Professor Nathan Jeffery
@nathanj.bsky.social
Evolutionary & comparative anatomist with a passion for volumetric imaging, neuroanatomy, skulls, spatial conformity and horses....... honorary scouser, Cymru resident and recovering academic....
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📣 📃 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
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and another one! join us!
BBSRC PhD studentship investigating how different anatomy and locomotor patterns affect joint loading in domestic dogs and other mammals 🐩🦴🐎
The project will involve a variety of biomechanics techniques including finite element analysis and MDA modelling - info below
BBSRC PhD studentship investigating how different anatomy and locomotor patterns affect joint loading in domestic dogs and other mammals 🐩🦴🐎
The project will involve a variety of biomechanics techniques including finite element analysis and MDA modelling - info below
(BBSRC NWD CASE) Selective breeding vs natural selection: how does body shape influence locomotor biomechanics in domesticated dogs and other mammals? at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (BBSRC NWD CASE) Selective breeding vs natural selection: how does body shape influence locomotor biomechanics in domesticated dogs and other mammals? at University of Liverpool, listed ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
and another one! join us!
BBSRC PhD studentship investigating how different anatomy and locomotor patterns affect joint loading in domestic dogs and other mammals 🐩🦴🐎
The project will involve a variety of biomechanics techniques including finite element analysis and MDA modelling - info below
BBSRC PhD studentship investigating how different anatomy and locomotor patterns affect joint loading in domestic dogs and other mammals 🐩🦴🐎
The project will involve a variety of biomechanics techniques including finite element analysis and MDA modelling - info below
Joyous reminder of both Spitting Image circa 1986 and my misspent youth moshing in dingy 1990's night clubs youtube.com/shorts/xX8Vh...
Nirvana on Rubber Chickens
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November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Joyous reminder of both Spitting Image circa 1986 and my misspent youth moshing in dingy 1990's night clubs youtube.com/shorts/xX8Vh...
Been working on some validation data for AI tools commonly used to segment anatomical structures 🤔😞 😱 Almost impossible to get funding/university support to do this sort of work anymore. They only ever want to fund/support the penthouse of science, and never the ground floor or basement....
an aerial view of a building being demolished with smoke coming out of it
ALT: an aerial view of a building being demolished with smoke coming out of it
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October 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Been working on some validation data for AI tools commonly used to segment anatomical structures 🤔😞 😱 Almost impossible to get funding/university support to do this sort of work anymore. They only ever want to fund/support the penthouse of science, and never the ground floor or basement....
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I'm very excited to work on this with an amazing team including @rnf.bsky.social @nathanj.bsky.social @apwoodbailey.bsky.social and @lucyhholmes.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm very excited to work on this with an amazing team including @rnf.bsky.social @nathanj.bsky.social @apwoodbailey.bsky.social and @lucyhholmes.bsky.social
Bit of a cliché. Assumes that current leadership know what will be needed/important in the future. The betamax of funding strategies....
UKRI chief: ‘Do fewer things in research but do them really well’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ukri-ch...
UKRI chief: ‘Do fewer things in research but do them really well’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ukri-ch...
UKRI chief: ‘Do fewer things in research but do them really well’
Ian Chapman backs ministers’ calls for more research specialisation by universities in first public comments since taking over at £9 billion-a-year research funder
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Bit of a cliché. Assumes that current leadership know what will be needed/important in the future. The betamax of funding strategies....
UKRI chief: ‘Do fewer things in research but do them really well’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ukri-ch...
UKRI chief: ‘Do fewer things in research but do them really well’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ukri-ch...
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Reposted by Professor Nathan Jeffery
📝🐕‼️ Think you really know the difference between a dachshund and a German shepherd? Not without reading our latest blog post!
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Do different dog breeds move differently? – A DogWalk Study outreach event
By James Charles Since the dawn of civilisation, humans have pondered the question: do Dachshunds move the same as German Shepherds? Ponder no longer. Starting in July 2023, myself, Prof Karl Bates…
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August 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📝🐕‼️ Think you really know the difference between a dachshund and a German shepherd? Not without reading our latest blog post!
embliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/d...
embliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/d...
