Alice Leavey
@leaveylab.bsky.social
Researcher and lecturer in evolutionary biology, specialising in contrast-enhanced microCT and AI-driven digital dissection, with a passion for pedagogical projects. Currently studying sea urchins at Southampton ✨️
Reposted by Alice Leavey
📢 Abstract submissions are officially OPEN for the #SEBconference - Florence 2026!
Submit your research for presentation at the SEB Annual Conference before 6 March 2026 (GMT).
More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/seb-conference-florence-2026-abstract-submission-is-now-open.html
Submit your research for presentation at the SEB Annual Conference before 6 March 2026 (GMT).
More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/seb-conference-florence-2026-abstract-submission-is-now-open.html
SEB Conference Florence 2026: Abstract submission is now open
Abstract submission deadline: Friday 6 March 2026 🗓️
www.sebiology.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:19 AM
📢 Abstract submissions are officially OPEN for the #SEBconference - Florence 2026!
Submit your research for presentation at the SEB Annual Conference before 6 March 2026 (GMT).
More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/seb-conference-florence-2026-abstract-submission-is-now-open.html
Submit your research for presentation at the SEB Annual Conference before 6 March 2026 (GMT).
More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/seb-conference-florence-2026-abstract-submission-is-now-open.html
Calling all model makers, 3D scanners, anatomists, digital dissecters❗️❗️❗️
I'm the organiser of the symposium "Digital Resilience: Immortalising biodiversity through 3D anatomical models". Most of my network on here have incredible work that I'd love to see, so submit an abstract! Open 7th Jan 😁
I'm the organiser of the symposium "Digital Resilience: Immortalising biodiversity through 3D anatomical models". Most of my network on here have incredible work that I'd love to see, so submit an abstract! Open 7th Jan 😁
📢 The official #SEBconference 2026 pages are now live!
Discover key details about the venue, scientific sessions & what awaits you in Florence next July.
Ready to explore? 🔍
www.sebiology.org/resource/exp...
Discover key details about the venue, scientific sessions & what awaits you in Florence next July.
Ready to explore? 🔍
www.sebiology.org/resource/exp...
Explore the newly launched pages for the SEB Annual Conference 2026 and discover what awaits you in Florence next July.
Explore the newly launched pages for the SEB Annual Conference 2026 and discover what awaits you in Florence next July.
www.sebiology.org
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Calling all model makers, 3D scanners, anatomists, digital dissecters❗️❗️❗️
I'm the organiser of the symposium "Digital Resilience: Immortalising biodiversity through 3D anatomical models". Most of my network on here have incredible work that I'd love to see, so submit an abstract! Open 7th Jan 😁
I'm the organiser of the symposium "Digital Resilience: Immortalising biodiversity through 3D anatomical models". Most of my network on here have incredible work that I'd love to see, so submit an abstract! Open 7th Jan 😁
Presenting my latest work on the evolution of sea urchin feeding morphology and my use of deep learning at #PalAss2026 @thepalass.bsky.social - come have a chat during the poster session!
December 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Presenting my latest work on the evolution of sea urchin feeding morphology and my use of deep learning at #PalAss2026 @thepalass.bsky.social - come have a chat during the poster session!
Full chameleon cranial atlas article out now in @anatrecord.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1002/ar.7... 🦎✨️
3D anatomical atlas of the heads of male and female adult Chamaeleo calyptratus
The veiled chameleon is a model organism in reptile development research. Utilizing contrast-enhanced microCT and deep learning segmentation models, we have generated the first digital atlases of the...
doi.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Full chameleon cranial atlas article out now in @anatrecord.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1002/ar.7... 🦎✨️
I have been invited to speak at the UCL BioImage Interest Group meeting on Nov 14 - find the Zoom information on this link, open for anyone wanting to learn about AI-driven digital dissection tools (www.ucl.ac.uk/science-tech...)
UCL BioImage Interest Group
The UCL BIIG - BioImage Interest Group - aims to share knowledge, expertise and foster discussion and collaborations around the topics of bioimaging and bioimage analysis in an informal setting.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I have been invited to speak at the UCL BioImage Interest Group meeting on Nov 14 - find the Zoom information on this link, open for anyone wanting to learn about AI-driven digital dissection tools (www.ucl.ac.uk/science-tech...)
