Matthew B. Cowen
@matthewbc.bsky.social
PhD student at Uppsala university, Sweden. 🦖🐟
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“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
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A team from our lab recently joined fieldwork organised by the University of Latvia, helping to excavate fossils from the Devonian, including armoured fish (Placoderms) and early tetrapods in western Latvia.
#fossilfriday #paleontology
#fossilfriday #paleontology
August 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
A team from our lab recently joined fieldwork organised by the University of Latvia, helping to excavate fossils from the Devonian, including armoured fish (Placoderms) and early tetrapods in western Latvia.
#fossilfriday #paleontology
#fossilfriday #paleontology
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Subject close to my heart - finding an ammonite on the Isle of Wight as a 6 year old started my love of geology / earth history. The Island has an incredible fossil wealth and really deserves world class facilities to display and project on the world stage! chng.it/kQKV2mLQdZ
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Support a New Dinosaur Museum and Science Park on the Isle of Wight
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August 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Subject close to my heart - finding an ammonite on the Isle of Wight as a 6 year old started my love of geology / earth history. The Island has an incredible fossil wealth and really deserves world class facilities to display and project on the world stage! chng.it/kQKV2mLQdZ
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Researchers Determine Coelacanth Faked Own Extinction To Escape Massive Gambling Debt theonion.com/researc...
August 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Researchers Determine Coelacanth Faked Own Extinction To Escape Massive Gambling Debt theonion.com/researc...
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Fossil(and more?) Friday. The Staruni Woolly Rhino was incredibly preserved with its skin in a condition good enough to be taxidermied. Her horns, hooves, hair, and guts were all that was lost, but you can see the individual follicles in her skin. #fossilfriday #EAVP2025 #MuzeumPrzyrodnicze
July 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Fossil(and more?) Friday. The Staruni Woolly Rhino was incredibly preserved with its skin in a condition good enough to be taxidermied. Her horns, hooves, hair, and guts were all that was lost, but you can see the individual follicles in her skin. #fossilfriday #EAVP2025 #MuzeumPrzyrodnicze
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As part of our Faculty Inaugural Lecture Series—showcasing the work of our recently promoted Professors—Professor Clive Trueman delivered an engaging lecture, Using Chemistry to Unveil the Hidden Lives of Fishes. @clivetrue.bsky.social
Watch here 👇 youtu.be/LujaS7cpHxc
Watch here 👇 youtu.be/LujaS7cpHxc
Professor Clive Trueman | Inaugural Lecture Series | University of Southampton
YouTube video by Environmental and Life Sciences at Southampton
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June 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
As part of our Faculty Inaugural Lecture Series—showcasing the work of our recently promoted Professors—Professor Clive Trueman delivered an engaging lecture, Using Chemistry to Unveil the Hidden Lives of Fishes. @clivetrue.bsky.social
Watch here 👇 youtu.be/LujaS7cpHxc
Watch here 👇 youtu.be/LujaS7cpHxc
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When it comes to understanding when animals first walked on land, finding footprints of animals that literally pressed their feet into the ground absolutely holds the key.
Congratulations to all authors including my former supervisor: @perahlberg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to all authors including my former supervisor: @perahlberg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Earliest amniote tracks recalibrate the timeline of tetrapod evolution - Nature
Analysis of a fossil trackway from the earliest Carboniferous of Australia shows prints of toes with claws, suggesting that the origin of amniotes was at least 35–40 million years earlier than pr...
www.nature.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
When it comes to understanding when animals first walked on land, finding footprints of animals that literally pressed their feet into the ground absolutely holds the key.
Congratulations to all authors including my former supervisor: @perahlberg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to all authors including my former supervisor: @perahlberg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Out Now in Nature! Amniote tracks from Australia push the timeline for terrestiality back 35 to 40 million years, with implications for our understanding of tetrapod evolution.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Earliest amniote tracks recalibrate the timeline of tetrapod evolution - Nature
Analysis of a fossil trackway from the earliest Carboniferous of Australia shows prints of toes with claws, suggesting that the origin of amniotes was at least 35–40 million years earlier than pr...
www.nature.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Out Now in Nature! Amniote tracks from Australia push the timeline for terrestiality back 35 to 40 million years, with implications for our understanding of tetrapod evolution.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
One minute you’re king of the gods, the next you’re sending out spam for predatory journals.
May 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
One minute you’re king of the gods, the next you’re sending out spam for predatory journals.
The Biology PhD school asked me to write a blog post about my research, now it’s up and I can go back to staring at fish www.uu.se/en/departmen...
PhD blog
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
May 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The Biology PhD school asked me to write a blog post about my research, now it’s up and I can go back to staring at fish www.uu.se/en/departmen...
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We are pleased to announce the opening of our new Tomography Support Center, now available for all @uu.se employees and students. We welcome collaborations with anyone interested in using microCT and synchrotron scanning.
Learn more here: www.uu.se/institution/...
Learn more here: www.uu.se/institution/...
April 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
We are pleased to announce the opening of our new Tomography Support Center, now available for all @uu.se employees and students. We welcome collaborations with anyone interested in using microCT and synchrotron scanning.
Learn more here: www.uu.se/institution/...
