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April 2013
Marc Jones and Susan Evans contribute to a paper led by Flora Gröning (University of Hull) on muscle modelling in the tegu lizard Tupinambis merianae. Neil Curtis, Michael Fagan (both University of Hull), Paul O'Higgins (Hull York Medical School), and Anthony Herrel  (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle) also contributed to the paper. Results highlight the importance of using subject specific data to validate biomechanical computer models. This work is published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface and was funded by the BBSRC.
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March 2013
Susan Evans gives a key note talk on the origins of modern squamate diversity for the British Herpetological Symposium and Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium 2013. Marianne Pearson also provides a talk on salamander biogeographic history.
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March 2013
Arnau Bolet and Susan Evans publish a paper about Eocene lizard material from Spain in Palaeontologia Electronica. Spanish press release: La diversidad de los lagartos del Eoceno del yacimiento de Sossís.
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March 2013
Marianne Pearson visited collections at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, France.
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March 2013
Marianne Pearson was selected to participate in 'Post-genomics Phylogenetics', a seven day workshop on current and new phylogenetic methods and software. It was held in Erice, Sicily, and sponsored by European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO). Marianne gave a talk on salamander phylogeny and biogeography. The photo shows (from left to right) course organiser Davide Pisani (Bristol University), Karen Siu-Ting (National University of Maynooth), Mark Wilkinson and Marianne Pearson, all sporting their specially designed course t-shirts
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March 2013
Marc Jones provides a talk for Nature Live at the Natural History Museum hosted by Charlotte Coales. Photo taken by Glenys Jones.
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March 2013
Elizabeth Ward visits the lab of Koji Tamura at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan.
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February 2013
Susan Evans contributes to the International Course of Paleontology held in Lyon, France.

February 2013
Marc Jones and his talk for Science Showoff on the New Zealand tuatara that took place in December 2012 are featured in a blog post by Mallywini Films.

February 2013
The lab is visited by Koji Tamura and his lab members (Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan) before they attended and presented at 'the 4th UCL-Tohoku University joint Symposium'. Photo taken by their official host Yoshiyuki Yamamoto.
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January 2013
Paul Barrett provides an article for the BBC on fossil smuggling.