Publications of Mason N. Dean

Currey, J. D.; Dean, M. N.; Shahar, R.: Revisiting the links between bone remodelling and osteocytes: insights from across phyla. Biological Reviews 92 (3), pp. 1702 - 1719 (2017)

Dean, M. N.; Bizzarro, J. J.; Clark, B.; Underwood, C. J.; Johanson, Z.: Large batoid fishes frequently consume stingrays despite skeletal damage. Royal Society Open Science 4 (9), 170674 (2017)

Frølich, S.; Weaver, J. C.; Dean, M. N.; Birkedal, H.: Uncovering nature's design strategies through parametric modeling, multi-material 3D printing, and mechanical testing. Advanced Engineering Materials 19 (6), 1600848 (2017)

Jayasankar, A. K.; Seidel, R.; Naumann, J.; Guiducci, L.; Hosny, A.; Fratzl, P.; Weaver, J.C.; Dunlop, J. W. C.; Dean, M. N.: Mechanical behavior of idealized, stingray-skeleton-inspired tiled composites as a function of geometry and material properties. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 73, pp. 86 - 101 (2017)

Knötel, D.; Seidel, R.; Prohaska, S.; Dean, M. N.; Baum, D.: Automated segmentation of complex patterns in biological tissues: Lessons from stingray tessellated cartilage. PLoS One 12 (12), e0188018 (2017)

Priemel, T.; Degtyar, E.; Dean, M. N.; Harrington, M. J.: Rapid self-assembly of complex biomolecular architectures during mussel byssus biofabrication. Nature Communications 8, 14539 (2017)

Seidel, R.; Blumer, M.; Pechriggl, E.-J.; Lyons, K.; Hall, B. K.; Fratzl, P.; Weaver, J. C.; Dean, M. N.: Calcified cartilage or bone? Collagens in the tessellated endoskeletons of cartilaginous fish (sharks and rays). Journal of Structural Biology 200 (1), pp. 54 - 71 (2017)

Seidel, R.; Blumer, M.; Zaslansky, P.; Knötel, D.; Huber, D. R.; Weaver, J. C.; Fratzl, P.; Omelon, S.; Bertinetti, L.; Dean, M. N.: Ultrastructural, material and crystallographic description of endophytic masses – a possible damage response in shark and ray tessellated calcified cartilage. Journal of Structural Biology 198 (1), pp. 5 - 18 (2017)

Fratzl, P.; Kolednik, O.; Fischer, F. D.; Dean, M. N.: The mechanics of tessellations – bioinspired strategies for fracture resistance. Chemical Society Reviews 45 (2), pp. 252 - 267 (2016)

Seidel, R.; Lyons, K.; Blumer, M.; Zaslansky, P.; Fratzl, P.; Weaver, J. C.; Dean, M. N.: Ultrastructural and developmental features of the tessellated endoskeleton of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays). Journal of Anatomy 229 (5), pp. 681 - 702 (2016)

Dean, M. N.; Ekstrom, L.; Monsonego-Ornan, E.; Ballantyne, J.; Witten, P. E.; Riley, C.; Habraken, W.; Omelon, S.: Mineral homeostasis and regulation of mineralization processes in the skeletons of sharks, rays and relatives (Elasmobranchii). Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 46, pp. 51 - 67 (2015)

Habegger, M. L.; Dean, M. N.; Dunlop, J. W. C.; Mullins, G.; Stokes, M.; Huber, D. R.; Winters, D.; Motta, P. J.: Feeding in billfishes: inferring the role of the rostrum from a biomechanical standpoint. The Journal of Experimental Biology 218 (6), pp. 824 - 836 (2015)

Kolmann, M. A.; Crofts, S. B.; Dean, M. N.; Summers, A. P.; Lovejoy, N. R.: Morphology does not predict performance: jaw curvature and prey crushing in durophagous stingrays. Journal of Experimental Biology 218 (24), pp. 3941 - 3949 (2015)

Atkins, A.; Dean, M. N.; Habegger, M. L.; Motta, P. J.; Ofer, L.; Repp, F.; Shipov, A.; Weiner, S.; Currey, J. D.; Shahar, R.: Remodeling in bone without osteocytes: billfish challenge bone structure-function paradigms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (45), pp. 16047 - 16052 (2014)

Kolmann, M. A.; Huber, D. R.; Dean, M. N.; Grubbs, R. D.: Myological variability in a decoupled skeletal system: batoid cranial anatomy. Journal of Morphology 275 (8), pp. 862 - 881 (2014)

Liu, X.; Dean, M. N.; Youssefpour, H.; Summers, A. P.; Earthman, J. C.: Stress relaxation behavior of tessellated cartilage from the jaws of blue sharks. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 29, pp. 68 - 80 (2014)

Naveh, G. R. S.; Brumfeld, V.; Dean, M. N.; Shahar, R.; Weiner, S.: Direct MicroCT imaging of non-mineralized connective tissues at high resolution. Connective Tissue Research 55 (1), pp. 52 - 60 (2014)

Omelon, S.; Georgiou, J.; Variola, F.; Dean, M. N.: Colocation and role of polyphosphates and alkaline phosphatase in apatite biomineralization of elasmobranch tesserae. Acta Biomaterialia 10 (9), pp. 3899 - 3910 (2014)

Claes, J. M.; Dean, M. N.; Nilsson, D. E.; Hart, N. S.; Mallefet, J.: A deepwater fish with 'lightsabers' - dorsal spine-associated luminescence in a counterilluminating lanternshark. Scientific Reports 3, 1308 (2013)

Shahar, R.; Dean, M. N.: The enigmas of bone without osteocytes. BoneKEy Reports 2, 343 (2013)