by Stephanie Sang | Apr 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Our fearless leader has been elected as a 2021 AAAS Fellow, one of nine from the University of Chicago this year! The AAAS elected him for his “distinguished contribution to the field of vertebrate paleontology, particularly for original studies on phylogenies and...
by Stephanie Sang | Apr 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
We are pleased to hear that Lauren Sallan (CEB, ’12) is establishing a new Marine Macroevolution Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)! Congratulations, Lauren! From her website: (https://groups.oist.jp/mmu) “The Marine...
by Stephanie Sang | Sep 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to Tom Stewart, Coates Lab alum, for his new position as Assistant Professor in Biology at Penn State University! Tom’s dissertation focused on the adipose fin and its developmental/evolutionary origins. Upon completing his PhD, he worked in...
by Stephanie Sang | Sep 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s been a busy summer for our lab members! Here are the highlights for Ben: Whatcheeria Grand Tour March – Ben was invited to talk at Stephanie Pierce’s Lab (Harvard) at their Vert Paleo Journal Club Series May – Field Museum Members’...
by Stephanie Sang | Mar 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Our new paper “Non-ammocoete larvae of Palaeozoic stem lampreys” is now out! Contributions were made from lead author/former postdoc/hagfish-in-training Tetsuto Miyashita, the dearly departed (to Kansas) Kristen Tietjen, and Mike Coates, the usual suspect...
