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Dr Darja Dankina ๐Ÿ 
@darjadankina.bsky.social
๐Ÿ”นSupervisor and researcher in Palaeobiology #paleozoic #ichthyofauna
๐Ÿ”นPalaeontological collection's curator
๐Ÿ”นPhD in Geology
๐Ÿ”นConferences organiser
Reposted by Dr Darja Dankina ๐Ÿ 
๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ”ฌ Calling all aspiring palaeontologists!
Here are 3 open PhD opportunities from across the palaeo world ๐Ÿฆ–๐Ÿ“š
Explore the projects, find deadlines, and start your research journey!

๐Ÿ‘‰ More info on our official website:
palass.org/phd-opportun...
#PhD #opportunity #ApplyNow
February 11, 2026 at 1:42 PM
๐ŸŒ Very glad to participate in the 18th ISELV Conference online, even though I couldnโ€™t join onsite in Morocco ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
So many interesting talks, inspiring keynote speakers ๐ŸŽคโœจ

๐Ÿ™ Many thanks to the organizers for making this hybrid opportunity possible.
Looking forward to the upcoming days! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ“š
#conference
February 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
โœจGlad to be part of @women-archeopal.bsky.social ๐Ÿค“
#VCWAP2026 #conference #online
February 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
โš ๏ธThe 23rd EAVP is coming in 5๏ธโƒฃ months to ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น #Vilnius โœจ๐Ÿค“
Donโ€™t forget to register โฌ‡๏ธ
eavp2026.weebly.com/registration...

#conference #paleontology #Lithuania
January 26, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Happy to be at the University of Turin continuing our work on coccoliths from Italian samples with Francesca Lozar ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿ”ฌ
Looking forward to great discussions and exciting results! ๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
#Italy #paleontology #nanofossils
January 22, 2026 at 11:05 AM
โ˜€๏ธ Such a special day โ€” the Palaeontological Exhibition is now officially open!
Grateful to share a few moments from the opening โœจ
#FossilFriday #Fossils #Paleontology #Lithuania #Vilnius
January 16, 2026 at 9:16 AM
It was a very interesting talk! Congratulations โœจ
January 16, 2026 at 9:13 AM
๐Ÿฅณ A popularization article in the local Geology journal ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น about my participation in the radio podcast about ๐Ÿฆ• for BBC from #pisa ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น [in Lithuanian]
#bbc #italy #dinosaur #podcast #fossil #paleontology
January 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
โš ๏ธ Iโ€™m happy to share that I will open a small, cute palaeontological exposition, featuring finds from ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น, including belemnites, ammonites, brachiopods, fish, and more ๐Ÿฆ•

#exhibition #vilnius #fossil #lithuania #collection
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
โš ๏ธ Before Ai - hand-made drawings from 1940s ๐ŸŒŸ
#artificial #intelligence
#handmade #drawing ๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ
#paleontology ๐Ÿฆ•
#science #palaeontology #research #collection
January 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
โœจ๐Ÿ“ฃ Exciting news! ๐Ÿ“ฃโœจ

Iโ€™m thrilled to share that Iโ€™ll be taking on the role of Publicity Officer for the Palaeontological Association (@the_palass ) for the next three years ๐Ÿฆ–๐Ÿฆ•
โœจ๐Ÿ“ฃ Exciting news! ๐Ÿ“ฃโœจ

๐Ÿ“ท Thanks to Andrej Spiridonov for the #photo
#position #role #PalAss25
December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
๐Ÿฅณ A new petrified tree from ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น was provided to an NRC specialist for floral studies to better understand this object โ˜€๏ธ
#fossil #tree #paleontology #research #lithuania
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
๐ŸŒŸ Happy to announce that the next 23rd EAVP @eavpalaeo.bsky.social conference ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น is supported by the @thepalass.bsky.social Grant-in-Aid ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฅณ

#grant #conference #PalAss25 #EAVP2026 #vilnius #lithuania
December 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŒŸGlad to be invited to lead the Marine Vertebrate session at the Palaeontological Association conference ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง @thepalass.bsky.social

#PalAss25 #conference #portsmouth #palaeontology #science #research #collection
December 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
๐Ÿฆˆโœจ Happy to attend theย 69th Annual Meeting of the PalAssย inย Portsmouth, UKย ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง!
Excited to present ourย poster on a wonderful collection of Cretaceous shark teethย ๐Ÿฆท๐Ÿฆด preserved inย Lithuaniaย ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น, together with my amazing colleagues ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ”ฌ
๐Ÿ‘‰ No. 15!
#PalAss25 #conference #portsmouth #palaeontology #science
December 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
โ˜€๏ธThis morning started differently than usual โ˜€๏ธ
๐Ÿ”— Full episode โฌ‡๏ธ [in Lithuanian]

www.lrt.lt/mediateka/ir...

#lrt #lietuva #vilnius #television #channel #federal #news #palaeontology
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
๐Ÿคฉ Exciting news! ๐ŸŒโœจ
Iโ€™m thrilled to share that two new research articles were published this week ๐Ÿฆด๐Ÿ”ฌ
1๏ธโƒฃ Micropalaeontological Collection atย the Nature Research Centre;

2๏ธโƒฃ Re-evaluation of the Devonian Fish Assemblage from Lithuania & Belarus
#Science
#research #article
December 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
โš ๏ธ Big news!
Jurassic wood from ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น โœจ
#JurassicWorld #jurassic #dinosaur #Lithuania #flora
December 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
๐Ÿค“ Incredible objects in the Natural History Museum of the Certosa di Calci, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น #italy #science #dinosaurs
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
๐ŸŒ๐ŸŽง Excited to share that I had the pleasure of joiningย BBCโ€™sย The History Hourย to talk about one of favorite topics โ€”ย dinosaurs!ย ๐Ÿฆ•๐Ÿฆ–

Have a listen to the full episode hereย 
๐Ÿ‘‰ย www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#podcaster #radioshow #dinosaur #dino #bbcearth #palaeontology #experience #interview
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
โ˜€๏ธ Iโ€™m happy to collaborate and work on coccoliths with Francesca Lozar ๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿค“ and being as a co-author of a poster based on our preliminary results ๐Ÿฅณ

#FossilFriday #fossils #research #Italy
November 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
๐ŸฅณExcited to open #TMS2025 conference in beautiful #Pisa ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น with my oral presentation:
โ€œNew insights from an unstudied collection of Pridoli (Late Silurian) acanthodians in Lithuania ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นโ€.

#conference #paleontology #research
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
๐ŸŒž Difference between what my eyes ๐Ÿ‘€ see VS what tomographic analyses ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช reveals โฌ‡๏ธ #devonian ๐ŸŸ
#Fossil #sundayvibes #researcher
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
๐ŸŸ Accepted inย PalZ! ๐Ÿ 
"Re-evaluation of the Devonian ichthyofaunal assemblage from Lithuania and Belarus"
๐Ÿ”น A fresh look at the fossil fish of the Devonian seas ๐ŸŒŠ ๐ŸŒž๐ŸŽŠ

#fossil #fossilfriday #devonian #fish #article
#paper #news #fridayfeels
October 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
โš ๏ธ New article on the way โฌ‡๏ธ
๐ŸŸย In this work, I propose a new #species named in honor of a talented geologist, colleague, and dear friend โ€”ย Dr. Jonas ล eฤkusย โ€” who sadly passed away this year ๐Ÿ’ซ

#Article #palaeontology #fossils
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM