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Terrific new work on tendon growth by Heather Dingwall @dingwallaby.bsky.social and @jennagalloway.bsky.social in collaboration with my lab. Congrats Heather and all authors! journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
Dynamic transcriptional and epigenetic changes define postnatal tendon growth
Author summary Tendons provide essential connections within our musculoskeletal system, transmitting the force from muscle to bone to enable movement. Concomitant with skeletal growth, tendon developm...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Terrific new work on tendon growth by Heather Dingwall @dingwallaby.bsky.social and @jennagalloway.bsky.social in collaboration with my lab. Congrats Heather and all authors! journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
Great work on the genetics of osteoarthritis by my post-doc Dr. @clarissacoveney.bsky.social and lab:
acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../art.43231
acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../art.43231
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Great work on the genetics of osteoarthritis by my post-doc Dr. @clarissacoveney.bsky.social and lab:
acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../art.43231
acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../art.43231
Pleased to announce our new review on human musculoskeletal evolution lead by my post-doc @gayani.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New methodological approaches and insights gained toward understanding the evolved human skeleton
Modern humans exhibit marked musculoskeletal changes when compared to those of our African ape relatives, such as chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. …
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November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Pleased to announce our new review on human musculoskeletal evolution lead by my post-doc @gayani.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Here is the tweetorial for the terrific work by Clarissa Coveney in my lab.
1) Despite the chaos, I am very pleased to present the terrific research conducted by my post-doc @clarissacoveney.bsky.social. acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Complex regulatory interactions at GDF5 shape joint morphology and osteoarthritis disease risk
Objectives To reveal causal level osteoarthritis (OA) disease biology by targeting regulatory interactions at GDF5. Methods By investigating different GDF5 regulatory regions (R2, R3-5, R7-R9, R18...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Here is the tweetorial for the terrific work by Clarissa Coveney in my lab.
Delighted to announce the publication of this amazing work by my post-doc Dr. Clarissa Coveney and a team of wonderful collaborators. This work on GDF5 and its roles in controlling disease risk was published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Delighted to announce the publication of this amazing work by my post-doc Dr. Clarissa Coveney and a team of wonderful collaborators. This work on GDF5 and its roles in controlling disease risk was published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Recent coverage of our Nature Paper on the Evolution of Human Bipedalism:
www.sciencenews.org/article/gene...
www.sciencenews.org/article/gene...
Two tiny genetic shifts helped early humans walk upright
Scientists have linked bipedalism to changes in how the human pelvis developed millions of years ago.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Recent coverage of our Nature Paper on the Evolution of Human Bipedalism:
www.sciencenews.org/article/gene...
www.sciencenews.org/article/gene...
Please share/repost widely: I have a postdoc position available. Please see ad below and reach out to apply.
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Postdoctoral Fellow in the Capellini Laboratory of Developmental and Evolutionary Genetics
The Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics Laboratory of Dr. Terence D. Capellini....
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October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Postdoctoral Fellow in the Capellini Laboratory of Developmental and Evolutionary Genetics
The Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics Laboratory of Dr. Terence D. Capellini....
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October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Postdoctoral Fellow in the Capellini Laboratory of Developmental and Evolutionary Genetics
The Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics Laboratory of Dr. Terence D. Capellini....
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October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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In the sadness I feel for the passing of Jane Goodall, I take from her a continued energy, passion, and commitment to bolster up, fight for, and inspire those without voices! We must be champions to protect this earth and basic decency!
October 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
In the sadness I feel for the passing of Jane Goodall, I take from her a continued energy, passion, and commitment to bolster up, fight for, and inspire those without voices! We must be champions to protect this earth and basic decency!
Question for those at academic research institutions: Have your institutions received requests from the federal government regarding recent changes in Restricted Party and Export Controls Screening Process?
September 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Question for those at academic research institutions: Have your institutions received requests from the federal government regarding recent changes in Restricted Party and Export Controls Screening Process?
Kirstin Sterner (University of Oregon) and I would like to give a big CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Sam Queeno, who successfully defended her dissertation entitled "A New Perspective on Human Bipedalism: Using Functional Genomics as a Window to Past Physiology". Terrific Job Sam!!!!
