Gabriel S. Ferreira (he/his)
@gsferreira.bsky.social
🇧🇷 in 🇩🇪, 🐢 virtual paleo, functional morph -researcher at Senckenberg HEP | sci. coordinator of 3D Imaging Lab of the Uni. Tübingen
gabrielsferreira.com
gabrielsferreira.com
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🦎✨ New research delivers the 1st full 3D anatomical atlases of the veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)! Open-access atlases + lesson plans offer powerful new tools for studying reptile evolution and teaching comparative anatomy.
Leavey et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Leavey et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🦎✨ New research delivers the 1st full 3D anatomical atlases of the veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)! Open-access atlases + lesson plans offer powerful new tools for studying reptile evolution and teaching comparative anatomy.
Leavey et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Leavey et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Anyone interested in applying for PhDs at #2025SVP, email or find me or @tguillerme.bsky.social for a chat if you’re interested in morphological trait evolution with a conservation theme:
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
ACCE+ DLA Programme: Morphological Trait Evolution in Isolated Populations of Large Mammals and its Implications for Rewilding in the UK at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA Programme: Morphological Trait Evolution in Isolated Populations of Large Mammals and its Implications for Rewilding in the UK at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.co...
www.findaphd.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Anyone interested in applying for PhDs at #2025SVP, email or find me or @tguillerme.bsky.social for a chat if you’re interested in morphological trait evolution with a conservation theme:
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Just in time for #2025SVP, @gsferreira.bsky.social & I have a new paper! We explore the neuroantomy of the early stem turtles Kayentachelys aprix and Eileanchelys waldmani, based on CT scans I acquired long ago during my UK-based PhD times. Flight to B'ham in 2h 🤩🐢
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Neuroanatomy of Kayentachelys aprix and Eileanchelys waldmani provide insights into the early evolution of the turtle brain - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Even though many early stem turtles are known from relatively well-preserved skulls, their neuroanatomy remains poorly understood, limiting insights into key cranial and ecological transitions. Here w...
link.springer.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Just in time for #2025SVP, @gsferreira.bsky.social & I have a new paper! We explore the neuroantomy of the early stem turtles Kayentachelys aprix and Eileanchelys waldmani, based on CT scans I acquired long ago during my UK-based PhD times. Flight to B'ham in 2h 🤩🐢
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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New paper out today on hippocampus neuron morphology in homing and feral pigeons. 🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#neuroskyence #neuroethology #anatomy
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#neuroskyence #neuroethology #anatomy
Homing and feral pigeons differ in hippocampal formation neuron size: a Golgi study - Brain Structure and Function
Artificial selection for behavioural traits can significantly affect the anatomy of brain regions related to the behaviour under selection. The homing pigeon (Columba livia) is a prime example of how ...
link.springer.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
New paper out today on hippocampus neuron morphology in homing and feral pigeons. 🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#neuroskyence #neuroethology #anatomy
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#neuroskyence #neuroethology #anatomy
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Thrilled to have won the Amphibians and Reptiles category of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year and to be able to share this fascinating frog behavior! #wpy61 #frogs #herpetology www.quentinmartinez.fr
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Thrilled to have won the Amphibians and Reptiles category of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year and to be able to share this fascinating frog behavior! #wpy61 #frogs #herpetology www.quentinmartinez.fr
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After two years of hard work, I’m proud to announce that our new special exhibition @smnstuttgart.bsky.social is now open for the public – Meet Triassic Life: Dawn of the world of reptiles (1/7).
October 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
After two years of hard work, I’m proud to announce that our new special exhibition @smnstuttgart.bsky.social is now open for the public – Meet Triassic Life: Dawn of the world of reptiles (1/7).
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Hi Bluesky, I need your help. Please share broadly:
We have an EXCELLENT job opening. We are looking for a non-Brazilian visiting scholar who specializes in Genomics applied to animal evolution, biogeography, and/or biodiversity. This is a one-year contract that can be extended for up to 4 years.
We have an EXCELLENT job opening. We are looking for a non-Brazilian visiting scholar who specializes in Genomics applied to animal evolution, biogeography, and/or biodiversity. This is a one-year contract that can be extended for up to 4 years.
Edital nº 161/2025-Progep - Professor Visitante Estrangeiro | Progep
progep.ufes.br
October 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Hi Bluesky, I need your help. Please share broadly:
We have an EXCELLENT job opening. We are looking for a non-Brazilian visiting scholar who specializes in Genomics applied to animal evolution, biogeography, and/or biodiversity. This is a one-year contract that can be extended for up to 4 years.
We have an EXCELLENT job opening. We are looking for a non-Brazilian visiting scholar who specializes in Genomics applied to animal evolution, biogeography, and/or biodiversity. This is a one-year contract that can be extended for up to 4 years.
