Graphic announcing the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 call. It shows the opening date (9 April 2026), closing date (9 September 2026), and a budget of €399.05 million. The design features scientific visuals such as cells, a leaf, and lab elements on a dark background, with the European Commission logo at the bottom.

Big opportunities for researchers 🌍

We are investing nearly €400 million to help researchers share their work and collaborate with the best scientific teams across the EU.

The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open.

More: link.europa.eu/PNxpxw

Nyakatura-Lab for Comparative Zoology | News See what’s been happening in the Nyakatura Lab. News: discover our latest publications, recent events, and research highlights.

2 PhD Opportunities! 🤩
We are recruiting two highly motivated PhD students to join an ambitious project advancing Robotic Paleontology—a rapidly emerging field that fuses paleontology, biomechanics, simulation, and robotics.

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📣 postdocs! If you are considering a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) fellowship and looking for a host, do get in touch if you're interested in #biomechanics #skulls #muscles #morphometrics #FEA

📍 @livevobiomech.bsky.social
🔗 marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...

Our PhD opportunity is still open. A match-funded project with @chesterzoo.bsky.social, where the student will also be a Conservation Scholar. An exciting interdisciplinary project that can be tailored to the student. Even the pigeons are interested in our LiDAR scanner!

The implications for which species/traits are considered desirable in rewilding discussions is fascinating here (not to mention the synthetic biology angle…)

Really enjoyed this seminar from @drrostireadioff.bsky.social in our Musculoskeletal Biomechanics MSc @msc-mubm.bsky.social. She's doing such cool work linkingbiology and engineering...left with lots of new ideas!

Thanks @acsharp.bsky.social for hosting, and Rosti for letting me share this :)

Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

My post-doc Charlotte King will be starting her own Minerva research group in September and is looking for PhD students. Click here if you are into experimental biomechanics, apes and hominin evolution.

www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...

🚨JOB alert🚨

We have three (yes, THREE) 🌟lectureships🌟 advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol.

Broad remit, including #AnimalBehaviour & #GlobalChangeBiology

⏱️Deadline: 8th March 2026
🙏Please circulate widely

😊Come join us!

Full #job details: tinyurl.com/y3us95rc

What drives impaired exercise tolerance in type 2 diabetes? James Charles and Roger Kissane use experimental and musculoskeletal modelling data to show that diabetes changes tendon mechanics in a way that makes locomotion more expensive 🦴🐁💪📉
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

Assessing muscle morphology and mechanics: one protocol does not fit all - Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility -

📑‼️ New commentary out today from Roger on the importance of experimental design and best practice for muscle mechanics experiments!

We are hiring a POSTDOC on an NIH award to measure inertial effects of (in)active muscle. Please share and re-post widely! Please send expressions of interest to my UML email.

Primates, Passion and Power Points: What I Learnt Talking about Monkey Sex By Betzy Manners Figure 1 An attentive family of Emperor tamarins. In November, National Museums Scotland displayed an exhibition focusing on ‘Our Primate Family.’ Featuring new taxidermy of more t…

If you're not enticed by this title I don't know what to tell you...

New blog up from PhD student Betzy @betzymanners.bsky.social about her participation in a recent outreach event at @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social !

📣 The Newton International Fellowship programme by the Royal Society opens on 15th January!

📍If you're an early career researcher interested in collaborating and moving to Liverpool, lets chat!

🔗 www.royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

Avian cranial evolution is influenced by shape interactions between hard and soft tissue traits Abstract. Changes in the structure and relative size of the brain are thought to be key transformations in the evolution of birds, reflecting innovations a

You wait ages for a paper, and two come along (almost) at once! This is the first publication from the project we're currently working on, where we're investigating the relationship between different regions of the avian head. 1/n royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

📣ONE WEEK left to apply for this PhD on the #biomechanics of mandibular implants, working with clinicians and engineers to improve patient outcomes.

📍 @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social @livevobiomech.bsky.social in Liverpool, UK
🥼 @clairebrockett.bsky.social @ukshaq.bsky.social and me!

