Morgan L. Turner, PhD

Scientist. 🐊🦖🐓 locomotor evolution + interactive data visualization | Computing Innovation Fellow @NSF + @UMNComputerSci | PhD @EEB_Brown | Now @HarvardDBMI

[Morgan L. Turner, PhD @MorganLTurner_]

Thrilled to share a new look inside how the alligator foot functions, out #OA in @J_Exp_Biol! Here we show how #metatarsals (the dominant skeletal elements in the foot) continuously reconfigure to conform with the ground. 🐊 Let's talk feet 🐊1/10 https://t.co/M3OaB7VNSA

[Morgan L. Turner, PhD @MorganLTurner_]

@StuartSumida @JAnatomy @NSF @EEB_Brown @AdskMaya Thank you!

[Morgan L. Turner, PhD @MorganLTurner_]

🐊New paper out!🐊 "Inner workings of the alligator ankle reveal the mechanistic origins of archosaur locomotor diversity" with Stephen Gatesy in @JAnatomy

#OA paper here: https://t.co/rkTB6h2p7y

Many thanks: @NSF @EEB_Brown @AdskMaya, the #XROMM community, + more!

[Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh]

Humbled to have won the Alfred Sherwood Romer Prize at the #2022SVP #SVP2022 annual meeting — very grateful to my PhD advisor, Steve Gatesy @EEB_Brown, and my postdoc advisor, @AnjanBhullar @yalepeabody, for being so supportive of this work 🦖

[Christian A. Sidor @ChristianSidor]

Here’s this year’s @uwpaleo team photo. Great to catch up with so many alums. @UWBiology @burkemuseum @Wilson_KPg_Lab #histologysucks

[Morgan L. Turner, PhD @MorganLTurner_]

I had a fantastic time at my first in-person #IEEEVIS. Thank you to all my new friends, colleagues, and mentors for such engaging vis conversations and for all the encouraging discussion on #skeletalMotion visualization for #dinosaur locomotion research. Let's stay in touch!🦖

[Tony Le @Anth0nyHLe]

Visualizing ankle bone kinematic data from our robotic testing makes me wanna dance 💃🏼🕺🏻 #footandankle #orthopaedics #biomechanics #robotics

[Morgan L. Turner, PhD @MorganLTurner_]

Can't wait to see more from this awesome system!

[Amy Lenz @lenzetal]

First successful data collection on our robotic foot and ankle simulator. Huge effort from @Anth0nyHLe to get this running! Excited for the continued development of the system!
@UofUOrtho @UofUResearch @UtahBME @UtahMech
#robotics #ortho #FootAndAnkle

[Morgan L. Turner, PhD @MorganLTurner_]

@Sci_Tai This is super neat!!

[Dr. Eva Herbst @EvaCHerbst]

How do salamanders move, and how can we visualize joint range of motion (RoM)? Excited that the final papers from my PhD are now out! We developed a method to collect and visualize joint RoM, and use it to compare salamander hindlimb in vivo and ex vivo RoM. Thread [1/n]

[Morgan L. Turner, PhD @MorganLTurner_]

@JGN_Paleo @ExpeditionLive Congrats!! 🥳

[Prof. Christine Böhmer @VertEvo]

Immense size of sauropodomorph dinosaurs necessitated soft tissue pads to reduce the stress within pedal bones.

Jannel et al 2022 @ScienceAdvances Softening the steps to gigantism in sauropod #dinosaurs through the #evolution of a pedal pad
https://t.co/XGYm8iZm9g

[Aaron Griffing @AaronHGriffing]

Excited to announce our new paper in early view at @JAnatomy detailing phalangeal development in #Hemidactylus #geckos! #GeckoEvoDevo 


Collab w: @tony_gamble1, AM Bauer, AP Russell

https://t.co/OdvkVXmQX6

[Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar @AnjanBhullar]

Just out, with lead author Chris Griffin, former postdoc @chico_botelho, and a fantastic team of coauthors: the culmination of 7 years of work on the embryology and anatomy of the archosaur, and especially the dinosaur, hip. 1/12 https://t.co/ytLIweNuHK

[Morgan L. Turner, PhD @MorganLTurner_]

@CrocHolliday @kalebsellers @AnatomyMizzou Congrats!!

[Morgan L. Turner, PhD @MorganLTurner_]

@JohnNyakatura @exc_moa Super cool!!

[Morgan L. Turner, PhD @MorganLTurner_]

@CrocHolliday @AnatomyMizzou Congrats!!

[Morgan L. Turner, PhD @MorganLTurner_]

@akiopteryx @unity This unit difference + the Y-up, left handed coordinate system had me going crazy getting data in Unity!

[Santiago Ortiz @moebio]

5000 double pendulums, with a tiny (0.000001 rad) variation on starting angles. Color line connects original neighbours, thickness proportional to how close they remain (firs bifurcation starting at 0:12 provides a good understanding of what's going on).

[Morgan L. Turner, PhD @MorganLTurner_]

@elimendoza__ Sure thing! Good luck with the symposium!

[Morgan L. Turner, PhD @MorganLTurner_]

@elimendoza__ State what field(s) your background is in/introduce your perspective to help the audience contextualize some broader statements you might make throughout the presentation.

[Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh]

This Thursday – don't miss out! Cryptic spoiler emojis: 🦴🐷🦶🦖😺🐟🩻