Many aspects of human anatomy are just “good enough” solutions – functional, but far from perfect.

Been talking about this for years: Skills wheels, compulsory team teaching, generic content that anyone can cover, modeled on Starbucks and stripping out the content of degrees to avoid a “single point of failure” (that’s management-speak for an academic off sick). This is how you kill HE.

📢 Call for Papers! We invite submissions for special issue “Development, Evolution, and Comparative Anatomy of the Larynx.” This issue aims to highlight interdisciplinary work exploring the development, evolution, and structure–function relationships of the larynx across species. 📅 Deadline: Sep 15

I'm delighted to finally share details of a workshop series I'm hosting with @thackraymuseum.bsky.social! 'Researchers in Museums' is open to a wide range of early career researchers and offers the opportunity to go 'behind the scenes' in a fantastic medical museum. Please share widely!

Blue sky! Sun! Is this real life?! Still plenty of mud for the swamp monster though 😬

Had a really ✨ brilliant ✨ time being part of the Anatomy Late Anti-Valentines event on Thursday @thackraymuseum.bsky.social in Leeds, as part of their Under The Sheets Anatomical Illustration exhibit 🧠 🫀 🫁 🦷 🦴 👁️ 👅 . I encourage everyone to visit the exhibit but also the amazing museum in general!

✨ Come and join us in the Anatomy department at the University of Bristol for a year, teaching medics and dental students, and hanging out with the best anatomy colleagues you could ask for..... ✨ 0.5FTE allowing for clinical work the rest of the week www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQI052/t...

Oh how exciting! 😍

Really excited to be invited to speak at the @thackraymuseum.bsky.social in Leeds on the 12th Feb for an Anti-Valentine’s late, marking the launch of their latest exhibition – Beneath the Sheets: Anatomy, Art and Power thackraymuseum.co.uk/event/thackr...

I miss this silly Billy so much when she's not around, even though she's a goofy sassbag, contributes nothing to the rent, and takes up the whole bed #dogsofbluesky

Happy my abstract has been accepted for the @slsauk.bsky.social conference 🥳 I’ll be presenting on anatomical imaging: exploring how images of cadavers are managed, & how gaps in law & guidance leave decisions to individual's ethics & morality. Grateful to contribute to such important conversations

A Lil' Christmas Anatomy Fun Dissecting the Grinch: what anatomy reveals about Christmas’s most famous villain theconversation.com/dissecting-t...

A thoughtful new short video from BBC Scotland highlights the importance of body donation with clarity and care. Scottish anatomy has a remarkable way of getting this right and Viv is the ideal voice to guide the public through such a vital, often misunderstood process. www.bbc.co.uk/videos/cd0kv...

Hull York Medical School (HYMS) are recruiting for a Senior Anatomy Technician (Prosection). HYMS has a reputation as one of the UKs most exciting, contemporary medical schools. £33,002 per annum. Apply by 12th January 2026 uoh.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Univer...

Just 24 hours left for anyone who might like to grab a ticket, in person or online, for my talk tomorrow about body donation in Bristol, our silent teachers, and the memorialisation project to bring their faces back to life! 7pm online or in the beautiful Arnos Vale arnosvale.org.uk/bringing-the...

Only 5 days left to join my talk exploring the remarkable student project that reconstructed the face of one of our unknown silent teachers. It’s been an important step in memorialising and giving thanks to those who shaped our knowledge without recognition. arnosvale.org.uk/bringing-the...

11am on a Saturday, with little interest in starting the day. What a life. What a long way from the streets.

Really interesting piece. I'm a super recogniser and have been involved in such studies. I must say comes in handy for taking a register mentally just from looking at faces in my class or lecture of 100...

Brill day yesterday at @cendeathsociety.bsky.social I was made to feel so welcome & had great conversations with so many death scholars, each bringing such different perspectives. The “Death during conflict” talks to end the day were a real highlight: powerful, insightful, and incredibly moving.

Stunning historical anatomical illustrations, I love the overlap with the visuals of plants and phytology, how botanical these are - the kidney like a seed pod, and the bronchial tree like some sort of ivy or bramble 😍

Really excellent talk, Emily @emilymayvine.bsky.social , thoughtful and thought provoking, I learned so much! Thanks for sharing online IHR and allowing so many more people to engage with this great work.

My article about why we should keep the names of dusty crusty old white men out of anatomical studies....

My talk on the unknown historical silent teachers of the Anatomy Dept @bristoluni.bsky.social and a project reconstructing their faces at @arnosvalecemetery.bsky.social has been moved to 3rd December. More time to grab your in-person or online tickets! arnosvale.org.uk/bringing-the...

Is it just me or can some books only be read in certain seasons? The summer / autumn transition, changing of the leaves, alive but w/ heaviness in the air & a change to the textures & sounds of the landscape has me really reaching for Max Porters book 'Lanny' & another visit to Dead Papa Toothwort

On World Anatomy Day, we honour the gift of understanding the human body—its design, resilience, and vital role in life. Studying anatomy is to witness nature’s quiet genius. Most sacred are those who donated their bodies, their silent generosity shaping so much of what we know about ourselves.

Some of my thoughts on what the history of anatomical illustration tells us about consent, and what we might consider moving forwards. theconversation.com/the-dark-his...

Cannot express how excellent the spicy tantanmen ramen, with sides of crunchy chicken karaage and the show stealing crispy sichuan aubergine, were yesterday from Tomo no Ramen in Old Market - a stones throw from the centre and a must visit for anyone visiting 😍

Excellent evening yesterday attending the online 'meet the author' event, hosted by @surgeonshall.bsky.social and the brill @anatomicalcat.bsky.social, chatting to the wonderful and inspiring @mollyconisbee.bsky.social about her beautiful book, and all things death studies. Thanks all!

Today is World Mental Health Day, a reminder that caring for our minds is just as vital as caring for our bodies. It's OK not to be OK; 1 in 8 of us live with some form of mental health imbalance or disorder. Today, be gentle with yourself and others, everyone carries something unseen.

Come hang out with me in a graveyard one evening and talk about anatomy? 22nd October, 7pm, Arnos Vale, it's a date! arnosvale.org.uk/bringing-the...

So pleased to have my abstract accepted as a presentation, at #DDD17 in Utrecht in the summer!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge Day 5/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge Day 4/20

Best of luck to all students, especially Bristol students starting their exams today for the first time in this new pre Christmas exam diet! For those taking Anatomy units here or anywhere, here’s my personal top revision tip!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge Day 3/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge