
Elska Kaczmarek, PhD
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Elska Kaczmarek, PhD
@EBKaczmarek
Postdoc @NAU | fish air-breathing behavior and evolution | pig suckling biomechanics and physiology | she/her
















This is @SICB_ leadership! Past President Brainerd, President Hale, President -Elect Hernandez, and incoming Prez-Elect Nishiguchi. A historical group of *amazing* women scientists and leaders. #SICB2023








Our new work led by Hiroki Higashiyama is published! doi.org/10.1111/ede.12… Sequel to our previous work (doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…), we argue that the reptilian premaxilla is lost in mammals and is NOT homologous to the mammalian "premaxilla", proposing a new "prevomer" hypothesis






I'm THRILLED that this paper is out in @ICB_journal! 🧵 We found that lungfish air breathing & suction feeding use remarkably similar kinematics & muscle shortening! This suggests that evolving to breathe air didn't need large changes to anatomy/mechanics doi.org/10.1093/icb/ic…




