My PhD research in evolutionary developmental biology was at the University of Sheffield, under the supervision of Dr. Gareth Fraser and Dr. Nicola Nadeau. I joined the LANE as a Postdoc in February 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Michel Milinkovitch. I focused on addressing biological and physical processes involved in amniote skin appendage development, especially crocodiles, tortoises and chicken. I moved in January 2025 back to the University of Sheffield as an Independent Research Fellow in the School of Biosciences. My focus will be to elucidate the biomechanical processes of shark scale development.
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In vivo sonic hedgehog pathway antagonism temporarily results in ancestral proto-feather-like structures in the chicken
Rory L. Cooper, Michel C. Milinkovitch
PLoS Biology 23 , 3 (2025-03-20)
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Self-organized patterning of crocodile head scales by compressive folding
Gabriel N. Santos-Durán, Rory L. Cooper, Ebrahim Jahanbakhsh, Grigorii Timin, Michel C. Milinkovitch
Nature 637 : 375-383 (2025-01-09)
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Protocol for the rapid intravenous in ovo injection of developing amniote embryos
Cooper RL, Santos-Durán G, Milinkovitch MC
STAR protocols 4 , 2 (2023-05-19)
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Transient agonism of the sonic hedgehog pathway triggers a permanent transition of skin appendage fate in the chicken embryo
Rory L. Cooper and Michel C. Milinkovitch
Science Advances 9 , 20 (2023-05-17)
For publications prior to 2006 (1992‑2005), please click this link.