Robin Saulnier Masson
@robinslnr.bsky.social
Evolutionary and Functional Morphology | Ph.D. student @lib-morpholab.bsky.social ; @leibnizlib.bsky.social ; @uni-hamburg.de | M.S. @universitedeliege.bsky.socia ; @FUNEVOL_MNHN | B.A. @ Université de Franche-Comté
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The first digital anatomical atlases of the chameleon skull, nervous system & cranial & hyolingual muscles are published, including lesson plans to bridge a gap between theoretical knowledge & hands-on analysis in comparative anatomy
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November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The first digital anatomical atlases of the chameleon skull, nervous system & cranial & hyolingual muscles are published, including lesson plans to bridge a gap between theoretical knowledge & hands-on analysis in comparative anatomy
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The Natural History Museum Denmark is seeking a new Head of Conservation Unit! The conservation team here works on a wide array of incredible specimens, and are hard at work preparing for the new museum opening in spring 2027! candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Talentech - Head of Conservation Unit at the Natural History Museum Denmark // Leder af Konserveringsenheden ved Statens Naturhistoriske Museum
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November 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The Natural History Museum Denmark is seeking a new Head of Conservation Unit! The conservation team here works on a wide array of incredible specimens, and are hard at work preparing for the new museum opening in spring 2027! candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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Large-eyed animals like owls 🦉 have a trade-off between large eyes & short optic nerves, which lowers eye mobility (to compensate they evolved swivelly necks)
But chameleons 🦎 have long, coiled optic nerves with extra slack for eye mobility, allowing them to use their famous large swivelly eyes 👀🧪🌏
But chameleons 🦎 have long, coiled optic nerves with extra slack for eye mobility, allowing them to use their famous large swivelly eyes 👀🧪🌏
The twisted secret behind a chameleon’s oddball eyes | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
The twisted secret behind a chameleon’s oddball eyes
Coiled nerves allow the reptiles to move their peepers in multiple directions at once without moving their heads
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Large-eyed animals like owls 🦉 have a trade-off between large eyes & short optic nerves, which lowers eye mobility (to compensate they evolved swivelly necks)
But chameleons 🦎 have long, coiled optic nerves with extra slack for eye mobility, allowing them to use their famous large swivelly eyes 👀🧪🌏
But chameleons 🦎 have long, coiled optic nerves with extra slack for eye mobility, allowing them to use their famous large swivelly eyes 👀🧪🌏
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📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
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The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University
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October 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
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Spent a little time in the last couple of day working with micro-CT scans of frogs again. This is the holotype of Rhombophryne coronata. I’m hoping to submit a manuscript including a plate of this specimen’s skeleton tomorrow! 🧪🐸🩻
September 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Spent a little time in the last couple of day working with micro-CT scans of frogs again. This is the holotype of Rhombophryne coronata. I’m hoping to submit a manuscript including a plate of this specimen’s skeleton tomorrow! 🧪🐸🩻
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🚨 Postdoc in evolutionary genomics of heat stress adaptation position at @ucddublin.bsky.social.
📍 Dublin, Ireland
Closes: 15th Oct 2025
🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV094/u...
📍 Dublin, Ireland
Closes: 15th Oct 2025
🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV094/u...
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
🚨 Postdoc in evolutionary genomics of heat stress adaptation position at @ucddublin.bsky.social.
📍 Dublin, Ireland
Closes: 15th Oct 2025
🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV094/u...
📍 Dublin, Ireland
Closes: 15th Oct 2025
🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV094/u...
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Hello, microanatomy &/or salamander enthusiasts!
If you’re a first-year master’s student, I might have an exciting internship for you on the microanatomy of two salamanders sp., with already great results on the humerus.
What: Zeugopod microanatomy
Where: SMNS
Contact: morgan.proust@smns-bw.de
If you’re a first-year master’s student, I might have an exciting internship for you on the microanatomy of two salamanders sp., with already great results on the humerus.
What: Zeugopod microanatomy
Where: SMNS
Contact: morgan.proust@smns-bw.de
September 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Hello, microanatomy &/or salamander enthusiasts!
