@palaeo_prof

UCT palaeo-biologist, committed to promoting and communicating science.

 Cape Town, South Africa
Joined February 2017
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IPC7@IPC7_Oct 22
🎉 Meet our IPC7 Travel Grant recipients! Congratulations to Tomas Fornari, who has been awarded a Travel Grant supported by The Anatomical Record to participate in the symposium Advances on the Histology of the Mineralised Tissues of Vertebrates.
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IPC7@IPC7_Sep 28
🎉 Meet our IPC7 Travel Grant recipients! Congratulations to Voltaire Dutra Paes Neto, who has been awarded an IPC7 Travel Grant Voltaire is a postdoctoral researcher at the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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UCT Research@UCT_ResearchSep 4
Congratulations to the outstanding team @heri_uct on receiving the @NRF_News Science Team Award for transforming the study of human evolution in South Africa & advancing the country's reputation as a world-class research destination. #UCTResearchExcellence #NRFAwards2026
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Steve Brusatte@SteveBrusatteSep 3
Just devastating. The oldest natural history museum in America will suddenly close its doors at the end of the month. With budget cuts, flagging govt and political support, high overhead costs...I fear this fate may befall many of us. nbcphiladelphia.com/news/loc…

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University to close museum on Sept. 30

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will close its museum in Philadelphia on Sept. 30, 2026, NBC10 confirmed.

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IPC7@IPC7_Sep 3
📣 We’re thrilled to announce that the 6th Circular of the IPC7 is now available! Don’t miss out on the latest updates as we prepare to welcome paleontologists from around the world to Cape Town, South Africa in 2026! 📥 Download -> ipc7.site
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IPC7@IPC7_Aug 25
📢 Coming to #IPC7? Let everyone know! 🎉 We've created ready-to-share social media graphics for all IPC7 attendees and presenters. 🦕 Download your favourite flyer from our website, share it on your social media, and help us spread the word! ipc7.site
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IPC7@IPC7_Jul 22
🎨 Don't miss one of the exciting IPC7 workshops! Join the Sketching Paleoart Workshop at the Iziko South African Museum. 📅 28 Nov | 👥 20 spots | 💸 Free Sketch, explore, create. No experience needed! 🔗 More info on the IPC7 website 👉 ipc7.site
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UCT Research@UCT_ResearchJul 20
Congratulations to Prof @SudeshSivarasu, recipient of the @NSTF_SA Engineering Research Capacity Development Award. His work is transforming medical device innovation into accessible healthcare solutions that reach communities beyond the lab. #UCTResearchExcellence
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Steve Brusatte@SteveBrusatteJul 14
Gus the T. rex fetched $50.1 million at auction, a new record price for a dinosaur If this is how much dinosaurs cost now, how can museums afford them? Where does that leave science & education? Will the public still have opportunities to be inspired? theguardian.com/us-news/2026…

T rex fossil ‘Gus’ sells for $50.1m at New York auction, setting new record

Skeleton judged to be one of the largest and most complete ever unearthed was excavated on a ranch in South Dakota

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IPC7@IPC7_Jun 27
📢 Great news! We've extended the deadline for abstract submissions! We can't wait to see your latest research! 📷 New deadline: 13 July 2026 📷 ipc7.site #IPC7 #Palaeontology #Abstracts #Conference2026 #CapeTown #FossilScience
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IPC7@IPC7_May 16
🎓 IPC7 Travel Grants – Call for Applications The IPC7 organizers are pleased to announce the availability of Travel Grants to support delegates from any part of Africa, as well as from any developing country (worldwide) wishing to attend the IPC7. Don’t miss this opportunity!!
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Congrats to Prof Sheetal Silal! # Uct_news
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IPC7@IPC7_Apr 28
✨ We are thrilled to have 6 fantastic plenary speakers at IPC7 in Cape Town! Today we’re excited to introduce Dr. @jasmina_wiemann from PaLEO Lab in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, USA, who will be one of our plenary speakers.
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Steve Brusatte@SteveBrusatteMay 7
You guys!!! Whoa!! Holy crap!! The Story of Birds is a New York Times bestseller! @nytimesbooks No. 10 nonfiction & top science book in the USA during its first week. My god, thank you all! I am the luckiest guy to have such engaged and friendly readers. ☺️☺️
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IPC7@IPC7_May 5
✨ We are thrilled to have 6 fantastic plenary speakers at IPC7 in Cape Town! Today we’re excited to introduce Dr. M. Gabriela Mángano from Department of Geological Sciences of the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, who will be one of our plenary speakers.
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IPC7@IPC7_May 3
Be part of IPC7! ipc7.site
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Maria Eugenia Pereyra@MariaEugeniaP_6Apr 28
Check out a short video about our latest work about development plasticity in Crocodylus niloticus @palaeo_prof @RSocPublishing @royalsociety doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.… youtube.com/watch?v=q72PJ1wz…

Growth plasticity in the Nile crocodile

This is a short video about our recent work on the Nile crocodile t...

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The PalAss@ThePalAssApr 14
Oldest evidence of a weasel reveals Miocene origin for Mustelinae onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @miochange2 @CienciaGob @paleo_alberto @Chris_J_Law @QigaoJ @geologicasUCM @mncn_csic @unizar @UV_EG @ICP_MCrusafont @IDEAolduvai @MorphoBank @MorphoSource
Top right: Photograph of two jaw bones with a one cent Euro coin for scale. The bones are a fragment of a mandible of Galanthis baskini from Las Casiones (small, darker specimen, above) and a complete mandible of the extant species Mustela nivalis (lesser weasel; lighter coloured specimen below). Image: Alberto Valenciano. Top left: blue rectangle is a cover image from the journal Palaeontology. Bottom: Illustration of body mass along the branches of the tip-dated Bayesian MCC tree, showing the ancestral body mass for each clade; illustrated specimens (not to scale): Lutra lutra, MNCN-3666; Vormela peregusna, IVPP-OV519; Zdanskyictis minimus, PMU-21788; Mustela putorius, MNCN-3846; Mustela nivalis, MNCN-14416; Mustela erminea, MNCN-14372; Neogale vison, MNCN-14417; Galanthis baskini, KS-9a; Martes americana, FMNH-51372.

ALT Top right: Photograph of two jaw bones with a one cent Euro coin for scale. The bones are a fragment of a mandible of Galanthis baskini from Las Casiones (small, darker specimen, above) and a complete mandible of the extant species Mustela nivalis (lesser weasel; lighter coloured specimen below). Image: Alberto Valenciano. Top left: blue rectangle is a cover image from the journal Palaeontology. Bottom: Illustration of body mass along the branches of the tip-dated Bayesian MCC tree, showing the ancestral body mass for each clade; illustrated specimens (not to scale): Lutra lutra, MNCN-3666; Vormela peregusna, IVPP-OV519; Zdanskyictis minimus, PMU-21788; Mustela putorius, MNCN-3846; Mustela nivalis, MNCN-14416; Mustela erminea, MNCN-14372; Neogale vison, MNCN-14417; Galanthis baskini, KS-9a; Martes americana, FMNH-51372.

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IPC7@IPC7_Apr 13
✨ We are thrilled to have 6 fantastic plenary speakers at IPC7 in Cape Town! Today we’re excited to introduce Dr. Kristi Curry Rogers from Macalester College, USA We’re delighted to have her as part of IPC7 🔗 More info on the IPC7 website 👉ipc7.site
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