ACCE+ DLA Programme: Morphological Trait Evolution in Isolated Populations of Large Mammals and its Implications for Rewilding in the UK at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA Programme: Morphological Trait Evolution in Isolated Populations of Large Mammals and its Implications for Rewilding in the UK at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.co...

Anyone interested in applying for PhDs at #2025SVP, email or find me or @tguillerme.bsky.social for a chat if you’re interested in morphological trait evolution with a conservation theme:
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Interested in implants and dental rehabilitation?

I have a fully funded PhD available on modelling mandibular implants after oral cancer.
Apply now or email me 🙂
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

(BBSRC NWD) Fibrillin-1: a master regulator of skeletal muscle function? at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - (BBSRC NWD) Fibrillin-1: a master regulator of skeletal muscle function? at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD advert 🥳

BBSRC studentship focusing on the role of fibrillin-1 on the microvascular and mechanical function of skeletal muscle - potential for a whole range of interdisciplinary research techniques 💪🦴🧬🩸

All info at the link below - come join us!

Biomechanical impact of tooth root morphology to inform dental implant design Using finite element analysis (FEA), this study aims to investigate the impact of different tooth root morphologies and implant designs, including a s…

🦷 We saw that implants that mimic natural root morphology demonstrated more favourable stress distribution.

🦷 Standard single-root implants may lead to poor load distribution and increased failure risk in posterior locations.

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📣 📃 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

ACCE+ DLA Programme: Morphological Trait Evolution in Isolated Populations of Large Mammals and its Implications for Rewilding in the UK at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA Programme: Morphological Trait Evolution in Isolated Populations of Large Mammals and its Implications for Rewilding in the UK at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.co...

📍 Project based in Liverpool in @livevobiomech.bsky.social

🥼 The team includes @tguillerme.bsky.social @toriherridge.bsky.social @nottswildlife.bsky.social and me!

🔗 Project description: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

📣Another exciting PhD available!

Partnered with @nottswildlife.bsky.social and fully funded by the ACCE+ NERC Doctoral Landscape Award.

We will look at morphological trait evolution, isolation and environment change, and rewilding of large herbivores.

#evolution #WilderFuture #rewilding #PhD

MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Improving success of mandibular reconstruction after oral cancer: novel finite element methods for better patient outcomes at University of Liverpool on FindAP... PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Improving success of mandibular reconstruction after oral cancer: novel finite element methods for better patient outcomes at University of Liver...

💷 The project is fully funded by the MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

How to apply 🔗 www.dimen.org.uk/how-to-apply
Project description 🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

👩‍⚕️ Working directly with surgeons, this project will provide clinically relevant information to prevent failure of jaw implants and improve patient outcomes following head & neck #cancer.
We will use #CT scanning 🩻 #biomechanics and modelling #FEA

📣 Funded PhD combining anatomy, surgery and engineering!

💀 This project aims to characterise the biomechanical behaviour of jaw implants following mandibulectomy.

📍@livuni-ilcams.bsky.social Liverpool, UK
🥼@ukshaq.bsky.social @clairebrockett.bsky.social and me!

With the high detail from the scans, we can reconstruct the muscles in 3D to learn more about their function and how flight evolved in bats
📃🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joa....

It's spoooky season! 🎃🦇 👻
Check out is video of our Egyptian Fruit Bat, stained with iodine and CT scanned to visualise the muscles

Taking over #3DThursday while Brandy Freitas @brandy-syglass.bsky.social is out of office for some adventures!

🦇: Rousettus aegyptiacus stained in 10% Lugol’s iodine for 3 months
🔬: PerkinElmer Quantum GX microCT
🥼: @acsharp.bsky.social
🏛️: University of Liverpool’s Centre for Preclinical Imaging

On the 4th December 2025, @eesaupe.bsky.social will be giving an in person lecture at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social as part of the MENDLS series.

There will be tea and cake, a panel discussion, and a reception to follow!

Open to all, more details 👇

Register here:
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Our new MSc is rolling! Semester one provides a solid general background in Biomechanics with some fun practicals. Check out our students have fun learning surface electromyography.