Arachnologist, ecologist, dabbling in evolutionary biology. Views are mine and are not the views of my workplace.https://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3macj6th3dk2uAnother mitogenome paper. This time, the California trap-door spider! https://share.google/i1qDmGvTpl0aZPRQa19 Dec 2025 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3macj6th3dk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3m6mkcljdjs25And in just a couple of days later, here is the next mitogenome paper published! Several more on the way in the next few weeks! https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802359.2025.2594297#d1e32627 Nov 2025 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6mkcljdjs25https://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3m6i5snm6hs2pIt has been a long process, but the first of many mitogenome papers is *finally* published! https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23802359.2025.2594315?src=#abstract25 Nov 2025 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6i5snm6hs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3lwupjxzt3c2aTonight and for an eternity to come we grieve. She was an amazing companion and family member. She is dearly missed.21 Aug 2025 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwupjxzt3c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3lkvcnteaus2gSetbacks... fixable, but still setbacks...21 Mar 2025 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvcnteaus2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3ljdvkykja224NCBI is down. Ordinarily, I wouldn't worry, but with the way things are going here in the US I worry that this is more than just a temporary glitch or system update...01 Mar 2025 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljdvkykja224https://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3ljbymvrrrk2lI got back reads today! 92 samples with reads across 16 genera and 40 species! My first task: check for a mitogenome in Minicosa neptuna. Got one! 😀 That will be worked out in the next week or two for sure and I hope to get that manuscript ready to be submitted by the end of March!01 Mar 2025 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljbymvrrrk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3lj6pmjmjas2sJust talked to the sequencing facility and it sounds like my first round of lycosids are working out pretty well, including my new favorite spider Minicosa neptuna! I should have data tomorrow to start getting mitogenomes and to use in the phyluce pipeline to extract UCEs!27 Feb 2025 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6pmjmjas2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3lhnanepdw22aDo you have any wolf spiders (Lycosidae) collected in the last couple of years? If so, I am looking for specimens from any species and any location *in the world* to add to a genetic study of the family. Let me know if you think you can help!08 Feb 2025 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhnanepdw22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3lhn73ich4k2bGenBank can be incredibly frustrating when it comes to submissions. I so thoroughly respect my colleagues there, but still frustrating.08 Feb 2025 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhn73ich4k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3lh2pldxqk22cI *finally* got my first mitogenome paper revised and resubmitted. Now I need to chip away at the next several. Hopefully, all will be submitted/resubmitted by the end of February. Only 7 more to go...31 Jan 2025 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2pldxqk22chttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3lgok74zwmc2eYES! DNA acquired from Minicosa neptuna from South Africa! Also, I got quantifiable DNA from all the lycosid species I have from North America, Europe, Israel, Australia, and South Africa! Next step: To the sequencing facility on Tuesday!26 Jan 2025 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgok74zwmc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3lglmjzstik2mMinicosa neptuna female from South Africa! It's a terrible picture taken with my phone, but it's a picture... Scale in the background is 1mm x 1mm.25 Jan 2025 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lglmjzstik2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3lgldat76e22nUnsupervised undergrads...25 Jan 2025 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgldat76e22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3lgk3bwd54c25I am processing lycosid samples from South Africa for DNA extraction. I have 2 specimens of Minicosa neptuna and I have never even imagined adult lycosids that are as small as erigonine linyphiids!25 Jan 2025 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgk3bwd54c25https://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3lgcic2ixks2yWhen I left for work today, it was -10° F (-23° C). Thirteen hours later, it is 32° F (0° C). THAT'S A 42° F (23° C) TEMPERATURE SWING IN 13 HOURS!!! https://media.tenor.com/eu5HMdx1nsoAAAAC/wizard-of-oz-unusual-weather.gif?hh=431&ww=49822 Jan 2025 04:02 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgcic2ixks2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lbrianpatrick.bsky.social/post/3lg5buxbx3c2pThe **high** tomorrow is supposed to be -5° F (-20.5° C). Why do I live in a place like this??? https://media.tenor.com/OmHzJNs8r1oAAAAC/frozen-freezing.gif?hh=399&ww=49820 Jan 2025 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:ohh7pp5xsmlcvrvm2h2nkhvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg5buxbx3c2p