Simply brilliant news, and well deserved. Congratulations, Benni! Þetta áttu nú aldeilis vel skilið. Una
2015-08-04 21:38 GMT+00:00 MORPHMET <morphmet@morphometrics.org>: > > > > *The 2015 recipient of the Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometric > Methods and Applications will be Benedikt Hallgrimsson* > > [image: The Medal] > > Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at the > University of Calgary, combines developmental genetics with 3D imaging and > morphometrics to address the developmental basis and evolutionary > significance of phenotypic variation and variability of the mammalian > craniofacial complex, with special reference to animal analogues of human > craniofacial dysmorphology. His studies combine the quantitative power and > detailed anatomical characterization of phenotypic effects that > morphometric methods provide with inferences to the developmental processes > responsible for those effects. > > > Recently he has pioneered applications of geometric morphometrics to large > samples of embryos, potentially rendering high-throughput morphometric > analysis a tool just as relevant to medicine as to developmental biology or > morphometrics. That geometric morphometrics is now widely accepted as a > technique in developmental biology is largely due to Hallgrimsson's work in > his laboratory and in his role as editor of the journal Evolutionary > Biology. For his excellence in evo-devo morphometric research, for his > advances in the imaging technology that drives the research, and for his > varied and energetic efforts at disseminating all this to a broad variety > of audiences, Benedikt Hallgrimsson richly deserves the honor of this third > Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometrics. > > > The medal will be presented on October 26, 2015 at Stony Brook University. > Afterwards, he will present a lecture (title to be announced). > > > Click here <http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/RohlfMedal/travel.html> for > Travel and accomodations if you plan to attend. > > -- > MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to morphmet+unsubscr...@morphometrics.org. > -- MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to morphmet+unsubscr...@morphometrics.org.
