Griffin Lab
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Origin of major clades, ontogeny & evolution of form, evo+devo+paleo — Dept of Geosciences at Princeton University
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The Nishikawa lab at Northern Arizona University and the NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute are hiring a postdoc to help develop multiscale muscle models - please apply and share widely! careers.nau.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Postdoctoral Scholar - Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
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This position is an on-site position which requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily at an NAU site, campus, or facility with or without accommodation. Opportunities...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Nishikawa lab at Northern Arizona University and the NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute are hiring a postdoc to help develop multiscale muscle models - please apply and share widely! careers.nau.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Innovative and interesting work here by @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social, so happy to be part of it!
Hey everyone! I’m excited to share that one of my thesis projects was just published in @currentbiology.bsky.social and featured on phys.org! In this paper, we use an old statistical approach developed by the US Navy in WW2 to predict the aquatic habits of various dinosaurs and marine reptiles 🦖🐊
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Innovative and interesting work here by @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social, so happy to be part of it!
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New IJDB issue! Our cover image features an immunostaining of neural crest cells and their derivatives in an Mllt1 E10.5 murine embryo from the paper by Zinck et al doi.org/10.1387/ijdb... Congratulations to the team of @aineurolab.bsky.social for their outstanding contribution!
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New IJDB issue! Our cover image features an immunostaining of neural crest cells and their derivatives in an Mllt1 E10.5 murine embryo from the paper by Zinck et al doi.org/10.1387/ijdb... Congratulations to the team of @aineurolab.bsky.social for their outstanding contribution!
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Join us in Sheffield! We are keen to support early career researchers in applying for independent research fellowships (IRFs) to join our friendly and collaborative environment, in areas related to developmental biology, stem cells and regenerative biology, and neuroscience.
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Join us in Sheffield! We are keen to support early career researchers in applying for independent research fellowships (IRFs) to join our friendly and collaborative environment, in areas related to developmental biology, stem cells and regenerative biology, and neuroscience.
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Our big squamate origins and early evolution review is now fully published as open access! with @marcanthonytollis.bsky.social and F. Burbrink
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Origin and Early Evolution of Squamates and Their Kin: From Fossils to Genomes
Squamates (lizards, including snakes) are the most diverse group of terrestrial vertebrates on Earth today and have an evolutionary history dating back to at least the Middle Triassic (ca. 242 Mya). D...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Our big squamate origins and early evolution review is now fully published as open access! with @marcanthonytollis.bsky.social and F. Burbrink
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Flashback #FluorescenceFriday to some of the first light-sheet imaging we were doing. Video shows the collecting duct system of the developing kidney labeled with a pan-cytokeratin antibody. Courtesy of former talented technician Deanna Hardesty.
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Flashback #FluorescenceFriday to some of the first light-sheet imaging we were doing. Video shows the collecting duct system of the developing kidney labeled with a pan-cytokeratin antibody. Courtesy of former talented technician Deanna Hardesty.
Had a wonderful visit from collaborator Tatsuya Hirasawa from the U of Tokyo! We’ve been awarded a joint Princeton-Tokyo grant to exchange exciting new techniques in vertebrate evo-devo. Our visit to Japan will happen in March!
October 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Had a wonderful visit from collaborator Tatsuya Hirasawa from the U of Tokyo! We’ve been awarded a joint Princeton-Tokyo grant to exchange exciting new techniques in vertebrate evo-devo. Our visit to Japan will happen in March!
Opening a field jacket in the new prep lab! Preparator Jack Wilson will work his way through the matrix to the croc skull hiding inside
October 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Opening a field jacket in the new prep lab! Preparator Jack Wilson will work his way through the matrix to the croc skull hiding inside
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‼️‼️Triassic Life just opened @smnstuttgart.bsky.social‼️‼️
For all #Triassic fans, lovers of strange reptiles and the Dawn of the Modern World, this is an absolute MUST!
It also couldn't be more timely with our recent publication @nature.com of the wonder reptile #Mirasaura, which is now on display!
For all #Triassic fans, lovers of strange reptiles and the Dawn of the Modern World, this is an absolute MUST!
It also couldn't be more timely with our recent publication @nature.com of the wonder reptile #Mirasaura, which is now on display!
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
‼️‼️Triassic Life just opened @smnstuttgart.bsky.social‼️‼️
For all #Triassic fans, lovers of strange reptiles and the Dawn of the Modern World, this is an absolute MUST!
It also couldn't be more timely with our recent publication @nature.com of the wonder reptile #Mirasaura, which is now on display!
For all #Triassic fans, lovers of strange reptiles and the Dawn of the Modern World, this is an absolute MUST!
It also couldn't be more timely with our recent publication @nature.com of the wonder reptile #Mirasaura, which is now on display!
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Issue 19 is complete!
