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Sophie Regnault

@sesamoidstreet.bsky.social
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Veterinarian and Senior Lecturer (anatomy & physiology) at Aberystwyth. Research interests: anatomy, biomechanics, evolution, pathology, kneecaps. She/her.

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Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
1 year teaching post in anatomy/physiology in beautiful West Wales. Closes Sunday! Please share widely jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/v...
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Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Excited to be at SEBAMM2026 in Florence - come and say hi!
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Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
I had such a great time! Thanks for being such a great host!
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Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
I’m so excited :-D
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Bradly Shelby @bradthecurator.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
Lots 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
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Nataliya Rokhmanova @nrokh.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
Like 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...
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AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time
Machine-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.
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Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Aww yiss Chris @thebadlizard.bsky.social is here! Awesome vet anatomy, biomechanics, giraffes, frogs and more!
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Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
MorphUpNorth 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)
Group photo of MorphUpNorth attendees and speakers standing in front of a dinosaur mural
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Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Ready to talk Morphology in Manchester!
Screen with MorphUpNorth symposium logo
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Carly Lockard @carlylockard.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
Sharing 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⬇️)
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Quantitative Muscle Fascicle Tractography Using Brightness-Mode Ultrasound
A 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. ...
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Stephanie Baumgart, PhD 🦖🦆 @stephanopteryx.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
I’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...
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Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
Yay, @kriscran.bsky.social has joined us! Kris is an awesome lecturer, biomechanics, ecomorphology and flight researcher, rock climber and all-round kickass human!
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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
We'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.
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Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
I’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!
An underwater still shot of a small shark with equipment nearby
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Sophie Regnault @sesamoidstreet.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
Beautiful!
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Black in Natural History Museums @blackinnhms.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
We 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!
A flyer with the daily schedule of events for the 2023 Black in Natural History Week.
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
Talking about elephant trunks. #science #anatomy www.science.org/content/arti...
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Elephant trunk’s ‘stunning’ microscopic musculature may explain its dexterity
Detailed x-rays show the sensitive tip packed with muscles as small as those of a mouse’s finger
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The Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
Exciting 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/...
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