#FINS is using a multidisciplinary approach including dermal denticle analysis and proteomics to study #marineshagreen, which is a material made from the skins of sharks and rays, to explore historic elasmobranch exploitation in the early modern period #EEA2025 @rachelmwinter.bsky.social

In the words of Taylor Swift, ‘It’s been a long time coming’ and with that, I’m beyond excited to be starting my Marie Curie fellowship on #marineshagreen and historic #elasmobranch exploitation and ecology at the Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen!

With Week 1 drawing to a close, it's been a brilliant start at Winterthur Museum!

Lots of initial meetings and introductions, including discussing library resources (and equine shagreen😉) with @book-historia.bsky.social and starting to get a closer look at the #marineshagreen objects themselves!🦈

I got back from Egypt this week and of course I can't go anywhere without keeping an eye out for #MarineShagreen so here are a couple of the gorgeous pieces I saw at the Abdeen Palace Museum in Cairo!