Welcome to the Coates Lab!
We sit at the crossroads of evolutionary developmental biology, paleobiology, and anatomy. Our research interests are wide-ranging, and broadly fall under the evolution and diversity of early vertebrates, as well as adding paleontological and comparative anatomy perspectives to evo-devo. We are also very interested in the use of new imaging and visualization technologies in our work, such as CT scanning and 3D printing.
NEWS
Coates Lab begins Virtual Elevenses
Armed with a mug of coffee/tea each, the Coates Lab began its Tuesday Virtual Elevenses during shelter-in-place. Here, Ben is deep into retelling Chapter 3 of 48 of his fieldwork trip to Brazil while Mike futilely attempts to extract information about the actual...
Coates Lab goes to the Lyric Opera!
As part of the Farewell to Tetsuto Tour, members of the Coates Lab attended Madama Butterfly at the Lyric Opera last week. Although there were technically not any fish involved, we took to heart the themes of unrequited love and betrayal (looking at you, microCT...
National Broadcast Japan comes to film Coates Lab for “Science View”!
In late January NHK (National Broadcast, Japan) sent a film crew to interview Tetsuto, Mike, Vicky Prince, and Urs Schmidt-Ott and follow their research activities in OBA and the Field Museum. Here, Tetsuto is demo-ing zebrafish injection/engaging in a fossil fish...
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