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I am a teaching-focused lecturer based in the School of Earth Sciences. I am the director of the Palaeobiology MSc and Palaeontology and Evolution BSc and MSci programmes. My research interests are in early animal evolution and exceptional fossil pereservation. A major focus has been on fossilized animal embryos from the Cambrian and lowermost Ordovician, as well as the embryo-like fossils from the Ediacaran Doushantuo biota. I use a range of techniques in this work ranging from experimental decay to synchrotron tomography.
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Projects
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Not all Bloom and gloom: assessing constructive alignment, higher order cognitive skills, and their influence on students’ perceived learning within the practical components of an undergraduate biology course
Cammies, C., Cunningham, J. A. & Pike, R. K., 31 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Biological Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Acanthodian dental development and the origin of gnathostome dentitions
Rucklin, M., King, B., Cunningham, J. A., Johanson, Z., Marone, F. & Donoghue, P. C. J., Jul 2021, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 5, 7, p. 919-926 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Experimental taphonomy of organelles and the fossil record of early eukaryote evolution
Carlisle, E. M., Jobbins, M., Pankhania, V., Cunningham, J. A. & Donoghue, P. C. J., 27 Jan 2021, In: Science Advances. 7, 5, 8 p., eabe9487.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Data from Huang et al. (2018) Middle Triassic conodont apparatus architecture revealed by synchrotron X-ray microtomography. Palaeoworld
Donoghue, P. C. J. (Creator), Pugh, G. (Creator), Cunningham, J. A. (Creator), Martinez-Perez, C. (Creator), Keating, J. N. (Creator), Vargas, K. (Creator), Davies, T. (Creator), Landon, E. (Creator) & Warnock, R. (Creator), University of Bristol, 10 Aug 2018
DOI: 10.5523/bris.yw0swm1vgiz92catj97qv8g1c, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/yw0swm1vgiz92catj97qv8g1c
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Data from: Developmental biology of the early Cambrian cnidarian Olivooides
Dong, X. (Contributor), Vargas, K. (Contributor), Cunningham, J. A. (Contributor), Zhang, H. (Contributor), Liu, T. (Contributor), Chen, F. (Contributor), Liu, J. (Contributor), Bengtson, S. (Contributor) & Donoghue, P. C. J. (Contributor), Dryad, 29 Jan 2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.bp685, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.bp685
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Data from: Experimental taphonomy of Artemia reveals the role of endogenous microbes in mediating decay and fossilization
Butler, A. D. (Contributor), Cunningham, J. A. (Contributor), Budd, G. E. (Contributor) & Donoghue, P. C. J. (Contributor), Dryad, 23 Apr 2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.f0tt2, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.f0tt2
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Activities
- 1 Fellowship awarded competitively
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Postdoctoral Fellow (FEC) - Major transitions in evolution: understanding the fossil evidence.
John A Cunningham (Recipient)
1 Sept 2012 → 1 Mar 2017Activity: Other activity types › Fellowship awarded competitively