SICB DCB-DVM
SICB Divisions of Comparative Biomechanics and Vertebrate Morphology
Account run by DVM & DC’s SPDAC Representatives @emily-mcparland.bsky.social & @melodyoungg.bsky.social
Instagram: @sicb.dvm.dcb
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMHad lots of fun delivering the @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social Carl Gans award lecture yesterday at @sicb.bsky.social #SICB2026! Grateful to have the support of so many incredible colleagues in comparative biomechanics.
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMCalling all #SICB2026 attendees, come see my poster (032) at TODAY at 3.30pm-4.30pm! Learn how I managed to image baby sharks weekly to see their “skin-teeth” form!! @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social #ufresearch
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVM…And if you’re interested in our research, check out poster 032 where Campbell and Lily will be presenting on chimaera head development! @sicb.bsky.social @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social #ufresearch #nsf
- Come see Comparative Biomechanics Best Student Presentation Wainwright and Koehl Award in C123 at 1pm TODAY!
- Head to C123 TODAY to see the Vertebrate Morphology Best Student Presentation D. Dwight Davis award at 8am!
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMCome check out back-to-back Law lab talks today in the Shape and Climate session (room B112)! 10:15am - Long fuse evolution of carnivoran skeletal phenomes 13:30am - Endocranial shape variation in relation to climate in primates #SICB2026 @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMThe Garner Lab for Animal Morphology & Mechanics (GLAMM) is in full force at #SICB2026! Check out some of our work studying adhesion and locomotion in geckos, anoles, and sea urchins @sicb.bsky.social @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social
- Here’s what you can expect on the last day of #SICB2026 — let’s finish strong 🧠✨ Shoutout to @armanafzadeh.bsky.social who will be delivering the Gans Lecture !! Join us for the SICB Closing Celebration to wrap up an incredible week of science, community, and collaboration 🎉 Don’t forget to tag!
- Tuesday at #SICB2026 is packed 🐾🌊 A full day of talks and posters that we close out with the SICB Member Meeting and a DCB/DVM/DEDB social 🎉 📣 Presenting today? Tag us so we can hype your work!
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMI’ll be kicking off Monday’s Muscle session talking about what happens when the perch doesn’t behave- and how two distal pennate muscles keep guinea fowl upright anyway. Stick around and check out many of our collaborators from @movementscience.bsky.social later in the session as well! #sicb2026
- Day 2 at #SICB2026 is bringing the gold 🏅 From Best Student Presentation awards in Vertebrate Morphology and Comparative Biomechanics to posters on flight, walking, and structure–function — Monday is stacked from AM to PM. 📣 DCB & DVM presenters: tag us so we can promote your talks and posters!
- Day 2 at #SICB2026 is bringing the gold 🏅 From Best Student Presentation awards in Vertebrate Morphology and Comparative Biomechanics to posters on flight, walking, and structure–function — Monday is stacked from AM to PM. 📣 DCB & DVM presenters: tag us so we can promote your talks and posters!
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMCatch me bright and early on day 1 at 8:15 am in Feeding 1! I'm presenting on a salamander project originally proposed by the late Dave Wake. I can promise CT images of salamander bones, teeth, and muscles. There will be some data and lots of hand waving. #SICB2026
- The countdown begins… ⏰ Sunday at #SICB2026 is already STACKED! 🗂️ Whether you’ve built your itinerary or you’re still deciding, we’ve got you covered with these at-a-glance schedules. 👉 DCB & DVM folks: tag us so we can hype your talks and posters! More at-a-glance posts coming soon 👀
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMI'm so sad I can't go 🥹 Make sure to check out the auction! My plates just made it to Portland according to USPS :)
- The countdown begins… ⏰ Sunday at #SICB2026 is already STACKED! 🗂️ Whether you’ve built your itinerary or you’re still deciding, we’ve got you covered with these at-a-glance schedules. 👉 DCB & DVM folks: tag us so we can hype your talks and posters! More at-a-glance posts coming soon 👀
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMI'll be presenting in this Sunday's 'Shape and Climate' session at 11am. Come see all about Carboniferous ray-finned fishes!
- The countdown begins… ⏰ Sunday at #SICB2026 is already STACKED! 🗂️ Whether you’ve built your itinerary or you’re still deciding, we’ve got you covered with these at-a-glance schedules. 👉 DCB & DVM folks: tag us so we can hype your talks and posters! More at-a-glance posts coming soon 👀
- The countdown begins… ⏰ Sunday at #SICB2026 is already STACKED! 🗂️ Whether you’ve built your itinerary or you’re still deciding, we’ve got you covered with these at-a-glance schedules. 👉 DCB & DVM folks: tag us so we can hype your talks and posters! More at-a-glance posts coming soon 👀
- DCB DVM mentor-mentee pairs have been emailed! If you did not sign up initially and would like to be paired please dm this account or email mwy9@duke.edu.
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMCurator of Education job (tenure-track Assistant Professor) at the Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Boulder! Salary $90-$100K, 9 month full time position. Apply by Jan 21. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMFor a second I thought this was a book cover, and got all hyped to read it. Fabulous design for a fascinating topic! (And maybe a future book...?)
