Michael Berthaume
@mberthaume.bsky.social
Reader at Kings, NMES, inaugural member of the UKYoungAcademy. Anthroengineer, prosthetics, biomech, paleoanth, weird bones. Swimmer, cats. Bi and proud 🏳️🌈. Twitter: MBerthaume. he/him
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Watch #ProcB authors Nelly Fragoso Vargas and Michael Berthaume talk about the #evolution of the knee sesamoid bones in Primates: cassyni.com/events/4o6j6... #phylogenetics
August 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Watch #ProcB authors Nelly Fragoso Vargas and Michael Berthaume talk about the #evolution of the knee sesamoid bones in Primates: cassyni.com/events/4o6j6... #phylogenetics
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A study of 150,000 people with ADHD in Sweden confirms that drugs taken to manage the condition have wider benefits beyond improving immediate symptoms
ADHD drugs reduce risk of criminal behaviour, drug abuse and accidents
A study of 150,000 people with ADHD in Sweden confirms that drugs taken to manage the condition have wider benefits beyond improving immediate symptoms
www.newscientist.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A study of 150,000 people with ADHD in Sweden confirms that drugs taken to manage the condition have wider benefits beyond improving immediate symptoms
Lovely to see the #prosthetic work in #SriLanka getting some local press in the country 🥰
www.themorning.lk/articles/quI...
www.themorning.lk/articles/quI...
Limb-loss in SL and the North’s amputees
A research studies-based programme is ongoing at present in Sri Lanka to create culturally relevant, sustainable prosthetics for low- or middle-income countries
www.themorning.lk
August 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Lovely to see the #prosthetic work in #SriLanka getting some local press in the country 🥰
www.themorning.lk/articles/quI...
www.themorning.lk/articles/quI...
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Easy to gain but hard to lose: the #evolution of the knee sesamoid bones in Primates—a systematic review and phylogenetic meta-analysis: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #ProcB #phylogenetics
May 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Easy to gain but hard to lose: the #evolution of the knee sesamoid bones in Primates—a systematic review and phylogenetic meta-analysis: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #ProcB #phylogenetics
Exacerbated sonic hedgehog signalling promotes a transition from chemical pre-patterning of chicken reticulate scales to mechanical skin folding
doi.org/10.1098/rsob...
doi.org/10.1098/rsob...
Exacerbated sonic hedgehog signalling promotes a transition from chemical pre-patterning of chicken reticulate scales to mechanical skin folding | Open Biology
Many examples of self-organized embryonic patterning can be attributed to chemically
mediated systems comprising interacting morphogens. However, mechanical patterning
also contributes to the emergenc...
doi.org
May 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Exacerbated sonic hedgehog signalling promotes a transition from chemical pre-patterning of chicken reticulate scales to mechanical skin folding
doi.org/10.1098/rsob...
doi.org/10.1098/rsob...
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Here’s the last version I’ve done…
April 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Here’s the last version I’ve done…
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Call for proposals! 🎉
We are inviting proposals for our cross-journal special feature (between @funecology.bsky.social and @animalecology.bsky.social):
"Energy trade-offs under changing environments"
Guest edited by myself, @amandapettersen.bsky.social, and @nealdawson.bsky.social!
We are inviting proposals for our cross-journal special feature (between @funecology.bsky.social and @animalecology.bsky.social):
"Energy trade-offs under changing environments"
Guest edited by myself, @amandapettersen.bsky.social, and @nealdawson.bsky.social!
April 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Call for proposals! 🎉
We are inviting proposals for our cross-journal special feature (between @funecology.bsky.social and @animalecology.bsky.social):
"Energy trade-offs under changing environments"
Guest edited by myself, @amandapettersen.bsky.social, and @nealdawson.bsky.social!
We are inviting proposals for our cross-journal special feature (between @funecology.bsky.social and @animalecology.bsky.social):
"Energy trade-offs under changing environments"
Guest edited by myself, @amandapettersen.bsky.social, and @nealdawson.bsky.social!
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STATEMENT FROM QUEER BRITAIN
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Images from Queer Britain
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Images from Queer Britain
April 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
STATEMENT FROM QUEER BRITAIN
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Images from Queer Britain
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Images from Queer Britain
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Legacies of colonialism can stifle science. But there are ways to rein it in.
How ‘parachute science’ in paleontology plays out in 3 countries
When researchers study fossils from lower-income countries, they often engage in dubious or illegal practices that can stifle science.
buff.ly
April 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Legacies of colonialism can stifle science. But there are ways to rein it in.
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Head of Human Rights Commission on #r4today confirms trans women cannot access women's public toilets. She says trans people 'should advocate for sex-neutral third spaces'. And in the meantime? How are they supposed to have a wee when they are out and about? How does that not infringe their rights??
April 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Head of Human Rights Commission on #r4today confirms trans women cannot access women's public toilets. She says trans people 'should advocate for sex-neutral third spaces'. And in the meantime? How are they supposed to have a wee when they are out and about? How does that not infringe their rights??
