Pauline Provini
@paulineprovini.bsky.social
#WomeninSTEM working @mecadev.bsky.social @mnhn.fr, exploring functional #morphology and #biomechanics of birds🐥🦖
Interested in #locomotion 🐧🦅🐤 #birdsong 🎶🐦, #feeding 🦆
Curator of the MNHN digital collection, in charge of @e-colplus.bsky.social
She/Her
Interested in #locomotion 🐧🦅🐤 #birdsong 🎶🐦, #feeding 🦆
Curator of the MNHN digital collection, in charge of @e-colplus.bsky.social
She/Her
Nice summary of many years of research on babies' cries by @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social and his team.
"Caring is a skill that is honed through practice, and it physically reshapes the brain of any dedicated caregiver, male or female."
theconversation.com/what-babies-...
"Caring is a skill that is honed through practice, and it physically reshapes the brain of any dedicated caregiver, male or female."
theconversation.com/what-babies-...
What babies’ cries really tell us – and why maternal instinct is a myth
Is it possible to interpret babies’ cries in order to understand their needs accurately?
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Nice summary of many years of research on babies' cries by @nicolasmathevon.bsky.social and his team.
"Caring is a skill that is honed through practice, and it physically reshapes the brain of any dedicated caregiver, male or female."
theconversation.com/what-babies-...
"Caring is a skill that is honed through practice, and it physically reshapes the brain of any dedicated caregiver, male or female."
theconversation.com/what-babies-...
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I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
PhyloWeaver – Interactive phylogenetic tree editor
Edit and visualize phylogenetic trees directly in your browser. PhyloWeaver lets you interactively rearrange tree topologies and export high-quality figures for publications and presentations.
yawak.jp
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
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"In the end, I have come to realize that being authentic at work is not a weakness, but rather a strength." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/49B7hRv
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"In the end, I have come to realize that being authentic at work is not a weakness, but rather a strength." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/49B7hRv
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It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
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📢 JOB ALERT!
Interested in #Bioacoustics, #Linguistics and the #Evolution of #Language? We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to join our project 'Convergent Evolution of Vocal Communication: Exploring the Parallels between #Birdsong and Human Speech'.👇 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Interested in #Bioacoustics, #Linguistics and the #Evolution of #Language? We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to join our project 'Convergent Evolution of Vocal Communication: Exploring the Parallels between #Birdsong and Human Speech'.👇 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
The University of Salford hiring Research Assistant in Bioacoustics in Manchester, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 10:02:26 AM. Research Assistant in BioacousticsUniversity of Salford, School of Science, Engineering &…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
www.linkedin.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
📢 JOB ALERT!
Interested in #Bioacoustics, #Linguistics and the #Evolution of #Language? We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to join our project 'Convergent Evolution of Vocal Communication: Exploring the Parallels between #Birdsong and Human Speech'.👇 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Interested in #Bioacoustics, #Linguistics and the #Evolution of #Language? We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to join our project 'Convergent Evolution of Vocal Communication: Exploring the Parallels between #Birdsong and Human Speech'.👇 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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The Nishikawa lab at Northern Arizona University and the NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute are hiring a postdoc to help develop multiscale muscle models - please apply and share widely! careers.nau.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Postdoctoral Scholar - Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Special Information
This position is an on-site position which requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily at an NAU site, campus, or facility with or without accommodation. Opportunities...
careers.nau.edu
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Nishikawa lab at Northern Arizona University and the NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute are hiring a postdoc to help develop multiscale muscle models - please apply and share widely! careers.nau.edu/cw/en-us/job...
"Pigeons can sense Earth’s magnetic field by detecting tiny electrical currents in their inner ears"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Has birds’ mysterious ‘compass’ organ been found at last?
Multiple lines of evidence suggest that pigeons sense magnetic fields by detecting electric currents in their inner ears.
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Pigeons can sense Earth’s magnetic field by detecting tiny electrical currents in their inner ears"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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10 years ago, the London NHM cleverly manufactured a controversy when they announced they'd be replacing Dippy the Diplodocus in their main hall with a blue whale skeleton.
