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Anibal_H_Castillo

@anibalhcastillo.bsky.social
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Principal Investigator and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Guelph studying biodiversity through genomics and DNA metabarcoding. Interested in research leadership, scientific project management, conservation, and ecology. Board member, OCTWS. He/him.

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.ca · 23h
What will our world feel like when the Climate collapses? Sci-Fi authors partnered with artists and scientists to imagine. They created the prototypes of our uncertain future #ManufacturedEcosystems is funded by @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca New Frontiers in Research books.lib.uoguelph.ca/manufactured...
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Manufactured Ecosystems
Manufactured Ecosystems offers seven visions of ecosystems services in the future by science fiction writers from across Canada and North America. Featuring stories by Chinelo Onwualu, Jennifer Gougé,...
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Made it to 100 #BloodDonations!! Contact Canadian Blood Services at 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) or your local #blood donation institution to find out if you’re eligible to donate! The need for blood never ends.
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New paper! 🧬🍂🪲 I’m excited to share our study in PLOS ONE: “Assessment of leaf-litter invertebrate biodiversity using high-throughput sequencing.”
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Assessment of leaf-litter invertebrate biodiversity using high throughput sequencing
Leaf litter ecosystems and their fauna are largely understudied, despite their critical ecological roles. Here, we investigate challenges associated with estimating biodiversity in terrestrial leaf li...
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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🧪 Arthropod spp. are hidden in leaf-litter plant tissue & we needed a way to see them. Conclusion? DNA metabarcoding works & differences are significant! Congrats @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social, @shoshanahjacobs.ca, @dirch3.bsky.social! Watch Anibal's feed for more! doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🥬🧬🐜
Images associated with the paper.  Starting on the right top with the lead author, Anibal Castillo.  Underneath him is the leaf litter of the Dairy Bush in the Fall.  In the middle top is a view from the field towards the forest in the early fall.  These were the areas sampled.  In the middle left is a temperature plot through several years of the different heat environments of forest and field.  In the middle right is a view of within the forest near sampling areas in late summer.  In the middle bottom left is a Google Earth view of the sampling areas and how close they are.  In the middle bottom is an NMDS plot illustrating how different the communities are (forest and field leaf litter dozens of meters apart. On the left hand side is a view of the article pdf along with a QR code that takes you to the article.
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I’m exploring future opportunities as I work toward completing my Ph.D. in Integrative Biology at the University of Guelph. My background spans 17+ years in biodiversity genomics, research operations, scientific project management, bioinformatics, and international research collaborations. (1/2)
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Job Application for Entomologist for International Humanitarian Missions at Médicos Sin Fronteras en México A.C [Proyectos internacionales]
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
And that’s my 99th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact Canadian Blood Services at 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) or your local blood donation institution to find out if you’re eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Assessment of Leaf-Litter Invertebrate Biodiversity Using High Throughput Sequencing www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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bioRxiv Ecology @biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Assessment of Leaf-Litter Invertebrate Biodiversity Using High Throughput Sequencing www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
And that’s my 98th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact Canadian Blood Services at 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) or your local blood donation institution to find out if you’re eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Check out "Guelph Grows Together | City of Guelph Community Tree Giveaway" www.eventbrite.ca/e/guelph-gro... @eventbrite.bsky.social #Guelph #PlantATreeAtHome @cityofguelph.bsky.social
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
This past week, I had the pleasure of participating in the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026. What an amazing array of specialists and excellent presentations! Can’t wait to attend the next edition! Big thanks to @thegsbi.bsky.social and everyone involved! #GSB2026
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
And that’s my 97th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact @canadaslifeline.bsky.social at 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) or your local blood donation institution to find out if you’re eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
And that's my 95th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Happy #WorldSoilDay2025 Remember, soil is life!
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The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🪱🐜 Happy #WorldSoilDay!! 🕷️🪲 Although we celebrate soil everyday, today is a great reminder to appreciate the breadth of diversity beneath our feet. Check out the GSBI atlas to explore the organisms that call soil home! www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/atlas-introd...