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Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!
August 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!
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Meet Spiny Norman, the earliest known and definitely the most outrageously spiky ankylosaur ever discovered, as presented by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social & @richardjbutler.bsky.social in @nature.com. Q: how did it mate? A: carefully. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Extreme armour in the world’s oldest ankylosaur - Nature
The ankylosaurian dinosaur Spicomellus afer possessed a tail weapon and uniquely elaborate dermal armour.
www.nature.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Meet Spiny Norman, the earliest known and definitely the most outrageously spiky ankylosaur ever discovered, as presented by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social & @richardjbutler.bsky.social in @nature.com. Q: how did it mate? A: carefully. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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.
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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 🎉🐇
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📣I’m hiring!
Two weeks to apply for an October start.
Start date is also flexible.
#PhD #Morphology #evolution
Two weeks to apply for an October start.
Start date is also flexible.
#PhD #Morphology #evolution
Are you looking for a PhD project starting this year?
I have a funded (UK rates) project on mammal skull diversity and function, looking at skull allometry and how mammal heads adapt to trade-offs in tissue demands during growth 🦌🦘🐘🦥
Please share and apply: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/buil...
I have a funded (UK rates) project on mammal skull diversity and function, looking at skull allometry and how mammal heads adapt to trade-offs in tissue demands during growth 🦌🦘🐘🦥
Please share and apply: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/buil...
Building giants: tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals | Courses | University of Liverpool
From elephants to rhinos to bison, enormous increases in body mass have repeatedly evolved within Mammalia over relatively short timescales, leading to a diversity of size and shape. In this project, ...
www.liverpool.ac.uk
July 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
📣I’m hiring!
Two weeks to apply for an October start.
Start date is also flexible.
#PhD #Morphology #evolution
Two weeks to apply for an October start.
Start date is also flexible.
#PhD #Morphology #evolution
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Interested in the functional morphology of mammal heads and want to come join us in Liverpool? Apply for this exciting new PhD project with Alana!
Are you looking for a PhD project starting this year?
I have a funded (UK rates) project on mammal skull diversity and function, looking at skull allometry and how mammal heads adapt to trade-offs in tissue demands during growth 🦌🦘🐘🦥
Please share and apply: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/buil...
I have a funded (UK rates) project on mammal skull diversity and function, looking at skull allometry and how mammal heads adapt to trade-offs in tissue demands during growth 🦌🦘🐘🦥
Please share and apply: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/buil...
Building giants: tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals | Courses | University of Liverpool
From elephants to rhinos to bison, enormous increases in body mass have repeatedly evolved within Mammalia over relatively short timescales, leading to a diversity of size and shape. In this project, ...
www.liverpool.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Interested in the functional morphology of mammal heads and want to come join us in Liverpool? Apply for this exciting new PhD project with Alana!
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Teamwork makes the dream work. Officially PhDone 🎓
Thanks to the lovely lot at @livevobiomech.bsky.social, my supervisors @acsharp.bsky.social, @drphilcox.bsky.social and @nathanj.bsky.social and my awesome wife @naturecaroline.bsky.social.
We're not done here 👀 Watch this space 💀🧠🐴🦍🦁🐂🐅🐫🦌🦏🦒🫎
Thanks to the lovely lot at @livevobiomech.bsky.social, my supervisors @acsharp.bsky.social, @drphilcox.bsky.social and @nathanj.bsky.social and my awesome wife @naturecaroline.bsky.social.
We're not done here 👀 Watch this space 💀🧠🐴🦍🦁🐂🐅🐫🦌🦏🦒🫎
July 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Teamwork makes the dream work. Officially PhDone 🎓
Thanks to the lovely lot at @livevobiomech.bsky.social, my supervisors @acsharp.bsky.social, @drphilcox.bsky.social and @nathanj.bsky.social and my awesome wife @naturecaroline.bsky.social.
We're not done here 👀 Watch this space 💀🧠🐴🦍🦁🐂🐅🐫🦌🦏🦒🫎
Thanks to the lovely lot at @livevobiomech.bsky.social, my supervisors @acsharp.bsky.social, @drphilcox.bsky.social and @nathanj.bsky.social and my awesome wife @naturecaroline.bsky.social.
