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    Pierce Lab 2019

    Phil, Stephanie, Katrina, Brianna, Kate, Sophie, Mark, Zach, Blake, (Tiago in spirit)

  • Thrinaxodon copyright April Neander

    Fossils reveal the complex evolutionary history of the mammalian regionalized spine (see Jones et al. 2018)

  • Flesh reconstruction of the stem tetrapod Ichthyostega with 3D skeleton visible beneath (see Pierce et al. 2012)

  • Stephanie preparing a fire salamander to walk through the x-ray fluoroscope gantlet (collaborator J.R. Hutchinson)

  • Petrified Forest Arizona class fossil dig - part of OEB 126 Vertebrate Evolution

  • Finite element analysis of metriorhynchid (crocodylomorph) skull shape (see Pierce et al. 2009)

  • Ex vivo experimental determination of intervertebral joint stiffness (see Molnar et al. 2014)

  • Data comparison between traditional µCT and PPC-SRµCT of a dense stem tetrapod fossil (see Sanchez et al. 2013)

  • In vitro experimental determination of muscle physiological properties (collaborator J.R. Hutchinson)

  • Morphological and biomechanical disparity of Mesozoic crocodylomorphs (see Stubbs et al. 2013)

  • 3D reconstruction of the axial skeleton in the stem tetrapod Ichthyostega (see Pierce et al. 2013)

Lab News

Supporting Anti-Racism

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Salamanders strut their stuff

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Phil develops LAB3D

Monday, May 11, 2020

Dinosaurs were aquatic!

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Dr. Blake Dickson :-)

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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