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Zachary S. Morris, Ph.D.

Zachary S. Morris, Ph.D.

notes from the field & lab

Thank you to @sears_lab for the invitation to discuss my research and pathway into science with students at @ucla today! It was a pleasure to explore the complex #evodevo origins of the skull and the unique experience of collecting eggs to study alli

Had a great time sharing a preview of our new project exploring the correlations between the skeletons and soft tissues of the palate at #2024SVP this week!

For #fossilfriday here is a throw back to our amazing season at Ghost Ranch this summer. Our crews continued our exploration of Triassic reptiles in the Hayden Quarry and found some amazing articulated material waiting to be prepared back at the @din

A day late for #fossilfriday but it was a spectacular day showing off the new #gnatalie material and other fun paleontology features at the @nhmla #dinofest

I am very excited to announce that, after far too long, the major chapter from my Master’s thesis on the skeletal development of the Gray Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis domestica) has been published! Despite being a biomedical model system,

Excited to present some of the first results from my postdoctoral work today at #svp2022 ! Come check out how weird and important the roof of the mouth is at 2pm in the evo-devo session. #evodevo #anatomy #amniota #2022svp

Long delayed due to the pandemic, but one year into my NSF fellowship I’m finally imaging embryonic alligator palates! 🐊🐊🐊🔬🔬🔬 #nsf #postdoc #confocal #alligator #evodevo #timelapse

Exciting new insights into alligator palate morphogenesis in the works! This is the slice from the first 3D confocal dataset for stage alligator embryo captures Sox-9, Col2, and MyoD using IHC as part of my NSF funded postdoctoral fellowship at Yale.

Understanding the evolutionary and developmental origins of crocodylian snout disparity #evodevo #crocodylia #mcz

Zachary S. Morris, Ph.D.
Dinosaur Institute Postdoctoral Fellow

The Dinosaur Institute
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
New Haven, CT 06511

zmorris@nhm.org