We're not done here 👀 Watch this space 💀🧠🐴🦍🦁🐂🐅🐫🦌🦏🦒🫎
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Want to move to Spain?
Do you study craniodental evolution in human and non-human primate evolution?
Looking for postdoc position?
Interested in working with my @Tied2Teeth group here @CENIEH???
Deadline to apply: 28 March 2025
www.cenieh.es/en/about-cen...
Do you study craniodental evolution in human and non-human primate evolution?
Looking for postdoc position?
Interested in working with my @Tied2Teeth group here @CENIEH???
Deadline to apply: 28 March 2025
www.cenieh.es/en/about-cen...
Postdoctoral Researcher (R2) of ERC-2021-ADG TIED2TEETH Project | CENIEH
www.cenieh.es
March 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Want to move to Spain?
Do you study craniodental evolution in human and non-human primate evolution?
Looking for postdoc position?
Interested in working with my @Tied2Teeth group here @CENIEH???
Deadline to apply: 28 March 2025
www.cenieh.es/en/about-cen...
Do you study craniodental evolution in human and non-human primate evolution?
Looking for postdoc position?
Interested in working with my @Tied2Teeth group here @CENIEH???
Deadline to apply: 28 March 2025
www.cenieh.es/en/about-cen...
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New paper on macaque facial muscles with @clarekimock.bsky.social @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social and others! Macaques don’t show the same extreme variability in facial musculature as humans… anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
New paper on macaque facial muscles with @clarekimock.bsky.social @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social and others! Macaques don’t show the same extreme variability in facial musculature as humans… anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Rabbits and hares (leporid lagomorphs) have uniquely fenestrated skulls, but why? Using finite element analysis, a new study found that fenestrations don’t impact biting efficiency but may lighten the skull for agility.
Wood-Bailey & Sharp: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Wood-Bailey & Sharp: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
March 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Rabbits and hares (leporid lagomorphs) have uniquely fenestrated skulls, but why? Using finite element analysis, a new study found that fenestrations don’t impact biting efficiency but may lighten the skull for agility.
Wood-Bailey & Sharp: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Wood-Bailey & Sharp: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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PhD studentship funded by the Anatomical Society at the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social. Studying the functional morphology of sheep, goats and their relatives including the fossil island dwarf Myotragus: www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... Contact me for more details.
February 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
PhD studentship funded by the Anatomical Society at the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social. Studying the functional morphology of sheep, goats and their relatives including the fossil island dwarf Myotragus: www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... Contact me for more details.
Next week I will join the ranks of recovering UK academics on BlueSky, and start work for a non-departmental public body instead. Very much looking forward to the new challenges and ways of working. 🙈🙉🙊 🧪🧪
February 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Next week I will join the ranks of recovering UK academics on BlueSky, and start work for a non-departmental public body instead. Very much looking forward to the new challenges and ways of working. 🙈🙉🙊 🧪🧪
Taung child – 100yrs young tomorrow🎂 (+ ~2.6million years). Nice open access potted history in Nature. Piece mentions Meave Leakey. I had the pleasure of meeting her many years back, briefly staying at the Nairobi National Museum. Lovely people and place. 🧪🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Out of Africa: celebrating 100 years of human-origins research
A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the centre of the story of humanity.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Taung child – 100yrs young tomorrow🎂 (+ ~2.6million years). Nice open access potted history in Nature. Piece mentions Meave Leakey. I had the pleasure of meeting her many years back, briefly staying at the Nairobi National Museum. Lovely people and place. 🧪🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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We are getting ready for the launch of our MSc! We strongly believe in the benefits of international exchange of expertise - and students! Here is your Programme Director presenting his work on gait and aging at the amazing Garden City University in Bangalore. #biomechanics #mastersdegree
January 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We are getting ready for the launch of our MSc! We strongly believe in the benefits of international exchange of expertise - and students! Here is your Programme Director presenting his work on gait and aging at the amazing Garden City University in Bangalore. #biomechanics #mastersdegree