Callum McLean
@calmcl.bsky.social
Postdoc at University of Essex, studying evolution with machine learning 💻🦋
Likes bugs, plus other stuff 🧗🏈🎸🦖🚴📚📽️
Likes bugs, plus other stuff 🧗🏈🎸🦖🚴📚📽️
The original paper can be found in the Journal of Insect Science (link below)
David and I will have further exciting work on this project coming out in the (hopefully somewhat 😂) near future 😊
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David and I will have further exciting work on this project coming out in the (hopefully somewhat 😂) near future 😊
academic.oup.com/jinsectscien...
March 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The original paper can be found in the Journal of Insect Science (link below)
David and I will have further exciting work on this project coming out in the (hopefully somewhat 😂) near future 😊
academic.oup.com/jinsectscien...
David and I will have further exciting work on this project coming out in the (hopefully somewhat 😂) near future 😊
academic.oup.com/jinsectscien...
Thanks to Entomology Today for highlighting my and David Fisher’s paper on how cockroach movement is affected by RFID (& other) tags.
By using open-source deep neural network trackers, we hope to have demonstrated a time-efficient and cost-effective way to study insect movement behaviour. 🪳💻
By using open-source deep neural network trackers, we hope to have demonstrated a time-efficient and cost-effective way to study insect movement behaviour. 🪳💻
A pair of researchers studying cockroaches evaluated how two different tracking methods—RFID tags and marker-recognition tags—affect the roaches' behavior. Along the way, they found deep-learning algorithms could dramatically accelerate the processing of animal movement data.
AI-Powered Study Examines How Tracking Tags Affect Cockroach Behavior
A pair of researchers studying cockroaches evaluated how two different tracking methods—radio frequency ID tags and marker-recognition tags—affect the roaches' behavior. Along the way, they found…
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March 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Thanks to Entomology Today for highlighting my and David Fisher’s paper on how cockroach movement is affected by RFID (& other) tags.
By using open-source deep neural network trackers, we hope to have demonstrated a time-efficient and cost-effective way to study insect movement behaviour. 🪳💻
By using open-source deep neural network trackers, we hope to have demonstrated a time-efficient and cost-effective way to study insect movement behaviour. 🪳💻
My paper on whip spider prey capture kinematics is out now in Journal of Experimental Biology!
We explain why long pedipalps have limited benefits to prey capture.
Thanks to my co-authors and sorry for taking so long 😂
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
We explain why long pedipalps have limited benefits to prey capture.
Thanks to my co-authors and sorry for taking so long 😂
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
The kinematics of amblypygid (Arachnida) pedipalps during predation: extreme elongation in raptorial appendages does not result in a proportionate increase in reach and closing speed
Summary: Quantification of prey capture performance in multiple species of whip spider reveals a negative relationship between armament length and both reach and closing speed.
journals.biologists.com
February 28, 2024 at 1:53 PM
My paper on whip spider prey capture kinematics is out now in Journal of Experimental Biology!
We explain why long pedipalps have limited benefits to prey capture.
Thanks to my co-authors and sorry for taking so long 😂
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
We explain why long pedipalps have limited benefits to prey capture.
Thanks to my co-authors and sorry for taking so long 😂
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Lots of cool invertebrate mammals this year! I for one am a fan!
#2024MMM
#2024MMM
March Mammal Madness Bracket Drop Day!
Get your 2024 Bracket & Guide today: libguides.asu.edu/ld.php?conte...
with Player, Learner, & Educator portals to the tournament at the March Mammal Madness LibGuide. libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...
#2024MMM
Get your 2024 Bracket & Guide today: libguides.asu.edu/ld.php?conte...
with Player, Learner, & Educator portals to the tournament at the March Mammal Madness LibGuide. libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...
#2024MMM
February 23, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Lots of cool invertebrate mammals this year! I for one am a fan!
#2024MMM
#2024MMM
Reposted by Callum McLean
February 15, 2024 at 9:53 PM
I might be the only biologist that prefers Super Bowls to Superb Owls, but here is an owl getting an RFID tag used to track individuals for conservation and behavioural studies.
The same tags are used to track players and produce NFL Next Gen Stats.
(Also, 49ers win, CMC MVP)
The same tags are used to track players and produce NFL Next Gen Stats.
(Also, 49ers win, CMC MVP)
February 11, 2024 at 9:41 PM
I might be the only biologist that prefers Super Bowls to Superb Owls, but here is an owl getting an RFID tag used to track individuals for conservation and behavioural studies.
The same tags are used to track players and produce NFL Next Gen Stats.
(Also, 49ers win, CMC MVP)
The same tags are used to track players and produce NFL Next Gen Stats.
(Also, 49ers win, CMC MVP)
One down... Just 188k roach images to go 🪳
February 9, 2024 at 6:05 PM
One down... Just 188k roach images to go 🪳