Michael Bok

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Researcher in the Lund Vision Group in Sweden. Interested in the evolution of vision in invertebrates. Previously at The University of Bristol, UK and UMBC, USA. Middling photographer.
Homepagehttp://www.michaelbok.com
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Biofluorescence nonsense has peaked:

"...we have reasons to believe that biofluorescence results from keratinization and is a structurally-based colouration."

Wow, that makes little sense! Let's check the evidence...

You guessed it - Museum rave pictures!🤦‍♂️

https://nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15952-7

We made a book! If you like weird and wonderful invert eyes, check it out:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-23216-9

Featuring awesome contributions form a load of great researchers.

Distributed Vision

This volume explores the diversity of distributed eyes in nature, comparing optics, neural processing, and behavioral control.

SpringerLink

Abstract submission is now open for ICIV 2023 at Bäckaskog Castle, Sweden on 27 Jul - 3 Aug.

Submit your abstract before 28 Feb!

https://iciv.se/abstract

International Conference on Invertebrate Vision 2023

The website for ICIV 2023 hosted by the Lund Vision Group is online at: https://iciv.se

July 27 to August 3 in 2023 – at Bäckaskog Castle, Sweden.

Abstract submission will open January 1. Mark your calendars!

International Conference on Invertebrate Vision 2023

Hey #ScienceMastodon, make sure you don't miss our new Conversation with Marie Dacke where she talks about her experiences of working in South Africa with dung beetles, establishing a new field site recently in Sardinia and the key experiments that confirmed that dung beetles can navigate by star light #dungbeetles #Science #navigation
https://journals.biologists.com/.../225/22/jeb245181/282888

Anders Garm and I revived a Carlsberg Foundation grant to work on the truly bizarre eyes of alciopid polychaetes in Italy as well as a visit to Megan Porter in Hawaii!

This marks the second time I've been funded by Carlsberg since they sponsored my rugby team while I was doing my PhD in Baltimore!

Build your own high-sensitivity spectroradiometer for ~£250! See my pre-print here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.09.519768v1 and source here: https://github.com/troscianko/OSpRad

#colsci

Hello #ScienceMastodon. Journal of Experimental Biology #J_ExpBiol is an online #journal published by @Co_Biologists. Led by Editor-in-Chief Craig Franklin, we publish research across the breadth of the #comparativephysiology #biomechanics and #neuroethology.

We’ll be tooting about our #research papers, #interviews and #editorials We’re also committed to supporting early-career researchers, so we’ll be sharing information on our initiatives for #ECRs.

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Glad Lucia! From the Lund Vision Group!
Love this frosty weather!