The other day I was looking for some information about Brazilian velvet worms and found this website: onychophora.com. The gallery of photos is impressive!
I have several WordPress-based, legacy websites hosted in my subdomains. They won’t get any new posts or content updates, but I still want to keep them online. The problem is, running a full WP installation with dynamic PHP pages and SQL databases is too complex and costly for a retired website. As a solution, I […]
I took some time this weekend to experiment with just—a modern, make-inspired command runner. I’m interested in using it for managing the routine tasks of the Cifonauta database (a Django-based app), which are currently handled by Fabric. Fabric is a Python library for running shell commands locally or remotely via SSH. I use it for […]
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Ceratitis open peer review
I reviewed a paper last year about the embryonic development of Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean fruit fly (or medfly). The authors used time-lapse recordings of whole embryos made with lightsheet microscopy to create a comprehensive staging system for the embryogenesis of the species. It was one of the first reviews that I signed (disclosed my […]
Cifonauta 2.0 went live last week! It’s been almost two years of work since our project to modernize the image database was approved. Link: https://cifonauta.cebimar.usp.br The site now has a responsive interface for mobile devices and a new administrative dashboard for users and curators of the database. Yes! We will gradually open up the database […]
We generated a transcriptome from developmental stages of the annelid Platynereis dumerilii using the Iso-Seq method from PacBio, which outputs full-length transcripts and resolved isoforms. The dataset is now available on Zenodo: Vellutini, B. C., Handberg-Thorsager, M. & Tomancak, P. (2024). Platynereis dumerilii full-length transcriptome of developmental stages. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14250773 The transcriptome was used for the […]
The botsin.space community, a popular Mastodon server for automated accounts (bots), will be retiring soon. They have been kindly hosting EvoDevo Papers for the past couple of years. To avoid any downtime, I recently migrated the account to a new server, the biologists.social community managed by The Company of Biologists. I think it’s a great match, […]
“Science is merely a process of asking questions and searching answers, along with the combined knowledge accumulated from this search.” “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz” by Aaron Swartz, Lawrence Lessig I like how casual this definition is. Science is often portrayed as something only professional scientists can do, […]
Nikon Small World has announced the winners of this year’s photomicrography competition. My image of a drain fly embryo made it to the Images of Distinction category!
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Veritas Magnus Vis Microscopia
Veritas Magnus Vis Microscopia is a free public art exhibition curated by SubtleFlux (Shae Nadine) that is showcasing microscopy images and videos in downtown Chicago, USA. In magnifying these concealed worlds, we aim to unveil the inherent beauty and undeniable truths that underscore our collective responsibility as stewards of Earth. From Veritas Magnus Vis Microscopia‘s […]