The Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize
Background
Awarded by the Society on the recommendation of the EiCs to the Lead Author and Co-Authors. This is awarded annually for the paper considered to be the most outstanding published in the Journal of Anatomy in that year by either a member or non member of the Society. For further information contact the Executive Administrator at: headoffice@anatsoc.org.uk
Eligibility
Member or non-member of the Society
Awarded
Annually
Queries
For further information contact the Executive Administrator at headoffice@anatsoc.org.uk
Synchondrosis fusion contributes to the progression of postnatal craniofacial dysmorphology in syndromic craniosynostosis
Yukiko Hoshino, Masaki Takechi, Mehran Moazen, Miranda Steacy, Daisuke Koyabu, Toshiko Furutera, Youichirou Ninomiya, Takashi Nuri, Erwin Pauws, Sachiko Iseki
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 242, Issue 3, Pages 387-401, March 2023
https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13790
Journal of Anatomy Joint Runner-Up Best Paper Prizes
The HOPX and BLBP landscape and gliogenic regions in developing human brain
Camilla Bjørnbak Holst, Christian Beltoft Brøchner, Kristoffer Vitting-Seerup, Kjeld Møllgård
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 243, Issue 1, Pages 23-38, July 2023
https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13844
Structural abnormalities of retinal pigment epithelial cells in a light-inducible, rhodopsin mutant mouse
Debora Napoli, Enrica Strettoi
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 243, Issue 2, Pages 223-234, August 2023
Sequential changes in cellular properties accompanying amniote somite formation
Agnieszka M. Piatkowska, Kaustubh Adhikari, Adam A. Moverley, Mark Turmaine, James A. Glazier, Nicolas Plachta, Susan E. Evans, Claudio D. Stern
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 242, Issue 3, pages 417-435, March 2023
https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13791
Precision mouse models of Yars/dominant intermediate Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type C and Sptlc1/hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 1
Timothy J. Hines, Abigail L. D. Tadenev, Museer A. Lone, Courtney L. Hatton, Inseyah Bagasrawala, Morgane G. Stum, Kathy E. Miers, Thorsten Hornemann, Robert W. Burgess
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 241, Issue 5, November 2022, Pages 1169-1185
Journal of Anatomy Runner-Up Best Paper Prize
Comprehensive expression analysis for the core cell cycle regulators in the chicken embryo reveals novel tissue-specific synexpression groups and similarities and differences with expression in mouse, frog and zebrafish
Marta Alaiz Noya, Federica Berti, Susanne Dietrich
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 241, Issue 1, July 2022, Pages 42– 66
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697580/2022/241/1
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2021
Rio-Hortega's drawings revisited with fluorescent proteins define a cytoplasm filled channel system of CNS myelin
Julia M. Edgar, Eleanor McGowan, Katie J. Chapple, Wiebke Möbius, Leandro Lemgruber,
Robert H. Insall, Klaus-Armin Nave, Anne Boullerne
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 239, Issue 6, December 2021, Pages 1241–1255
First published 28 October 2021 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.13577
Journal of Anatomy Joint Runner-Up Best Paper Prize 2021
Comparing development and regeneration of the submandibular gland highlights distinct mechanisms
Lemonia Chatzeli, Tathyane H. N. Teshima, Mohammad K. Hajihosseini, Marcia Gaete,
Gordon B. Proctor, Abigail S. Tucker
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 238, Issue 6, June 2021, Pages 1371 - 1385
First published 16 January 2021 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.13387
Anatomy, ontogeny, and evolution of the archosaurian respiratory system: a case study on Alligator mississippiensis and Struthio camelus
Emma R. Schachner, Brandon P. Hedrick, Heather A. Richbourg, John R. Hutchinson, C. G. Farmer
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 238, Issue 4, April 2021, Pages 845-873
First published 20 December 2020 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.13358
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2020
Novel concept for the epaxial/hypaxial boundary based on neuronal development
Hiroshi Nagashima, Daisuke Koga, Satoshi Kusumi, Katsuki Mukaigasa, Hiroyuki Yaginuma, Tatsuo Ushiki, Noboru Sato
Volume 237, Issue 3, September 2020, Pages 427-438
First published: 12 August 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13219
Journal of Anatomy Joint Runner-Up Best Paper Prize 2020
Comparative growth in the olfactory system of the developing chick with considerations for evolutionary studies
Aneila V. C. Hogan, Akinobu Watanabe, Amy M. Balanoff, Gabriel S. Bever
Volume 237, Issue 2, August 2020, Pages 225-240
First published: 20 April 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13197
Comparative anatomy of the mammalian neuromuscular junction
Ines Boehm, Abrar Alhindi, Ana S. Leite, Chandra Logie, Alyssa Gibbs, Olivia Murray, Rizwan Farrukh, Robert Pirie, Christopher Proudfoot, Richard Clutton, Thomas M. Wishart, Ross A Jones, Thomas H. Gillingwater
Volume237, Issue 5, November 2020, Pages 827-836
First published: 23 June 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13260
[Dr Boehm and Dr Alhindi are joint Lead Authors]
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize
Potential biomarkers of the mature intervertebral disc identified at the single cell level
Kangning Li, Devin Kapper, Brittany Youngs, Victoria Kocsis, Sumona Mondal, Petra Kraus, Thomas Lufkin
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 234, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 16-32
Journal of Anatomy Joint Runner-Up Best Paper Prize
Are endocasts good proxies for brain size and shape in archosaurs throughout ontogeny?