On the cover: Mouse E10.5 embryo stained for Sox9 (cyan), alpha-tubulin (yellow), and endomucin (magenta). Acquired by Nicole Roos & Anthony Wokasch and chosen by popular vote from the Node’s 2025 MBL Embryology course image competition.
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On the cover: Mouse E10.5 embryo stained for Sox9 (cyan), alpha-tubulin (yellow), and endomucin (magenta). Acquired by Nicole Roos & Anthony Wokasch and chosen by popular vote from the Node’s 2025 MBL Embryology course image competition.
thenode.biologists.com/results-from...
October 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Issue 19 is complete!
On the cover: Mouse E10.5 embryo stained for Sox9 (cyan), alpha-tubulin (yellow), and endomucin (magenta). Acquired by Nicole Roos & Anthony Wokasch and chosen by popular vote from the Node’s 2025 MBL Embryology course image competition.
thenode.biologists.com/results-from...
On the cover: Mouse E10.5 embryo stained for Sox9 (cyan), alpha-tubulin (yellow), and endomucin (magenta). Acquired by Nicole Roos & Anthony Wokasch and chosen by popular vote from the Node’s 2025 MBL Embryology course image competition.
thenode.biologists.com/results-from...
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Interested in fossils? Brains? Reptiles?
Want to study how reptile (particularly squamate) brains and senses changed over time?
Want to be part of an international team studying the evolution of cognition?
Then apply for our Univ of Edinburgh PhD project!
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
Want to study how reptile (particularly squamate) brains and senses changed over time?
Want to be part of an international team studying the evolution of cognition?
Then apply for our Univ of Edinburgh PhD project!
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
Project | E5 Doctoral Training Partnership | E5 Doctoral Training Partnership
The project advertisement
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October 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Interested in fossils? Brains? Reptiles?
Want to study how reptile (particularly squamate) brains and senses changed over time?
Want to be part of an international team studying the evolution of cognition?
Then apply for our Univ of Edinburgh PhD project!
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
Want to study how reptile (particularly squamate) brains and senses changed over time?
Want to be part of an international team studying the evolution of cognition?
Then apply for our Univ of Edinburgh PhD project!
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
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Hechenleitner, E.M., Martinelli, A.G., Rocher, S. et al. A long-necked early dinosaur from a newly discovered Upper Triassic basin in the Andes. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
A long-necked early dinosaur from a newly discovered Upper Triassic basin in the Andes - Nature
Discovery of a nearly complete skeleton of Huayracursor jaguensis, a Carnian dinosaur from the Northern Precordillera Basin in northwestern Argentina provides evidence of increased body size and early...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hechenleitner, E.M., Martinelli, A.G., Rocher, S. et al. A long-necked early dinosaur from a newly discovered Upper Triassic basin in the Andes. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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"...regional extinction rate of between 75 and 84% for squamates in the Western Interior of North America and suggests this group was more severely impacted across the K/Pg boundary than other small-bodied vertebrates."
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🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Geology
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🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Geology
October 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"...regional extinction rate of between 75 and 84% for squamates in the Western Interior of North America and suggests this group was more severely impacted across the K/Pg boundary than other small-bodied vertebrates."
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🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Geology
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🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Geology
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Proud to share a new piece in Scientific American co-authored with the brilliant @lnwilson.bsky.social , edited by @katewong.bsky.social, and featuring this spectacular depiction of the endless daylight of the Cretaceous summer in Alaska by Chase Stone!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
Bird Migration Is One of Nature’s Greatest Spectacles. Paleontologists Just Found Clues to Its Origin
Tiny fossils hint at when birds began making their mind-blowing journey to the Arctic to breed
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October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Proud to share a new piece in Scientific American co-authored with the brilliant @lnwilson.bsky.social , edited by @katewong.bsky.social, and featuring this spectacular depiction of the endless daylight of the Cretaceous summer in Alaska by Chase Stone!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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🚨 ‘Earth system engineers’ and the cumulative impact of organisms in deep time
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Honored to be among the long author list of this new paper out now in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social that looks to bridge the ecosystem engineering and paleontological literature.
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Honored to be among the long author list of this new paper out now in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social that looks to bridge the ecosystem engineering and paleontological literature.
September 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
🚨 ‘Earth system engineers’ and the cumulative impact of organisms in deep time
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Honored to be among the long author list of this new paper out now in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social that looks to bridge the ecosystem engineering and paleontological literature.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Honored to be among the long author list of this new paper out now in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social that looks to bridge the ecosystem engineering and paleontological literature.
Had a great visit at Oklahoma State, thanks @fmachado.bsky.social for the invite and for all your hospitality!
September 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Had a great visit at Oklahoma State, thanks @fmachado.bsky.social for the invite and for all your hospitality!
