Rebecca Fisher

Araya-Donoso R, Baty SM, Johnson JE, Lasku E, Taft JM, Fisher RE, Losos J, Dolby GA, Kusumi K, Geneva AJ. Structural rearrangements and selection promote phenotypic evolution in Anolis lizards. Genome Biology and Evolution, 2025 October; https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf196.

Kingston AK, Garofalo EM, Cardoza K, Fisher RE. Designing formative assessments to improve anatomy exam performance. Anatomical Sciences Education, 2023 April; https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2279.

Fisher RE. Red panda anatomy. Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda, edited by A Glatston, 2nd edition, Elsevier Inc. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 2021, pp. 81-93.

Lo C, Zhao Y, Ma Y, Khodambashi R, Peet M, Fisher RE, Marvi H, Berman S, Aukes D, He X. Bioinspired sensors and actuators based on stimuli-responsive hydrogels for underwater soft robotics. Bioinspired Sensing, Actuation, and Control in Underwater Soft Robotic Systems, edited by DA Paley and NM Wereley, Springer, New York, NY, 2020, pp. 99-115.

Shivakumar S, He X, Aukes D, Marvi H, Fisher RE, Berman S, Peet MM. Decentralized estimation and control of a soft-robotic arm. Bioinspired Sensing, Actuation, and Control in Underwater Soft Robotic Systems, edited by DA Paley and NM Wereley, Springer, New York, NY, 2020, pp. 229-246.

Bagheri H, Berman S, Peet MM, Aukes D, He X, Pratt SC, Fisher RE, Marvi H. Control and functionality of octopus arms and suckers. Bioinspired Sensing, Actuation, and Control in Underwater Soft Robotic Systems, edited by DA Paley and NM Wereley, Springer, New York, NY, 2020, pp. 189-212.

Lo C-Y, Zhao Y, Kim C, Alsaid Y, Khodambashi R, Peet M, Fisher RE, Marvi H, Berman S, Aukes D, He X; Highly stretchable self-sensing actuator based on conductive photothermally-responsive hydrogel; Materials Today; 2021; 50:35-43; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2021.05.008.

Khodambashi R, Alsaid Y, Rico R, Marvi H, Peet MM, Fisher RE, Berman S, He X, Aukes DM. Heterogeneous hydrogel structures with spatiotemporal reconfigurability using addressable and tunable voxels; Advanced Materials; 2021 January; https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202005906.

Xu C, Palade J, Fisher RE, Smith CI, Clark AR, Sampson S, Bourgeois R, Rawls A, Elsey RM, Wilson-Rawls J, Kusumi K; Anatomical and histological analyses reveal that tail repair is coupled with regrowth in wild-caught, juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis); Scientific Reports; 2020; 10, 20122; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77052-8.

Lafmejani AS, Doroudchi A, Farivarnejad H, He X, Aukes D, Peet M, Marvi H, Fisher RE, Berman S. Kinematic modeling and trajectory tracking control of an octopus-inspired continuum robot. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters; 2020; 5(2): 3460-3467; 10.1109/LRA.2020.2976328.

Bagheri H, Hu A, Cummings S, Roy C, Casleton R, Wan A, Erjavic N, Berman S, Peet MM, Aukes DM, He X, Pratt SC, Fisher RE, Marvi H; New insights into the control and function of octopus suckers. Advanced Intelligent Systems; 2020; https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.201900154.

Doroudchi A, Shivakumar S, Fisher RE, Marvi H, Aukes D, He X, Berman S, Peet MM; Decentralized control of distributed actuation in a segmented soft robot arm; Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2019; Vol. 2018: 7002-7009.

Rawls A, Fisher RE. Developmental and functional anatomy of the spine. The Genetics and Development of Scoliosis, edited by K Kusumi and SL Dunwoodie, 2nd edition, Springer, New York, NY, 2018, pp. 1-29.

Tollis M, Hutchins ED, Stapley J, Rupp SM, Eckalbar WL, Maayan I, Lasku E, Infante CR, Dennis SR, Robertson JA, May CM, Crusoe MR, Bermingham E, DeNardo DF, Hsieh ST, Kulathinal RJ, McMillan WO, Menke DB, Pratt SC, Rawls JA, Sanjur O, Wilson-Rawls J, Wilson Sayres MA, Fisher RE, Kusumi K; Comparative genomics reveals accelerated evolution in conserved pathways during the diversification of anole lizards. Genome Biology Evolution; 2018 February; 10(2):489-506.

Tokuyama MA, Xu C, Fisher RE, Rawls JW, Kusumi K, Newbern J; Developmental and adult-specific processes contribute to de novo neuromuscular regeneration in the lizard tail. Developmental Biology; 2018 January; 433(2):287-296.

Ercoli MD, Alvarez A, Busker F, Morales MM, Julik E, Smith HF, Adrian B, Barton M, Bhagavatula K, Poole M, Shahsavan M, Wechsler R, Fisher RE; Myology of the head, neck and thoracic region of the lesser grison (Galictis cuja) in comparison with the red panda (Ailurus fulgens) and other carnivorans: phylogenetic and functional implications. Journal of Mammalian Evolution; 2017; 24(3): 289-322.

