Professor @UMASSAmherst; Director Digital Life Project (digitallife3d.org) #ecology#evolution #sharks #seaturtles #marinemammals #reptiles #amphibianshttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3ls3y65hzek2eGreat article written by Joel Gayford & @physiologyfish.bsky.social on our recent paper in Royal Society Open Science Journal using #3D models to study shark scaling. Credit also to co-authors Johnson Martin & Andrew Chin as well. https://theconversation.com/sharks-come-in-many-different-shapes-and-sizes-but-they-all-follow-a-centuries-old-mathematical-rule-259050?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=bylinecopy_url_button21 Jun 2025 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls3y65hzek2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3lq6aikzs522fA question - I realize that there may not be a good answer - is NSF still accepting proposals for Ecology/Evolution work, & does anyone know any awards are being given out? I'm working on an NSF grant with a colleague, and it's not clear from the outside what exactly is happening on the ground. TY!27 May 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6aikzs522fhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3lpttiemm4c2vW/Laurens Howle (Duke) & Frank Fish (Westchester), we are releasing 3 3D models of marine mammals (Gray whale, Common Dolphin & Humpback whale). Johnson Martin created the models - funding by BOEM Common Dolphin skfb.ly/pxvuw Gray Whale skfb.ly/pxvus Juvenile Humpback whale skfb.ly/pxvuu23 May 2025 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpttiemm4c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3lmrrbkuhec2lNew 3D model release! In collab w/Vienna Museum of Natural History, we retopologized and animated their 3D scan of an adult male Komodo dragon - Thanks to Mohammed Al Zubaidi and Josh Medina for CG work, and Viola Winkler for working with us! 😆🦎 3D model link skfb.ly/pvWts14 Apr 2025 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrrbkuhec2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3llty6f3jx22dVery excited to give a seminar on our 3D work, and also a 3D photogrammetry workshop at Union college on April 29th! Special thanks to my amazing colleague Kate Feller for organizing this event! Details in the below link and poster 😃🐼🐬🐧 https://www.union.edu/templeton/events02 Apr 2025 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3llty6f3jx22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3lkjhet7ipk2mVery excited to be giving a seminar and workshop at James Cook University in Australia this Wed, March 19th and Th, March 20th! Special thx to @physiologyfish.bsky.social and Joel Gayford for facilitating this seminar!16 Mar 2025 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkjhet7ipk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3lk2mpyhdhk2dNew paper with colleagues! Bagchi et al published work in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 😃 This ML model automatically extracts whale body length & volume from aerial images! Using Mask R-CNN, it detects whales, traces their body shape, and estimates the body axis. 🧵10 Mar 2025 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2mpyhdhk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3ljkmi6i2s222I want to thank Aaron Olsen, who did the bulk of the 3D reconstruction of Emma - a large (size unknown, ~14 foot female) Tiger Shark from the Bahamas. Johnson Martin also helped Aaron. Both were rock stars in this work! And thanks to Neil Hammerschlag, who provided images/video (like below)04 Mar 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkmi6i2s222https://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3ljj367yaic2pNew 3D model release! W/Mystic aquarium, the Digital Life Project is releasing four 3D shark meshes (Epaulette shark, Sand Tiger Shark, & zebra shark), along w/tiger shark (Emma). We thank Gayle Sirpenski & the Mystic aquarium staff for their assistance. More info and download links below! :)😀👍03 Mar 2025 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljj367yaic2phttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3lj63oum7r22oNew paper with colleagues! Zotos et al. used triaxial accelerometers, 3D modelling of live lizards, and behavioral analysis to build a new paradigm of reptile movement. Check out paper below!🦎 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/GVMA634GDQWAZT3CS95K?target=10.1111/1749-4877.1296027 Feb 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj63oum7r22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3lhmd6itbxk2yIn collab/ w/San Diego Zoo, I'm pleased to release our 3D model of an adult male polar bear (Kalluk, 2.44 m length) that we scanned. Thx to Megan Owen and the Zoo for guiding and funding the work. CG artist Jer Bot was instrumental in completing the work. #Free 3D model is below skfb.ly/p9CMt07 Feb 2025 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhmd6itbxk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3lerhyocr5s2bLooking forward to coming again to #SICB in Atlanta tomorrow! I'll be talking about our recent 3D work with a wide variety of animals - and the implications for scaling, energetics and body condition - among others!02 Jan 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lerhyocr5s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3ldqrxsyrc22j#Geckskin has a new landing page on the @umassamherst.bsky.social website - check it out! https://www.umass.edu/natural-sciences/news/geckskin20 Dec 2024 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldqrxsyrc22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanirschick.bsky.social/post/3lbi2b54ur42zHI everyone - Duncan Irschick here from @umassamherst.bsky.social - I'm new to Bluesky - I know that a lot of my colleagues have migrated here recently. Excited to reconnect with everyone! 😀21 Nov 2024 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:ijj6bemqpkgzealxt4ppzc3v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbi2b54ur42z