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Last week our in press manuscript was made available at @jexpbiol.bsky.social with the typeset version following soon. We conducted ex vivo XROMM experiments to determine the joint mobility in Red legged partridges and compared them with in silico simulations: doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
September 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Last week our in press manuscript was made available at @jexpbiol.bsky.social with the typeset version following soon. We conducted ex vivo XROMM experiments to determine the joint mobility in Red legged partridges and compared them with in silico simulations: doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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In a new study from #BiologyLetters, a team of palaeontologists have revealed how bone growth was maintained in the earliest chondrichthyans, a group now represented by sharks, skates and ratfish that lack the capacity to ossify their tissues. buff.ly/LzT9xZY | #DevelopmentalBiology #Palaeontology
October 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In a new study from #BiologyLetters, a team of palaeontologists have revealed how bone growth was maintained in the earliest chondrichthyans, a group now represented by sharks, skates and ratfish that lack the capacity to ossify their tissues. buff.ly/LzT9xZY | #DevelopmentalBiology #Palaeontology
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PhD position available at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin on avialan ontogeny (birds and their closest non-avian dinosaur relatives)!
jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/e...
jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/e...
42/2025 Research Associate with the goal of a doctorate (f/m/d)
jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin
September 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
PhD position available at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin on avialan ontogeny (birds and their closest non-avian dinosaur relatives)!
jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/e...
jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/e...
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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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For centuries, anatomists debated true origin of levator veli palatini—vital for speech & swallowing. Researchers found it arises from cartilaginous Eustachian tube not petrous bone, reshaping understanding of vocal tract evolution
Pagano et al: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Pagano et al: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
September 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
For centuries, anatomists debated true origin of levator veli palatini—vital for speech & swallowing. Researchers found it arises from cartilaginous Eustachian tube not petrous bone, reshaping understanding of vocal tract evolution
Pagano et al: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Pagano et al: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Early career researcher in systematics?
Make sure to apply for early career travel funds to attend #ssb2026
👇
www.systbio.org/early-career...
Make sure to apply for early career travel funds to attend #ssb2026
👇
www.systbio.org/early-career...
August 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Early career researcher in systematics?
Make sure to apply for early career travel funds to attend #ssb2026
👇
www.systbio.org/early-career...
Make sure to apply for early career travel funds to attend #ssb2026
👇
www.systbio.org/early-career...
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MyoGeneratorRemix is a reimplementation of MyoGenerator (Herbst et al., 2022), a tool for muscle reconstruction and parameter estimation—essential for downstream analyses like FEA.
Our version brings major upgrades, including full compatibility with Blender 4.5.2.
Our version brings major upgrades, including full compatibility with Blender 4.5.2.
August 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
MyoGeneratorRemix is a reimplementation of MyoGenerator (Herbst et al., 2022), a tool for muscle reconstruction and parameter estimation—essential for downstream analyses like FEA.
Our version brings major upgrades, including full compatibility with Blender 4.5.2.
Our version brings major upgrades, including full compatibility with Blender 4.5.2.
Reposted by Gabriel S. Ferreira (he/his)
🚨 We are hiring!! 🚨
The Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for:
- a scientific coordinator
- a science communication officer
🚨 Deadline: September 15 🚨
See links for the full advertisements:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
The Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for:
- a scientific coordinator
- a science communication officer
🚨 Deadline: September 15 🚨
See links for the full advertisements:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Wissenschaftliche/r Geschäftsführer/in (m/w/d, E14 TV-L, 100%)
uni-tuebingen.de
August 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
🚨 We are hiring!! 🚨
The Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for:
- a scientific coordinator
- a science communication officer
🚨 Deadline: September 15 🚨
See links for the full advertisements:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
The Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' is looking for:
- a scientific coordinator
- a science communication officer
🚨 Deadline: September 15 🚨
See links for the full advertisements:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
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Researchers in Brazil — Estamos procurando por você!
The CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowships support top researchers from Brazil with a fully funded research stay in Germany.
Learn more at our upcoming Info Session:
🗓 26 Aug, 10am – 11:30am (Brasília time)
www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/i...
The CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowships support top researchers from Brazil with a fully funded research stay in Germany.
Learn more at our upcoming Info Session:
🗓 26 Aug, 10am – 11:30am (Brasília time)
www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/i...
August 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Researchers in Brazil — Estamos procurando por você!
The CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowships support top researchers from Brazil with a fully funded research stay in Germany.
Learn more at our upcoming Info Session:
🗓 26 Aug, 10am – 11:30am (Brasília time)
www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/i...
The CAPES-Humboldt Research Fellowships support top researchers from Brazil with a fully funded research stay in Germany.
