Gryffourier Transform
@nanomachinist.bsky.social
Biophysics PhD student. I research membrane fusion
Arthropod enthusiast
Mostly bug photos
My art account: @Gryffoon.bsky.social
Arthropod enthusiast
Mostly bug photos
My art account: @Gryffoon.bsky.social
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Happy wasp wednesday. I've decided to maky my life harder by processing a bunch of bethylid wasps
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Happy wasp wednesday. I've decided to maky my life harder by processing a bunch of bethylid wasps
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Epistenia coeruleata, one of our larger and more striking chalcidoid wasps. first time I saw one I thought it was a weird chrysidid. last pic is the same specimen just more professionally photographed
January 6, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Epistenia coeruleata, one of our larger and more striking chalcidoid wasps. first time I saw one I thought it was a weird chrysidid. last pic is the same specimen just more professionally photographed
Photo from a decade ago of the endangered southern plains bumblebee, Bombus fraternus. Felt extremely lucky to see one in the wild. It was in a restored prairie environment, which is the only place I see a lot of rare native insects
#invert #bumblebee #naturephotography #arthropod
#invert #bumblebee #naturephotography #arthropod
January 5, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Photo from a decade ago of the endangered southern plains bumblebee, Bombus fraternus. Felt extremely lucky to see one in the wild. It was in a restored prairie environment, which is the only place I see a lot of rare native insects
#invert #bumblebee #naturephotography #arthropod
#invert #bumblebee #naturephotography #arthropod
Imposter in the hymenoptera box--clearwing moth, I think
January 3, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Imposter in the hymenoptera box--clearwing moth, I think
My good friend who works at a soil testing facility told me they're forced to buy equipment through Fisher, but advised by quality control not to buy Fisher brand since "it is a significant safety hazard due to poor quality"....what a state of affairs
January 3, 2026 at 5:43 AM
My good friend who works at a soil testing facility told me they're forced to buy equipment through Fisher, but advised by quality control not to buy Fisher brand since "it is a significant safety hazard due to poor quality"....what a state of affairs
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Danarma eurymerus found in Okinawa Island. Watch how he moves the eyes. This species was recorded from Japan just this month.
(ref/参考文献)
u-ryukyu.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/20216...
ルリメベンケイガニが目をきょろっとさせるあざとい動画です。沖縄本島にて。本州は先月日本から記録されました。
🦀🦑🧪
#crab #カニ #invertebrate
(ref/参考文献)
u-ryukyu.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/20216...
ルリメベンケイガニが目をきょろっとさせるあざとい動画です。沖縄本島にて。本州は先月日本から記録されました。
🦀🦑🧪
#crab #カニ #invertebrate
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Danarma eurymerus found in Okinawa Island. Watch how he moves the eyes. This species was recorded from Japan just this month.
(ref/参考文献)
u-ryukyu.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/20216...
ルリメベンケイガニが目をきょろっとさせるあざとい動画です。沖縄本島にて。本州は先月日本から記録されました。
🦀🦑🧪
#crab #カニ #invertebrate
(ref/参考文献)
u-ryukyu.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/20216...
ルリメベンケイガニが目をきょろっとさせるあざとい動画です。沖縄本島にて。本州は先月日本から記録されました。
🦀🦑🧪
#crab #カニ #invertebrate
Datura flower
September 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Datura flower
September 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Daily rescued-from-the-sidewalk cicada
August 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Daily rescued-from-the-sidewalk cicada
July 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I wonder how hard these "legobody" scaffolds are to make for small protein cryoEM. Asking for a friend whose protein of interest is 35kDa and stubbornly refuses to crystallize...
July 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I wonder how hard these "legobody" scaffolds are to make for small protein cryoEM. Asking for a friend whose protein of interest is 35kDa and stubbornly refuses to crystallize...
May 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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It’s easy to feel the weight of lost protections and broken promises. But stewardship was never theirs to give or take.
Small acts still matter—in the patches we rewild, in the pollinators we protect, in the native seeds we sow, and in the wild things we tend. Hope still matters.
Happy Earth Day.
Small acts still matter—in the patches we rewild, in the pollinators we protect, in the native seeds we sow, and in the wild things we tend. Hope still matters.
Happy Earth Day.
April 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It’s easy to feel the weight of lost protections and broken promises. But stewardship was never theirs to give or take.
