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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 12d

New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · 19d

An exciting update on the human joint side – we found that lateral patellar tracking and malalignment are correlated with progressive cartilage damage, and that the 3D metrics we've been developing to describe PF morphology can be used to quantify the risk.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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James T. Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come and be our new Chair of Biology at @gtsciences.bsky.social! We are growing an incredibly exciting ecology and evolution group here at GT and would love a visionary eco-evo minded person at the helm to help us do that. Please spread the word!

biosciences.gatech.edu/chair-search

Chair Search

Chair, School of Biological Sciences Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta The School of Biological Sciences of the Georgia Institute of Technology (“Georgia Tech”) invites applications for the pos...

biosciences.gatech.edu

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm recruiting a PhD student to join the lab at @gtsciences.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Broad taxonomic and topical freedom under the umbrella of vertebrate joint form and function. Information here: www.manafzadeh.com – please share 🦴🩻

Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Jul 2

✨Some news✨: after finishing my postdoc, I’ll be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech. Join us in Atlanta to study how joints work and where they come from!

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm recruiting a PhD student to join the lab at @gtsciences.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Broad taxonomic and topical freedom under the umbrella of vertebrate joint form and function. Information here: www.manafzadeh.com – please share 🦴🩻

Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Jul 2

✨Some news✨: after finishing my postdoc, I’ll be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech. Join us in Atlanta to study how joints work and where they come from!

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Jul 30

Amazing, congrats to the whole team! Can’t wait to teach with this.

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Bill Ryerson @billryerson.bsky.social · Jul 30

New Comparative Anatomy Textbook! Completely free to read and open access!

doi.org/10.59319/YHF...

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Jul 2

✨Some news✨: after finishing my postdoc, I’ll be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech. Join us in Atlanta to study how joints work and where they come from!

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our paper on entry point-transition point angle elevation in patellofemoral instability patients, led by PhD student Johannes Sieberer and featuring his awesome Python/C# 3D curvature visualization tool (zenodo.org/records/1121...), is out now in OJSM: doi.org/10.1177/2325...

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thanks to generous funding from the Institute, we’ll be launching a world-class #XROMM facility dedicated to tech innovation. Opportunities to come for students (through the Quantitative Biosciences, Biology, or Applied Physiology PhD programs) and postdocs beginning in August 2026.

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Jul 2

✨Some news✨: after finishing my postdoc, I’ll be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech. Join us in Atlanta to study how joints work and where they come from!

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · May 21

Congratulations, Anwyn!! 🥳

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · May 5

Great writeup by @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social! 🐢

SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · May 4

Can simple #algorithms tell cryptic species apart?
by Caleb Gordon, MPhil, B.A.

iobopen.com/2025/05/04/c...

On

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#morphology #machinelearning #science #conservation #turtles #organisms #biology

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Mar 27

A nice conceptual summary of what we’ve learned so far in the Fulkerson group about the importance of studying kneecaps in 3D, led by med student Nancy Park (who just matched ortho at Duke — congrats, Nancy!!), is out today in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review: journals.lww.com/sportsmedart...

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Mar 21

Very much looking forward to this symposium (even though I'll be Zooming in while everyone's in Bordeaux). Thanks to @hugodutel.bsky.social for the invitation!

Hugo Dutel @hugodutel.bsky.social · Mar 20

🗓️ Save the date!

26-28 May 2025 | Université de Bordeaux, France.

Symposium and workshop :
Biomechanical simulation techniques in evolutionary morphology and biomedical sciences.

More info and registration: www.eventbrite.fr/e/1263754958...

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Hugo Dutel @hugodutel.bsky.social · Mar 20

🗓️ Save the date!

26-28 May 2025 | Université de Bordeaux, France.

Symposium and workshop :
Biomechanical simulation techniques in evolutionary morphology and biomedical sciences.

More info and registration: www.eventbrite.fr/e/1263754958...

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Mar 13

Our latest Fulkerson group paper, led by student J. Sieberer, is out in The Knee (my favorite journal name yet). We create & test an AI-driven workflow to automatically calculate patellar tilt in 3-D, facilitating clinical diagnosis of patellar instability. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Monica Daley @birdbiomech.bsky.social · Mar 6

We are recruiting trainees for the Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute. Students will gain research experience in dynamic muscular control of movement across organizational scales from molecular mechanisms to whole-body movement in complex environments.

Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey

IMSI Summer Institute 2025: Now Recruiting Trainees! – Center for Integrative Movement Science

cims.uci.edu

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Dr. Headbutt 🌈🧪 @nicoleackermans.com · Mar 4

I'm the guest editor on this special issue on TBI. Awesome work from the Dean lab 🧪 💀

Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Mar 3

Our paper led by Mike Schindler is out #OA in @anatrecord.bsky.social. We explore how the craniofacial hinge joint balances mobility & stability in helmeted hornbills, birds w/ high-impact head-butting behavior. Thanks to Mason Dean for inviting me to join the fun! tinyurl.com/595v6dzz

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Mar 3

Our paper led by Mike Schindler is out #OA in @anatrecord.bsky.social. We explore how the craniofacial hinge joint balances mobility & stability in helmeted hornbills, birds w/ high-impact head-butting behavior. Thanks to Mason Dean for inviting me to join the fun! tinyurl.com/595v6dzz

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Feb 25

So proud of Dr. @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social, PhD for his successful dissertation defense yesterday. Listening to the way Caleb talks about his research reminds us all of why we got into this business to begin with. Congratulations, Dr. Gordon 🐬🦖

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Feb 24

Finally took a trip on the ferry to hang out with the anatomy crew down at Stony Brook — thanks so much to Kimi Chapelle and Drew Moore for the invitation!!

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