- Be sure to catch the symposium: Needle in the haystack: Finding tools to study puncture and injection mechanisms across biology on Wednesday Jan 7! As SICB 2026 is getting closer, tune into DCB/DVM social media (here and @sicb.dcb.dvm on Instagram). @sicbjournals.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
- didn’t sign up yet? whatcha waiting for?! link below; docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMSubmit a design to SICB SPDAC's sticker competition by November 3! Win up to $100 in Visa giftcard! Details in thread. Submit your designs here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMResults are in for SPDAC's 2026 SICB sticker competition... Follow along to see who won and which stickers you'll find at SPDAC's booth at the annual meeting!
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMHad so much fun making this with Ryan! Almost all of the species are Oregon natives! :) Penstemon ovatus, Bombus huntii, Melanerpes formicivorus - Acorn woodpecker, Umeces skiltonianus - Western skink, and Megalodacne heros - native oregon The rest are special to us :)
- Our 3rd place winners are... Rebecca Beneroff (@botanicalbecks.bsky.social) and Ryan Fisk with this beautiful design! Please come see our booth in Portland to get this sticker! SPDAC representatives will be there during morning and afternoon breaks and during poster sessions. @sicb.bsky.social
- Be sure to catch the symposium: Needle in the haystack: Finding tools to study puncture and injection mechanisms across biology on Wednesday Jan 7! As SICB 2026 is getting closer, tune into DCB/DVM social media (here and @sicb.dcb.dvm on Instagram). @sicbjournals.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMInterested in starting your own science-related business? Spinning off an idea from your lab into a product? Apply to chat one-on-one with Dr. Aaron Olsen, founder of 3D Anatomy Studios, at #SICB2026 in Portland, OR: forms.gle/e2p5Lr1fuwJa...! Limited spots available- apply by Dec 14, 2025!
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMA reminder for anyone interested in chatting about science and entrepreneurship at #SICB2026 - we've extended the deadline to December 29! forms.gle/e2p5Lr1fuwJa...
- Interested in starting your own science-related business? Spinning off an idea from your lab into a product? Apply to chat one-on-one with Dr. Aaron Olsen, founder of 3D Anatomy Studios, at #SICB2026 in Portland, OR: forms.gle/e2p5Lr1fuwJa...! Limited spots available- apply by Dec 14, 2025!
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMGoing to #SICB? attend s4 www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program... Sex across origins: Questioning animal-centric assumptions & developing integrative frameworks Organized by M. Aramati Casper, aramaticasper.weebly.com Jay J. Falk jayjinsing.github.io Karen M. Warkentin, sites.bu.edu/warkentinlab/
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMLooking for a faculty job at one of the world's great research stations? We're looking for a marine invertebrate biologist at UW's Friday Harbor Labs. apply.interfolio.com/178804
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVM
JOB ALERT! Collection Manager job going in Palaeontology at the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/collecti... - Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMIf you're going to #SICB Portland 2026, be sure to stop by and purchase see the fantastic #art of @noahwithfish.bsky.social Long time SICBer and @sicbjournals.bsky.social co author) Noah is our featured SICB Journals booth #artist !🙌 See Noah's site noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah and stop by.
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMGet to know our President Elect , Rick Blob youtube.com/shorts/WIrtr... & be sure to read the SICB newsletter with his message to #SICB ers. sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=... @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social @sicb-dab.bsky.social @sicb-dedb.bsky.social @sicb-dce.bsky.social @sicb-diz.bsky.social
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMIf you signed up to participate in SICB's mentor/mentee programs for the meeting in January. Check your email from Chair.SPDAC@sicb.org. Please fill out the form link in the email before this Sunday, December 21!!
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMOur 3rd place winners are... Rebecca Beneroff (@botanicalbecks.bsky.social) and Ryan Fisk with this beautiful design! Please come see our booth in Portland to get this sticker! SPDAC representatives will be there during morning and afternoon breaks and during poster sessions. @sicb.bsky.social
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMOur 2nd place winner is... Hanna Chow with this awesome design! Please come see our booth in Portland to get this sticker! SPDAC representatives will be there during morning and afternoon breaks and during poster sessions. @sicb.bsky.social
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMAnd finally, our 1st place winner is... Eliyah Stern with this amazing design! Please come see our booth in Portland to get this sticker! SPDAC representatives will be there during morning and afternoon breaks and during poster sessions. @sicb.bsky.social
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMApplications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15 Please share far and wide 🚀 (See thread)
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVM😃 In a new article published in J Biomech, Roy et al. demonstrate that the Harmonic Shear Wave Elastography framework provides accurate measurements of group and phase velocities, comparable to those obtained using the PSWE method. 👀 buff.ly/llY3ZPI
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMDeadline this week! Charlotte Mangum #Student Support Program This #SICB award offers financial support to help defray the cost of either housing or registration at the annual meetings. email sicbstudents@sicb.org sicb.org/charlotte-ma... @sicb-spdac.bsky.social , @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMI'm excited to announce that my lab is moving to the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida Atlantic University in January next year! Can't wait to join amazing new colleagues and be able to run outside year round to work with lizards on campus and sea urchins at the FAU Marine Lab!
