summer conference sillyness!

Liverpool EMB lab@livevobiomech.bsky.social · 4w ago

For anyone attending conferences in the baking heat this Summer, perhaps this recent blog post from our PhD students @sidneyleedham.bsky.social and @lucyhholmes.bsky.social about their time at this year's ProgPal will provide a sense of camaraderie and comic relief 🥵

New research from #ProcB: Range of motion and myology support a digging function for the forelimbs of #alvarezsauroid dinosaurs | doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #Biomechanics #Palaeontology

my @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social master's research on alvarezsaur arms is finally out today! we used range of motion and moment arms analysis to show that these weird little dinosaurs probably did use their teeny tiny arms to dig 🦴

Range of motion and myology support a digging function for the forelimbs of alvarezsauroid dinosaurs

Abstract. Numerous lineages of theropod dinosaurs display notable modification of the forelimb, particularly reduction in size and number of digits. Alvare

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The work I did as an undergrad with @eegcam.bsky.social @mikleonardi.bsky.social is finally out, modelling the ecological niche of leopards to understand how African and Asian populations differ in their climatic distributions! (1/3) 🐆

got to talk about sloths! at the NHM!

Natural History Museum, London@nhm-london.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Lots of people like a long nail - but there’s something slightly spooky about the sloth’s full set… 🦥 Long, curved and strong enough to help them hang from branches. Discover the secret behind a sloth’s tough talons in this week’s #SurprisingScience 💅🏽

Interested in the functional morphology of mammal heads and want to come join us in Liverpool? Apply for this exciting new PhD project with Alana!

Alana Sharp@acsharp.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you looking for a PhD project starting this year? I have a funded (UK rates) project on mammal skull diversity and function, looking at skull allometry and how mammal heads adapt to trade-offs in tissue demands during growth 🦌🦘🐘🦥 Please share and apply: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/buil...

Posters, talks, medieval manuscripts, getting lost in the NHM and writing about themselves in the third person! It's all here in a new blog post by PhD students Sidney and Harrie!📝 embliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/t...

The Natural History Museum Student Conference: getting lost in the science

Sidney Leedham and Harrie Williams The iconic entrance of the Natural History Museum, London. In June, the two of us attended the Natural History Museum’s Student Conference in London, as both our …

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