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We are hiring a POSTDOC on an NIH award to measure inertial effects of (in)active muscle. Collaboration w/@AndrewBiewener & @WakelingLab. Please share and re-post widely! Please send expressions of interest to my UML email.
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@UML_Biology Biology Prof. Teresa Lee @snicklclunk just landed a $1.1M NSF CAREER grant to study epigenetics — and part of it goes toward making research accessible to ALL undergrads, not just the few. Congrats, Dr. Lee! 👏
uml.edu/news/stories/2026/te…
You can find the ad for our postdoctoral position here: explorejobs.uml.edu/en-us/jo…
Attention musculoskeletal scientists! Only one week to go before the 8th annual student-organized UMOVE research symposium. An exciting day of muscle and movement science in animals including humans across molecular to organism scales @UMassLowell @KCSciences_UML
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We are deeply saddened by the death of Professor Alan Wilson FRS
A member of the RVC community for more than 30 years, Alan's work transformed our understanding of locomotion in animals & humans. Our thoughts are with Alan’s family, friends and colleagues at this difficult time
This event, with food, and parking is FREE! Walk-up registration is fine but organizers would appreciate an email if you will be attending.
People elsewhere: The whole conference will be broadcast on Zoom. The link opens at 9:00 A.M.: uml.zoom.us/j/97828376506
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In our latest paper we found that tooth development shaped the evolution of voles for millions of years, leading to highly complex molars.
How can we tell? What does it teach us about evolution? A thread 🧵👇 (1/20) #evodevo #ToothyTuesday
📷 Hanna Knutsson / Lafuma et al.
ALT Photograph of a bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) on a moss-covered surface, holding a food item to its mouth with its front paws. Credit: Hanna Knutsson (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
ALT MicroCT-scan of a bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) lower jaw seen in dorsal (top) and lateral view (bottom) showing the animal’s tall, highly complex lower molars. The 3D renders of the jaw are orange-tinted over a black background. Credit: © Élodie Renvoisé, Fabien Lafuma, University of Helsinki
🚨New PhD research published in PNAS!🚨
Combining fossils and lab experiments, we found that simple changes in tooth #development explain 6 million years of molar #evolution in #voles 🐭🦷
Shoutout to my coauthors @LEHNA_lab @CNRS @BIOTECH_UH @GTK_FI!
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Please join us in welcoming Anthony Herrel as the new President of the ISVM🎉 Anthony is a CNRS researcher at MNHN (Paris) and leads the FunEvol team. Many thanks to outgoing President John Hutchinson for his leadership 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. #ISVM
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Its that time - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live!
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn3D1t9
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
Please share!
Am I alone in being put off by monster-long editorial "desk" rejection times at @ScienceAdvances (@HoldenThorpe [51 days]) and @PNASnews (@MaryBerenbaum [61 days]). #DoBetter
Apparently not: Dear editors, your publication delays are damaging our careers nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Happy birthday Sir David Attenborough 99 years young today! #SirDavidAttenborough #naturalist #EverythingDinosaur
Not on this platform much, so great to see Sarah's congratulations! She plans to continue as PostBac this summer! @UML_Biology @HonorsUML
Congratulations to honors Biology major Sarah Kimball who presented her honors project "Chew on This: Intraoral Food Processing Mechanics in Mudpuppies (Necturus maculosus)"! Thank you, mentor Nicolai Konow and committee member Robert Brocklehurst!
#umasslowell
Here is a great idea: Let's Establish a Dedicated Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Research Subgroup Within The Biophysical Society - Sign the Petition! chng.it/dy4dg7dJq2 via @Change
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I only played a very small role in this @PNASNews article by @AbbyGraceDrake, @JLosos, et al., but it's cool, so please check it out! "Copy-cat evolution: Divergence and convergence within and between cat and dog breeds." doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2413780…
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First record of a living Sulawesi coelacanth (𝐿. 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠) from Indonesia. Arguably one of the most emblematic and evolutionarily important marine vertebrates, this discovery contributes to our understanding of this vulnerable species.
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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🌸 Save the Date for the Kennedy College of Sciences' Spring into Science 2025! 🌸
Get ready to celebrate the wonders of science! 🔬✨
📅 When: April 14-18, 2025
👩🔬 Stay tuned for more details—you won’t want to miss it! uml.edu/sciences/news-events…
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For those of you around UCL on Tuesday - I'll be speaking about hominin locomotion and biomechanics at the Evolutionary Anthropology Seminar from 3.30pm! 💀 🦴🚶(followed by wine 🍷)
@UCLanthropology