Josh Gibson, Ph.D.

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CT microscopist at UIUC's Beckman Institute (@beckmanillinois.bsky.social) 🔬 Entomologist and biomechanist by training 🐜 Sometimes tweet about Pokemon. Furret Aficionado. Opinions my own.

Screenshot of the summary screen of a shiny oddish in pokemon firered. The oddish is named '5xODD-ish' and is naive nature.
Game footage of an encounter with a shiny oddish in pokemon firered.
video of a MicroCT scan of a flea. the flea is rendered in orange on a black background and rotates to a lateral view before dissolving away to reveal muscles, gut and ovaries. a logo for the Beckman Institute is visible in the top right corner of the video.
Video depicts a rendering of a spider palpal bulb rotating in front of a black background. the bulb is rendered in an orangish purple color palette and resembles a scorpions stinger holding a snail shell and covered in numerous long hairs. After rotating, a plane cuts through the bulb to show its internal structure. The video is captioned with information on how the scan was taken and the logo of the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Photo collage of a plushie of a pokemon knockoff that resembles a cross between feraligatr and machamp. It is blue with red spikes and has 4 arms, an alligator face and tail, and is wearing yellow underwear with a yellow belt featuring a feraligatr head belt buckle.
Dashboard photo of a black truck with advertising decals for SK roofing business. A cloudy sky and brick buildings are visible in the background.
A sleeping redish bat that is hanging from a stick and curled up asleep.
A video displaying a 3D rendering of a romanesco broccoli floret. The floret is green tinted and rotates 360 degrees on a black background. Its fractal nature is very beautiful. Following the rendering is a pan through the 2D slices of the floret that resemble black and white snowflakes. Text overlayed on the video in the top left corner document the scan settings and the Beckman Institute logo is displayed in the top right.
Photo of a plushie of the pokemon Scizor from the sitting cuties collection holding a tinier plushie of scizor from the bug out collection. Both are red and sitting on an illuminated white shelf.
Canvas print of a microCT scan of a trap-jaw ant head being held above a table in the sunlight. The trap-jaw ant is rendered in a pink orange and the internal structures of the head are visible. It is printed on a black background.
A picture of a yellow gameboy color playing pokemon silver. A summary screen for a shiny Sudowoodo named LimbShady is shown.
Screenshot from 8 copies of pokemon silver being played that showcases a shiny sudowoodo in one of the games.
Canvas print of a 3D rendering of a flea generated from a microCT scan. The background of the print is black and the flea is rendered in pink and orange hues.
Picture of a 2003 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider calendar set to the month of January and held onto a white board using magnets. The picture for this month is a closeup of Laura Croft's face looking at the viewer over a pair of thin sunglasses.
Meme featuring a guy being excited for a 10k egg hatching in Pokémon Go only for the egg to hatch into a carbink and he's disappointed
A picture of a yellow gameboy color playing pokemon silver. A summary screen for a shiny paras named Tochukaso is shown.
screenshot of summary screen from pokemon silver of a shiny bayleef. It is named Spruce and is a male at level 20.
Screenshot from 8 copies of pokemon silver being played that showcases a shiny paras in one of the games.
A screenshot of a 'name all the pokemon' quiz from pkmnquiz.com. The quiz is shown as completed in 56 minutes and 48 seconds.
image of the mouthparts of a tick created from microCT data
A 3D rendering of an american dog tick female generated from microCT data. The tick is rendered in a pinkish yellow hue and rotates over 360 degrees before becoming transparent so that the musculature is visible. A clipping plane slowly passes through the tick to show the internal features better. Finally, the original 2D x-ray slices through the tick are shown in sequence.
A transparent 3D rendering of a mosquito pupa created from microCT data. The pupal cuticle is a purple hue while the adult mosquito parts inside are a orange hue.
A video of a 3D rendering of a mosquito pupa created from x-ray microCT data. Pupa starts out rendered in a solid purple color on a black background and slowly rotates 360 degrees. Afterwards, it stops and becomes transparent over the course of a few seconds, revealing the mosquito within which is rendered in an orange hue. The mosquito completes another rotation before finally the x-ray slices through the pupa are shown in sequence.
a video of a 3D rendering of a microCT scan of a silkworm cocoon. The cocoon is rendered in pale yellow and rotates 360 degrees before zooming in on a small subsection of the cocoon, revealing the individual fibers, which also rotates. the scan then zooms back out before ending.
A video of a 3D rendering of a microCT scan of a wheel bug. The wheel bug is rendered in a violet hue. It rotates slowly over the course of the video.
Photo of a computer screen showing 8 copies of pokemon silver being played simultaneously. Each game features an encounter with a bug type pokemon in the national park bug catching contest.
a 3D rendering of a microCT scan of a cat flea. The flea is rendered in a pinkish-yellow hue and is semi-transparent, allowing some of the muscles and eggs within to be visible. The flea slowly rotates over the course of the video.
A 3D microCT rendering of a flea's hind tarsal segments and tarsal claw. the claw rotates slowly over the course of the video and is colored in a pinkish yellow hue. The segments are covered in large stiff spines.
An x-ray of an insects foot. I can't say which insect without spoiling the fun but the replies should identify it eventually.
A clip of an encounter with groudon in the video game Pokemon Brilliant Diamond. The groudon is shown prior to the encounter in a strange reddish rocky environment and is red in color. It resembles a dinosaur. After initiating the encounter it is shown to be shiny with a yellowish green color and shiny sparkles are shown.
Side eye sock puppet monkey meme
A jumping spider named Pickle looking apprehensively at the camera as she crouches next to a piece of bark while sitting on the side of her plexiglass container. Despite her timidness she is still highly adorable.
A photo of a jumping spider named muffin looking out of a cardboard tube. She is very cute.
a video of a jumping spider jumping between two tongue depressors in slow motion. The tongue depressors are about a centimeter apart, about the same length as the spider. The spider leaves behind a line of silk as an anchor. The spider is reddish in color and the background is blue.
a rotating 3D image of hundreds of spiderlings inside their egg sac. the egg sac is not visible. The spiders are rendered in orange on a black background.
A rotating 3D image of an owl pellet generated using MicoCT data. The pellet is orange in tint on a black background. After completing a full rotation the lining of the pellet fades to reveal the bones within.
A rotating video of a CT scan of a flea. The flea is rendered in an orange color and it's cuticle is transparent so that the internal morphology is visible, particularly the muscles, ovaries, and digestive system. A logo for the Beckman Institute is shown in the top right corner and information about the scans parameters are shown in the bottom left.
Picture of my calico cat fuzz looking like a Loaf of bread as she sits on a blanket on a chair.
a female blackburnian warbler sitting on marble stone walkway looking slightly bewildered after striking a window.
A very cute red jumping spider named Princess Bouncy-Pants sitting politely on a human palm and looking inquisitively at the camera
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