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Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈

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Assistant professor at UConn. Marine biology, parasitic copepod taxonomy and evolution, crustacean genomics www.BernotLab.org

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Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hi I’m Jimmy 👋
I’m a professor at the University of Connecticut where I study crustaceans & parasites. I specialize on parasitic copepods which imo r the strangest animals on earth. I post about science, invertebrates, & ocean life, with a side of house plants 🪴. I love talking about science so AMA

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Nathan Harness @nathanharness.bsky.social · May 29

Look. At. This. (!). A fungus spore landed on this weevil. Grew inside and caused it to climb to the top of this plant- while the fungus killed it. Consumed its body. Used that energy to shoot up a red fruiting body to release more spores. To zombify more weevils. A mind controlling killer fungus.

A dead weevil with a fungus fruiting body growing out of it

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 8d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · 7d

It doesn’t spit frequently, just when it thinks it sees food outside the water. Right now Legolas is only like an inch and a half (4cm) so it’s just a few drops of water. Will report back when it’s larger. Might need to build some kind of extension for the lid or splash guard if he gets rowdy 🤣

Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · 7d

Hahahahaha

Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve been waiting for years to play that is Scrabble ever since I took a parasitology class. Among other things, the term is used for how certain protists line up to mate. Unfortunately not in the Scrabble dictionary 😆

Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · 7d

I almost when with Haldir but I thought that was too much of a LotR deep cut

Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · 7d

I loled 🤣

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Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · 7d

Haha! to be fair I was feeding him flightless fruit flies 🤣

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Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · 7d

This is my 1st time catching my pet archer fish, Legolas, spitting on camera. Archerfish use modified jaw and tongue bones to fire a jet of water to knock down bugs from over hanging vegetation. Here Legolas is shooting down a fruit fly 🪰 🐠🧪

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でんか @k-hermit.com · 14d

POKEMON ‎🤍

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Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · 17d

Not every day that you get to describe something from a Megamouth 🦈 🧪
This species of parasitic copepod was first described in 1978 from a Megamouth off Hawaii and has only been collected a couple of times. Here we describe the male for the first time www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/pbr/...

The male of Dinemoleus indeprensus Cressey & Boyle, 1978 with a brief overview of sexual dimorphism in the family Pandaridae (Copepoda: Siphonostomato …

The male of Dinemoleus indeprensus reported, to date, only on the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, is described in detail. It has a 2-segmented a …

www.jstage.jst.go.jp

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World Association of Copepodologists @copepodology.bsky.social · 22d

The Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Copepoda has just been published! Very diverse research topics reflective of our diverse membership. Check it out: 🦐🧪
www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/pbr/2...

Plankton and Benthos Research, Volume 20, Issue Spec

Published by The Plankton Society of Japan, The Japanese Association of Benthology. FREE ACCESS

www.jstage.jst.go.jp

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World Association of Copepodologists @copepodology.bsky.social · 27d

New paper out in the WAC PeerJ hub:
Imaging analysis on two oceanic copepods peerj.com/articles/199... via @peerj.bsky.social

Analysis of imaging data on seasonal changes in the population structure and vertical distribution of two dominant planktonic copepod species in the western subarctic Pacific

Traditionally, zooplankton analyses have relied on stereomicroscopes, but recent advancements in imaging analysis have offered significant advantages, including the simultaneous collection of abundanc...

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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · Aug 29

New study on #BlueSky for #SciComm.

“Bluesky posts demonstrate substantially higher levels of interaction (likes, reposts, replies, and quotes) and greater textual originality than previously reported for X, suggesting both stronger interactive and more interpretive engagement.”

🦋🦫🌱🐋🧪 #philsci

Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement

Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.

www.nature.com

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Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · Aug 28

Fun TED-Ed video opening with a surprise quote from yours truly. Happy to have been included
youtu.be/7u98x3_r4_A?...

Is this the grossest parasite? - Niko Zlotnik

YouTube video by TED-Ed

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Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · Aug 18

My Psychopsis mendenhall orchid is blooming and is so dramatic! (in the best way possible) 🪴

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World Association of Copepodologists @copepodology.bsky.social · Aug 11

The 5th International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda was undoubtably a major success! We couldn’t have asked for better hosts at CEMACS, Malaysia. We miss you already!

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Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · Aug 10

Presentations from our lab group at the International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda

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Felix Javier @felixjavier.bsky.social · Aug 9

Just completed the 5th International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda in Malaysia! Gained hands-on skills in copepod taxonomy, field collection, specimen dissection, and parasite data analysis plus presented my Lepeophtheirus ID key project.

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World Association of Copepodologists @copepodology.bsky.social · Aug 6

Productive day of collecting at the 5th International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda (IWOSC) here in Penang, Malaysia 🇲🇾🧪

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Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · Aug 6

The lab in action collecting parasitic copepods in Malaysia!
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Selecting fish at a local fish market in Malaysia

Scientist dissecting an oyster to look for copepods

Scientist using a microscope to examine parasitic copepods from a fish

Scientist using a microscope to look at copepods

Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thrilled for me and my students to be part of this!

World Association of Copepodologists @copepodology.bsky.social · Aug 5

Tutors and organizers of the current International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepods (IWOSC). Official photo of the whole group to be taken on Friday. Stay tuned for more!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Aug 4

Do you have a dive bar, gay bar, freaky yoga studio, burlesque establishment, or otherwise appropriate venue for these? Wanna put some there for me? Text your name, address, and venue to the OG Squid Facts Hotline 9-RUNG-SQUID, & I'll mail 'em to you. I'll delete this when I hit my mailing limit.

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Jul 29

I went into goblin mode last night and completed what is for sure the most unhinged zine I have produced to date.

I'll fold some up tonight and put them around and see how people react lol

If anyone is interested in printing one for your own enjoyment, here ya go drive.google.com/file/d/1eVEW...

caked up mother earth in her thigh high fishnets is stomping in her stripper heels looking back at it. The words say "Milfs for Mother Earth

The earth is once again looking back at it in her fishnets but looks more coy in this one. The words say "Ok so climate change, a couple important things to note: 1) it's not too late to make a difference 2) Every 1/10th of a degree of warming matters 3) Governments need to do most of it 4) Acting as communities really matters. Here are some things we CAN do 1) Ditch cars, take transit 2) Switch to renewable energy 3) get solar for your roof 4)Share stuff, buy less 5) Don't use AI 6) talk to your friends and family about solutions. Details here (which points to a QR)

Mother earth looks at you over her sunglasses over the words "Do something" repeated a bunch of times, then under her it says "Doing anything is better than nothing", "learn how" and a qr

Mother earth is wearing a flower crown and peeking up from the bottom of the page. The words say "Biodiversity When it comes to protecting plants and animals, start by thinking local. Animals usually suffer most from habitat loss and climate change. Solving climate change is hard. Building habitat for wildlife is easier. Every action you take matters. Here's what we can do 1) Create good habitat by planting native plants 2) Stop using pesticides and get others to stop too 3) Kill your lawn, replace with useful plants 4) Fight to preserve wild spaces and to reclaim abandoned land 5) Encourage friends and family to do all this too"

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Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · Aug 4

I like that you made it look like a hissing snake. Cool take

Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @jimmybernot.bsky.social · Aug 3

Starting the International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda at the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies in Malaysia