September 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Kirstin Sterner (University of Oregon) and I would like to give a big CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Sam Queeno, who successfully defended her dissertation entitled "A New Perspective on Human Bipedalism: Using Functional Genomics as a Window to Past Physiology". Terrific Job Sam!!!!
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September 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Thanks Nature for this terrific coverage of our work! @gayani.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Thanks Nature for this terrific coverage of our work! @gayani.bsky.social
Thanks Katie Kavanagh for this nice news piece on our work!!! @gayani.bsky.social
Researchers have mapped the key structural changes in the pelvis that enabled early humans to first walk on two legs and accommodate giving birth to a big-brained baby
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go.nature.com/4lMH1pm
How humans became upright: key changes to our pelvis found
Genetic and anatomical data reveal how the human pelvis acquired its unique shape, enabling our ancestors to walk on two legs.
go.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thanks Katie Kavanagh for this nice news piece on our work!!! @gayani.bsky.social
Study shows how the human pelvis was reshaped for upright walking | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Study shows how the human pelvis was reshaped for upright walking
Comparisons of pelvic development in human and primate embryos reveals key steps in human evolution
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August 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Study shows how the human pelvis was reshaped for upright walking | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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New research shows the human pelvis didn’t evolve gradually—it flipped its growth pattern 90° and rewired bone formation. These shifts let our ancestors walk upright and birth big-brained babies. #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #Bipedalism
Two Genetic Leaps That Set Us Walking
New research traces the pelvic transformation that let humans rise from the trees
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August 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New research shows the human pelvis didn’t evolve gradually—it flipped its growth pattern 90° and rewired bone formation. These shifts let our ancestors walk upright and birth big-brained babies. #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #Bipedalism
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A genetic flip helped turn us into upright walkers. Here’s my evo-devo story about the ilium. Gift link: nyti.ms/45BOenz
August 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A genetic flip helped turn us into upright walkers. Here’s my evo-devo story about the ilium. Gift link: nyti.ms/45BOenz
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Super excited and thrilled to see this work come out in Nature today. 🥹@tdcapellini.bsky.social Thank you so much for your amazing mentorship throughout the project, and to all my co-authors who helped take this work to the next level.
1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature
The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Super excited and thrilled to see this work come out in Nature today. 🥹@tdcapellini.bsky.social Thank you so much for your amazing mentorship throughout the project, and to all my co-authors who helped take this work to the next level.
Fantastic coverage of our recent work in Nature. Thanks!!!!
A genetic flip helped turn us into upright walkers. Here’s my evo-devo story about the ilium. Gift link: nyti.ms/45BOenz
August 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Fantastic coverage of our recent work in Nature. Thanks!!!!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/s...
Uncovering the Genes That Let Our Ancestors Walk Upright
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August 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/s...
1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature
The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...
www.nature.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."
June 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."
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🧬NEW: Our Dr Palesa Madupe & colleagues retrieved some of the oldest human genetic data from #Africa
They identify 2million year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus to reveal its biological sex & genetic variability
Read about this breakthrough in human evolution studies: bit.ly/3HiOgqP
They identify 2million year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus to reveal its biological sex & genetic variability
Read about this breakthrough in human evolution studies: bit.ly/3HiOgqP
Ancient genetic data reveals biological sex and genetic variability of Paranthropus robustus — HERI - Human Evolution Research Institute
Using a technique called palaeoproteomics, researchers extracted 2-million-year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus teeth to reveal biological sex and genetic variability.
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May 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🧬NEW: Our Dr Palesa Madupe & colleagues retrieved some of the oldest human genetic data from #Africa
They identify 2million year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus to reveal its biological sex & genetic variability
Read about this breakthrough in human evolution studies: bit.ly/3HiOgqP
They identify 2million year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus to reveal its biological sex & genetic variability
Read about this breakthrough in human evolution studies: bit.ly/3HiOgqP
Today, I take the reigns as Chair, Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard. Big thankyou to Dan Lieberman outgoing Chair & Joe Henrich, previous Chair. They did tremendous jobs advancing HEB's intellectual/academic vibrancy. I'll work hard for all students, postdocs & faculty in this changing landscape
May 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Today, I take the reigns as Chair, Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard. Big thankyou to Dan Lieberman outgoing Chair & Joe Henrich, previous Chair. They did tremendous jobs advancing HEB's intellectual/academic vibrancy. I'll work hard for all students, postdocs & faculty in this changing landscape