Gayani Senevirathne
@gayani.bsky.social
Evo-devo, anatomy, novelties, genetics,
HHW Postdoc @Harvard Capellini Lab
PhD from Shubin Lab @UChicago🧬
HHW Postdoc @Harvard Capellini Lab
PhD from Shubin Lab @UChicago🧬
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Pleased to announce our new review on human musculoskeletal evolution lead by my post-doc @gayani.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New methodological approaches and insights gained toward understanding the evolved human skeleton
Modern humans exhibit marked musculoskeletal changes when compared to those of our African ape relatives, such as chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. …
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November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Pleased to announce our new review on human musculoskeletal evolution lead by my post-doc @gayani.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How bowhead whales live for centuries—and how we might borrow some of their biology to extend our healthy lifespan. Gift link to my new column: nyti.ms/4hyD9ry
October 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
How bowhead whales live for centuries—and how we might borrow some of their biology to extend our healthy lifespan. Gift link to my new column: nyti.ms/4hyD9ry
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Delighted to announce the publication of this amazing work by my post-doc Dr. Clarissa Coveney and a team of wonderful collaborators. This work on GDF5 and its roles in controlling disease risk was published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Delighted to announce the publication of this amazing work by my post-doc Dr. Clarissa Coveney and a team of wonderful collaborators. This work on GDF5 and its roles in controlling disease risk was published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Please share/repost widely: I have a postdoc position available. Please see ad below and reach out to apply.
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Postdoctoral Fellow in the Capellini Laboratory of Developmental and Evolutionary Genetics
The Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics Laboratory of Dr. Terence D. Capellini....
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October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Please share/repost widely: I have a postdoc position available. Please see ad below and reach out to apply.
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“It’s too easy to be swamped by a short-term political and social environment.” Neil Shubin tells “Babbage” why he remains optimistic about science in America
Neil Shubin: defender of American science
Our podcast on science and technology. We speak to the polar palaeontologist poised to lead America’s National Academy of Sciences
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October 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“It’s too easy to be swamped by a short-term political and social environment.” Neil Shubin tells “Babbage” why he remains optimistic about science in America
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Catch my new lecture at the Collège de France entitled “The Origin of Walking.” Thanks to @denisduboule.bsky.social for hosting!
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Neil Shubin (2) - Denis Duboule (2025-2026)
YouTube video by Sciences de la vie - Collège de France
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October 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Catch my new lecture at the Collège de France entitled “The Origin of Walking.” Thanks to @denisduboule.bsky.social for hosting!
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=fNim...
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=fNim...
Capellini Lab is hiring!!!!! It’s been a fantastic place to learn and grow. If you have questions about postdoc life here, email me, and I am happy to share my experience. 😊
Please share/repost widely: I have a postdoc position available. Please see ad below and reach out to apply.
academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15449
academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15449
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Capellini Laboratory of Developmental and Evolutionary Genetics
The Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics Laboratory of Dr. Terence D. Capellini....
academicpositions.harvard.edu
October 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Capellini Lab is hiring!!!!! It’s been a fantastic place to learn and grow. If you have questions about postdoc life here, email me, and I am happy to share my experience. 😊
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Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91. Gift link: nyti.ms/48FOuUn
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October 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91. Gift link: nyti.ms/48FOuUn
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Thanks Katie Kavanagh for this nice news piece on our work!!! @gayani.bsky.social
Researchers have mapped the key structural changes in the pelvis that enabled early humans to first walk on two legs and accommodate giving birth to a big-brained baby
go.nature.com/4lMH1pm
go.nature.com/4lMH1pm
How humans became upright: key changes to our pelvis found
Genetic and anatomical data reveal how the human pelvis acquired its unique shape, enabling our ancestors to walk on two legs.
go.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thanks Katie Kavanagh for this nice news piece on our work!!! @gayani.bsky.social
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Thanks Nature for this terrific coverage of our work! @gayani.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Thanks Nature for this terrific coverage of our work! @gayani.bsky.social
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Reposted by Gayani Senevirathne
Researchers have mapped the key structural changes in the pelvis that enabled early humans to first walk on two legs and accommodate giving birth to a big-brained baby
go.nature.com/4lMH1pm
go.nature.com/4lMH1pm
How humans became upright: key changes to our pelvis found
Genetic and anatomical data reveal how the human pelvis acquired its unique shape, enabling our ancestors to walk on two legs.
