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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Whale skulls, dragonflies and 3D goggles: last week our lab brought research to visitors of all ages at #SHARPER Catania, alongside Deborah’s cetacean mini-talk and live scanning. More details at www.fruciano.org/events/europ...

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

📢 We're hiring! A 1-year research fellowship in my lab @unict_it (in sunny Sicily 🌞🌊): #eDNA metabarcoding + #morphometrics/3D scanning to monitor invasive alien species. Broad search. Apply by 3 Aug. More details at www.fruciano.org/events/were-...

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Our MSc student Damiano Trovato presented his research on the macroevolution of #fish otolith shape at the Young Researchers Meeting in Ecology and Aquatic Sciences (SItE Giovani 2026). Congrats to Damiano on his first conference presentation! #geometricmorphometrics #evolution

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

It was an absolute pleasure giving this course, with such engaged and friendly participants!

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Welcome to new lab member Damiano Trovato. For his internship, he learn acquiring geometric morphometric data. If, as it often happens, he will stay for his MSc thesis, he will have the opportunity of applying the knowledge to a scientific problem www.fruciano.org/events/new-l...

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New lab member – Damiano Trovato – Carmelo Fruciano – Research

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

After a very nice course on Foundations of Geometric Morphometrics at the beginning of February, full of engaged participants, I'm looking forward to give this course on Multidimensional Phenotypic Evolution at the beginning of March!

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Explore the evolution of multidimensional traits! 📊 Join our online course Multidimensional Phenotypic Evolution with @carmelofruciano.bsky.social (2–6 March ) to learn hands-on analysis of complex phenotypic traits across multiple dimensions. 👉 www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The #GeometricMorphometrics course on data acquisition & design just started with @carmelofruciano.bsky.social, one of the best in the field! We offer a companion course on Multidimensional #PhenotypicEvolution, focusing on data analysis: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Quite happy that my #Rstats package GeometricMorphometricsMix is now available on CRAN. This doesn't change much for most users, as the package has been available for years on GitHub, but I thought it was about time and it may be helpful for novice users www.fruciano.org/events/geome...

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GeometricMorphometricsMix now available on CRAN – Carmelo Fruciano – Research

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Delighted to have contributed to this new paper by the Matt Phillips lab (at QUT, Australia, where I did a postdoc) on phylogenetic inference using morphometric data doi.org/10.1093/sysb... (in press in Systematic Biology)

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Phylogenetic Inference from Atomised 3D Morphometric Data: a Case Study using Kangaroos

Abstract. Reconstructing phylogeny from morphological data remains mired in investigator biases, including subjective inclusion and discretisation of pheno

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Join our online course on Multidimensional Phenotypic Evolution (2-6 Mar 2026) with @carmelofruciano.bsky.social . Learn to analyse complex traits with hands-on sessions using morphometrics, PCA, and phylogenetic methods. www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

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Multidimensional phenotypic evolution

2-6 March 2026 To foster international participation, this course will be held online

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I look forward to teaching both these courses again!

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Congratulations to lab member Sebastiano Battaglia for presenting his first poster to the annual congress of the Italian Zoological Union! Sebastiano used geometric morphometrics to study macroevolutionary patterns in #dragonflies #geometricmorphometrics #evolution

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

A much-overdue welcome to Deborah Vicari who has recently joined us as a non-tenure-track (Research) Assistant Professor. She came as a recipient of a "Seal of Excellence" for a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship. #Evolution #Cetacea #geometricmorphometrics

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Back home from #eseb2025. It was great to see so many old friends and colleagues and to see so much interesting research. Was there only for a short time, but it was totally worth it!

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

At the airport heading to #ESEBCongress2025 #eseb2025. Unfortunately, this year I will only stay for a short time, but looking forward to catching up with many friends and colleagues, as well as meeting with new people!

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Joanna Mietlińska from the University of Lodz (Poland) spent 3 months with us, diving deep into #geometricmorphometrics on human vertebrae. She's leaving with an almost-complete first manuscript draft! Proud of her dedication. #Science #Anthropology #Archaeology

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

As someone who published in @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social when I was an early career researcher, I am saddened to hear about the passing of John Allen academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a... It was an absolute pleasure, in so many ways, having my manuscripts handled by him.

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Professor John A. Allen (1946-2025)

Professor John A. Allen (1946-2025), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, , blaf033, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf033

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Welcome to Joanna Mietlińska-Sauter who is going to stay with us until the end of June! She had attended one of my courses and now she's going to spend some time in my lab to work on 3D geometric #morphometrics of human vertebrae from archaeological remains #archaeology

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The Geometric Morphometrics course with @carmelofruciano.bsky.social is wrapping up! 🎉 Over 3 days, we covered data acquisition (2D & 3D), quality control, and basic analyses.

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

🚀 We’ve just kicked off our Geometric Morphometrics course with Carmelo Fruciano! 🔬✨ This week, participants will dive into data acquisition (2D & 3D), quality control, and basic analyses—building a solid foundation for shape analysis.

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Registrations are open for the 3-day course "Foundations of Geometric Morphometrics" with @CarmeloFruciano in February (3rd-5th) For more information, please visit: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Join us in March to jump into the world of multidimensional phenotypic evolution with @CarmeloFruciano . This course unpacks essential tools for analyzing complex phenotypes, from geometric morphometrics to gene expression. Check it out: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

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Carmelo Fruciano @carmelofruciano.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Delighted to have given a talk at Evolmar - the Italian Congress on #Marine #Evolution. I presented some yet unpublished work on rates of speciation and phenotypic evolution in a fish clade

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