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Happy to share the advance version of our big AREES review on squamate origin and early evolution: From Fossils to Genomes with my two amazing colleagues, Frank Burbrink and @marcanthonytollis.bsky.social
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Origin and Early Evolution of Squamates and Their Kin: From Fossils to Genomes | Annual Reviews
Squamates (lizards, including snakes) are the most diverse group of terrestrial vertebrates on Earth today and have an evolutionary history dating back to at least the Middle Triassic (ca. 242 Mya). D...
www.annualreviews.org
September 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Happy to share the advance version of our big AREES review on squamate origin and early evolution: From Fossils to Genomes with my two amazing colleagues, Frank Burbrink and @marcanthonytollis.bsky.social
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
If you’re interested in exploring function in vertebrates, there will be no better place than Armita’s group!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to join the lab at @gtsciences.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Broad taxonomic and topical freedom under the umbrella of vertebrate joint form and function. Information here: www.manafzadeh.com – please share 🦴🩻
✨Some news✨: after finishing my postdoc, I’ll be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech. Join us in Atlanta to study how joints work and where they come from!
September 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If you’re interested in exploring function in vertebrates, there will be no better place than Armita’s group!
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geosciences – Princeton University, USA
Harry Hess Fellows Program 2026–27
Eligibility: PhD
Deadline: 1 October 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/princeton-po...
#Postdoc #AcademicJobs #USAJobs #ScienceCareer #PostdoctoralFellowship #EarthSciences
@princetonupress.bsky.social
Harry Hess Fellows Program 2026–27
Eligibility: PhD
Deadline: 1 October 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/princeton-po...
#Postdoc #AcademicJobs #USAJobs #ScienceCareer #PostdoctoralFellowship #EarthSciences
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Princeton Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geosciences 2026–27 |HigherJobz
Apply now for the Princeton University Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geosciences 2026–2027, USA. Competitive salary - Deadline: Oct 1, 2025.
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August 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geosciences – Princeton University, USA
Harry Hess Fellows Program 2026–27
Eligibility: PhD
Deadline: 1 October 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/princeton-po...
#Postdoc #AcademicJobs #USAJobs #ScienceCareer #PostdoctoralFellowship #EarthSciences
@princetonupress.bsky.social
Harry Hess Fellows Program 2026–27
Eligibility: PhD
Deadline: 1 October 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/princeton-po...
#Postdoc #AcademicJobs #USAJobs #ScienceCareer #PostdoctoralFellowship #EarthSciences
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Important work on pelvis evolution and development here!
1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature
The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...
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August 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Important work on pelvis evolution and development here!
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I am proud and grateful to present a dream project today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
July 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I am proud and grateful to present a dream project today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
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A rare job opportunity for Invertebrate Zoology: fieldmuseum.hrmdirect.com/employment/j...
Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Careers At Field Museum
Position Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Zoology FLSA Status Exempt Department Negaunee Integrative Research Center Our Mission Since the 1893 World Columbian Exposition our organization has aimed...
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July 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A rare job opportunity for Invertebrate Zoology: fieldmuseum.hrmdirect.com/employment/j...
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I am excited to finally share our work on avian left/right symmetry breaking with you. We reveal a tissue-scale active torque dipole generated at the Hensen’s node, thanks to crazy experiments by Julia @juliapfanzelter.bsky.social and some analysis by me.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
I am excited to finally share our work on avian left/right symmetry breaking with you. We reveal a tissue-scale active torque dipole generated at the Hensen’s node, thanks to crazy experiments by Julia @juliapfanzelter.bsky.social and some analysis by me.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
An active torque dipole across tissue layers drives avian left-right symmetry breaking
Unlike in mice, frogs, and fish, left-right (L/R) body axis formation in avian embryos does not arise from the chiral beat of cilia. Instead, a counter-clockwise tissue rotation around Hensen′ node, t...
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July 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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I am excited to finally share our work on avian left/right symmetry breaking with you. We reveal a tissue-scale active torque dipole generated at the Hensen’s node, thanks to crazy experiments by Julia @juliapfanzelter.bsky.social and some analysis by me.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
I am excited to finally share our work on avian left/right symmetry breaking with you. We reveal a tissue-scale active torque dipole generated at the Hensen’s node, thanks to crazy experiments by Julia @juliapfanzelter.bsky.social and some analysis by me.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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New paper out today with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @gondwannabe.bsky.social Kimi Chapelle and Paul Upchurch. In it we describe the partial femur of a large silesaur from Zambia 🧪🦕
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A new large ‘silesaur’ specimen from the ?Late Triassic of Zambia; taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary implications | Royal Society Open Science
‘Silesaurs’ are bird-line archosaurs that either represent the sister clade to dinosaurs or a paraphyletic grade of early ornithischians. Here, we describe a partial silesaur femur, NHMUK PV R37051, from the Ladinian/Carnian Ntawere Formation of Zambia. ...
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July 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
New paper out today with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @gondwannabe.bsky.social Kimi Chapelle and Paul Upchurch. In it we describe the partial femur of a large silesaur from Zambia 🧪🦕
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...