Small acts still matter—in the patches we rewild, in the pollinators we protect, in the native seeds we sow, and in the wild things we tend. Hope still matters.
Happy Earth Day.
Small acts still matter—in the patches we rewild, in the pollinators we protect, in the native seeds we sow, and in the wild things we tend. Hope still matters.
Happy Earth Day.
Nothing more disheartening than spending two weeks to purify a pair of proteins that then fail the activity test...back to square one
April 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Nothing more disheartening than spending two weeks to purify a pair of proteins that then fail the activity test...back to square one
Flowering ground-ivy, Glecoma hederacea
April 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Flowering ground-ivy, Glecoma hederacea
Two colors of violet growing near me
April 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Two colors of violet growing near me
Wow! Neodymium(III) chloride is pink! When you work with 99% white powders and solutions indistinguishable from water, this is exciting. Inorganic chemists really do get all the fun colors huh
March 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Wow! Neodymium(III) chloride is pink! When you work with 99% white powders and solutions indistinguishable from water, this is exciting. Inorganic chemists really do get all the fun colors huh
My latest yeast knockout really doesn't want to exist. C'mon buddy. I promise you don't need that gene to live
February 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
My latest yeast knockout really doesn't want to exist. C'mon buddy. I promise you don't need that gene to live
A surprising find for December
December 3, 2024 at 9:22 PM
A surprising find for December
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These butterflies are bilateral gynandromorphs. Each of them is exactly half male and half female!
November 23, 2024 at 2:14 AM
These butterflies are bilateral gynandromorphs. Each of them is exactly half male and half female!
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Hey new followers! 🌞
Here's a sparkly blue eustyline weevil from the Colombian Andes near Pueblo Rico, Risaralda 💙💚
more pics on iNat: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Here's a sparkly blue eustyline weevil from the Colombian Andes near Pueblo Rico, Risaralda 💙💚
more pics on iNat: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
November 18, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Hey new followers! 🌞
Here's a sparkly blue eustyline weevil from the Colombian Andes near Pueblo Rico, Risaralda 💙💚
more pics on iNat: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Here's a sparkly blue eustyline weevil from the Colombian Andes near Pueblo Rico, Risaralda 💙💚
more pics on iNat: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Feeling nostalgic, thinking it's time to post some old favorites for the BlueSky community >>>
One of the most stunning #flies (maybe insects in general) I've seen: #Leucotabanus annulatus, a horse fly (Tabanidae). Males are naturally white, while females are a bit more drab gray/brown. Raleigh, NC
One of the most stunning #flies (maybe insects in general) I've seen: #Leucotabanus annulatus, a horse fly (Tabanidae). Males are naturally white, while females are a bit more drab gray/brown. Raleigh, NC
November 19, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Feeling nostalgic, thinking it's time to post some old favorites for the BlueSky community >>>
One of the most stunning #flies (maybe insects in general) I've seen: #Leucotabanus annulatus, a horse fly (Tabanidae). Males are naturally white, while females are a bit more drab gray/brown. Raleigh, NC
One of the most stunning #flies (maybe insects in general) I've seen: #Leucotabanus annulatus, a horse fly (Tabanidae). Males are naturally white, while females are a bit more drab gray/brown. Raleigh, NC
I only started working with proteins in the last six months, but protein purification is already the bane of my existence. This GST column purification protocol literally takes 12 hours. It's quite the exhausting emotional rollercoaster. Surely there's a better way? Especially when I don't need bulk
November 13, 2024 at 7:18 PM
I only started working with proteins in the last six months, but protein purification is already the bane of my existence. This GST column purification protocol literally takes 12 hours. It's quite the exhausting emotional rollercoaster. Surely there's a better way? Especially when I don't need bulk
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Butterfly #98 waiting for the bus.
Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria sp.) found along a roadside in Mindo, Ecuador.
Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria sp.) found along a roadside in Mindo, Ecuador.
November 12, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Butterfly #98 waiting for the bus.
Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria sp.) found along a roadside in Mindo, Ecuador.
Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria sp.) found along a roadside in Mindo, Ecuador.
I'm starting to come around to AWK as a programming language because yeah it's pretty useful, but it's also still very annoying to me and looks ugly
November 12, 2024 at 7:52 PM
I'm starting to come around to AWK as a programming language because yeah it's pretty useful, but it's also still very annoying to me and looks ugly