Becky Wu

Vertebrate Paleontologist from Taiwan | Avian Dentition Evolution, Tooth Cycle and Replacement, Evo-Devo | Postdoc @NHMLA | Former @USC_earth

[Becky Wu @YHWu16]

Just heard that the legendary vertebrate paleontologist Prof. Dong, Zhiming (1937-2024) passed away at age 87. 😢 R.I.P.

[Aaron LeBlanc @AaronLeBlanc6]

It turns out...Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth!

https://t.co/tcp3GGzXP7

Their serrations and tips pop into the mouth with an orange hue. Using different techniques, we show that these iconic lizards have special iron-rich coatings on each tooth, keeping them razor sharp!

[USC Molecular Imaging Center @USCMIC]

Just a casual day @USCMIC scanning piece of braincase of Thomas T.Rex #Dinasour from @NHMLA #Trex #research unique opportunity to dwell depper into the structure with help of CT imaging and visualizing it with #VGStudio #volumegraphics

[Becky Wu @YHWu16]

😆😆😆 Got to see this in a theater!

[スズキ唯知 @Tadatomo_S]

メガ・サカバンバスピス

[Becky Wu @YHWu16]

Very fun experience ☺️
Check out the Chinese version on @NHMLA ‘s YouTube channel too!

[Natural History Museum of L.A. County @NHMLA]

🪶 Velociraptor may have had feathers like its modern-day cousins, but it didn't fly. Let’s take a closer look with Dr. Becky Wu, Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the #NHMLA Dinosaur Institute.

[Becky Wu @YHWu16]

(Too bad that they only made a simplified Chinese version…)

[Becky Wu @YHWu16]

First ever Mandarin Dino Hall campaign! So happy and proud to make this work ❤️ Shout out to the video team @NHMLA !
Click “CC” for English subtitles.
这只恐龙也有羽���！ #伶盗龙 #迅猛龙 #DinoHall #NHMLA https://t.co/GS9BfxFcFz via @YouTube

[Becky Wu @YHWu16]

She said “Thank you for believing in us.”… I almost cried 😭

[Becky Wu @YHWu16]

Michelle Yeoh Wins Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy Motion Picture | 202... https://t.co/zVxOw0MQLQ via @YouTube

[Becky Wu @YHWu16]

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[Hank Woolley @paleo_hank]

#2022SVP Great to be in the presence of so many amazing scientists and friends in an incredible host city. Thanks to @SVP_vertpaleo to holding onto our Wood Award & Estes Award plaques from 2020 & 2021; it was fun to celebrate & hear "USC" read 3 times! @Formorphology @YHWu16 ✌️

[Jeffrey R Thompson @echinerd]

I am super happy to finally see this out! This review covers everything a palaeontologist ought to need to know about development and evolution of #echinoderm skeletons, as well as some general concepts from #developmentalbiology. https://t.co/kTU3jBcNlQ

[Becky Wu @YHWu16]

Excited for my first ever GSA! #GSA2022 Giving a talk on Monday afternoon about the tooth cycle and replacement pattern in Ichthyornis. Check out Mile High Ballroom 4C! 🤩

[Becky Wu @YHWu16]

https://t.co/yfOKtyk24I

[Becky Wu @YHWu16]

It seems to be a good time to revisit a dinosaur named after rainbows 🌈! Caihong juji is a paravian dinosaur from late Jurassic northern China. It was described by Hu et al. in 2018 and inferred to possess iridescent plumage. (Pic from Nat Geo, by Velizar Simeonovski)

[Bryan Gee @Koskinonodon]

710 days ago, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation.

695 days ago, I, along with @Yara_Haridy, reported our PhD advisor, Robert Reisz, for bullying and harassment.

Today, we are sharing our story.

https://t.co/tBhQtGbpVU

#FossilFriday #AcademicTwitter #paleontology

[Dr. Jasmina Wiemann @jasmina_wiemann]

If you are looking for a short video summary 📽️ of our recent paper on the evolution of dinosaur metabolic rates 🫁🦕🦖🐣, you're welcome to check out my Romer session talk at the 2020 meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (now online):

https://t.co/olGGSG0TF8

[Dr. Jasmina Wiemann @jasmina_wiemann]

I’m thrilled to share our latest paper in @Nature on how fossil biomolecules reveal an avian metabolism in the ancestral dinosaur! High metabolic rates leading to warm-bloodedness evolved independently in ornithodirans, marine reptiles, and mammals. 🤩

https://t.co/r4kjbXRdUO

[USC Earth Science @USC_earth]

Prof Corsetti is here to hood, note the unconventional tasseled hat!

[Shelly Gaynor @ShellyGaynor]

Amazing to see additional programs join Princeton over the 1:1 line! Go Vanderbilt and Cornell Plant Science!

[Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology @RoyalTyrrell]

Dinosaur teeth are common fossils due to their durability and abundance. Dinosaurs lost and replaced teeth throughout their lifetimes. How quickly did dinosaur teeth grow? Art by Julius Csotonyi.