Alana Sharp
@acsharp.bsky.social
Senior lecturer (Assoc. Prof.) at University of Liverpool, Evolutionary Morphology & Biomechanics (EMB) research group 💀Mostly cranial form & function in mammals 🐇🐀🦇🐒🦍🐘🦒🦬🦏
🔗 @livevobiomech.bsky.social
🔗 @livevobiomech.bsky.social
Pinned
📣 Funded PhD combining anatomy, surgery and engineering!
💀 This project aims to characterise the biomechanical behaviour of jaw implants following mandibulectomy.
📍@livuni-ilcams.bsky.social Liverpool, UK
🥼@ukshaq.bsky.social @clairebrockett.bsky.social and me!
💀 This project aims to characterise the biomechanical behaviour of jaw implants following mandibulectomy.
📍@livuni-ilcams.bsky.social Liverpool, UK
🥼@ukshaq.bsky.social @clairebrockett.bsky.social and me!
Anyone interested in applying for PhDs at #2025SVP, email or find me or @tguillerme.bsky.social for a chat if you’re interested in morphological trait evolution with a conservation theme:
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
ACCE+ DLA Programme: Morphological Trait Evolution in Isolated Populations of Large Mammals and its Implications for Rewilding in the UK at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA Programme: Morphological Trait Evolution in Isolated Populations of Large Mammals and its Implications for Rewilding in the UK at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.co...
www.findaphd.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Anyone interested in applying for PhDs at #2025SVP, email or find me or @tguillerme.bsky.social for a chat if you’re interested in morphological trait evolution with a conservation theme:
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Interested in implants and dental rehabilitation?
I have a fully funded PhD available on modelling mandibular implants after oral cancer.
Apply now or email me 🙂
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
I have a fully funded PhD available on modelling mandibular implants after oral cancer.
Apply now or email me 🙂
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Interested in implants and dental rehabilitation?
I have a fully funded PhD available on modelling mandibular implants after oral cancer.
Apply now or email me 🙂
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
I have a fully funded PhD available on modelling mandibular implants after oral cancer.
Apply now or email me 🙂
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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PhD advert 🥳
BBSRC studentship focusing on the role of fibrillin-1 on the microvascular and mechanical function of skeletal muscle - potential for a whole range of interdisciplinary research techniques 💪🦴🧬🩸
All info at the link below - come join us!
BBSRC studentship focusing on the role of fibrillin-1 on the microvascular and mechanical function of skeletal muscle - potential for a whole range of interdisciplinary research techniques 💪🦴🧬🩸
All info at the link below - come join us!
(BBSRC NWD) Fibrillin-1: a master regulator of skeletal muscle function? at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (BBSRC NWD) Fibrillin-1: a master regulator of skeletal muscle function? at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
PhD advert 🥳
BBSRC studentship focusing on the role of fibrillin-1 on the microvascular and mechanical function of skeletal muscle - potential for a whole range of interdisciplinary research techniques 💪🦴🧬🩸
All info at the link below - come join us!
BBSRC studentship focusing on the role of fibrillin-1 on the microvascular and mechanical function of skeletal muscle - potential for a whole range of interdisciplinary research techniques 💪🦴🧬🩸
All info at the link below - come join us!
📣 📃 New paper out in press!
🦷 We look at the biomechanical impact of #tooth root morphology to inform #dental implant design.
👩💻We use finite element modelling to compare single vs. multiple roots on strain across the mandible.
@apwoodbailey.bsky.social @livevobiomech.bsky.social
🦷 We look at the biomechanical impact of #tooth root morphology to inform #dental implant design.
👩💻We use finite element modelling to compare single vs. multiple roots on strain across the mandible.
@apwoodbailey.bsky.social @livevobiomech.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📣 📃 New paper out in press!
🦷 We look at the biomechanical impact of #tooth root morphology to inform #dental implant design.
👩💻We use finite element modelling to compare single vs. multiple roots on strain across the mandible.
@apwoodbailey.bsky.social @livevobiomech.bsky.social
🦷 We look at the biomechanical impact of #tooth root morphology to inform #dental implant design.
👩💻We use finite element modelling to compare single vs. multiple roots on strain across the mandible.
@apwoodbailey.bsky.social @livevobiomech.bsky.social
📣Another exciting PhD available!
Partnered with @nottswildlife.bsky.social and fully funded by the ACCE+ NERC Doctoral Landscape Award.
We will look at morphological trait evolution, isolation and environment change, and rewilding of large herbivores.
