94. Fish: Blobs vs Noodles? - Katie Osborn

Water Women has been some incredible. This is not goodbye, but a stay salty until we meet again soon. <3 

To celebrate our *almost* 100th episode!!! We're taking a stroll down memory lane and chatting again with Dr. Sylvia Earle!!!  As always, you can check out more water women on our Website: https://waterwomenpodcast.ca Instagram: @waterwomenpodcast, Facebook: @waterwomenPodcast, and Twitter @Waterwomenpod Stay Salty

DNA? Epigenetics? SEA URCHINS? today's episode takes a wonderful dive into the amazing studies of the impact of hydrogen peroxide on sea urchin DNA to assess possible long term impacts of chemical contaminants on marine invertebrates! Join Fengjia and Jill as they talk all about the cool details of Fengjia's PHD!  More from Fengjia: https://www.sams.ac.uk/people/research-students/fengjia-liu/ As always, you can check out more water women on our Website: https://waterwomenpodcast.ca Instagram: @waterwomenpodcast, Facebook: @waterwomenPodcast, and Twitter @Waterwomenpod Stay Salty

This weeks episode features up and coming young marine biologist and avid diver Bella! Bella walks Jill through what it was like getting her many different SCUBA certifications, what made her want to pursue marine biology, and what her future plans are!  More from Bella: @divingwithbella As always, you can check out more water women on our Website: https://waterwomenpodcast.ca Instagram: @waterwomenpodcast, Facebook: @waterwomenPodcast, and Twitter @Waterwomenpod Stay Salty

Today, Jill is joined by Leila Bagaço as they talk all things photo ID, Taxonomy, Ocean love, and the interesting unique history of the Azores!  More from Leila: @Leila_bagaco  As always, you can check out more water women on our Website: https://waterwomenpodcast.ca Instagram: @waterwomenpodcast, Facebook: @waterwomenPodcast, and Twitter @Waterwomenpod Stay Salty 

Last week we heard from Katie Osborn, and this week we are again!  Check out this episode from Katie's podcast Fisherwomen with Sarah O’Neal, PhD candidate at the University of Washington, about the impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine on Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon!  More from Katie: @fisherwomen  more from Sarah Sarah O’Neal in the field in Alaska: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt1W6ypFpMo Sarah O’Neal on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah_Oneal2 As always, you can check out more water women on our Website: https://waterwomenpodcast.ca Instagram: @waterwomenpodcast, Facebook: @waterwomenPodcast, and Twitter @Waterwomenpod Stay Salty

Are team Fish noodle or fish blob?? It's a very important discussion here with Katie Osborn, the super amazing woman behind the fisherwomen podcast!  We're talking all thing fish and fisheries! Take a listen now!  More from Katie @fisherwomenpod As always, you can check out more water women on our Website: https://waterwomenpodcast.ca Instagram: @waterwomenpodcast, Facebook: @waterwomenPodcast, and Twitter @Waterwomenpod Stay Salty

Meet the funniest Ocean tiktoker & Jills newest best friend after this episode, Jaida Elcock!  Jaida is a science communicator and a PhD student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program for Biological Oceanography.She studies sharks and is interested in how they move throughout their environment and interact with the world around them! She's also tiktoks favourite fish girl!  More from Jaida: @sofishtication / @sofishtication_  As always, you can check out more water women on our Website: https://waterwomenpodcast.ca Instagram: @waterwomenpodcast, Facebook: @waterwomenPodcast, and Twitter @Waterwomenpod Stay Salty

WE LOVE scientific communication here at water women, and joining us today to talk about the fun and importance of it is Cailene Gunn! Cailene work with the Trition initiative & tells us all the behind the scene of why she does sci-comm and why she loves it so much! More From Cailene: @c.gunn | @PNNLab As always, you can check out more water women on our Website: https://waterwomenpodcast.ca Instagram: @waterwomenpodcast, Facebook: @waterwomenPodcast, and Twitter @Waterwomenpod Stay Salty

Sometimes animals end up where they aren't suppose to be, then take over... these invasive species lead to massive amounts of work for all those involved! And today to get all up in these species business, Jill is joined by Alisha Gill and they talk the ins and outs of how invasive species end up  where they do and why that is bad!  More from Alisha: @fintellectual_girl  As always, you can check out more water women on our Website: https://waterwomenpodcast.ca Instagram: @waterwomenpodcast, Facebook: @waterwomenPodcast, and Twitter @Waterwomenpod Stay Salty