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Research Highlight (with article links) Elucidating structure-function relationships in the tessellated cartilaginous skeletal systems of elasmobranchs (A joint HFSP-funded collaboration with Mason Dean) https://www.masondeanlab.com/

Understanding tissue-level biochemical and anatomical details


Calcified cartilage or bone? Collagens in the tessellated endoskeletons of cartilaginous fish (sharks and rays)


Ronald Seidela, Michael Blumerb, Elisabeth-Judith Pechriggl, Kady Lyons, Brian K. Hall,

Peter Fratzl, James C. Weaver, Mason N. Dean


Journal of Structural Biology 200: 54–71

Identification of a potential novel healing

mode in tessellated cartilage


Ultrastructural, material and crystallographic description of endophytic masses – A possible damage response in shark and ray tessellated calcified cartilage


Ronald Seidel, Michael Blumer, Paul Zaslansky,

David Knötel, Daniel R. Huber, James C. Weaver,

Peter Fratzl, Sidney Omelon, Luca Bertinetti,

Mason N. Dean


Journal of Structural Biology 198: 5–18

Parametric modeling and finite element simulations


Multi-scale modeling and mechanical performance characterization of stingray skeleton-inspired tessellations


Aravind Kumar Jayasankar, Ronald Seidel, Ahmed Hosny, James C Weaver, Peter Fratzl, Junning Chen,

Mason N Dean


Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 138: 103906

Flexibility and puncture-resistance: An unusual mechanical paradox Mechanical properties of stingray tesserae: High-resolution correlative analysis of mineral density and indentation moduli in tessellated cartilage Ronald Seidel, Andreas Roschger, Ling Li, Joseph J. Bizzarro, Qiuting Zhang, Jie Yin, Ting Yang, James C. Weaver, Peter Fratzl, Paul Roschger, Mason N. Dean Acta Biomaterialia 96: 421–435Sharks_files/3DPAM_2023.pdf
Introduction to tessellated cartilage as a model multiphase material system Ultrastructural and developmental features of the tessellated endoskeleton of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) Ronald Seidel, Kady Lyons, Michael Blumer, Paul Zaslansky, Peter Fratzl, James C. Weaver, Mason N. Dean Journal of Anatomy 229: 681--702Sharks_files/3DPAM_2023_1.pdf

New methodologies for the geometric analysis of tessellated cartilage and other biological materials 


High-Throughput Segmentation of Tiled Biological Structures using Random-Walk Distance Transforms


Daniel Baum, James C. Weaver, Igor Zlotnikov, David Knotel, Lara Tomholt, and Mason N. Dean


Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59 (6): 1700–1712

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