Learn more here: www.uu.se/institution/...
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PeerJ Congratulates Elsa Leflaëc & Victor López Rojas - Award winners at The 5th Palaeontological Virtual Congress
Learn more about their research on the PeerJ blog bit.ly/42EHFPA
#5thPVC #Palaeontology
@palaeovc.bsky.social
Learn more about their research on the PeerJ blog bit.ly/42EHFPA
#5thPVC #Palaeontology
@palaeovc.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
PeerJ Congratulates Elsa Leflaëc & Victor López Rojas - Award winners at The 5th Palaeontological Virtual Congress
Learn more about their research on the PeerJ blog bit.ly/42EHFPA
#5thPVC #Palaeontology
@palaeovc.bsky.social
Learn more about their research on the PeerJ blog bit.ly/42EHFPA
#5thPVC #Palaeontology
@palaeovc.bsky.social
Interesting new find, presumably washed in from the Wealden….
April 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Interesting new find, presumably washed in from the Wealden….
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A new paper for the new year 📰
How can we visualize changes in chemical composition of fossil teeth and scales? @matthewbc.bsky.social and colleagues discuss in: peerj.com/articles/187...
#Palaeontology #biogeochemistry
How can we visualize changes in chemical composition of fossil teeth and scales? @matthewbc.bsky.social and colleagues discuss in: peerj.com/articles/187...
#Palaeontology #biogeochemistry
Visualizing and quantifying biomineral preservation in fossil vertebrate dental remains
In this study, we attempt to illustrate fossil vertebrate dental tissue geochemistry and, by inference, its extent of diagenetic alteration, using quantitative, semi-quantitative and optical tools to ...
peerj.com
January 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A new paper for the new year 📰
How can we visualize changes in chemical composition of fossil teeth and scales? @matthewbc.bsky.social and colleagues discuss in: peerj.com/articles/187...
#Palaeontology #biogeochemistry
How can we visualize changes in chemical composition of fossil teeth and scales? @matthewbc.bsky.social and colleagues discuss in: peerj.com/articles/187...
#Palaeontology #biogeochemistry
Looking to read more this year? Why not start with my new article published today in @Peerj on how we can tell if original minerals are preserved in fossils. #paleontology #biogeochemistry
peerj.com/articles/187...
peerj.com/articles/187...
Visualizing and quantifying biomineral preservation in fossil vertebrate dental remains
In this study, we attempt to illustrate fossil vertebrate dental tissue geochemistry and, by inference, its extent of diagenetic alteration, using quantitative, semi-quantitative and optical tools to ...
peerj.com
January 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Looking to read more this year? Why not start with my new article published today in @Peerj on how we can tell if original minerals are preserved in fossils. #paleontology #biogeochemistry
peerj.com/articles/187...
peerj.com/articles/187...
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Apply for a two-year postdoctoral fellowships at Uppsala University through the Birgitta Sintring foundation. You can find and select a PI host and more about the fellowship here: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
The Birgitta Sintring Foundation
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
December 22, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Apply for a two-year postdoctoral fellowships at Uppsala University through the Birgitta Sintring foundation. You can find and select a PI host and more about the fellowship here: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
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The current cover of Nature spotlights the new paper on reconstructing food webs and the rise of dinosaurs through coprolites, by Qvarnstrom et al (ft. @grzegorzniedz.bsky.social and @perahlberg.bsky.social).
Read more at:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read more at:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 12, 2024 at 9:00 AM
The current cover of Nature spotlights the new paper on reconstructing food webs and the rise of dinosaurs through coprolites, by Qvarnstrom et al (ft. @grzegorzniedz.bsky.social and @perahlberg.bsky.social).
Read more at:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read more at:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The new paper from our lab has dropped! 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Digestive contents and food webs record the advent of dinosaur supremacy - Nature
Integrated analyses of bromalites provide robust pictures of past food webs, explaining early dinosaur evolution and the emergence of larger dinosaur faunas with new feeding patterns.
www.nature.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:40 PM
The new paper from our lab has dropped! 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The early evolution of Tetrapods and the transition from water to land is a core focus of our research.
Learn more about our ERC-funded project "Tracking our ancestors across the Devonian world" at our website: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Learn more about our ERC-funded project "Tracking our ancestors across the Devonian world" at our website: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Devonian World
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
November 27, 2024 at 9:45 AM
The early evolution of Tetrapods and the transition from water to land is a core focus of our research.
Learn more about our ERC-funded project "Tracking our ancestors across the Devonian world" at our website: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Learn more about our ERC-funded project "Tracking our ancestors across the Devonian world" at our website: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
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🚨Paper alert!🚨
A major paper from our lab, on which I had a very minor role, is dropping on Wednesday. Can't say more for now, but here's a teaser:
A major paper from our lab, on which I had a very minor role, is dropping on Wednesday. Can't say more for now, but here's a teaser:
November 22, 2024 at 10:08 AM
🚨Paper alert!🚨
A major paper from our lab, on which I had a very minor role, is dropping on Wednesday. Can't say more for now, but here's a teaser:
A major paper from our lab, on which I had a very minor role, is dropping on Wednesday. Can't say more for now, but here's a teaser: