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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Amundsen Science is hiring a new ROV Technician to work with their Comanche ROV, named ASTRID! Deadline: January 30, 2025. Please spread the word ☺️ amundsenscience.com/job-openings... 🦑 🧪 #Marine #Ocean #OceanEngineering #Engineering #Technology #ROV #Submersible

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Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Technician | Amundsen Science

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

It was a pleasure to attend #MIW2024 miw2024.org in Monterey, USA! Before, I had processed ROV video & identified bottlenose dolphins & measured colour of propagules off photographs. This is my 2nd workshop involving marine imagery. I look forward to using some of these techniques in the future!

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

I'm happy to report that my contract has been extended to the end of December! I am currently working on a grant proposal for a different project!

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ROPOS ROV @roposrov.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

🧪🦑 Here are some stills from the last 3 days in the SG̲áan K̲ínghlas-Bowie Seamount MPA from ~800-300 m depth! We'll be diving later today & revisiting the same 4 sites for the rest of the week! Keep checking the schedule for changes: tinyurl.com/nepdep2024. 20/ #nepdep

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ROPOS ROV @roposrov.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

🧪🦑 On the way up from the skate nursery on Day 5, our @roposrov.bsky.social Team sprung to action when they spotted and managed to catch video of a Gonatus squid brooding its eggs! See UTC Time: 22:32:14 tinyurl.com/Gonatus We've since found out that this is rare footage! /19 #nepdep

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 19/07/2024

🧪🦑 Check out the @roposrov.bsky.social livestream! They've spotted their first octo and coral! youtube.com/live/7nwi-lW...

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

🧪🦑 The deadlines for early bird registration & financial aid for #17DSBS have been extended to July 31st! Whether you come to stay up-to-date on the all the new, hot deep-sea research, meet new mentors or colleagues or accumulate bountiful swag, join us in Hong Kong next January!

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 29/06/2024

🦑🧪 I am excited to begin a 3-mo contract in the Ocean Conservation Lab at the University of Victoria! I will mainly be working in a team to build traitORS, an open source database for conservation and management of the Canadian Offshore Pacific Bioregion! For more info: tinyurl.com/TraitsProject

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 29/06/2024

🦑🧪 A well-deserved recognition for this amazing team!

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 18/05/2024

I am excited & grateful to start my first day as a volunteer Invertebrates Assistant at the Royal BC Museum! I will be helping re-organize the Invertebrate Zoology collection, developing my skills in taxonomy and pursuing specific career goals & interests.

Janet smiling and standing outside of the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC, Canada.

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 29/04/2024

🧪🦑 Come take in all the new research in deep-sea biology, and meet new colleagues and friends with us in Hong Kong next January!!

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 29/04/2024

I finally got my MED-A3/SDV-BS & ROC-M certifications! SVOP is next month. I learned a lot AND got to watch the cold water video from my time at Bamfield MSC for at least the 4th time in my life! My favourite part: 23:38 "to join his hypothermic partner, Antoine" www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDPt...

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

I am happy to begin new contract work with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, which will last from early Feb to late Mar! My work will involve data extraction, calculations & preliminary advanced statistical analyses, which will contribute to management of the invasive green crab, Carcinus maenus.

Six green crabs congregating on a pile of mussel shells. I took this photo at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre in 2015.

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

Check out the new article that I wrote for the Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility @roposrov.bsky.social about their contract work last summer piloting the ASTRID ROV for Amundsen Science! tinyurl.com/y6pmc5fa This article was written in close collaboration with Fisheries & Oceans Canada NL

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

🦑🧪 I am excited to announce that I have been selected to serve as the Media Trustee of the Deep-Sea Biology Society! It is truly an honour to be able to join this enthusiastic group in leadership & to be able to directly contribute to decisions and initiatives within the @dsbsoc.bsky.social!

