Can’t wait!! It will be amazing to see you, catch up with colleagues, and hear amazing talks! 🦈 🧠

Great new paper by Thomas et al. showing that Port Jackson sharks modify skeletal muscle capillaries based on the thermal regime. Peyton Thomas, Emily Peele, Kara Yopak Culum Brown 🇺🇦 Connor Gervais Charlie Huveneers sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New paper alert: Differences in muscle tissue response to thermal stress in two Port Jackson shark populations; led Peyton Thomas sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Hot off the press! Derek Sauer quantifies variation in elasmo inner ears. Considerable variation with habitat and prey type. Presented Elasmobranch Society last week and published this week! Kara Yopak #craigratford rdcu.be/dhBHe

Ever wonder about variation in shark inner ears? Check out PhD student Derek Sauer ‘s recent paper in Scientific Reports - an amazing paper with an amazing collaborative team! Chris Mull #craigradford UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department rdcu.be/dhBHe

Great work from great researchers🤩. Check out these 3D representations of sharks inner ears and their diverse shapes! rdcu.be/dhBHe 🦈👂

So excited to see this work in print! PHD student Derek Sauer looked at variation in the inner ear hair cells across species. Awesome collab with #craigradford Kara Yopak UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department

So honored and excited to be interviewed by Dr Isla Hodgson (she/her) 🌊🦈🕊️ for the Save Our Seas #worldofsharks podcast! We had so much fun discussing all things brain - come visit our lab soon Isla!!

Can you imagine a better weekend than dissecting shark noses with Dr. Lauren Eve Simonitis 🇨🇺🇺🇸 and Aubrey?? Yeah, I can’t either… 🦈🧠

We really can't. Sounds fantastic! & for anyone who might've missed your co authored work , Interspecific Variation in the Inner #Ear Maculae of #Sharks Sauer, Yopak, Radford doi.org/10.1093/iob/ob…

Today’s the day! GlanceBar for visionOS is now available on the App Store: apps.apple.com/app/id64777648… GlanceBar consolidates all of your day's essentials (time/date, weather conditions, upcoming events, and reminders) into a single compact window bar. #applevisionpro #indiedev

Do sharks have ears? Unlike us, sharks have no need for external ears. Instead, they feel the sound with their whole bodies! In this episode, Dr Lucille Chapuis talks to us about the fascinating topic of shark hearing! saveourseas.com/worldofsharks/…

I am today's Roer seminar speaker UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department, at 3 PM excited to see you all there!

Hot off the press! Out now in Current Biology "Maternal investment evolves with larger body size and higher diversification rate in sharks and rays" Read here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jCxB3QW8S6E… Massive thanks to my co-authors Matt Pennell Kara Yopak and Nicholas Dulvy

The sequence and drivers of the evolution of live-bearing and matrotrophy are fundamental questions in vertebrate macroecology, and sharks and rays with their reproductive diversity (everything from egg-laying to placentas) are an ideal group for addressing these questions.

Egg-laying is ancestral and live-bearing and matrotrophy (additional maternal nourishment beyond the initial yolk) have evolved multiple times. While some groups are invariant (all skates lay eggs), groups like the requiem sharks exhibit diverse reproductive modes and habitats

Live-bearing and matrotrophy co-evolved with increasing body size, shallower depth, and more tropical distributions. Larger maternal body size accommodates retained embryos, and increased foraging efficiency with reduced predation risk may allow for more maternal investment

Understanding repro mode evolution in sharks and rays we can test different theories about how these traits relate to diversification dynamics (i.e. rates of speciation and extinction): the Viviparity Driven Conflict Hypothesis and the Novel Ecological Opportunity hypothesis.

Great to be visiting Kara Yopak of Kara Yopak at the Centre for Marine Science in Wilmington, North Carolina, talking shark brains & endocasts 🦈 🧠

A tribute to the great Harvey Karten, an absolute giant in comparative neurobiology thetransmitter.org/neuroanatomy/r…