Alice Leavey

SEB Conference Florence 2026: Abstract submission is now open Abstract submission deadline: Friday 6 March 2026 🗓️

📢 Abstract submissions are officially OPEN for the #SEBconference - Florence 2026!

Submit your research for presentation at the SEB Annual Conference before 6 March 2026 (GMT).

More information:
www.sebiology.org/resource/seb-conference-florence-2026-abstract-submission-is-now-open.html

Calling all model makers, 3D scanners, anatomists, digital dissecters❗️❗️❗️
I'm the organiser of the symposium "Digital Resilience: Immortalising biodiversity through 3D anatomical models". Most of my network on here have incredible work that I'd love to see, so submit an abstract! Open 7th Jan 😁

Presenting my latest work on the evolution of sea urchin feeding morphology and my use of deep learning at #PalAss2026 @thepalass.bsky.social - come have a chat during the poster session!

3D anatomical atlas of the heads of male and female adult Chamaeleo calyptratus The veiled chameleon is a model organism in reptile development research. Utilizing contrast-enhanced microCT and deep learning segmentation models, we have generated the first digital atlases of the...

Full chameleon cranial atlas article out now in @anatrecord.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1002/ar.7... 🦎✨️

UCL BioImage Interest Group The UCL BIIG - BioImage Interest Group - aims to share knowledge, expertise and foster discussion and collaborations around the topics of bioimaging and bioimage analysis in an informal setting.

I have been invited to speak at the UCL BioImage Interest Group meeting on Nov 14 - find the Zoom information on this link, open for anyone wanting to learn about AI-driven digital dissection tools (www.ucl.ac.uk/science-tech...)

Downloadable and interactive versions of the 3D anatomical models are available on SketchFab (tinyurl.com/VeiledChamel...) and on FigShare (doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...) to use in future research and education - please let us know how they prove useful to your team and students! 🌟

This work was done while I was at @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social with Dr Laura Porro, @eloygl.bsky.social and @anthony-herrel.bsky.social.

The manuscript will soon be published in the @anatrecord.bsky.social (DOI: 10.1002/ar.70077)

Chameleon anatomy - A 3D model collection by The Leavey Lab (@aleavey) The veiled chameleon is a model organism in reptile development research. Utilising contrast-enhanced microCT and deep learning segmentation models, we have generated the first digital atlases of the ...

Happy World Anatomy Day! 🦎

What better way to celebrate than announcing our veiled chameleon head atlas! This includes an awesome collection of 3D models - skull (with sutures!), jaw and tongue muscles, and the brain - plus lesson plans for your next anatomy practical! ✨️ Links below ✨️

Cintia Akemi Oi and Serian Sumner on a research trip to Japan.

Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed our latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps

The scan I did of a paper wasp nest earlier this year is now a VR exhibit at the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social - check it out next time you're in London!! 🐝

Delighted to add that this also won the best poster prize! Thanks to all that came to see my work

My poster on our new 3D digital atlas of veiled chameleon cranial anatomy will be presented at tomorrow's UCL Festival of Digital Research! Check it out if you're in the area 🦎 #ucldigifest

Wasp nest CT scanning today for forthcoming @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social exhibition with @leaveylab.bsky.social @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social

Theseus: Gameplay Mechanics and Character Design Considering Climate : Case study: Windless Woods

Something a bit different! Last year I was interviewed by Eero Höök from XAMK to help shape the design of a video game! Thoroughly enjoyed imparting my favourite #frog facts to help bring the characters in this thesis to life 🐸

www.theseus.fi/handle/10024...

Frog Fibres: What Muscle Architecture Can Tell Us About Anuran Locomotor Function Our study utilises a new, automated approach to digitally extracting muscle fibres from μCT data, allowing us to present the first digital analysis of muscle fibre architecture in frogs, including so...

@leaveylab.bsky.social: evolutionary biologist with a go-get-em attitude, I'm yet to see a task she wasn't willing to conquer. I worked w Alice on #diceCT frog legs, & now she's shining in her postdoc on chameleons! She's been busy publishing her PhD research: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Photo showing front cover of the Journal of Morphology with issue information, title of Alice Leavey's research article and image of coloured scan of frog leg musculature

Exciting to get our J of Morphology email alert on articles published today and see our Alice Leavey's paper on #frogs highlighted. Fruitful collaboration with the Royal Veterinary College and her supervisor, our LauraBPorro. #biology@leaveylab.bsky.social
@ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

QR code to register FREE for the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy Annual Symposium 2025 on Functional Morphology - 17+ speakers, plenty of socialising/discussion/networking opportunities; refreshments and lunch included

Poster having the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy name and logo, QR code and url for the Eventbrite registration page, attendance details and speaker schedule

Our 2025 annual #symposium on functional #morphology is now open to FREE registration - apply now to secure your place. More details at: tinyurl.com/FunctionalMo...
@uclofficial.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl-cdb.bsky.social #anatomy #biology #formandfunction #ECR

A great time presenting on challenges in using microCT-derived digital models in animal anatomy education from the student perspective 🐕 and a poster on our 3D digital atlas of the veiled chameleon! 🦎
#AnatSocWinter24 #AnatSocUCLan

Pale turquoise rectangular block, having superimposed in the top LH corner the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy logo and in the centre the initial details of the symposium on Functional Morphology to be held in the UCL Anatomy Building on 20 Feb 2025, 10am-5pm

Our annual in-person #symposium is on 20Feb2025. Theme: functional #morphology. Watch (our social media & website) for full details. 17 speakers. Registration: compulsory but completely free. #anatomy #evodevo @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl-cdb.bsky.social @uclofficial.bsky.social #biology

Frog Fibres: What Muscle Architecture Can Tell Us About Anuran Locomotor Function Our study utilises a new, automated approach to digitally extracting muscle fibres from μCT data, allowing us to present the first digital analysis of muscle fibre architecture in frogs, including so...

The last paper coming from my #PhD thesis has just been published in the Journal of Morphology! 🐸 We use #diceCT and @fountainscholar.bsky.social 's GoodFibes package to examine how muscle fibre architecture varies across #frogs specialising in jumping, walking and swimming:

doi.org/10.1002/jmor...

New #MiddleSchool #Education resource! Along with @nocturnetwork.bsky.social's Education & Outreach Team, I'm proud to share this science lesson ft. #3Dmodels made from #CTscans (some from my #ForelimbHomology collection + fun new ones!)

Download via QUBEShub! 🦴🐒🦅🐍🦎🐧

qubeshub.org/publications...

YouTube video by Gray's Vertebrate Anatomy What is NoCTURN? (Non-Clinical Tomography Users Research Network)

Before I worked @ UTCT, I was the #NoCTURN postdoc! I'm still heavily involved & chair multiple groups. Here's a short video I made about our work. If you generate/use/manage tomography data, now's a great time to join! Next year our in-person meeting is at the AMNH🤩

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0qn...

Comparative muscle anatomy of the anuran pelvis and hindlimb in relation to locomotor mode Scientists at UCL and the Royal Veterinary College have digitally dissected the musculoskeletal anatomy of the pelvis and hindlimbs of 30 frog species using contrast-enhanced microCT scanning, formin...

I'm an #evolutionary #biologist specialising in 🐸🦎 #digital #dissection and #diceCT, with a passion for #pedagogy. I'm new here, so please point me to relevant people!

Linked below is my most recent paper. It's also my favourite, but don't tell the others I said that...

doi.org/10.1111/joa....