Kevin Kocot

Hey everyone! @sicb-diz.bsky.social is now here! Follow them for all your invertebrate science needs! 🧪🦑🌎

17.07.2025 20:08 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

Protist genomics: key to understanding eukaryotic evolution All eukaryotes other than animals, plants, and fungi are protists. Protists are highly diverse and found in nearly all environments, with key roles in planetary health and biogeochemical cycles. They ...

Protist genomics: key to understanding eukaryotic evolution: Trends in Genetics www.cell.com/trends/genet...

20.06.2025 01:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

several years ago, the @ebpgenome.bsky.social sample collection and processing subcommittee ran a survey to understand more about people's successes and failures with HMW DNA extractions across the tree of life -- we planned to publish the results of this survey alongside the randomly drawn ...

04.06.2025 15:15 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Best-practice guidance for Earth BioGenome Project sample collection and processing: progress and challenges in biodiverse reference genome creation Abstract. The Earth BioGenome Project has the extremely ambitious goal of generating, at scale, high-quality reference genomes across the entire Tree of Li

New pub on genome sample collection and processing: "Best-practice guidance for Earth BioGenome Project sample collection and processing: progress and challenges in biodiverse reference genome creation"
academic.oup.com/gigascience/...

03.06.2025 15:25 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

New pub by Vicky Sleight et al. on genomic, transcriptomic and epigenomic signatures of ageing and cold adaptation in the Antarctic clam Laternula elliptica (including a nice genome assembly and annotation for Laternula): royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

03.06.2025 15:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Kocot lab macro photography setup in use by the IcyInverts team during RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruise NBP25-01 in the hydro lab.

Epimeria walkeri (Amphipoda) collected using an epibenthic sledge during NBP25-01. Photo by Kevin Kocot.

Today's #IcyInverts blog post is about our efforts to take the best possible photos of live animals and meticulous data recording for each specimen we sample while in #Antarctica. @uofalabama.bsky.social
www.icyinverts.com/shipboard-bl...
#ConfusingCrustaceans #SweatTheSmallStuff

25.02.2025 19:38 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Taxonomy training workshops are an incredibly valuable experience for everyone involved. The next #ConfusingCrustaceans workshop will be in Wilhelmshaven, Germany from Oct. 6-10, 2025. See peracarida.org for more details. #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff #IcyInverts

15.02.2025 04:01 — 👍 23    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 0

Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️ ICYMI: our #IcyInverts team will be blogging during the NBP25-01 cruise to the Ross Sea, #Antarctica. Check it out to see the amazing animals we 🫶 at icyinverts.com #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff

15.02.2025 03:55 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The Nathaniel B. Palmer leaves Lyttleton, New Zealand today to start steaming towards Antarctica. We'll be blogging as time permits here: www.icyinverts.com/shipboard-bl...

See where the ship is in real time here:
www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/...

#IcyInverts #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff

10.02.2025 19:01 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Nominate the International Mollusc of the Year! ~ 2025 ~

1 DAY LEFT to nominate your favorite mollusc for the 2025 International Mollusc of the Year! Winner gets FREE genome sequencing!

More info & Nominate here: tinyurl.com/2025MOTY

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21.01.2025 13:30 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

UM - Research

Applications for Unitas Malacologica Travel Grants to attend the World Congress of #Malacology in São Paulo, Brazil from August 4-8 2025 are now open! unitasmalacologica.org/projects.html

15.01.2025 23:45 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

WCM 2025 One Planet, One Health, One Challenge

The website for the 2025 World Congress of #Malacology in São Paulo, Brazil from August 4-8 is now live! wcm2025.com.br

15.01.2025 23:45 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0