Armita R. Manafzadeh

✨Some news✨: after finishing my postdoc, I’ll be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor at @GeorgiaTech. Join us in Atlanta to study how joints work and where they come from!

Our @Patelladoc group paper on entry point-transition point angle elevation in PFI patients, led by PhD student Johannes Sieberer and featuring his awesome Python/C# 3D curvature visualization tool (zenodo.org/records/112122…), is out now in @OJSM_SportsMed: doi.org/10.1177/232596…

FYI for those doing #XROMM, we've now moved everything over to github: github.com/XROMMPackages

A week ago now I successfully defended my dissertation and can say I am #PhDone! Thanks to all who came to see it in person or virtually. If you missed it and want to see me talk about lizards for almost an hour, send me a message and I can get you a recording.

I'm excited to share that I am defending my dissertation next Tuesday, May 6th! This is the culmination of many years of work, and I am excited to finally be able to share it! It will be at 8:30 AM eastern time, and if you want to join virtually I will post the zoom link a reply!

I am honored to announce that our paper revealing a molecular mechanism of evolutionary stasis has won the @sse_evolution President's Award This work would have been impossible w/o my colleagues Dan Macguigan, @TJNear, @DaeminKim3, Oliver Orr, Liandong Yang, & Brian Krieser

A nice conceptual summary of what we’ve learned so far in the Fulkerson group about the importance of studying kneecaps in 3D, led by med student Nancy Park, is out today in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review: journals.lww.com/sportsmedarthr…

No guess work here. With 3D you see it all. Lateral entry to trochlea- just move the tibial tubercle to facilitate patella entry in a stable way. No need to alter the beautiful and congruous trochlea. Knee locked in extension- reliable TTTG, fixed proximal EPTP Easy with 3D plan

Very much looking forward to this symposium (even though I'll be Zooming in while everyone's in Bordeaux). Thanks to Hugo Dutel for the invitation! Info and registration: eventbrite.fr/e/biomechanica…

Hey everyone! Check out our new paper on the evolution of cranial kinesis in birds out in PNAS! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… We used 3D muscle modeling, linkage mechanics, and phylo methods to investigate feeding across the dino-bird transition 🦖🐦‍⬛(1/?)

Helmeted hornbills are known for their violent head-butting—but how does their skull withstand impact? Unlike other birds their craniofacial joint is massively reinforced locking into place like a puzzle. Schindler et al: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar…

I'm the guest editor on this special issue on TBI that includes this paper. Great work from the Dean lab!

Ontogenetic biomechanics, we love to see it 😎 congratulations @PaleoHan!!

Excited to share my first paper is out in #JHE! Big thanks to my co-author Zeray, + funding from @UChicago, @TheLeakeyFndtn, and @NSF! We explore how the cross-sectional geometry of the ape clavicle through ontogeny reflects their locomotor behaviors 🦍🦧🧵sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Was great having you along for the #hornbill party! For more hornbilly goodness, check out our other paper led by @amarbiome on #Rhinoplax's weirdo casque #trabeculae nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ny…

Our paper led by @MikeMSch is out #OA in @AnatRecord. We explore how the craniofacial hinge joint balances mobility & stability in helmeted hornbills, birds w/ high-impact head-butting behavior. Thanks @MasonDeanLab for inviting me to join the fun! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Finally took a trip on the ferry to hang out with the anatomy crew down at Stony Brook — thanks so much to @Kimi_Chap and Drew Moore for the invitation!!