Bone remodelling through time

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Huge congratulations to our Honours student Bella Pearce, who submitted her Honours thesis today! Her thesis investigated femur intra-cortical bone remodelling variation with age and social status in a sample of medieval females.

Get your abstracts submitted! Our team has already done so and we look forward to going to Auckland for #ashb2025

We are pleased to offer Student Conference Support Grants for our 2025 meeting. If you are an ASHB student member and intend on presenting either a paper or poster, consider applying for financial support here: forms.gle/77WCN3ym3fGQ...

Applications close 11:59 NZDT on Monday 13th of October.

People who skip breakfast and eat late dinners may have an increased risk of developing osteoporosis, according to a new study published in the JES. Read more in @endocrinesociety.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/41WLdMg #JES #osteoporosis @endosocjournals.bsky.social

Have you got questions about how much calcium your bones need and if you need a supplement? We’ve answered some of your most common questions at theros.org.uk/calcium

Microscopic view of compact bone at 1000x magnification, showing an osteon with a central canal surrounded by concentric lamellae. Tiny canaliculi radiate outward, connecting osteocytes within the bone matrix.

Each of your 206 bones is a living organ!

Microscopic view of compact bone at 1000x magnification, showing an osteon with a central canal surrounded by concentric lamellae. Tiny canaliculi radiate outward, connecting osteocytes (bone cells) within the bone matrix. 🦴✨

#Histology #Anatomy

“I’ve lost six inches in height. I’m in constant pain. My osteoporosis wasn’t diagnosed in time.”

Sue is living with the consequences—but it doesn’t have to be this way.

Support research into early screening: theros.org.uk/nomore

#Osteoporosis #EarlyDiagnosis

Back at the Aussie synchrotron @ansto.bsky.social scanning bone samples! So good to be back!!

Our lab member Holly Reid gave a presentation today at #WAC10 about distinguishing human from non human animal bone using histology

@isph2025.bsky.social Thanks to @justyna Miszkiewicz and team for a fabulous ISPH meeting! @paleohistology

New year, new social media platform, new destinations. More than excited to spend the week at the University of Queensland with Justyna Miszkiewicz, learning new cool things about human bone histology 🦴🔬

Don’t wait until menopause to strengthen your bones Screening for osteoporosis is recommended at age 65, but experts say women should be proactive about bone health long before that.

"Don’t wait until menopause to strengthen your bones. Bone density begins to decline in midlife, raising the risk of osteoporosis."
www.sciencenews.org/article/bone...

Bone Health and Osteoporosis

Explore our bone health and osteoporosis topical page (bit.ly/3ocSm5R). View resources including our thematic issue that highlight the latest research in the field (bit.ly/47uW2Hc). #endocrinology #bonehealth #osteoporosis #EndoSky

Osteoporosis is a silent disease. Here's what experts say about how to prevent it | CBC Radio Experts say there are many risk factors for developing osteoporosis, and being aware of our bone health early in life can help prevent it.

Good article on osteoporosis. Good health resource, too.
@canadahealthwatch.ca

www.cbc.ca/radio/whitec...

Our postdoc @bonehistopath.bsky.social presenting her work on bone histology of treponematosis

Well done @bonehistopath.bsky.social!

Congratulations to our postdoc @bonehistopath.bsky.social for winning 2nd place of the #isph2025 image competition!

WE'RE HIRING! Part-time position for a Senior Research Assistant in Bioarchaeology. Applications close Wednesday, 21st May 2025 at 11.00pm AEST. ​Apply here: uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...

Hi all! 👋 We're the Australasian Society for Human Biology! We were founded in 1987 to promote and support research, teaching, and communication in all fields of human biology in Australasia, and we offer student funding, annual conferences, and more! Learn more at www.australasianhumanbiology.com

JOIN US TO DO YOUR PHD at UQ! We have a fully funded PhD scholarship available for a domestic (Australia/NZ) student. The tentative title of the project is "Social inequality and bone health in ancient human populations". Apply here by September 2025: study.uq.edu.au/study-option...