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Jess Holz
@jessholz.bsky.social
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Artist and microscopist. MFA art + technology, but work in a neuro lab by day. Insects, neurons, electron microscopy… follow me to see lots of plankton videos… jessholz.com
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · Nov 16
Hello hello world. I’m on here now. I am a microscope addict. I do a lot of plankton chronophotography, see below video of vorticella feeding currents. I love the microworld and consider myself an advocate for these tiny creatures, I like to make them visible. Will post more soon
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 21h
thanks!
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 23h
I just love their pigment designs does anyone know about the function?
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 23h
If anyone on here knows how to ID polychaete larva, I’d love to work with you on getting to the species level on these worms I always find in Boston harbor. I could provide a ton of photos, if I knew what to image for an ID. I know they are spionid but that’s it. #sciart #microscopy #plankton
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 23h
These things are sooooo weird looking lol
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 23h
Many thanks!
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 23h
@copepodology.bsky.social any ideas?
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 23h
Still looking for an id on this weird robot looking copepod I found on vacation in Maine, anyone have any ideas? www.inaturalist.org/observations... #sciart #microscopy
Copepods (Subclass Copepoda)
Copepods from Tremont, ME, USA on August 25, 2025 at 05:41 PM by pinkbeetle. weird robot looking copepod. Would love an ID on this one!
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 1d
yep
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 1d
anyone on here an expert on fluids?
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 1d
Polychaete larva cilia currents in timelapse. #sciart #microscopy #plankton
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 2d
For #fluorescencefriday I just thought these neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus were pretty. #sciart #microscopy #confocal
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 28d
Really loved this part of Plankton Performance at MIT museum. This part of Movement II: Charles river is done using timelapse and fluorescence microscopy. Note all the filamentous cyanobacteria. Big red blobs are rotifers with chlorophyll in their bellies swimming around. #sciart #experimentalvideo
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 29d
If anyone is curious to see Plankton Performance at MIT Museum last Friday (my collaboration with sound artist Senem Pirler and local Boston plankton under the microscope), I just uploaded a video here: youtu.be/mIxZhLeqJoo?... #sciart #microscopy
Plankton Performance at MIT Museum Sept 12th 2025
YouTube video by Jess Holz
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 29d
Also anyone have an id on this mystery critter from the Charles river I followed during the performance?
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 29d
Hope to do a lot more collabs with Senem. Also my friend who works at the museum gave us the cutest gifts afterward. MIT museum has a killer gift shop- and for my stuff it’s just a fantastic space. Copepod bigger than a human on that screen! #sciart
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · 29d
I’m a day late for #fluorescencefriday but I had a blast at MIT museum ‘performing’ with live improvised sound by Dr. Senem Pirler. Vid shows fluorescence microscopy of the Charles river, note all the cyanobacteria. #sciart #plankton
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · Sep 7
cool! yea i forgot it came from jellyfish right? Unfortunately I only have low magnification fluorescence so cannot ID it. I did notice a lot of little dinoflagellates in the sample though
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · Sep 7
Last call for tickets for this unique concert! This is a big one for me so Boston folk, I’d love it if you could join. Video shows the trails of diatoms in timelapse. mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/pla... #sciart
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · Sep 7
Plankton Performance, this Friday 7pm at MIT museum. I will be collaborating with plankton from the Charles river under my leicamicrosystems.bsky.social microscope, while Senem Pirler responds to their movements and behavior with sound. mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/pla... #sciart
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · Sep 1
A rare green fluorescent flagellate, ‘swimming plant’, trails in timelapse under fluorescence microscopy. Anyone know what causes green fluorescence in marine critters? 99.9% of flagellates I find are red from chlorophyll. Sample collected from Boston harbor. #sciart #algae #plankton
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · Aug 30
timelapse of debris being swirled by currents
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · Aug 29
Also found blue copepods, red copepods, and robot looking copepods (middle pic). Can anyone help with an ID? #sciart #plankton
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · Aug 29
Found my first starfish larva! Check out the currents in timelapse. #sciart #zooplankton
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Jess Holz @jessholz.bsky.social · Aug 29
Lovely vacation with my folks on Mt Desert Island in Maine. Amazing spot on the water, I brought a little scope and had a blast looking at sea life. Even the lichen next to the house had tardigrades! #sciart #microscopy
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