#evolution #WilderFuture #rewilding #PhD
Partnered with @nottswildlife.bsky.social and fully funded by the ACCE+ NERC Doctoral Landscape Award.
We will look at morphological trait evolution, isolation and environment change, and rewilding of large herbivores.
#evolution #WilderFuture #rewilding #PhD
November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
📣Another exciting PhD available!
Partnered with @nottswildlife.bsky.social and fully funded by the ACCE+ NERC Doctoral Landscape Award.
We will look at morphological trait evolution, isolation and environment change, and rewilding of large herbivores.
#evolution #WilderFuture #rewilding #PhD
Partnered with @nottswildlife.bsky.social and fully funded by the ACCE+ NERC Doctoral Landscape Award.
We will look at morphological trait evolution, isolation and environment change, and rewilding of large herbivores.
#evolution #WilderFuture #rewilding #PhD
📣 Funded PhD combining anatomy, surgery and engineering!
💀 This project aims to characterise the biomechanical behaviour of jaw implants following mandibulectomy.
📍@livuni-ilcams.bsky.social Liverpool, UK
🥼@ukshaq.bsky.social @clairebrockett.bsky.social and me!
💀 This project aims to characterise the biomechanical behaviour of jaw implants following mandibulectomy.
📍@livuni-ilcams.bsky.social Liverpool, UK
🥼@ukshaq.bsky.social @clairebrockett.bsky.social and me!
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
📣 Funded PhD combining anatomy, surgery and engineering!
💀 This project aims to characterise the biomechanical behaviour of jaw implants following mandibulectomy.
📍@livuni-ilcams.bsky.social Liverpool, UK
🥼@ukshaq.bsky.social @clairebrockett.bsky.social and me!
💀 This project aims to characterise the biomechanical behaviour of jaw implants following mandibulectomy.
📍@livuni-ilcams.bsky.social Liverpool, UK
🥼@ukshaq.bsky.social @clairebrockett.bsky.social and me!
It's spoooky season! 🎃🦇 👻
Check out is video of our Egyptian Fruit Bat, stained with iodine and CT scanned to visualise the muscles
Check out is video of our Egyptian Fruit Bat, stained with iodine and CT scanned to visualise the muscles
Taking over #3DThursday while Brandy Freitas @brandy-syglass.bsky.social is out of office for some adventures!
🦇: Rousettus aegyptiacus stained in 10% Lugol’s iodine for 3 months
🔬: PerkinElmer Quantum GX microCT
🥼: @acsharp.bsky.social
🏛️: University of Liverpool’s Centre for Preclinical Imaging
🦇: Rousettus aegyptiacus stained in 10% Lugol’s iodine for 3 months
🔬: PerkinElmer Quantum GX microCT
🥼: @acsharp.bsky.social
🏛️: University of Liverpool’s Centre for Preclinical Imaging
October 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It's spoooky season! 🎃🦇 👻
Check out is video of our Egyptian Fruit Bat, stained with iodine and CT scanned to visualise the muscles
Check out is video of our Egyptian Fruit Bat, stained with iodine and CT scanned to visualise the muscles
Reposted by Alana Sharp
Taking over #3DThursday while Brandy Freitas @brandy-syglass.bsky.social is out of office for some adventures!
🦇: Rousettus aegyptiacus stained in 10% Lugol’s iodine for 3 months
🔬: PerkinElmer Quantum GX microCT
🥼: @acsharp.bsky.social
🏛️: University of Liverpool’s Centre for Preclinical Imaging
🦇: Rousettus aegyptiacus stained in 10% Lugol’s iodine for 3 months
🔬: PerkinElmer Quantum GX microCT
🥼: @acsharp.bsky.social
🏛️: University of Liverpool’s Centre for Preclinical Imaging
October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Taking over #3DThursday while Brandy Freitas @brandy-syglass.bsky.social is out of office for some adventures!
🦇: Rousettus aegyptiacus stained in 10% Lugol’s iodine for 3 months
🔬: PerkinElmer Quantum GX microCT
🥼: @acsharp.bsky.social
🏛️: University of Liverpool’s Centre for Preclinical Imaging
🦇: Rousettus aegyptiacus stained in 10% Lugol’s iodine for 3 months
🔬: PerkinElmer Quantum GX microCT
🥼: @acsharp.bsky.social
🏛️: University of Liverpool’s Centre for Preclinical Imaging
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On the 4th December 2025, @eesaupe.bsky.social will be giving an in person lecture at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social as part of the MENDLS series.
There will be tea and cake, a panel discussion, and a reception to follow!
Open to all, more details 👇
Register here:
forms.gle/hHEQA4mSZEXg...
