Meeting Abstract 108.1  Saturday, Jan. 7  Pitting the stress response against the immune response: changes in gene expression in the Texas Field Cricket (Gryllus texensis) EASY, Russell*; ADAMO, Shelley; Dalhousie University; Dalhousie University reasy@dal.ca The immune response can damage as well as protect. Hsp90 is one of the most abundant proteins in animal cells and is involved […]

Meeting Abstract 108.2  Saturday, Jan. 7  In vitro cell-cell co-operation during cellular immune functions in the edible marine crab Scylla serrata NALINI PADMANABHAN, M; KARPAGAM UNIVERSITY, COIMBATORE, INDIA nalinimadanagopal@yahoo.com Hemolymph coagulation of Scylla serrata was completely prevented by use of a suitable anticoagulant. This enabled for obtaining the hemocytes in native form together with their inherent ability […]

Meeting Abstract 108.4  Saturday, Jan. 7  Humoral immunity to lipopolysaccharide in a long-lived ectotherm ZIMMERMAN, L. M.*; CLAIRARDIN, S. G.; PAITZ, R. T.; HICKE, J. W.; VOGEL, L. A.; BOWDEN, R. M.; Il. St. Univ.; Il. St. Univ.; Il. St. Univ.; Il. St. Univ.; Il. St. Univ.; Il. St. Univ. lmzimme@ilstu.edu Immunosenescence, a decrease in immune function […]

Meeting Abstract 108.6  Saturday, Jan. 7  Avian Immune Responses to Alphavirus Infections FASSBINDER-ORTH, C*; BARAK, V; BROWN, C; Creighton University; Creighton University; University of Tulsa carolfassbinder-orth@creighton.edu Immunocompetence is energetically and nutritionally costly, and animals with different life history strategies may exhibit differential investment in parts of their immune systems in response to immune challenges. The house sparrow […]

Meeting Abstract 107.6  Saturday, Jan. 7  physical model of the feeding strike of the mantis shrimp COX, Suzanne M*; MODARRES-SADEGHI, Yahya; PATEK, Sheila; University Of Massachussettes, Amherst; University Of Massachussettes, Amherst; University Of Massachussettes, Amherst suecoxdesigns@gmail.com The goal of this study is to combine physical and mathematical modeling in conjunction with measures of live animal performance to […]

Meeting Abstract 107.4  Saturday, Jan. 7  Using a sandfish simulation to compare undulatory swimming in sand and in fluids DING, Y*; SHARPE, S.S.; MALADEN, R.D; GOLDMAN, D.I.; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology dingyang@gatech.edu The sandfish lizard (Scincus scincus) swims within granular media (sand) using axial body […]

Meeting Abstract 107.3  Saturday, Jan. 7  Principles of Sand-swimming Revealed by Geometric Mechanics HATTON, R. L.*; DING, Y.; MASSE, A.; MALADEN, R. D.; GOLDMAN, D. I.; CHOSET, H.; Carnegie Mellon University; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Carnegie Mellon University rlhatton@cmu.edu Many animals move within granular media […]

Meeting Abstract 107.1  Saturday, Jan. 7  Disease transmission: insights from fluid dynamics  BOUROUIBA, Lydia; Massachusetts Institute of Technology lydia.bourouiba@math.mit.edu Following the infiltration of a pathogen in a population of susceptible hosts, the nature of the “contact” between infected and non-infected members of the population  becomes critical in  shaping the outcome of the epidemics.  This is true whether one considers […]

Meeting Abstract 107.2  Saturday, Jan. 7  Desert locust aerodynamics: instantaneous wake volumes using tomographic particle image velocimetry (tomo-PIV) BOMPHREY, R.J.*; HENNINGSSON, P.; MICHAELIS, D.; HORSTMANN, T.; HOLLIS, D.; University of Oxford richard.bomphrey@zoo.ox.ac.uk Tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry (tomo-PIV) is becoming increasingly established in the experimental fluid mechanics community as a volumetric method for the analysis of complex flows, […]

Meeting Abstract 107.5  Saturday, Jan. 7  Copepod Escape Jumps: Tomo-PIV Measurements of the Eliciting Hydromechanical Signal and Subsequent Flow Disturbance MURPHY, DW*; WEBSTER, DR; YEN, J; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology dwmurphy@gatech.edu We present time-resolved tomographic particle image velocimetry (Tomo-PIV) measurements of freshwater (Hesperos) and marine (Calanus) copepod escape sequences […]