Jerusha Bennett
@Jerushark
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University of Otago Post doctoral fellow who loves all things sharks and parasites🦈🧬🦠
Dunedin City, New Zealand
Joined February 2017
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Calling all researchers of molecular ecology and evolution! Join us for an exciting weekend from the 1st-3rd Dec at the 26th Molecular Ecology meeting, hosted in a stunning corner of Southland- the Catlins! Registrations of interest open soon at https://t.co/H3PQp0Gd7T
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What made you study the species you study? Research effort in helminth parasites is biased by many factors. Do you think we know more about parasites from threatened species? Well, we don’t! Read more here https://t.co/Agf2BJCu6y
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This is a result of great team effort in our lab (including @Jerushark, @XuhongChaizoo and myself, with @danideangeli1 on stats), with fantastic leadership by Prof Robert Poulin! Is there host sex bias in experimental parasitological research? https://t.co/EHhzLbSGa3
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With the latest issue of @TrendsParasitol now available, we are excited to announce that the first 100 women we profiled are featured on this month's cover in celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which is coming up on February 11th! #WomenInSTEM
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This is just fascinating.. Parasitic barnacles that have evolved the capacity to extract nutrients from their deepwater shark hosts. Read more on this study by Sabadel et al. here:
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New paper from my PhD research! Llarge-scale genetic investigation of nematode diversity and their phylogenetic patterns in New Zealand's marine animals
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Large-scale genetic investigation of nematode diversity and their phylogenetic patterns in New Zealand's marine animals - Volume 149 Issue 13
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Dr. Robert Poulin, a legend in the game, delivers the keynote remotely and really sets a high bar for the quality we’ll expect for the rest of the conference! #icpow2022 | #parsa2022
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Drs Robert Poulin, Bronwen Presswell & @Jerushark discuss male-biased selection of #holotypes in parasite #taxonomy: is it justified? @Zoology_Otago @otago #Acanthocephala #Nematoda #Allotype #Paratype #Species #Specimen
https://t.co/IW9LNUTb7R
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Temnocephalans are ectosymbiotic flatworms that live on freshwater arthropods, mostly crustaceans. This paper is on Temnosewellia aff. vietnamensis (also known as "Yamataro-yadori-tsuno-mushi"), a species that lives on freshwater crabs 🦀 #WormWednesday
https://t.co/WHRaIjm4dy
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Do you work on NZ marine #invertebrates? It is likely they host parasites! Check out our newly published checklist to see if your species is infected! 🪱🪱🪱 https://t.co/nt2FrMMQfM
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Parasitic helminths with complex life cycles require multiple hosts in a particular order to complete their life cycles. Although almost all helminths infect invertebrates at some point in their...
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“We are lacking so much ecological data for this group of animals.” NIWA’s resident shark specialist, Dr @BritFinucci, is on a mission to throw new light on the quirky, mysterious creatures that lurk in the deep. 🦈 Read the full story here ➡️ https://t.co/OGpzDloEuI
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Yay! That’s me! I’m super lucky and proud to research marine parasitology in New Zealand! @Zoology_Otago @otago 🦈🪱
Kia ora from a #herminthologist in New Zealand (NZ) at the @UniversityofOtago! PhD student @Jerushark proudly researches biodiversity of NZ marine parasites to provide baseline data for environmental change.
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My weekend highlight: our open access perspective piece in @AnimalEcology and blog post are out now, with our hypothesis on microbes interacting with parasites to influence the behaviour of their animal/plant hosts!
Parasites can puppeteer with their hosts, but if you look below the surface🔍 you might see microbes as puppet masters🦠 Find out more from Prof Robert Poulin, Dr Fátima Jorge, and @PriSalloum through their new blogpost: https://t.co/rcV3VhNHeu
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Yes, that is a #parasitic worm emerging from an #endemic #NewZealand weta… 😱Yes, when inside their hosts, they can poke their heads out the bumhole to check if it’s time to come out yet or not! 🤯🪱🤦♀️
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🔥Heat wave in Antarctica, +38 °C (+68 °F) above normal. That's not an error, or a typo. The remote research station at Dome C recorded a temperature nearly 40 °C above normal for this time of year, beating the previous March record by a startling 20 °C.
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🚨 OCS Virtual Conference 2022 🚨 The conference program & abstracts have been released! So many great talks to look forward to! Date: 𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 📢 Plenary speaker 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗱, SPREP 💸 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 to members in good standing Don't forget to 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿!
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Parasitic barnacles living in a SHARKS BUTTHOLE! Haha I love marine parasitology, and our collaboration with @BritFinucci and @AmandineSabadel investigating the stable isotope signatures of these guys living on deepsea sharks #shark #parasitology @WiParasitology #WomenInScience
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Up @niwa_nz today to collect some really cool samples for our @IsoEcol2022 collaborative #ParaSITE project! Namely, the barnacle (Anelasma squalicola), parasite to Baxter's dogfish (Etmopterus granulosus). Exciting #isotope #science ahead w @BritFinucci, @Jerushark and others 🦈
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