So excited to see this work in print! PHD student Derek Sauer looked at variation in the inner ear hair cells across species. Awesome collab with #craigradford Kara Yopak UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department

So honored and excited to be interviewed by @isla_hodgson for the Save Our Seas #worldofsharks podcast! We had so much fun discussing all things brain - come visit our lab soon Isla!!

Can you imagine a better weekend than dissecting shark noses with Dr. Lauren Eve Simonitis 🇨🇺🇺🇸 and Aubrey?? Yeah, I can’t either… 🦈🧠

We really can't. Sounds fantastic! & for anyone who might've missed your co authored work , Interspecific Variation in the Inner #Ear Maculae of #Sharks Sauer, Yopak, Radford doi.org/10.1093/iob/ob…

Today’s the day! GlanceBar for visionOS is now available on the App Store: apps.apple.com/app/id64777648… GlanceBar consolidates all of your day's essentials (time/date, weather conditions, upcoming events, and reminders) into a single compact window bar. #applevisionpro #indiedev

Do sharks have ears? Unlike us, sharks have no need for external ears. Instead, they feel the sound with their whole bodies! In this episode, Dr Lucille Chapuis talks to us about the fascinating topic of shark hearing! saveourseas.com/worldofsharks/…

I am today's Roer seminar speaker UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department, at 3 PM excited to see you all there!

Hot off the press! Out now in Current Biology "Maternal investment evolves with larger body size and higher diversification rate in sharks and rays" Read here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jCxB3QW8S6E… Massive thanks to my co-authors Matt Pennell Kara Yopak and Nicholas Dulvy

The sequence and drivers of the evolution of live-bearing and matrotrophy are fundamental questions in vertebrate macroecology, and sharks and rays with their reproductive diversity (everything from egg-laying to placentas) are an ideal group for addressing these questions.

Egg-laying is ancestral and live-bearing and matrotrophy (additional maternal nourishment beyond the initial yolk) have evolved multiple times. While some groups are invariant (all skates lay eggs), groups like the requiem sharks exhibit diverse reproductive modes and habitats

Live-bearing and matrotrophy co-evolved with increasing body size, shallower depth, and more tropical distributions. Larger maternal body size accommodates retained embryos, and increased foraging efficiency with reduced predation risk may allow for more maternal investment

Understanding repro mode evolution in sharks and rays we can test different theories about how these traits relate to diversification dynamics (i.e. rates of speciation and extinction): the Viviparity Driven Conflict Hypothesis and the Novel Ecological Opportunity hypothesis.

Great to be visiting Kara Yopak of Kara Yopak at the Centre for Marine Science in Wilmington, North Carolina, talking shark brains & endocasts 🦈 🧠

A tribute to the great Harvey Karten, an absolute giant in comparative neurobiology thetransmitter.org/neuroanatomy/r…

Check out our latest collaborative paper on imaging of the nervous system! 🦈

🎉New paper🚨 Interested in 3D imaging of the nervous system of fishes or reptiles? Check out UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department's Kara Yopak's Kara Yopak latest collaborative publication on imaging! doi.org/10.1002/ar.255… The Anatomical Record

Wow so many publications this month! Congrats to Dr.Steve Kinsey, Dr.Michael Mallin, and Dr.Kara Yopak for their new publications 20-year water quality analysis sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Hypoxia Tolerance doi.org/10.1093/icb/ic… Bioimaging of sense organs doi.org/10.1002/ar.255…

Had such a great time on the Gills Club podcast talking all things 🦈 🧠

#DidYouKnow that Kara Yopak and Kara Yopak have seen 180 species of skates, rays, sharks, and chimera brains? Learn about what she and her Zombie Lab are learning about these brain specimens on the Gills Talk podcast!

Do shark brains differ between different species? Does one species' brain change over its lifespan? How does changing environment change brain development? These are questions Kara Yopak and Kara Yopak are trying to answer! spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/DpG7zTxC1Mb