x-ray image of different fish types.

Transitions in Skeletal Form

Genetic linchpins of evolution and development. 

decorative image of multiple hand and limb sizes.

Regulation of size and proportion 

Bigger fins? Bigger limbs? Step right up. 

decorative image of fish phylomapping.

Phylomapping and Comparative Genomics

Using evolution as a forward screen.

drawing of a fish slowly evolving into a stooped over old man.

Regulation of Aging and Lifespan

Understanding and challenging the grim reaper's timeline. 

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Individual Projects

bioelectric signaling chart.

Bioelectric signaling and development 

Charge and en-large.

A human skull and a fish skull side by side.

Craniofacial development and disease

The fundamentals of hat fitting.

fish aging chart.

Aging and stem cells

Cellular renewal in time and space

x-ray comparing four different spines.

Patterning of the spine

Wildtype back: Well patterned.
Mutant back: Dysregulated
Backstreet's back: Alright.

a x-ray of a fin.

Flimbs and developmental potential

Unused recipes hidden in the genome.

x-ray scan of a fish embryo.

Hox14

The lost ingredient of the vertebrate recipe. 

different sizes of fish laid out on the ground next to each other.

Shifting size and form

Different shapes for different capes. 

descriptive image of origins and proportions of the human jaw.

Origins and proportions of the jaw

Taking a bite out of time.

different animals in a collage including a fish, a bat, a naked mole rat, a parrot, a tortoise, and a whale.

Comparative genomics of longevity

The tortoise and the hare and the grim reaper. How some species keep ahead, while others get caught early. 

decorative image of a traccer chart.

TRACCER: tool for relative evolutionary rate convergence

How to associate genes with fuctions through shared occurences of traits. 

an icefish in swimming.

Evolution in the extremes

Lessons in development and climate resiliency.