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Atlas Introduction — Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Check my 2025 @inaturalist.bsky.social stats! www.inaturalist.org/stats/2025/a... Let's see yours! #Biodiversity #Biodiversidad
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anibalhcastillo's 2025 iNaturalist Year in Review
Anibal H. Castillo, M.Sc.'s highlights and stats from 2025 on iNaturalist
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I'll be attending the amazing Soil Health Institute (SHI) 10th Anniversary Virtual Meeting: Soil Health, the Foundation for Regenerative Agriculture. Let me know if you're planning to attend so that we can say Hi! 👋 #Soil_Health #Regenerative_Agriculture
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
This past Monday and Tuesday (Nov 3rd - 4th), I had the pleasure of participating in the 2025 Latornell Conservation Symposium. I presented a summary of my Ph.D. research and moderated two great sessions. #latornell #latornell2025 #ontario #conservation @uofguelph.bsky.social
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
And that's my 95th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact @canadaslifeline.bsky.social to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Come watch my talk at the Annual General Meeting of the Entomologial Society of Ontario this Saturday morning! #Entomology #Metabarcoding www.entsocont.ca/eso_agm_2025...
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Entomological Society of Ontario Annual General Meeting 2025
Entomological Society of Ontario Annual General Meeting 2025
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Entomological Society of Ontario @entsocontario.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The OPMC and ESO conference is LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY!!! 🤯🤩🐞🪲🕷️ Here is another one of our presenters for the conference, Anibal Castillo! 🤗 Anibal is a PhD candidate in the Integrative Biology Department at the University of Guelph! 🦟🌳 @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social
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Entomological Society of Ontario @entsocontario.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Our Annual Meeting is almost here!🐛 Over the next week we'll be sharing some of the presenters that will be showcasing their work- check out the meeting schedule so you don't miss their talks!! If you would like to feature your work, send us a message📩 #entomologicalsocietyontario #insectresearch
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I am attending the “30th Annual Latornell Conservation Symposium”. Come watch my talk, “Terrestrial Invertebrate Biodiversity Across Ecological Gradients: A Metabarcoding Approach”, along with many other excellent conservation presentations. #Latornell2025 www.latornell.ca
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Latornell Conservation Symposium
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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.ca · 02/09/2025
📣A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies Climate crises will require partnership with new technologies We cannot use the tools that we used to create the crisis Check out this team of #Transdisciplinary scholars Join #ManufacturedEcosystems 🧪 www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/10...
Screenshot of the article: A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement
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Guelph Lost Pets @guelphlostpets.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
This older female tri-colour hound mix dog was found near Luther Marsh Conservation Area in #GrandValley on Sept 26. If she's yours or you have any info about her contact #Guelph Humane Society at 519-824-3091 or lostandfound@guelphhumane.ca (ID 2000345284)
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ButterflyGarden @flabutterfly.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
The caterpillars are just as amazing and beautiful as the moth.
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
While at The Arboretum, @uofguelph.bsky.social, I came across this beautiful moth caterpillar of _Hyalophora cecropia_ (Saturniidae). Enjoy! #Entomology #Saturniidae
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Dan Gillis 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @danielgillis.ca · 22/09/2025
A call for bio-inspired technologies! 🪱 A teaspoon of soil holds more life than there are humans on Earth—yet <1% of biomimetic studies focus on soil. Time to change that. Check out our new article: doi.org/10.3390/biom...
A poster that reads "Can Ecosystem Services be entirely replaced?" with a quote from a Biomimetics 2025 publication: "If we are to avoid a post-climate apocalyptic reality, researcher from various disciplines, artists, community knowledge holders, creative thinkers, and strategic problem solvers are called on for innovations and technologies to help the world prepare and mitigate risks"
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Dr. Nikoleta Zampaki @nikzam.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
🍀New article publication🍀 Kristina Wanieck et al. (including Peggy Karpouzou and Nikoleta Zampaki). “A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement.” Biomimetics 10.9 (2025): 1-7. doi: doi.org/10.3390/biom...
