Michael Berthaume

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

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

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

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

Lovely to see the #prosthetic work in #SriLanka getting some local press in the country 🥰

www.themorning.lk/articles/quI...

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 | 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...

Exacerbated sonic hedgehog signalling promotes a transition from chemical pre-patterning of chicken reticulate scales to mechanical skin folding

doi.org/10.1098/rsob...

Here’s the last version I’ve done…

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!

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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.

Legacies of colonialism can stifle science. But there are ways to rein it in.

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 rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex - live updates Judges say the

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...

Genomic basis of non-human-primate diversity and adaptation - Nature Reviews Biodiversity This Review explores the genetic basis of diversification and adaptation in non-human primates, including their responses to ecological and environmental changes.

Genomic basis of non-human-primate diversity and adaptation

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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 ...

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....

Sky Follower Bridge Bridge your Twitter/X followers to Bluesky. Detected Users: 584

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

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.

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...

When Brit’s find out I’m American, they often ask if I’d ever go back. I always respond with “there’s a reason I left”….

Worse days to end my workweek when staying in a city and country the #WHO declared and #Ebola outbreak in

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 .

… I landed in Kampala m, Uganda today… someone also died of Ebola in Kampala today…

😂 😂

Michael Berthaume Known for: Massive Engineering Mistakes

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...

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.

***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...

Myself and @mberthaume.bsky.social celebrating our #BlueSkyBirthday! 🥳 🥂