Jerusha Bennett

University of Otago Post doctoral fellow who loves all things sharks and parasites🦈🧬🦠

[Brit Finucci @BritFinucci]

#Bestshark makes the cover of @ScienceMagazine

https://t.co/2B9tnq9Z7G

[Gracie Kroos @GracieKroos]

Calling all researchers of molecular ecology and evolution! Join us for an exciting weekend from the 1st-3rd Dec at the 26th Molecular Ecology meeting, hosted in a stunning corner of Southland- the Catlins!

Registrations of interest open soon at https://t.co/H3PQp0Gd7T

[Priscila M Salloum @PriSalloum]

What made you study the species you study? Research effort in helminth parasites is biased by many factors. Do you think we know more about parasites from threatened species? Well, we don’t! Read more here https://t.co/Agf2BJCu6y

[Priscila M Salloum @PriSalloum]

This is a result of great team effort in our lab (including @Jerushark, @XuhongChaizoo and myself, with @danideangeli1 on stats), with fantastic leadership by Prof Robert Poulin! Is there host sex bias in experimental parasitological research?
https://t.co/EHhzLbSGa3 @IJPara

[Jerusha Bennett @Jerushark]

@Zoology_Otago are participating in the @NZCancerSo Otago Students Relay For Life THIS weekend to whakanui, maumaharatia and tū atu against cancer! If you can donate, please do so here https://t.co/MUx7darlg2 or join us!

[Herminthology @herminthology]

With the latest issue of @TrendsParasitol now available, we are excited to announce that the first 100 women we profiled are featured on this month's cover in celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which is coming up on February 11th!

#WomenInSTEM

[Parasitology @JnlParasitology]

This is just fascinating.. Parasitic barnacles that have evolved the capacity to extract nutrients from their deepwater shark hosts. Read more on this study by Sabadel et al. here: https://t.co/Rt5HG5ZSYC

[Jerusha Bennett @Jerushark]

New paper from my PhD research!
Llarge-scale genetic investigation of nematode diversity and their phylogenetic patterns in New Zealand's marine animals https://t.co/a9zV8PjSJ4

[Jerusha Bennett @Jerushark]

@ALCESonline And it’s not even my birthday! Yay, thanks @ALCESonline 🪱🪱🪱

[Matt Nicholson, Ph.D. @SharkyNichol]

Dr. Robert Poulin, a legend in the game, delivers the keynote remotely and really sets a high bar for the quality we’ll expect for the rest of the conference!

#icpow2022 | #parsa2022

[Trends in Parasitology @TrendsParasitol]

Drs Robert Poulin, Bronwen Presswell & @Jerushark discuss male-biased selection of #holotypes in parasite #taxonomy: is it justified? @Zoology_Otago @otago #Acanthocephala #Nematoda #Allotype #Paratype #Species #Specimen

https://t.co/IW9LNUTb7R

[Journal of Helminthology @JHelminthology]

Temnocephalans are ectosymbiotic flatworms that live on freshwater arthropods, mostly crustaceans.

This paper is on Temnosewellia aff. vietnamensis (also known as "Yamataro-yadori-tsuno-mushi"), a species that lives on freshwater crabs 🦀
#WormWednesday
https://t.co/WHRaIjm4dy

[Jerusha Bennett @Jerushark]

Do you work on NZ marine #invertebrates? It is likely they host parasites! Check out our newly published checklist to see if your species is infected! 🪱🪱🪱
https://t.co/nt2FrMMQfM

[Earth Sciences New Zealand @earthsciencesnz]

“We are lacking so much ecological data for this group of animals.”

NIWA’s resident shark specialist, Dr @BritFinucci, is on a mission to throw new light on the quirky, mysterious creatures that lurk in the deep. 🦈

Read the full story here ➡️ https://t.co/OGpzDloEuI

[Jerusha Bennett @Jerushark]

Yay! That’s me! I’m super lucky and proud to research marine parasitology in New Zealand! @Zoology_Otago @otago 🦈🪱

[Herminthology @herminthology]

Kia ora from a #herminthologist in New Zealand (NZ) at the @UniversityofOtago!

PhD student @Jerushark proudly researches biodiversity of NZ marine parasites to provide baseline data for environmental change.

[Priscila M Salloum @PriSalloum]

My weekend highlight: our open access perspective piece in @AnimalEcology and blog post are out now, with our hypothesis on microbes interacting with parasites to influence the behaviour of their animal/plant hosts!

[Jerusha Bennett @Jerushark]

@stuartayeates Actually a nematomorph (Phylum Nematomorpha)!

[Jerusha Bennett @Jerushark]

Yes, that is a #parasitic worm emerging from an #endemic #NewZealand weta… 😱Yes, when inside their hosts, they can poke their heads out the bumhole to check if it’s time to come out yet or not! 🤯🪱🤦‍♀️

[Jerusha Bennett @Jerushark]

@MamariStephens Yes unfortunately, he was dead :(

[Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde]

🔥Heat wave in Antarctica, +38 °C (+68 °F) above normal.

That's not an error, or a typo.

The remote research station at Dome C recorded a temperature nearly 40 °C above normal for this time of year, beating the previous March record by a startling 20 °C.