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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
So many and diverse collaborators in www.manufacturedecosystems.com #ManufacturedEcosystems - some on @bsky.app some not @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social @dawnbazely.bsky.social @danielgillis.ca @nikzam.bsky.social @marklipton.bsky.social @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social @lectio.bsky.social
Author list 

A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement

by Kristina Wanieck 1,M. Alex Smith 2,Elizabeth Porter 2,Jindong Zhang 1,3,Dave Dowhaniuk 4,Andria Jones 5,Dan Gillis 6,Mark Lipton 4,Marsha Hinds Myrie 7,Dawn Bazely 8,Marjan Eggermont 9,Mindi Summers 10,Christina Smylitopoulos 11,Claudia I. Rivera Cárdenas 12,Emily Wolf 1,Peggy Karpouzou 13,Nikoleta Zampaki 13,Heather Clitheroe 14,Adam Davies 15,Anibal H. Castillo 2,Michael Helms 16,Karina Benessaiah 17 and Shoshanah Jacobs 2
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
And that's my 94th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
And that's my 93rd #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact us Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends. And #mask up! The #COVID #pandemic isn't over.
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The surprising power of your nature photos (Scott Loarie | TED2025) go.ted.com/hQhmZ via TEDTalks @inaturalist.bsky.social
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The surprising power of your nature photos
Scott Loarie has a challenge for you: go outside and take a picture of a living thing. He introduces the global community of people building a living atlas of the natural world by sharing their nature...
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
www.manufacturedecosystems.com/press-release
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Exhibit Info — Manufactured Ecosystems
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
go.eventgroovefundraising.com/thewildlifes...
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The Wildlife Society: Summer Sweepstakes for Wildlife
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
And that's my 92nd #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends. And #mask up! The #COVID #pandemic isn't over.
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
This is our beloved Cognac and today he turned 11!!
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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
🧪🪲🐞🗺️ @alexandreloureiro.bsky.social led a global #meta-analysis in @respublications.bsky.social #RESEcolEnt that found many taxonomic holes and no evidence of a common pattern of taxon or #phylogenetic #diversity across #elevation for #beetle #Coleoptera families doi.org/10.1111/een.... 🧪🪲🐞🗺️
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No evidence of a common pattern of taxon or phylogenetic diversity across elevation for beetle (Coleoptera) families
The two most diverse beetle families, Staphylinidae and Curculionidae (black arrows), have fewer studies of diversity and elevation than expected, while the Carabidae and Scarabaeidae (brown arrows).....
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Today we went on a hike and saw a beautiful garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. Enjoy!
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Defeat Bill 5, the 'Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act', 2025 - Sign the Petition! chng.it/GrVdMzkKDJ via @change.org #EndangeredSpeciesAct
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Defeat Bill 5, the 'Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act', 2025
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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Canadians #Poilievre and #Levant have shown you time and time again who they really are. They do not deserve your vote. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Rebel News owner Ezra Levant was 'mentor' to Poilievre, says author | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has historic ties to Rebel News owner Ezra Levant, the right-wing media personality at the epicentre of a controversy that has engulfed Canada's Leaders' Debates C...
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Hi, I just got this message from PeePee's campaign (🤮). I don't know how they got my cell number or if it is legal. Help me out with a witty response so that hopefully, #PierrePoilievre leaves me and the rest of Canada the f*ck alone. Thank you! #canpoli #FederalElectionsCanada
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I hope Canada, Australia et al are looking at the belligerent hot mess that the United States has become and take preventative measures. This could happen to any country that fails to control disinformation, allows Rupert Murdoch to publish, etc.
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
And that's my 91st #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact @CanadasLifeline to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends. And #mask up! The #COVID #pandemic isn't over.
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
F*cking ⁦‪Trump‬⁩ is going to screw the USA over into the Stone Age… Trump advisers weigh plan to dismantle Education Department - The Wall Street Journal apple.news/AZwV2hocPSHe...
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Trump Advisers Weigh Plan to Dismantle Education Department — The Wall Street Journal
Administration officials are discussing executive order that could shut down key functions of the agency
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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Here's why #tariffs hurt both sides. #NotCommonSense @cbcnews.ca youtu.be/wkwb0YaHJEk
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What would a Canada-U.S. tariff war actually look like? | About That
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