Long story short, the whale rules, in spite of its notable handicap of not being a dinosaur. 🧵
Long story short, the whale rules, in spite of its notable handicap of not being a dinosaur. 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
10 years ago, the London NHM cleverly manufactured a controversy when they announced they'd be replacing Dippy the Diplodocus in their main hall with a blue whale skeleton.
Long story short, the whale rules, in spite of its notable handicap of not being a dinosaur. 🧵
Long story short, the whale rules, in spite of its notable handicap of not being a dinosaur. 🧵
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Aide à la #numérisation3D pour #e-COL+
L’équipe Consult.O. (T. Oudoire, H. Bordet) a numérisé plus de 100 types d’ammonites des #collections de l’UCBL (tinyurl.com/ystcv6s2), avec le soutien du labo Biogéosciences (UBE CNRS EPHE), merci Emmanuel Fara !
🙏 Merci Nicolas Rinder pour la formation !
L’équipe Consult.O. (T. Oudoire, H. Bordet) a numérisé plus de 100 types d’ammonites des #collections de l’UCBL (tinyurl.com/ystcv6s2), avec le soutien du labo Biogéosciences (UBE CNRS EPHE), merci Emmanuel Fara !
🙏 Merci Nicolas Rinder pour la formation !
November 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Aide à la #numérisation3D pour #e-COL+
L’équipe Consult.O. (T. Oudoire, H. Bordet) a numérisé plus de 100 types d’ammonites des #collections de l’UCBL (tinyurl.com/ystcv6s2), avec le soutien du labo Biogéosciences (UBE CNRS EPHE), merci Emmanuel Fara !
🙏 Merci Nicolas Rinder pour la formation !
L’équipe Consult.O. (T. Oudoire, H. Bordet) a numérisé plus de 100 types d’ammonites des #collections de l’UCBL (tinyurl.com/ystcv6s2), avec le soutien du labo Biogéosciences (UBE CNRS EPHE), merci Emmanuel Fara !
🙏 Merci Nicolas Rinder pour la formation !
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I'll also be looking to recruit an MS student to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of adhesion, friction, and/or locomotion in sea urchins, geckos, or anoles! Please share! @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'll also be looking to recruit an MS student to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of adhesion, friction, and/or locomotion in sea urchins, geckos, or anoles! Please share! @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
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🚨 FINAL DEADLINE: 31 October 2025 🚨
Nominate now for the SEB Plenary Lecture Award to be presented at SEB 2026 in Florence 🇮🇹
Recognising exceptional contributions in experimental biology.
Don’t miss out:
www.sebiology.org/grants/award-listing/seb-plenary-lecture-award.html
Nominate now for the SEB Plenary Lecture Award to be presented at SEB 2026 in Florence 🇮🇹
Recognising exceptional contributions in experimental biology.
Don’t miss out:
www.sebiology.org/grants/award-listing/seb-plenary-lecture-award.html
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🚨 FINAL DEADLINE: 31 October 2025 🚨
Nominate now for the SEB Plenary Lecture Award to be presented at SEB 2026 in Florence 🇮🇹
Recognising exceptional contributions in experimental biology.
Don’t miss out:
www.sebiology.org/grants/award-listing/seb-plenary-lecture-award.html
Nominate now for the SEB Plenary Lecture Award to be presented at SEB 2026 in Florence 🇮🇹
Recognising exceptional contributions in experimental biology.
Don’t miss out:
www.sebiology.org/grants/award-listing/seb-plenary-lecture-award.html
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"#Biodiversité & #IA" de l’INEE @cnrsecologie.bsky.social a réuni +190 personnes pour explorer les apports de l’IA à la recherche sur la biodiversité.
Le projet #eCOL+ était bien représenté
🎤 R. Vignes-Lebbe – IA & Texte
🎤 N. Navarro – IA & Image
🧠 C. Guillaumot – Deep Learning et landmarks 3D
Le projet #eCOL+ était bien représenté
🎤 R. Vignes-Lebbe – IA & Texte
🎤 N. Navarro – IA & Image
🧠 C. Guillaumot – Deep Learning et landmarks 3D
October 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"#Biodiversité & #IA" de l’INEE @cnrsecologie.bsky.social a réuni +190 personnes pour explorer les apports de l’IA à la recherche sur la biodiversité.
