Development & Evolution – Form & Function – Patterns & Processes
Evolutionary Morphology
I am a broadly trained zoologist with an interest in:
- evolution of animal forms
- patterns in the fossil record
- developmental mechanisms generating morphological variations at both micro- and macroevolutionary scales.
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A hatchling of a Devonian stem lamprey Priscomyzon riniensis (from Miyashita et al., 2021)
Taxonomic expertise: early Paleozoic vertebrates and living jawless fishes
Anatomical systems: vertebrate skeletons, metazoan nervous systems
Experimental models: zebrafish, lampreys, hagfish, acorn worms
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Tetsuto Miyashita
Research Scientist, Palaeobiology – Canadian Museum of Nature
Email: TMiyashita@nature.ca
Google Scholar Profile – ResearchGate Profile – CV
Adjunct Professor – Biology, the University of Ottawa
Adjunct Professor – Earth Sciences, Carleton University
Chicago Fellow (2018–2020) – Organismal Biology & Anatomy, the University of Chicago
Ph.D. (2018) & M.Sc. (2012) – Biological Sciences, the University of Alberta
— Major Awards and Recognitions —
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Chicago Fellow (2018–2020)
The University of Chicago
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Whitman Center Fellow (2020)
Marine Biological Laboratory
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Erik Stensiö Award (2019)
International Symposium on Early and Lower Vertebrates
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T.W.M. Cameron Outstanding PhD Thesis Award (2019)
William S. Hoar Award (Honourable Mention) (2018)
Brian K. Hall Award (2015)
Canadian Society of Zoologists
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Alfred Sherwood Romer Prize (2018)
Richard Estes Memorial Grant (2014)
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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Robert Lynn Carroll Prize (2017)
Canadian Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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Izaak W. Killam Memorial Scholarship (2015–2017)
Killam Foundation
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Vanier CGS (2012–2015)
NSERC
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Commonwealth Science Conference
Invited speaker (2014)
Follow-on Grant (2015)
The Royal Society, London
— Major Visiting Fellowships —
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Travelling Fellowship (2017)
The Company of Biologists
Destination: Bronner Lab, California Institute of Technology
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Globalink Research Award (2015)
Mitacs Foundation
Destination: Janvier Lab, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle
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CGS Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (2014)
NSERC
Destination: Bronner Lab, California Institute of Technology