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Dinosaurs & Cavemen Open House 2020

  This February 28-29th, 2020, join us for a Special Dinosaurs & Cavemen Science Expo. Previously, we’ve brought our labs to you at Rock Bridge High School and elsewhere. This year, come visit us in our Integrative Anatomy labs in … Continue reading

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2018 Midwest Regional SICB Meeting

Hey!! The 2018 Midwest Regional SICB Meeting is happening here, Saturday October 6, 2018. Come check it out!! http://anatomy.missouri.edu/SICB/

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NSF Summer Research Experience for STEM Teachers in Comparative Biomechanics, Paleontology and Evolution

Research Experience for STEM Teacher position is available at the University of Missouri Integrative Anatomy program for the summer of 2016. The teacher will design and conduct studies that explore the anatomy and biomechanics of birds, dinosaurs, and crocodilians as … Continue reading

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NSF Summer Research Experience in Comparative Biomechanics, Paleontology and Evolution

Research Experience for Undergraduate positions are available at the University of Missouri Integrative Anatomy program for the summer of 2016. THE REU students will design and conduct studies that explore the anatomy and biomechanics of birds, dinosaurs, and reptiles as … Continue reading

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Postdoctoral Fellow Position Open: Evolution of Dinosaur Jaw Musculature and the Origins of Avian Cranial Kinesis.

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW POSITION Spring 2015 Position Details: Project title: Evolution of Dinosaur Jaw Musculature and the Origins of Avian Cranial Kinesis. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. The Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences at the University of Missouri … Continue reading

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Looking for a Postdoc Fall 2015

As part of our NSF grant on Avian Cranial Kinesis, we’ll be looking to fill a 3yr Postdoc at University of Missouri, Summer/Fall 2015. The official ad won’t come out for a while, but any interested parties should contact me … Continue reading

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We’re Back

Poor neglected blog page! The lab is bustling! Some big news: We’ve been funded by NSF to pursue a project on the biomechanical and evolutionary patterns underlying the origins of avian cranial kinesis. We’ll be developing a series of 3D computational, morphometric, … Continue reading

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ICVM-10 Symposium on Reptile Skeletal Biology

Interested in the latest research on reptile development, biomechanics and evolution? Come to our symposium at the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology in Barcelona next Tuesday (July 9, 2013). If not, be sure to catch some of the other outstanding … Continue reading

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It’s a Veggie-raptor, Lex! Veggi-raptor!

A discussion by Henry Tsai Most dinosaur fans would agree that theropods are among the best characterized of dinosaurs. From agile speedsters like Velociraptor to lumbering powerhouses like Tyrannosaurus, these bipedal beasts appear to the public as ideal killing machines, … Continue reading

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Transactions of the Royal Sounds of SVP

Yes, the seats squeaked upon sitting on them at this year’s Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting. During talks, most people sought to avoid the chirping by gently sliding laterally onto the cushion. But at the banquet, every applause was followed … Continue reading

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