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

🦑🧪 Totally tubular: exploring morphology in bioluminescent tubeshoulders (Platytroctidae) by @emilycarr.bsky.social at the American Museum of Natural History in the Evolution of form and function: Phenotypic plasticity session. #SICB2024

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

🦑🧪 High-resolution tracking of zooplankton reveals metabolic control of diel vertical migration, presented by Cory Berger at @whoi.bsky.social in the Division of Animal Behavior Best Student Presentation Marlene Zuk Award competition. #SICB2024

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

🧪 Investigating the spectral responses of insect ocelli, presented by Marisa McDonald at the US Air Force Research Labs in the Light and Vision session. #SICB2024

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

🧪 Using environmental imaging to interpret and plan behavioural studies, presented by James Foster at @unikonstanz.bsky.social in the Light and Vision session. #DungBeetle #PolarizationVision #SICB2024

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

🧪 Putting color in context: backgrounds affect the perception and discrimination of color signals, presented by Sönke Johnsen at Duke University, chair of the Light and Vision session. #SICB2024

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

🧪 Spiders got the blues: Rh2 prevalence in salticid secondary eyes with species specific localization, presented by Sophia Hanscom at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Light and Vision session. #SICB2024

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

🦑🧪 Modelling the mechanospace of larvacean pumping and swimming, presented by @alexphoover.bsky.social at Cleveland State University in the Invertebrates and Flow session. #SICB2024

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

🧪 Controlling ultrafast jumps: how furca morphology affects jump dynamics in springtails and robots by Jacob Harrison at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the Invertebrate Biomechanics session. #GlobularSpringtails #SICB2024

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

🧪 Journal of Experimental Biology – Meet the Editors with Craig Franklin, Sheila Patek, Monica Daley @birdbiomech.bsky.social, Matthew McHenry, Sanjay Sane, Patricia Schulte and Jarren Kay. #SICB2024

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

Amazing talks in the Vision Underwater session that I unfortunately didn't get photos for! #SICB2024

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

🦑🧪 Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) visual acuity and the detection of anthropogenic threats by Jacob Bolin at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in the Vision Underwater session. #SICB2024

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

🦑🧪 Role of vision in dynamic camouflage of the adult summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), presented by Vanessa Moreno at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in the Vision Underwater session #SICB2024

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

🧪 My lanyard with nerd trinkets referencing #VisualEcology and various relevant organisms. I feel like this is how Flavor Flav feels with his clock! #SICB2024

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

🧪 I attended the Students & First Timers Orientation and was told that SICB conferences are a marathon, not a sprint ⛰️🏃‍♀️. This has proved to be true! I definitely was over eager the first day, leading to some unpleasant results. Be sure to always take care of yourself! #SICB2024 #AcademicSky

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

🧪 SlicerMorph workshop by A. Murat Maga, with demos by Chi Zhang (photogrammetry), Rachel (segmentation) and Sara Rolfe (AI) the UW Dept. of Pediatrics www.peds.uw.edu & Seattle Children's Research Institute #SICB2024 @sicbjournals.bsky.social

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

🧪🐙 Media Training workshop held by Minorities in Shark Sciences with Erin VandeVen #AcademicSky #SICB2024 @sicbjournals.bsky.social

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

🧪🐙 Grant Writing workshop held by the Minorities in Shark Sciences with @fishguy.bsky.social, Lauren Eve Simonitis and @marianneporter.bsky.social #SICB2024 @sicbjournals.bsky.social

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

Kicking off the new year in Seattle at #SICB2024! I'm excited to meet everyone and to see what cool research you've been up to!

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

I am happy to have begun new contract work with Fisheries and Oceans Canada NL, which will last from Nov-late Jan! I will be summarizing info & producing multi-panel figures in R for an upcoming publication from the Workshop on Advanced Benthic Surveying Tools for Marine Science! For more info, see👇

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

I am now officially registered & booked to attend SICB 2024! This is my first time attending the SICB conference, & I am so excited/slightly overwhelmed by the fact that there seem to be SO many interesting talks. Still figuring out which ones I will go to... 1/

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

There was more of an emphasis on people & relationships in the @roposrov.bsky.social & NSF-OOI RCA Long-Term International Collaboration article: tinyurl.com/59ehd6f9 It's been very exciting to officially be involved with this project, even if it is from behind my computer screen! 2/2

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Janet M. Ferguson-Roberts @janetmfr.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

The summary articles that I wrote for @roposrov.bsky.social are finally up! The NSF VISIONS '22 Expedition Summary was challenging to write as there were many logistics to get straight, & I really worked to summarize the info by carefully crafting every element: tinyurl.com/r44bnzz6 1/

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