Our 3D Models

  • The Computing Lizard

    A living Cellular Automaton computes the skin colour patterns on the back of lizards.

  • The corn snake

    A model species for the study of skin scale & skin color patterning.

  • Permanent scale-to-feather transition chicken

    Light-sheet microscopy imaging of nuclear-stained embryonic chicken digits fixed at E16

  • Permanent scale-to-feather transition in chicken - close up

    SAG-induced ectopic feather buds on the avian footpad.

  • Polygonal pattern of folds - ferret nose

    3D surface reconstructions of an adult individual with maximum curvature highlighting the epidermal creases surrounding the polygonal domes.

  • Polygonal pattern of folds - dog nose

    3D surface reconstructions of an adult individual with maximum curvature highlighting the epidermal creases surrounding the polygonal domes.

  • Polygonal pattern of folds - cow nose

    3D surface reconstructions of an adult individual with maximum curvature highlighting the epidermal creases surrounding the polygonal domes.

  • The physics of crocodile head scale development

    Multi-layer modelling of folded embryonic crocodile head skin.

  • Nile Crocodile Collagen Fibers

    Collagen fibre dominant orientations identified by 3D FFT of light-sheet data.

  • Nile Crocodile Embryo Untreated

    Crocodile head scales emerge from compressive folding of the skin: Nile crocodile control embryo (E64).

  • Nile Crocodile Simulation Untreated

    Computer simulations recapitulate the emergence of crocodile head scales from compressive folding of the skin.

  • Nile Crocodile Embryo EGF-Treated

    EGF treatment exacerbates compressive folding of the skin during crocodile head scale development.

  • Nile Crocodile Simulation EGF-treated

    Computer simulations recapitulate the effect of EGF treatment in exacerbating compressive folding of the skin.

  • Embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko

    A transformative method for imaging collagen 3D network architecture.

  • Whole-mount fast-green staining of mouse embryo

    A transformative method for collagen imaging & organs counterstaining.

  • Whole-mount nuclear staining of mouse embryo

    3D imaging of internal structures with nuclear staining.

  • Surface geometry of mouse embryo

    3D imaging of the skin with nuclear staining