Digitization of ‘breathtaking’ neuroanatomy slide collection offers untapped research gold mine

The Transmitter featured the newest Bulletin of the MCZ, about our R. Glenn Northcutt Collection of Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy and Embryology

A comprehensive inventory of the entire collection appears in a paper by Hanken and his colleagues published last week in the Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. It provides researchers with an in-depth guide for using the collection, Hanken says.

Hanken, J., W. E. Bemis, P. Cervantes, M. Gage, S. Turney, and J. Woodward. 2025. The R. Glenn Northcutt collection of comparative vertebrate neuroanatomy and embryology: a novel museum-based resource for neuroscience and evolutionary biology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 163(10):473–505. doi:10.3099/MCZ84