College of Veterinary Medicine
Schachner Lab
Led by Emma Schachner · Physiological Sciences
What we study
The Schachner Lab studies how lungs and skeletons evolved in birds and reptiles, using 3D models and analyzing fossils. They also look at how trauma, climate change, and diseases affect birds' breathing.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Wild animals
- Coding helps
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- The impacts of obesity on the avian respiratory system
2026 · American Journal of Veterinary Research
Uses 3D scans to compare lung structures in obese and non-obese birds, finding obesity changes air sac size.
- The living dinosaur: accomplishments and challenges of reconstructing dinosaur physiology
2025 · Biology Letters
Reviews methods for guessing dinosaur physiology, noting assumptions must be tested in living animals first.
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- Pulmonary development in Squamata: Insights from embryonic studies using micro‐CT
2025 · Developmental Dynamics
Uses 3D scans to study lung development in lizard and snake embryos over time.
- Evidence for the loss of pneumatization and pneumosteal tissues in secondarily aquatic archosaurs
2025 · Integrative Organismal Biology
Examines fossilized bones to test if aquatic birds lost lung structures, finding they did.
- 3D Printing an Explodable Dog Skull for Veterinary Education
2025 · MorphoMuseuM
Builds a 3D-printed, interactive dog skull model with detachable bones for teaching anatomy.
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