The invisible glory of Octopus cyanea (the Day Octopus)! Can you see it before it moves? #CephalopodWeek #cephalopod #octopus OctoNation® World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club 🐙 Science Friday

Join us today for the 15th MEME seminar! In this week's seminar, Viktoriia Kamska will present "Biomechanical interaction of locomotion and sensing apparatus in avians" Time: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 1 pm EST/7 pm CET

大きな魚も小さな魚もマクロレンズで撮りたくなりますよね #マクロレンズで生き物を撮ろう

今僕の膝は切れた半月板が挟まって関節の動きを阻害するロッキングという現象が起きているらしいのだけど、この作品の制作で関節面の調整後に削りくずが挟まって関節の動きが制限されるのを思い出した。あ、あれですね。。

Now, I am officially Dr. Kamska 👩🏼‍🎓 issued by the University of Tübingen. My doctoral thesis was dedicated to mechanosensing lumbosacral organ (LSO) in birds. The doctoral studies were carried out at Intelligent Systems Here you can read the entire dissertation: dx.doi.org/10.15496/publi…

#china 🇨🇳#HongKong 1 year Postdoc/Senior Researcher position available ASAP in Mason Dean CityU Hong Kong thru HFSP #Scientist4Scientist program to study basking shark feeding biology, materials and mechanics.   📧 [email protected] #ScienceForUkraine 🇺🇦

There's beauty, complexity, and wonder in the skin! New pre-print out today about #morphology and #composition of elephant trunk skin. Taking a number from Will Ratcliff's book and Twitter thread incoming, see paper here: doi.org/10.1101/2023.0… (1/17)

#Art in #Biology- #SciArtSeptember spotlight on Viktoriia Kamska (@) tory_art on Instagram "Through the entire human history, we are reusing ideas from Nature." …veandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2023/09/26/sci… & see Kamska's donation to our SICB student fund Fine Art Am site fineartamerica.com/featured/rainb…

Was a lovely + productive visit from Melanie Debiais-Thibaud (thanks to a #PROCORE grant) and Max Planck Queensland Centre (MPQC), an impromptu summit on #marinebio + comparative #cartilage biology.  We loved showing you @HKVetSchool + Hong Kong. Thanks also to Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum + 香港海洋公園 Ocean Park HK for smashing tours!

Friday follower thanks to Dr Peter Gausmann, our most active re-postee. What a great #book share by Dr. David Shiffman 🦈 Be sure to catch this #shark read from Dr. Lauren Eve Simonitis 🇨🇺🇺🇸 et al Microstructure of the #Bonnethead Shark #Olfactory Rosette Simonitis, Marshall doi.org/10.1093/iob/ob…

𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴 - these small blue jewel-like insects can easily be found flying over or on plants, as they are phytophagous, i.e. they feed on plant material. Its popular name, Azalea argid sawfly, comes from the fact that its larvae feed on the ornamental azalea leaves.

In May 2024, we are hosting an international conference in Hong Kong to facilitate the discussion about wildlife trade in and through the city. Interdisciplinary Conversations on Wildlife Trade aims to bridge this gap between disciplines and progresses the field further 🤝

We're really excited about this great work by Amar SV + Michael Blumer and gaggle of our science pals, including Frederik Mollen, Shahrouz Amini Ashlie McIvor Joana C. Carvalho More to come on this species soon! HFSP Adv Optical Mat photo: Morgan Bennett-Smith

Nature has a way of creating stunning electric #blue hues. Mason Dean & his collaborators @MPICI & beyond uncovered the unique method used by the #stingray.Their findings offer insights into creating #colors w/ chemistry on flexible, soft materials 📰tinyurl.com/yc8be3vp

Five years after its start, the openVertebrate project has made thousands of 3D natural history specimens available for free online. scim.ag/6uV News from Science

INHERENT NATURE. Wildlife art exhibit, PMQ, Hong Kong. May 8-June 7, 2024. Come join us! 🐢🦈🦑🐞🦥🦋🐘🦏🌲🌸 #WildlifeConservation #WildlifeTrade #HongKongBiodiversity @ICWT_hk CityU Hong Kong CityU JCC Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum The University of Hong Kong HKU School of Biological Sciences PMQ HK 元創方 Nicole Kit Dr. Viktoriia Kamska

YESSSS! I love these 3D-printed skin-teeth from the rostrum of a small spotted catshark hatchling (Scyliorhinus canicula). These petal-like denticles are very different in shape from the rest of the body denticles. Printed for a sci-art project! #shark #skinteeth #sciart 🦈🦷

I feel like we could all collectively enjoy a baby blue shark.

Thanks to CityU Hong Kong and SEB for picking up the stories on Amar SV and Dr. Viktoriia Kamska's nice studies on #structuralcolor. Always fun working with our pal Michael Blumer Med. Uni. Innsbruck and other elasmophiles! cityu.edu.hk/research/stori… eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

🌟Thrilled to share my 37-day summer research trip in Europe! Studied shark skin 🦈 at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (1-month) & B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering. Presented research at #SEBconference in Prague and two seminars at NyakaturaLab for Comparative Zoology & Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. Big thanks to CityU JCC Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences & #GRF for the support!