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Kenny Kim

@nextstrain.bsky.social
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Currently looking for postdoc position. Former PhD in Robinson-Rechavi Group, University of Lausanne 🇨🇭Studying moulting and evolution of arthropods. 🐞🐝🐛🦋🦐🦀 #bioinformatics #genomics #evolution #biology orcid.org/0000-0001-6292-9948

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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
By tracking the morphological changes in the anterior margin of the prosoma, lateral spines and dorsal spinous process we were able to identify individuals in the early and late pre-moult stage, predict the onset of ecdysis, and distinguish post-moult and intermoult stages.
Figure 1. Overview of morphological markers used in this study on the (A) ventral and (B) dorsal side of the horseshoe crab (HC). Microscope images of the morphological markers of L. polyphemus during intermoult: (C) aAnterior margin of the prosoma, (D) dorsal spinous process, and (E) lateral spines. Individual identifiers (HC-n) are shown at the bottom left of each photo.Figure 3. Microscope images of the morphological markers of L. polyphemus during late pre-moult. (A,D) Anterior margin of the prosoma, (B,E) dorsal spinous process and (C,F) lateral spines. Top panel A–C: HC-5 (length = 6 cm), bottom panel D–F: HC-12 (length = 3.8 cm). Red arrows indicate the ecdysial gap. Individual identifiers (HC-n) are shown at the bottom left of each photo.
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
New preprint!! 🌟📝 Can we tell if a horseshoe crab will moult ? Will it moult tomorrow or maybe in a week? 🤔👀 In this study, we developed a simple and non-invasive approach in determining the moult stage of the Atlantic #horseshoe crab by looking at key structures. #inverts #science
Moulting horseshoe crab
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
We identified various DEGs that are shared across lineages, including genes involved in: • Ecdysteroid metabolism and transporters • Chitin synthesis & cuticle organization • Post-ecdysial processes (2/6)
Classification of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and their corresponding
orthology distribution. Top: non metamorphic moults; bottom: metamorphic moults. "Class
specific" are DEGs restricted to Malacostraca or to insects.
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Just saw a video of a molting nauplius posted on reddit. 🤩🦀 #crustmas www.reddit.com/r/microscopy...
Molting nauplius
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Triops and their moults. #crustmas 🧪🎄
Triops Triops exuviaTriops exuvia under microscopeTriops
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Lunar eclipse seen from Switzerland🌒
Lunar eclipse
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Happy International Horseshoe Crab day!!
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Postcards from Paris
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Mesolimulus walchii Desmarest, 1817 Jurassic, Tithonian, 152 - 145 Ma
Mesolimulus walchii
Desmarest, 1817
Empreinte et contre-empreinte
Jurassique, Tithonien, - 152,1 à - 145 Ma Solnhofen, Bavière, Allemagne
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
“The hoomans are back 👀 **dig *dig “ 😆
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Officially on holiday 😇🎄❄️🎉
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Tis #Crustmas is the season of giving or not? 😅 I remember people were asking if they eat their moult. Yeah they do eat it and they dont seem to enjoy sharing moult snacks. 😆🦐
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
We tracked the formation of ecdysial gap and formation of setal structures across its moult cycle. The photo below shows the early to late pre-moult stage of P. varians. 🦐
Microscope image (left) and simplified illustration (right) of the uropod setae of Palaemon varians during early-, mid- and late pre-moult respectively (A–C).
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Best gift ever 😭!! Annotation for my shrimp will soon be released. 🎁🦐
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
For #Crustmas 🎄🌟, here's a video clip of my isopod molting. Very cutesy. 🙂❤️
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Kenny Kim @nextstrain.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
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