Learn more at our upcoming Info Session:
🗓 26 Aug, 10am – 11:30am (Brasília time)
www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/i...
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Want to do a PhD on White Sharks using high-powered imaging to analyse form and function of their teeth and jaws?
You will work with me and the dream team @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social @meyer-sci.bsky.social @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social & #SARDI at Flinders Uni
🦈🦷🦴 Interested? Get in touch!
You will work with me and the dream team @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social @meyer-sci.bsky.social @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social & #SARDI at Flinders Uni
🦈🦷🦴 Interested? Get in touch!
August 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Want to do a PhD on White Sharks using high-powered imaging to analyse form and function of their teeth and jaws?
You will work with me and the dream team @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social @meyer-sci.bsky.social @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social & #SARDI at Flinders Uni
🦈🦷🦴 Interested? Get in touch!
You will work with me and the dream team @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social @meyer-sci.bsky.social @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social & #SARDI at Flinders Uni
🦈🦷🦴 Interested? Get in touch!
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Last day to apply! 📣
Come and join my lab in Liverpool @livevobiomech.bsky.social for a PhD on the skulls of giant mammals! Full funding for 4 years (UK Home rates) 🐘🦌🦘🐂🐪🦏
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Come and join my lab in Liverpool @livevobiomech.bsky.social for a PhD on the skulls of giant mammals! Full funding for 4 years (UK Home rates) 🐘🦌🦘🐂🐪🦏
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Building giants: tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Building giants: tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Last day to apply! 📣
Come and join my lab in Liverpool @livevobiomech.bsky.social for a PhD on the skulls of giant mammals! Full funding for 4 years (UK Home rates) 🐘🦌🦘🐂🐪🦏
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Come and join my lab in Liverpool @livevobiomech.bsky.social for a PhD on the skulls of giant mammals! Full funding for 4 years (UK Home rates) 🐘🦌🦘🐂🐪🦏
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Our September issue is now live!
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19328494...
The cover article by Sven Sachs et al. describes the early-diverging plesiosauroid Seeleyosaurus guilelmiimperatoris from the Lower Jurassic of Germany:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19328494...
The cover article by Sven Sachs et al. describes the early-diverging plesiosauroid Seeleyosaurus guilelmiimperatoris from the Lower Jurassic of Germany:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
August 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our September issue is now live!
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19328494...
The cover article by Sven Sachs et al. describes the early-diverging plesiosauroid Seeleyosaurus guilelmiimperatoris from the Lower Jurassic of Germany:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19328494...
The cover article by Sven Sachs et al. describes the early-diverging plesiosauroid Seeleyosaurus guilelmiimperatoris from the Lower Jurassic of Germany:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
116 FB 5 Research Assistant (m/f/d) field of Theoretical Ecology and Evolution or Computational Biology: Uni Osnabrück
shorturl.at
August 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I am excited to announce that the position of a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical biology is available in my group.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
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Interested in inferring biodiversity in deep time? 📈📉 Check out our new R package DeepDiveR, led by @rebeccasaurus.bsky.social and now published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social, helping you to prepare datasets for machine learning inference with DeepDive 🤿
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
August 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Interested in inferring biodiversity in deep time? 📈📉 Check out our new R package DeepDiveR, led by @rebeccasaurus.bsky.social and now published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social, helping you to prepare datasets for machine learning inference with DeepDive 🤿
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
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New #GRAVIBONE paper from @camillebader.bsky.social with Rémy Gilardet, Nicolas Rinder, @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social & @toriherridge.bsky.social on the long bone microanatomy of elephants. Well done Camille :)
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
August 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
New #GRAVIBONE paper from @camillebader.bsky.social with Rémy Gilardet, Nicolas Rinder, @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social & @toriherridge.bsky.social on the long bone microanatomy of elephants. Well done Camille :)
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
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We are hiring a lab manager for our lab family at Naos Island in Panama. More information and position description here: odealab.com/opportunities/.
Deadline is today, but if you need more time please just let me know
Deadline is today, but if you need more time please just let me know
August 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
We are hiring a lab manager for our lab family at Naos Island in Panama. More information and position description here: odealab.com/opportunities/.
Deadline is today, but if you need more time please just let me know
Deadline is today, but if you need more time please just let me know
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New palaeo-PhD opportunity! Will you be the one to figure out the anatomy and function of fossil jawless fish? Come join the team! Application Deadline August 22nd, funding for UK student only (sorry)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
July 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
New palaeo-PhD opportunity! Will you be the one to figure out the anatomy and function of fossil jawless fish? Come join the team! Application Deadline August 22nd, funding for UK student only (sorry)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
July 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
1
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...