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About Casey

I am an Associate Professor of Anatomy at University of Missouri-Columbia. I teach Anatomy for the Medical School. I conduct research on the evolutionary morphology of vertebrates, particularly the structure, function, and evolution of the feeding apparatus. Much of this involves studying the biology of bone, cartilage and muscle. of dinosaurs and fossil crocs. I have a great job.

Lung Anatomy High School Workshop

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Casey

The lab held it’s second high school workshop several weeks ago, the first being our Inside Alligators workshop. I just got the CD of pictures, so its share time. Again we partnered with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) Maps … Continue reading →

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Crocopocalypse

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Casey

We’re still here. I’ve been struggling with my own writer’s block while trying to make progress on grants and other projects. I’ve found that I really enjoy editing/fixing other’s papers (not reviewing professionally perse) more than initiating my own–So, send … Continue reading →

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The Internet is for Alligators-new educational and research resource

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Casey

As I’ve discussed previously, 3D models of morphological data are becoming commonplace and natural forms of disseminating data on the web. Today, we are proud to present a new online web resource: the 3D Alligator.  The Holliday Lab and WitmerLab … Continue reading →

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Inside Alligators-anatomy and public outreach

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Casey

This past February 12, the Holliday Lab participated in a fairly substantial day of activities. First, strike that…First, to prepare for the 12th, Henry Tsai and I beat a blizzard home by 15min (really!-a drive of legend) with a truck … Continue reading →

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Visit to Texas Memorial Museum

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Casey

There have been lots of things going on lately, drawing my attention away from updating the blog.  Stay tuned, we’ve got some pretty cool projects in the pipeline. Last week I visited the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin, Texas. There, … Continue reading →

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In memorium: Wolff

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Casey

I recently got an alumni postcard from UF’s Zoology Department. The back had  an obituary for Ron Wolff, their Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy professor for the past 3 decades. It’s a bummer. I had him for CVA as well as an … Continue reading →

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Toxic rejection

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Casey

We had a paper rejected on the 2nd review this past week. Some of the comments were ok and fixable. But the main logic the editor used to reject the paper was that our paper dealt with Toxicology, not necessarily … Continue reading →

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Jurassic Park Gave us Vegisaurus; Madagascar Gave us Vegisuchus

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Casey

The SVP memoir describing the Cretaceous crocodyliform Simosuchus is published! Its magnificent and a great contribution likely full of more data and buried treasure than one person could ever use. Its a frequent problem that weekly Science/Nature articles describing new … Continue reading →

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My Day

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Casey

When she was 1 or 2, my daughter would get a slip of paper from preschool called “My Day”. The teacher would document what kind of day she had, if she ate well, went to the potty etc. I wanted … Continue reading →

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Braincase and skull Viz of Youngina

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Casey

This post is largely a link to Nick Gardner’s recent article on the braincase of Youngina. I learned something about Permian reptiles myself helping with this project, now  I’m that much closer to turning the corner up the synapsid line. … Continue reading →

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