Between 2017 and 2023, the “open Vertebrate” (oVert) project, funded by NSF, united 18 participating institutions to digitize vertebrates in their natural history collections through Computed Tomography (CT) scans. Six institutions acted as imaging centers with CT scanning labs, including […]
ARC Grant-Funded Postdoctoral Researcher
A fixed-term Level A grant-funded researcher position is available for two years as part of an ARC Discovery project on the evolution of brains in snakes and lizards, in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Adelaide with […]
Have you heard the phrase “Digital Twin” used to describe Tomography data?
The term has been around since it was first presented in a lecture on product life-cycle management in 2003, and is often described broadly as a virtual representation of a physical product. But is the term “digital twin” appropriate to […]
E&O Resources: Gray’s Colors of Skull Anatomy
Available at: https://www.graysvertebrateanatomy.com/work/colorsofskullanatomy/ With more than 45 thousand collective views on Sketchfab, the Colors of Skull Anatomy collection of educational models has been a popular choice for learning comparative skull anatomy for the last 4 years. I came up with […]
Member spotlight – Dr. Jaimi Gray’s tomography journey
Hello! I’m Dr. Jaimi Gray (ORCID) and I recently joined the team at the University of Texas High resolution X ray CT facility (a.k.a. UTCT). I primarily operate our custom North Star system (which has two X-ray sources!), but also […]
Member Spotlight – Chris Zobek
By Jaimi Gray I recently sat down with NoCTURN member Chris Zobek (ORCID) to chat about his research, and his tomography journey. Chris is a PhD student in Casey Holliday’s lab at the University of Missouri. His current research involves […]
Science you can see at the Jackson School of Geoscience
By Jaimi Gray On October 11, the Jackson School of Geosciences held its annual art exhibit in the Holland Center. Here, the line between work and leisure was blurred. Students, researchers and faculty contributed art pieces to display in the […]
Member Spotlight – Dr. Alice Leavey
By Jaimi Gray I recently sat down with NoCTURN member Alice Leavey to ask her about her tomography journey and her involvement in NoCTURN. Alice is one of our most active international members and is part of the Findability working […]