Akinobu Watanabe, Paul M. Gignac, Amy M. Balanoff, Todd L. Green, Nathan J. Kley, Mark A. Norell
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 234, Issue 3, March 2019, Pages 291-305
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Bioengineering the microanatomy of human skin
Mathilde Roger, Nicola Fullard, Lydia Costello, Steven Bradbury, Ewa Markiewicz, Steven O'Reilly, Nicole Darling, Pamela Ritchie, Arto Määttä, Iakowos Karakesisoglou, Glyn Nelson, Thomas von Zglinicki, Teresa Dicolandrea, Robert Isfort, Charlie Bascom, Stefan Przyborski
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 234, Issue 4, April 2019, Pages 438-455
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2018
'The development of the cloaca in the human embryo’
Nutmethee Kruepunga, Jill Hikspoors, Hayelom Mekonen, Greet Mommen,
Krai Meemon, Wattana Weerachatyanukul, Somluk Asuvapongpatana,
Eleonore Köhler, Wouter Lamers
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 233, Issue 6, December 2018, Pages 724-739
Journal of Anatomy Runner-Up Best Paper Prize 2018
'Intraganglionic macrophages: a new population of cells in the enteric ganglia'
David Dóra, Emily Arciero, Ryo Hotta, Csilla Barad, Sukhada Bhave, Tamas Kovács, Adam Balic, Allan M. Goldstein, Nandor Nagy
Volume 233, Issue 4, October 2018, Pages 401-410
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2017
Network analysis of adhesion/growth-regulatory galectins and their binding sites in adult chicken retina and choroid
Joachim C. Manning, Gabriel Garcia Caballero, Clemens Knospe, Herbert Kaltner, Hans-Joachim Gabius
Volume 231, Issue 1, pages 23-37, July 2017
Journal of Anatomy Joint Runner-Up Best Paper Prize 2017
Stiffness mapping of lower leg muscles during passive dorsiflexion
Guillaume Le Sant, Antoine Nordez, Ricardo Andrade, François Hug, Sandro Freitas, Raphaël Gross
Volume 230, Issue 5, pages 639-650, May 2017
Survival of motor neurone protein is required for normal postnatal development of the spleen
Alison K. Thomson, Eilidh Somers, Rachael A. Powis, Hannah K. Shorrock, Kelley Murphy, Kathryn J. Swoboda, Thomas H. Gillingwater, Simon H. Parson
Volume 230, Issue 2, pages 337-346, February 2017
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2016
Developmental origin of the clavicle, and its implications for the evolution of the neck and the paired appendages in vertebrates
Hiroshi Nagashima, Fumiaki Sugahara, Keisuke Watanabe, Masahiro Shibata, Akina Chiba and Noboru Sato.
Volume 229, Issue 4, pages 536-548, October 2016
Professor Stefan Przyborski and Dr Hiroshi Nagashima winner of the Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2016, presenting at the AS Winter Meeting, Dundee, 2017
Journal of Anatomy Runner-Up Best Paper Prizes 2016
Quantitative imaging of tissue sections using infrared scanning technology
Samantha L. Eaton, Elizabeth Cumyn, Declan King, Rachel A. Kline, Sarah M. Carpanini, Jorge Del-Pozo, Rona Barron and Thomas M. Wishart.
Volume 228, Issue 1, pages 203–213, January 2016
Three-dimensional reconstruction of Haversian systems in human cortical bone using synchrotron radiation-based micro-CT: morphology and quantification of branching and transverse connections across age
Isabel S. Maggiano, Corey M. Maggiano, John G. Clement, C. David L. Thomas, Yasmin Carter and David M.L. Cooper.
Volume 228, Issue 5, pages 719–732, May 2016
Structure and function of the mammalian middle ear. I: Large middle ears in small desert mammals
Matthew J. Mason.
