Elsa Van Ankum
@AnkumElsa
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Evo-devo bioarchaeologist, PhD student @usask. Pondering how diets affect wisdom teeth🦷. Co-host of @ProxyPod. She/her.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Joined April 2019
TLDR: we use mice to suggest mechanisms underlying variation in past and present human jaws and molars. Thrilled to see this published, and many thanks to all who worked on the project :). @NSERC_CRSNG @InnovationCA @CABA_ACAB #WomenInSTEM.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Industrialization influenced several facets of lifestyle, including softer nutrient-poor diets that contributed to vitamin D deficiency in post-industrzialized populations, with concomitantly...
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Raise your hand if you've ever had a sore jaw after chewing a slice of crusty sourdough.🍞Now raise your hand if you've had your wisdom teeth removed.🦷 Could the 2 be linked? New research with @EvoDevoAnthro & colleagues (@usask_engr @usask_OVDR) investigates.
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RT @mapsworth: How many archaeological sites have the Alberta Oil Sands destroyed? Indigenous communities wanted to know, and we used GIS/r….
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PDF | The Athabasca Oil Sands (AOS) region of Alberta has one of the densest accumulations of known archaeological sites, and possibly the most... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
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RT @compass_journal: Calling all anthropology students: Compass is recruiting submissions for Volume 3!
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Virtual #CABA_ACAB2022 attendees may have the advantage of joining with homemade snacks and comfy pants….
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#CABA_ACAB2022 attendees: swing by the “Food in Our Time: Snapshots of Human History and Prehistory Shaped by Diet” symposium Friday afternoon for dinner (coffee and snacks) and a show (cool science)! @CABA_ACAB 🥞🍜🥘.
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RT @jakphd: 🤯 The black death killed 30-60% of Europe so it's reasonable to think it affected the allele frequency spectrum. Absolutely in….
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RT @ChiefSciCan: Do you want to help shape the future of #science in 🇨🇦? We’re looking for youth (18-28 y/o) from across the country to joi….
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RT @ProxyPod: What can heart development tell us about heart diseases? @mmcollinsy joins us to chat about her fascinating heart research, a….
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RT @szaborogers: I'm super excited to tell the world that the Szabo-Rogers lab is joining the College of Medicine at the University of Sask….
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Was a pleasure to be interviewed this morning by .@LeishaCBC on @CBCSaskatoon ! If you want to know the trade secrets that make teeth so cool, tune in at the link below.
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RT @Angela_Lieverse: #CABA2022 (@CABA_ACAB) is only two weeks away! The draft program is available here: You will….
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Thanks @JohnGormleyShow for having me on earlier this week to chat about my PhD research! Listen at the link below to hear about how what kids eat may be influencing wisdom tooth impaction.
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RT @ICB_journal: Friday Free read .from @HighamLab & @LaraFerry 's .s10 from @SICB_ 2022. #Bat #Dentitions: A Model System for Studies at t….
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RT @USaskHealthSc: “I started to question why braces and wisdom tooth surgeries were so widespread today, and I’ve been following this thre….
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Have you ever wondered why so many people end up with impacted wisdom teeth, which cause discomfort, pain and infection, and often require expensive surgical removal? A University of Saskatchewan...
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RT @EvoDevoAnthro: Thanks, Ben @_RootsofReality for the fun chat about human wisdom teeth & evolution! It was excellent to explore these to….
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Always exciting to chat about teeth! 🦷.
Congrats @AnkumElsa Young Innovator extraordinaire with this great article about your PhD research in the @TheStarPhoenix 🎉 @AppUsask @usask_OVDR @usask_dentistry @USaskMedDean @CABA_ACAB @UniShefArch @NSERC_CRSNG
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RT @EvoDevoAnthro: Just shy of 2 weeks until CABA-ACAB conference abstracts are due! Pls R/T! @USaskArch_Anth.
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RT @EvoDevoAnthro: So exciting! This PhD data collection trip has been so long in the making (thx, covid). Very excited to see all the data….
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