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UCL's CIA to field team of speakers at International Society for Vertebrate Morphology, Cairns, 2023
10 July 2023
UCL's Centre for Integrative Anatomy is to field a team of speakers and participants at the International Society for Vertebrate Morphology Meeting in Cairns, Australia (#ICVM2023) during 28 July-01 August 2023
More than a dozen members and close associates of the UCL's Centre for Integrative Anatomy听(CIA) will be flying to Cairns, Australia later this month to participate in the 听- the 13th to be held, so far.听 Between them, CIA听members will be contributing to at least 15 , and a few will be chairing some of the themed sessions.听
The topics covered will be听varied and exciting, and diverse: bird (avian) neck evolution, lizard osteoderms (literally, bone/skin:听bony听deposits听or听scales in听the听skin听of听lizards听and many other听reptiles);听red听squirrel听diets;听frog听locomotion;听lungfish feeding;听body-size in birds;听salamander evolution;听statistical quantification and categorisation of听movement听(locomotion);听skull shape in ducks and chickens;听brain shape in river otters;听and lower jaw evolution in amphibians, reptiles,听birds听and mammals, to name but a few of the topics on offer.
The , chaired by an expert in the field.听 Example themes are:听 feeding, teeth and jaws;听mass extinction and climate change;听the rise of mammals; movement; brain evolution and trauma; Paleolithic (2.5 million to 10,000 years ago)听evolution & development;听hearing, seeing, smelling; fish shapes (morphology) and fins; limbs and pseudo-limbs; the 'integumentary' skeleton听(i.e.听skin, hair, scales, feathers听or cuticle);听cranial (head-bones) evolution; land-water habitat changes; spines;听internal organs (viscera); and ventilation and breathing.
There will also be special sessions, separately dedicated to the legacies of Susan W Herring ('A Giant in her Field' - 3 parts) and听Walter J. Bock 1933-2022: Evolutionary Biologist, Functional Morphologist听and Science Organizer.
Members of the Centre for Integrative Anatomy (CIA), who will be speaking, work in many disciplines, and include:听, Professor of Vertebrate Morphology and Palaeontology; ,听Professor of Biomedical Engineering (who is chairing two sessions, including one on the integumentary skeleton); and , (who is chairing the session on water-land-water transitions) and , all Associate Professors of Anatomy.听 听
The CIA's听work involves collaboration with many from other institutions and associate organisations, such as: museums, e.g., the 听Oxford University Museum of Natural History, National Museums Scotland, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA,听Florida Museum of Natural History, USA;听other colleges of London University, e.g., Kings and听Imperial;听other Universities, e.g.,听those of Bristol, Cambridge, Oxford, York, Guelph,听California (UCAL) USA,听Midwestern USA, Ohio USA,听Tuscon USA听and Washington USA; the听University of Arizona Health Sciences; Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences; and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France.