The Computing Lizard
A living Cellular Automaton computes the skin colour patterns on the back of lizards.
A living Cellular Automaton computes the skin colour patterns on the back of lizards.
A model species for the study of skin scale & skin color patterning.
Light-sheet microscopy imaging of nuclear-stained embryonic chicken digits fixed at E16
SAG-induced ectopic feather buds on the avian footpad.
3D surface reconstructions of an adult individual with maximum curvature highlighting the epidermal creases surrounding the polygonal domes.
3D surface reconstructions of an adult individual with maximum curvature highlighting the epidermal creases surrounding the polygonal domes.
3D surface reconstructions of an adult individual with maximum curvature highlighting the epidermal creases surrounding the polygonal domes.
Multi-layer modelling of folded embryonic crocodile head skin.
Collagen fibre dominant orientations identified by 3D FFT of light-sheet data.
Crocodile head scales emerge from compressive folding of the skin: Nile crocodile control embryo (E64).
Computer simulations recapitulate the emergence of crocodile head scales from compressive folding of the skin.
EGF treatment exacerbates compressive folding of the skin during crocodile head scale development.
Computer simulations recapitulate the effect of EGF treatment in exacerbating compressive folding of the skin.
A transformative method for imaging collagen 3D network architecture.
A transformative method for collagen imaging & organs counterstaining.
3D imaging of internal structures with nuclear staining.
3D imaging of the skin with nuclear staining