Tea guzzler, nature lover. Crackers about whales. Buck Research Fellow @NMNH 🐋🇺🇸 PhD: whale ecol evo @UCL @NHM_London🐬@Stemettes mentor. Own views
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9 May 2022
Whale skulls are wonderfully weird. When did they get so whacky and why? Our new paper on the tempo of #whale skull #evolution is out now in @CurrentBiology! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…. A big thank you to the @London_NERC_DTP, @ucl, and @NHM_London for supporting my Ph.D. research🐳
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I 3D surface-scanned #Dippy back in 2021 with @NHM_Digitise and @AmyScottMurray 🦕 It was a mammoth task and I’m delighted to see those hours and hours of scanning and digitising realised in the beautiful, life-sized sculpture ‘Fern’. Go see it! 👇🏼@NHM_Science @NHM_London 🦕 🌱
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Dr Ellen Coombs retweeted
15 May 2024
I've got a 4-year fully-funded PhD studentship (including home fees) opportunity in my lab! Come study morphological evolution of bird heads, jaw muscles, and Darwin's finches. Plus learn some human anatomy along the way! apply now at: findaphd.com/phds/project/co…
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30 Mar 2024
@RoyalMail Hello, I have a customs charge due on a package. I’ve tried paying online using the barcode number and also just by entering the address - both options give me this below. Please help!
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1 Apr 2024
My sister (in the U.K.) has also tried using the details on the postal card you left at her house and gets the same screen shot above :(
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Dr Ellen Coombs retweeted
20 Dec 2023
New paper in @royalsociety ProcB! An unexpectedly large baleen whale fossil from the early Miocene of South Australia.
Analysis of the baleen whale fossil record reveals that larger mysticetes first appeared in the Southern Hemisphere. @museumsvictoria
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My wife is smart, and has done all of this while successfully raising a two-month old because she is amazing.
19 Dec 2023
Our new paper on toothed #whale jaws is out today in @CurrentBiology. The jaw of toothed whales is unique in that it is used for both #hearing & #feeding. We investigate what’s happened to the shape of the #jaw over 50 million years🐬
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Dr Ellen Coombs retweeted
19 Dec 2023
Our new paper is now out! My contribution to this began as a chapter in my PhD so it’s lovely to see the data finally being used. Massive congrats to Ellen who managed to lead this whilst becoming a mother for the first time! Have a read for some whale jaw fun! 🐋🐬
19 Dec 2023
Our new paper on toothed #whale jaws is out today in @CurrentBiology. The jaw of toothed whales is unique in that it is used for both #hearing & #feeding. We investigate what’s happened to the shape of the #jaw over 50 million years🐬
cell.com/current-biology/ful…
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19 Dec 2023
Our new paper on toothed #whale jaws is out today in @CurrentBiology. The jaw of toothed whales is unique in that it is used for both #hearing & #feeding. We investigate what’s happened to the shape of the #jaw over 50 million years🐬
cell.com/current-biology/ful…
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Dr Ellen Coombs retweeted
19 Dec 2023
New lab paper on cetacean mandibles by @CalymeneBlue , lead by @EllenCoombs. Congrats to all!
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29 Sep 2023
Devastated to read about the felling of the #SycamoreGap tree. Our disconnect from #nature is at an all-time high. Please help the @WoodlandTrust get the government to offer protections to our #LivingLegends via their petition: woodlandtrust.org.uk/protect… 🌳
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Dr Ellen Coombs retweeted
26 Sep 2023
Is it time to end whale and dolphin #captivity forever?
30 years after the last captive #dolphins left the UK, the issue remains divisive as science and public opinion clash.🐬
Discover the debate in our #NatureNews 👇
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26 Sep 2023
What have we learnt from keeping #whales and #dolphins in #captivity? Delighted to discuss this with the @NHM_London - a topic very close to my heart 🐋
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11 Sep 2023
4 more fin whales killed in the waters off #Iceland. Now 7 total. Substantial uncertainties if new welfare regs are followed. Investigations ongoing. Another sad day for globally Vulnerable fin #whales @whalesorg @whales_org @whalesorg_de @CetaceanSociety @Defenders @OceanCare
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Dr Ellen Coombs retweeted
10 Aug 2023
🚨 JOB ALERT! 2.75yr Postdoc position at the University of Manchester in my lab! Mammal evolution, morphology, anatomy, biomechanics of running; opportunity to join fun and friendly team. Closes: Aug 31st. @UoM_EES @ICALmanchester @SVP_vertpaleo @SICB_
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Dr Ellen Coombs retweeted
2 Aug 2023
LA BALLENA COLOSAL DEL PERÚ 🇵🇪
Tras casi 10 años de excavaciones y un arduo trabajo presentamos hoy en la revista @Nature a Perucetus colossus: un gigantesco basilosaurio de 38 millones de años y quizás el animal mas pesado que alguna vez haya existido 🧵
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Dr Ellen Coombs retweeted
2 Aug 2023
I am so excited to share our latest research – a fossil whale which may beat the blue whale to the title of heaviest marine animal ever! Say hello to Perucetus! 🇵🇪
Published today in Nature!
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