Viktoriia KamskaCity University of Hong Kong | CityU · Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Viktoriia Kamska
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Introduction
My current research is about coloration mechanisms in sharks and rays. I focus on studying tissue architecture and its optical properties to explore how anatomy interacts with the environment.
I obtained a classical education in Natural Science focusing on genetics and molecular biology (1st MSc) in my native city, Odesa, Ukraine. Afterward, I joined the research-oriented double degree MEME Erasmus Mundus Master program in Evolutionary biology, where I defended two MScs. The 2nd MSc I earned at
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February 2018 - April 2023
Position
- PhD Student
Description
- I am focused on studying the biomechanics of the soft tissue of the lumbosacral region in birds.
October 2016 - March 2017
Position
- Managing Director
Description
- 1) Bioluminescence 2 possibilities of cultivation of A. fisheri https://vimeo.com/212875621 2) WASSERANALYSE 6 separate videos about chemical water analysis by using Wasseranalysekoffer (www.leuchtlabor.de). The uploading expected soon.
April 2016 - present
Position
- Master's Student
Description
- Master Thesis project in investigation of Humerus bone histology of the lobe-finned fish Hyneria by applying three-dimensional virtual study of the bone microstructure in order to understand long-bone evolution. -30 ECTS
Education
November 2020 - February 2023
March 2015 - September 2016
Field of study
- EES (Evolution, Ecology and Systematics), Systematic Zoology
September 2014 - September 2016
Publications
Publications (6)
Avian ability to agile and precise locomotion in every livable habitat has fascinated researchers for over a century. One explanation for birds' agility is a mechanosensory organ directly integrated into the lower spine in the lumbosacral region. The proximity of the potential mechanosensory organ to the sciatic nerve and its associated motor circu...
Synopsis
Birds are diverse and agile vertebrates capable of aerial, terrestrial, aquatic, and arboreal locomotion. Evidence suggests that birds possess a novel balance sensing organ in the lumbosacral spinal canal, a structure referred to as the “lumbosacral organ” (LSO), which may contribute to their locomotor agility and evolutionary success. The...
Hyneria lindae is one of the largest Devonian sarcopterygians. It was found in the Catskill Formation (late Famennian) of Pennsylvania, USA. The current study focuses on the palaeohistology of the humerus of this tristichopterid and supports a low ossification rate and a late ossification onset in the appendicular skeleton. In addition to anatomica...
In order to understand the ecological dimension of the fish-tetrapod transition, which occurred within the tetrapod stem group during the Devonian Period (419-359 million years ago), we need life-history data from transitional forms. Only recently have serious attempts begun to utilize limb-bone histology as a source of such data. Here we present h...
Recently, attempts have been made to utilize limb-bone histology as a source of data for understanding the ecological dimension of the fish-tetrapod transition. Here we present histological life history data from a humerus (ANSP 21483) of Hyneria lindae, a fish member of the tetrapod stem group from the Late Devonian Catskill Formation (Pennsylvani...
