Prof Rich Johnston
@drrichjohnston.bsky.social
I see dead things...with X-rays | #FirstGen | Prof of an imaging group | Bioinspiration | Founder of @ResearchAsArt | Engagement | he/him. tweets ≠ work
Happy St. David’s day
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 🏴
From an X-ray lab in Wales
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 🏴
From an X-ray lab in Wales
March 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Happy St. David’s day
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 🏴
From an X-ray lab in Wales
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 🏴
From an X-ray lab in Wales
Giving the ladies a big leaf!
February 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Giving the ladies a big leaf!
Hope you had a good valentine's Day (although St Dwynwen's Day 🏴 is really where it's at)
From and X-ray machine, with love ♥️
From and X-ray machine, with love ♥️
February 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Hope you had a good valentine's Day (although St Dwynwen's Day 🏴 is really where it's at)
From and X-ray machine, with love ♥️
From and X-ray machine, with love ♥️
Reposted by Prof Rich Johnston
Special thanks to @drrichjohnston.bsky.social for this extra special data!
Happy #3DThursday! 🐍💫The Year of the Snake reminds us that transformation is possible. This microCT of a 2,000-year-old mummified Egyptian cobra reveals a story of life and renewal—preserved for centuries, waiting to be uncovered.
Visualized: syGlass.io
Reference: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Visualized: syGlass.io
Reference: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Special thanks to @drrichjohnston.bsky.social for this extra special data!
Reposted by Prof Rich Johnston
Museum Resource 🩻 Digital Imaging Gallery
Our Digital Imaging Division produces two- and three-dimensional data from museum collections. Many are available on Sketchfab & Morphosource. Explore some of the specimens our digitization team has been working on:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/digital-lab/...
Our Digital Imaging Division produces two- and three-dimensional data from museum collections. Many are available on Sketchfab & Morphosource. Explore some of the specimens our digitization team has been working on:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/digital-lab/...
January 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Museum Resource 🩻 Digital Imaging Gallery
Our Digital Imaging Division produces two- and three-dimensional data from museum collections. Many are available on Sketchfab & Morphosource. Explore some of the specimens our digitization team has been working on:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/digital-lab/...
Our Digital Imaging Division produces two- and three-dimensional data from museum collections. Many are available on Sketchfab & Morphosource. Explore some of the specimens our digitization team has been working on:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/digital-lab/...
Some blue woodlice for #BlueBugs #BlueMonday
Infected with iridovirus, which makes them appear blue. More info on what's going on in the video
Infected with iridovirus, which makes them appear blue. More info on what's going on in the video
January 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Some blue woodlice for #BlueBugs #BlueMonday
Infected with iridovirus, which makes them appear blue. More info on what's going on in the video
Infected with iridovirus, which makes them appear blue. More info on what's going on in the video
Reposted by Prof Rich Johnston
For those who have joined semi-recently - here is a starter pack of Materials Scientists & Engineers.
I am happy to add folks if you just reply to a thread where I mention it.
🧪
go.bsky.app/U5wGm7M
I am happy to add folks if you just reply to a thread where I mention it.
🧪
go.bsky.app/U5wGm7M
January 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
For those who have joined semi-recently - here is a starter pack of Materials Scientists & Engineers.
I am happy to add folks if you just reply to a thread where I mention it.
🧪
go.bsky.app/U5wGm7M
I am happy to add folks if you just reply to a thread where I mention it.
🧪
go.bsky.app/U5wGm7M
First day back in the lab & returning to a very tricky sample for x-ray imaging.
*Through gritted teeth* it just keeps ******* moving!
So today I made a little cage from cactus spines on top of a small polystyrene ball to keep the head of a tiiiny deceased beetle stationary in ethanol during scans
*Through gritted teeth* it just keeps ******* moving!
So today I made a little cage from cactus spines on top of a small polystyrene ball to keep the head of a tiiiny deceased beetle stationary in ethanol during scans
January 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
First day back in the lab & returning to a very tricky sample for x-ray imaging.
*Through gritted teeth* it just keeps ******* moving!
So today I made a little cage from cactus spines on top of a small polystyrene ball to keep the head of a tiiiny deceased beetle stationary in ethanol during scans
*Through gritted teeth* it just keeps ******* moving!
So today I made a little cage from cactus spines on top of a small polystyrene ball to keep the head of a tiiiny deceased beetle stationary in ethanol during scans
An oldie but a goodie, and a useful demonstration of the power of 3D X-ray microCT for generating real-life geometries and morphologies for finite element analysis that I can roll out for both Christmas and Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2024 at 10:26 PM
An oldie but a goodie, and a useful demonstration of the power of 3D X-ray microCT for generating real-life geometries and morphologies for finite element analysis that I can roll out for both Christmas and Thanksgiving!
The complex network of calcareous tunnels left by colonising tube worms on this whelk shell.
Collected on the Swansea Uni campus beach as part of an undergrad materials science bioprospecting class then X-ray imaged at the lab 100 yards from the shoreline
Collected on the Swansea Uni campus beach as part of an undergrad materials science bioprospecting class then X-ray imaged at the lab 100 yards from the shoreline
November 21, 2024 at 9:57 PM
The complex network of calcareous tunnels left by colonising tube worms on this whelk shell.
Collected on the Swansea Uni campus beach as part of an undergrad materials science bioprospecting class then X-ray imaged at the lab 100 yards from the shoreline
Collected on the Swansea Uni campus beach as part of an undergrad materials science bioprospecting class then X-ray imaged at the lab 100 yards from the shoreline
This kinda sums up what I do as a researcher working on materials ranging from ocean organisms to space alloys, volcanoes to meteorites, jet engines to insects. With a leaning towards bioinspiration/biomimicry.
This is me in VR crawling through the coiled proboscis of a moth we imaged using X-rays
This is me in VR crawling through the coiled proboscis of a moth we imaged using X-rays
November 17, 2024 at 5:17 PM
This kinda sums up what I do as a researcher working on materials ranging from ocean organisms to space alloys, volcanoes to meteorites, jet engines to insects. With a leaning towards bioinspiration/biomimicry.
This is me in VR crawling through the coiled proboscis of a moth we imaged using X-rays
This is me in VR crawling through the coiled proboscis of a moth we imaged using X-rays
Reposted by Prof Rich Johnston
I'm looking to grow some connectivity for materials scientists & engineers on BlueSky - if you identify in this grouping, I'd be happy to add you to this starter pack 🧪
go.bsky.app/U5wGm7M
go.bsky.app/U5wGm7M
November 10, 2024 at 3:58 PM
I'm looking to grow some connectivity for materials scientists & engineers on BlueSky - if you identify in this grouping, I'd be happy to add you to this starter pack 🧪
go.bsky.app/U5wGm7M
go.bsky.app/U5wGm7M
*Crawls up to the BlueSky door*
Please let me in, out here has been completely festooned with weak-ass billionaire shit-memes, and filled with fawning bin people.
Are, are there scientists in there?
Please let me in, out here has been completely festooned with weak-ass billionaire shit-memes, and filled with fawning bin people.
Are, are there scientists in there?
November 14, 2024 at 11:18 PM
*Crawls up to the BlueSky door*
Please let me in, out here has been completely festooned with weak-ass billionaire shit-memes, and filled with fawning bin people.
Are, are there scientists in there?
Please let me in, out here has been completely festooned with weak-ass billionaire shit-memes, and filled with fawning bin people.
Are, are there scientists in there?