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Dr. Oliver Demuth @oliverdemuth.bsky.social · 9d

Last week our in press manuscript was made available at @jexpbiol.bsky.social with the typeset version following soon. We conducted ex vivo XROMM experiments to determine the joint mobility in Red legged partridges and compared them with in silico simulations: doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Accepted manuscript. Oliver E. Demuth, John R. Hutchinson, Vittorio La Barbera, Sharon E. Warner, Daniel J. Field; Soft tissue constraints on joint mobility in the avian shoulder. J Exp Biol 2025; jeb.250952. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250952

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Call Me Spider Gwen @mrsparkerrogers.aldea.social · 11d

Se ha publicado un estudio en la revista Science Avances liderado por mujeres que demuestra que, al contrario de lo que se creía, los óvulos no pierden calidad cuanto mayor es la madre. Al contrario, las mutaciones genéticas causantes de esos problemas, están en el esperma del hombre.

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Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · 12d

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Reassessing the evolutionary family tree and biogeography of the iconic sauropod group Diplodocoidea

We are working on a special open-access volume dedicated to the famed diplodocoid sauropods (like Diplodocus). We aim to publish several papers describing their anatomy, osteology, evolutionary relati...

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Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · 12d

🦕 Help uncover the evolutionary story of Diplodocus, Apatosaurus & their kin! This open-science project will clarify the Diplodocoidea family tree & fund paleoart. Every contribution counts 👇

Reassessing the evolutionary family tree and biogeography of the iconic sauropod group Diplodocoidea

We are working on a special open-access volume dedicated to the famed diplodocoid sauropods (like Diplodocus). We aim to publish several papers describing their anatomy, osteology, evolutionary relati...

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Aug 16

This new #RSOS study explores the biomechanical and behavioural significance of tails in sauropod #dinosaurs, focusing on the caudal series of the Late Jurassic species Giraffatitan brancai: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #palaeontology @daniajinn.bsky.social @pashavanb.bsky.social

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Aug 14

The #IsleofWight is a world famous dinosaur hotspot... and it's desperately in need of a new museum and Science Park. Help us by signing the petition (either via the QR or at chng.it/4CXPhKLQs2). Watch out for news in the coming weeks :) #dinosaurs

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Pasha van Bijlert @pashavanb.bsky.social · Aug 13

We just published a Giraffatitan tail wagging paper, led by @daniajinn.bsky.social!

Interested in bone-on-bone range of motions? Have a look!

Fun fact: the Jurassic Park's Brachiosaurus was at least partly based on Giraffatitan

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Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · Aug 13

📣Our last work on the ranges of motion of the tail of the sauropod dinosaur Giraffatitan brancai is finally published!🦕
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Centres of rotation and osteological constraints on caudal ranges of motion in the sauropod dinosaur Giraffatitan brancai | Royal Society Open Science

Archosaur tails are important appendages, not only for their biomechanical function but also for being behavioural tools that help the animal communicate and interact with its environment. Until recen...

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Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · Aug 1

En algún momento se va a tener que tratar seriamente la endogamia y calentamiento de banquillo que existe en el sistema universitario español, que rechaza a investigadores con CV competitivos que llevan años trabajando fuera de España por miedo y desconocimiento. Esto no ayuda a la excelencia #RyC

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · Jul 19

Another day, another dinosaur auction.

A world where dinosaur skeletons can fetch tens of millions of dollars within a few minutes at auctions is not a world where dinosaurs will long be accessible to educate and inspire everyone.

My thoughts for @CNN

www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/s...

Rare ceratosaur fossil sells for $30.5 million | CNN

A Ceratosaurus fossil that is one of only four known to exist has sold for $30.5 million at auction.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · Jul 10

BEHOLD! One of Earth's greatest lineages of life: the lil wiggle arm guys, Meteora.

