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
Burning up at Burns Night 2020 #fyrefestival
Our lab met to celebrate the legacy of Mr. Burns, a Scot, at Tetsuto/Kesia/Toru's apartment. We sipped on whiskey, ferociously snacked on pork belly and cous cous salad, and ate too much chocolate pudding. Thank you hagfish-in-training Tetsuto and Kesia for hosting a...
Goodbye to Kristen!
On a dark and stormy day in January, we bid goodbye to our beloved lab artist, Kristen, who has ascended to Kansas. As Kristen lay on a table among human bones, we read aloud tragic eulogies and wept. Finally, we launched a boat into Botany Pond and set it aflame,...
Tetsuto presents at SICB 2020!
The Coates lab postdoc Tetsuto Miyashita traveled to Austin, TX for the annual meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), where he delivered a talk "The evolutionary origin of the filter-feeding larval phase in lampreys." When Chicago...
Recent Publications