Dr. Ryan Marek

Postdoctoral palaeontologist in the @rfelice lab (UCL). Other nerdy stuff may occur occasionally. Thoughts are my own. He/Him.

[Dr. Ryan Marek @ryndmrk]

Excited for this one to get published! @rfelice and I investigate how integration and evolutionary rate influence the evolution of the avian neck, and it's #OpenAccess @CIA_UCL @BMCBiology

https://t.co/pPhjxWj6Jh

(DM for PDF)

[Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh]

Our paper led by @MikeMSch is out #OA in @AnatRecord. We explore how the craniofacial hinge joint balances mobility & stability in helmeted hornbills, birds w/ high-impact head-butting behavior. Thanks @MasonDeanLab for inviting me to join the fun! https://t.co/bCE1x6UiAU

[Field Palaeobiology Research Group @fieldpalaeo]

Barn owls are remarkable birds, with some of the most amazing hearing capabilities of any animal. Our first paper of the year, led by John Peacock, investigates barn owl hearing physiology: https://t.co/cxfwEsG978.

[Dr. Ryan Marek @ryndmrk]

At #SICB2025 and really like bird and dinosaur necks? Well good news, I'm talking about all that and more (incl. heterochrony!) at 10:45 today in A601!

[Dr. Ryan Marek @ryndmrk]

I'm halfway to my fundraising target for Mermaids. Massive thanks to everyone who has helped – you can follow my progress here (and please donate if you haven't already!):

https://t.co/JOrXT4lv50 #JustGiving

[Dr. Ryan Marek @ryndmrk]

Somehow running a half marathon in a couple of weeks, doing it for @Mermaids_Gender so please, please donate all you can!

https://t.co/51nW199veK

[Riccardo Fusaroli @fusaroli]

Pretty cool analysis of the cultural evolution of filled pasta (https://t.co/CxuttSHPjQ). Gotta try them all...

[Royal Society Publishing @RSocPublishing]

Origins of mammalian vertebral function revealed through digital bending experiments:
https://t.co/lA9XN77FZB #ProcB #OpenAccess @Kjonesthebones @MCZpaleo #biomechanics #evolution

[Talia Lowi-Merri, PhD @TaliaMLM]

Very pleased to see this out. What started as a grad course assignment turned into a quite large PhD side project! Big thank you to everyone who helped pull this together🙌🏼. Please DM me for a pdf if needed! #passerines #phylogenetics https://t.co/q1mxhTWjVl

[Nicolai Konow @KonowLab]

Really cool looking study suggesting that airsacs in birds can help reduce muscle work needed for aerodynamic force balancing in flight.

[Field Palaeobiology Research Group @fieldpalaeo]

Congratulations to @tyrannosaura and @GNavalon on this contribution investigating the ancestral morphology of the bird brain, with a focus on the palaeognath Lithornis. Paper is Open Access: https://t.co/nXLKySOGhQ

[WitmerLab @WitmerLab]

There are few things as exciting in our little corner of science as a new specimen of Archaeopteryx...with a skull...in a major, easily accessible museum! Congratulations to @FieldMuseum & @Paleontologista! These lovely photos are from this great article: https://t.co/29Qj5o62GM

[Ryan Felice @rfelice]

Another job opening! I am hiring a postdoc in my lab at University College London to work on developing new phylogenetic comparative methods for modeling the evolution of complex phenotypes! Details here: https://t.co/QLFC1MDbaO

[Ryan Felice @rfelice]

Look! A job opportunity! I’m hiring a research technician in my lab to work on CT scanning and segmentation of birds and mammals. Apply now if you love vertebrate anatomy: https://t.co/OtvoPjwhHZ. we’ll also be hiring a Postdoc on the project soon.

[Alberta Claw @albertonykus]

Morphology of the vertebral column in the Miocene flightless swan Annakacygna ("the ultimate bird"): https://t.co/MbcDrVAMsb Potential adaptations for stability while floating on the water's surface. Larger species estimated to have been up to 2 m long. #birds #dinosaurs

[Alberta Claw @albertonykus]

New genome-scale phylogeny of birds! Lots to chew on here, including increased confidence in mostly post-Cretaceous diversification of Neoaves and Mirandornithes as the sister group to other neoavians. The hoatzin is still a problem... https://t.co/b8UEDvQ2JO #birds #dinosaurs

[Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids 🦆🧬 @Jente_O]

Evolutionary novelties underlie sound production in baleen whales | Nature
https://t.co/HA4wnt2r5v

[Nature Communications @NatureComms]

Manafzadeh et al. propose an approach for combining measurements of 3D articular overlap, symmetry, and congruence into a single metric, and apply this to examine the walking stride of Deinonychus antirrhopus.
@armanafzadeh
@AnjanBhullar
https://t.co/6dZM4T0QBy

[Dr. Ryan Marek @ryndmrk]

Don't go on the counter offensive, maybe apologise for being a transphobic little rat of a human being

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Keir Starmer 'sad and wrong' to link trans jibe with Ghey case - PM https://t.co/cSTsnK2dAQ

[Dr. Ryan Marek @ryndmrk]

Gutted I missed this live, what a phenomenal medley to kick things off @Euphanerops #TakeItToTheFish

[❤️ Palaeovision 2023 🦈 @Palaeovision23]

Amazing show everyone, congratulations to @AswathaBiju! You can rewatch the show here: https://t.co/OvhueK1XHs

[Watanabe Lab @ New York Tech @akiopteryx]

Our new paper led by Amy Balanoff @HopkinsAnatomy using #PETscan on live pigeons to see which parts of the brain are activated during flight 🪽🧠 and how this informs the evolution of the avian brain from #dinosaurs 🦖.