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Dr. Ryan Marek

@ryndmrk

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Postdoctoral palaeontologist in the @rfelice lab (UCL). Other nerdy stuff may occur occasionally. Thoughts are my own. He/Him.

London, England
Joined July 2009
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Dr. Ryan Marek
2 years
Excited for this one to get published! @rfelice and I investigate how integration and evolutionary rate influence the evolution of the avian neck, and it's #OpenAccess @CIA_UCL @BMCBiology . (DM for PDF)
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RT @armanafzadeh: Our paper led by @MikeMSch is out #OA in @AnatRecord. We explore how the craniofacial hinge joint balances mobility & sta….
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RT @fieldpalaeo: Barn owls are remarkable birds, with some of the most amazing hearing capabilities of any animal. Our first paper of the y….
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Dr. Ryan Marek
7 months
At #SICB2025 and really like bird and dinosaur necks? Well good news, I'm talking about all that and more (incl. heterochrony!) at 10:45 today in A601!
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Dr. Ryan Marek
9 months
I'm halfway to my fundraising target for Mermaids. Massive thanks to everyone who has helped – you can follow my progress here (and please donate if you haven't already!): . #JustGiving.
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10 months
Somehow running a half marathon in a couple of weeks, doing it for @Mermaids_Gender so please, please donate all you can!.
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1 year
RT @fusaroli: Pretty cool analysis of the cultural evolution of filled pasta (. Gotta try them all. https://t.co/….
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RT @RSocPublishing: Origins of mammalian vertebral function revealed through digital bending experiments:.#ProcB #O….
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1 year
RT @TaliaMLM: Very pleased to see this out. What started as a grad course assignment turned into a quite large PhD side project! Big thank….
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Passeriformes is the most diverse and globally widespread order of living birds. However, little work has been done on the phylogenetic relationships within their fossil record. Recent advances in ...
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1 year
RT @KonowLab: Really cool looking study suggesting that airsacs in birds can help reduce muscle work needed for aerodynamic force balancing….
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Dr. Ryan Marek
1 year
RT @Euphanerops: 🚨 New paper @ZoolJLinnSoc ! 🚨. Early shark relative Acanthodes is one of few Palaeozoic fishes to preserve the gill skele….
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1 year
RT @fieldpalaeo: Congratulations to @tyrannosaura and @GNavalon on this contribution investigating the ancestral morphology of the bird bra….
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Dr. Ryan Marek
1 year
RT @WitmerLab: There are few things as exciting in our little corner of science as a new specimen of Archaeopteryx. with a skull. in a ma….
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1 year
RT @rfelice: Another job opening! I am hiring a postdoc in my lab at University College London to work on developing new phylogenetic compa….
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1 year
RT @rfelice: Look! A job opportunity! I’m hiring a research technician in my lab to work on CT scanning and segmentation of birds and mamma….
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Dr. Ryan Marek
1 year
RT @albertonykus: Morphology of the vertebral column in the Miocene flightless swan Annakacygna ("the ultimate bird"): .
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Dr. Ryan Marek
1 year
RT @albertonykus: New genome-scale phylogeny of birds! Lots to chew on here, including increased confidence in mostly post-Cretaceous diver….
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1 year
RT @Jente_O: Evolutionary novelties underlie sound production in baleen whales | Nature.
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Dr. Ryan Marek
1 year
RT @NatureComms: Manafzadeh et al. propose an approach for combining measurements of 3D articular overlap, symmetry, and congruence into a….
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Nature Communications - Criteria for evaluating joint articulation in vertebrates are lacking. Here, the authors propose an approach for combining measurements of 3D articular overlap, symmetry,...
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2 years
Don't go on the counter offensive, maybe apologise for being a transphobic little rat of a human being.
@BBCNews
BBC News (UK)
2 years
Keir Starmer 'sad and wrong' to link trans jibe with Ghey case - PM
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Dr. Ryan Marek
2 years
Gutted I missed this live, what a phenomenal medley to kick things off @Euphanerops #TakeItToTheFish.
@Palaeovision23
❤️ Palaeovision 2023 🦈
2 years
Amazing show everyone, congratulations to @AswathaBiju! You can rewatch the show here:
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