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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🗓️ In mid-September 2026, Kraków hosted an international symposium for Polish synchrotron users, bringing together more than 60 researchers from a wide range of fields, including physics, biology, chemistry, and more. 📚 More information: 👉 indico.solaris.edu.pl/event/31/pag... #conference

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The CT data revealed well-preserved internal anatomical structures, including vertebrae, ribs, fin elements, scales, and cranial bones. The study demonstrates the potential of modern imaging techniques for investigating historical museum specimens 🐟 #conference #paleontology

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A wonderful experience being part of a scientific team and witnessing my first eclipse 🌑✨ #eclipse #spain #sun #moon

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🥳I'm very glad and honored to participate in and present the work on coccoliths at the "Nature, Man, History. Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches" conference, taking place August 14–16, 2026 in #moldova 🌍🔬 Looking forward to sharing this presentation! 😊📚✨ #conference #presentations

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🦖✨ My first experience leading paleontological educational workshops for children aged 5–6 and 7–8 was a success! 💚 The greatest joy was seeing the children's curiosity, their thoughtful questions, and their eagerness to learn about Earth's history. 🤩 #workshop #paleontology

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

📸🦴 Some memorable moments from the EAVP Field Trip to Northern Lithuania! 🇱🇹🌿 #lithuania #excursion #fieldtrip

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

⚠️ The 23rd EAVP Conference ended less than one week ago✨ 💚 Thank you as well to all our speakers, sponsors, and everyone who joined us—both in person and online. It was a pleasure to welcome more than 150 participants from nearly 25 countries 🌍🤝 #conference #eavp2026 @eavpalaeo.bsky.social

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

📚🦴 Delighted to share the Abstract Book of the 23rd EAVP, edited by Olivia Vanhaesebroucke and Darja Dankina! This volume brings together the abstracts presented at the 23rd EAVP Conference, featuring 142 oral and poster presentations✨ ⬇️ www.researchgate.net/publication/... #conference #paleontology

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

📢 We are pleased to announce the upcoming workshop, "Besides Your Thesis," which will be held as part of the 23rd EAVP Conference in collaboration with The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS) and the leaders of the Microvertebrate Group🔬 #Workshop #lithuania #fossil @micropalaeosoc.bsky.social

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

⚠️ An overview paper on Paleozoic acanthodians based on specimens from the J. Valiukevičius Collection 🇱🇹 #paper #news #research #palaeontology

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I was very glad to join the trainers’ team 🤝 while also participating as a student 🎓 during the COST Action CA23124 Salt Ages: “WG1–WG3: Numerical models and proxies for salt giant formation” event @saltages.bsky.social #project #cost #action

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🌟 It was a fantastic meeting in Bucharest 🇷🇴 under the COST Actions CA23124 project — Social, Biological and Climatic Impacts of Salt Ages (SaltAges) ⬇️ @saltages.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/saltage... #geology #bucharest #meeting #project

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🤓This week, the GTC team had an excellent field trip to northern Lithuania, where we went for collecting new samples and explored several geological sites for further investigation and research 🦖 #science #fossils #geology #lietuva

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

⚠️ More #ordovician gastropods from #lithuania 🇱🇹 stored in the Nature Research Centre in #vilnius ✨

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

✨ Very glad to participate in the 🇱🇹 TV project and to share with my Palaeontological career story. Full episode [in Lithuanian] ⬇️ www.lrt.lt/mediateka/vi... #palaeontology #television #interview

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

🎉 It was a great honor to open a wonderful student conference at Vilnius Žemyna Gymnasium, present my talk on paleontology in Lithuania 🦴🌍, and lead a hands-on workshop on 3D fossil creation 🧬🖨️ together with Neringa Gastevičienė ✨🎓🙌 #school #conference #paleontology #vilnius

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🤩 On April 7, we hosted the first event of the newly re-established Microvertebrate Working Group of The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS), held online 💻🌍 We co-led the session together with my colleague from Poland, Dr Przemysław Świś 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🇱🇹🇵🇱 #workshop #fossils #digitalization #online #paleontology

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

⚠️ Grateful for the opportunity to serve with the PalAss for the next 3 years as a Publicity Officer! 🙌 I’ll be responsible for its social media and will be working closely with the council’s Public Engagement Groups to help connect, inform, and engage our community 📱✨ #palass #council #publicity

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🤓 MicroCT scan session in #vilnius 🇱🇹 for the very first time ☀️ looking for the tomorrow's results 👌 #project365 #paleontology #research #ctscan #microct #kompiuterinėtomografija #fosilijos #fossil

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

#EAVP2026 Palaeoart submissions are open! We’re looking for artwork related to vert palaeo, incl. palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. More info here or on the eavp website. eavp.org/wp-content/u... eavp.org/palaeoart-ex... #palaeoart

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

🤓It was a lot of fun speaking about palaeontology to a young audience and giving an introduction before the Mary Anning animated cartoon 🇱🇹 #Lithuania #vilnius #cinema #paleontology

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🤓I’m very happy to share some wonderful news! 🎬✨ 🎉Together with my colleague I. Satkūnienė, we will be opening a paleontology-themed animated film about the remarkable Mary Anning 🦴🦕 #maryanning #fossil #paleontology

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

✨ I am very glad to be part of the @women-archeopal.bsky.social organising team 🤓 We have just started the 3-day conference (6th edition)🥳🎉 #conference #paleontology #online #archeology #womeninscience #workshop #paleoart

