‘Spawn’ was released on this day 28 years ago! (August 1, 1997) Directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé. Starring Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Theresa Randle, Nicol Williamson, D.B. Sweeney, Frank Welker, Melinda Clarke, and more. [📽 via New Line Cinema] #OTD #OnThisDay #90sMovie #Spawn | We Geek Girls

It’s coral spawning season again! 🪸🌔🙌 For several nights in November and December, after each full moon, teams of researchers, technicians and volunteers gather at the National Sea Simulator for the annual mass coral spawning. The corals in our aquaculture facilities spawn at the same time (give or take) as the wild colonies back on the Great Barrier Reef. It’s a miracle of nature!* * a.k.a. the result of a complicated interplay between several environmental factors, including temperature and

🪸🌔 Coral spawning season at AIMS is a critical time for many of our research projects. This includes our gene-editing work, much of which is done at the single-cell level 🔬🧬 By editing fertilised coral eggs, any genetic changes we make will be replicated in every cell of the coral animal as it develops. And there’s only one time of year where scientists have access to an abundance of newly spawned coral eggs... That means late nights and serious “focus mode” for AIMS @ The University of West