Callum Bucklow

@callumbucklow

Eco-Evo-Devo, cichlids and skeleton evolution. Interdisciplinary Bioscience DPhil (PhD) @UniofOxford in @BertaVerd's lab! 中文学生. Views my own.

Oxford, United Kingdom Joined March 2011

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Callum Bucklow @callumbucklow Sep 11, 2024

The first paper from my PhD "A whole-body micro-CT scan library that captures the skeletal diversity of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes" (nature.com/articles/s4159…) has been published in Scientific Data! Thank you to my supervisors @BertaVerd and Roger Benson for their support!

www.nature.com A whole-body micro-CT scan library that captures the skeletal diversity of Lake Malawi cichlid... Scientific Data - A whole-body micro-CT scan library that captures the skeletal diversity of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes

Callum Bucklow @callumbucklow Nov 3, 2023

My first manuscript (!) is now ready and accessible here: doi.org/10.1101/2023.1…. We describe a whole-body uCT-scan dataset of 56 species (116 individuals) of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes. It's been a huge effort and I'm really happy to finally be able to share it.
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Callum Bucklow @callumbucklow May 16, 2025

Excited to announce that the second manuscript from my PhD is now live on bioRvix (biorxiv.org/content/10.110…): "African Cichlid Lake Radiations Recapitulate Riverine Axial Morphologies Through Repeated Exploration of Morphospace". Thanks to all co-authors! Thread below...

www.biorxiv.org African Cichlid Lake Radiations Recapitulate Riverine Axial Morphologies Through Repeated Explora... African cichlids comprise more than 1800 species of freshwater fishes, with remarkable adaptive radiations in Lakes Tanganyika, Malawi, and Victoria that have given rise to extraordinary morphologi...

Callum Bucklow @callumbucklow Sep 21, 2024

A plea to my museum collection network: We currently have some [cichlid] pectoral fin clips stored in 100% ethanol (-20oC), that we would like to attempt to get long-reads from. Realise now that this isn't ideal(!!). (1/3)

Callum Bucklow @callumbucklow Sep 14, 2024

Here is a short blog post on my recent publication of a dataset of Lake Malawi cichlid µCT-scans. I discuss my path into the world of cichlids and the importance of museum collections on modern research. Thanks to @BertaVerd for feedback! Check it out!
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communities.springernature.com A whole-body micro-CT scan library captures the skeletal diversity of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes Our dataset of freely available, already processed, whole-body μCT-scans of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes is an excellent resource for anyone interested in the Lake Malawi cichlid radiation, the...

Callum Bucklow @callumbucklow Jul 2, 2024

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