Liu M, Zack SP, Lucas L, Allen D, Fisher RE. Hind limb myology of the ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) and the myology of hind foot reversal. Journal of Mammalogy; 2016; 97(1): 211-233.

Hutchins ED, Markov GJ , Eckalbar WL, George RM, King JM, Geiger LA, Tokuyama MA, Emmert  N, Ammar MJ, Allen AN, Siniard AL, Corneveaux JJ, Fisher RE, Wade J, DeNardo DF, Alan Rawls JA, Huentelman MJ, Wilson-Rawls J, Kusumi K; Transcriptome analysis of lizard tail regeneration in the lizard Anolis carolinensis reveals activation of conserved vertebrate developmental and repair mechanisms. PLOS ONE; 2014; 9(8): e105004. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105004.

Diogo R, Pastor F, De Paz F, Potau JM, Bello-Hellegouarch G, Ferrero EM, Fisher RE; The head and neck muscles of the serval and tiger: homologies, evolution, and proposal of a mammalian and a veterinary muscle ontology; The Anatomical Record; 2012; 295(12): 2157–2178.

Julik E, Zack SP, Adrian B, Maredia S, Parsa A, Poole M, Starbuck A, Fisher RE; Functional anatomy of the forelimb muscles of the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis); Journal of Mammalian Evolution; 2012; 19(4):277-304.

Fisher RE, Geiger L, Stroik LK, Hutchins ED, George RM, DeNardo DF, Kusumi K, Rawls JA, Wilson-Rawls J; A histological comparison of the original and regenerated tail in the green anole, Anolis carolinensis; The Anatomical Record; 2012; 295(10):1609-1619.

Ritzman TB, Stroik LK, Julik E, Hutchins ED, Lasku E, DeNardo DF, Wilson-Rawls J, Rawls JA, Kusumi K, Fisher RE; The gross anatomy of the original and regenerated tail in the green anole (Anolis carolinensis); The Anatomical Record; 2012; 295(10):1596-1608.

Kusumi K, Fisher RE; Studying mechanisms of regeneration in amphibian and reptilian vertebrate models; The Anatomical Record; 2012; 295(10):1529–1531.

Eckalbar WL, Fisher RE, Rawls A, Kusumi K; Scoliosis and segmentation defects of the vertebrae; Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews; 2012; 1:401-423; doi: 10.1002/wdev.34.

Fisher RE, Smith HF, Kusumi K, Tassone E, Rawls A, Wilson-Rawls J; Mutations in the Notch pathway alter the patterning of multifidus; The Anatomical Record; 2012; 295(1):32-39.

Fisher RE; Red panda anatomy; pp 89-100; In Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda; Elsevier Inc. Academic Press; San Diego, CA; 2011; Glatston A, ed., 1st edition.

Fisher RE, Smith HF, Goldstein B; Spinal anatomy and biomechanics; pp 31-43; In Spinal Cord Medicine; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Philadelphia, PA; 2011; Kirshblum S, Campagnolo D, eds.; 2nd edition.

Boisserie J-R, Fisher RE, Lihoreau F, Weston E; Evolving between land and water: key questions on the emergence and history of the Hippopotamidae (Hippopotamoidea, Cetancodonta, Cetartiodactyla); Biological Reviews; 2011; 86(3):601-625. 

Fisher RE, Scott K, Adrian B; Hindlimb myology of the common hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius (Artiodactyla: Hippopotamidae); Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; 2010; 158(3):661-82. 

Boisserie J-R, Lihoreau F, Orliac M, Fisher RE, Weston EM, Ducrocq S; Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the earliest known hippopotamids (Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamidae, Kenyapotaminae); Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; 2010; 158(2):325-66.

Rawls A, Fisher RE; Development and functional anatomy of the spine; pp 21-46; In The Genetics and Development of Scoliosis; Springer; New York, NY; 2010; Kusumi K, Dunwoodie SL, eds.; 1st edition.

Fisher RE, Adrian B, Barton M, Holmgren J, Tang SY; The phylogeny of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens): evidence from the forelimb; Journal of Anatomy; 2009; 215(6):611-35.

Smith HF, Fisher RE, Everett ML, Thomas AD, Bollinger RR, Parker W; Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic distribution of the mammalian cecal appendix; Journal of Evolutionary Biology; 2009; 22(10):1984-99.

Fisher RE, Adrian B, Elrod C, Hicks M; The phylogeny of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens): evidence from the hindlimb; Journal of Anatomy; 2008; 213(5):607-28.

Fisher RE, Scott K, Naples VL; Fore limb myology of the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis); The Anatomical Record; 2007; 290(6):673-93; Special Issue: Anatomical Adaptations of Aquatic Mammals.

Fisher RE; The primate appendix: a reassessment; The Anatomical Record Part B: The New Anatomist; 2000; 261(6):228-36.