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Published Abstracts​

  • McPike KN, Boughner JC, Ziermann J (2020) P63 Mutation Impacts the Structure of Cardiopharyngeal Field Derived Muscles in Mice. Accepted as Poster for the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2020. 4-7 April 2020, San Diego, CA, USA (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic). Abstract https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.06773 The FASEB Journal 2020 34(S1):1-1.

  • Ziermann JM, Waters ST (2020) Gbx2 hypomorph mice with cranial nerve V, VII, and VIII as well as craniofacial and cardiac abnormalities. Accepted as Talk for the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2020. 4-7 April 2020, San Diego, CA, USA (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic). Abstract https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.06699 The FASEB Journal 2020 34(S1):1-1. 

  • Ziermann JM (2019) Day 0–28 of Human Embryonic Development: Importance of Studying Cell and Tissue Interactions in Head and Heart Development. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2019. 5-9 April 2019, Orlando, FL, USA. Poster: DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17005.23521; Abstract DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.512.1; The FASEB Journal 2019 (33), 77.4.1  

  • Ziermann JM (2018) Gene Regulatory Network and Tissue Interactions Important for Head and Heart Development and Evolution. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2018. 21-25 April 2018, San Diego, CA, USA. Talk: DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.364.1; Abstract: The FASEB Journal 2018 (32), 364.1

  • Siomava N, Edwards D, Ziermann JM. (2018) Expression of Nkx2.5 and Isl1 in the cardiopharyngeal mesoderm of developing Xenopus embryos. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2018. 21-25 April 2018, San Diego, CA, USA. Poster: DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.512.1; Abstract: The FASEB Journal 2018 (32), 512.1

  • Alghamdi MA, Ziermann JM, Diogo R. (2018) Abnormal Development of Human Musculature: Linking Development, Anatomical Variations and Defects, Atavisms, Order and Chaos and Medicine. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2018. 21-25 April 2018, San Diego, CA, USA. Poster: DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.775.3; Abstract: The FASEB Journal 2018 (32), 775.3

  • Alghamdi MA, Ziermann JM, Diogo R. (2018) Understanding the Development, Variations, and Defects of the Muscular System in Normal Human Embryos, Fetuses, and Newborns. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2018. 21-25 April 2018, San Diego, CA, USA. Poster: DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.643.2; Abstract: The FASEB Journal 2018 (32), 643.2.

  • McDowell AR, Wade MD, Ziermann JM. (2017) Significance of Recognizing Anatomical Variations for Medical Education – an Example of the Triceps Brachii Heads. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2017. 22-26 April 2017, Chicago, IL, USA. Poster: DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.18674.30403; Abstract: The FASEB Journal 2017 (31), 901.6

  • Ziermann JM, Franco Curcio D. (2017) Medical Education Across Borders – Are You GAAAME?. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2017. 22-26 April 2017, Chicago, IL, USA. Poster: DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.20966.42566; Abstract: The FASEB Journal April 2017 (31), 734.7.

  • Alghamdi M, Smith C, Ziermann J, Diogo R. (2016) Musculoskeletal and Neural Comparison of Normal and Abnormal Development in Humans and Broader Medical Implications. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2016. 2-6 April 2016, San Diego, CA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2016 (30), 1033.1.

  • Forrester A, Fahimuddin F, Singh S, Ziermann JM (2016) The Cardiopharyngeal Field and Associated Syndromes in Humans. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2016. 2-6 April 2016, San Diego, CA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2016 (30), 1035.3.

  • Ziermann JM, Diogo R. (2016) Polyisomerism, Anisomerism, and the Evolution and Development of the Vertebrate Head Muscles. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2016. 2-6 April 2016, San Diego, CA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2016 (30), 779.2.

  • Diogo R, Ziermann JM (2015). The end of an old dogma with crucial implications for medical and biological students and for medicine: regenerative, developmental, paleontological and evolutionary studies contradict the fore-hindlimb serial homology. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2015. 28 Mar - 1 Apr 2015, Boston, MA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2015 (29), 343.5.

