The International Society of Tardigrade Hunters
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The International Society of Tardigrade Hunters was founded in 2015 to advance the study of tardigrade (water bear) biology while engaging and collaborating with the public.

ISTH's main goals are to:
Provide information about the collection and study of tardigrades to the public.
Provide resources for the  appreciation and advancement of tardigrade biology.
Inspire wonder of the natural world in the next generation of scientists.

    Membership in ISTH is free. To register as a member please fill out the contact form below.

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Society officers

Dr. Thomas C. Boothby (Founder and President, postdoctoral fellow, UNC. Using water bears to understand resistance to environmental extremes )
Jennifer Heppert (Founding officer, Ph.D. candidate, UNC, Studying how intercellular signaling can polarize cells)
Dr. Mark Slabdonick (Founding officer, postdoctoral fellow, UNC. Trying to Understand how cortical actomyosin networks drive cell shape change)
Dr. Frank Smith (Founding officer, postdoctoral fellow, UNC. Understanding developmental origins of an animal body plan, using water bears )
Sophie Tintori (Founding Officer, Ph.D. candidate, UNC. Developing genomic tools to identify core cell internalization proteins)
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