Adam Summers
@fishguy.bsky.social
Biomechanist/biomaterials wonk, island North of Seattle. Cutting edge gear at the water's edge. UW prof. Pilot. Morphology. Fish. CT scanning.
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Adam Summers
@fishguy.bsky.social
· Apr 14
Reintroducing myself. I'm a biologist @uw. I work at the Friday Harbor Labs imaging and doing biomechanics of fishes and other organisms. We have a CT scanner, SEM, and 3d printers that are free for anyone to use. I love open source tools and data.
I also love to fly airplanes and build chairs.
I also love to fly airplanes and build chairs.
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Our paper just out in Advanced Functional Materials: "Photonic engineering enables all-passive upconversion imaging with low-intensity near-infrared light" advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 💡🧪
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Our paper just out in Advanced Functional Materials: "Photonic engineering enables all-passive upconversion imaging with low-intensity near-infrared light" advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 💡🧪
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Antonio the capybara has grown a lot since I saw him last. He was his usual gregarious self. Snuggled anyone who wanted and put up with my examination of the soles of his feet.
SciPo was a great success, and the readings tonight will be awesome.
#capybara
SciPo was a great success, and the readings tonight will be awesome.
#capybara
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Antonio the capybara has grown a lot since I saw him last. He was his usual gregarious self. Snuggled anyone who wanted and put up with my examination of the soles of his feet.
SciPo was a great success, and the readings tonight will be awesome.
#capybara
SciPo was a great success, and the readings tonight will be awesome.
#capybara
Antonio the capybara has grown a lot since I saw him last. He was his usual gregarious self. Snuggled anyone who wanted and put up with my examination of the soles of his feet.
SciPo was a great success, and the readings tonight will be awesome.
#capybara
SciPo was a great success, and the readings tonight will be awesome.
#capybara
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Antonio the capybara has grown a lot since I saw him last. He was his usual gregarious self. Snuggled anyone who wanted and put up with my examination of the soles of his feet.
SciPo was a great success, and the readings tonight will be awesome.
#capybara
SciPo was a great success, and the readings tonight will be awesome.
#capybara
The poets gather under a papier mache sperm whale made from the pages of Moby Dick. The eyes light and the teeth are oysters. Science talks open with Bart Boom and a BIG title.
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The poets gather under a papier mache sperm whale made from the pages of Moby Dick. The eyes light and the teeth are oysters. Science talks open with Bart Boom and a BIG title.
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"Beauty is truth, and truth beauty;
That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
Keats - Ode on a Grecian Urn
That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
Keats - Ode on a Grecian Urn
The annual SciPo workshop begins. 80 poets and scientists meet to talk and inspire and scheme. Such great fun.
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Beauty is truth, and truth beauty;
That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
Keats - Ode on a Grecian Urn
That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
Keats - Ode on a Grecian Urn
@karlycohen.bsky.social explains to the poets about teeth on the ratfish tenaculum. With an aside about cat sharks. And fossil sharks.
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
@karlycohen.bsky.social explains to the poets about teeth on the ratfish tenaculum. With an aside about cat sharks. And fossil sharks.
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Hello Antonio I love you
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hello Antonio I love you
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Oh my word! - where is this??? ❤️
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Oh my word! - where is this??? ❤️
I don't think any of the poets are on Bluesky...so you all now know tomorrow's surprise guest. Antonio! Billed as the only captive capybara on San Juan Island.
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I don't think any of the poets are on Bluesky...so you all now know tomorrow's surprise guest. Antonio! Billed as the only captive capybara on San Juan Island.
The annual SciPo workshop begins. 80 poets and scientists meet to talk and inspire and scheme. Such great fun.
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The annual SciPo workshop begins. 80 poets and scientists meet to talk and inspire and scheme. Such great fun.
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Well, Tommy (a UW varsity rower) did not disappoint. A week of CT scanning training and an ability to cadge a seal head lead to these outstanding images. Phoca vitulina in all her glory.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Well, Tommy (a UW varsity rower) did not disappoint. A week of CT scanning training and an ability to cadge a seal head lead to these outstanding images. Phoca vitulina in all her glory.
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The students are CT scanning. They managed to cadge a lopped off harbor seal head from the necropsy folks. Tommy was resourceful and he will get splendid data. I'll post the result.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The students are CT scanning. They managed to cadge a lopped off harbor seal head from the necropsy folks. Tommy was resourceful and he will get splendid data. I'll post the result.
The students are CT scanning. They managed to cadge a lopped off harbor seal head from the necropsy folks. Tommy was resourceful and he will get splendid data. I'll post the result.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The students are CT scanning. They managed to cadge a lopped off harbor seal head from the necropsy folks. Tommy was resourceful and he will get splendid data. I'll post the result.
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Wow! That's more than impressive! Thanks for letting us know. The FHL Fish Biomechanics course is legendary and it's fantastic to know that so many of your graduates were, and have become, contributors to JEB. Please keep them coming 🙂
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Wow! That's more than impressive! Thanks for letting us know. The FHL Fish Biomechanics course is legendary and it's fantastic to know that so many of your graduates were, and have become, contributors to JEB. Please keep them coming 🙂
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Were there discernible stomach contents?
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Were there discernible stomach contents?
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That time I dissected a 100kg sleeper shark head with Jose Castro. The teeth are dimorphic between upper and lower jaws. The brain is less than 100g and just 15cm long.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
That time I dissected a 100kg sleeper shark head with Jose Castro. The teeth are dimorphic between upper and lower jaws. The brain is less than 100g and just 15cm long.
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I was at a chainsaw dissection of a 300-400 kg bluefin and the brain was smaller than a pea. They are not even pea-brained! Otolith was also tiny.
October 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I was at a chainsaw dissection of a 300-400 kg bluefin and the brain was smaller than a pea. They are not even pea-brained! Otolith was also tiny.
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WAaaaay bigger than a bluefin tuna brain.
October 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
WAaaaay bigger than a bluefin tuna brain.
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One of two courses that I can legitimately say shaped my career.
In 2001 we ran the FHL Fish Biomechanics course. The same one that will run this coming summer. Here, students and professors are collecting fish for projects. Of the 15 people 10 were or became @biologists.bsky.social JEB authors. What a wonderful group.
October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
One of two courses that I can legitimately say shaped my career.
That time I dissected a 100kg sleeper shark head with Jose Castro. The teeth are dimorphic between upper and lower jaws. The brain is less than 100g and just 15cm long.
🧪
🧪
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
That time I dissected a 100kg sleeper shark head with Jose Castro. The teeth are dimorphic between upper and lower jaws. The brain is less than 100g and just 15cm long.
🧪
🧪
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In 2001 we ran the FHL Fish Biomechanics course. The same one that will run this coming summer. Here, students and professors are collecting fish for projects. Of the 15 people 10 were or became @biologists.bsky.social JEB authors. What a wonderful group.
October 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In 2001 we ran the FHL Fish Biomechanics course. The same one that will run this coming summer. Here, students and professors are collecting fish for projects. Of the 15 people 10 were or became @biologists.bsky.social JEB authors. What a wonderful group.
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I see some familiar faces!
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I see some familiar faces!