Talia Lowi-Merri, PhD
@TaliaMLM
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Postdoctoral researcher @nyit @nyitanatomy | PhD @eebtoronto @UofT_Palaeo | Evolutionary biologist of living dinosaurs | she/her
New York, USA
Joined November 2012
The final chapter of my PhD is finally published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution! Extremely proud of this culmination of years of work on the avian sternum, and grateful to everyone who contributed. Please reach out if you'd like a PDF 🎉.
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Nature Ecology & Evolution - The extant avian sternum is highly adapted to powered flight, but understanding of its early evolution is hindered by patchy fossil representation and the fact that...
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Research Briefing: Bird sternum evolution facilitated the origins of powered flight
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RT @biorxiv_zoology: Bone and cartilage staining protocol for large avian specimens: late-stage embryonic emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) an….
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The ability to consistently and clearly visualize discrete anatomical parts of a specimen is crucial for biological research. For skeletal tissues, a classic and widely adopted technique uses a...
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RT @Kimi_Chap: 📢This year’s NorthEast Regional Vertebrate Evolution Symposium (NERVES) will take place on Friday April 11th, 2025 at @stony….
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RT @akiopteryx: 🚨 New Paper 🚨 Our team @NYITAnatomy used #microCT and #GMM to examine how changes in muscle loading affects skull developme….
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RT @akiopteryx: 🚨 Postdoc Position 🚨 @NYITAnatomy is looking for talented postdocs to teach human anatomy and conduct independent research.….
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.@NYITCOMDO sure knows how to throw a fall festival! 🍁🎃
Annual Pumpkin Carving event @NYITCOMDO 🎃 The @NYITAnatomy postdocs @TaliaMLM and @gabbydelphis did a spectacular job carving an anatomy-themed masterpiece that also helped students learn/review facial nerve branches!
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Bonus pic of Benji not caring about the northern lights and wanting to go home and go to bed. Literally breathtaking natural phenomenon around us and he’s like “why are we still outside”
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RT @RileySchnurr: What an exciting week here @CanGeo !!. 1) Dr @RobertaBondar talk on the power of visual storytelling for wildlife (🐦) pro….
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RT @AnneWHilborn: Permanent senior level bird job in California!.Based in Sacramento.$7,336.00 - $9,126.00 per Month.Due: 10/14/2024.I am h….
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RT @IBIS_journal: Chicks produce consonant, sometimes jazzy, sounds | | Biology Letters | #ornithology.
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Several animal species prefer consonant over dissonant sounds, a building block of musical scales and harmony. Could consonance and dissonance be linked, beyond music, to the emotional valence of...
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RT @USFWSNews: BREAKING DUCK NEWS!. Congratulations to the winner of the 2024 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest, Adam Grimm of Wallace, SD. Hi….
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RT @carlajdutoit: First paper from my Newton Fellowship published 🥳 @RSocPublishing .Describing tactile structures in the beaks of penguins….
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RT @Amand_Gillet: How is the cetacean backbone patterned compared to terrestrial mammals? 🐋. Happy to share that we provide answers this qu….
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Nature Communications - Most mammals have a vertebral column that is divided into discrete anatomical regions, but these have homogenized in cetaceans. Here, the authors propose the “Nested...
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RT @GruiformAbi: Ever wondered if the wonderchicken is really a chicken? Our reinterpretation of the lower jaw of Asteriornis shows that th….
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