Meeting Abstract S7-1.5  Friday, Jan. 6  Uncovering the aerodynamics of the smallest insects using numerical and physical models MILLER, Laura A; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill lam9@email.unc.edu A vast body of research has described the complexity of flight in insects ranging from the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, to the hawk moth, Manduca sexta. The smallest […]

Meeting Abstract S7-1.6  Friday, Jan. 6  Simple models for terrestrial locomotion and the materials that power it DUDEK, Dan; Virginia Tech dmdudek@vt.edu It has long been known that a wide array of morphologically diverse terrestrial runners produce center of mass dynamics that are well modelled by a spring-loaded inverted pendulum (SLIP). This simple, general model has proven […]

Meeting Abstract S7-1.1  Friday, Jan. 6  Robotic models of fish body and caudal fin propulsion LAUDER, G. V.*; FLAMMANG, B.; ALBEN, S.; Harvard University; Harvard University; Georgia Institute of Technology glauder@oeb.harvard.edu Considerable progress in understanding the dynamics of fish locomotion has been made through studies of live fishes and by analyzing locomotor kinematics, muscle activity, and fluid […]

Meeting Abstract S7-1.2  Friday, Jan. 6  Resonances in fish fin models ALBEN, S.*; WITT, C.; BAKER, T.V.; ANDERSON, E.; LAUDER, G.V.; Georgia Tech; Grove City College; Grove City College; Grove City College; Harvard Univ. alben@math.gatech.edu When a flexible appendage such as a fish fin is flapped in a fluid, resonances can occur at certain combinations of flapping […]

Meeting Abstract S7-1.7  Friday, Jan. 6  On the speed of lever systems MCHENRY, MJ; Univ. of California, Irvine mmchenry@uci.edu The geometry of an animal’s skeleton affects its ability to move quickly. Many fast-moving species possess joints with a higher displacement advantage (the ratio of output to input displacement) than their slow-moving relatives. It has therefore been suggested […]

Meeting Abstract S7-1.3  Friday, Jan. 6  Neuromechanical phase lags in swimming lampreys TYTELL, E.D.*; HSU, C.-Y.; COHEN, A.H.; WILLIAMS, T.L.; FAUCI, L.J.; Johns Hopkins Univ.; Feng Chia Univ.; Univ. of Maryland, College Park; Princeton Univ.; Tulane Univ. tytell@jhu.edu When fish swim, they bend their bodies in a traveling mechanical wave that moves from head to tail. At […]

Meeting Abstract S6-2.3  Thursday, Jan. 5  Proteomic expression patterns in fathead minnows exposed to trenbolone and flutamide DENSLOW, ND*; MARTYNIUK, C; ALVAREZ, S; VILLENEUVE, DL; ANKLEY, GT; University of Florida; University of New Bruswick; Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; U.S. EPA, ORD, NHEERL, MED, Duluth ndenslow@ufl.edu Insights into androgen signaling in the liver of fathead minnow (Pimephales […]

Meeting Abstract S6-2.1  Thursday, Jan. 5  PROTEOMICS AS A TOOL TO STUDY NEUROTOXICITY IN FISH MARTYNIUK, CJ*; CHOWN , B; DOPERALSKI, NJ; FESWICK , A; KROLL, KJ; SPADE, DS; BARBER, DS; DENSLOW, ND; University of New Brunswick; University of New Brunswick; University of Florida; University of New Brunswick; University of Florida; University of Florida; University of Florida; […]

Meeting Abstract S6-2.2  Thursday, Jan. 5  Mechanisms of acclimation to pollutants and elevated temperature in aquatic organisms. Changes of the cellular phenotype revealed by proteomics. SILVESTRE, Frederic; University of Namur frederic.silvestre@fundp.ac.be Acclimation, in contrast to evolutionary adaptation, can be defined as a “within lifetime” phenotypic adaptation to an environmental parameter involving a suite of adjustments that allow […]

Meeting Abstract S6-1.2  Thursday, Jan. 5  The potential of piscine proteomics: examples from studies with Fundulus REES, B.B.; Univ. New Orleans brees@uno.edu Advanced proteomic technologies are being applied to studying patterns of protein expression and protein networks in cells and tissues of a variety of organisms. In this talk, I will review our studies on the small […]