If you’re a first-year master’s student, I might have an exciting internship for you on the microanatomy of two salamanders sp., with already great results on the humerus.
What: Zeugopod microanatomy
Where: SMNS
Contact: morgan.proust@smns-bw.de
If you’re a first-year master’s student, I might have an exciting internship for you on the microanatomy of two salamanders sp., with already great results on the humerus.
What: Zeugopod microanatomy
Where: SMNS
Contact: morgan.proust@smns-bw.de
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Hello, microanatomy &/or salamander enthusiasts!
If you’re a master’s student, I might have an exciting internship for you on the microanatomy of a broad sample of salamanders!
What: long bones microanatomy
Where: SMNS
Contact: morgan.proust@smns-bw.de
If you’re a master’s student, I might have an exciting internship for you on the microanatomy of a broad sample of salamanders!
What: long bones microanatomy
Where: SMNS
Contact: morgan.proust@smns-bw.de
September 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hello, microanatomy &/or salamander enthusiasts!
If you’re a master’s student, I might have an exciting internship for you on the microanatomy of a broad sample of salamanders!
What: long bones microanatomy
Where: SMNS
Contact: morgan.proust@smns-bw.de
If you’re a master’s student, I might have an exciting internship for you on the microanatomy of a broad sample of salamanders!
What: long bones microanatomy
Where: SMNS
Contact: morgan.proust@smns-bw.de
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Four generic frogs? No! These are members of four different FAMILIES from Europe, Borneo, Madagascar, and East Africa, convergently evolved on the generic brown frog morphotype! 🧪🐸
September 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Four generic frogs? No! These are members of four different FAMILIES from Europe, Borneo, Madagascar, and East Africa, convergently evolved on the generic brown frog morphotype! 🧪🐸
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Thrilled to announce version 2.0 of my poster featuring some of Madagascar's endemic frog species, to scale! This version features 176 species—40 more than version 1.1 (now retired)! Check it out!
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August 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Thrilled to announce version 2.0 of my poster featuring some of Madagascar's endemic frog species, to scale! This version features 176 species—40 more than version 1.1 (now retired)! Check it out!
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Are you tired of people constantly overestimating body size of marine reptiles? No longer!
We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians.
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We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Are you tired of people constantly overestimating body size of marine reptiles? No longer!
We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians.
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We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians.
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Last week: #SEH2025 in Bonn !
I gave my very first talk, about the Homology of the shoulder joint and forelimb muscles #anura.
I hope to submit the paper later this year, so stay tuned 😉
Many thanks to the organisers of this congress !
#SEH2025 #herpetology #anura #amphibian #frog #toad
I gave my very first talk, about the Homology of the shoulder joint and forelimb muscles #anura.
I hope to submit the paper later this year, so stay tuned 😉
Many thanks to the organisers of this congress !
#SEH2025 #herpetology #anura #amphibian #frog #toad
September 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Last week: #SEH2025 in Bonn !
I gave my very first talk, about the Homology of the shoulder joint and forelimb muscles #anura.
I hope to submit the paper later this year, so stay tuned 😉
Many thanks to the organisers of this congress !
#SEH2025 #herpetology #anura #amphibian #frog #toad
I gave my very first talk, about the Homology of the shoulder joint and forelimb muscles #anura.
I hope to submit the paper later this year, so stay tuned 😉
Many thanks to the organisers of this congress !
#SEH2025 #herpetology #anura #amphibian #frog #toad
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We offer a fully funded 4-yr contract for a PhD candidate in Evolutionary Biology to join our group (www.eco-evo-devo.com). The project will combine genomics and ecophysiology to understand the evolution of developmental plasticity in spadefoot toads. For requisites and contact info please check 👇
September 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We offer a fully funded 4-yr contract for a PhD candidate in Evolutionary Biology to join our group (www.eco-evo-devo.com). The project will combine genomics and ecophysiology to understand the evolution of developmental plasticity in spadefoot toads. For requisites and contact info please check 👇
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"Growth series", with foetus, of two very distinct ichthyosaurs from the Triassic! Very glad to have participated to this cool study! Thanks again Lene!
