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Kim Chandler

@kimchandler.bsky.social
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Natural History Collections Assistant at National Museum of Ireland. PhD in Red Squirrel Craniomandibular Morphology and Biomechanics.

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
MA Museum Studies student Sydney Vu Huynh shares insights from her placement at the National Museum of Ireland's Collections Resource Centre, where she gained hands-on experience in collections management, conservation and archives www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... #MuseumStudies #CollectionsManagement
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Inside the Collections Resource Centre: My Placement Experience as a Museum Studies Student | National Museum of Ireland
Welcome to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin & Castlebar covering Archaeology, Decorative Arts, Folk & Country Life, & Natural History.FREE Exhibitions
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Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
“Opening a standalone women's museum in Ireland in 2026 risks reinforcing separation at a time when integration should be the goal” one of many issues worth discussing before an abandoned failed visitor centre in Limerick is turned into a ‘women’s museum’ www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #SpeirGorm
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Why Irish women's history belongs in every museum & not just one
Opening a standalone women's museum in Ireland in 2026 risks reinforcing separation at a time when integration should be the goal
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Kim Chandler @kimchandler.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Nice to see another paper out using samples from the chalk project I worked on last year @nhm.org. Well done Chloe & team!
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Kim Chandler @kimchandler.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Great to see some nice news articles out about the new display we've been working on @dublindeadzoo.bsky.social ! 🦓🐢🐇🦥🦇 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
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New lease of life: Dead Zoo Lab brings back beloved Natural History Museum collection
Collins Barracks is displaying about 1,300 objects while original Merrion Street location undergoes refurbishment
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Kim Chandler @kimchandler.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Research out that I was involved in at the @nhm.org under the @chalksea.bsky.social project! I had a great time sampling chalk specimens for this project. Congrats @plesiosarahs.bsky.social and co.!!
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
PhD studentship funded by the Anatomical Society at the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social. Studying the functional morphology of sheep, goats and their relatives including the fossil island dwarf Myotragus: www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... Contact me for more details.
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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Can’t wait for you all to see this new exhibition at the Ulster Museum. Opening to the public on 21 Feb, Wild Ireland: Past, Present, Future showcases over 60 amazing wildlife paintings by Julian Friers and his collaboration with curator Dr Mike Simms.
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Kim Chandler @kimchandler.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Great *FREE* training opportunity for anyone interested in working in Natural History Collections! www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/museum/ev...
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Workshop: Basic Collections Techniques 2025
Basic Collection Techniques training at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
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John Jackson @johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
#NHMLondon is recruiting a Head of Conservation - leading the team that prepares, repairs and cares for the collection in research and exhibitions, maintains and monitors collection environments and guides best practice in conservation across the Museum. jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Head of Conservation :South Kensington
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Human-fed red squirrels in Britain developed weaker jaws and flatter skulls due to a diet of soft-shelled peanuts, highlighting the potential negative impact of human intervention on wildlife. doi.org/g8zxdx
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Human-fed red squirrels in Britain develop weaker jaws and flatter skulls
A large team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.K. has found evidence that red squirrels fed by humans in a town on England's west coast lost muscle mass and experienced changes to the shape of their skulls.
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Kim Chandler @kimchandler.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
phys.org/news/2025-01...
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Human-fed red squirrels in Britain develop weaker jaws and flatter skulls
A large team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.K. has found evidence that red squirrels fed by humans in a town on England's west coast lost muscle mass and experienced chan...
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
New paper in @royalsocietypublishing.org Open Science: peanut feeding may have altered the morphology of red squirrel skulls and jaws: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Kim Chandler @kimchandler.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Delighted to have the first paper of my PhD out in Royal Society Open Science royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Morphological change in an isolated population of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in Britain | Royal Society Open Science
The mechanical properties of dietary items are known to influence skull morphology, either through evolution or by phenotypic plasticity. Here, we investigated the impact of supplementary feeding of p...
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ERR_Moody @emoody.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Wow! A real honour to be included on this year's list, thanks @quantamagazine.bsky.social and of course all the vital collaborators involved in the work youtu.be/p9XHI_26cPE?...
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2024's Biggest Breakthroughs in Biology and Neuroscience
YouTube video by Quanta Magazine
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