Brian Beatty

Comparative anatomist, paleobiologist @NYIT interested in: aquatic amniotes, histology, surface metrology. UF, Howard, and KU alum; [email protected]

[Brian Beatty @Vanderhoofius]

This has been a blast to be part of. After years of projects, grants, and papers, it feels like the culmination of a much bigger collaborative effort. I’m grateful for having such extraordinary colleagues, especially @anjgoswami @Imagotaria @EllenCoombs and @akiopteryx !

[Prof. Anjali Goswami FRS @anjgoswami]

Ecstatic to share our new paper on skull evolution in placental mammals, highlighted on the cover of @ScienceMagazine! With a 3d dataset spanning the Cenozoic, we describe a new model of attenuated evolution & identify traits associated w/fast evolution https://t.co/n1ZIUVcuj2 1/

[Brian Beatty @Vanderhoofius]

Like all the other scientists, I’m outta here and off in the big Bluesky

https://t.co/Q5amliGEHG

[Travis Park @Blogozoic]

Really cool PhD project being advertised by @Te_Papa and Victoria University of Wellington on deep time evolution of marine mammal feeding ecology, check it out!

https://t.co/UgD9XCH7pY

[Royal Society Publishing @RSocPublishing]

New from #RSOS: Comparative functional morphology indicates niche partitioning among sympatric marine #reptiles. Read more: https://t.co/02gSe63k69 @davfof @SteveBrusatte

[Brian Beatty @Vanderhoofius]

I couldn’t be prouder of Lionel! He is just amazing to work with!!

[Brian Beatty @Vanderhoofius]

@emgfitzgerald @museumsvictoria @melbournemuseum Toothy….

[Brian Beatty @Vanderhoofius]

@lukenweaver @UWGG @nyit @NYITAnatomy It was really great to have you on campus this past week, Luke. I can’t wait to see how the CT work progresses, and look forward to seeing you at SVP

[Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @JVP_vertpaleo]

🚨New Pub!🚨A new thin sectioning method for observation of higher resolution images in bone histomorphology 🦴🩻by Nakai & Boyde

https://t.co/58JWHkPOQY

[Edward Burress @cichlidosaurus]

Please share: I’m recruiting a postdoc (2-years) to start in my lab Fall 2024. My lab studies Functional Morphology and Macroevolution (mostly of fishes).

More info: https://t.co/RWVOKG1dLS

[Masaya Iijima @masayaiijima]

Our paper on forelimb EMG patterns in alligators has been published!
https://t.co/RHDXw7wdrU
I thank my coauthor @c_mayerl, @davidmunteanu22, @BioBlobs, and all the individuals who helped us.

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

Blue holes in the Bahamas were discovered to be a rich source of well-preserved skeletons of extinct species of tortoises and crocodiles.
Online Exhibit 🐊 Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating
🎧 Read and listen to David Steadman: https://t.co/lldJVATV8f
Featured: Crocodylus rhombifer

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

Tooth formation in wild boar & domestic pigs reveals fascinating differences! Dentin apposition rates vary across zones. Root growth spurt timing & rates differ b/w them, hinting at impact of domestication on odontoblast recruitment.
Emken et al.: https://t.co/WhKmxwoVup

[Alexandre Dumoulin @axonsalex.bsky.social @AxonsAlex]

Wrapping up the week by visualizing the crazy axonal growth of dorsal root ganglia neurons in vitro using the SPY650-FastAct probe from @spirochrome! 🤩 Capturing one image every 10 minutes.

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

In mice, pregnancy results in new neurons that support the recognition of pups, a new Science study finds. The results highlight the physiological relevance of adult stem cell heterogeneity.

📄: https://t.co/gdXWlcgCeF
#SciencePerspective: https://t.co/qI4UbkvJS8

[Andrej Spiridonov @AndrejSpiridon4]

Cool article in @Nature on the fundamentally geological nature of the global biodiversification:
"...biodiversity is strongly reliant on landscape dynamics, which ...determine the carrying capacity..."
cc: @niles_eldredge @CoelhoPre @Trilolight @svalver
https://t.co/tHcPhyqcFw

[Aldo Benites-Palomino @paleoAldo]

New paper!
Welcome Diaphorocetus ortegai! Yes... another physeteroid from the Chilcatacy Fm., Pisco basin. How many more sperm whales await to be found/described? More than a dozen 😬😬😬
Open Access paper here:
https://t.co/1XjLnMeC3J

[Brian Beatty @Vanderhoofius]

@VilleSinkkonen Beautifully done

[Ricard Solé @ricard_sole]

Why are not all whales dead from cancer? A simple calculation reveals that all other things equal, an animal 1000 times larger than us should be a thousand times more prone to develop cancer. This is not the case. Why? Maths suggests an answer @cmaley https://t.co/XvxlrxndP1

[Brian Beatty @Vanderhoofius]

@DrPardi Yeah, I’ve seen this before also. Definitely some reactive bone growth, an inflammatory response. It’s really hard to nail down what might have caused this

[Hao Yin @HaoYin20]

An intriguing characterization of osteochondrogenic #SmoothMuscleCell in Atherosclerotic lesions

⏬by TXNIP
⏫by BMP2

Contribute to lesion fibrosis, proteoglycan accumulation & calcification
w/o modifying lesion burden

@CircRes 2023
https://t.co/7MwrAAMyY6

[Brian Beatty @Vanderhoofius]

@EJR_Paleo_MSc @ICMWriter Reminds me of a blog post I did years ago…

https://t.co/PRTQbFYbQ1