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melody w young

@melodyoungg.bsky.social
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just a girl (who likes science)

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melody w young @melodyoungg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I had so much fun chatting with @erinbried.bsky.social for The Impossible Issue. If you told 7-year-old Melody she’d study animal movement for a living, she would’ve said, “impossible”. I love how @kazoomagazine.com helps girls see that the world is big, strange, creative and full of possibilities.
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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Our work on mammalian hallucal grasping, led by Irene Montañez-Rivera during her time in the @johnnyakatura.bsky.social group, is out now in iScience. A true team effort; thanks to the whole crew for inviting me to contribute a small piece! www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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melody w young @melodyoungg.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
happy to see our work on #cuttlefish prey capture published in @jexpbiol.bsky.social today 🐙 read it here: tinyurl.com/mfess8bb
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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Huge congratulations to my mentee, Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma, for winning the @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social D. Dwight Davis Award for Division of Vertebrate Morphology best student talk at this year's @sicb.bsky.social meeting! So pleased to see her creativity recognized 🐍 sicb.org/sicb-news/co...
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melody w young @melodyoungg.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
THAT MY BEST FRIEND SHE A REAL BAD SCIENTIST 🤩
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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Had lots of fun delivering the @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social Carl Gans award lecture yesterday at @sicb.bsky.social #SICB2026! Grateful to have the support of so many incredible colleagues in comparative biomechanics.
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melody w young @melodyoungg.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
The Patek Lab has 2 talks and 3 posters all on day 1 🙏 Sheila and I will share our snapping shrimp thermal work to finish off Springs (11:30-12:00) Our grad students and undergrad will share posters starring snapping shrimp, trapjaw ants, and amphipods 🦐🐜🤩 come see what we’ve been up to 🤪
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Maja Mielke (she/her) @maja-mielke.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Less than two weeks until New Year's Eve. Would you like to join me starting the new year in a bird-friendly way? beaksandbones.substack.com/p/fireworks-nl #birds #science #conservation #fireworks #newyear
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Fireworks drive birds into panic flights
Think twice before shooting your fireworks into the air.
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SICB DCB-DVM @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Be sure to catch the symposium: Needle in the haystack: Finding tools to study puncture and injection mechanisms across biology on Wednesday Jan 7! As SICB 2026 is getting closer, tune into DCB/DVM social media (here and @sicb.dcb.dvm on Instagram). @sicbjournals.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
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Rebecca Beneroff @botanicalbecks.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Had so much fun making this with Ryan! Almost all of the species are Oregon natives! :) Penstemon ovatus, Bombus huntii, Melanerpes formicivorus - Acorn woodpecker, Umeces skiltonianus - Western skink, and Megalodacne heros - native oregon The rest are special to us :)
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SICB Student Postdoc Affairs Committee (SPDAC) @sicb-spdac.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Results are in for SPDAC's 2026 SICB sticker competition... Follow along to see who won and which stickers you'll find at SPDAC's booth at the annual meeting!
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SICB DCB-DVM @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
didn’t sign up yet? whatcha waiting for?! link below; docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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SICB Mentorship - Portland 2026
Please fill out this survey by Sunday, December 21 to help us gather more information for mentorship assignment. We will do our best to assign you to a mentorship experience that fits your preferences...
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melody w young @melodyoungg.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
the word that best captures my feelings about receiving the Duke University 2025 Outstanding Postdoc award is just grateful grateful to sheila for the opportunity to grow as a scientist and grateful for my students for teaching me more than they know @dukepostdocs.bsky.social @snpatek.bsky.social
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SICB DCB-DVM @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
give us a follow on all our social media platforms ! instagram: @sicb.dcb.dvm www.instagram.com/sicb.dcb.dvm www.linkedin.com/groups/12952...
