Congratulations to the recently minted Dr. Jade Atkins and Master Erin MacKenzie. Jade’s thesis makes great strides in understanding the morphology and potential developmental mechanisms underlying evolution of the tetrapod skull-neck boundary, using axolotl and Xenopus as models. Erin conducted several pioneering experiments revealing the role of the brain in the development of the skull in Xenopus laevis. Erin is off to the UK to complete a graduate program in clinical embryology at Oxford University. (Photo credits: Alex Predietis)
