Lucre Snooker
@lucresnooker.bsky.social
Read my stuff on https://www.glunkerstew.com/
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Featured image with Allan Carrillo-Baltodano
This is an image of a larva of a phoronid worm. To swim, the larva propels itself using cilia 💃
Find out about @allancarbal.bsky.social and his #EvoDevo research on marine annelids:
thenode.biologists.com/featured-ima...
This is an image of a larva of a phoronid worm. To swim, the larva propels itself using cilia 💃
Find out about @allancarbal.bsky.social and his #EvoDevo research on marine annelids:
thenode.biologists.com/featured-ima...
April 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Featured image with Allan Carrillo-Baltodano
This is an image of a larva of a phoronid worm. To swim, the larva propels itself using cilia 💃
Find out about @allancarbal.bsky.social and his #EvoDevo research on marine annelids:
thenode.biologists.com/featured-ima...
This is an image of a larva of a phoronid worm. To swim, the larva propels itself using cilia 💃
Find out about @allancarbal.bsky.social and his #EvoDevo research on marine annelids:
thenode.biologists.com/featured-ima...
Are there good examples of adult cell types that are homologous across species but emerge via different progenitor trajectories? like, different developmental processes to reach the same end state
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Are there good examples of adult cell types that are homologous across species but emerge via different progenitor trajectories? like, different developmental processes to reach the same end state
fun fact people might not know: there are *two* ancient alphabetical orders
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
fun fact people might not know: there are *two* ancient alphabetical orders
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LOOK AT THAT THING GO!
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
LOOK AT THAT THING GO!
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Happy Ctenophore Day!
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October 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Happy Ctenophore Day!
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super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
www.popsci.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
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Sea urchin metamorphosis is maybe one of the most radical event in developmental biology. In just about an hour, these little pluteus larvae completely reorganize their entire body plan.
Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃
Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃
September 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Sea urchin metamorphosis is maybe one of the most radical event in developmental biology. In just about an hour, these little pluteus larvae completely reorganize their entire body plan.
Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃
Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃
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Great News!
The Ricardians are one step closer to recreating Richard III’s unique brand of halitosis!
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Ricardians are one step closer to recreating Richard III’s unique brand of halitosis!
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The oral microbiome of King Richard III of England
Metagenomic investigation of archaeological dental calculus has provided insights into the changing oral health, disease, and diet of past human societies, but little is known about the oral microbiot...
www.biorxiv.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Great News!
The Ricardians are one step closer to recreating Richard III’s unique brand of halitosis!
🏺
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Ricardians are one step closer to recreating Richard III’s unique brand of halitosis!
🏺
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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When I correct someone and they say “I bet you’re fun at parties,” I explain what a terrible bet that would be.
September 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
When I correct someone and they say “I bet you’re fun at parties,” I explain what a terrible bet that would be.
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#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
September 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
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L + Ratio + I don't have that intuition + I have the opposite intuition + I have an error theory for your intuition
September 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
L + Ratio + I don't have that intuition + I have the opposite intuition + I have an error theory for your intuition
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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Reconstructing long-range axons from dense brain images is tough.
This study introduces a novel method that separates axon identification from global statistical rules, showing big improvements over existing tools for mapping neuronal projections.
buff.ly/o7QmH4B
This study introduces a novel method that separates axon identification from global statistical rules, showing big improvements over existing tools for mapping neuronal projections.
buff.ly/o7QmH4B
September 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Reconstructing long-range axons from dense brain images is tough.
This study introduces a novel method that separates axon identification from global statistical rules, showing big improvements over existing tools for mapping neuronal projections.
buff.ly/o7QmH4B
This study introduces a novel method that separates axon identification from global statistical rules, showing big improvements over existing tools for mapping neuronal projections.
buff.ly/o7QmH4B
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In the same way some people are thrill seekers, I'm a relief-from-fear seeker, always craving the next hit of relief from fear.
September 16, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In the same way some people are thrill seekers, I'm a relief-from-fear seeker, always craving the next hit of relief from fear.
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When your flagellum has had enough of your shit
Most striking, in some instances of spontaneous flagellar detachment, the flagellum can glide on its own - mercilessly leaving the cell body behind, stabbing it on the way if need be (don't do this at home).
September 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When your flagellum has had enough of your shit
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The long & limbed King Rag, or Alitta virens. Isn't he beautiful?
But they have two large pincer teeth that can deliver a severe bite.
#InsertAnInvert2024
📸 Both Alexander Semenov
But they have two large pincer teeth that can deliver a severe bite.
