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Postdoctoral researcher at UML | Vertebrate evolution | Form and function | he/ him
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GraphicsSci.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
Looking to make some eye-catching graphics for your next presentation or poster? You don’t have to make your own! Check out our blog post on illustration & image resources for your science to find out more!
www.sciencegraphicdesign.com/blog/illustr...
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Jack Ashby
26 days ago
🚨MUSEUM JOB KLAXON🚨 We're now recruiting for a new **Collections Assistant** to help us with an exciting project to relocate an important part of our collection within
@zoologymuseum.bsky.social
. IS IT YOU?
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/museum-...
#MuseumJob
#MuseumJobs
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A nice way to end the week - my latest paper with
@konowlab.bsky.social
is out in early access! What's behind bite force in rodents? They can change muscle anatomy, mechanics, *and* molecular composition to make more force
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Multiscale adaptations underlie bite force variation in rodents - Communications Biology
Multi-scale analysis of the rodent craniofacial system reveals correlated bite force adaptations at the molecular, muscular and skeletal scales, that further correlate with feeding ecology.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-09894-3
about 1 month ago
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Armita R. Manafzadeh
2 months ago
Join us for our first CNB virtual mini symposium 🐓🏃🏻♀️! future events suited to additional time zones coming soon; join our mailing list on our website (link in flyer) to stay in the loop.
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Robert Brocklehurst
3 months ago
New paper out! The first from
@osteosophia.bsky.social
's PhD - a new (hopefully more objective) way for categorising locomotor repertoires. With
@eloygl.bsky.social
@livevobiomech.bsky.social
and Laura Fitton:
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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A novel approach to quantifying mammal locomotor repertoires using scoring and cluster analysis
Abstract. Describing behaviour using qualitative categories is a staple of studies on tetrapod functional morphology, ecology and evolution. However, such
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2065/20252515/480467/A-novel-approach-to-quantifying-mammal-locomotor
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Robert Brocklehurst
4 months ago
Here is a link to our new publication on the origins of vertebrates. "Early vertebrate biomineralization and eye structure determined by synchrotron X-ray analyses of Silurian jawless fish" url:
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Early vertebrate biomineralization and eye structure determined by synchrotron X-ray analyses of Silurian jawless fish
Abstract. Understanding the origin and early diversification of vertebrates has always been a challenge because of the ambiguous and conflicting interpreta
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2063/20252248/479750/Early-vertebrate-biomineralization-and-eye
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Journal of Experimental Biology
4 months ago
Calling all JEB ECRs! It's that time again! The deadline for the next JEB Travelling Fellowship applications is 6 February, so if you've got a burning desire to travel to another lab to answer an extraordinary question get your application ready now!
www.biologists.com/grants/trave...
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Jonathan Huie, PhD
4 months ago
Second PhD paper is out! We find: 1) aquatic and terrestrial salamanders have different limb bone adaptations, 2) complex life cycles promote different traits, 3) decoupling of external and internal bone traits increase diversity. Thread (1/8) and FREE link below! 🦎🧪
doi.org/10.1111/joa....
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Habitat and complex life cycles promote morphological diversity in salamander limb bones
We examined the external shape and cross-sectional morphology of limb bones in 133 salamander species spanning the ecological and phylogenetic breadth of Caudata. We find that adaptations for aquatic...
https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70115
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Konow lab at UMass Lowell
4 months ago
We are hiring a POSTDOC on an NIH award to measure inertial effects of (in)active muscle. Please share and re-post widely! Please send expressions of interest to my UML email.
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New paper (with
@konowlab.bsky.social
)! Muscle force varies with length, but how does this affect muscle function in life? Combining live animal and muscle prep data, we found rat jaw muscles routinely operate at long, forceful (potentially unstable) lengths.
rdcu.be/eNIQk
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Rat superficial masseter operates at long lengths during biting
Scientific Reports - Rat superficial masseter operates at long lengths during biting
https://rdcu.be/eNIQk
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José Cerca
9 months ago
The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P7BfU0emdcGFVIWIs_erFxyy0UGXXORw7h0rpU19gQ8/edit?gid=1219796980#gid=1219796980
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Dr Elsa Panciroli
11 months ago
Great new paper just dropped! A really comprehensive look at how mammals and their ancestors moved from sprawling to upright stances... but not in the straightforward way you might think! Congratulations to all the authors! 🎉
add a skeleton here at some point
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I'm so excited to share my latest paper out now! How did the ancestors of mammals make the switch from sprawling to upright, taking over the world in the process? Spoiler alert; it's complicated!
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Adaptive landscapes unveil the complex evolutionary path from sprawling to upright forelimb function and posture in mammals
The ‘sprawling-to-parasagittal’ postural transition is a key part of mammalian evolution from non-mammalian synapsids. This study uses evolutionary adaptive landscapes to reveal parasagittal postures ...
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003188
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PLOS Biology
11 months ago
How did our mammalian
#posture
arise from our sprawling
#synapsid
ancestors?
@docrobbrock.bsky.social
&co reveal
#parasagittal
postures in stem therians, implying that synapsids evolved & radiated with distinct forelimb trait combinations for most of their history
@plosbiology.org
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plos.io/4loAHoy
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️🌈
12 months ago
Oh look! Me and
@nhcooper123.bsky.social
have done a podcast! For each episode we scour the
@nhm-london.bsky.social
's collections for weird and fun specimens that fit the theme, and then ramble to each other about them. So if that's your bag, give it a listen! 🎉
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New publication day! 🥳 Read all about arm joints in mammals and lizards - what they look like and how they move - with me,
@l-fahn-lai.bsky.social
and our co-authors. Out today in
@jexpbiol.bsky.social
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...
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Relationship between joint shape and function as revealed through ex vivo XROMM
Summary: Experimental data measuring mobility across different types of limb joints in a mammal (opossum) and a reptile (tegu lizard) raise further questions on how well articular morphology predicts ...
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-abstract/228/10/jeb249261/368018/Relationship-between-joint-shape-and-function-as
about 1 year ago
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Dr Elsa Panciroli
about 1 year ago
Announcing The first found, and most complete,
#dinosaur
skeleton from the Middle
#Jurassic
of Scotland! 📢🦖 So delighted to finally be able to share this great new fossil, published today! It was actually the first dinosaur found in
#Scotland
... thread 🧵
#OpenAccess
#fossils
doi.org/10.1017/S175...
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Maija Karala
about 1 year ago
The Elgol Dinosaur is out! This is the first and most complete dinosaur skeleton from the Jurassic of Isle of Skye, Scotland. I got to work with the amazing
@elsa-panciroli.bsky.social
on bringing this early ornithischian back to life.
#Sciart
Link to paper:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Gabriel S. Ferreira (he/his)
about 1 year ago
Just out of the oven! Today
@migueldlm.bsky.social
just published his first paper related to his PhD thesis! BFEX is a new Blender tool for making FEA more accessible for biologists and paleontologists! All using open and free software 😱
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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BFEX: A Toolbox for Finite Element Analysis With Fossils and Blender
We introduce BFEX, a Blender add-on for building Finite Elements Analysis for Fossils software. This approach streamlines the process of creating and visualizing FE models.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.71093
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Graeme T. Lloyd
over 2 years ago
New research led by Spencer Hellert tests the idea that major radiations within synapsids are begun by small faunivores. Paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Press release:
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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The Anatomical Record
over 2 years ago
Exciting pair of muscle evolution companion papers just out! Bishop & Pierce describe the fossil record of appendicular muscle evolution in Synapsida on the line to mammals in forelimb & hindlimb
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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