These single-celled critters, originally found in deep-sea sediments, are SO DIFFERENT from other lifeforms on Earth that they're likely in their own kingdom (as in, the Animal Kingdom, the Plant Kingdom etc). 🧪🌿

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Jeremy Lockwood @valdosaurus.bsky.social · Jul 11

Quite how this dorsal vertebra from #IsleofWight iguanodontian dinosaur Brighstoneus got like this is hard to say. Almost certainly trauma caused a fracture which perhaps was splinted unnaturally by attached tendons so that it healed in this peculiar circular fashion. #FossilFriday

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Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · Jun 21

Y si tenéis un ratito más largo, aquí está el paper, realizado por un equipo excepcional:
www.cell.com/current-biol...

Fossilized gut contents elucidate the feeding habits of sauropod dinosaurs

Poropat et al. report the first sauropod gut contents found worldwide in a specimen of Diamantinasaurus from the Cretaceous of Australia. These fully support previous hypotheses of sauropod herbivory ...

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Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · Jun 21

Hace unos días pude hablar con Josep Cuní en "Las mañanas de RNE" @radionacional.bsky.social sobre la increíble investigación del primer cololito (materia no digerida fósil en el tracto digestivo) descubierto de un 🦕.
Si tenéis 5 minutos este finde, echadle un ojo
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Confirmado, los saurópodos eran hervíboros

Entrevista a Verónica Díez Díaz, paleontóloga experta en saurópodos, en Las mañanas de RNE con Josep Cuní

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Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · Jun 20

Highlights of the week:
- seeing my name as an academic consultant in the new #WalkingWithDinosaurs #WWD2025
- seeing the latest research I contributed to applied in #JurassicWorldRebirth
- having secured a Ramon y Cajal #RyC24 tenure-track contract

2025 is going great so far... 🦕🦕🦕

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Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · Jun 18

🦕🦖Let's watch Jurassic World: Rebirth in German! I'm eager to see Jonathan Bailey as a palaeontologist!
Thanks @stevebrusatte.bsky.social for helping on this becoming true once again!

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Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · May 27

"(...) gender bias affects student grading, professional hiring, mentoring, tenure, promotion, respect, grant proposal success, and pay" Roper (2019) Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 83(3), 10-1128.

In order to develop more inclusive, ethical and innovative research #letwomendoscience

Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · May 27

"Female-led teams generate more novel and disruptive ideas" Yang et al. (2024) Quantitative Science Studies, 5(4), 861-881.

youtube.com/watch?v=Lh4k...

Estudio RETRACTADO y vergonzoso sobre Endometriosis

YouTube video by SherezadeMR

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · May 26

Meritxell Huch @merihuchlab.bsky.social, director @mpi-cbg.de, was elected to the Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology Division of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina @leopoldina.org. Congratulations! 🎉 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

portrait of Meritxell Huch in a lab coat

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MJ Electriz @mjelectriz.bsky.social · May 26

Un equipo de investigadores del País Vasco ha identificado en Soria los restos de un espinosaurio, que medía entre 10 y 12 m.

www.desdesoria.es/articulo/not...

El mayor dinosaurio carnívoro de la Península Ibérica del Cretácico Inferior, encontrado en Soria

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · Mar 28

Just picture what Polacanthids would really look like.....They could care less about big dromaeosaurs.

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The Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · Mar 24

The vertebral column evolves through modularity & integration, shaping support & CNS protection. Studying 4 catarrhine primate taxa, researchers found widespread integration, w/hominoids showing more modularity than macaques
Villamil & Middleton: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · Mar 22

Ha recibido multitud de premios a nivel mundial, pero me quedo con esta frase que nos dijo: "es la primera vez que recibo un premio de mi país natal reconociendo mi labor profesional, y esto me hace muy feliz".
La pena es que en general se tarde tanto en reconocer al talento español expatriado...

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Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · Mar 22

He tenido el inmenso honor de acudir a Estocolmo como presidenta de CERFA a la entrega del premio ACES-Margarita Salas a la excepcional Prof. Dra. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, directora del Instituto Fritz Haber de la Sociedad Max Planck en Berlín (1/2)
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Noticias - Fundación Ramón ArecesCienciasDelaVidaCienciasSocialesHumanidades

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Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · Mar 22

It's been 12 years since I received my PhD, and I still don't have a permanent position and my professional situation hangs more than ever by a thread, even though I have a more than competent CV. I'm tired of collecting achievements that seem to be worthless. The current academic system is rubbish.

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