#InsertAnInvert2024
📸 Both Alexander Semenov
April 13, 2024 at 7:27 AM
The long & limbed King Rag, or Alitta virens. Isn't he beautiful?
But they have two large pincer teeth that can deliver a severe bite.
#InsertAnInvert2024
📸 Both Alexander Semenov
But they have two large pincer teeth that can deliver a severe bite.
#InsertAnInvert2024
📸 Both Alexander Semenov
is it at all doable to vibe-code a SAMap comparison of salamander and mouse pallia on a rainy Sunday? I guess I’ll have to see
September 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
is it at all doable to vibe-code a SAMap comparison of salamander and mouse pallia on a rainy Sunday? I guess I’ll have to see
who up measuring they parasubiculum
> With a length of ∼5.2 mm and a width of only ∼0.3 mm (approximately one dendritic tree diameter), the parasubiculum is both one of the longest and narrowest cortical structures.
> With a length of ∼5.2 mm and a width of only ∼0.3 mm (approximately one dendritic tree diameter), the parasubiculum is both one of the longest and narrowest cortical structures.
September 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
who up measuring they parasubiculum
> With a length of ∼5.2 mm and a width of only ∼0.3 mm (approximately one dendritic tree diameter), the parasubiculum is both one of the longest and narrowest cortical structures.
> With a length of ∼5.2 mm and a width of only ∼0.3 mm (approximately one dendritic tree diameter), the parasubiculum is both one of the longest and narrowest cortical structures.
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A spotted comb jelly at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
#MarineLife #LeucotheaPulchra #Ctenophores #Colloblasts #DeepSea #California #MBARI #WestCoast
#MarineLife #LeucotheaPulchra #Ctenophores #Colloblasts #DeepSea #California #MBARI #WestCoast
August 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A spotted comb jelly at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
#MarineLife #LeucotheaPulchra #Ctenophores #Colloblasts #DeepSea #California #MBARI #WestCoast
#MarineLife #LeucotheaPulchra #Ctenophores #Colloblasts #DeepSea #California #MBARI #WestCoast
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Sometimes I think it is necessary to remind everyone about the diversity of echinoderm ANUSES! this fossil crinoid with its well armed ANAL CHIMNEY for example!! #echinoday echinoblog.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-...
September 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Sometimes I think it is necessary to remind everyone about the diversity of echinoderm ANUSES! this fossil crinoid with its well armed ANAL CHIMNEY for example!! #echinoday echinoblog.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-...
is it possible that vertebrate neural crest unites two ancestral lateral-neural-border sources:
a) a posterior (epibranchial/otic) cranial placode-like module that generated interoceptive sensory neurons (→ DRG, sympathetic/enteric)
b) a pigment-cell module (→ skeletogenic)
a) a posterior (epibranchial/otic) cranial placode-like module that generated interoceptive sensory neurons (→ DRG, sympathetic/enteric)
b) a pigment-cell module (→ skeletogenic)
August 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
is it possible that vertebrate neural crest unites two ancestral lateral-neural-border sources:
a) a posterior (epibranchial/otic) cranial placode-like module that generated interoceptive sensory neurons (→ DRG, sympathetic/enteric)
b) a pigment-cell module (→ skeletogenic)
a) a posterior (epibranchial/otic) cranial placode-like module that generated interoceptive sensory neurons (→ DRG, sympathetic/enteric)
b) a pigment-cell module (→ skeletogenic)
so used to mouse neuroscience papers now that I get annoyed when authors don’t put “IN HUMANS” in the titles of their clinical papers
August 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
so used to mouse neuroscience papers now that I get annoyed when authors don’t put “IN HUMANS” in the titles of their clinical papers
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Stunning image of a mammal (the eastern quoll) that glows✨ under UV light💡
📷: Ben Alldridge, reported in the @nature.com briefing
#nature #neature #marsupial
📷: Ben Alldridge, reported in the @nature.com briefing
#nature #neature #marsupial
August 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Stunning image of a mammal (the eastern quoll) that glows✨ under UV light💡
📷: Ben Alldridge, reported in the @nature.com briefing
#nature #neature #marsupial
📷: Ben Alldridge, reported in the @nature.com briefing
#nature #neature #marsupial
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I love Dermasterias. Not only do they smell like garlic, but you can also find commensal polychaetes in amongst the tube feet in like 25% of them
June 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I love Dermasterias. Not only do they smell like garlic, but you can also find commensal polychaetes in amongst the tube feet in like 25% of them