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

One of the joys of working with palaeontological collections 🦕🦴 is discovering something wonderful every time ✨ — like Jurassic ammonites 🐚 from 🇱🇹, photographed over 40 years ago 📸⏳ #fossil #palaeontology #museum #collection #exhibition

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🎉✨ Together with Dr. Przemysław Świś, we will lead the first activity of the renewed Microvertebrate Group under The Micropalaeontological Society 🔬 @micropalaeosoc.bsky.social 📌 Please note: This event is exclusively for TMS members. 👉 www.tmsoc.org/membership/#... #workshop #online #digitalart

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

🤓 Today was a different day at work ☀️ — filming for 🇱🇹 📺 together with Kristina Jonaitė and Viktorija Zonytė #interview #filming #lithuania #vilnius #job #paleontology #collections #fossil

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

⚠️ I am very happy to be part of the organising team and to invite you to join our WG1 online Training School under the SaltAges COST Action 🌊 Registration⬇️ 🔗https://sites.google.com/view/saltages/home/training-schools/wg1-quantitative-and-hierarchical-methods-in-biogeosciences?authuser=0 #SaltAges

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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🌍🔬 Calling all aspiring palaeontologists! Here are 3 open PhD opportunities from across the palaeo world 🦖📚 Explore the projects, find deadlines, and start your research journey! 👉 More info on our official website: palass.org/phd-opportun... #PhD #opportunity #ApplyNow

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🌍 Very glad to participate in the 18th ISELV Conference online, even though I couldn’t join onsite in Morocco 🇲🇦 So many interesting talks, inspiring keynote speakers 🎤✨ 🙏 Many thanks to the organizers for making this hybrid opportunity possible. Looking forward to the upcoming days! 🚀📚 #conference

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

⚠️The 23rd EAVP is coming in 5️⃣ months to 🇱🇹 #Vilnius ✨🤓 Don’t forget to register ⬇️ eavp2026.weebly.com/registration... #conference #paleontology #Lithuania

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Happy to be at the University of Turin continuing our work on coccoliths from Italian samples with Francesca Lozar 🤓🔬 Looking forward to great discussions and exciting results! 🎊🇮🇹 #Italy #paleontology #nanofossils

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

☀️ Such a special day — the Palaeontological Exhibition is now officially open! Grateful to share a few moments from the opening ✨ #FossilFriday #Fossils #Paleontology #Lithuania #Vilnius

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

🥳 A popularization article in the local Geology journal 🇱🇹 about my participation in the radio podcast about 🦕 for BBC from #pisa 🇮🇹 [in Lithuanian] #bbc #italy #dinosaur #podcast #fossil #paleontology

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

⚠️ I’m happy to share that I will open a small, cute palaeontological exposition, featuring finds from 🇱🇹, including belemnites, ammonites, brachiopods, fish, and more 🦕 #exhibition #vilnius #fossil #lithuania #collection

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

✨📣 Exciting news! 📣✨ I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be taking on the role of Publicity Officer for the Palaeontological Association (@the_palass ) for the next three years 🦖🦕 ✨📣 Exciting news! 📣✨ 📷 Thanks to Andrej Spiridonov for the #photo #position #role #PalAss25

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

🥳 A new petrified tree from 🇱🇹 was provided to an NRC specialist for floral studies to better understand this object ☀️ #fossil #tree #paleontology #research #lithuania

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🌟 Happy to announce that the next 23rd EAVP @eavpalaeo.bsky.social conference 🇱🇹 is supported by the @thepalass.bsky.social Grant-in-Aid 🙌🥳 #grant #conference #PalAss25 #EAVP2026 #vilnius #lithuania

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

🥳🌟Glad to be invited to lead the Marine Vertebrate session at the Palaeontological Association conference 🙌🇬🇧 @thepalass.bsky.social #PalAss25 #conference #portsmouth #palaeontology #science #research #collection

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

🦈✨ Happy to attend the 69th Annual Meeting of the PalAss in Portsmouth, UK 🇬🇧! Excited to present our poster on a wonderful collection of Cretaceous shark teeth 🦷🦴 preserved in Lithuania 🇱🇹, together with my amazing colleagues 🤝🔬 👉 No. 15! #PalAss25 #conference #portsmouth #palaeontology #science

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

☀️This morning started differently than usual ☀️ 🔗 Full episode ⬇️ [in Lithuanian] www.lrt.lt/mediateka/ir... #lrt #lietuva #vilnius #television #channel #federal #news #palaeontology

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🤩 Exciting news! 🌍✨ I’m thrilled to share that two new research articles were published this week 🦴🔬 1️⃣ Micropalaeontological Collection at the Nature Research Centre; 2️⃣ Re-evaluation of the Devonian Fish Assemblage from Lithuania & Belarus #Science #research #article

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

🤓 Incredible objects in the Natural History Museum of the Certosa di Calci, Italy 🇮🇹 #italy #science #dinosaurs

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🌍🎧 Excited to share that I had the pleasure of joining BBC’s The History Hour to talk about one of favorite topics — dinosaurs! 🦕🦖 Have a listen to the full episode here 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... #podcaster #radioshow #dinosaur #dino #bbcearth #palaeontology #experience #interview

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

☀️ I’m happy to collaborate and work on coccoliths with Francesca Lozar 🎊🤓 and being as a co-author of a poster based on our preliminary results 🥳 #FossilFriday #fossils #research #Italy

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