Comparative Morphology Platform

Chair(s)

• CR

  Callum Ross

  Professor
  University of Chicago
  Chicago, Illinois, United States

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM US EST

  The Effects of Skull Flattening on Crocodylian Cranial Biomechanics
  

  Presenting Author: Kaleb Sellers, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Chicago

  Co-Author: Kevin M. MIddleton – University of Missouri, Columbia

  Co-Author: Casey Holliday – University of Missouri
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM US EST

  Whale Nasal Plug Anatomy Determines Blow Shape
  

  Presenting Author: Joy S. Reidenberg, PhD (she/her/hers) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  Co-Author: Eric Ramos, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – City University of New York

  Co-Author: Brianna Francis – Broad Institute

  Co-Author: Maria Maust-Mohl, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Manhattan College
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM US EST

  Sperm Whale, Elephant or Hippo? Using Raman Spectroscopy as a Non-destructive Method to Identify Unknown Ivory Samples
  

  Presenting Author: Rebecca Shepherd, PhD FIBMS FHEA (she/her/hers) – Lancaster University

  Co-Author: Alison Gartland (she/her/hers) – Sheffield University

  Co-Author: Adam M. Taylor, PhD, BSC (Hons) – Lancaster Medical School

  Co-Author: Jemma G. Kerns (she/her/hers) – Lancaster Medical School
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM US EST

  Does Variation in Gecko Toe Pad and Claw Morphology Reflect Adaptive Evolution to Microhabitat?
  

  Presenting Author: Emily R. Naylor, PhD (she/her/hers) – James Madison University
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM US EST

  Cheloniid Sea Turtles Use a Novel "Shell Pump" Mechanism for Lung Ventilation
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth L. Brainerd, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brown University

  Co-Author: John Capano – Brown University

  Co-Author: Leila Kim – Brown University

  Co-Author: Christopher Mayerl – Northern Arizona University

  Co-Author: Jeanette Wyneken – Florida Atlantic University

  Co-Author: Richard Blob – Clemson University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM US EST

  Comparison of Articular Facet and Entheseal Angular Morphology to Identify Functional Signals of the Elbow Joint in Primates
  

  Presenting Author: Kristen Ramirez, MPhil (she/her/hers) – NYU Grossman School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Thomas R. Rein – Central Connecticut State University