Happy World Anatomy Day! 🦎
What better way to celebrate than announcing our veiled chameleon head atlas! This includes an awesome collection of 3D models - skull (with sutures!), jaw and tongue muscles, and the brain - plus lesson plans for your next anatomy practical! ✨️ Links below ✨️
What better way to celebrate than announcing our veiled chameleon head atlas! This includes an awesome collection of 3D models - skull (with sutures!), jaw and tongue muscles, and the brain - plus lesson plans for your next anatomy practical! ✨️ Links below ✨️
Chameleon anatomy - A 3D model collection by The Leavey Lab (@aleavey)
The veiled chameleon is a model organism in reptile development research. Utilising contrast-enhanced microCT and deep learning segmentation models, we have generated the first digital atlases of the ...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Happy World Anatomy Day! 🦎
What better way to celebrate than announcing our veiled chameleon head atlas! This includes an awesome collection of 3D models - skull (with sutures!), jaw and tongue muscles, and the brain - plus lesson plans for your next anatomy practical! ✨️ Links below ✨️
What better way to celebrate than announcing our veiled chameleon head atlas! This includes an awesome collection of 3D models - skull (with sutures!), jaw and tongue muscles, and the brain - plus lesson plans for your next anatomy practical! ✨️ Links below ✨️
Reposted by Alice Leavey
Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed our latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
October 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed our latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
The scan I did of a paper wasp nest earlier this year is now a VR exhibit at the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social - check it out next time you're in London!! 🐝
Wasps are complex and extraordinary animals but are often misunderstood. Our new exhibition and immersive VR installations invite you to experience this hidden world. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
July 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The scan I did of a paper wasp nest earlier this year is now a VR exhibit at the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social - check it out next time you're in London!! 🐝
My poster on our new 3D digital atlas of veiled chameleon cranial anatomy will be presented at tomorrow's UCL Festival of Digital Research! Check it out if you're in the area 🦎 #ucldigifest
July 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
My poster on our new 3D digital atlas of veiled chameleon cranial anatomy will be presented at tomorrow's UCL Festival of Digital Research! Check it out if you're in the area 🦎 #ucldigifest
Reposted by Alice Leavey
Wasp nest CT scanning today for forthcoming @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social exhibition with @leaveylab.bsky.social @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Wasp nest CT scanning today for forthcoming @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social exhibition with @leaveylab.bsky.social @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social
Something a bit different! Last year I was interviewed by Eero Höök from XAMK to help shape the design of a video game! Thoroughly enjoyed imparting my favourite #frog facts to help bring the characters in this thesis to life 🐸
www.theseus.fi/handle/10024...
www.theseus.fi/handle/10024...
Theseus: Gameplay Mechanics and Character Design Considering Climate : Case study: Windless Woods
www.theseus.fi
March 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Something a bit different! Last year I was interviewed by Eero Höök from XAMK to help shape the design of a video game! Thoroughly enjoyed imparting my favourite #frog facts to help bring the characters in this thesis to life 🐸
www.theseus.fi/handle/10024...
www.theseus.fi/handle/10024...
Reposted by Alice Leavey
@leaveylab.bsky.social: evolutionary biologist with a go-get-em attitude, I'm yet to see a task she wasn't willing to conquer. I worked w Alice on #diceCT frog legs, & now she's shining in her postdoc on chameleons! She's been busy publishing her PhD research: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Frog Fibres: What Muscle Architecture Can Tell Us About Anuran Locomotor Function
Our study utilises a new, automated approach to digitally extracting muscle fibres from μCT data, allowing us to present the first digital analysis of muscle fibre architecture in frogs, including so...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@leaveylab.bsky.social: evolutionary biologist with a go-get-em attitude, I'm yet to see a task she wasn't willing to conquer. I worked w Alice on #diceCT frog legs, & now she's shining in her postdoc on chameleons! She's been busy publishing her PhD research: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Alice Leavey
Exciting to get our J of Morphology email alert on articles published today and see our Alice Leavey's paper on #frogs highlighted. Fruitful collaboration with the Royal Veterinary College and her supervisor, our LauraBPorro. #biology@leaveylab.bsky.social
@ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
@ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
January 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Exciting to get our J of Morphology email alert on articles published today and see our Alice Leavey's paper on #frogs highlighted. Fruitful collaboration with the Royal Veterinary College and her supervisor, our LauraBPorro. #biology@leaveylab.bsky.social
@ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
@ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
Reposted by Alice Leavey
Our 2025 annual #symposium on functional #morphology is now open to FREE registration - apply now to secure your place. More details at: tinyurl.com/FunctionalMo...
@uclofficial.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl-cdb.bsky.social #anatomy #biology #formandfunction #ECR
@uclofficial.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl-cdb.bsky.social #anatomy #biology #formandfunction #ECR
January 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Our 2025 annual #symposium on functional #morphology is now open to FREE registration - apply now to secure your place. More details at: tinyurl.com/FunctionalMo...
