News

• The Bernot Lab is attending ASP July 6-10 (The American Society of Parasitologists Conference)

• New publication on phylotranscriptomics of the major copepod orders:

^{Bernot JP, Khodami S, Boyen J, De Troch M, Boxshall GA, Martínez Arbizu P. (2025). Copepod phylogenomics supports Canuelloida as a valid order separate from Harpacticoida. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108311}

• Bernot et al. (2023) was featured in Smithsonian Magazine Article

• Jimmy was interviewed in a LiveScience article on a ratfish parasites in ROV footage

• Cochaired and cowrote World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Article “Top 10 new marine species of 2024”.

• New publication using confocal laser scanning microscopy for an open access key to the genera of Caligidae.

^{Bernot JP, Boxshall GA, Cristina Kahara T, Martínez Arbizu P. (2025). An updated key to the genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida). Journal of Parasitology. https://doi.org/10.1645/24-97}

• 35th Annual EEB Graduate Student Research Symposium is March 1st in BPB130: ^{This event is free and open to the public. Invite your family, friends, and colleagues. Prospective students are especially encouraged to attend.}

• The World Association of Copepodologists (WAC) Student Grant Program has made 3 awards. See the award announcement and project blurbs on the WAC website

2024

• Cochaired and cowrote World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Article “Top 10 new marine species of 2023”

• New publication using microCT to characterize copepod morphology and attachment mechanisms:

^{Bernot JP, Boxshall GA, Goetz FE, Phillips AJ. (2024). MicroCT illuminates the unique morphology of Shiinoidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida), an unusual group of fish parasites. PeerJ. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16966}

• Jimmy was interviewed in a LiveScience article on a Gulper Eel parasite filmed by ROV

• New publication on caligids in Malaysia and the Caligus bonito–species group:

^{Ismail N, Nishida Y, Ohtsuka S, Boxshall G, Bernot JP. (2024). First record of Caligus dussumieri Rangnekar, 1957 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) from Malaysia, with notes on caligids found from Malaysia and on host-specificity of caligids on lutjanid fishes. Biodiversity Data Journal. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e116598}

• 34th Annual EEB Graduate Student Research Symposium:

^{This year’s symposium featured 11 presentations by graduate students, a keynote address by Dr. Andrew Stillman, a photo contest, and events for prospective students. This event is free and open to the public. Invite your family, friends, and colleagues to next year’s Graduate Student Symposium. UConn Calendar}