by Stephanie Sang | Feb 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to Ben Otoo for publishing his first thesis chapter, “The postcranial anatomy of Whatcheeria deltae and its implications for the family Whatcheeriidae” in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society! In Ben’s words…...
by Stephanie Sang | Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Coates Lab celebrated a virtual Burns Night, with guest appearances by Possum the Cat, and other assorted acts. With graveness, we read this year’s poem that was specifically written to reflect the times that we live in now. I have a meeting too With Mike...
by Stephanie Sang | Nov 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Lab members from the Coates Lab were startled by the blurry appearance of Vish as he emerged from an alternate dimension. Unaware that he shimmered in and out of view, his self from this dimension soon joined the Zoom chat. Lab members could not decide who to address...
by Stephanie Sang | May 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Ben Otoo delivered a sermon canonizing his beloved Whatcheeria at the Collections Club meeting on April 25. This club is comprised of volunteers at the Field Museum who work in the collections. Ben extolled the beauty of Whatcheeria, revered the sheer quantity of...
by Stephanie Sang | Mar 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
