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Anibal_H_Castillo
@anibalhcastillo.bsky.social
Ph.D. candidate in #Terrestrial_biodiversity with @alexsmithants.bsky.social and @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social. #Feminist #Environmentalist. Dad of 2. He/him. 🇺🇾 🇨🇦.

https://anibalcastillo.wixsite.com/soilbiodiversity
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This past Monday and Tuesday (Nov 3rd - 4th), I had the pleasure of participating in the 2025 Latornell Conservation Symposium. I presented a summary of my Ph.D. research and moderated two great sessions. #latornell #latornell2025 #ontario #conservation
@uofguelph.bsky.social
This past Monday and Tuesday (Nov 3rd - 4th), I had the pleasure of participating in the 2025 Latornell Conservation Symposium. I presented a summary of my Ph.D. research and moderated two great sessions. #latornell #latornell2025 #ontario #conservation
@uofguelph.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
And that's my 95th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact
@canadaslifeline.bsky.social to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Come watch my talk at the Annual General Meeting of the Entomologial Society of Ontario this Saturday morning!

#Entomology
#Metabarcoding

www.entsocont.ca/eso_agm_2025...
October 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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The OPMC and ESO conference is LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY!!! 🤯🤩🐞🪲🕷️

Here is another one of our presenters for the conference, Anibal Castillo! 🤗

Anibal is a PhD candidate in the Integrative Biology Department at the University of Guelph! 🦟🌳
@anibalhcastillo.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Our Annual Meeting is almost here!🐛 Over the next week we'll be sharing some of the presenters that will be showcasing their work- check out the meeting schedule so you don't miss their talks!!

If you would like to feature your work, send us a message📩

#entomologicalsocietyontario
#insectresearch
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I am attending the “30th Annual Latornell Conservation Symposium”. Come watch my talk, “Terrestrial Invertebrate Biodiversity Across Ecological Gradients: A Metabarcoding Approach”, along with many other excellent conservation presentations.

#Latornell2025

www.latornell.ca
Latornell Conservation Symposium
www.latornell.ca
September 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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📣A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies

Climate crises will require partnership with new technologies

We cannot use the tools that we used to create the crisis

Check out this team of #Transdisciplinary scholars
Join #ManufacturedEcosystems 🧪

www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/10...
September 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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This older female tri-colour hound mix dog was found near Luther Marsh Conservation Area in #GrandValley on Sept 26. If she's yours or you have any info about her contact #Guelph Humane Society at 519-824-3091 or [email protected] (ID 2000345284)
September 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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The caterpillars are just as amazing and beautiful as the moth.
September 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
While at The Arboretum, @uofguelph.bsky.social, I came across this beautiful moth caterpillar of _Hyalophora cecropia_ (Saturniidae). Enjoy!

#Entomology
#Saturniidae
September 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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A call for bio-inspired technologies!

🪱 A teaspoon of soil holds more life than there are humans on Earth—yet <1% of biomimetic studies focus on soil. Time to change that.

Check out our new article: doi.org/10.3390/biom...
September 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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🍀New article publication🍀

Kristina Wanieck et al. (including Peggy Karpouzou and Nikoleta Zampaki). “A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement.” Biomimetics 10.9 (2025): 1-7.
doi: doi.org/10.3390/biom...
doi.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
And that's my 94th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.
August 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
And that's my 93rd #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact us Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.
And #mask up! The #COVID #pandemic isn't over.
July 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The surprising power of your nature photos (Scott Loarie | TED2025) go.ted.com/hQhmZ via TEDTalks
@inaturalist.bsky.social
The surprising power of your nature photos
Scott Loarie has a challenge for you: go outside and take a picture of a living thing. He introduces the global community of people building a living atlas of the natural world by sharing their nature...
go.ted.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
And that's my 92nd #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.
And #mask up! The #COVID #pandemic isn't over.
May 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is our beloved Cognac and today he turned 11!!
May 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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@alexandreloureiro.bsky.social led a global #meta-analysis in @respublications.bsky.social #RESEcolEnt that found many taxonomic holes and no evidence of a common pattern of taxon or #phylogenetic #diversity across #elevation for #beetle #Coleoptera families

doi.org/10.1111/een....

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April 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Today we went on a hike and saw a beautiful garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. Enjoy!
April 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Defeat Bill 5, the 'Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act', 2025 - Sign the Petition! chng.it/GrVdMzkKDJ via @change.org

#EndangeredSpeciesAct
Sign the Petition
Defeat Bill 5, the 'Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act', 2025
chng.it
April 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Canadians

#Poilievre and #Levant have shown you time and time again who they really are.

They do not deserve your vote.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Rebel News owner Ezra Levant was 'mentor' to Poilievre, says author | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has historic ties to Rebel News owner Ezra Levant, the right-wing media personality at the epicentre of a controversy that has engulfed Canada's Leaders' Debates C...
www.cbc.ca
April 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM