I’m delighted to announce that I’m a Guest Advisor for an Article Collection for “All Earth” @tandfresearch.bsky.social called “Recent Advances in Biomolecular Paleontology”. We want to increase our confidence in reporting Ancient Biomolecules and best practice in the field. #paleontology

🐸 NEW PAPER OUT! This time it’s all about FROGS and their melanosomes! Falk et al., 2025, iScience: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.114220 #palaeontology #frogs #deeptime

New paper #alert It’s all about melanin 🙌 and it stems one of the biggest discussion and collaboration I’ve ever been part of. Thank you to all the coauthors and melanin experts for this incredible project. www.nature.com/articles/s42... #melanin #technology #palaentology #stem

A week of talks about synchrotron applications, art, archeology & palaeontology!!! Incredible venue at @gettymuseum.bsky.social and amazing new and old colleagues 🔝 Thank you to the NSF SEES scholarship that enabled me to present my latest work on 300 Ma fossils 🙏 #womeninsteam #palaeontology

If you are in Cork the 24th of September don’t miss out on this free talk organized by the Cork Geological Association. We’ll explore the world of fossil forgeries, their history and how modern palaeontology can help unmask them. The event is free and open to ALL 😊 @ucc.ie #palaeontology #stem

Our Short Course in Analytical Palaeontology 2025 is open for registration y’all!! This is an intensive 5-day course in analytical palaeontology for researchers at any career stage. Info&Registration 👇 www.ucc.ie/en/microbeam... @ucc.ie #stem #palaeontology #taphonomy

Here it is! Please welcome the AMAZING Mirasaura grauvogeli, a NEW MARVELOUS Drepanosaur published in NATURE today! This astonishing reptile lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe and it possessed an amazing crest made of plume-like structures! I was commissioned to bring it to life #paleoart

Proud to make my National Geographic debut with this incredible discovery! Meet Mirasaura, an extremely weird little guy with independently-evolved "feathers" that solves a longstanding Triassic mystery and makes one of the period's oddest families even stranger. (Now with a fixed link!)

If you want to know more check out the video about #mirasaura with expert @stephanspiekman.bsky.social

Analyses with @ucc.ie detected melanosomes within the crest's soft tissues. These resemble those in modern feathers more than those in reptilian skin or mammalian hair. This suggests the crest of #Mirasaura may have been pigmented and displayed visually 🌈 #FossilMelanosomes @she-paleo.bsky.social

🚨 So excited to finally share an incredible discovery from the #Triassic, Grès à Voltzia! Our international team, led by @stephanspiekman.bsky.social and published today in @nature.com, reveals a new reptile, #Mirasaura grauvogeli, donning an elaborate crest 🦎🔬✨ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Meet this marvelous fossil reptile from the Triassic that is challenging our current understanding of skin evolution! @stephanspiekman.bsky.social @orlabe.bsky.social what an amazing journey and discovery!! What a great team! 🥳 @nature.com #softtissues #triassic #reptiles

I am proud and grateful to present a dream project today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎

Incoming new short course in analytical palaeontology in Cork @ucc.ie 👩🏼‍💻 Are you working in taphonomy and/or soft tissue preservation? Would you like to expand your skills? This week-long course is for you! You can bring your own samples! #paleontology #stem #learning

📚 Also on The Conversation for a #scicomm breakdown: theconversation.com/how-pterosau...

‪[1/n] New paper co-lead by @emmadnn.bsky.social‬ @macroecoevoale.bsky.social‬ and I: we combined fossil occurrences, biogeography and climate modelling to investigate the origins and early evolution of pterosaurs 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thrilled to have been awarded the Prof. Adrian Dixon 180 UCC PostDoc of the Year Award! @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @uccinnovation.bsky.social #research&innovation #palaeontology #womeninstem

Super interesting paper outlining the damaging impact of the 'Gollum effect': researchers who restrict access to resources. Very relevant to palaeo work regarding the gatekeeping of collection material and the harm this causes to science. Worth a read! www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...

Sharing the latest gossip about #fossils & #volcanoes during this week @pintofscienceie.bsky.social #pint25 #scicomm What a great night 🔝

Nicole Todd @she-paleo.bsky.social Daniel Folk @ucc.ie @pintofscienceie.bsky.social Kristoff Nieves

I’m soooo excited for this year @pintofscienceie.bsky.social where I’ll be a speaker presenting the incredible story of an iconic fossil from Italy 🤩 Book your free ticket: pintofscience.ie/event/hidden...

Abstract submission is now open for #2025SVP in Birmingham! Deadline is June 3rd & all key information is here: vertpaleo.org/abstract-sub...

A 30,000-year-old feather fossil is the first soft tissue known to have been mineralized by zeolites. Comments from @she-paleo.bsky.social @ucc.ie and Mary Schweitzer at North Carolina State University. eos.org/articles/a-3...

🐟 A new study shines a light on the mechanics of bioluminescence in the rare fish 𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘴 and we explore some of the other fish lighting up the deep: bit.ly/LightsBelow @realfishdoc.bsky.social

Opportunity for women students in paleontology! The Winifred Goldring Award will be presented to three women graduate students and the AWG Undergraduate Paleontology Award will be presented to a student pursuing a career in paleontology. Due April 30th. More information here: tinyurl.com/msdc3m68

I’m over the Moon 🌝 this #fossilfriday to see that one of my papers made it to the front cover of @jaas.rsc.org @sgn.one @tuda.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie The image shows a new specimen of an extinct species possible related to extant nightjars. ©️ Anika Vogel, Marco Colombo

I’m thrilled to see this new work published in @jaas.rsc.org #royalsocietyofchemistry . Major congratulations to “Dr to be” Marco Colombo for his dedication, precision and passion demonstrated during our work! What a fantastic collaboration 🤩 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

UCC finds new fossil action in 30,000-year-old vulture

New fossil discovery reveals how volcanic dep | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Fossil feathers can be mineralized in zeolite and preserva in the fossil record. This is possible in low temperature pyroclastic flows, as opposite to hot flows like those that buried Pompei (79DC) @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie m.independent.ie/regionals/co...

Fossil feathers of a Eurasian griffon vulture from the Pleistocene of Italy: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/... 🪶🧪 (📷 @she-paleo.bsky.social et al.)

New paper out in Geology. Fossil feathers mineralized in zeolite from the Colli Albani (Pleistocene, Italy). Out article in The Conversation tell the story of this remarkable historical and iconic fossil from Italy! theconversation.com/the-30-000-y...

The #palaeovc25 has officially started! If you find yourself looking for a talk to listen, find mine in the session about Novel Analytical Techniques in Palaeontology 😉 Any Qs? Send me a DM! @palaeovc.bsky.social #palaeontology #technology #womeninsten #forgeries #taphonomy

Just read a great paper by McMahon et al. 2025, "Remarkable fossils on unremarkable bedding planes? The role of true substrates in the fossil record of the Ediacaran macrobiota" @philvixseboxse.bsky.social #Ediacaran #Palaeontology Check it out: www.lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Silence is violence. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...

'Removing barriers so that the next generation can dream bigger, reach higher' On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Dr Michelle McKeown shares her research and highlights the impact of gender-diverse teams.

In today's climate, getting a grant is super hard. Yet I'm seeing more and more colleagues getting hammered for arbitrary and poor reasons when we review each others grants. Don't do this. Unless there is a fundamental issue, you should be supporting your colleagues, not ripping them down.

Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science 👩‍🔬 Be the weird kid with the rock and shell collection...you're going places! 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #Geoscience

Today is #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience and we are celebrating by sharing some of the brilliant research projects being undertaken by girls in schools, and the amazing scientists supporting them, through the Royal Society #PartnershipGrants scheme.

Happy #february11 raise your hammers ⛏️ for the international day of Women and Girls in Science For more respect, equality and diversity in Science #scienceforall #womeninscience #girlsinstem

While already excavated in 1940 this specimen was only really prepared in 2020 and new analysis methods revealed a wealth of details, many unseen until now.

🚨 Big plesiosaur news🚨 I'm delighted to finally reveal the illustration I produced for the paper "Skin, scales, and cells in a Jurassic plesiosaur"! Paper at the end of the🧵 #paleoart #sciart #plesiosaur

2/6/1866 — b. Annie W. Goodrich, American nursing leader, academic. The first dean of the Yale School of Nursing (1923-34); president, American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses (1905-06); president, Intl Council of Nurses (1912-15) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistNursing

Hi! I’m Valentina and I’m a palaeontologist that studies fossils at the molecular level. My work focuses primarily on the study of melanin pigments in a variaty of fossil organisms (🐦‍⬛🐝🕷️🦑🐠🪼🍄‍🟫🌾) using powerful X-Rays machines and lasers 🩻☢️. #intro #womeninstem #paleontology

PhD position alert: join a diverse team of palaeontologists to study the evolution of temnospondyls! The PhD project @smnstuttgart.bsky.social will focus on bone microanatomy: lots of fun with thin-sections and CT in perspective. Whoever you are: don't hesitate to reach out! tinyurl.com/msvntnd9