Dr. Darja Dankina at Krakow SOLARIS synchrotrone: new tomographic studies disclosing secrets of 253-million-year-old Palaeozoic sharks

In early November, Dr. Darya Dankina, palaeontologist at NRC Laboratory of Bedrock Geology, visited the SOLARIS synchrotron (cyclic particle accelerator) at Krakow, Poland (https://synchrotron.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/zwiedzanie). Darja got familiar with the laboratory where she intends to carry out tomographic studies with the material from the Natural Research Centre’s palaeontological collection. The main task of the studies is to carry out an examination of the inside of the object, after which the object remains completely intact. Darya has earlier achieved successful results with a synchrotron in Switzerland, which is currently closed for reconstruction. In 2020, the scientist’s paper on the Permian ichthyofauna of Latvia and Lithuania appeared in a prestigious Journal of Iberian Geology, in which she published the results of tomographic studies of 3D models of 253-million-year-old Palaeozoic shark teeth.

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