  • Ziermann J, Diogo R. (2015) Cephalic Muscle Evolution in Chordates. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2015. 28 Mar - 1 Apr 2015, Boston, MA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2015 (29), 345.4.

  • Ziermann J, Fahimuddin F, Forrester A, Singh S, Diogo R. (2015) Cardiopharyngeal field, Head & Heart Muscle Development, and Associated Syndromes in Humans. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2015. 28 Mar - 1 Apr 2015, Boston, MA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2015 (29), 872.3

  • Smith CM, Ziermann J, Diogo R. (2015) Muscular and skeletal anomalies in human trisomy in an evo-devo context using 3-D imaging and anatomical dissections, with notes on Down Syndrome, cyclopia and medical implications. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2015. 28 Mar - 1 Apr 2015, Boston, MA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2015 (29), 870.1.

  • Alghamdi M, Malik A, Ziermann J, Diogo R. (2015) An untold story: the important contributions of Muslim scholars for the discovery of human anatomy and the history of evolutionary thinking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2015. 28 Mar - 1 Apr 2015, Boston, MA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2015 (29), 549.9.

  • Sedlmayr JC, Cork RJ, Schachner ER, Rehorek SJ, Smith TD, McNulty MA, Ziermann J, Thorn CA, Diogo R. (2015) Introducing the Comparative Atlas of Vertebrate Embryology Online Database. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2015. 28 Mar - 1 Apr 2015, Boston, MA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2015 (29), 867.19.

  • Diogo R, Smith CM, Ziermann J. (2015) Why study muscles: bringing together anatomy, evolution, development, genetics, birth defects and medicine. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2015. 28 Mar - 1 Apr 2015, Boston, MA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2015 (29), 211.1.

  • Ziermann J, Diogo R. (2014) Specialize or disappear: anisomerism, empirical evidence of the differentiation or loss of polyisomere structures during gnathostome evolution based on a comparative study of head and appendicular muscles. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2014. 25-30 April 2014, San Diego, CA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2014 (28), 918.27.

  • Diogo R, Ziermann J, Johnston P. (2014) Deconstructing the dogma of fore and hindlimb serial homology: evidence from regenerative, developmental, comparative, paleontological and evolutionary studies. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2014. 25-30 April 2014 Conference San Diego, CA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2014 (28), 919.3.

  • Ziermann J, Diogo R. (2014) Parallelism between ontogeny and phylogeny - A case study in amphibians. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2014. 25-30 April 2014 Conference San Diego, CA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2014 (28), 921.10.

  • Diogo R, Ziermann J, Linde-Medina M. (2014) Is evolutionary biology becoming too politically correct? A reflection on the scala naturae, phylogenetically basal clades, anatomically plesiomorphic taxa, and "lower" animals. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2014. 25-30 April 2014 Conference San Diego, CA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2014 (28), 919.4.

  • Diogo R, Walsh SM, Smith C, Ziermann J. (2014) First detailed comparative, developmental and pathological analysis of the relationship between limb soft and hard tissues: muscle configuration is mainly related to the topological position, and not the anlage and/or homeotic identity, of digits. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2014. 25-30 April 2014 Conference San Diego, CA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2014 (28), 919.5.

  • Ziermann JM, Diogo R. (2013) Comparative evolutionary myological studies deconstruct the fore-hindlimb serial homology myth. Talk presented at the 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM 2013), Barcelona, Spain. The Anatomical Record 296, Special Feature, p211.

  • Ziermann JM, Diogo R. (2013) Comparative anatomy, phylogeny, evolutionary trends, the notion of 'progress' in evolution, and the myth of human morphological complexity. Talk presented at the 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM 2013), Barcelona, Spain. The Anatomical Record 296, Special Feature, p211.

  • Ziermann JM, Diogo R. (2013) Parallelism between ontogeny and phylogeny? A case study in amphibians. Poster presented at the 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM 2013), Barcelona, Spain. The Anatomical Record 296, Special Feature, p281.

  • Ziermann JM, Diogo R. (2013) Amphibian muscle development and homologies: broader developmental and evolutionary implications, with notes on metamorphosis and terminal additions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomy at the Experimental Biology conference EB2013. 20-24 April 2013, Boston, MA, USA. The FASEB Journal April 2013 (27), 963.3.

