Dorien de Vries
@paleodorien.bsky.social
She/her. Paleontologist. Postdoc Fellow at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
What a pleasure to visit the palaeontological collections of the National Museums of Kenya and bump into my friends Cecilia Kanyua and @martapina.bsky.social!
π¬π¦΄Thank you to all the NMK staff for your help facilitating my visit and study of fossil hyracoid teeth for my NWO Veni project! β€οΈπ
π¬π¦΄Thank you to all the NMK staff for your help facilitating my visit and study of fossil hyracoid teeth for my NWO Veni project! β€οΈπ
November 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
What a pleasure to visit the palaeontological collections of the National Museums of Kenya and bump into my friends Cecilia Kanyua and @martapina.bsky.social!
π¬π¦΄Thank you to all the NMK staff for your help facilitating my visit and study of fossil hyracoid teeth for my NWO Veni project! β€οΈπ
π¬π¦΄Thank you to all the NMK staff for your help facilitating my visit and study of fossil hyracoid teeth for my NWO Veni project! β€οΈπ
π€ π§ Kijkje achter de schermen toen Henny Radstaak en ik voor deze aflevering door het bos en in onze verbeelding op ontdekkingsreis gingen! π» π«
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
π€ π§ Kijkje achter de schermen toen Henny Radstaak en ik voor deze aflevering door het bos en in onze verbeelding op ontdekkingsreis gingen! π» π«
π» π§ Het was zo leuk om mee te werken aan het nieuwe seizoen van Zo Klonk Nederland van Vroege Vogels - BNNVARA! π³ πΏ Kom met ons mee op safari door tropisch Nederland in het Eoceen (47 miljoen jaar geleden) en luister naar de gekke en schattige beestje die we tegenkwamen π π¦π
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Een tropische wereld | Zo Klonk Nederland: Van Dino tot Mensaap
Nederland is 47 miljoen jaar geleden een tropische wereld. In het regenwoud zoeken we naar een halfaapje en proberen we de mysterieuze trogon te zien te krijgen.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
π» π§ Het was zo leuk om mee te werken aan het nieuwe seizoen van Zo Klonk Nederland van Vroege Vogels - BNNVARA! π³ πΏ Kom met ons mee op safari door tropisch Nederland in het Eoceen (47 miljoen jaar geleden) en luister naar de gekke en schattige beestje die we tegenkwamen π π¦π
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Thank you @guillbi.bsky.social for hosting me at the fossil mammal collections at the @mnhn.fr in Paris and for showing me so many beautiful fossils of South American Native Ungulates π€ π¦΄
August 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Thank you @guillbi.bsky.social for hosting me at the fossil mammal collections at the @mnhn.fr in Paris and for showing me so many beautiful fossils of South American Native Ungulates π€ π¦΄
It was such fun to give a short talk at @naturalis.bsky.social colloquium and introduce myself to our diverse group of researchers! I am still very much in the data collection-part of my current VENI-fellowship, but hope to be able to share some preliminary results soon π€πππ¦΄ππ¦
July 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It was such fun to give a short talk at @naturalis.bsky.social colloquium and introduce myself to our diverse group of researchers! I am still very much in the data collection-part of my current VENI-fellowship, but hope to be able to share some preliminary results soon π€πππ¦΄ππ¦
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Ever wanted to infer a morphological or total-evidence phylogeny in BEAST2?
Itβs long overdue, but we now have a tutorial on Taming the BEAST to talk you through the process π»π³βοΈ
Thanks to JoΓ«lle Barido-Sottani for helping me pull this together!
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Itβs long overdue, but we now have a tutorial on Taming the BEAST to talk you through the process π»π³βοΈ
Thanks to JoΓ«lle Barido-Sottani for helping me pull this together!
taming-the-beast.org/tutorials/To...
Total Evidence Tutorial
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July 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Ever wanted to infer a morphological or total-evidence phylogeny in BEAST2?
Itβs long overdue, but we now have a tutorial on Taming the BEAST to talk you through the process π»π³βοΈ
Thanks to JoΓ«lle Barido-Sottani for helping me pull this together!
taming-the-beast.org/tutorials/To...
Itβs long overdue, but we now have a tutorial on Taming the BEAST to talk you through the process π»π³βοΈ
Thanks to JoΓ«lle Barido-Sottani for helping me pull this together!
taming-the-beast.org/tutorials/To...
Thatβs a wrap! Thank you for hosting me at the Vertebrate Paleontology division of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ I studied many fossils and met even more lovely people, muchas gracias ππ» π¦π· π§
May 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Thatβs a wrap! Thank you for hosting me at the Vertebrate Paleontology division of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ I studied many fossils and met even more lovely people, muchas gracias ππ» π¦π· π§
Data collection for my VENI project on notoungulate and hyracoid evolution is going well! Visiting the vertebrate paleontology collections at the Museo de La Plata was a dream - mostly because I had three amazing student from
the Universidad Nacional de La Plata working with me! β¨ muchas gracias β€οΈπ§
the Universidad Nacional de La Plata working with me! β¨ muchas gracias β€οΈπ§
May 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Data collection for my VENI project on notoungulate and hyracoid evolution is going well! Visiting the vertebrate paleontology collections at the Museo de La Plata was a dream - mostly because I had three amazing student from
the Universidad Nacional de La Plata working with me! β¨ muchas gracias β€οΈπ§
the Universidad Nacional de La Plata working with me! β¨ muchas gracias β€οΈπ§
Today I had one of those pinch-me moments when I was allowed to practice my scanning skills using *real* dino bones out of @naturalis.bsky.social' Dino Lab π¦π¦β¨ Handling fossils that old.... will never get old π
March 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Today I had one of those pinch-me moments when I was allowed to practice my scanning skills using *real* dino bones out of @naturalis.bsky.social' Dino Lab π¦π¦β¨ Handling fossils that old.... will never get old π
Thanks @salforduni.bsky.social for pointing me to this thoughtful & informative resource by @louise-psychol.bsky.social et al: Creating an inclusive approach to teaching and learning during Ramadan: A brief evidence-based guide for educators in the UK doi.org/10.25416/NTR... Check it out!π
Creating an inclusive approach to teaching and learning during Ramadan: A brief evidence-based guide for educators in the UK
This brief evidence-based guide to supporting students who are fasting during Ramadan in the UK was developed from a survey of almost 300 educators who provided examples of how they had changed practi...
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February 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thanks @salforduni.bsky.social for pointing me to this thoughtful & informative resource by @louise-psychol.bsky.social et al: Creating an inclusive approach to teaching and learning during Ramadan: A brief evidence-based guide for educators in the UK doi.org/10.25416/NTR... Check it out!π
New office! I've started my 3-year NWO (Dutch Research Council) Veni Fellowship at @naturalis.bsky.social π©βπ« I'll be looking at millions of years of hyracoid and notoungulate evolution across major global climate change. π π¦ π πΏ π I'm excited to find out more about these diverse critters! π¦΄
February 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New office! I've started my 3-year NWO (Dutch Research Council) Veni Fellowship at @naturalis.bsky.social π©βπ« I'll be looking at millions of years of hyracoid and notoungulate evolution across major global climate change. π π¦ π πΏ π I'm excited to find out more about these diverse critters! π¦΄