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Designing tools to discover form and function since 2021. Small business. Worker & scientist owned. Any profits donated. DM us to chat about your educational, research, or outreach needs! 🏬 Rhode Island, USA 🇺🇸 🌐 www.3danatomystudios.com

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3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Nov 18

Shark jaws don't just open and close. Dogfish sharks can protrude and retrude their upper and lower jaws (green) and use their "hyoid arch" (purple) to expand their throat and generate suction.

#sharks #anatomy #jaws #education #design #vertebrate #science

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3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · 1d

Great photos! We're so glad to hear that our Shark Skull Active Learning Kits are working well for you and your students, Prof. Whitenack- thank you for the shoutout!

3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Jul 31

Attending the virtual #ICVM2025 conference? Check out our lightning talk on the imaging and articulation techniques we used to make our physical model of a dogfish skull and how physical models give new insights in research & education. icvm.econference.io/public/3JC8E... (registration req to view)

Title slide of our ICVM 2025 presentation

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Anne-Claire Fabre @grumpydrfabre.bsky.social · Apr 30

Paper alert 🚨
Our 1rst paper with @vivienl.bsky.social and colleagues is out in Functional Ecology! In this paper, we investigated how complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata.Want to know more? Read this👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Apr 23

If you're interested in having Aaron give a seminar and/or workshop in your department on active learning, biomechanics, design, entrepreneurship, or academic adjacent careers, email us at [email protected]! (2/2)

Credit for all photos: Prof. Hilary Katz

3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Apr 23

Earlier this month our founder, Aaron Olsen, ran a workshop on active learning and gave a seminar on his career trajectory at @wkuhilltoppers.bsky.social in Bowling Green, KY. Thank you to the WKU Department of Biology for the invitation and to all the awesome students for participating! (1/2)

Photo of students working in teams seated around a table during a workshop on active learning

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SICB DCB-DVM @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social · Mar 12

Hey Bluesky! @sicb.bsky.social 's Divisions of Comparative Biomechanics and Vertebrate Morphology are here! We're here to share any position opportunities and keep you updated on DCB and DVM activities. Give us a follow and feel free to send any postings our way.

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3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Mar 8

Public funding for science is a small investment we all make with a huge return in higher paying jobs, healthier lives, new cures, more competitive businesses, a higher quality life, and the opportunity for a small business like ours to grow from an idea to selling products around the world. (3/3)

3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Mar 8

And much of the data we *need* to develop our products comes from publicly funded research, like the Visible Human Project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These are public domain data, paid for and owned by the people and for the benefit of all people. (2/3)

3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Mar 8

Our US-based small business wouldn't exist if it weren't for US government funding of science.

Thanks to govt funding as graduate students & researchers, we gained skills that put us at the forefront of product innovation in our field. (1/3)

#standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social

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CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · Feb 18

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠

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3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Feb 19

For more information about our magnetic Dogfish Shark Skull Active Learning Kit, visit: 3danatomystudios.com/shop/dogfish....

Shark skull active learning kit - 3D Anatomy Studios

Move your students' learning beyond memorization with this active learning kit covering shark skeletal anatomy, cranial nerves, cranial muscles, jaw biomechanics, and more!

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3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Feb 19

Confused about shark cranial nerve foramina?

Check out our new annotated #Sketchfab model of a spiny #dogfish #shark chondrocranium (braincase) with labels for all 10 cranial nerve foramina!

3danatomystudios.com/models/dogfi...

#anatomy #blender3d #education

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Aafke Gros @aafkegros.bsky.social · Jan 15

Microscopy Nodes is now up on bioRxiv! 🚀

This is a Blender extension that seamlessly integrates and visualizes 3D microscopy data (TIF & @zarr.dev).

High-quality volume rendering for anyone, in both EM and fluorescence, regardless of computational expertise! 🔬

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

FIB-SEM dataset visualized with Microscopy Nodes, data from Mocaer et al 2023

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3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Feb 12

For more information about our magnetic Dogfish Shark Skull Active Learning Kit, visit: 3danatomystudios.com/shop/dogfish....

Shark skull active learning kit - 3D Anatomy Studios

Move your students' learning beyond memorization with this active learning kit covering shark skeletal anatomy, cranial nerves, cranial muscles, jaw biomechanics, and more!

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3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Feb 12

Our free digital model of the dogfish chondrocranium and jaws now has annotations!

Check it out at: 3danatomystudios.com/models/dogfi...

#dogfish #sharks #jaws #anatomy #blender3d #education #sketchfab

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3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Feb 5

For more information about our magnetic Dogfish Shark Skull Active Learning Kit, visit: 3danatomystudios.com/shop/dogfish....

Shark skull active learning kit - 3D Anatomy Studios

Move your students' learning beyond memorization with this active learning kit covering shark skeletal anatomy, cranial nerves, cranial muscles, jaw biomechanics, and more!

3danatomystudios.com

3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Feb 5

SICB 2025 in Atlanta last month was a success!

More than 70 people stopped by to check out our shark skull kit, to give input on the prototype of our next product, or just to say 'hi'!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and can't wait to see you all again in Portland next year!

#SICB2025

Photo of a person at our exhibitor booth at SICB 2025

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POCGamer aka PanzerLion! @pocgamer.com · Jun 13

On shark science, and getting significant crossover with Pride, check out MISS. Minorities In Shark Science was founded by four Black women, just hit its fourth anniversary, and don't back down about supporting gender minorities. Check out the PBS video! 1/2

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKIB...

Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS) is Making Waves | Your Story

Meet Jasmin Graham, Carlee Jackson, Amani Webber-Schultz and Jaida Elcock, four black female marine scientists that are making waves in shark science. Two ye...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Dec 4

Friends, please check out Minorities in Shark Science, a new group dedicated to improving diversity and inclusion in my field https://youtu.be/8IlrenWQj3s

I just donated to support their inaugural workshop, and I'd like you to donate as well. https://www.misselasmo.org/donate.html

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Sandy Kawano, PhD @sandyk.bsky.social · Nov 29

Are you interested in learning about how engineering and physics can be applied to study the motions of #plants, #invertebrates, and #animals? Here's a non-exhaustive list of Comparative Biomechanists to get started! 🦋 🐟 🦎 🌿 🧪
go.bsky.app/HvHFgvB

Apologies for any that I may have been missed.

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Noah Bressman, PhD @noahwithfish.bsky.social · Nov 30

Need a holiday gift that supports a good cause? Then check out the @sicbjournals.bsky.social Fine Art America page, where I donated some designs. All of the proceeds go to supporting student travel to SICB conference. My other art I post on here is also for sale!🐟🐡
fineartamerica.com/featured/wei...

Weird Fishes of Georgia by Noah Bressman

Weird Fishes of Georgia Mixed Media by Noah Bressman

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3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Dec 11

We'll be at the SICB conference this January in Atlanta, GA!

Visit our booth to see a prototype of our *next product*, test how fast you can assemble a magnetic shark skull, or just stop by to say 'Hi'!

#SICB2025

3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Dec 4

Thanks @wobbologist.bsky.social! If $ is a limiting factor, we may be able to offer a discount if the kit will get a lot of use for outreach. Contact us by email or DM if you're interested and we can chat more!

3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Dec 4

For more information about our magnetic Dogfish Shark Skull Active Learning Kit, visit: 3danatomystudios.com/shop/dogfish....

Video recorded at the JMIH 2024 conference in Pittsburgh, PA.

#JMIH24

Shark skull active learning kit - 3D Anatomy Studios

Move your students' learning beyond memorization with this active learning kit covering shark skeletal anatomy, cranial nerves, cranial muscles, jaw biomechanics, and more!

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3D Anatomy Studios @3danatomystudios.com · Dec 4

Fully assembled shark skull model showing some of the many structures packed into the head.

Blue: Braincase
Green: 1st arch
Purple: 2nd arch
Rubber bands: Jaw muscles
Pipe cleaners: Cranial nerves
Red: Scleral ring (Eye)
Paper: Gill arches

#sharks #anatomy #jaws #education #vertebrate #science

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