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Overview

Paul Tafforeau is affiliated with the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France. Their research primarily spans the interdisciplinary intersection of medicine, physics, and astronomy, with significant contributions in radiation sciences and paleontology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy

More specific subfields of expertise are:

  • Radiation
  • Paleontology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Archeology

Paul Tafforeau's research topics encompass advanced imaging and evolutionary biology, focusing on:

  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, most notably:

  • Peter Lee
  • Claire Walsh
  • Alexandre Bellier
  • Maximilian Ackermann
  • Joseph Brunet

The publication record includes articles in prominent venues such as Nature Methods, Science, Science Advances, eLife, and Nature. Some recent papers and their details are:

  • Imaging intact human organs with local resolution of cellular structures using hierarchical phase-contrast tomography, 2021, Nature Methods
  • The primitive brain of early Homo, 2021, Science
  • Australopithecus afarensis endocasts suggest ape-like brain organization and prolonged brain growth, 2020, Science Advances
  • Secondary ossification center induces and protects growth plate structure, 2020, eLife
  • The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring, 2022, Nature

Paul Tafforeau frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Morphologie
  • Science

Best Publications

  • Applications of X-ray synchrotron microtomography for non-destructive 3D studies of paleontological specimens

    P. Tafforeau;R. Boistel;E. Boller;A. Bravin

  • Earliest evidence of modern human life history in North African early Homo sapiens

    Tanya M. Smith;Paul Tafforeau;Donald J. Reid;Rainer Grün

  • Dental evidence for ontogenetic differences between modern humans and Neanderthals

    Tanya M. Smith;Paul Tafforeau;Donald J. Reid;Joane Pouech

  • Imaging intact human organs with local resolution of cellular structures using hierarchical phase-contrast tomography.

    C. L. Walsh;P. Tafforeau;W. L. Wagner;D. J. Jafree

  • The oldest known primate skeleton and early haplorhine evolution

    Xijun(倪喜军) Ni;Xijun(倪喜军) Ni;Daniel L. Gebo;Marian Dagosto;Jin(孟津) Meng

  • sponge grade body fossil with cellular resolution dating 60 Myr before the Cambrian

    Zongjun Yin;Maoyan Zhu;Eric H. Davidson;David J. Bottjer

  • The Endocast of MH1, Australopithecus sediba

    Kristian J. Carlson;Kristian J. Carlson;Dietrich Stout;Tea Jashashvili;Tea Jashashvili;Tea Jashashvili;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Darryl J. de Ruiter

  • Three-dimensional synchrotron virtual paleohistology: A new insight into the world of fossil bone microstructures

    Sophie Sanchez;Per E. Ahlberg;Katherine M. Trinajstic;Alessandro Mirone

  • Nondestructive imaging of hominoid dental microstructure using phase contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography.

    Paul Tafforeau;Tanya M. Smith

  • Phase contrast X-ray synchrotron imaging: opening access to fossil inclusions in opaque amber.

    Malvina Lak;Didier Néraudeau;André Nel;Peter Cloetens

  • The Role of Ammonites in the Mesozoic Marine Food Web Revealed by Jaw Preservation

    Isabelle Kruta;Neil Landman;Isabelle Rouget;Fabrizio Cecca

  • Nature of laminations and mineralization in rhinoceros enamel using histology and X-ray synchrotron microtomography: Potential implications for palaeoenvironmental isotopic studies

    Paul Tafforeau;Ilhem Bentaleb;Jean-Jacques Jaeger;Céline Martin

  • Synchrotron scanning reveals amphibious ecomorphology in a new clade of bird-like dinosaurs

    Andrea Cau;Vincent Beyrand;Dennis F. A. E. Voeten;Vincent Fernandez

  • A primitive placoderm sheds light on the origin of the jawed vertebrate face

    Vincent Dupret;Sophie Sanchez;Sophie Sanchez;Daniel Goujet;Paul Tafforeau

  • Status and evolution of the ESRF beamline ID19

    Timm Weitkamp;Paul Tafforeau;Elodie Boller;Peter Cloetens

  • Variation in enamel thickness within the genus Homo.

    Tanya M. Smith;Tanya M. Smith;Anthony J. Olejniczak;John P. Zermeno;Paul Tafforeau

  • New visions of dental tissue research: Tooth development, chemistry, and structure

    Tanya M. Smith;Paul Tafforeau

  • Phosphatized Polar Lobe-Forming Embryos from the Precambrian of Southwest China

    Jun-Yuan Chen;David J. Bottjer;Eric H. Davidson;Stephen Q. Dornbos

  • Three-dimensional primate molar enamel thickness

    Anthony J. Olejniczak;Paul Tafforeau;Paul Tafforeau;Robin N. M. Feeney;Lawrence B. Martin

  • The primitive brain of early Homo

    Marcia S. Ponce de León;Thibault Bienvenu;Assaf Marom;Silvano Engel

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Jacques Hublin
Jean-Jacques Hublin Collège de France
Didier Néraudeau
Didier Néraudeau University of Rennes
Jean-Jacques Jaeger
Jean-Jacques Jaeger University of Poitiers
Vincent Perrichot
Vincent Perrichot University of Rennes
Anthony Herrel
Anthony Herrel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Peter Cloetens
Peter Cloetens European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Yaowalak Chaimanee
Yaowalak Chaimanee University of Poitiers
Laurent Marivaux
Laurent Marivaux University of Montpellier
Bernard Gomez
Bernard Gomez University of Lyon System
Dany Azar
Dany Azar Lebanese University

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