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Hannah Lawson

Hannah Lawson manages an invertebrate zoology teaching laboratory in New Haven, Connecticut. She maintains live planarian and tardigrade cultures used in undergraduate coursework. Before taking this post, Lawson oversaw developmental biology labs and gathered marine specimens. She received a master’s degree in invertebrate zoology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

What Is a Proglottid and What Is Its Function?
Do Worms Have Cerci? A Look at Invertebrate Anatomy
Where Does Digestion and Absorption Take Place in an Earthworm?
What Is the Function of the Ganglia in an Earthworm?
Do Crawfish Have Brains? Inside Their Nervous System
Do Flatworms Have a Brain? Their Nervous System Explained
Nephridia in Earthworms: Function, Types, and Structure
Do Flatworms Have a Coelom? The Acoelomate Body Plan
Do Tardigrades Have Brains? A Look at Their Nervous System
What Is a Ventral Nerve Cord and What Does It Do?
The Anatomy of C. elegans: A Detailed Look
What Are Planarian Eyes and How Do They Function?
Nephridia: Types, Structure, and Osmoregulatory Function