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John Nyakatura @johnnyakatura.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Our in-depth review article on the functional #morphology and mechanics of #sloth suspensory locomotion out as a preprint. The manuscript will appear as a book chapter in forthcoming book on #arboreal #locomotion. BIG thanks to all the contributors to this piece. dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
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melody w young @melodyoungg.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
had so much fun putting this talk together and speaking to your students! thank you for the invite 🙏😇
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Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Mantis shrimp can break glass with their powerful punches. Now we know why they don't break their own claws. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Definitely don’t poke this mantis shrimp, lest it poke back.  Credit: Chris Spain | CC0
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
JEB is proud of the support we provide ECRs and in their Editorial, Patricia Wright, Michaela Handel and Craig Franklin reflect on; ECR grants, the society awards sponsored by the journal and the workshops that we hosted in 2024 journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Winners of ECR awards sponsored by Journal of Experimental Biology. (A) Patrice Pottier (centre), winner of the 2024 Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) Young Scientist Award (Animal Section), with Chair of the Animal Section, Felix Mark (left), and President (2023–2025), Tracy Lawson (right). Photo credit: Mel Maclaine, The Photo Project. (B) Michael Granatosky, recipient of the Carl Gans Young Investigator Award at the 2024 Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (SICB) meeting. (C) Amalie Hutchinson, winner of the George F. Holeton award for the best student presentation in the Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (CPB) Section at the 2024 Canadian Society of Zoology (CSZ) meeting. Photo credit: Lauren Rego. (D) Katie Marshall, recipient of the Robert G. Boutilier New Investigator Award at the 2024 CSZ meeting.
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Jacob S. Harrison @jacobsharrison.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Applications for the in-situ Jungle Biomechanics Lab 2025 are now open! All expenses covered to learn how to do interdisciplinary research in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest! Open for all early career researchers across any field in STEM! bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...
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melody w young @melodyoungg.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
one of my favorite side projects funded by the @leakeyfoundation.bsky.social and the Duke Lemur Center is finally published today in @royalsocietypublishing.org ! in this study, we compare in vivo grip force to anatomic estimates from eleven species of strepsirrhine lemurs doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Ecomorphological correlates of grasping forces in strepsirrhine primates | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Powerful digital grasping is essential for primates navigating arboreal environments and is often regarded as a defining characteristic of the order. However, in vivo data on primate grip strength are...
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Jacob S. Harrison @jacobsharrison.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Stay tuned for news about the next round of the in-situ Jungle Biomechanics Lab! This NSF program brings early-career researchers out to the Amazon Rainforest to learn how to do interdisciplinary research in the field! UGs to postdocs are welcome to apply! bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...
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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Very pleased to have been invited to crash the muscle-tendon party in Finland this summer – will be speaking on 24 July and subjecting everyone to a side of #joints. Come join us!
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
"A dead fish does live fish things." wonderful biomechanics Ig Nobel! biology.ufl.edu/news/2024/ji...
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Jimmy Liao Wins 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics! - Biology
Congratulations to Whitney Laboratory and Department of Biology Professor Dr. James Liao for winning the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics at a ceremony at MIT! Ten new Ig Nobel […]
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Are you going to SICB 2025? If so, visit the JEB and Company of Biologists stand (booths 23/24) to pick up JEB goodies and find out what we do for our authors that makes Journal of Experimental Biology the best place to publish your comparative physiology and biomechanics research
A banner advertising the JEB Meet the Editors session at SICB 2025 which states 'Meet the Editors at #SICB2025, Saturday 4 January, 12.15-1.15pm, Marquis D.' Underneath this are photos of (from left to right) Craig Franklin, Monica Daley, Matt McHenry and Sheila Patek, the editors attending the session. On the bottom left is the JEB logo and the SICB 2025 logo is on the bottom right.
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Pauline Provini @paulineprovini.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
🚨 New paper! 🚨 Using #XROMM on 15 #bird species, we show that trachea deforms with neck movements. This reshaping could impact sound frequencies, showing that #biomechanics of the entire vocal system is important to consider when studying birdsong 🐦🎶 #ornithology Now in @jexpbiol.bsky.social!
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The avian vocal system: 3D reconstruction reveals upper vocal tract elongation during head motion
Summary: Tracheal elongation in birds was found to vary between species and is not necessarily homogeneous; this significantly influences vocalization, providing new insights into the complexity of av...
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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
My new Outside JEB article @jexpbiol.bsky.social where I highlight a new paper where Nils Lanek, Scott Yanco & colleagues from @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, measured the energy expenditure in migratory & resident common blackbirds in Germany 🪶🧪🌎🐦 journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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Birds of a feather don't always flock together
To survive winter, when food and temperatures are low, animals can use strategies, such as hibernation or migration, to reduce the energy they burn. Animals of the same species generally use the same ...
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Monica Daley @birdbiomech.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
A fun collaborative paper out in Nature on RAVEN: a bird-inspired robot that uses it’s legs to propel flight take off. An example of how robots can test ideas about integrated function in animals. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fast ground-to-air transition with avian-inspired multifunctional legs - Nature
A bird-inspired robot that can jump into flight, walk on the ground and hop over obstacles shows that jumping for take-off is more energy efficient than taking off without the jump.
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