Kevin Kocot
@kmkocot
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Assoc. prof. at @UaDeptBSC & curator at @UAMNH. #invertebrates #aplacophora #systematics #genomics #blacktshirts #beer #faceblindness. He/him/his. 🏳️🌈
Tuscaloosa, AL
Joined January 2012
It is wild and exciting that PhyKIT has around 187,000 downloads🤯 Sincerely, I want to thank you🫶 I'm so humbled & happy that people choose to use PhyKIT. And I want to make sure that PhyKIT continues to meet the needs of the community📈 Function requests are always
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New pub by Chandler Olson, Chimpi Cobo Llovo, and yours truly describing 7 new species of solenogasters in the family Macellomeniidae! This more than doubles the number of described species in the family. https://t.co/HfbsKIgaxR
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The abstract submission deadline for 19th International #Meiofauna Conference (IMCO19) has been extended to September 30th!
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Postdoctoral Fellow opportunity in paleontology/biology at the University of Alabama Museums with Dr. Adiel Klompmaker as part of the NSF-funded project “Energetic Controls on Marine Benthic Community Structure in Space and Time.” For more information see: https://t.co/wyDTjvWF8f
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#FridayFunFact Sea urchins have no eyes, bones, heart, or brain — yet they can still sense light! Their whole body acts like one big eye as they use their tube feet & spines to detect changes in light & navigate their surroundings.👁️ Heliocidaris australiae, found off Australia.
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New pub from the @EarthBioGenome Sample Collection and Processing Subcommittee led by @marakat: "Best-practice guidance for Earth BioGenome Project sample collection and processing: progress and challenges in biodiverse reference genome creation" https://t.co/sVBmkCdynX
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Abstract. The Earth BioGenome Project has the extremely ambitious goal of generating, at scale, high-quality reference genomes across the entire Tree of Li
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New pub by Vicky Sleight et al. on genomic, transcriptomic and epigenomic signatures of ageing and cold adaptation in the Antarctic clam Laternula elliptica (including a nice genome assembly and annotation for Laternula): https://t.co/X9XZWHI8Hk
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[New Paper] is on the COVER of @ScienceMagazine !! The FIRST genome-phylogeny of MOLLUSCS complete with ALL classes —including the mythical "living fossil" Monoplacophora— reveals how they evolved the most diverse body forms of all animals! Read for FREE: https://t.co/x6dOIzttJg
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Congratulations to @Arielzyc, @sigwartae, @squamiferum, @JuanMoles4, @vl_gonzalez, @J_Antonio_Baeza and all the authors (and sorry if I'm missing tagging anyone who has an X account)! @Senckenberg @oceanspecies_
@UaDeptBSC @UAMNH
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Excited to share a new pub in Science that @myapchiongco and I co-authored! Using new #genome data from all 8 classes of #Mollusca, we reconstructed the group's phylogeny and provide valuable resources for future research. https://t.co/0wR0Pg4CuE
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Excited to share a new publication for young scientists! "Life Among the Sand Grains" is a review paper that digs into the hidden world of meiofauna - now published in Frontiers for Young Minds! @willfindjoy @myapchiongco @Ken_Halanych
kids.frontiersin.org
Have you ever played with sand at the beach? Did you know you were also playing with thousands of tiny animals? The sand in the ocean is home to many small creatures called meiofauna, but you can...
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Today's #IcyInverts blog post is about our efforts to take the best possible photos of live animals and meticulous data recording for each specimen. https://t.co/3wpZ7R3a5B
@UAMNH @DigInverts @iDigBio @GBIF @NSF #Peracarida #ConfusingCrustaceans #SweatTheSmallStuff
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[New Paper] in Progress in Oceanography reveals distribution patterns of deep-sea molluscs from Bering Sea and Aleutian Trench using 212 species (>4200 specimens) -- collected between 3500~7300 m on-board RV SONNE, "AleutBio" cruise in 2022. OPEN ACCESS: https://t.co/ZnDUBSu3Xn
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I’m thrilled to share our new publication, "Centering Inclusivity in Invertebrate Fieldwork: An Argument for Modernizing Malacological Practices," in the @AMS1931 journal American Malacological Bulletin! DM me if you don't have access and would like a PDF. https://t.co/6fiDO0FvQl
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Taxonomy training workshops are an incredibly valuable experience for everyone involved. The next #ConfusingCrustaceans workshop will be in Wilhelmshaven, Germany from Oct. 6-10, 2025. See https://t.co/j7yQ1deMHH for more details. #Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff #IcyInverts
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Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️ ICYMI: our #IcyInverts team will be blogging during the NBP25-01 cruise to the Ross Sea, #Antarctica. Check it out to see the amazing animals we 🫶 at https://t.co/5Xxj46zn1E
#Peracarida #SweatTheSmallStuff @UaDeptBSC @UAMNH @InvertebratesDC @SICB_DIZ
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Delighted to share our article! @MolBioEvol. Congrats @Rohan_Nath_ @Biswajit_Sci @yoraj21. Analysing 238 genomes, we delineate Class-A GPCRs likely adapted for chemoreception across diverse lophotrochozoans. @OfficialSMBE @IISER_BERHAMPUR @evol_genomics.
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The Crustacean Society (TCS) - Paris, 7-10 July 2025 - Abstract and registration deadline: 10 Mar 2025 https://t.co/6onyh0INyd
#marinespecies
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At least 58 species new to science and an altogether remarkable diversity found in the methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica! News story by @IFLScience on a recent ZooKeys study https://t.co/nx5v842Cg3
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With a total of 488 distinct animal species, it's the highest biodiversity count ever recorded in a single vent region.
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ICYMI: The deadline for student travel grant applications for the 2025 World Congress of Malacology in São Paulo, Brazil is the 28th of February 2025 (5pm GMT).
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