Le projet #eCOL+ était bien représenté
🎤 R. Vignes-Lebbe – IA & Texte
🎤 N. Navarro – IA & Image
🧠 C. Guillaumot – Deep Learning et landmarks 3D
Le projet #eCOL+ était bien représenté
🎤 R. Vignes-Lebbe – IA & Texte
🎤 N. Navarro – IA & Image
🧠 C. Guillaumot – Deep Learning et landmarks 3D
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Nice paper showing a major effect of wing morphology on diptera flight by Camille Le Roy, Florian Muijres and collegues!
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Nice paper showing a major effect of wing morphology on diptera flight by Camille Le Roy, Florian Muijres and collegues!
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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My friend Todd’s paper on cassowary casques was published in @amornith.bsky.social’s journal Ornithology, “Species-specific casque shapes in the genus Casuarius and implications for visual display.” He had me do the scientific illustrations for the paper 😊
academic.oup.com/auk/advance-...
academic.oup.com/auk/advance-...
October 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My friend Todd’s paper on cassowary casques was published in @amornith.bsky.social’s journal Ornithology, “Species-specific casque shapes in the genus Casuarius and implications for visual display.” He had me do the scientific illustrations for the paper 😊
academic.oup.com/auk/advance-...
academic.oup.com/auk/advance-...
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🏅 Nominations are still open for the SEB awards!
President’s Medals – celebrating outstanding young scientists:
sebiology.org/grants/award...
Deadline: 24/10/2025
Plenary Lectures - Apply now:
sebiology.org/grants/award...
Deadline: 31/10/2025
President’s Medals – celebrating outstanding young scientists:
sebiology.org/grants/award...
Deadline: 24/10/2025
Plenary Lectures - Apply now:
sebiology.org/grants/award...
Deadline: 31/10/2025
October 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🏅 Nominations are still open for the SEB awards!
President’s Medals – celebrating outstanding young scientists:
sebiology.org/grants/award...
Deadline: 24/10/2025
Plenary Lectures - Apply now:
sebiology.org/grants/award...
Deadline: 31/10/2025
President’s Medals – celebrating outstanding young scientists:
sebiology.org/grants/award...
Deadline: 24/10/2025
Plenary Lectures - Apply now:
sebiology.org/grants/award...
Deadline: 31/10/2025
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Fish suck... but species that feed on algae suck differently! 🐟 A new publication in Communications Biology by #UAFunMorph members Jana De Ridder, Peter Aerts, and Sam Van Wassenbergh, demonstrates how head motion patterns for generating suction are finetuned to the species' main diets.
October 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Fish suck... but species that feed on algae suck differently! 🐟 A new publication in Communications Biology by #UAFunMorph members Jana De Ridder, Peter Aerts, and Sam Van Wassenbergh, demonstrates how head motion patterns for generating suction are finetuned to the species' main diets.
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Nouveau livre d'Emmanuelle Pouydebat #MECADEV illustré par Arnaud Rafaelian : Les oiseaux se cachent-ils pour mourir ? publié chez Delachaux & Niestlé !!
September 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Nouveau livre d'Emmanuelle Pouydebat #MECADEV illustré par Arnaud Rafaelian : Les oiseaux se cachent-ils pour mourir ? publié chez Delachaux & Niestlé !!
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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Thrilled to share this paper to which I contributed as a 2nd author! 🎉
We found that providing a diggable substrate positively affects the behavior of naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) in captivity 🐀
Read in Scientific Reports:
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📄
#AnimalBehavior #AnimalWelfare
We found that providing a diggable substrate positively affects the behavior of naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) in captivity 🐀
Read in Scientific Reports:
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📄
#AnimalBehavior #AnimalWelfare
Positive effect of a diggable substrate on the behaviour of a captive naked mole rat colony - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Positive effect of a diggable substrate on the behaviour of a captive naked mole rat colony
www.nature.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Thrilled to share this paper to which I contributed as a 2nd author! 🎉
We found that providing a diggable substrate positively affects the behavior of naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) in captivity 🐀
Read in Scientific Reports:
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📄
#AnimalBehavior #AnimalWelfare
We found that providing a diggable substrate positively affects the behavior of naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) in captivity 🐀
Read in Scientific Reports:
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📄
#AnimalBehavior #AnimalWelfare
Congrats Myriam Amari and Emmanuelle Pouydebat @mecadev.bsky.social !
