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I thought I needed to be more active here... Can't think of a better re-start than my first 1st author publication!!!🀩 mdpi.com/2673-6756/2/3/38 Thanks to @MDPIOpenAccess for accepting it and a million thanks to @ForensOMICS, @SnowEmi, @KabwePRQ, & Dr Gocha for all the support!😍
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I'm over here now bsky.app/profile/drtoothfair… πŸ‘‹πŸ¦·βœ¨

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Goodbye Prof. Today I am saddened by the news of this legend, Prof. Tim Darvill, passing. I've had the privilege to meet and work for him only briefly at the Sisters Long Barrow excavation, one of the coolest, most interesting digs I've ever been on, Thank you Tim.
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I had such a fun time at @ArchAncHistLeic @uniofleicester !!! Thank you to the lovely people of @TobacHistory for having me! It was great to see you again 😊 Time to section some teeth now πŸ’ƒπŸ€©πŸ¦·
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Valentina Perrone, PhD retweeted
It turns out...Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth! nature.com/articles/s41559-0… Their serrations and tips pop into the mouth with an orange hue. Using different techniques, we show that these iconic lizards have special iron-rich coatings on each tooth, keeping them razor sharp!
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Closing a pretty horrible week with a sea urchin's tooth cross section has uplifted my mood quite a bit (bubbles aside πŸ‘€) πŸ˜ŒπŸ’–πŸŒŠ #micro #teeth #histology #microscopy
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Pretty view from the lab today 🌈 @NorthumbriaUni ✨✨
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Valentina Perrone, PhD retweeted
🧡 **How an Academic Mentor/a PI Can Negatively Affect a PhD Student's Career** #phdchat #phdvoice #AcademicAdvice #AcademicTwitter
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Valentina Perrone, PhD retweeted
#TOOTHDAYS! Different cultural traditions for deciduous teeth around the globe.Different cultural traditions for deciduous teeth around the globe.@CENIEH @ERC_Research @FECYT_Ciencia
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Normal people: "Dental histology... After all this time?" Me: "Always" πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’– #dentalhistology #histology #teeth #lifeafterphd #microscopy
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I'm officially back in the lab today... Sectioning teeth, obviously! ✨✨
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So so so happy to say that I am finally #phdone !!!!! I thought this moment would never come!! Thank you so much to my supervisor @edschwalbe for getting me through this last bit of my PhD journey! It is OVER!!!!! πŸ™ŒπŸŽ‰
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Valentina Perrone, PhD retweeted
Voting is now OPEN for the Smiley Charity Film Awards 2024 and we have an entry from our #HistoricHighStreets project with Christ Church Primary School pupils! #NorthShields Please RT and VOTE for our film here πŸ‘‡πŸ½#CFA23 Thanks ❀️ πŸ”— bit.ly/3SW782J
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I had an amazing time at the #EAA2023 today! And got to finally know in person the lovely people of @TobacHistory !! So many interesting topics and all in such a wonderful location! How I've missed archaeology... 😍πŸ₯Ή
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As it turns out, smoking alters the normal cementum growth pattern, and Valentina was able to distinguish active smokers and people who had smoked in the past. And due to the growth rate of the cementum, she was also able to use this method to estimate age!
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Valentina Perrone, PhD retweeted
11 Apr 2023
Just realised this morning that my paper on "The impact of freezing on the post-mortem human microbiome" has officially been published! Got amazing collaboration on this one too! @HLMickleburgh @SnowEmi read it here 😊 frontiersin.org/articles/10.…

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Guess who won the poster competition of the Open research & reproducibility conference??? That'd be us!! πŸ™Œ @nengiOg πŸ™Œ I really enjoyed listening to all the speakers about the importance of #openresearch today at @NorthumbriaUni πŸ”πŸ”πŸ”
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Also, listen to that explanation of why we concluded it was a male individual... I'm genuinely so proud of them, so bright! 🀩🀩🀩 If I do end up in teaching, this whole experience would 100% be core part of that future decision. Thank you again for this, it's been brilliant ❀
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I'm not melting, you are melting πŸ˜πŸ™ˆπŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ’• This is genuinely so so cute, and thank you for the card as well! it def made my day ❀
The pupils @CCPS_NShields all wrote Thank You letters to us! Here’s a few of them - looks like our forensic anthropologists @KabwePRQ and @valentinity_89 really made an impression on the pupils! #HistoricHighStreets #NorthShields
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Valentina Perrone, PhD retweeted
13 Feb 2023
Published my first 1st-author paper and I'm super chuffed!πŸ’ƒπŸΎ And it's especially special because it represents the time I struggled with data analysis most 😭. Many thanks to my supervisors @SnowEmi, Andy and the amazing collaborators fsigenetics.com/article/S187…
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Had lots of fun with this lot today, telling them all about bones & teeth 🀩 Couldn't ask for a better end of the week really! Thank you @Heritologists & @KabwePRQ for today, let's talk bones again soon!! 😊
Session 3 of β€œHard Times and Petty Crimes” We got down to the bones of the project today with Associate Professor Forensic Science @KabwePRQ Human identification and the aftermath of crimes really got the attention of Year 6 @CCPS_NShields #Heritage #Technology #NorthShields
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