Ichthyosaurs were fully pelagic five million years after the End Permian Mass Extinction - and we have fetal vertebrae from two Early Triassic taxa. That is the main findings in our @natureportfolio.nature.com Scientific Reports paper published just now🥳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Vertebral microstructure marks the emergence of pelagic ichthyosaurs soon after the End Permian Mass Extinction - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Vertebral microstructure marks the emergence of pelagic ichthyosaurs soon after the End Permian Mass Extinction
www.nature.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"Growth series", with foetus, of two very distinct ichthyosaurs from the Triassic! Very glad to have participated to this cool study! Thanks again Lene!
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I'm recruiting a PhD student to join the lab at @gtsciences.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Broad taxonomic and topical freedom under the umbrella of vertebrate joint form and function. Information here: www.manafzadeh.com – please share 🦴🩻
✨Some news✨: after finishing my postdoc, I’ll be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech. Join us in Atlanta to study how joints work and where they come from!
September 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I'm recruiting a PhD student to join the lab at @gtsciences.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Broad taxonomic and topical freedom under the umbrella of vertebrate joint form and function. Information here: www.manafzadeh.com – please share 🦴🩻
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In May and Jully 2025, I presented some new results from my PhD dedicated to the Latest Famennian flora of Euramerica🌿 in the Swedish Museum of Natural history and at Agora Paleobotanica in Paris. At Agora, I was awarded the Boureau Prize for the best oral presentation. 😄🏆 #Paleobotany #Devonian
September 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
In May and Jully 2025, I presented some new results from my PhD dedicated to the Latest Famennian flora of Euramerica🌿 in the Swedish Museum of Natural history and at Agora Paleobotanica in Paris. At Agora, I was awarded the Boureau Prize for the best oral presentation. 😄🏆 #Paleobotany #Devonian
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📢 job alert: Scientific lead (f/m/d) for #biodiversity #dataScience @leibnizlib.bsky.social. Application deadline: 31.8., for details see 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2025-10-...
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August 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📢 job alert: Scientific lead (f/m/d) for #biodiversity #dataScience @leibnizlib.bsky.social. Application deadline: 31.8., for details see 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2025-10-...
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Today is International Armadillo Day! Even these amazing mammals share similar bones with humans, their specialized forelimbs have evolved for digging.
#SciArt #SciComm #VizSciComm, #armadillo, #InternationalArmadilloDay #anatomy
#SciArt #SciComm #VizSciComm, #armadillo, #InternationalArmadilloDay #anatomy
August 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today is International Armadillo Day! Even these amazing mammals share similar bones with humans, their specialized forelimbs have evolved for digging.
#SciArt #SciComm #VizSciComm, #armadillo, #InternationalArmadilloDay #anatomy
#SciArt #SciComm #VizSciComm, #armadillo, #InternationalArmadilloDay #anatomy
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🚨Paper Alert🚨Wanna know how a climate crisis 56 million years ago shaped the current diversity of salamandrids? Check the the paper led by the amazing Loredana Macaluso and a fantastic team of collaborators@robertorozzi.bsky.social, A. Villa & B. Mennecart. I am truly delighted to be part of it!!!🦎👇
Our study on the role of the #PETM on the early evolutionary success of #salamandrids is out! Delighted to be part of this great project led by Loredana Macaluso, with A.Villa, @grumpydrfabre.bsky.social & B.Mennecart #salamanders #climatechanges 🌡☀️⌛️
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... (1/2)
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... (1/2)
Time to grow up: the PETM climatic event favoured metamorphosing salamanders (Urodela, Salamandridae) | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Currently, little is known about the early evolution and geographical origin of Salamandridae,
the most species-rich family of Palearctic salamanders. The description of new fossil
material from the e...