Volume 228, Issue 2, pages 284-299, February 2016
ournal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2015
‘Occipital foramina development involves localised regulation of mesenchyme proliferation and is independent of apoptosis’
Sophia E. Akbareian, Andrew A. Pitsillides, Raymond G. Macharia and Imelda M. McGonnell
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 226, Issue 6, June 2015, pp 560-574
Journal of Anatomy Runner-Up Best Paper Prizes 2015
‘Towards the resolution of a long-standing evolutionary question: muscle identity and attachments are mainly related to topological position and not to primordium or homeotic identity of digits’
Rui Diogo, Sean Walsh, Christopher Smith, Janine M. Ziermann and Virginia Abdala
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 226, Issue 6, June 2015, pages 523–529
‘Changes in gene expression and cell shape characterise stages of epibranchial placode-derived neuron maturation in the chick’
Alexandra C. Smith, Stephen J. Fleenor and Jo Begbie
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 227, Issue 1, July 2015, pages 89-102
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2014
awarded to Emiliano Bruner
‘Midsagittal brain variation and MRI shape analysis of the precuneus in adult individuals’
Emiliano Bruner, Gizéh Rangel de Lázaro, José Manuel de la Cuétara, Manuel Martín-Loeches
Roberto Colom, Heidi Jacobs
Journal of Anatomy Runner-Up Best Paper Prizes 2014
‘Comparative architectural properties of limb muscles in Crocodylidae and
Alligatoridae and their relevance to divergent use of asymmetrical gaits in extant
Crocodylia’
Vivian Allen, Julia Molnar, William Parker, Andrea Pollard, Grant Nolan and John R.
Hutchinson
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 225, Issue 6, December 2014, pp 569–582
‘Complete forelimb myology of the basal theropod dinosaur Tawa hallae based on a novel
robust muscle reconstruction method’
Sara H. Burch
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 225, Issue 3, September 2014, pp 271-297
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 224, Issue 4, April 2014, pp 367-376
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2013
‘First comparative study of primate morphological and molecular evolutionary rates including muscle data: implications for the tempo and mode of primate and human evolution’.
R. Diogo, Z. Peng, B. Wood
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 222, Issue 4, April 2013, pp 410-418
Journal of Anatomy Runner-Up Best Paper Prize 2013
‘Origin of the unique morphology of the shoulder girdle in turtles’
H. Nagashima, T. Hirasawa, F. Sugahara, M. Takechi, R. Usuda, N. Sato, S. Kuratani
Volume 223, Issue 6, December 2013, pp 547-556
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2012
Three-dimensional and molecular analysis of the arterial pole of the developing human heart'.
Aleksander Sizarov, Wouter H. Lamers, Timothy J. Mohun, Nigel A. Brown, Robert H. Anderson and Antoon F. M. Moorman
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 220, Issue 4, January 2012, pages 336-349.
Dr Aleksander
Sizarov receiving the best paper in the Journal of Anatomy prize for 2012 on behalf of the authors from the President D. Ceri Davies. This followed Dr. Sizarov's talk at the Winter meeting of the Society at Newcastle University in December 2013.
Then we have 2 Runner-Up Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prizes
‘A putative functional vomeronasal system in anuran tadpoles’
L. D. Jungblut, A. G. Pozzi and D. A. Paz
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 221, Issue 4, October 2012, pages 364-372.
‘Age-related changes in mechanical properties of the Achilles tendon’
C. M. Waugh, A.J. Blazevich, F. Fath and T. Korff
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 220, Issue 2, February 2012, pages 144-155.
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2011
This Prize was not awarded
JoA Runner-Up Best Paper Prizes 2011
'The development of the olfactory organs in newly hatched monotremes and neonate marsupials'
Schneider, NY
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 219, Issue 2, August 2011, pages 229-242.
‘The internal cranial morphology of an armoured dinosaur Euoplocephalus corroborated by X-ray computed tomographic reconstruction’
Miyashita T, Arbour VM, Witmer LM and Currie PJ
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 219, Issue 6, December 2011, pages 661-675.
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2010
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2010 awarded by the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Anatomy for the paper the editors judged to be the most outstanding paper published in 2010. Prize awarded for the paper: ‘Investigating gradients of gene expression involved in early human cortical development. Published in the Journal of Anatomy, Volume 217, Issue4, October 2010, Pages: 300-311. Authors Professors and Doctors: Bui Kar Ip (Lead Author), Ilka Wappler, Heiko Peters, Susan Lindsay, Gavin. J. Clowry and Nadhim Bayatti. The paper will be presented on 12th July 2012 at the Society’s bipartite Summer Meeting in Edinburgh. The paper will be presented by Lead Author Dr Bui Kar Ip on 12th July 2012 at the Society’s bipartite Summer Meeting in Edinburgh.
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2009
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2009 awarded by the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Anatomy for the paper the editors judged to be the most outstanding paper published in 2009. Prize awarded for the paper: ‘Heritability of human cranial dimensions:comparing the evolvability of different cranial regions’. Published in the Journal of Anatomy, Volume 214, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages: 19-35. Authors Professors and Doctors: Neus Martinez-Abadias, Mireia Esparza, Torstein Sjovold, Rolando Gonzalez-Jose, Mauro Santos and Miquel Hernandez. The paper will be presented by Lead Author Dr Neus Martinez-Abadias on 12th July 2012 at the Society’s bipartite Summer Meeting in Edinburgh.
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2008