There will be tea and cake, a panel discussion, and a reception to follow!
Open to all, more details 👇
Register here:
forms.gle/hHEQA4mSZEXg...
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
On the 4th December 2025, @eesaupe.bsky.social will be giving an in person lecture at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social as part of the MENDLS series.
There will be tea and cake, a panel discussion, and a reception to follow!
Open to all, more details 👇
Register here:
forms.gle/hHEQA4mSZEXg...
There will be tea and cake, a panel discussion, and a reception to follow!
Open to all, more details 👇
Register here:
forms.gle/hHEQA4mSZEXg...
Reposted by Alana Sharp
Our new MSc is rolling! Semester one provides a solid general background in Biomechanics with some fun practicals. Check out our students have fun learning surface electromyography.
October 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Our new MSc is rolling! Semester one provides a solid general background in Biomechanics with some fun practicals. Check out our students have fun learning surface electromyography.
Reposted by Alana Sharp
Violence, scientific DRAMA, and misunderstanding!
Who first asked if woodpeckers get headaches, or if rams are immune to brain damage?
New Paper! I trace the history of human thought on brain injury in head-hitting animals, and it's a wild ride. 🧪 🏺
A thread - 1/🧵
doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
Who first asked if woodpeckers get headaches, or if rams are immune to brain damage?
New Paper! I trace the history of human thought on brain injury in head-hitting animals, and it's a wild ride. 🧪 🏺
A thread - 1/🧵
doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
October 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Violence, scientific DRAMA, and misunderstanding!
Who first asked if woodpeckers get headaches, or if rams are immune to brain damage?
New Paper! I trace the history of human thought on brain injury in head-hitting animals, and it's a wild ride. 🧪 🏺
A thread - 1/🧵
doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
Who first asked if woodpeckers get headaches, or if rams are immune to brain damage?
New Paper! I trace the history of human thought on brain injury in head-hitting animals, and it's a wild ride. 🧪 🏺
A thread - 1/🧵
doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
I’m very excited to welcome @lucyhholmes.bsky.social to the lab! Lucy will be working on Building Giants, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk to investigate cranial sinuses in large mammals 🦓🐘🦛🦏🐪🦒🦬🐂🦌
This project is something I’ve been wanting to do for over a decade …
This project is something I’ve been wanting to do for over a decade …
October 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I’m very excited to welcome @lucyhholmes.bsky.social to the lab! Lucy will be working on Building Giants, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk to investigate cranial sinuses in large mammals 🦓🐘🦛🦏🐪🦒🦬🐂🦌
This project is something I’ve been wanting to do for over a decade …
This project is something I’ve been wanting to do for over a decade …
I’m coming to #SVP2025 in Birmingham! Very excited to see many friends again after so long. My last SVP was 2017 👀🤯
#2025SVP #skulls #biomechanics
#2025SVP #skulls #biomechanics
September 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I’m coming to #SVP2025 in Birmingham! Very excited to see many friends again after so long. My last SVP was 2017 👀🤯
#2025SVP #skulls #biomechanics
#2025SVP #skulls #biomechanics
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BREAKING: Traitorous Liverpool PhD student lured to co-supervising institution with the promise of sloth chat and YouTube views 🦥🎥
got to talk about sloths! at the NHM!
Lots of people like a long nail - but there’s something slightly spooky about the sloth’s full set… 🦥
Long, curved and strong enough to help them hang from branches. Discover the secret behind a sloth’s tough talons in this week’s #SurprisingScience 💅🏽
Long, curved and strong enough to help them hang from branches. Discover the secret behind a sloth’s tough talons in this week’s #SurprisingScience 💅🏽
September 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
BREAKING: Traitorous Liverpool PhD student lured to co-supervising institution with the promise of sloth chat and YouTube views 🦥🎥
📣Postdoc in whale biomechanics and evolution based in Bristol and Oxford, UK, with Dr Katrina Jones and Prof. Erin Saupe 📣🐋 #evolution #biomechanics #CFD
August 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
📣Postdoc in whale biomechanics and evolution based in Bristol and Oxford, UK, with Dr Katrina Jones and Prof. Erin Saupe 📣🐋 #evolution #biomechanics #CFD
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Our new paper led by recent lab alumni Hannah Shideler and postdoc Elska Kaczmarek is out in ICB @sicbjournals.bsky.social! For the first time ever, we reconstructed the volume of the oral cavity during suckling, and found that nipple design impacts tongue function.