royalsocietypublishing.org
August 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🚨Paper Alert🚨Wanna know how a climate crisis 56 million years ago shaped the current diversity of salamandrids? Check the the paper led by the amazing Loredana Macaluso and a fantastic team of collaborators@robertorozzi.bsky.social, A. Villa & B. Mennecart. I am truly delighted to be part of it!!!🦎👇
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🚨🚨PhD position alert!🚨🚨
Do you like 🐢🐢? Or ecomorph evolution? I am offering a 36-month PhD position funded by the DFG about ecomorphology and neuroanatomy of turtles. Check out the ad here: www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
Please share and if you have questions, send me a message 😉
Do you like 🐢🐢? Or ecomorph evolution? I am offering a 36-month PhD position funded by the DFG about ecomorphology and neuroanatomy of turtles. Check out the ad here: www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
Please share and if you have questions, send me a message 😉
May 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🚨🚨PhD position alert!🚨🚨
Do you like 🐢🐢? Or ecomorph evolution? I am offering a 36-month PhD position funded by the DFG about ecomorphology and neuroanatomy of turtles. Check out the ad here: www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
Please share and if you have questions, send me a message 😉
Do you like 🐢🐢? Or ecomorph evolution? I am offering a 36-month PhD position funded by the DFG about ecomorphology and neuroanatomy of turtles. Check out the ad here: www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
Please share and if you have questions, send me a message 😉
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Paper alert 🚨
Our 1rst paper with @vivienl.bsky.social and colleagues is out in Functional Ecology! In this paper, we investigated how complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata.Want to know more? Read this👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Our 1rst paper with @vivienl.bsky.social and colleagues is out in Functional Ecology! In this paper, we investigated how complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata.Want to know more? Read this👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Paper alert 🚨
Our 1rst paper with @vivienl.bsky.social and colleagues is out in Functional Ecology! In this paper, we investigated how complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata.Want to know more? Read this👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Our 1rst paper with @vivienl.bsky.social and colleagues is out in Functional Ecology! In this paper, we investigated how complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata.Want to know more? Read this👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Want to know more about craniofacial evolution in vertebrates? Join us at symposium#9 organized by Olivia Plateau and Kevin Le Verger @ESEB2025 in beautiful Barcelona!!!! #frenchconnexion #ESEB2025
April 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Want to know more about craniofacial evolution in vertebrates? Join us at symposium#9 organized by Olivia Plateau and Kevin Le Verger @ESEB2025 in beautiful Barcelona!!!! #frenchconnexion #ESEB2025
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I am looking for a PhD candidate to work on the morphological and functional evolution of the head shape of limbless squamates. The project will involve evolutionary biology, experimental and computational biomechanics, and a lot of scaly animals!!! More info here:
adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...
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March 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I am looking for a PhD candidate to work on the morphological and functional evolution of the head shape of limbless squamates. The project will involve evolutionary biology, experimental and computational biomechanics, and a lot of scaly animals!!! More info here:
adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...
adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...
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Pour participer au projet @e-colplus.bsky.social de numérisation en 3D des collections naturalistes françaises, envoyer votre candidature avant le 30 avril.
#JobAlert!
Nous cherchons un opérateur de numérisation pour le projet e-COL+.
Si vous avez de l'expérience avec la numérisation 3D (acquisition ou post-traitement) et avec les collections naturalistes, n'hésitez pas à postuler : recrutement.mnhn.fr/front-jobs-d...
🗓️ Deadline : 30 avril 2025
Nous cherchons un opérateur de numérisation pour le projet e-COL+.
Si vous avez de l'expérience avec la numérisation 3D (acquisition ou post-traitement) et avec les collections naturalistes, n'hésitez pas à postuler : recrutement.mnhn.fr/front-jobs-d...
🗓️ Deadline : 30 avril 2025
Technicien de collection spécialisé en numérisation 3D (F/H) @ Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Muséum national d'Histoire naturellerecrute !
recrutement.mnhn.fr
April 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Pour participer au projet @e-colplus.bsky.social de numérisation en 3D des collections naturalistes françaises, envoyer votre candidature avant le 30 avril.
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It might sound crazy but we are going to build up a life-size sculpture of Mosasaurus right in the city center of Liège! You can discover and contribute to project via this link!
promethea.koalect.com/project/43722
@universitedeliege.bsky.social
promethea.koalect.com/project/43722
@universitedeliege.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It might sound crazy but we are going to build up a life-size sculpture of Mosasaurus right in the city center of Liège! You can discover and contribute to project via this link!
promethea.koalect.com/project/43722
@universitedeliege.bsky.social
promethea.koalect.com/project/43722
@universitedeliege.bsky.social