Jimmy Bernot 🦐🔬🧬🏳️🌈
@jimmybernot.bsky.social
Assistant professor at UConn. Marine biology, parasitic copepod taxonomy and evolution, crustacean genomics
www.BernotLab.org
www.BernotLab.org
You can imagine how well this would fit in with programs like:
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
You can imagine how well this would fit in with programs like:
ULINE having this product image in 2025 made my day
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
ULINE having this product image in 2025 made my day
A lady slipper orchid (Phragmipedium) blooming to brighten your day 🪴
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A lady slipper orchid (Phragmipedium) blooming to brighten your day 🪴
I’ve been waiting for years to play that is Scrabble ever since I took a parasitology class. Among other things, the term is used for how certain protists line up to mate. Unfortunately not in the Scrabble dictionary 😆
September 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’ve been waiting for years to play that is Scrabble ever since I took a parasitology class. Among other things, the term is used for how certain protists line up to mate. Unfortunately not in the Scrabble dictionary 😆
This is my 1st time catching my pet archer fish, Legolas, spitting on camera. Archerfish use modified jaw and tongue bones to fire a jet of water to knock down bugs from over hanging vegetation. Here Legolas is shooting down a fruit fly 🪰 🐠🧪
September 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is my 1st time catching my pet archer fish, Legolas, spitting on camera. Archerfish use modified jaw and tongue bones to fire a jet of water to knock down bugs from over hanging vegetation. Here Legolas is shooting down a fruit fly 🪰 🐠🧪
My Psychopsis mendenhall orchid is blooming and is so dramatic! (in the best way possible) 🪴
August 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My Psychopsis mendenhall orchid is blooming and is so dramatic! (in the best way possible) 🪴
Presentations from our lab group at the International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda
August 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Presentations from our lab group at the International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda
The lab in action collecting parasitic copepods in Malaysia!
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August 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The lab in action collecting parasitic copepods in Malaysia!
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Starting the International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda at the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies in Malaysia
August 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Starting the International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda at the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies in Malaysia
Tomorrow at UConn Storrs! Stop by! Lots of activities for adults and kids. I’ll be at a table talking about horns and antlers 🧪
July 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Tomorrow at UConn Storrs! Stop by! Lots of activities for adults and kids. I’ll be at a table talking about horns and antlers 🧪
My Epiphyllum oxypetalum bloomed for the first time ever last night. The giant flowers only last a single night. Absolutely epic 🌺🥀
July 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My Epiphyllum oxypetalum bloomed for the first time ever last night. The giant flowers only last a single night. Absolutely epic 🌺🥀
Adorable gray tree frog on my sliding glass door in Connecticut 🐸
July 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Adorable gray tree frog on my sliding glass door in Connecticut 🐸
Not the same species, but sphyriids (the family of copepods) can get massive. My hand for scale
July 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Not the same species, but sphyriids (the family of copepods) can get massive. My hand for scale
Excited to share our new paper on Kroyeria—a group of parasitic copepods found on sharks. Best part of the project was working with Greg Deets, who imo is the GOAT when it comes to copepod illustrations. We describe 5 new species & redescribe most others 🧪🦐
doi.org/10.1645/24-115
doi.org/10.1645/24-115
July 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Excited to share our new paper on Kroyeria—a group of parasitic copepods found on sharks. Best part of the project was working with Greg Deets, who imo is the GOAT when it comes to copepod illustrations. We describe 5 new species & redescribe most others 🧪🦐
doi.org/10.1645/24-115
doi.org/10.1645/24-115
Marine science seminar at Avery Point today 🧪
April 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Marine science seminar at Avery Point today 🧪
Came into my office this morning and found this beauty (Neomarica gracilis) flowering 🪴
Got it from the UConn Botanical Conservatory plant giveaway last semester!
Got it from the UConn Botanical Conservatory plant giveaway last semester!
April 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Came into my office this morning and found this beauty (Neomarica gracilis) flowering 🪴
Got it from the UConn Botanical Conservatory plant giveaway last semester!
Got it from the UConn Botanical Conservatory plant giveaway last semester!
The pep talk we all need sometimes. Thanks ChatGPT 😂 🧪
March 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The pep talk we all need sometimes. Thanks ChatGPT 😂 🧪
Cyclopoida and Harpacticoida are mutually monophyletic once Canuelloida is removed form Harpacticoida. I’m not working on Branchiopoda but there was a similar study on them several years ago:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
February 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Cyclopoida and Harpacticoida are mutually monophyletic once Canuelloida is removed form Harpacticoida. I’m not working on Branchiopoda but there was a similar study on them several years ago:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
We also found strong support for Cyclopoida + Harpacticoida as sister taxa, contrary to recent studies that found Siphonostomatoida + Cyclopoida or Sipho. + Harp. as sister taxa. This result had 100% support across methods & was supported by a majority of the 2,500 gene trees
February 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
We also found strong support for Cyclopoida + Harpacticoida as sister taxa, contrary to recent studies that found Siphonostomatoida + Cyclopoida or Sipho. + Harp. as sister taxa. This result had 100% support across methods & was supported by a majority of the 2,500 gene trees
This idea has been around for 75 yrs based on morphological & developmental data but never gained traction. Recent molecular studies showed conflict. We sequenced the first transcriptome of a representative from this putative order, and found robust support for Canuella separate from Harpacticoida
February 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This idea has been around for 75 yrs based on morphological & developmental data but never gained traction. Recent molecular studies showed conflict. We sequenced the first transcriptome of a representative from this putative order, and found robust support for Canuella separate from Harpacticoida
Excited to share our recent paper, which is one of the first phylogenomic analyses of copepods 🧪
TLDR: the order Harpacticoida should be split, with 2 families forming their own new order—Canuelloida
doi.org/10.1016/j.ym...
TLDR: the order Harpacticoida should be split, with 2 families forming their own new order—Canuelloida
doi.org/10.1016/j.ym...
February 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Excited to share our recent paper, which is one of the first phylogenomic analyses of copepods 🧪
TLDR: the order Harpacticoida should be split, with 2 families forming their own new order—Canuelloida
doi.org/10.1016/j.ym...
TLDR: the order Harpacticoida should be split, with 2 families forming their own new order—Canuelloida
doi.org/10.1016/j.ym...
It also gave me a chance to try out different confocal laser scanning methods, which I'm looking forward to applying to other projects, including one of my grad student Netanya’s projects where we’ll be scanning some parasitic copepods at UConn’s Advanced Light Microscopy Facility tomorrow! [5/5]
February 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It also gave me a chance to try out different confocal laser scanning methods, which I'm looking forward to applying to other projects, including one of my grad student Netanya’s projects where we’ll be scanning some parasitic copepods at UConn’s Advanced Light Microscopy Facility tomorrow! [5/5]