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The Richtsmeier lab is located in
the Department of Anthropology
at the Pennsylvania State University
where Dr. Richtsmeier is Professor of Anthropology
and a member of the faculty of
the Graduate Program in Genetics. Dr. Richtsmeier is visiting
professor in the
Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution
at the Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD and a member
of the faculty of
the Center for Craniofacial Development and Disorders at Hopkins.
The long-range goals of the laboratory include:
Work produced by the lab over the past ten years has focused primarily on goal #1. We have approached this goal through various quantitative studies of postnatal craniofacial growth in nonhuman primates and comparative studies of craniofacial morphology and growth in humans affected by craniofacial anomalies. We have devised protocols for the collection of three dimensional landmark data from biological organisms using various tools. We collect data directly from organisms using digitizers and 3D measuring microscopes and from images of organisms (computed tomography scans and Magnetic resonance images) using sophisticated 3D visualization softwares. A considerable amount of time has been spent developing methods that enable the analysis of three dimensional form and change in form using an approach invariant to coordinate systems. This work has been done in collaboration with Dr. Subhash Lele, University of Alberta (formerly at Hopkins). The lab is currently poised to approach the second and third of these long-range goals. To do this, we have broadened our approach to include consideration of laboratory animals, specifically murine models of craniofacial development. This is being done in collaboration with the laboratory of Dr. Roger Reeves at the Johns Hopkins University. Rooms 311 & 319 of the Carpenter Building
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