Dr Rory Cooper
School of Biosciences
Research Fellow
Full contact details
School of Biosciences
Firth Court
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
- Profile
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I am an Independent Research Fellow in the School of Biosciences at the University of Sheffield. Previously, I was a postdoc for 5 years in the Lab for Artificial & Natural Evolution (LANE) led by Prof. Michel Milinkovitch at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Before then, I completed my PhD at the University of Sheffield, UK, supervised by Dr. Gareth Fraser and Dr. Nicola Nadeau.
- Qualifications
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PhD
- Research interests
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I am an evolutionary developmental biologist investigating the systems governing biological pattern formation. My interdisciplinary research combines cutting-edge experimental techniques in developmental biology and biophysics with advanced volumetric imaging, focusing on the patterning and morphogenesis of skin appendages in diverse vertebrate models, including sharks, chickens and crocodiles.