Aaron Griffing
@AaronHGriffing
biologist | postdoc | evo devo | morphology | geckos | loud music & hot sauce enthusiast | he/him | #GeckoEvoDevo | http://aaronhgriffing.bsky.social
Excited to share our new paper in press at @SICB_ describing #toepad development in #Hemidactylus #geckos! #GeckoEvoDevo #Embryology #SEM Collab w: @tony_gamble1, @AshmikaBehere, @HighamLab, & @ThSanger Lab academic.oup.com/icb/advance-ar…
First time using @3DSlicerApp! Here are µCT data of a Lepidodactylus embryo showcasing its developing lungs. Huge thanks to @jaimiAgray for being a great teacher and thanks to @paleoTsimoes for organizing the Slicer workshop!
Just a reminder that I’m on bsky and I’ll probably be posting from there more than here soon. bsky.app/profile/aaronh… #AcademicSky
🚨 New Paper 🚨 Our team @NYITAnatomy used #microCT and #GMM to examine how changes in muscle loading affects skull development in chicks. This one is particularly special because it marks the first experimental #embryology study out of my lab 🐣 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
Here's a chicken embryo after nine days of development. The polka dot pattern shows clusters of cells that will produce feathers 🐣🔬
The "Spags🍝 and snags🌭" study is officially out in @journal_evo. W/ @Keogh_Lab & A. Skeels 🩵🫰for @StephenZozaya for this amazing photo of the Kimberley shallow-soil blindsnake Check it out at: academic.oup.com/evolut/article… summary in this series of post/thread 👇
🚨 Great alternatives to BioRender are now available!! 📢 @NIAIDNews offers a collection of public figures and icons for everyone to use. Check it out at bioart.niaid.nih.gov
We use tissue histology, RNA-seq, and a candidate approach to reveal genetic components of the complex process of vertebral evolution and, more broadly, fundamental mechanisms of skeletal growth and proportion. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Very cool to get a gecko foot SEM on the cover of this month’s issue!
Our November issue is now live! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19328494/2… The cover article focuses on toe pad morphology and adhesion in the miniaturized gecko, which is capable of climbing a smooth glass surface at a nearly vertical angle. By @AaronHGriffing et al.: doi.org/10.1002/ar.255…
Foot scales !!!
This is the foot of a chicken embryo after 12 days of development, captured with light sheet microscopy. You can see scutate scales on the top of the foot and reticulate scales on the bottom 🔬🐥
Interested in early #embryogenesis? Do you like reptiles? We have a position open for a M.Sc. student to investigate early development in the brown anole.
Differential Conservation and Loss of Chicken Repeat 1 (CR1) Retrotransposons in Squamates Reveal Lineage-Specific Genome Dynamics Across Reptiles buff.ly/3XHxqaH #science #evolution #biology #genome
飼育中のブラーミニメクラヘビ。 捕食場面を動画で撮影しましたが、何度見ても不思議な食べ方をします。 まるで掃除機のように、スルスルと吸い込まれるように口の中へ入っていきます。 blog.livedoor.jp/antroom/archiv…
Now’s as good a time as any to go check out our recent paper on the evolution of Australia’s best skinks. Huge thanks to @FarquharJules for the unreal snap 📸. See thread here: x.com/ian_g_brennan/…
Our latest issue just dropped! 👇👇👇 cell.com/current-biolog…
I JUST PUBLISHED THIS PATTERN!!!!! And $1 from every purchase will go to @ColeopSoc :) Also…there are NINETEEN “extra” bug charts you can swap into this to build your own personalized collection, including Buffalo Treehoppers, Mayflies, and Trilobite Beetles. Link in bio 🪲