Blog Posts

Dan has been awarded NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology

8/20/2021

Dan has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, in a joint project between the labs of Jim Hanken and Scott Edwards at Harvard, and the Fraser lab, at the University of Florida. The title of Dan's project is: Uncovering the Mechanisms of Convergent Tooth Loss in Frogs: Linking Developmental Genetics, Comparative Genomics, and Environmental Effects.

This work will allow Dan to understand the EvoDevo mechanisms of tooth loss and gain in frogs.

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Fraser Lab awarded NSF grant Funding through intBIO program: Shark skin teeth - Genotype to phenotype to prototype.

8/7/2021

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This collaborative grant with George Lauder at Harvard and Elizabeth Sibert at Yale, will investigate how shark denticles change through deep time and development, and how their evolution can lead to innovative design solutions.

Deep Time, Development, and Design: Evolution of shark skin teeth from genotype to phenotype to prototype.

Here is the University of Florida, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences News Article.

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Gareth is working out at Friday harbor labs, UW, for the summer - with a New Faculty research Fellowship and mentoring on the FHL REU program!

6/27/2021

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We made the cover for the october issue of developmental biology!

9/12/2020

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Liam and rory's new paper is finally out in Developmental biology!

8/31/2020

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Development and regeneration of the crushing dentition in skates (Rajidae)

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New PAper in Integrative and comparative biology

8/31/2020

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The dental lamina: An essential structure for perpetual tooth regeneration in sharks
https://academic.oup.com/icb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icb/icaa102/5869800

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Welcome to the CluB Dr. Cooper.

2/7/2020

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Rory passed his PhD viva. Congratulations Dr. Cooper! Rory will now go on to work at the University of Geneva in the laboratory of Michel Milinkovitch, studying skin appendages in Reptiles.

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Fraser Lab on the BBC

12/17/2019

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Rory's work on Skin Denticles in Sharks was featured on the BBC Four documentary series 'Secrets of Skin'. December 15th - 20th 2019.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cdzb

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New paper published in scientific reports

11/20/2019

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In collaboration with Keith Hunter, at the School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, we compared stem markers in shark tooth regeneration with both rested lamina and ameloblastoma in humans. The first direct comparison between shark and human dental tissues.