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Liverpool EMB lab
@livevobiomech.bsky.social
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Evolutionary Morphology and Biomechanics group at the University of Liverpool 🦴🏃‍♀️‍➡️🦎🐕🦥💪🐡🐇 Check our blog for the latest updates! 🔗 https://embliverpool.wordpress.com/
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Liverpool EMB lab @livevobiomech.bsky.social · 23d
See also this Inside JEB article about the work and how we use motion capture to study dog biomechanics!

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Trotting spaniels outperform labradors and shepherds when bearing a heavy load
Since domestication 14,000 years ago, dogs have been our constant assistants and companions, providing protection, pulling sledges, controlling pests and hunting with us. For each role, there are bree...
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Liverpool EMB lab @livevobiomech.bsky.social · 23d
And breeds cope differently during load-carrying, with spaniels outperforming labradors and shepherds:

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The biomechanics of working dog locomotion II: Loaded trotting
Highlighted Article: The responses of working dog breeds to load carrying may exhibit a lack of generalisability: spaniel breeds may perform better during trotting load-carrying tasks, although at a p...
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Liverpool EMB lab @livevobiomech.bsky.social · 23d
Different dog breeds vary in their locomotor biomechanics despite having similar body proportions:

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The biomechanics of working dog locomotion I: Steady-state trotting
Highlighted Article: Different working dog breeds exhibit specific differences in the biomechanics of steady-state trotting locomotion, suggesting that breed-specific considerations should be adopted ...
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Liverpool EMB lab @livevobiomech.bsky.social · 23d
‼️📄 Two new papers out today in @jexpbiol.bsky.social lead by @jamescharles90.bsky.social, all about locomotion and load-carrying across different working dog breeds! ⤵️ 🐕 🏋️‍♂️

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Liverpool EMB lab @livevobiomech.bsky.social · Sep 3
full vid here:
Does this mammal really have bones protruding from their limbs? | A closer look at sloth claws
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Liverpool EMB lab @livevobiomech.bsky.social · Sep 3
BREAKING: Traitorous Liverpool PhD student lured to co-supervising institution with the promise of sloth chat and YouTube views 🦥🎥
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⭐️ sidney ⭐️ @sidneyleedham.bsky.social · Sep 3
got to talk about sloths! at the NHM!
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · Aug 31
Lots of people like a long nail - but there’s something slightly spooky about the sloth’s full set… 🦥

Long, curved and strong enough to help them hang from branches. Discover the secret behind a sloth’s tough talons in this week’s #SurprisingScience 💅🏽
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Liverpool EMB lab @livevobiomech.bsky.social · Aug 27
📝🐕‼️ Think you really know the difference between a dachshund and a German shepherd? Not without reading our latest blog post!

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Do different dog breeds move differently? – A DogWalk Study outreach event
By James Charles Since the dawn of civilisation, humans have pondered the question: do Dachshunds move the same as German Shepherds? Ponder no longer. Starting in July 2023, myself, Prof Karl Bates…
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Liverpool EMB lab @livevobiomech.bsky.social · Aug 12
What makes the skulls of rabbits and hares so special? Find out in this new paper from our very own @apwoodbailey.bsky.social @acsharp.bsky.social & others! 💀🐇📝
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Dr Amber Wood-Bailey @apwoodbailey.bsky.social · Aug 7
Check out our new paper in @journalofanatomy.bsky.social!

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Factors impacting the complexity of the leporid intracranial joint
Anatomy of the intracranial joint and the 2D semi-landmarks used to capture complexity in the intracranial joint. (a) The intracranial joint can be seen here (in red) between the parietal and occipit....
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Liverpool EMB lab @livevobiomech.bsky.social · Jul 17
Posters, talks, medieval manuscripts, getting lost in the NHM and writing about themselves in the third person! It's all here in a new blog post by PhD students Sidney and Harrie!📝

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The Natural History Museum Student Conference: getting lost in the science
Sidney Leedham and Harrie Williams The iconic entrance of the Natural History Museum, London. In June, the two of us attended the Natural History Museum’s Student Conference in London, as both our …
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Liverpool EMB lab @livevobiomech.bsky.social · Jul 17
Interested in the functional morphology of mammal heads and want to come join us in Liverpool? Apply for this exciting new PhD project with Alana!
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Dr Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · Jul 3
Are you looking for a PhD project starting this year?

I have a funded (UK rates) project on mammal skull diversity and function, looking at skull allometry and how mammal heads adapt to trade-offs in tissue demands during growth 🦌🦘🐘🦥

Please share and apply: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/buil...
Building giants: tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals | Courses | University of Liverpool
From elephants to rhinos to bison, enormous increases in body mass have repeatedly evolved within Mammalia over relatively short timescales, leading to a diversity of size and shape. In this project, ...
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Dr Alana Sharp @acsharp.bsky.social · May 30
Our lab does @prelights.bsky.social! Check out this one by PhD student Sidney and follow our new lab account @livevobiomech.bsky.social
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preLights @prelights.bsky.social · Feb 28
What’s that on your tail?

Sidney Leedham, Roger Kissane & James Charles review an exciting #preprint from @schulzscience.bsky.social & team exploring how the development of a scaly-organ at the base of the tail of flying squirrels helps them stick to trees.

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Scaly-Tail Organ Enhances Static Stability during Pel’s Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrels’ Arboreal Locomotion - preLights
What’s that on your tail? @sidneyleedham @LivEvoBiomech, and @james_charles90 review this exciting preprint which explores how the development of a scaly-organ at the base of the tail of flying squirr...
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