  • Sánchez-Villagra MR, Ziermann JM, Nagashima H, Mitgutsch C, Lennart O, Kuratani S. (2007) Autopodial development and evolution in turtles. Talk presented at the 8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM 2007) Paris. Journal of Morphology 268 (12), 1128.

  • Ziermann JM, Olsson L. (2007) Sequence heterochronies in Lissamphibia. Talk presented at the 8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM 2007) Paris. Journal of Morphology 268 (12), 1153.

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Talks at international conferences​

  • Diogo R, Esteve-Altava B, Molnar J, Ziermann JM. (2016) Surprising developmental, evolutionary, pathological and comparative perspectives on serial homology of the head and limbs/fins: from dissimilarity to derived serial similarity. 6th Euro-Evo-Devo Meeting. Uppsala, July 26-29, 2016. Oral presentation.

  • Diogo R, Ziermann JM. (2016). A new heart for a new head in vertebrate cardiopharyngeal evolution: new anatomical and developmental insights on Amphioxus and other Chordates. Amphioxus satellite meeting in 6th Euro-Evo-Devo Meeting. Uppsala, July 25-26, 2016. Oral presentation.

  • Diogo R, Ziermann JM. (2014) Why study muscles: bringing together anatomy, evolution, development, genetics, birth defects and medicine. First international meeting of evolutionary and developmental biology of heart and head muscles. Washington DC, May 11th, 2014.

  • Ziermann JM, Diogo R. (2014) Cyclostomes (lampreys and hagfishes) - what vertebrate animals without jaws teach us about the origin and evolution of vertebrate muscles. First international meeting of evolutionary and developmental biology of heart and head muscles. Washington DC, May 11th, 2014.

  • Ziermann JM, Olsson L. (2008) Sequence heterochrony in Lissamphibia. Ghent. European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EED). p 200.

  • Ericsson R, Ziermann JM, Piekarski N, Joss J, Olsson L. (2007) Cell fate and timing in the evolution of neural crest and mesoderm development in the head region of Amphibians and Lungfishes. 11th Congress on Early Vertebrates, Uppsala, Sweden.

  • Sánchez-Villagra MR, Nagashima H, Mitgutsch C, Winkler J, Ziermann JM, Olsson L, Kuratani S. (2006) Autopodial development and evolution in turtles; Prague. European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EED). p 194.

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Posters at international conferences​

  • Ziermann JM, Diogo R, Esteve-Altava B, Molnar J, Boughner JC (2017) Can anatomical network analysis help explain anatomical evolution in marsupials and placentals? Presented at the Pan American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology 2017, August 19-23, Calgary, CAN.

  • Raj MT, Uppal J, Ziermann JM, Esteve-Altava B, Smith CM, Rasskin-Gutman D, Diogo R, Boughner JC. (2015) Red in Tooth and Jaw: Mechanisms coordinating the evo-devo of the mammalian face. Presented at the Pan American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology 2015, August 5-9, Berkeley, USA.

  • Diogo R, Smith C, Ziermann JM. (2015) Development and evolution of muscles of humans and other vertebrates: broader evolutionary and medical implications. Presented at the EMBO Workshop on Integrative perspectives on musculoskeletal development 2015, January 4, Ein Gedi, Israel.

  • Ziermann JM, Arntzen JW, Richardson MK. (2010) The transcriptome of an embryo of Triturus carnifex (Salamandridae, Caudata). Presented at the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EED), Paris, France. Abstract book p274.

  • Ziermann JM, Bininda-Emonds ORP, Olsson L. (2007) Identifying sequence heterochronies in Lissamphibia. Presented at the 9. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik in Vienna, Austria (9th annual meeting of the society for biological systematic): Abstract book p169. (Prize for best graduate student poster).

  • Ziermann JM, Olsson L. (2006) Pattern and timing of cranial muscle development in anuran amphibians. Presented at the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EED). Prague, Czech Republic.