go.nature.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Researchers have mapped the key structural changes in the pelvis that enabled early humans to first walk on two legs and accommodate giving birth to a big-brained baby
go.nature.com/4lMH1pm
go.nature.com/4lMH1pm
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Study shows how the human pelvis was reshaped for upright walking | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Study shows how the human pelvis was reshaped for upright walking
Comparisons of pelvic development in human and primate embryos reveals key steps in human evolution
www.science.org
August 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Study shows how the human pelvis was reshaped for upright walking | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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This paper is a 'must read' it's a beautifully comprehensive analysis of the human pelvic growth plate, ossification, and musculature. An incredible example of making the most of precious samples.
1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature
The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...
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August 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This paper is a 'must read' it's a beautifully comprehensive analysis of the human pelvic growth plate, ossification, and musculature. An incredible example of making the most of precious samples.
Reposted by Gayani Senevirathne
New research shows the human pelvis didn’t evolve gradually—it flipped its growth pattern 90° and rewired bone formation. These shifts let our ancestors walk upright and birth big-brained babies. #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #Bipedalism
Two Genetic Leaps That Set Us Walking
New research traces the pelvic transformation that let humans rise from the trees
www.anthropology.net
August 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New research shows the human pelvis didn’t evolve gradually—it flipped its growth pattern 90° and rewired bone formation. These shifts let our ancestors walk upright and birth big-brained babies. #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #Bipedalism
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/s...
Uncovering the Genes That Let Our Ancestors Walk Upright
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August 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/s...
Thank you so much for this wonderful story about our work!
A genetic flip helped turn us into upright walkers. Here’s my evo-devo story about the ilium. Gift link: nyti.ms/45BOenz
August 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Thank you so much for this wonderful story about our work!
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New research by @gayani.bsky.social et al. on the evolution of bipedalism, sci comm by @carlzimmer.com. One cool finding among others: "The ilium is slow to switch from cartilage to bone, lagging about 15 weeks behind the rest of the skeleton." #anthropology #humanevolution 🧪
Uncovering the Genes That Let Our Ancestors Walk Upright
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New research by @gayani.bsky.social et al. on the evolution of bipedalism, sci comm by @carlzimmer.com. One cool finding among others: "The ilium is slow to switch from cartilage to bone, lagging about 15 weeks behind the rest of the skeleton." #anthropology #humanevolution 🧪
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Judging from the back pains affecting all humans chez Gee, bipedalism was a very bad move. A new paper in @nature.com explains how the development of the pelvis shifted when the human frame switched through a right angle www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature
The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...
www.nature.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Judging from the back pains affecting all humans chez Gee, bipedalism was a very bad move. A new paper in @nature.com explains how the development of the pelvis shifted when the human frame switched through a right angle www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Super excited and thrilled to see this work come out in Nature today. 🥹@tdcapellini.bsky.social Thank you so much for your amazing mentorship throughout the project, and to all my co-authors who helped take this work to the next level.
1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature
The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...
www.nature.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Super excited and thrilled to see this work come out in Nature today. 🥹@tdcapellini.bsky.social Thank you so much for your amazing mentorship throughout the project, and to all my co-authors who helped take this work to the next level.
Reposted by Gayani Senevirathne
1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature
The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...
www.nature.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Reposted by Gayani Senevirathne
New from the lab! Announcing MORPHOVIEW a powerful tool to quantify in high throughput the 3D structures of cells and tissues during organ morphogenesis. Great work by Sam Norris. 🧪
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.70061
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.70061
July 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
New from the lab! Announcing MORPHOVIEW a powerful tool to quantify in high throughput the 3D structures of cells and tissues during organ morphogenesis. Great work by Sam Norris. 🧪
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.70061
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.70061
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🚨Very happy that my PhD work is now out in @nature.com!
We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️
We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️
July 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🚨Very happy that my PhD work is now out in @nature.com!
We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️
We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️
Reposted by Gayani Senevirathne
Some personal news…
The NAS Council has approved the nomination of Neil H. Shubin to be the next president of the National Academy of Sciences. An evolutionary biologist and science communicator, Shubin would succeed Marcia McNutt when her term ends on June 30, 2026. Read more: www.nasonline.org/news/neil-h-...
July 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Some personal news…