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Tetsuto Miyashita is an Assistant Professor and Research Scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, affiliated with the University of Ottawa's Department of Biology and Carleton University's Department of Earth Sciences as an adjunct professor. His research focuses on vertebrate origins and early evolution, combining paleontology with developmental biology. He studies fossil fishes from the Paleozoic era and uses zebrafish models to explore developmental mechanisms underlying vertebrate anatomy.
Education: Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago (2018–2020), trained in organismic biology and anatomy. Research areas include cyclostome phylogeny, fossil morphology, and evolutionary developmental biology.
Grants & Projects:
- Multidimensional Exploration of Fish Ancestry and Early Evolution (Canadian Museum of Nature)
- Integrated Approach to Vertebrate Body Plan Assembly (NSERC Discovery Grant)
- Culturing Unique Amphibian Model Species (NSERC Frontier Research)
- New Brunswick Fossil Archives (NSERC Alliance Grant)
Students: Supervises PhD candidates Thais Condez and Shreeharsha Tarikere (co-supervised with Hillary Maddin), and graduate students Conrad Wilson and Jeffrey Yee. Offers undergraduate research opportunities in museum collections and experimental projects.
Labs: Leads the EvMorph-CMN research group, collaborating with labs at the University of Ottawa, Marine Biological Laboratory, and California Institute of Technology.
