Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 01/09/20261 year teaching post in anatomy/physiology in beautiful West Wales. Closes Sunday! Please share widely jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/v... 001
Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Excited to be at SEBAMM2026 in Florence - come and say hi! 020
Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 17/11/2023I had such a great time! Thanks for being such a great host! 030
Reposted by Sophie RegnaultBradly Shelby @bradthecurator.bsky.social · 02/11/2023Lots of people know that prehistoric sea turtles got big, but it can be easy to underestimate just how huge these things got. The largest verified specimen of a modern Leatherback turtle weighed in at 1,433 lbs, but this Archelon would have been closer to 11,300 lbs. #scicomm #paleosky #paleontology 802191688
Reposted by Sophie RegnaultNataliya Rokhmanova @nrokh.bsky.social · 13/10/2023Like many, I had an "ancient Rome" phase growing up where I obsessed over ancient myths, traditions, catastrophes (Vesuvius). Random enthusiasts coming together on Discord to puzzle apart text in charred scrolls from Herculaneum are living out my dream: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comAI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first timeMachine-learning technique reveals Greek words in CT scans of rolled-up papyrus. Machine-learning technique reveals Greek words in CT scans of rolled-up papyrus. 021
Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2023Aww yiss Chris @thebadlizard.bsky.social is here! Awesome vet anatomy, biomechanics, giraffes, frogs and more! 020
Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2023MorphUpNorth was great symposium full of brilliant talks and meeting colleagues older and new! Good job Katrina and the Uni of Manchester team! (Photo credit Katrina Jones) 030
Reposted by Sophie RegnaultCarly Lockard @carlylockard.bsky.social · 05/10/2023Sharing some science 🧪 here for a change! For anyone interested in muscle imaging - we just published a semi-automated MATLAB workflow for measuring muscle characteristics from ultrasound, in J Applied Biomechanics: journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal... (Link to GutHub repository in reply⬇️)journals.humankinetics.comQuantitative Muscle Fascicle Tractography Using Brightness-Mode UltrasoundA muscle’s architecture, defined as the geometric arrangement of its fibers with respect to its mechanical line of action, impacts its abilities to produce force and shorten or lengthen under load. ... 121
Reposted by Sophie RegnaultStephanie Baumgart, PhD 🦖🦆 @stephanopteryx.bsky.social · 05/10/2023I’m looking forward to giving a talk about how I use CT scans for my research on animals, both living and extinct! It’ll be on Zoom next Thursday Oct. 12th 4:30-5:00pm ET and geared towards K-8 students and their families, but all are invited! RSVP: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/earth-system... 075
Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 03/10/2023Yay, @kriscran.bsky.social has joined us! Kris is an awesome lecturer, biomechanics, ecomorphology and flight researcher, rock climber and all-round kickass human! 130
Reposted by Sophie RegnaultSICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 02/10/2023We're excited to be on Blue Sky! Be sure to follow our EIC @fishguy.bsky.social & stay tuned for spotlights on our excellent papers and authors in ICB & IOB , SICB's premiere journals. 0109
Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 03/10/2023I’ve been very lucky to be peripherally involved with the good work done by Project SIARC, and now you can vote for them as finalists in the National Lottery Awards at lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards Read more about the project and vote for them this week using the link above! 010
Reposted by Sophie RegnaultBlack in Natural History Museums @blackinnhms.bsky.social · 29/09/2023We are officially 2 weeks away from our annual #BlackInNHMs Week! There's a bunch of exciting synchronous & asynchronous activities planned. Stay tuned this week for the in-depth details of each day. In the meantime, follow our page to make sure you don’t miss an update! 12822
Reposted by Sophie RegnaultProfessor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 26/09/2023Talking about elephant trunks. #science #anatomy www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgElephant trunk’s ‘stunning’ microscopic musculature may explain its dexterityDetailed x-rays show the sensitive tip packed with muscles as small as those of a mouse’s finger 031
Reposted by Sophie RegnaultThe Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · 21/09/2023Exciting pair of muscle evolution companion papers just out! Bishop & Pierce describe the fossil record of appendicular muscle evolution in Synapsida on the line to mammals in forelimb & hindlimb anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 0106