@miekeroth Fascinating! Have you ever been interested in marine #microfossil structure, namely #foraminifera and #pteropods? I'm am a #paleoclimatologist and there are a lot of climate related questions that may be tackled with ability to print 3-D structures of those organisms.

In our last two papers, we used @FreeCAD to design the 3D models that helped us to elucidate the helical microstructure of the shell of the #pteropods studied.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1557/s43577-022-00418-y
https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.105601

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I am a #scientist using #models of #ocean #bioGeoChemistry to study the effects of #acidification, #hypoxia, and #climateChange on #vulnerable #organisms like #pteropods. I am also a #musician and play #clawhammer #banjo and #guitar. Thanks for following!!

For this #PteropodPtuesday I will share our last two papers on #pteropods.
In the first one, we provide enough evidence to end the discussion on the shell microstructure of the Cavolinioidea superfamily. In this superfamily, the shell microstructure is composed of aragonitic nanofibers with a helical structure: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1557/s43577-022-00418-y (open access)

Today is #PteropodPtuesday! Time to share our last two papers on pteropods (and in my case the first two papers on #pteropods 😂 ).
But first I need a coffee and to reply a long list of emails.