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMI'll also be looking to recruit an MS student to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of adhesion, friction, and/or locomotion in sea urchins, geckos, or anoles! Please share! @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMI am excited to share that I will be joining Morehouse College as an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department. I am incredibly honored to join the esteemed faculty and researchers at Morehouse! I'm excited to build an invertebrate biomechanics lab with the phenomenal undergrads at the AUC!
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVM#whaleontology At some point I'll finish this, but: a few years ago I wrote a reasonably exhaustive guide for amateurs and professionals for the identification of dolphin/toothed whale inner ear bones (periotics) in the fossil record. Check it out here: coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2023/01/bobb...
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVM@invertebabe.bsky.social 's first ever SICB summer Zoom talk is happening in one week! www.megmindlin.com June 26th 7 pm EST Email sicbmedia@sicb.org to reserve a spot #science #biology #cephalopods #biologists #oceanlife #WorldOceanMonth
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMIf you're a new PI within 5 years of your first faculty position, here are two fantastic grants to help develop your research: the Kickstart Travel Grant and ECR Visiting Fellowships Find out more at biologists.com/grants/#jeb The next application deadline is 6 June
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVM😃 A new article published in J Biomech by Williams et al. found that dancers use a landing strategy with more knee flexion, less knee abduction, lower ground reaction force, reduced in-phase motion, and increased exclusive thigh movement compared to controls. 👀 buff.ly/FJVVygy #BiomechSky
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMA huge and awesome Dinogorgon skull for #FossilFriday
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMFor #FossilFriday, we're sharing a favourite fossil of our editor-in-chief, Mark Young. Below is a photograph of a Dodo skeleton (Raphus cucullatus), specimen number: NHMUK S/1988.50.1 (PV A 3302). A famous extinct flightless bird from Mauritius, this is a mounted composite skeleton.
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMGoing for a spin with our juvenile Lake Sturgeon @garlab.bsky.social! Now with Fun Facts about sturgeon!
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMHere is my conversation with @LKrauss1 on the Origins Podcast. We talk finding a career in science, evolution, Tiktaalik, polar science, and more...🧪 lawrencekrauss.substack.com/p/neil-shubi...
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMCongratulations to Madison Thompson, who advanced to MS Candidacy today! Her project is "Everything GUD happens after dark: The effects of moonlight and artificial light on risk management in kangaroo rats." Shoutout to the Integrative Movement Science Institute (IMSI) @birdbiomech.bsky.social
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVM😃 A new article published in J Biomech by Nijmeijer et al. critically evaluates and summarizes the effects of implicit and explicit motor learning on selected biomechanical variables while executing sport-specific tasks. 👀 buff.ly/L6R65Xg #BiomechSky
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMPeople sometimes say hello by raising an arm—cuttlefish may raise a pair or two (which kind of makes sense, given they have so many). That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMApplications are now open for our Z-SCHOLARSHIPS! MarAlliance offers #scholarships for dedicated students in Mexico, Honduras, Belize, and Panama, especially focused on traditional fishers and their children, who are studying or want to study marine science, conservation, or environmental fields.
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVM📢Save the date! UW Aquatic Sciences Open House returns on Sat 17 May to bring science to life. 🐋Wondered where narwhals swim? 🐦What does a seabird feel like? 🪸How do corals react to warming oceans? ↪️See you 🔜 for a fun, free day for the family at the #SEASOpenHouse fish.uw.edu/aquatic-scie...
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMHad SO much fun presenting to five classrooms of enthusiastic second graders about seabirds today for @skypeascientist.bsky.social ! They asked such great questions and it made my heart happy to see how keen they were after to keep learning about seabirds and how we can protect them!
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMWe are recruiting a postdoc for an exciting multi-disciplinary project that explores the use of quantum sensors to measure muscle behaviour - looking for someone with skills in ultrasound, mocap, and EMG - funded by QLD Government's Quantum 2032 Challenge uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVM🚨 Now recruiting 2 PhD students @ MSU! Join a funded study investigating early arthritis after knee surgery using: – 🖥️ Ultrasound imaging – 🦵 Movement biomechanics – 🧠 Psychological & hormonal factors 📍: East Lansing, MI 📩: harkeym1@msu.edu | hartharv@msu.edu 📸 Flyer below 👇
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVMThe groups findings of Egyptian fruit bat flight muscles can be viewed in #3D, #VR or #AR at skfb.ly/p7QZV, with the full @journalofanatomy.bsky.social paper at doi.org/10.1111/joa....
- Reposted by SICB DCB-DVM#FishADay Hoplisoma noxium, Noxium Armored Catfish. Newly described species from Amazon Basin. Under stress, releases a powerful toxin that can kill it or other fish kept in same container during transport (known in aquarium trade as "cory transport toxin")--hence the name. doi.org/10.1590/1982...