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Posters at national conferences         ​

  • Cline D, Mayo H, Brown E, Ziermann JM (2018) The Development & Evolution of the Multi-Chambered Heart in Vertebrates. Howard University College of Medicine Annual Faculty/Resident/Student Scientific Research Forum, 9 May 2018, Washington, DC, USA.

  • Alghamdi MA, Ziermann JM, Diogo R. (2018) Understanding the Development, Variations and Defects of the Muscular System in Normal Human Embryos, Fetuses and Newborns. Howard University Research Week 2018, April 22, Washington, DC, USA.

  • Cline D, Mayo H, Brown E, Ziermann JM (2018) The Development & Evolution of the Multi-Chambered Heart in Vertebrates. Howard University Research Week 2018, April 22, Washington, DC, USA.

  • Edwards D, Siomava N, Ziermann JM (2018) Exploring the Role of Nkx2.5 & Islet1 during development of the cardiopharyngeal mesoderm. Howard University Research Week 2018, April 22, Washington, DC, USA.

  • Diaz G, Alghamdi MA, Ziermann JM, Diogo R (2017) Anatomical analysis of musculoskeletal anomalies in a trisomy 13 fetus due to delayed development. Regional Conference of the American Association of Anatomists, 2017, November 4, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

  • Edwards D, Siomava N, Ziermann JM (2017) Exploring the Role of Nkx2.5 & Islet1 during development of the cardiopharyngeal mesoderm. Regional Conference of the American Association of Anatomists, 2017, November 4, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

  • Altema DW, Ziermann JM (2017) Implications of Nerve and Vessel Anastomosis in Wrist and Palmar Injury. Regional Conference of the American Association of Anatomists, 2017, November 4, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

  • Douglas N, Siomava N, Ziermann J, Diogo R. (2017) Seeing eye to eye: Cyclopia in Sheep and Humans. Howard University Research Week 2017, April 17, Washington, DC, USA.

  • Wade M, McDowell A, Ziermann J. (2016) Innervation of the Long Head of the Triceps Brachii. Regional Conference of the American Association of Anatomists, 2016, November 5, New York City, NY, USA.

  • Alghamdi M, Smith C, Ziermann JM, Diogo R. (2016) Musculoskeletal and Neural Comparison of Normal and Abnormal Development in Humans and Broader Medical Implications. Howard University Research Week 2016, April 14, Washington, DC, USA.

  • Singh SS, Forrester A, Fahimuddin F, Ziermann JM. (2015) Applications of the urochordate cardiopharyngeal field to head and heart syndromes in humans. Howard University Research Week 2015, April 16, Washington, DC, USA.

  • Smith CM, Ziermann JM, Diogo R. (2015) Muscular and skeletal anomalies in human trisomy in an evo-devo context using 3-D imaging and anatomical dissections, with notes on Down Syndrome, cyclopia and medical implications. Howard University Research Week 2015, April 16, Washington, DC, USA.

  • Malik AH, Alghamdi M, Ziermann JM, Diogo R. (2015) An untold story: the important contributions of Muslim scholars for the discovery of human anatomy and the history of evolutionary thinking. Howard University Research Week 2015, April 16, Washington, DC, USA.

  • Walsh S, Smith C, Ziermann JM, Diogo R. (2014) Muscle birth defects in a human trisomy-18 fetus, comparisons with other trisomies and karyotypically normal humans, and discussion of implications for the understanding and surgical treatment of non-pentadactyl limbs. Howard University Research Week 2014, April, Washington, DC, USA.

  • Augustin J, Beheshtin B, Adegbyoyega M, Fair V, Walsh S, Ziermann J, Aziz A, Diogo R. (2013) Bias in Science: Determining the Validity of Racial Biological Theories. VSU (Virginia State University) Annual Undergraduate Research Conference 2013, April 5, Virginia, USA.

  • Ziermann JM, Olsson L. (2006) Patterns of cranial muscle development in the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae). 3rd workshop in the department of Anatomy in Dresden, Germany.

  • Ziermann JM, Olsson L. (2004) Cranial muscle development in Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae); 97. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft. Rostock, Germany.               

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