And closing this intense session and the main day of talks, Toni Gabaldón ( @gabaldonlab.bsky.social and @tonigabaldon.bsky.social ), from BSC and IRB ( @irbbarcelona.org ), told us about their work on the evolution and pathogenicity of Candida.

The first paper (with co-authors @bortxaf.bsky.social and Shane West) investigates the feeding biomechanics of the “false sabre-tooth cat” Barbourofelis and how it compares to the iconic Smilodon: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

NEWS: 4 years PhD studentship at the University of Malaga (Spain). Evolution of the backbone and limbs of crocodylomorphs, supervised by Professor Borja Figueirido @bortxaf.bsky.social and myself. More information here👇 #paleobiology #biomechanics

Fully funded PhD position available at @univmalaga.bsky.social 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 focusing on the evolution of the vertebral column in crocodylomorphs 🐊under the supervision of @bortxaf.bsky.social & @albertomartinserra.bsky.social Application deadline: Sep 30 🚨

New paper out today lead by @tsengzj.bsky.social where we test the 150-year-old hypothesis that the unique jaw torus in Nimravus is an adaptation to resist bite forces using FEA🦁🔪our results highlight some functional advantage of the torus, which are amplified at larger gape doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

La @sesbe-org.bsky.social lanza una beca de divulgación en redes orientada hacia estudiantes de doctorado o postdocs junior interesados en la divulgación. Solicitudes hasta el 30 de junio. 👇👇👇

A bit late but... for this #FossilFriday I'm proud to announce that I was awarded a #MSCA Global Fellowship scoring +98%🥳Starting Dec 1st I will spend 2 more years at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social with @tsengzj.bsky.social followed by 1 year at @univmalaga.bsky.social with @bortxaf.bsky.social🐺🐯🐻🦝

New article on locomotion of mammals in the K/Pg transition: Janis et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

En respuesta a las recientes declaraciones antievolucionistas de Jaime Mayor Oreja, desde la Junta Directiva de la SESBE hemos escrito esta carta abierta. #evolución 👇 drive.google.com/file/d/10p_4...

Happy to share our latest work, together with the Casares lab, studying the outstanding regenerative capabilities of mayflies royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @sebioldev.bsky.social

Does a longer snout mean better smell? New CT study of 10 myrmecophagous mammals & relatives found no link b/w elongated snouts & improved olfactory capabilities. But turbinal convergence in aardvarks & armadillos reflects complex ecology Mark Wright et al.: https://buff.ly/3V9fWlR

Stockholm is looking for a senior curator in paleontology! Come be my neighbor! Stockholm is a lovely city! recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...

Happy #fossilfriday! Hind limb skeleton of an alvarezsaurid dinosaur, Jaculinykus! This dinosaur shows a great fibular reduction. Fibular reduction evolved convergently along lineage towards living birds and could allow modification of knee mobility, revealed by this week’s paper!

Bears, for those who care.... a new paper. www.sekj.org/PDF/anz61-fr... Bear Feet with Björn: tarsal evolution in the origin of polar bears. — Ann. Zool. Fennici 61: 357–376.