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markscherz.bsky.social
Curator of Herpetology & Associate Professor of Vertebrate Zoology at Natural History Museum of Denmark • ERC StG: GEMINI • Co-host of SquaMates Podcast and AnatomyInsights on Youtube • He/Him
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Pretty cool seeing both my developmental staging series at the @devdynamics.bsky.social table and #Lepidodactylus itself in San Juan for SDB! #2025SDB #2025ICDB #devbio #GeckoEvoDevo #mourninggecko

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

As I tell my students, ChatGPT is an amazingly powerful tool for answering all sorts of questions, as long as you don't care whether or not the answers are correct.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Excited to share a new #OA paper in @journalofanatomy.bsky.social detailing evolution and development of hemibacula: bizarre mineralized elements in hemipenes of croaking geckos. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #GeckoEvoDevo #Aristelliger

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

€721 million in @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grants has been awarded to 281 leading researchers across Europe. From AI to cancer prevention and space exploration, we are investing in Europe’s most cutting-edge science. Europe remains committed to excellence and global talent. ↓

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Interesting update from the person who first called it out in the forums: "@procyonloiter and I just had a 3-hour in-person talk with @loarie and I am delighted to say that it has completely alleviated my concerns around this entire issue."

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

As a taxonomist, curator on the HerpetoGasy Bioblitz group, and top identifier of dozens of reptile and amphibian species from Madagascar on @inaturalist.bsky.social, I am seriously concerned by this move. 🧪🧵

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

Your favourite evolutionary science journal just got even better as we report a 2024 Scopus CiteScore of 2.6 and move to Q1 in Animal Science and Zoology! evolsyst.pensoft.net/news/874

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

I'm beyond excited to announce that I will be joining the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Oklahoma as an Assistant Professor in January 2026! Belasen Lab @ou.edu coming soon 🐸 ❤️

submitted 18 days ago • 12 comments

SkyBLAST is indeed a "lightning fast" version of NCBI BLAST sky-blast.com. Like, really fast.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Before and after shots of drawer installation in our #naturalhistory collections #museumlife

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Chromosome-level genome assembly of the lemon sole, Microstomus kitt (Pleuronectiformes: Pleuronectidae). #LemonSoleGenome #ChromosomeLevelAssembly #GigaBytes gigabytejournal.com/articles/156

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Ok so I didn’t really need that in my adult beverage but thanks for sharing

submitted 23 days ago • 330 comments

🐸 Did you know female frogs call too? This new review highlights the overlooked vocalizations of female frogs in 112 species (1.4% of all described anuran species)! 🧪🌎 👩‍🔬 #ecoevo doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

We recorded a NEW episode of @squamatespod.bsky.social today!!! Stay tuned! #podcasts #herpetology #scicom

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Go out and find a beetle. It’s almost always worth it.

submitted 28 days ago • 5 comments