In this essay, adapted from his book, he discusses how our understanding of civilizations applies to animals
time.com/article/2026/05/07/…
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A marine biologist films this octopus changing colors while dreaming and it’s spectacular
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Are you a scientist, innovator, or conservationist using biotechnology to protect our oceans? Revive & Restore has launched a $2M Biotech for Climate Resilience Fund to support projects that harness genomic sequencing, cell culture, and genetic engineering to strengthen marine ecosystems and drive nature-based climate solutions.
🔬 Funding range: $50K–$400K
🌱 Focus: Marine ecosystems (non-coral) — from microbes to blue carbon habitats like mangroves and kelp forests
📅 Letters of Intent due: November 7, 2025
Learn more and apply before November 7! reviverestore.org/projects/b… @Ryanphelan6
#Funding #SyntheticBiology #Biotech
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I’m hiring for two major roles on my team at Ulysses.
There has not been a better time to join Ulysses.
In the last few months, revenue & pipeline have gone vertical, and we've made significant technological breakthroughs that will forever change how subsea work is done.
It's been the most successful period in our company's history, and we are just getting started.
We will be announcing some of these breakthroughs soon. Stay tuned.
The jobs:
1. GM, Commercial: Your job is to stand up and lead our commercial business unit. Take our early contracts and scale them to build a machine that reshapes how critical telecoms and energy infrastructure is inspected and repaired.
2. Director of Marketing and Brand. Your job is to make Ulysses impossible to ignore. World-build. Make Ulysses "the Ocean Company". Take the air out of the room. High taste. No slop. Tell the world what Ulysses does.
Quit your boring desk job.
The ocean is calling.
Full job descriptions are @ ulysses.inc/jobs
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I ran into an interesting story, and since I have much time on this cruise I will write it as a thread.
Teaser: The US owes its ownership of Alaska to one of “the Eight Beauties of Ancient China,” the concubine Chen Yuanyuan from the 1600s.
Here is the tale…
🧵 /1
shine.cn/feature/art-culture…
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I am incredibly excited to see our SpeciesNet model released!! This represents years of work by the @WildInsights AI team (and completely impossible without Ștefan Istrate's AI development and implementation effort).
Github: github.com/google/cameratrap…
Blog: blog.google/outreach-initiat…
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AI and Ecology Research Lab introductions now LIVE on @YouTube!!!
Check it out 🥳🥳: youtube.com/@AIforConservati…
And if you're a PI who works in AI+Ecology and want to be included, send me a 3-min intro video and we will add it!!
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"I am a huge proponent of do-it-together biology, not do-it-yourself."
Photos and interview with @ATinyGreenCell in @AsimovPress.
Worth updating your mental model on amateur biology. There's an important future being crafted in this spare bedroom lab.
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Woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island until 2000 BC!
But why did they go extinct?
Were they doomed once stuck on the island?
We went to Siberia, collected bones & teeth, and sequenced 21 complete genomes.
Here is what we found (🧵)
Paper in Cell: cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…
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Join our team at @WILDLABSNET! We're looking for a #bioacoustics researcher, hosted by @TheWCS in Argentina, to help us identify emerging #tech4wildlife innovations in the discipline. Applications close Feb 2nd - please share to get the word out 🔊🌿
wildlabs.net/career-opportun…
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There is a really important distinction between working on climate and working on nature that I think doesn't get discussed enough, and Peter's post brought it to front of mind, so here we go. 🧵
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TUNE IN NOW to the #OceanBiodiversitySummit panel "Valuing Biodiversity for Conservation & the Blue Economy"!
@AsstSecEstenoz @Interior joins our CEO @JoelRJohnson; @ValerieMHickey @WorldBank; @basshorton @HunterandAngler; & @WebbKevin @superorganismvc. science.si.edu/in-the-ocean/…
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I’m so proud to be an early supporter of @WebbKevin and @TomMQuigley's work with @superorganismvc. Congrats on the launch! techcrunch.com/2023/09/13/su…
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We're starting to approve attendees for The Drizzle, the happy hour for founders and investors before @thedropconf in Malmö.
RSVP now: lu.ma/thedrizzle2023
@hajak @vcinabeanie @leone_baron @thaironius @mcjcollective @WebbKevin @TomMQuigley
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Going to @thedropconf in Malmö in September?
Join @superorganismvc, @mcjcollective, @trueventures and me at The Drizzle, the happy hour before The Drop.
Sign up now: lu.ma/thedrizzle2023
@TomMQuigley @webbkevin @thaironius @leone_baron @vcinabeanie @hajak
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⌛️ 24 hours left to apply to The Biodiversity Accelerator+ with Silverstrand Capital!
We're excited to support as mentors. If you are a nature tech startup, or working with tech to prevent biodiversity loss - this is for you.
Find out more and apply: biodiversity-accelerator.com
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Meet Mast Reforestation, our newly-formed parent company of DroneSeed, Silvaseed, and now, Cal Forest Nurseries too. With our acquisition of Cal Forest, we address a major obstacle to scaling reforestation: an inadequate supply of tree seed and seedlings.
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Regular reminder:
👉 If we fix climate but don't fix biodiversity, we lose.
👉 Some drivers of extinction overlap with climate, but many are unique.
👉 These drivers are not unstoppable, intangible, or unknown.
👉 We can create whatever future we want.
theguardian.com/environment/…