UK Supreme Court just defined what it means to be a "woman," would love to know what it means to be born "biologically female." Are we going to test all ovaries to ensure they are not internal testes? Transgender ppl are still protected, but what about intersex ppl?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex - live updates
Judges say the
www.bbc.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
UK Supreme Court just defined what it means to be a "woman," would love to know what it means to be born "biologically female." Are we going to test all ovaries to ensure they are not internal testes? Transgender ppl are still protected, but what about intersex ppl?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Sharing this paper I worked on with one of my PhD students, Matt, last year. Grasshoppers have "teeth" and it is possible to quantify their shape like in mammals using dental topographic analysis!
...odd choice of picture here, but oh well!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
...odd choice of picture here, but oh well!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Interspecific and intraspecific variation in grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididea) molar form: implications for dietary ecology | Royal Society Open Science
Like many mammals, grasshoppers (infraorder Acrididea) chew using molariform structures. Despite decades of research on mammals, little is known about grasshopper molar form and how it relates to grasshopper feeding biomechanics, diet, dietary ecology ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Sharing this paper I worked on with one of my PhD students, Matt, last year. Grasshoppers have "teeth" and it is possible to quantify their shape like in mammals using dental topographic analysis!
...odd choice of picture here, but oh well!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
...odd choice of picture here, but oh well!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
If I randomly followed you and you don't know who I am, this is why!
I've discovered 584 Bluesky users from my Twitter/X network using the Sky Follower Bridge.✨ Check it out: share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=584 #skyfollowerbridge
I've discovered 584 Bluesky users from my Twitter/X network using the Sky Follower Bridge.✨ Check it out: share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=584 #skyfollowerbridge
Sky Follower Bridge
Bridge your Twitter/X followers to Bluesky. Detected Users: 584
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April 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If I randomly followed you and you don't know who I am, this is why!
I've discovered 584 Bluesky users from my Twitter/X network using the Sky Follower Bridge.✨ Check it out: share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=584 #skyfollowerbridge
I've discovered 584 Bluesky users from my Twitter/X network using the Sky Follower Bridge.✨ Check it out: share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=584 #skyfollowerbridge
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Western Europe’s oldest face adds new wrinkles to human evolution
The face fossils date to as early as 1.4 million years ago www.sciencenews.org/article/west...
The face fossils date to as early as 1.4 million years ago www.sciencenews.org/article/west...
Western Europe’s oldest face adds new wrinkles to human evolution
Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached northern Spain as early as 1.4 million years ago.
www.sciencenews.org
March 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Western Europe’s oldest face adds new wrinkles to human evolution
The face fossils date to as early as 1.4 million years ago www.sciencenews.org/article/west...
The face fossils date to as early as 1.4 million years ago www.sciencenews.org/article/west...
… I landed in Kampala m, Uganda today… someone also died of Ebola in Kampala today…
a man in a yellow hazmat suit is walking down a street with a group of people .
ALT: a man in a yellow hazmat suit is walking down a street with a group of people .
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
… I landed in Kampala m, Uganda today… someone also died of Ebola in Kampala today…
Today’s fun thing… finding out I have an IMDB page for work I did as a talking head years ago 😆
“Known for: Massive Engineering Mistakes” 😆😆😆 context is key here!!
m.imdb.com/name/nm15608...
“Known for: Massive Engineering Mistakes” 😆😆😆 context is key here!!
m.imdb.com/name/nm15608...
Michael Berthaume
Known for: Massive Engineering Mistakes
m.imdb.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Today’s fun thing… finding out I have an IMDB page for work I did as a talking head years ago 😆
“Known for: Massive Engineering Mistakes” 😆😆😆 context is key here!!
m.imdb.com/name/nm15608...
“Known for: Massive Engineering Mistakes” 😆😆😆 context is key here!!
m.imdb.com/name/nm15608...
***Job opportunity!!!***
Nicky Bailey, Elena Seminati, and I are looking to hire a 1-year Postdoc to create an interface for @blender3d.bsky.social to help with prosthetic limb provision in low-resource settings. Message for Q's - Please RT/share 😁
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLG491/r...
Nicky Bailey, Elena Seminati, and I are looking to hire a 1-year Postdoc to create an interface for @blender3d.bsky.social to help with prosthetic limb provision in low-resource settings. Message for Q's - Please RT/share 😁
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLG491/r...
Research Associate at King's College London
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Associate is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
***Job opportunity!!!***
Nicky Bailey, Elena Seminati, and I are looking to hire a 1-year Postdoc to create an interface for @blender3d.bsky.social to help with prosthetic limb provision in low-resource settings. Message for Q's - Please RT/share 😁
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLG491/r...
Nicky Bailey, Elena Seminati, and I are looking to hire a 1-year Postdoc to create an interface for @blender3d.bsky.social to help with prosthetic limb provision in low-resource settings. Message for Q's - Please RT/share 😁
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLG491/r...
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Myself and @mberthaume.bsky.social celebrating our #BlueSkyBirthday! 🥳 🥂
November 18, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Myself and @mberthaume.bsky.social celebrating our #BlueSkyBirthday! 🥳 🥂