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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This month a UoL Biosciences student is working with me on primate jaw muscle anatomy. Today we MRI scanned and dissected a lion-tailed macaque! I'm still always blown away by how BEAUTIFUL muscles are 🐒 #anatomy

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This week @apwoodbailey.bsky.social @lucyhholmes.bsky.social and I went to Knowsley Safari Park to see some of the amazing animals we’ll be studying during our @leverhulme.ac.uk Building Giants project 😄🦏🦌🦒

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Beautiful day walking out to Hilbre Island - geology and wildlife 🦭

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Had a great time at @pintofscience.uk this week with @krisda.bsky.social @livevobiomech.bsky.social talking about why our feet are amazing!

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Biggest happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough! Early documentaries shaped my love for nature, scientific curiosity, and travel. This photo from over 10 years ago was a moment I'll never forget - meeting a hero!

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

📣 📃 New paper out in press! 🦷 We look at the biomechanical impact of #tooth root morphology to inform #dental implant design. 👩‍💻We use finite element modelling to compare single vs. multiple roots on strain across the mandible. @apwoodbailey.bsky.social @livevobiomech.bsky.social

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

📣Another exciting PhD available! Partnered with @nottswildlife.bsky.social and fully funded by the ACCE+ NERC Doctoral Landscape Award. We will look at morphological trait evolution, isolation and environment change, and rewilding of large herbivores. #evolution #WilderFuture #rewilding #PhD

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

📣 Funded PhD combining anatomy, surgery and engineering! 💀 This project aims to characterise the biomechanical behaviour of jaw implants following mandibulectomy. 📍@livuni-ilcams.bsky.social Liverpool, UK 🥼@ukshaq.bsky.social @clairebrockett.bsky.social and me!

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

With the high detail from the scans, we can reconstruct the muscles in 3D to learn more about their function and how flight evolved in bats 📃🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joa....

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

My PhD was on the cranial sinuses of the largest ever marsupial, Diprotodon - literally airheads. Blue in these figures are sinuses and pink is the brain - the bigger an animal gets, the more of an airhead they become 🤔😅

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I’m coming to #SVP2025 in Birmingham! Very excited to see many friends again after so long. My last SVP was 2017 👀🤯 #2025SVP #skulls #biomechanics

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Graduation day!! 🎉🎉Congratulations @apwoodbailey.bsky.social and thank you @nathanj.bsky.social. Can’t wait for the next chapter 👀

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Had some fun with the microCT yesterday. I’m excited about these new projects! 🐀🐒 #diceCT #biomechanics

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

It’s international bat appreciation day! 🦇 And just this week our paper on bat flight muscles made the front cover of @journalofanatomy.bsky.social

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Had a fantastic time at my first AAA meeting! PhD candidate Betzy Manners also attended with her poster, which was a huge success 👏🐒🦍🦧✅ #AnatomyConnected25 #AAA

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

My talk at #AnatomyConnected2025 is done, but please find me if you want to talk about sutures! This work covers a few projects including @apwoodbailey.bsky.social PhD work on Lagomorphs

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Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I'm heading to Portland tomorrow for the AAA-Anatomy Connected 2025 conference this weekend! Very excited to be going with PhD student Betzy Manners and catching up with colleagues and friends after a very long time. #AAA #Anatomy2025 @anatomyorg.bsky.social

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