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
August 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Our new paper led by recent lab alumni Hannah Shideler and postdoc Elska Kaczmarek is out in ICB @sicbjournals.bsky.social! For the first time ever, we reconstructed the volume of the oral cavity during suckling, and found that nipple design impacts tongue function.
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
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Rare as hen's teeth: an Assistant Curator job, with our fantastic team at National Museums Scotland! Closing date 24th August #museums #museumjobs
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553
Assistant Curator (Vertebrates)
careers.nms.ac.uk
August 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Rare as hen's teeth: an Assistant Curator job, with our fantastic team at National Museums Scotland! Closing date 24th August #museums #museumjobs
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553
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The Department of Integrative Biology @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor of Human Anatomy! Open until September 19. Please share with anatomy/paleo/func-morph colleagues and friends. Happy to answer any questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05053
Assistant Teaching Professor - Human Anatomy- Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Department of Integrative Biology @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor of Human Anatomy! Open until September 19. Please share with anatomy/paleo/func-morph colleagues and friends. Happy to answer any questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05053
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What makes the skulls of rabbits and hares so special? Find out in this new paper from our very own @apwoodbailey.bsky.social @acsharp.bsky.social & others! 💀🐇📝
August 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
What makes the skulls of rabbits and hares so special? Find out in this new paper from our very own @apwoodbailey.bsky.social @acsharp.bsky.social & others! 💀🐇📝
Reposted by Alana Sharp
A study (with our @drphilcox.bsky.social) in #rabbits & #hares, found: those adapted for running have greater facial tilt & simpler #skull joints versus those with scrambling or hopping-based #locomotion, which could help with hinge-like mobility. @ucl.ac.uk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Factors impacting the complexity of the leporid intracranial joint
Anatomy of the intracranial joint and the 2D semi-landmarks used to capture complexity in the intracranial joint. (a) The intracranial joint can be seen here (in red) between the parietal and occipit...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A study (with our @drphilcox.bsky.social) in #rabbits & #hares, found: those adapted for running have greater facial tilt & simpler #skull joints versus those with scrambling or hopping-based #locomotion, which could help with hinge-like mobility. @ucl.ac.uk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Last day to apply! 📣
Come and join my lab in Liverpool @livevobiomech.bsky.social for a PhD on the skulls of giant mammals! Full funding for 4 years (UK Home rates) 🐘🦌🦘🐂🐪🦏
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Come and join my lab in Liverpool @livevobiomech.bsky.social for a PhD on the skulls of giant mammals! Full funding for 4 years (UK Home rates) 🐘🦌🦘🐂🐪🦏
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Building giants: tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Building giants: tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Last day to apply! 📣
Come and join my lab in Liverpool @livevobiomech.bsky.social for a PhD on the skulls of giant mammals! Full funding for 4 years (UK Home rates) 🐘🦌🦘🐂🐪🦏
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Come and join my lab in Liverpool @livevobiomech.bsky.social for a PhD on the skulls of giant mammals! Full funding for 4 years (UK Home rates) 🐘🦌🦘🐂🐪🦏
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The virtual #ICVM conference is happening now. I can’t attend live, but I’m looking forward to catching up on the recordings over the next week or two! #vertebrate #morphology
August 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The virtual #ICVM conference is happening now. I can’t attend live, but I’m looking forward to catching up on the recordings over the next week or two! #vertebrate #morphology
Reposted by Alana Sharp
New paper out today with the amazing @apwoodbailey.bsky.social all about the unusual leporid intracranial joint.
August 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
New paper out today with the amazing @apwoodbailey.bsky.social all about the unusual leporid intracranial joint.
New paper where we look at complexity of the intracranial joint in rabbits and hares.
Second paper from @apwoodbailey.bsky.social PhD work 🎉🐇
Second paper from @apwoodbailey.bsky.social PhD work 🎉🐇
August 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New paper where we look at complexity of the intracranial joint in rabbits and hares.
Second paper from @apwoodbailey.bsky.social PhD work 🎉🐇
Second paper from @apwoodbailey.bsky.social PhD work 🎉🐇
Reposted by Alana Sharp
Harry Gill first PhD paper is out, applying @deeplabcut.bsky.social to dog gait analyses ... and it worked pretty well :)
You can access the paper here:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lXNEcF2Ow...
@cbrassey.bsky.social
You can access the paper here:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lXNEcF2Ow...
@cbrassey.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Harry Gill first PhD paper is out, applying @deeplabcut.bsky.social to dog gait analyses ... and it worked pretty well :)
You can access the paper here:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lXNEcF2Ow...
@cbrassey.bsky.social
You can access the paper here:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lXNEcF2Ow...
@cbrassey.bsky.social