Symposium S08 – Integrative Perspectives on Craniofacial Evo-Devo

■ Organisers
Hiroki Higashiyama (SOKENDAI, JAPAN)
Robert Cerny (Charles University, CZECH)

■ Invited speakers:
Agáta Horáčková,
Markéta Kaucká,
Joseph Keating,
Hiroki Higashiyama

■ Contributing speakers:
Taro Nojiri,
Laura Wilson,
Joshua Gross,
Irene Soto Bajo,
Richard Dearden,
Tatjana Haitina

■ 日時: 2026年6月10日

Agáta Horáčková
Evolutionary transition of the vertebrate pituitary from a pharyngeal gland revealed in embryos of basal fishes

Markéta Kaucká
Building vertebrate facial shape diversity from a conserved embryonic framework

Joseph Keating
The Pteraspid Paradox and the evolution of the vertebrate cranial dermal skeleton

Hiroki Higashiyama
Fundamental Reorganization of the Amniote Facial Developmental Framework in Mammalian Evolution

Taro Nojiri
Origin of the ground-borne sound perception in snakes

Laura Wilson
Prenatal cranial allometry reveals developmental adaptations to laryngeal echolocation in bats

Joshua Gross
Sensory-skeletal integration and the origin of asymmetric facial bone fusions in blind cavedwelling fish

Irene Soto Bajo
Genetic integration of craniofacial shape and eye size in Lake Malawi cichlids


Richard Dearden
Synchrotron microtomography reveals unusual vascular cartilage in an Ordovician vertebrate

Tatjana Haitina
Elemental and Molecular Mapping Reveal Cartilage Cell Organization and Differentiation During Development