Rebecca Lowes
@rebeccalowes.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Liverpool John Moores University researching comparative biomechanics
Another great @sebiology.bsky.social conference! I had the opportunity to present my poster on my recent ROM sensitivity analysis paper and give a talk at the @europexn.bsky.social workshop on rotoscoping in Blender. Looking forward to next year!
First paper of my PhD is out! 🎉 We ran a sensitivity analysis of digital range of motion and found that outcomes can vary a lot depending on how you select the articular surface or define joint centre. General takeaway is share your models alongside results! doi.org/10.1111/joa....
Digital range of motion analysis is sensitive to subjective steps in joint model construction
A systematic sensitivity analysis of a six degree-of-freedom range of motion (ROM) analysis workflow was conducted to evaluate how variation in the subjective steps of the reference pose assembly aff...
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New paper out today in @royalsocietypublishing.org #ProcB on the tripedal gaits of canine amputees. It’s been a long time coming with initial covid delays and then 2 new jobs, glad I can finally share it: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Congrats to @rebeccalowes.bsky.social on deservedly winning best talk at morphupnorth and a new office mug!
Had a great day at MorphUpNorth yesterday and very pleased to have been awarded best talk!
Oxford had a talented group make a video about the #dinosaur tracks in Oxfordshire this summer. Birmingham also had a talented group make a video. I made the video for our group. It is less professional. And has wildly inappropriate music: youtu.be/6ULOHr7dkF0
Oxfordshire Dinosaur tracks - Falkingham Lab from Liverpool John Moores University
YouTube video by Peter Falkingham
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The release of the BBC story on this year’s dinosaur track excavation at Dewars Farm means I can finally post these team photos. Thanks so much to quarry manager Mark Stanway & all his team at Smiths Bletchington for being utterly amazing & supporting our work at the site.
Richard Butler@richardjbutler.bsky.social · 11mo agoBack in June we were back on the Oxfordshire “dinosaur highway”, excavating more dinosaur tracks with our teams from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford & Liverpool John Moores. The BBC have a story out today about our work at the site: www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
A really exciting project to be involved in. Also featured on BBC breakfast this morning at approx 8:17am if anyone is interested!
Richard Butler@richardjbutler.bsky.social · 11mo agoBack in June we were back on the Oxfordshire “dinosaur highway”, excavating more dinosaur tracks with our teams from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford & Liverpool John Moores. The BBC have a story out today about our work at the site: www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Dusted off the art skills (or lack thereof) for an anatomy drawing workshop as part of the British Science Festival hosted in Liverpool last week! #BSF25 @britsciassoc.bsky.social
Had a blast teaching "Animals in Motion" last week, together with my @neuroinformatics.dev colleagues. All course materials, including hands-on coding exercises, are freely available as an online book: 🔗 animals-in-motion.neuroinformatics.dev/latest/
SWC/GCNU Neuroinformatics Unit@neuroinformatics.dev · last yr.The Animals in Motion track started with a survey of participants to understand the field they work in, and the models they study. Lots of different fields want to track animals! #niu_osw
Last week I took part in the @neuroinformatics.dev Open Software Week in London. There were great workshops on collaborative coding and deep learning methods for motion tracking. Big thanks to all the organisers, I'd love to be back next year! #niu_osw
SWC/GCNU Neuroinformatics Unit@neuroinformatics.dev · last yr.On the "Animals in Motion" track, students are learning how to use the Python package, movement, to analyse pose tracks. Today's course materials: animals-in-motion.neuroinformatics.dev/latest/04-mo... #niu_osw
The team and I had a bit of fun with a camera to make a video for the TRACKEVOL project. @rebeccalowes.bsky.social is the only one on bsky I think... We may make more throughout the project, because regardless of the video quality, it was fun to make! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwNr...
Introducing TRACKEVOL a UKRI/ERC funded project on dinosaur footprints
YouTube video by Peter Falkingham
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In case anyone finds this useful, I've now added a 'shape fitter' to the #blender extensions library, allowing you to fit spheres, planes, and cylinders to vertex selections: extensions.blender.org/add-ons/shap...
Excited to be joining this project!
Liverpool John Moores University@ljmuofficial.bsky.social · last yr.Do birds walk like dinosaurs? A major research study at LJMU is seeking to establish exactly how dinosaurs walked and how that changed as they evolved into modern-day birds. Read more: www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
A busy few months being on the student subcommittee for #ASABSpring2025 - all worth it in the end!
ASAB@asab.org · last yr.Thank you to all the organizers and volunteers who made #ASABSpring2025 happen! An especial shout out to Susanne Zajitschek and @islabotting.bsky.social for all your extraordinary work. It was a truly wonderful conference! 👏🏻 Thanks also to @ljmuofficial.bsky.social for hosting us in Liverpool!
