This has been a blast to be part of. After years of projects, grants, and papers, it feels like the culmination of a much bigger collaborative effort. I’m grateful for having such extraordinary colleagues, especially @anjgoswami @Imagotaria @EllenCoombs and @akiopteryx !

Like all the other scientists, I’m outta here and off in the big Bluesky https://t.co/Q5amliGEHG

Really cool PhD project being advertised by @Te_Papa and Victoria University of Wellington on deep time evolution of marine mammal feeding ecology, check it out! https://t.co/UgD9XCH7pY

New from #RSOS: Comparative functional morphology indicates niche partitioning among sympatric marine #reptiles. Read more: https://t.co/02gSe63k69 @davfof @SteveBrusatte

I couldn’t be prouder of Lionel! He is just amazing to work with!!

🚨New Pub!🚨A new thin sectioning method for observation of higher resolution images in bone histomorphology 🦴🩻by Nakai & Boyde https://t.co/58JWHkPOQY

Yes! "we no longer require a research paper to test a hypothesis; instead, it is sufficient for it to address a significant question of relevance to JEB's areas of interest. We feel that this will allow for more discovery-based studies to be considered for publication"

Please share: I’m recruiting a postdoc (2-years) to start in my lab Fall 2024. My lab studies Functional Morphology and Macroevolution (mostly of fishes). More info: https://t.co/RWVOKG1dLS

Our paper on forelimb EMG patterns in alligators has been published! https://t.co/RHDXw7wdrU I thank my coauthor @c_mayerl, @davidmunteanu22, @BioBlobs, and all the individuals who helped us.

Blue holes in the Bahamas were discovered to be a rich source of well-preserved skeletons of extinct species of tortoises and crocodiles. Online Exhibit 🐊 Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating 🎧 Read and listen to David Steadman: https://t.co/lldJVATV8f Featured: Crocodylus rhombifer

Tooth formation in wild boar & domestic pigs reveals fascinating differences! Dentin apposition rates vary across zones. Root growth spurt timing & rates differ b/w them, hinting at impact of domestication on odontoblast recruitment. Emken et al.: https://t.co/WhKmxwoVup

Wrapping up the week by visualizing the crazy axonal growth of dorsal root ganglia neurons in vitro using the SPY650-FastAct probe from @spirochrome! 🤩 Capturing one image every 10 minutes.

In mice, pregnancy results in new neurons that support the recognition of pups, a new Science study finds. The results highlight the physiological relevance of adult stem cell heterogeneity. 📄: https://t.co/gdXWlcgCeF #SciencePerspective: https://t.co/qI4UbkvJS8

Cool article in @Nature on the fundamentally geological nature of the global biodiversification: "...biodiversity is strongly reliant on landscape dynamics, which ...determine the carrying capacity..." cc: @niles_eldredge @CoelhoPre @Trilolight @svalver https://t.co/tHcPhyqcFw

New paper! Welcome Diaphorocetus ortegai! Yes... another physeteroid from the Chilcatacy Fm., Pisco basin. How many more sperm whales await to be found/described? More than a dozen 😬😬😬 Open Access paper here: https://t.co/1XjLnMeC3J

Why are not all whales dead from cancer? A simple calculation reveals that all other things equal, an animal 1000 times larger than us should be a thousand times more prone to develop cancer. This is not the case. Why? Maths suggests an answer @cmaley https://t.co/XvxlrxndP1

An intriguing characterization of osteochondrogenic #SmoothMuscleCell in Atherosclerotic lesions ⏬by TXNIP ⏫by BMP2 Contribute to lesion fibrosis, proteoglycan accumulation & calcification w/o modifying lesion burden @CircRes 2023 https://t.co/7MwrAAMyY6

Paleontology is a multi-faceted field of science and acts as an introduction to understanding the evolution of life. Excellent video by @ICMWriter on why we study paleontology and its importance. #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #Science #STEM https://t.co/4mproljFrp

Opportunity to work with @AlexisLicht on cool Eocene fossils from Balkanatolia! It is such a bizarre island fauna from what is now Turkey and the Balkans.

#FossilFriday Esther Richards was born November 24, 1895. In 1921, she suggested that microfossils could be used in stratigraphy. Her study was ridiculed by Professor J.J. Galloway: “Gentlemen, you know that it can’t be done.” https://t.co/cyZwzJusOR #WomenInSTEM #histsci

How do "molecular motors" fold the genome? A new #SciencePerspective looks at insights that are starting to yield an understanding of the mechanism by which these motors extrude loops of #DNA to structure genomes. https://t.co/gVYkSgldCC