Tom Challands
@tom-challands.bsky.social
Palaeo-ichthyologist geoscientist, lecturer at University of Edinburgh, mountaineer and outdoor instructor, husband and dad. Views are my own
Registration is now open for the Second International Symposium on Palaeo-bioinspiration to be held here in Edinburgh this June.
Evolution, form, function, architecture, engineering, art and more.
Please forward to all those who might be interested.
palbins2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
Evolution, form, function, architecture, engineering, art and more.
Please forward to all those who might be interested.
palbins2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
International Symposium on Palaeo-Bioinspiration 2025 - Sciencesconf.org
palbins2025.sciencesconf.org
January 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Registration is now open for the Second International Symposium on Palaeo-bioinspiration to be held here in Edinburgh this June.
Evolution, form, function, architecture, engineering, art and more.
Please forward to all those who might be interested.
palbins2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
Evolution, form, function, architecture, engineering, art and more.
Please forward to all those who might be interested.
palbins2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
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Did you know, that the famous reconstruction of Sacabambaspis, which became a meme sensation in Japan, was created by Estonian palaeontologist and palaeoartist, Elga Mark-Kurik (1928-2016)
Sometimes the world is beautiful.
Sometimes the world is beautiful.
December 19, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Did you know, that the famous reconstruction of Sacabambaspis, which became a meme sensation in Japan, was created by Estonian palaeontologist and palaeoartist, Elga Mark-Kurik (1928-2016)
Sometimes the world is beautiful.
Sometimes the world is beautiful.
Beautiful day out on Beinn an Dothaidh today. Looking SW towards Ben Cruachan.
December 10, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Beautiful day out on Beinn an Dothaidh today. Looking SW towards Ben Cruachan.
Reposted by Tom Challands
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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Homies, this looks like a fantastic oppurtunitiy 👇👇
Are you...
- From a racially marginalised background?
- Interested in studies or careers in Earth, environmental, or ecological sciences?
Book your FREE ticket to the Explorers Conference 2024!
When: Thursday 28th November
Where: NHM, London
www.eventbrite.com/e/explorers-...
- From a racially marginalised background?
- Interested in studies or careers in Earth, environmental, or ecological sciences?
Book your FREE ticket to the Explorers Conference 2024!
When: Thursday 28th November
Where: NHM, London
www.eventbrite.com/e/explorers-...
November 25, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Homies, this looks like a fantastic oppurtunitiy 👇👇
Reposted by Tom Challands
🚨PhD Opportunity: Come to Edinburgh and study ichthyosaurs with us!
Study Scottish fossils from Skye! New ones & historic specimens!
Project led by Stig Walsh, co-supervised by @davfoff.bsky.social Nick Fraser, Erin Maxwell & me.
Details👇
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
Study Scottish fossils from Skye! New ones & historic specimens!
Project led by Stig Walsh, co-supervised by @davfoff.bsky.social Nick Fraser, Erin Maxwell & me.
Details👇
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
November 25, 2024 at 3:32 PM
🚨PhD Opportunity: Come to Edinburgh and study ichthyosaurs with us!
Study Scottish fossils from Skye! New ones & historic specimens!
Project led by Stig Walsh, co-supervised by @davfoff.bsky.social Nick Fraser, Erin Maxwell & me.
Details👇
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
Study Scottish fossils from Skye! New ones & historic specimens!
Project led by Stig Walsh, co-supervised by @davfoff.bsky.social Nick Fraser, Erin Maxwell & me.
Details👇
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
Ready for the chop! A series of rocks from last summer's and this year's holidays ready to be made up into thin sections in my workshop #scottishgeology #alpinegeology
November 23, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Ready for the chop! A series of rocks from last summer's and this year's holidays ready to be made up into thin sections in my workshop #scottishgeology #alpinegeology
Dr Natalia Jagielska, former PhD student from the University of Edinburgh Palaeo group (now at the Lyme Regis museum) giving a great talk today at UoE Geosciences about the history of Mary Anning, women in palaeontology and social class in Victorian science.
November 22, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Dr Natalia Jagielska, former PhD student from the University of Edinburgh Palaeo group (now at the Lyme Regis museum) giving a great talk today at UoE Geosciences about the history of Mary Anning, women in palaeontology and social class in Victorian science.