@uclofficial.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl-cdb.bsky.social #anatomy #biology #formandfunction #ECR
@uclofficial.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl-cdb.bsky.social #anatomy #biology #formandfunction #ECR
A great time presenting on challenges in using microCT-derived digital models in animal anatomy education from the student perspective 🐕 and a poster on our 3D digital atlas of the veiled chameleon! 🦎
#AnatSocWinter24 #AnatSocUCLan
#AnatSocWinter24 #AnatSocUCLan
January 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A great time presenting on challenges in using microCT-derived digital models in animal anatomy education from the student perspective 🐕 and a poster on our 3D digital atlas of the veiled chameleon! 🦎
#AnatSocWinter24 #AnatSocUCLan
#AnatSocWinter24 #AnatSocUCLan
Reposted by Alice Leavey
Our annual in-person #symposium is on 20Feb2025. Theme: functional #morphology. Watch (our social media & website) for full details. 17 speakers. Registration: compulsory but completely free. #anatomy #evodevo @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl-cdb.bsky.social @uclofficial.bsky.social #biology
January 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Our annual in-person #symposium is on 20Feb2025. Theme: functional #morphology. Watch (our social media & website) for full details. 17 speakers. Registration: compulsory but completely free. #anatomy #evodevo @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl-cdb.bsky.social @uclofficial.bsky.social #biology
The last paper coming from my #PhD thesis has just been published in the Journal of Morphology! 🐸 We use #diceCT and @fountainscholar.bsky.social 's GoodFibes package to examine how muscle fibre architecture varies across #frogs specialising in jumping, walking and swimming:
doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
Frog Fibres: What Muscle Architecture Can Tell Us About Anuran Locomotor Function
Our study utilises a new, automated approach to digitally extracting muscle fibres from μCT data, allowing us to present the first digital analysis of muscle fibre architecture in frogs, including so...
doi.org
December 18, 2024 at 8:26 AM
The last paper coming from my #PhD thesis has just been published in the Journal of Morphology! 🐸 We use #diceCT and @fountainscholar.bsky.social 's GoodFibes package to examine how muscle fibre architecture varies across #frogs specialising in jumping, walking and swimming:
doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
Reposted by Alice Leavey
New #MiddleSchool #Education resource! Along with @nocturnetwork.bsky.social's Education & Outreach Team, I'm proud to share this science lesson ft. #3Dmodels made from #CTscans (some from my #ForelimbHomology collection + fun new ones!)
Download via QUBEShub! 🦴🐒🦅🐍🦎🐧
qubeshub.org/publications...
Download via QUBEShub! 🦴🐒🦅🐍🦎🐧
qubeshub.org/publications...
December 10, 2024 at 3:49 PM
New #MiddleSchool #Education resource! Along with @nocturnetwork.bsky.social's Education & Outreach Team, I'm proud to share this science lesson ft. #3Dmodels made from #CTscans (some from my #ForelimbHomology collection + fun new ones!)
Download via QUBEShub! 🦴🐒🦅🐍🦎🐧
qubeshub.org/publications...
Download via QUBEShub! 🦴🐒🦅🐍🦎🐧
qubeshub.org/publications...
Reposted by Alice Leavey
Before I worked @ UTCT, I was the #NoCTURN postdoc! I'm still heavily involved & chair multiple groups. Here's a short video I made about our work. If you generate/use/manage tomography data, now's a great time to join! Next year our in-person meeting is at the AMNH🤩
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0qn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0qn...
What is NoCTURN? (Non-Clinical Tomography Users Research Network)
YouTube video by Gray's Vertebrate Anatomy
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November 13, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Before I worked @ UTCT, I was the #NoCTURN postdoc! I'm still heavily involved & chair multiple groups. Here's a short video I made about our work. If you generate/use/manage tomography data, now's a great time to join! Next year our in-person meeting is at the AMNH🤩
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0qn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0qn...
I'm an #evolutionary #biologist specialising in 🐸🦎 #digital #dissection and #diceCT, with a passion for #pedagogy. I'm new here, so please point me to relevant people!
Linked below is my most recent paper. It's also my favourite, but don't tell the others I said that...
doi.org/10.1111/joa....
Linked below is my most recent paper. It's also my favourite, but don't tell the others I said that...
doi.org/10.1111/joa....
Comparative muscle anatomy of the anuran pelvis and hindlimb in relation to locomotor mode
Scientists at UCL and the Royal Veterinary College have digitally dissected the musculoskeletal anatomy of the pelvis and hindlimbs of 30 frog species using contrast-enhanced microCT scanning, formin...
doi.org
November 20, 2024 at 1:32 AM
I'm an #evolutionary #biologist specialising in 🐸🦎 #digital #dissection and #diceCT, with a passion for #pedagogy. I'm new here, so please point me to relevant people!
Linked below is my most recent paper. It's also my favourite, but don't tell the others I said that...
doi.org/10.1111/joa....
Linked below is my most recent paper. It's also my favourite, but don't tell the others I said that...
doi.org/10.1111/joa....