Details about the previous study led by Myriam Amari and Emmanuelle Pouydebat and with other #MECADEV and
@mnhn.fr members, which could help to improve the welfare of naked mole rats in captivity.
@mnhn.fr members, which could help to improve the welfare of naked mole rats in captivity.
Hi everyone, let's DIG a new topic today. Almost a year ago, we published the results of our study on the enriching opportunity to dig for naked mole rats.
Here is a video for you to see the underGROUND of this affair...
Part #1
#scicomm #animalbehaviour #animals
Here is a video for you to see the underGROUND of this affair...
Part #1
#scicomm #animalbehaviour #animals
September 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Congrats Myriam Amari and Emmanuelle Pouydebat @mecadev.bsky.social !
If you missed it (as I did!), check out @jexpbiol.bsky.social special issue:
"Integrating Biomechanics, Energetics, and Ecology Perspectives in Locomotion"
17 commentaries and review papers that break down the traditional boundaries between these fields.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...
"Integrating Biomechanics, Energetics, and Ecology Perspectives in Locomotion"
17 commentaries and review papers that break down the traditional boundaries between these fields.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...
Volume 228 Issue Suppl_1 | Journal of Experimental Biology | The Company of Biologists
journals.biologists.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
If you missed it (as I did!), check out @jexpbiol.bsky.social special issue:
"Integrating Biomechanics, Energetics, and Ecology Perspectives in Locomotion"
17 commentaries and review papers that break down the traditional boundaries between these fields.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...
"Integrating Biomechanics, Energetics, and Ecology Perspectives in Locomotion"
17 commentaries and review papers that break down the traditional boundaries between these fields.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...
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Call for Session Proposals – SEB #Conference 2026
We invite you to propose a session for our Conference in Florence 7–9 July 2026, themed Resilience.
📌 Submission deadline: 1 October 2025.
📍More information :
www.sebiology.org/events/propose-a-session-or-event/session-proposal-form.html
We invite you to propose a session for our Conference in Florence 7–9 July 2026, themed Resilience.
📌 Submission deadline: 1 October 2025.
📍More information :
www.sebiology.org/events/propose-a-session-or-event/session-proposal-form.html
September 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Call for Session Proposals – SEB #Conference 2026
We invite you to propose a session for our Conference in Florence 7–9 July 2026, themed Resilience.
📌 Submission deadline: 1 October 2025.
📍More information :
www.sebiology.org/events/propose-a-session-or-event/session-proposal-form.html
We invite you to propose a session for our Conference in Florence 7–9 July 2026, themed Resilience.
📌 Submission deadline: 1 October 2025.
📍More information :
www.sebiology.org/events/propose-a-session-or-event/session-proposal-form.html
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Are you tired of people constantly overestimating body size of marine reptiles? No longer!
We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians.
1/4
We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians.
1/4
September 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Are you tired of people constantly overestimating body size of marine reptiles? No longer!
We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians.
1/4
We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians.
1/4
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Is your red the same as my red?
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Is your red the same as my red?
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Our website www.ecolplus.fr has a brand-new look ✨
Discover:
- the #digitization of French natural history #collections
- the equipment available
- our partner institutions
- a dedicated page for the latest news
👉 And it’s now available in English too!
Discover:
- the #digitization of French natural history #collections
- the equipment available
- our partner institutions
- a dedicated page for the latest news
👉 And it’s now available in English too!
e-COL+ Numérisation 3D des collections naturalistes.
Projet e-COL+ Numérisation 3D des collections naturalistes a bénéficié d'une aide de l’État PIA3-ANR-21-ESRE-0053
www.ecolplus.fr
September 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Our website www.ecolplus.fr has a brand-new look ✨
Discover:
- the #digitization of French natural history #collections
- the equipment available
- our partner institutions
- a dedicated page for the latest news
👉 And it’s now available in English too!
Discover:
- the #digitization of French natural history #collections
- the equipment available
- our partner institutions
- a dedicated page for the latest news
👉 And it’s now available in English too!